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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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THE 


JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 














Vou. 97. 



















“OF ese 3 
vane 


JOURNALS 


OF THE seaming A 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








From Fesroary the 3d, 1842, 


In the Firru YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA, 
To DECEMBER the 13th, 1842, 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


a 


Sess. 1842. 


ee 











Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 























JOURNALS 






OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 











VOL. 97. 


Vor. 97. 















JOUR 


OF THE 


NALS 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








Sess. 1842. 











Jovis, 3° die Februarii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 18 42. 


A MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Sir Au- 
gustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the 
Black Rod : 


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 :—And being returned ; 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Act passed in the 
24th year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, c. 26, he had issued his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to 
serve in this present Parliament for the City of 
Dublin, in the room of John Beatty West, Esquire, 
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 Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Western Division of 
the County of Cornwall, in the room of Lord Bos- 
cawen Rose, now Earl of Falmouth, called up to the 
House of Peers. 


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 Leominster, in the 
room of James Wigram, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Vice Chancellor. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Ban- 
ditietien, in the room of Joseph Devonsher Jack- 
son, Esquire, who, since his election for the said 





Borough, hath accepted the office of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Solicitor General for Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Dublin Uni- 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out versity Writ. 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 

in this present Parliament for the University of 

Dublin, in the room of the Right honourable Tho- 

mas Lefroy, who, since his election for the said Uni- 

versity, hath accepted the office of one of the Barons 

of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant King’s Lynn 
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 King’s Lynn, in the 

room of the Right honourable Sir Stratford Can- 

ning, 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 Buck- 

ingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Liverpool 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 Liverpool, in the 
room of William Cresswell Cresswell, Esquire, now 
one of the Justices of Her Majesty’s Court of 
Common Pleas at Westminster. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bridport 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- Election. 
zances, stating that the Surety to the Petition of 
Joseph Bartlett, and others, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bridport 
(being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000), is unob- 
jectionable. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he sunderland 
had received a Report from the Examiner of Recog- Election, 
nizances, stating that the Surety to the Petition of 
George Reed and Cuthbert Vaux, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Sunderland (being one Surety in the sum of 





Vou. 97. 





£.1,000,) is unobjectionable. 
B2 Sir 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


No.1, 


Sardinia, 


Sound Dues. 


Turkey, 


East Indies. 


Outlawries 


Biil. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports 

Her Majesty’s 
Speech, 


4 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Report to the Lords Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, of the Commis- 
sioners appointed by Her Majesty to conduct a 
strict investigation as to the manner in which Ex- 
chequer Bills have been made out, and issued, since 
the passing of the Act of the 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 15, 
&amp;c., dated 31st January 1842, with Evidence and 
Appendix. 

Copy of Treaty of Navigation between Her Ma- 
jesty and the King of Sardinia, signed at Turin, 
September 6th 1841. 

Copy of Final Arrrangements between Great 
Britain and Denmark, respecting the Sound Dues ; 
viz. Agreement signed at Elsinore, August 13th 
1841, and Declaration signed at Copenhagen, Oc- 
tober 7th 1841. 

Copy of Convention between Great Britain, 
Austria, France, Prussia, Russia and Turkey, res- 
pecting the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the 
Bosphorus, signed at London, July 13th 1841. 

Copy of Papers relative to the execution of the 
Treaty of 1824, by the Netherland Authorities in 
the East Indies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Exchequer 
Bills, be printed. 


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


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had this 
day attended Her Majesty, in the House of Peers, 
where Her Majesty was pleased to make a most 
gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses 
of Parliament, 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 cannot meet you in Parliament assembled, with- 
out making a public acknowledgment of my grati- 
tude to Almi hty God on account of the birth of 
the Prince, My Son; an event which has completed 
the measure of My domestic happiness, and has 
been hailed with every demonstration of affectionate 
attachment to My person and Government by My 
faithful and loyal People. 

I am confident that you will participate in the 
satisfaction which I have derived from the presence, 
in this country, of My good Brother and Ally, the 
King of Prussia, who, at My request, undertook in 
person the office of Sponsor at the Christening of 
the Prince of Wales. 

I receive from all Princes and States the continued 
Assurance of their earnest desire to maintain the 
most friendly relations with this country. 

It is with great satisfaction that I inform you, 
that I have concluded, with the Emperor of Austria, 
the King of the French, the King of Prussia, and 
the Emperor of Russia, a Treaty for the more effec- 
tual suppression of the Slave Trade, which when the 
ratifications shall have been exchanged, will be 
communicated to Parliament. 

There shall also be laid before youa Treaty which 
I have concluded with the same powers, together 
with the Sultan, having for its object the security of 
the Turkish Empire, and the maintenance of the 
general tranquillity. 

The restoration of My diplomatic and friendly 
intercourse with the Court of Tehran has been fol- 
lowed by the completion of a commercial Treaty 
with the King of Persia, which I have directed to 
be laid before you. 

I am engaged in negociations with several powers, 
which, I trust, by leading to conventions founded 
on the just principle of mutual advantage, may 
extend the trade and commerce of the country. 


3° Februariz. 


A. 1842. 


I regret that I am not enabled to announce to 
you the re-establishment of peaceful relations with 
the government of China. 

The uniform success which has attended the hos- 
tile operations directed against that Power, and 
My confidence in the skill and gallantry of My 
naval and military forces, encourage the ie. on 
My part, that our differences with the Government 
of China will be brought to an early termination, 
and our commercial relations with that country 
placed on a satisfactory basis. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons. 


The Estimates for the year have been prepared, 
and will be laid before you. 

I rely with entire confidence on your disposition, 
while you enforce the principles of a wise economy, 
to make that provision for the service of the country 
which the public exigencies require. 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


I recommend to your immediate attention the 
state of the finances and of the expenditure of the 
country. 

You will have seen with regret, that, for several 
years past, the annual income has been inadequate 
to bear the public charges; and I feel confident, 
that, fully sensible of the evil which must result 
from a continued deficiency of this nature during 
peace, you will carefully consider the best means of 
averting it. 

I recommend also to your consideration the state 
of the laws which affect the Import of Corn, and 
of other articles the. produce of foreign countries. 

Measures will be submitted for your consideration 
for the amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy, and 
for the improvement of the jurisdiction exercised by 
the Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Wales. 

It will also be desirable that you should consider, 
with a view to their revision, the laws which regu- 
late the Registration of Electors of Members to 
serve in Parliament. 

I have observed with deep regret the continued 
distress in the manufacturing districts of the country. 

The sufferings and privations which have resulted 
from it have been borne with exemplary patience 
and fortitude. 

I feel assured that your deliberations on the va- 
rious important matters which will occupy your 
attention will be directed by a comprehensive regard 
for the interests and permanent welfare of all classes 
of My subjects ; and I fervently pray that they may 
tend in their result to improve the national resources, 
and to encourage the industry and promote the 
happiness of My people. 


humble thanks of this House for Her M 
most gracious Speech from the Throne : 

To assure Her Majesty, That we most cordially 
join with Her Majesty, in expressing our deep sense 
of gratitude to Almighty God, on account of the 
birth of the Prince, Her Majesty’s Son, and we beg 
leave to offer to Her Majesty our heartfelt congratu- 
lations upon an event which completes the measure 
of Her Majesty’s domestic happiness, and which we, 
in common with all Her Majesty’s faithful and loyal 
subjects, have hailed with every feeling of affection- 
ate attachment to Her Majesty’s Person and Govern- 
ment : 

That we participate in the satisfaction which Her 
Majesty has derived from the presence, in this 
country, of His Majesty the King of Prussia, who, 
at Her Majesty’s request, undertook in person the 
office of Sponsor at the Christening of the Prince 
of Wales : 


That we have learned with much satisfaction that 


ajesty’s 





Her Majesty receives from all Princes and States 
the continued assurance of their earnest desire to 


maintain 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution 
to Her Majesty, to express to Her Majesty the for Address. 


5 Vicrori&amp;. 


maintain the most friendly relations with this 
country : ; 

To assure Her Majesty, that we rejoice to learn, 
that Her Majesty has concluded with the Emperor 
of Austria, the King of the French, the King of 
Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, a Treaty for 
the more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade, 
and to express to Her Majesty our Thanks for Her 
Majesty’s gracious intention, when the ratifications 
shall have been exchanged, of communicating the 
same to Parliament : 

To thank Her Majesty for the directions given 
by Her Majesty, that there shall also be laid before 
Parliament a ‘lreaty which Her Majesty has con- 
cluded with the same Powers, together with the 
Sultan, having for its object the security of the 
Turkish Empire, and the maintenance of the general 
tranquillity : 

That we are much gratified by the information 
that Her Majesty’s diplomatic and friendly inter- 
course with the Court of Tehran, having been re- 
stored, a commercial Treaty with the King of Persia 
has been completed, and to thank Her Majesty for 
having directed this Treaty to be laid before us : 

To express to Her Majesty the satisfaction with 
which we learn that Her Majesty is engaged in 
negociations with several Powers, which, Her Ma- 
jesty trusts, by leading to Conventions founded on 
the just principle of mutual advantage, may extend 
the trade and commerce of the country: 

That we regret that Her Majesty is not enabled 
to announce to us the re-establishment of peaceful 
relations with the Government of China : 

That it is gratifying to us to learn, thatthe uniform 
success which has attended the hostile operations 


directed against that Power, and the confidence 
which Her Majesty places in the skill and gallantry 
of Her Majesty’s Naval and Military Forces, en- 
courage Her Majesty to hope, that our differences 
with the Government of China will be brought to 
an early termination, and our commercial relations 


with that country placed on a satisfactory basis : 


To thank Her Majesty, for having directed the 
Estimates for the year to be laid before this House : 
To assure Her Majesty, that She may rely with 
entire confidence on our disposition, while we enforce 
the principles of a wise economy, to make that pro- 
vision for the service of the country which the 


public exigencies require : 


Humbly to acquaint Her Majesty, that we shall 
direct our immediate attention to the state of the 


Finances and of the Expenditure of the country : 





3° Februariz. 5 


will be directed by a comprehensive regard for the 
interests and permanent welfare of all classes of Her 
subjects, and to assure Her Majesty that we join 
most fervently in Her Majesty’s prayer, that they 
may tend in their result to improve the national 
resources, and to encourage the industry and pro- 
mote the happiness of Her people. 


the said Resolution :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of the Earl of March, Mr. Beckett, Sir 
Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Lincoln, 
Mr. Nicholl, Lord Granville Somerset, Lord Eliot, Sir 
Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Glad- 
stone, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Greene, or any Five 
of them :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 


Committee. 





and that he do appoint the printing thereof; and 
that no person but such as he shall appoint do pre- 
sume to print the same. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Statements of the Titles and Dates of the 
several Acts which have been passed for regulating 
the Importation and Exportation of Corn in the 
United Kingdom; with Summaries of the Duties or 
Prohibitions, &amp;c., imposed by them, since the year 
1660 :—Of the Annual Average Price of Wheat per 
imperial quarter, at Eaton and Ozford, from 1646 
to 1770:—Of the Annual Average Price of each 
kind of Grain, in England and Wales, from 1771 to 
1841 :—Ofthe Decennial Fluctuations in the Price of 
Wheat, as shown in the two preceding accounts, from 
1646 to 1815; from 1816 to 1828 ; and from 1829 
to 1841; exhibiting the highest and lowest Annual 
Average in each decennial period, and the per-cen- 
tage amount of difference :—Of the Weekly Average 
Price, the Duty Average, and the Rate of Duty, 
with respect toeach kind of Grain ; also the Quantities 
of each kind paid Duty, and the amount of Duty 
received therefrom, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, in each week, from July 1828 to Decem- 
ber 1841 :—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain, 
distinguishing Foreign from Colonial, imported, paid 





That we have seen with regret, that for several 
years past the annual income has been inadequate 
to bear the public charges, and that, fully sensible 
of the evil which must result from a continued de- | 
ficiency of this nature during Peace, we will care- | 
fully consider the best means of averting it : | 

To assure Her Majesty, that we wili take into our | 
consideration the state of the Laws which affect the | 





Duty, and remaining in warehouse, in each month, 


together with the Average Monthly Price of Wheat 


in England and Wales, from July 1828 to December 
1841 :—Of the Septennial Prices of each kind of 
Grain as prepared for the purposes of the Tithe 


'Commission, in each year, from 1835 to 1841 :— 


Of the Fiar Prices of Wheat in each county of Scot- 
land from 1828 to 1841:—Of the Annual Average 


Import of Corn, and of other articles the produce of | Prices of Wheat in Dublin, in each year, from 1828 
foreign countries : to 1841 :—Of the Annual Average Prices of Wheat 

To express our acknowledgments to Her Majesty, | in Guernsey and Jersey, with the Quantities im- 
for informing us that measures will be submitted portedand exported, ineach year, from 1820 to 1841: 
for our consideration for the amendment of the Law | —Of the Quantities of Wheat returned as sold in 
of Bankruptcy, and for the improvement of the | England and Wales by the Corn Inspectors in each 
jurisdictions exercised by the Ecclesiastical Courts | week and each year, from July 1828 to December 





in England and Wales: 


That we shall also be ready to consider, with a' 
view to their revision, the Laws which regulate the | 


Registration of Electors of Members to serve in 
Parliament : 

That, in common with Her Majesty, we deeply 
regret the continued Distress in the Manufacturing 
Districts of the country, and the sufferings and 
privations which have resulted from it, which have 
been borne with exemplary patience and fortitude : 

To thank Her Majesty for the expression of Her 
confidence that our deliberations on the various 


important matters which will occupy our attention, 
Vo. 97. 





1841 :—Of the Total Quantities of Wheat and 
Wheat Flour imported into and exported from Great 
Britain, in each year, from 1697 to 1841 :—Of the 
Quantities of the several kinds of Grain and Meal 
imported from each country, and likewise of the 
Quantities re-exported from the warehouse to each 
country, in each year, from 1828 to 1840 :-—-Of the 
Total Amount and Average Rate of Duty received 
on each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign and 
Colonial, in each year, from July 1828 to 1841 :-— 
Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain which paid 
the several rates of Duty during the whole period, 
from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the Total 

B3 Quantities 





Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw Committee 
up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon ‘ oe 
? 


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


Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this Votes and 
House be printed, being first perused by Mr. Speaker; Proceedings, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Corn. 





Taunton Writ. 


Clackmannan- 
shire and 
Kinrosseshire 
Writ. 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


No. 2. 


6 | - $°—4° Februarii. A, 1842. 
Quantities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Colo- | 3 wines a’ 

nial, with the Total Amount of Duty paid upon each | Veneris, 4° die Februari ; 
kind, and the Average Rate’ thereof, during the’ Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
whole period, from July 1828 to December 1841 :— | s+ 

Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain and of Malt} Prayers. 


imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in each | b Syren tree of Trustees for executing the Bromyard 
year, from 1800 to 1841 :—And, of the Quantities of | Acts for repairing and maintaining the Roads Bods. 
Grain of each kind, distinguishing British, Scottish,| hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
Irish and Foreign, imported into London, in each | repairing and maintaining several Roads leading from 
year, from 1820 to 1841. | the town of Bromyard, in the county of Hereford, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| and other Roads adjoining thereto in the said county, 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are| and in the county of Worcester, and for making 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | several new lines of Road connected therewith, in 
the same counties, was presented, and read; and 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ | 
for the electing of a Burgess to servein this present| 4 Petition of the London and Greenwich Railway London and 
te the —— of Ti pane we ~ room | Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Greenwich 

{ Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esquire, who, since | the London and Greenwich Railway Company to i 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the | purchase property for altering certain streets and 
Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three | places contiguous to their Railway, and for amend- 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- ing the Acts relating to such Railway, was presented, 
ham, in the county of Buckingham. | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
. Speaker do issue his Warrant | .e ; 
to he tak of dn Cee nt oi a new =. A Petition of the Right honourable William Pow- a eg 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this | lett, Lord B olton, and of Owners of e Persons all : 
present Parliament for the Shires of Clackmannan| terested in certain lands in the parish of Kingsclere, 
and Kinross, in the room of the Honourable George | the county of Southampton, for leave to bring in 
Ralph Abercromby, who, since his Election. for the | * Bill for inclosing lands in the said parish, was 
said Shires, hath accepted the office of Steward or| Presented, and read; and ordered to hie upon the 
Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of | able. 
pa Se ey on on ND 7 A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Hinckley 
I | repairing the Roads hereinafter mentioned, for leave ®*4- 
. 5, . ~ ? -_ 

Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an | . a —s for ae eee repairing the 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the Sth day of Oc- | 0S from the borough of Leicester to Narborough, 
tober, in the last Session of Parliament, —Returns | = from the said borough of Leicester to Earl 
made up to the latest date, of the Sums due in each | gins , and from Earl Shilton to Hinckley, all in 
year for the last Five years, to each of the Legal Me- | @ county of Leicester, was presented, and read ; 
tropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy :—And of the 





'and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Number of Days for the same period in which each of | id ' : 
the Legal Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy | A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for —— “ 
have in each year been employed in the execution of ; PANS, the Road hereinafter mentioned, for leave 7°' pea" 
their Duties, as such :—Like Accounts in regard to | to bring ina Bill for more effectually repairing the 
each of the Medical Metropolitan Commissioners in | Road from the borough of Leicester, in the county 
Lunacy :—Accounts made up to the same date, of the | of Leicester, to the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in 
Sums received by the Metropolitan Commissioners in | the said county, was presented, and read ; and or- 
Lunacy in each of the last Five years ; distinguishing | dered to lic upon the Table. 

ones 
- meee reser accra gale aiehe ~ | A Petition of the Midland Counties Railway Midland Coun. 
Five years, and made up to the latest date, from each | Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering “*s — 
County in England and Wales, of the Houses licensed | and enlarging the powers of the Acts relating to the 
for the reception of Insane Persons in each County re- | 5#/4 Railway, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
spectively, together with the name of the Parish or | to lie upon the Table. 
Township in which each House is or was situate, | ie ; : 
together with the Number of Patients in each, and A Petition of the Nottingham Gas-Light and Coke Nottingham 
distinguishing the Sexes, and the Classes for which | Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 6 (No. 1.) 
each House is or was licensed :—Of the Sums paid to | more effectual powers for lighting with Gas the town 
the credit of the County Stock in regard to Licenses | of Nottingham, and several parishes and_ places 
of Asylums, and of the Sums paid in addition thereto | adjacent thereto, was — and read; and 
in pursuance of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 40, out of the | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
County Stock ; and of the Sums paid to the Medical | 


Visitors in each County respectively, in each of the; A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Acts Drogheda 


Jast Five years, made up to the same date :—Of) for the Improvement of the Port and Harbour of Harbour. 
the Number of Visitations made by the Visitors to | Drogheda, and for the better regulation of the Police 
each Licensed House not being in the Metropolitan | of the said Town, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
District, in each of the last Five years :—And, of | improvement of the said Port and Harbour, was 


all Houses in regard to which Licenses have been | gm and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
refused to be renewed, or in regard to which Licenses | Table. 
have beén suspended, or in regard to which Licenses | 
have been revoked, in each of the last Five years,| A Petition of Trustees of the Manchester Royal Manchester 
made up to the latest practicable date, in the Metro- | Infirmary, Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or M™ftmary. 
politan Districts, and in each County respectively. | Asylum, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the provisions ofan Act of the forty-eighth year of King 
Table ; and be printed. —— the Third, relative to the Manchester Royal 
. . | Infirmary, Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or Asy- 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | jum, an 7 Pe mas Ae en Seca Senet al 


agg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
A Petition 














_5 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Brandling Junction Railway 


Junction Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 








Railway. the said Company to raise a further sum‘of money, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Nottingham A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and other 

Gas (No. 2.) Inhabitants of and Consumers of Gas within the 


-town and county of the town of Nottingham, and the 
neighbourhood thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the town and county of | 
the town of Nottingham, and the liberties and pre- | 
cincts thereof, and places adjacent thereto, in the | 
county of Nottingham, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


| 
A Petition of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queens-' 





? 


Granton Pier. 


4° Februari. 
Southwark, in the county of Surrey, to or into Great 


Surrey-street, otherwise Blackfriars-road, in the 
parish of Christchurch, in the same county, was 


resented, and read; and ordered 


to le upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That all persons who will question any Orders and 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for any Resolutions. 
County, City, Borough or Place in the United Elections. 
Kingdom, 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 Members who are returned for Double 
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 


berry, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending the | presenting Petitions, provided there be no questior 
owers and provisions of an Act of the seventh year , upon the Return for that place; and if any thing 
of King William the Fourth, relative to the Pier of | shall come in question touching the Return or Elec- 
Granton, in the county of Edinburgh, was presented, | tion of any Member, he is to withdraw during the 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. , time the matter is in debate; and that all Members 
returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their 





supplying with Water the said town and neighbour- 
hood, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


| 


Butter Trade 


(Ireland.) 
Drogheda, praying for the amendment of the law | 
relating to the Butter Trade in Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Corn Laws. Petitions from Kilmarnock ; — Ashton - within - 
Macherfield (thirty-four Petitions) ;— Ardwick ;— 
Wigan ;— Churchtown ;— Southport ;—Arbroath ; 
— Derby (two Petitions) 3 Belper ;—Leeds ;—Lea- 
ther-lane, Holborn ;— Over Darwen ;— Saint Helen’s 
(Lancaster) ;—and, Huncoat, praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
Universal A Petition of Workmen employed in Messrs. 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 
_ read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Church of A Petition of Parishioners of Saint Margaret’s, 
England. 
means for supplying Church accommodation fer ; pr 
the labouring community generally throughout the | or 
country, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Church A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Ed- 
Patronage . 9A 4 . ot 
(Seotland.) drachillis, praying for the abolition of the present 


law of Lay Patronage in Scotland, was presented 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Severn Navi- 


gation, for leave to bring in a Bill for improving the Navi- 
gation of the River Severn, from the Lower Parting, 
in the county of Gloucester, to Gladder, or White- 
house Brook, in the county of Worcester, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Southwark A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 

—) within, and other Inhabitants of the several parishes 


of Saint Saviour, Southwark, and Christchurch, in 
the county of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
forming and maintaining a new street from and out 
of the Higi-street, nm the parish of Saint Saviour, 





Vot. 97, 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Worcester, 


Bradford A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- | Returns are determined. 
(York) Water- hourhood of Bradford, in the West Riding of the; Ordered, That all persons who shall question any Petitions 
— county of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for better| Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- Bribery 


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 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others in-| privity, since the time of such Return, in pursuance 
terested in the Export Butter Trade of the town of| 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. 


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











Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
Liberties and Privileges of the Commons of the 
_United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland 


Brown &amp; Sons’ Carpet Factory, Kilmarnock, praying | at the time elected, and not having declined to serve 
for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Par- | for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hiaments and Vote by Ballot, was presented, and | to concern himself in the Election of Members to 


‘serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only 
‘any Peer of Jreland, at such Elections in Great 
| ee : ° 

| Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear 


Westminster, praying the House to devise some | as a Candidate, or by himself, or any others, be 


_— to be elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant 
overnor of any County to avail himself of any 
authority derived from his Commission to influence 
the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
mons in Parliament. 


Resolved, That if it shal] 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 

B4 proceed 








Footmen, 


Prayers. 


Letters. 


Private Bills. 
No. 6. 


8 


— with the utmost severity against such of- 
ender. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House do, from time to time, take into his 
custody any Stranger or Strangers that he shall see 
or be informed of to be in the House or Gallery, 
while the House, or any Committee of the whole 
House, is sitting ; and that no person so taken into 
custody be discharged out of 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 Commissioners of the Police 
of the Metropolis do take care that, during the 
Session of Parliament, the passages through the 
Streets leading to this House be kept free and open, 
and that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the 
passage of Members to and from this House, and 
that no disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall, 
or in the passages leading to this House, during the 
sitting of Parliament, and that there be no annoyance 
therein or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant-at- 
Arms attending this House do communicate this 
Order to the Commissioners aforesaid. 

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 going 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 Ge- 
neral Post-oflice to this House, or some other per- 
son to be appointed by the Postmaster General, do 
for the future, every day during the Session of Par- 
liament, 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 Post- 
master General. 

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


Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
Petition for Private Bills after Friday the 25th day 
of this instant February. 

Resolved, That no Private Bill be read the first 
time after Wednesday the 23d day of March next. 

Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
Report of such Private Bili after Friday the 27th 
day of May next. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 


4° Februarit, 











A. 1842. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee on Standing Standing 
raers. 


Orders be appointed. 


Ordered, Tnat a Select Committee on Petitions Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


for Private Bills be appointed. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be ap- Privileges, 


pointed. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Selection be ap- Committee of 


pointed. 


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


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 Observations thereupon to the House. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to in- Expiring Laws. 


quire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature, are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature have expired between the 26th day of Ja- 
nuary 1841 and the first day of the present Session 
of Parliament; 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 1843, 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 Observa- 
tions thereupon, to the House. 


Resolved, That in the present Session of Parlia- Public 
ment, all Orders of the Day set down in the Order Business 


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 Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means. 

Resolved, That no Notice shall hereafter be given 
beyond the period which shall include the four days 
next following on which Notices are entitled to pre- 
cedence, due allowance being made for any inter- 
vening adjournment of the House, and the period 
being in that case so far extended as to include four 
Notice days falling during the sitting of the House. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories Acts. 


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 Per- 
sons summoned for Offences against the Factories 
Act, between the 1st day of January 1841 and the 





Ist day of January 1842; specifying the date of 


the 















Polish 
Refugees. 


Address 
reported, and 
agreed to. 


te. 


5 Vicroriz. 


the conviction or hearing, the place of hearing, by 


| 


4° Februarit. 


9 


It is gratifying to us to learn, that the uniform 


whom each conviction was made, the Offence in | success which has attended the hostile operations 


each case, and the manner in which the Penalties 
and Costs were appropriated. 

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 Persons receiving Pensions, or any 
assistance from the Grant voted by Parliament for 
the Relief of Polish Refugees; specifying the Name, 
and the amount paid in each year to each individual, 
from the year 1837, inclusive, to the present time. 





The Earl of March 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! 
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, ' 
beg leave to express to Your Majesty our humble 
thanks for Your Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
from the Throne : 

We assure Your Majesty that we most cordially 
join with Your Majesty in expressing our deep | 
sense of gratitude to Almighty God, on account of 
the birth of the Prince, Your Majesty’s Son, and 
we beg leave to offer to Your Majesty our heartfelt 
congratulations, upon an event which completes the | 
measure of Your Majesty’s domestic happiness, and 
which we, in common with all Your Majesty’s faith- | 
ful and loyal subjects, have hailed with every feel- | 
ing of affectionate attachment te Your Majesty’s 
Person and Government : 

We participate in the satisfaction which Your | 
Majesty has derived from the presence in this 
country, of his Majesty the King of Prussia, who, | 
at Your Majesty’s request, undertook in person | 
the office of Sponsor at the Christening of the 
Prince of Wales: 

We have learned with much satisfaction that 
Your Majesty receives from all Princes and States 
the continued assurance of their earnest desire to 
maintain the most friendly relations with this 
country : 

We rejoice to learn, that Your Majesty has con- 
cluded with the Emperor of Austria, the King of 
the French, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor 
of Russia, a Treaty for the more effectual suppres- 
sion of the Slave Trade, and we beg leave to express 
to Your Majesty our thanks for Your Majesty’s 
gracious intention, when the ratifications shall have 
heen exchanged, of communicating the same to 
Parliament : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the direc- 
tions given by Your Majesty, that there shall also 
be laid before Parliament a'Treaty which Your Ma- 
jesty has concluded with the same Powers, together 
with the Sultan, having for its object the security of 
the Turkish Empire, and the maintenance of the 
general tranquillity : 

We are much gratified by the information, that 
Your Majesty’s diplomatic and friendly intercourse 
with the Court of Tehran, having been restored, a 
commercial Treaty with the King of Persia has 
been completed, and we thank Your Majesty for 
having directed this Treaty to be laid before us: 

We learn with great satisfaction that Your Ma- 
jesty is engaged in negociations with several Powers, 
which, Your Majesty trusts, by leading to Conven- 
tions founded on the just principle of mutual advan- 
tage, may extend the trade and commerce of the 
country : 

We regret that Your Majesty is not enabled to 
announce to us the re-establishment of peaceful 
relations with the Government of China: 

Vou. 97. 











directed against that Power, and the confidence 
which Your Majesty places in the skill and gallantry 
of Your Majesty’s naval and military forces, encou- 
rage Your Majesty to hope, that our differences 
with the Government of China will be brought to an 
early termination, and our commercial relations with 
that country placed on a satisfactory basis : 


We thank Your Majesty, for having directed the 


Estimates for the year to be laid before us: 


We assure Your Majesty, that You may rely with 


entire confidence on our disposition, while we enforce 
the principles of a wise economy, to make that pro- 
vision for the service of the country which the public 
exigencies require : 


We beg leave humbly to acquaint Your Majesty, 


that we shall direct our immediate attention to the 
state of the Finances and of the Expenditure of the 
country : 


We have seen with regret, that for several years 


past the annual income has been inadequate to bear 
the public charges, and, fully sensible of the evil 
which must result from a continued deficiency of 


this nature during peace, we will carefully consider 
the best means of averting it: 
We assure Your Majesty that we will take into 


| our consideration the state of the Laws which affect 


the Import of Corn, and of other articles the pro- 
duce of foreign countries : 

We desire to express our grateful acknowledg- 
ments to Your Majesty, for informing us that mea- 
sures will be submitted for our consideration for the 


amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy, and for the 


improvement of the jurisdictions exercised by the 
Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Wales : 

We shall also be ready to consider, with a view 
to their revision, the laws which regulate the Re- 
gistration of Electors of Members to serve in Par- 
liament: 

In common with Your Majesty, we deeply regret 
the continued distress in the manufacturing districts 
of the country, and the sufferings and privations 
which have resulted from it, which have been borne 
with exemplary patience and fortitude : 

We humbly thank Your Majesty for the expres- 
sion of your confidence that our deliberations on the 
various important matters which will occupy our 
attention, will be directed by a comprehensive re- 
gard for the interests and permanent welfare of all 
classes of Your subjects, and we assure Your Ma- 
jesty that we join most fervently in Your Majesty’s 
prayer, that they may tend in their result to improve 
the national resources, and to encourage the in- 
dustry and promote the happiness of Your Majesty’s 
people. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 


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

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

Ordered, That such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Coun- 
cil 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 into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


tulatory Message be sent to his Royal Highness 
Prince Albert, on the happy occasion of the Birth of 
a Prince, the Heir Apparent to the Throne : 

To assure his Royal Highness that we cordially 
rejoice in an event so calculated to increase the do- 
mestic happmess of Her Majesty and of his Royal 
Highness, and to maintain the best interests of the 








country by continuing the succession to the Throne 
c in 





Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That a Congra- Prince Albert. 


10 4° Februari. A. 1842. 


in a Prince whose mind and dispositions will be; Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
formed under the instruction and example of his | deenanita of the Net Public Income of the United nd 
illustrious parents. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year N ; 
Ordered, That the Earl of Lincoln, Lord John | ended the 5th day of January 1842, after abating 0. 3 

Russell, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. Byng, Mr. Cartwright, | the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several 
Sir Charles Coote and Sir Thomas Acland, do attend | Revenue Departments, and of the actual Issues or 
his Royal Highness with the said Message. Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 

sums applied to the redemption of Funded or paying 


. | off Unfunded D f th c 
Appropriation The House was moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vice. | off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Repay 


wel c. 4,to apply the sum of Eight millions out of the | ments for Local Works, &amp;c. :—And, of the Balances 
n J] 


|of Public Money remaining in the Exchequer, on 


Consolidated Fund, to the service of the year One! 4h, sth dav of Siecines: 2087: Ger tnennel 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, might be | z y aeny ; oney 


d d th ai | raised by the additions to the Funded or Unfunded 
role House ayy anf That the Act 4 &amp; 5, oe = ms — Ea — \ vibra d — - Fanon x 
Vic. c. 19, for raising the sum of Eleven millions by | al Masiied ax seine of Unfunded Debt: the Total 
Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year One | Amount of Advances and Re-payments on account 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, might be | of Local Works, &amp;c.; with the difference accruing 
ma =f the age apa That the Act 4&amp;5| thereon, and the Balances in the Exchequer on the 

a eee ee eee 2 : 1 4). | Oth day of January 1842. 
ka. hd 29, for —, * — cr gd — seer Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
ifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and | 4 counts, 
Forty-two, certain Duties on Sugar imported into| “,dered. That the said Accounts do lie tomate 
the United Kingdom, for the service of the year One Table : poe be printed. 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, might be ‘ 
read ; and the same was read. Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
: 5 Workh 
wt he _— be aes sy peasigeal sigh pe as . be 7* | Copies or "Extracts of Letters from the Poor Law (Ireland.) 
ic. c. 53, to apply ce 


; : | Commissioners to the Treasury, stating the ne- No.4, 
service of the year One thousand eight hundred and | ecnste: of otastes aibeues rig the pind Metion al 


Forty-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted | Worchouses in Ireland :—Also, an Account of the 
in this Session ot Parliament, might be read; and |] jong alrea Paalernnss yt a a a 
the same was read. _ ,,-_ | houses in Treland, and of the further Sum re uired 
The House was also moved, That the Act 5 Vic. |. far as the same can be at present Bi , 
c. 8, for funding Exchequer Bills, and for making “gj, George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
provision for the service of the year One thousand | p, jorge. 
— hundred we Forty-one, might be read; and) dered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
the same was read. . : 
The House was also moved, That the Act 5 Vic. | any Mae Se gens. 
c. 11, for raising the sum of Ten millions six hun-  ¢ 
dred and twenty-six thousand three hundred and», 
fifty pounds by Rashogser Bills, for the service of 
the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
one, and for appropriating the Supplies granted in | 
this Session of Parliament, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring na Bill 
better to provide for the Application to the service, Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the di- Postage. 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of 
one, of the sums granted in the two last Sessions of | Treasury Warrants, dated 30th September 1841 and 
Parliament : And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 


A l ~X- 31st December 1841: 
chequer and Sir Georye Clerk do prepare, and bring; 1, Regulating the Rates of Postage on Letters, 
it In. 


to and from Hamburgh, Lubeck and Bremen. 
2. Regulating the Rates of Postage on Letters 
Colonial The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Wiil.|to and from Madeira, the Canary Islands, the 
Passengers Bill. 4, c, 53, to repeal an Act of the ninth year of his| Azores, the West Indies, North and South America, 
late Majesty, for regulating the carriage of Passen- | &amp;c. 
gers in Merchant Vessels from the United Kingdom | An Account made up to the 31st December 1841, Russian Dutch 
to the British Possessions on the Continent and|of the sums which have been paid and applied 4° 
Islands of North America, and to make further | within the year 1841, by virtue of an Act of 55 Geo.3, 
provision for regulating the carriage of Passengers | c. 115, intituled, ‘An Act for carrying into effect a 
from the United Kingdom, might be read ; and the Convention between his Majesty and the King of 
same being read ; | the Netherlands, and the Emperor of all the Russias,’ 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part of 
for regulating the carriage of Passengers in Merchant | the Loan therein agreed to be borne by his Majest 
Vessels: And that Lord Stanley, Mr. George Wil-| 00 all or any of the Securities therem mentioned, 
liam Hope and Mr. Gladstone do prepare, and bring 89d towards paying and satisfying the principal 
it in. | thereof, (in case of the principal of any of the said 
| Securities shall have been paid), and also for paying 


Ae . , | the expenses of carrying the said Acti xecuti 
Australia and A Motion being made, That leave be given oe ee ee wily eget are wag oa 


New Zealand. brixg in a Bill for regulating the Survey and Sales | and the Sinking Fund for the extinction of the 


of Land belonging to the Crown, in the Australian | 
Colonies and New Zealand ; 


Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 


ir George Clerk presented a Bill better to provide Appropriation 
the application to the service of the year One Acts Amend- 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, of the Sums ™"t Bi. 
granted in the two last Sessions of Parliament: No.5. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time To-morrow ; and to be 

printed. 





An Account of the Fees which have been received Exchequer 
|in the Office of Acheson Lyle, Esquire, Second Court 


. | Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ire- (Tlen4.) 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty having been | De ee ee ee ee 


4 ; . | land, ‘between the 6th day of October 1840, and 

informed of the subject matter of this Motion, re-| 5th day of January following, both days inclusive ; 

commends it to the consideration of the House. and also of the Disbursements made thereout during 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill:| the same period. 

And that Lord Stanley and Mr. George William| Copy of Treasury Warrant granting Compensation Cot of 


Hope do prepare, and bring it in. to T. Fenton, Esquire, one of the Examiners of the Cirelond. ) 


Court 





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5 Niérdatx. 4°_5°—7° 


Court of Chancery in Jreland, for the Quarter ended 
10th October 1841. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Allow- 
ance ot £.364 per annum to Robert Graham, Es- 
quire, late Principal Clerk of the Commissary Court 
of Edinburgh, 1841. 

Return of Copies of Cases stated and signed by 
the Commissioners acting in the execution of the 
Assessed Tax Act, determined by the Judges in 
Scotland. 

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


Commissary 


Court 
(Edinburgh) 


Assessed Taxes 
(Scotland.) 





Great North 
of England 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Great North of England Rail-| 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
abandonment of a portion of the Line of the Great 
North of England Railway, and for altering and 
amending the Acts relating thereto, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Birkenhead 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement 
Improvement. 


of the township of Birkenhead, in the county of 
Chester, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 
purchase of a certain ferry called Woodside Ferry, 
by the said Commissioners, and for the improvement 
of the township or chapelry of Birkenhead, in the 
county palatine of Chester, and for amending the 
Improvement Acts for the said township, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of Oc- 
tober, in the last Session of Parliament,—A Return 
of Persons of the age of Twenty and upwards, who 
have been committed to Gaols or Houses of Cor- 
rection in England, and sentenced to be flogged by 
the summary Conviction and Commitment of one 
Magistrate, from the ist day of January 1840 to 
the 1st day of January 1841; specifying the Gaols 
or Houses of Correction to which such Commit- 
ments have been made. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Stamp Duties received on certain Pro- 
ceedings in the Court of Chancery, and in the 
Equity side of Exchequer in Ireland, in the year 
ended 5th January 1842. 

An Account of the Stamp Duties received on 
certain Proceedings in the Courts of Law in Jreland, 
in the year ended 5th January 1842. 

An Account of all Monies received and expended 
on account of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, from 
the 1st day of January to the 81st day of December 
1841, both days inclusive. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Flogging. 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland. ) 


Dublin Metro- 
politan Police. 








Sabbati, 5° die Februarii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


Februarii. i1 


Luna, 7° die Februarii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Trustees for executing the Boston 
Acts for improving the Outfall ofthe River Harbour, 
Welland, and for improving the Port and Harbour 

of Boston, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
better provision for effecting Improvements in the 

River Welland, and the Port and Harbour of Bos- 

ton, in the county of Lincoln, and amending the 
several Acts relating to the same, was presented, 

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


A Petition of Traders and others, Inhabitants of Leicester 
Leicester, and several other towns, parishes and Small Debts. 
places in the county of Leicester, for leave to bring 

in a Bill to extend the Jurisdiction of the Court of 
Requests for the borough of Leicester, and to amend 


,the Acts relating thereto, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of a certain Company Cambrian Iron 
called the Cambrian Iron and Spelter Company, for 2"4 Spelter 
leave to bring in a Bill for regulating Legal Pro- ae 
ceedings by or against the said Company, and for 

granting certain powers thereto, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of a certain Company Cwm Celyn 
called the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company, #4 Biaina 
for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating Legal Pro- nse 
ceedings by or against the said Company, and for 

granting certain powers thereto, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the several Cottenham, 
parishes of Cottenham, Rampton and Willingham, &amp;c., Drainage. 
in the county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a 

Bill for draining certain Fen Lands and Low 

Grounds in the said parishes, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act west Stirling- 
hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to shire Roads. 
explain and amend an Act, intituled, An Act to 

make, alter, improve and maintain certain Roads in 

the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, Lanark and 

Perth, and for making and maintaining certain 

new Roads in connexion therewith, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Saint Philip’s Bridge Company, saint Philip’s 
for leave to bring ina Bill to amend the Act relating (Bristol) 

to Saint Philip’s Bridge, in the city and county of Br4s* 
Bristol, and for making additional approaches to 

the said Bridge, was ee and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors in a Company or As- Stanhope and 
sociation called the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Tyne Railroad 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate ©™?*"s- 
arrangements consequent upon the dissolution of 
the said Company, and to incorporate some of the 
Proprietors for the purpose of continuing the work- 

















PRAYERs. 
Appropriation 7 I ‘HE Appropriation Acts Amendment Bill was, 
oe according to Order, read a second time ; and 
a committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
Monday next. 
The Queen Lord Stanley reported to the House, That Her 
oe be Majesty, having been waited upon, pursuant to their 


Order of yesterday, humbly to know Her Majesty’s 
— when She will be attended by this House, 

ad been pleased to appoint to be attended this day 
at One of the clock, at Buckingham Palace. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


ing of a part of the Railway belonging to the said 
Company, was presented, and read ; and ordered. 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Staly- statybridge 
bridge, and its vicinity, and Proprietors of the un- Gas. 
dertaking hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for lighting with Gas the town of Staly- 
bridge, and the neighbourhood thereof, in the coun- 
ties of Chester and Lancaster, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Glasgow, 
and Ayr Railway Company, for leave to bring in a some por 
Billto amend the Acts’ relating to the said Railway, 4°" °. 





Vou. 97. 





Ayr Railway. 
c2 and &gt; F 





Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railwey. 


Glasgow Pulice. 


Clee Inclosure, 


Corn Laws, 


12 


and to grant further powers to the said Company, 


_ resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the 


t. able. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to amend 
the Acts relating to the said Railway, and to grant 
further powers to the said Company, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Common Council of the city of Glasgow, for leave to 
bring ina Bill to establish a uniform system of 
Criminal Police in and around Glasgow, to amend 
the Police and Statute Labour Acts of Glasgow, 
Gorbals, Calton and Anderston, to establish a Mu- 
nicipal Government in the barony of Gorbals, to 
form a Board of Health in Glasgow, to remove cer- 
tain Markets, to open and improve Streets, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of certain open and 
common arable fields, meadows, pastures, com- 
mon fields, moors, carrs, fens, wastes and waste 
and commonable Jands and grounds, in the parish 
of Clee,in the county of Lincoln, for leave to bring 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
&amp;r 


able. 


Petitions from Saint John’s, Westminster ;— 
Liverpool (three Petitions) ; ---Longton ; — Fenton 
(four Petitions) ;— Morley ; — Dartford ;— Horse 
Shoe Alley, &amp;c., Westminster ;— Rotherhithe ;—Lam- 
beth ; — Peerless-row, City-road ;—Hercules-build- 
ings, Lambeth ;— Brampton ;—Saint John-street, 
Clerkenwell; — King-street, &amp;c., Drury-lane; — 
Florseferry-road, Westminster ; — Cornwall-road, 
Lambeth ;—Hackney-road ; — Wilton-street, West- 
minster ;— Woolwich ;— Deptford (two Petitions) ;— 
Saint Pancras ;—Titchfield-street, Mary-le-bone ;— 
Paisley ; —Pollard’s-row, Bethnal Green ;--High- 
street, Lambeth ;— Forfar (three Petitions) ;— Lower 
Thames-street, London; — Stangate, Lambeth ; — 
Beaminster ; — Aldersgate-street, London ; — Earl- 
street, &amp;c., Westminster ;—Auchtermuchty ;—Union- 
street, Lambeth ;—Upper and Lower Rosamon-street, 
Clerkenwell ; — Kirkfield Bank; — Chowbent (five 
Petitions) ;—Bretherton ;—Croston ;— Rutherglen ; 
— Duntocher ; — Kilmarnock (two Fetitions) ; — 
Maryhill, Glasgow ; — Girvan (six Petitions) ;— 
Levern Mill ;— Bathgate ;-—Clayton ;— Halifax ;-- 
Northowram ; — Queenshead;— Ambler Thorn ;— 
Shipley (eight Petitions); — Windhill (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Jdle ;— Bowling ;—Great Horton (tive Pe- 
titions) ; — Manningham ; — Daisy Hill;— Little 
Horton (two Petitions) ;— Bowling (two Petitions); 
— Allerton (two Petitions); — Bradford (York) 
(eleven Petitions); — Westerwick ; — Arbroath;— 
Snenton ;— Nottingham (three Petitions) ;— Paisley 
(two Petitions) ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;— Kuares- 
borough ; — Ewes ;.-- New Castleton; -—— Langholm 
(two Petitions) ; —Alvers'oke ;—Cheltenham (Chair- 
man of a Meeting) ;— Bridgeton (seventeen Peti- 
tions) ;— Edinburgh (three Petitions); —Calton of 
Edinburgh ; --Fortou ;— Glasgow ; —Canonbie ; — 
Scone ;— Dunse ;— Darelish ;—Workmen in the em- 
poy of the Providence Mining Company in the West 

iding of the county of York ;— West Smithfield ;—— 
Saint Luke’s, Finsbury ; — Mosterton ; — Greenow- 
hill ;— Dacre Banks ;— London ;— Forfar (two Peti- 
tions) ; -— Droylesden ; — Clerkenwell ; — Lambeth 
Walk ; — Horton (four Petitions); — Penistone ; — 
Netherbury ; — Johnshaven ; —- Chupmanslade ; — 
Newmilns and Greenholm ;— Hoylandswaine ;—and, 
Netherfield ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


7° Februarii. 


A. 1842. 


| A Petition of Men in the employ of Messrs. ImportDaties, 
William and Charles Chippendale, Coopers, 180, ' 
Bunhill-row, London, praying for a reduction of 

the Import Duties, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Union with 
Mary, Ross, praying for the repeal of the legislative Ireland. 
Union of Great Britain with Ireland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Cran- Union Work- 








brook Union, praying the House to pass an Act for houses. 


|exempting Union Workhouses from being assessed 


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


Petitions from Kilmacrenan ;— Westport ;—Dub- Marriages 

lin (two Petitions) ;—and, Aghadowey; praying the (Ireland.) 
House to pass an Act for rendering valid all Mar- 
riages solemnized or to be solemnized by a Presby- 
'terian Minister in Jreland between parties, one of 
whom is a member of the Established Church, and 
the other a Protestant Dissenter,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of John Snooke, praying the House Collision of 


‘ e : I c : A &amp; | to investigate his plans for lighting Ships at sea, with Ships, &amp;c. 
in a Bill for inclosing lands in the said parish, was | " , ~ iy Baty ; 


|the view of preventing collisions, and for preventing 

explosions from Ships’ powder magazines, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Richard Davies, of the city of Here- Weights and 
ford, praying for the amendment of the Act “ for the Measures. 
better regulation of Weights and Measures for the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,” by 
adopting a standard of weight for the bushel, whe- 
ther of grain or roots, of such a number of pounds 
as would divide into the component parts of a bushel, 
which would leave no fractions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers, Spirit Dealers and Victu- Excise Licenses 
allers of the town of Newry, praying for an alteration (Ireland.) 


of the Excise licensing system in Ireland, was pre- 
;sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| ‘Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of 4ungier- Samuel Gordon. 


| street, Dublin, complaining of his arrest under 
‘an attachment from the Court of Chancery in Jre- 


land, in the month of February 1841, and praying 
for inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parish of Cottenham 
Cottenhum, in the county of Cambridge, for leave to Mclesre- 
bring in a Bill for inclosing lands in the said parish, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act here- Surrey and 
inafter mentioned, forleave to bring in a Bill to amend Suss¢* Roads. 
an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, relating to certain 
roads known by the name of the Surrey and Sussex 
Roads, in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘Table. 


Lord Eliot presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Education 
mand,—Copy of the Seventh Report of the Com- (Ireland. ) 
missioners of National Education mm /reland, for the 
year 1840. 

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

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops. 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 


Great 




























es 


Ne 


Se 





5 Victoriz. 


Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops, in the 
year 1841; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the growth 
of the year 1841; distinguishing the Districts, and 
the old from the new Duty :—Of the Quantity of 
Hops exported from Great Britain to Foreign Coun- 
tries, from the 5th day of January 1841 to the 5th 
day of January 1842 ; distinguishing the Countries 
to which 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 January 1841 to the 
5th day of January 1842; distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence 
exported. 


Malt. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Number of Quariers of Malt 
made between the 5th day of January 1841 and the 
5th day of January 1842, in the United Kingdom ; 
distinguishing tie Quantity made in each country, 
and the Quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers 
and Retail Brewers. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 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 
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 Quan- 
tity of Malt consumed by them, particularizing each 
Class in each Collection, from the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1841 to the 5th day of January 1842. 
Executions, Xe. 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 Total Number of Persons executed 
(for all Crimes) in London and Middlesex, during 
each of the following periods ; Three years ending 
December 1821; Three years ending December 
1824; Three years ending December 1827; Three 
years ending December 1830; Three years ending 
December 1833; Three years ending December 
1836; and Three years ending December 1839 ; 
together with the Number of Persons committed 
for Murder in the same periods respectively; dis- 
tinguishing those triennial periods, if any, in which 
no conviction for Murder took place. 
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. 


Answer to 


Mr. Speaker reported to the House, That the 
Address, 


House had attended Her Majesty upon Saturday 
last with their Address, to which Her Majesty was 
pleased to give this most gracious Answer : 


I return you My hearty thanks for this dutiful 
and affectionate Address. 


Your Congratulations on the Birth of the Prince, 
My Son, are cordially received by Me as a proof of 
your loyal attachment to My person and govern- 
ment. 


The happiness of My People is the first object of 

My care; and you may rely on My co-operation in 

every measure, which is conducive to the promotion 

of their welfare. 

Prince Albert. | The Earl of Lincoln reported to the House, That 
the Members appointed to attend his Royal High- 
ness Prince Albert, with the Congratulatory Message 


of this House, on the happy occasion of the Birth of 


a Prince, the Heir Apparent to the Throne, had at- 
tended his Royal Highness accordingly, and that 
: his Royal Highness was pleased to say : 


7° Februariz. 


13 


_ [return you my warmest thanks for this gratifying 
instance of your attention to Me, and duty to the 
Queen. 

I thank you for your cordial participation in the 
happiness which the Birth of Our Son has caused 
Us, and assure you that the prosperity of My 
country will ever be the first object of My wishes. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had sudbury 
received a notice from Samuel Fearon, the Agent Election. 
for John William Adam and William Robert Beavan, 
who petitioned this House upon the 6th day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Sudbury, that it is not their intention to 


proceed with their Petition. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Queen’s Speech 


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 House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of that 
Motion. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricultural 
mand,—Copy of Information concerning the Cost Produce, &amp;e. 
and Supply of Various Articles of Agricultural Pro- No. 7. 
duce, &amp;c., in several parts of Northern Europe, ob- 

tained by James Meek, Esquire, under Instructions 

from Her Majesty’s Government, dated 2d No- 

vember 1841. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Appropriation 
into a Committee upon the Appropriation Acts Acts Amend- 
Amendment Bill ; ‘ok after some time spent there ™¢" Bil 
in, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 

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 House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 3. Customs Duties 
c. 15, for granting certain Duties in the British (We Indian 
Colonies and Plantations in America, for continu- tiean Colonies.) 
ing, amending and making perpetual an Act passed 
in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
better securing and encouraging the Trade of his 
Majesty’s Sugar Colonies in America; for applying 
the produce of such Duties, and of the Duties to 
arise by virtue of the said Act, towards defraying 
the Expenses of defending, protecting and securing 
the said Colonies and Plantations ; for explaining 
an Act made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland 
Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation 
Trade, and for altering and disallowing several 
Drawbacks on Exports from this Kingdom, and 
more effectually preventing the Clandestine Con- 
veyance of Goods to and from the said Colonies and 
Plantations, and improving and securing the Trade 
between the same and Great Britain, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 3, 
c. 52, for repealing certain Duties in the British 
Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts 
of Parliament, and also the Duties imposed by an 
Act made in the last Session of Parliament, upon 
certain East India Goods exported from Great Bri- 
tain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof, 
and for further encouraging, regulating and securing 
several Branches of the ‘Trade of this Kingdom, 





Vou. 97. 





c 3 and 





Presentation 
of Public Peti- 
tions. 


14 7° Februarit. A. 1842. 


and the British Dominions in America, might be 
read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 14 Geo.3, 
c. 88, to establish a Fund towards further defraying 
the Charges of the Administration of Justice and 
support of the Civil Government, within the Pro- 
vince of Quebec in America, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Will. 4, 
c. 59, to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the Acts 
relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares 
or Merchandize imported or brought into any of the 
British Possessions in America, or the Mauritius. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House, of the 8th day of houehe 
1839, relative to the presentation of Public Peti- 
tions, might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 


“ The Order of the day being read, for re- 
suming the adjourned Debate upon the Ques- 
tion proposed yesterday, ‘ That this House ad- 
here to the established practice with respect 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 : 

“&lt;« Resolved, That when the contents of a 
Petition have been opened, and the prayer 
stated by the 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, with- 
out allowing any other Member to speak, or 
pong any Question upon such Petition, 

efore the same shall have been read, unless 
it should appear to Mr. Speaker, or to any 

Member, that the matter of such Petition was 

in breach of the Privilege of the House, or 

that, according to the Rules and Orders of 
the House, such Petition ought not to be re- 
ceived, 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, re- 
lative to the presentation of Public Petitions, 
might be read ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“¢ 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 inten- 
tion not to confine himself solely to the alle- 
gations and prayer of the Petition, but to 
enter generally into the subject, was inter- 
rupted 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 presenta- 
tion 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 main- 
tained. 

“« «Whereupon a discussion took place, and 
a Motion was made, and the Question pro- 
posed,— 

“ «That this House adhere to the esta- 
blished practice with respect to the presenta- 
tion 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 presen- 
tation of Petitions. 

“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 ma- 
terial contents of the Petition; and is entitled, 
if he requires it, to have it read at the Table. 

“ ¢Thatall 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 
subject 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, {Sit George Grey: } - 
“ Tellers for the f Mr. Ward, 
Noes, Mr. Villiers : | Bas 
“ So it was resolved in the Affirmative.” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Resolution be rescinded ; 
The House diyided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for ther Mr. Wallace, : 
Yeas, Mr. Roebuck : } - 
Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, ) , 
Noes, { Sir Thomas Fremantle:  f * 
So it passed in the Negative. 


37. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. Loan Societies 
c. 55, further to continue until the First day of April, Bill. 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, an Act 
of the third and fourth year of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws 
relating to Loan Societies, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue and amend the said Act: And that Mr. 
Manners Sutton and Mr. Attorney General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Library of the- 

Members be appointed, to assist Mr. Speaker in the House. 
direction of the Library, to whom shall be referred 
all matters relating thereto :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Baring, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. 
Rutherfurd, Mr. Shaw, Lord Viscount Palmerston, 
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Serjeant Stock, Mr. Acland, Co- 
lonel Fox, Mr. Gally Knight, Lord Viscount Mahon, 
and Mr. Pendarves. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved that the Order made upon Public 
Fiiday last, That a Select Committee be appointed, Petitions. 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to . 





the 








5 VicroriZ. 


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 abstracts of 
the same, in such form and manner as shall appear 
to them best suited to convey to the House ae. 
quisite 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 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, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Mr. George 
William Wood, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Siv Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Greene, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Pusey, Mr. 
Charles Howard, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Captain Jones, 
Lord Viscount Duncan, Siv Charles Douglas, Lord 
Fitzalan, and Mr. Buckley. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 








Printing. The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, 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 print- 
ing 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 Sir George Clerk, 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Strutt, Lord Viscount Mahon, Mr. 
Tufnell, and Mr. Patrick Stewart, with Power to 
send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vie. 
c. 17, to secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles 
of Manufacture, the Copyright of such Designs for a 
limited time, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will,immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the said Act. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill, 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of 
Designs for ornamenting Articles of Manufacture. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee to 
make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs for 
ornamenting Articles of Manufacture: And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 

And that Mr. Emerson Tennent and Mr. Gladstone 

do prepare, and bring it in. 

Expiring Laws. | The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, that a Committee be appointed, to 
inquire what temporary Laws of a public and general 
nature are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature, have expired between the 26th day of Ja- 
nuary 1841 and the first day of the present Session 
of Parliament; 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 1843, or in the course or at the end 
of any Session which may commence during that 


7°—8° Februariz. 


15 


period, or in consequence of any contingent public 
event ; and to report the same, with their Observa- 
tions thereupon, to the House, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Sir George Clerk, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Pigot, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Mr. Sheil, Lord Eliot, Mr. Baring, 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir George Grey, Mr. Charles 
Wood, Mr. Greene, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Home 
Drummond. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commercial 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs and Regulations Tariffs. 

of the several States of Lurope and America, together 

with the Commercial Treaties between England and 

Foreign Countries ;—Part the second, Belgium ; — 

Part the third, Denmark. 

, sen That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill to con- Designs Copy- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the ‘ight Bill. 
Copyright of Designs for ornamenting Articles of No.8. 
Manufacture : And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 

day the 16th day of this instant February ; and, to 

be printed, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspaper 
a Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each of 5™P* 
the Newspapers of the United Kingdom for the 

months of October, November, and December 1841, 

and the Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by each 

(in continuation of the last Return to Parliament.) 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 8° die Februari ; 
Anno, 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


as IONS from Woodford and Wanstead ;— Corn Laws. 
Mary-le-bone (four Petitions) ;— Old Castle- 
street, Shoreditch ;— Christchurch, Mary-le-bone ; 
— Stohe Newington ;—Vine-street, Westminster ;— 
Paddington ; — Clerkenwell Green ;— Pimlico (two 
Petitions) ; — Mile End-road ;— Tottenham ; — Ja- 
maica-street, Stepney; — Bishopgate, London; — 
Cambridge-road, Bethnal Green; — Commercial- 
road, Kast,—Wood-street and Tufton-street, West- 
minster ;—Spa Fields,. Clerkenwell ;—Lambeth ;—- 
Commercial-road ; —- Passengers on Blackfriars 
Bridge ;—Passengers under the Piazza, Covent 
Garden ; — Tower-street, Seven Dials ;— Kentish 
Town ;— Saint Mary, Lambeth ; — Leather-lane, 
Clerkenwell ; — Whitechapel ; — Stratford (Essex) 
(two Petitions) ; — Clitheroe ;-—- Derby ;— Ashton- 
under-Lyne (eight Petitions) ;— Greenwich ;— Hey ; 
—Alt; — Alnwick ;— Lochee ;—Oldham (two Pe-. 
titions) ; — Forton ; — Alnmouth ; — Colmonell ;— 
Arbroath ;— Golborne ; — Nottingham (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Staly Bridge (two Petitions) ; — South 
Shields (two Petitions) ;— Gloucester (four Petitions) ; 
—Rhes-y-Cae ; — Berwich-upon- Tweed ; — Salford 
Circuit ; — Dunbar ; — Wigan ; — Dunkinfield ;— 
Newmilns ; — Dunfermline ;— Lancaster ;— Bays- 
water ; — Saint Pancras (two Petitions) ;— King- 
street, Tower-hill; — Brich-lane, Spitalfields ; — 
Bethnal Green (three Petitions) ; — Minories ; — 
Saint Margaret's and Saint John, Westminster ;— 
Clerkenwell ; — Aldgate Market ; — Chelsea and 
Brompton ;--Church-street, Bethnal Green ;-—Spicer- 
street ;—Saint Paul’s Church-yard ;—Drury-lane, 
Westminster ;— New-road, Mary-le-bone ;—Passen- 
gers under the Piazzas, Drury-lane Theatre ;—Saint 
Mary, Stratford Bow ;—Gloucester-street, Huchney- 





Vox. 97. 








c4 road med 





cette St A DOANE LE PAPO EE A 


16 8° Februari. 


Marriages 
(Treland.)} 


Poor Law 
Amendments 


Act. 


Saint Mary-lee 
boue Parish. 


Emigration. 


‘Timber Duties. 


Working 
Classes. 


road ;—- Broadway, Westminster ;— Custom House | 
Quay, Thames-street ;— Wapping Wall ;—Somers’ | 
Town ;-- Coal Harbour-street, Bethnal Green ;— | 
Old Gravel-lane ;— Russell-square ;— Stavely (five | 
Petitions) ;—Kendal (ten Petitions) ;—Guildry ; — | 
Friockheim ;—Sirichland Roger ;—Shelusmergh ;— 
Troutbeck ;— Crook ;— Hawkshead ; — Bowness ; — 
Henry Martin, and others ;—Scalthwaite, Rigg and 
Selside ;—Claife ;—Grayrigg and Palton ;—Stain- 
ton (three Petitions) ;—- Daniel Tyson, and others ; 
—Miinthorpe (two Petitions) ;—Joseph Udall, and 
others ;— Samuel Gildird, and others ;— Holme- 
scales ; — Endmoor ; —- Crooklands ; — Beethom ; — 
Levens ;— Sedgwick ;— Beathwaite Green ;-- Warton; 
— Holme ;— Brigsteer ;—Crosthwaite ;—Underbar- 


row ; — Hutton-le- Hay ;— Old Hutten ;— Yealand 


A. 1842. 
the several Ports of Great Britain in each month 


of the years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the 
European from the American Produce. 


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 the Commissions that have 
been issued or appointed since, and in continuation 
of the last Return printed by order of this House, 
No. 346, Ist May 1838 :—And, of the Number and 
Titles of the former Commissions that are now ac- 
tually in operation; with a Statement of the pro- 
gress made in each, and the Expense already in- 
curred in each separately ; and also, of the Number 
of those that have been closed, and at what period, 


Commm'ssions, 





Conyers ;—Strickland Kettle ;— Burneside ;— Gate- | with the final results, and Total Expense of each. 
bech;— New Hutten ;—- Lyth ;—Lambrigg ;—Guise-,__ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
ley (two Petitions) ;—Rawden (twenty Petitions) ;; Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
— Eccleshill (five Petitions); — and, Horsforth, | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- | 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | Ordered, That Colonel Buéler have leave of ab- Leave of 
Petitions from Wymering ;— and, Portchester, | sence for six weeks, on account of ill health ;—and, Absence, 
praying that the Corn Laws may not be repealed,— | Mr. Vesey till Easter, on urgent business. 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. | The ingrossed Bill better to provide for the appli- Appropriation 
| cation to the Service of the year One thousand —e 
Petitions from Athlone ;-—Athlone Presbytery ;— | eight hundred and Forty-one of the Sums granted : 
and, Coleraine, praying the House to pass an Act | in the two last Sessions of Parliament, was, accord- 
declaring valid all Marriages heretofore solemnized, | ing to Order, read the third time; and an Amend- 
or which may hereafter be solemnized, by a presby- | ment was made to the Bill. 
terian minister in Zreland, between parties, one of | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
whom is a member of the Established Church, and! Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
the other a Protestant dissenter,—were presented, | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
« . . , T, \ - 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | The Mouse was waved, That the Act © Gene, ecto 
Petitions from Haworth ;—Keighly Union ;—and, | c. 88, to make provision for the Salaries of certain Clergy Bit, 
Lyndhurst, praying for repeal or alteration of the | Bishops and other Ecclesiastical Dignitaries and 
Poor Law Amendment Act,—were presented, and | Ministers in the Diocese of Jamaica, and in the 
read ; and ordered to lie upon Table. | Diocese of Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands, and 
|to enable his Majesty to grant Annuities to such 
A Petition of Vestrymen, Rate-payers and Inha- | Bishops, upon the resignation of their Offices, might 
bitants or Rate-payers and Inhabitants within the ¢ read; and the same being read; 
parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the county of Mid- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
dlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill for paving, repair- | amend the said Act: And that Lord Stanley, Mr. 
ing, cleansing and lighting the said parish ; and for | Gladstone and Mr. George William Hope do pre- 








the better relief and maintenance of the poor therecf, 
and the election of vestrymen and auditors; and for 
other purposes relating to the said parish, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘pare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Duties 


|into a Committee to consider the Acts relating to 
| the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares or Mer- 


(West Indiaa 
and North Ame. 
rican Colonies.) 


A Biliiée of Working Men vesidiaxn in the | chandize imported or brought into any of the British 
f=) =] 


town of Paisley, and neighbourhood, praying the | Possessions in America, - the Mauritius. 
House to adopt measures for regulating the sales of | (In the Committee.) 


colonial waste lands, and for negotiating a loan on — Motion made, and Question proposed, That from 
the security of future sales.of these lands, and, from | 


the fund thus raised, to provide for the early Emi- 
gration of the Petitioners, either to Canada, Austra- 
lia, the Cape of Good Hope or New Zealand, was 


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


A Petition of Master Ship-builders of Ipswich 
and Woodbridge, in the county of Suffolk, and also 
of Harwich, in the county of Essex, praying the 
House to adopt immediate measures for effecting an 
equalization of the duties payable on every descrip- 
tion of Timber imported into this country, and the 
Isle of Man respectively, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Weaver, Minister of a dis- 


senting congregation in the town of Mansfield, pray- | 


ing the House to devise such methods as may raise 


. the working classes from their present condition, was 


Cheese, 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Cheese imported into 


and after a day or days to be named, the Duties 
chargeable upon goods, wares, or merchandize im- 
ported or brought into any of the British Posses- 
sions in America or the Mauritius, under or by vir- 
tue of the following Acts respectively, namely: Act 
| 4 Geo. 3,c. 15, imposing certain Duties on Wines 
imported into the British Possessions in America ; 
Act 6 Geo. 3, c. 52, imposing certain Duties on 
Molasses, Syrups and Pimento, imported into the 
British Possessicns in America; Act 14 Geo. 3, 
c. 88, imposing certain Duties on Spirits imported 
into Canada; and, Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, ¢. 59, for 
regulating the trade of the British Possessions 
| Abroad, shall cease and be repealed. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
| 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, upon Wednes- 
| day the 23d day of this instant February, again re- 
io itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, 





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5 Vicroriz. 8°—9" Februari. 17 


Railways Bill. | Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill| Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious Queen’sSpeech 
for the better Regulation of Railways: And that| Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred to "!*"*¢- 
Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Manners Sutton and Sir Thomas | the Committee. 











Fremantle do prepare, and bring it in. Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 

: _ and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

Distress in A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
Paisley. posed, That an humble Address be presented to | the Committee had come to a Resolution. 


Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be} Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
graciously pleased to command, that an immediate ; Pager’ 
and diligent inquiry be made into the nature and Mr. Godson presented a Bill for the registering Copyright 
extent of the misery and destitution, under which | of Copyrights and Assignments thereof, and for the aa 
the inhabitants of Paisley and other towns in Ren- | better securing the Property therein: And the same No.9 
frewshire, have been suffering for so long a period, | was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a ae. 
and are still enduring ; and further, that Her Ma-| second time upon Monday the 21st day of this in- 

jesty will be graciously pleased to command, that | stant February; and to be printed. 

the said inquiry be prosecuted vigorously on the : 
spot, so that the results may be laid, as soon as The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Designs Copy- 
possible, before this House, with a view to its pro- nesday the 16th ~s this instant February, the tight Bill. 
viding with all speed against the longer continu-| Designs Copyright Bill, was read, and discharged. 

ance of the intolerable distress, as also against the| | Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

evident and imminent danger of disease and pesti-| upon Monday the 21st day of this instant February. 

lence following in its usual course, thereby causing 
more numerous deaths from cold and hunger and 
actual starvation than hitherto, as well as increasing | ——= pain ae = 
the ruinous tendencies of these appalling evils on 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 




















we . sth oO Py o va . 
the moral character of all who are directly affected Mercurti, 9° die Februari ; 
by them, or who live within the range of their in- Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
fluence :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. PRaveERs. 
: ’ ae } R. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called N#vy- 
etn f bags eager Fn . see yt. =e com M’ in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
Bill. ee ya ee ty ese $\ directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
thereof, and for the better securing the Property| Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure for 
there: And that Mr. Godson and Mr. Bulkeley | the year ended the 31st March 1841:—And then he 
Hughes do prepare, and bring it in. withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said A i 
Municipal The House was moved, That the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. Table. Oe, Sek Tin ee ee ep ee 
coerations 4, c. 76, to provide for the Regulation of Municipal | ms , 
: Corporations in England and Wales, might be read; | A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com- we 
and the same being read ; pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said i 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to 
to explain and amend the said Act: And that Mr.| amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, was 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Jervis do prepare, and bring it in. Table. 


Petitions from Bridgehouse ;— Thornion;—Under- Com Laws: 
cliffe ;— Wibsey ;—Manningham (two Petitions) ;— 
New Leeds (three Petitions) ;— Bingley ;— Bradford 
Moor (three Petitions) ;— Laister Dyke (three Peti- 


Writs of Error § Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
om to allow of a Writ of Error in any case of a Judg- 
ment of the Court of Queen’s Bench, upon an appli- 


Yuties cation for a Mandamus : And that Mr. Attorney tions) ;— Wilsden (two Petitions) ;—Horton (three 
ian General and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and | Petitions) ;— Ling-bob ;— Hewnden ;—Swain-Royd ; 
a bring it in. — Bolton ;—Allerton ;— Great Horton ;--Bradfora 


; 3 -», | (ten Petitions) ;—- Woodhouse Eaves ;— Hoton ;— 
Double Cost Ordered, That leave be given to brin in a Bill | 6 oa hae ? y 
_ to er ae ae ‘Double Costs he" other Costock ;— Coalville (two Petitions) ;— Wolvey;— 
matters: And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Sutton Bonnington ;-— Leioester (thirty-seven Peti- 
Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in tions) ;—A therstone ;~- Zouch Bills ;—- Nuneaton ;-— 
on : Wigston (two Petitions) ;— Whetstone (two Peti- 
Sugar. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ts eta — Bosworth ;—Lhstock 
Statement of the Quantity of Sugar, distinguishing “= ] ottons) ?P astle Fe oe nent etitions) ; 
that imported from the British West Indies, the Pe — yo ts hor so Pat : (two 
Mauritius, the British Possessions in India, and — foe ibe Gr ” — presen 
from Foreign Countries, upon which Duty was paid | yy, : oo N, 4 i a C oy rial ike tl 
in each month, from January 1831 to December 4 sn ell ia 6, ge Rn lag. 58 
1841, both inclusive:—Also, the Average Price ee cn — a tse te eae mg 
of British Plantation Sugar, as advertised in the sancton-cntyy. Saar 4 enough ;-— Quern- 


; vee don ;— Newbold Verdon (two Petitions) ;—Hinckl. 
org Gazette, in each month during the above (two Petitions) ;-- Rothley ;-- Huncote;~-Brough ta, 


Astley ;— Blaby (two Petitions) ; —Sapcote ;—Hug- 
Population. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | glescote;—Destord; —Thorpe Acre;— Kilby ;—.Bar- 
Statement of the Population of the United King- | lestone ; — Sheepshead ; — Earl Shilton; — Great 
dom in 1831 and 1841, and for each of the inter- | Wigston ;— Barrow ;— Diseworth ;— Swithland ;— 
mediate years, assigning One-tenth of the Increase | Whitwick ;— Hartshill ;— Hugglescote and Donning- 





between these years as the annual Increase. ton ;— Rothley ;—Long Whatton ;--Wigan (sixty- 

seven Petitions) ;—Marshall-street, Golden-square ; 

Public Ordered, That Mr. William Williams be added to \-- Ashton-under-Lyne (five Petitions) ; -— Saddle- 
Petitions, the Select Committee on Public Petitions. worth ;— Wakefield ;—Altham ;— Bacup (three Peti- 
tions) ;— Burnley ;— Salford (three Petitions) ;— 

Committee The Order of the day being read, for the House | Manchester (two Petitions) ;— Warley ;— Barkis- 





&gt; a for to resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of the | land ; ~ Ovenden ;— Stainland ;— Midgley ;— Ha- 
? 


Motion made yesterday, That a Supply be granted | lifax (eight Petitions) ;— Scyland ;--Rishworth ;-- 
to Her Majesty ; Elland-cum-Greetland ; — Northowram (two Peti- 
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tions) ;— args | ;— Sowerby Bridge ;—Southowram ; 
— Barnard Castle ;— Kendal (four Petitions) ; — 
Chorton-upon-Medlock ;-- Bilston (five Petitions) ;— 
Sedbergh (two Petitions) ;— Derby ;— Howgill ;— 
Belper (two Petitions); — Barnoldswick ;— Liverpool; 
— Ruabon ;— Exeter ;— Bath ;—Garsdale ;--Ras- 
trick (two Petitions) ;--Sandiaere (two Petitions) ; 
—Grisedale ;—— Addingham (three Petitions) ;—JI- 
hkeston (five Petitions) ;—Melsham ;— Wiveliscombe ; 
— Melbourne ; — Gateshead ;— Ticknall ;— North 
Bierley ; — Hartshorn ;-- Fristow ;—- Coventry ; — 
Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Driffield ; — Castrick ; — 
Brighouse (ten Petitions) ;—Hipperholme ;—Lanark 
(two Petitions) ;— Castleton ;—Operatives in the em- 
ploy of Samuel Seppington ; — Auchterarder ; — 
Mansfield; — Charlesworth ; — Cambusnethan ; — 
Northwich (six Petitions) Pipe em ;— Witton- 
cum-Twambrooks ; — Leftwich ;— Prescot ;— Shep- 
perton-street, Islington ;—Skipton ;—Settle ;—Not- 
tingham ; ~- Otley ;— Girvan (seven Petitions) ;— 
Largs ;-- Fraserburgh (two Petitions) ;—Dunbar ; 
— Saint Combs ;— Cairnbulg and Inveralochy ;-- 
Wishaw ;—— Linlithgow (three Petitions) ;-—Newburgh 
Fife ; —- Lochie;— Edinburgh (two Petitions); — 
Kilsyth (two Petitions) ;-— Abernethy ;— Cambus- 
lang ;— Dunnings ;— New Lanark ;--Cairney-hill ; 
——Selkirk (two Petitions) ;-—Ayton ;—Roberton and 
Wistow ; -- Fruechie ;-- Campsie ;-— Newburgh ;-- 
Rosehearty ; —- Arbroath ; — Clitheroe (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Edgeworth ;—Langholm (three Petitions) ; 
— Annan ;— Paisley ;— Monifieth (two Petitions) ;— 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers of the three Denomi- 
nations ;— Ebbw Vale Iron Works ;— Dawley ;— 
Coalbrookdale ;— Hyde ;— East Grinstead ;— Ne- 
therton ;—Ashton ;—Golcar ;— Brockham ;—Stock- 
well Gate ;—-Lympsfield ;— West Bromwich ;— Cose- 
ley ;—Nailsworth ;—Colne (four Petitions) ;—West- 
minster ; — Barrowford; — Whalley (six Petitions) ; 
— Wellington (Salop); — Methven (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Shoe-lane;—Great Queen-street ;-—Bethnal 
Green ;—- New Cut ;—-Marshall-street ;--Mary-le-bone 
(five Petitions) ;— Bowling-street ;— Vauxhall ;— 
Madeley Wood ;— Saint Margaret and Saint John, 
Westminster ;— Broadway, Ludgate Hill ;— Chicker- 
ley ;—All Souls and Trinity, Mary-le-bone;— White- 
chapel (two Petitions) ;— Cheyne Walk, Chelsea;— 
Ratcliff Highway ; -— Walmsley; — Charles-street, 
Hatton Garden;—- Betts; -— Todmorden (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Langfield ; — Milwood ; — Rochdale (three 
Petitions); — King-street, Smithfield; — Ramsden 
Mill ;— Knowlwood ;— Grey Coat-place ;— Congleton 
(two Petitions) ;—Bydwellty ;— Dunkeld (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Kincardine ;—Chapelknowe ;— Manchester 
(two Petitions) ;— Oldham ;— Great Driffield ;— 
Arbroath (two Petitions) ;— Morton ; — Trawden 
(two Petitions);— Paisley;— Dunstable ;— Tunstall 
(eight Petitions); — Staffordshire Potteries; — 
Stoke-upon- Trent ; — Wolstanton; — Fenton; — 
Machynlleth ;— Dundee ;— Broughty Ferry ;—Salt- 
coats and Ardrossan ;— Andover ;— Kilmarnock ;— 
Westgate ;—Barrwise ;— Pilkington ;— Bingley ;— 
Lambutts ;— Cardross ;— Barnoldswick ;—Dumbar- 
ton ;— Renton ;— Tooley-street ;—Cople ;— Nightin- 
gale-lane ;— Bethnal Green ;—Ebbw Vale ;— Kings- 
ton-upon- Hull ;— Pradley ;—Cannock ;— Broseley ; 
—Long Preston ;— Whitehaven ;—- Mitcheldean ;— 
Lowestoft ;— North Elmham ; — Oswaldtwisle ; — 
Saint John’s, Westminster ;—-Welsh Pool ;—Smeth- 
wick (two Petitions) ;— Oldham ;— Maiden Newton; 
— Ford ;— Chipping ;— Whitehaven ;— Colchester ;— 
Kiateliff ;— Vaurhall-road ;— Kingsland-road (two 
Petitions) ; — Handsworth ; — Royton ; — Anchor- 
street Per om ;— Little Chelsea ;—Long Acre;— 
Lower Marsh;— Tower Hamlets;— Holborn;—Saint 
George’s-in-the-East ;— Bonhill, and other places ; 
— Hammersmith ;— Flass ;— Dolgelley ;— Foulridge ; 
—Calderbrook ;— Castle ;—Old Kent-noad ;— Bon- 
hill ;— Tipton ;—Lambeth (two Petitions) ;—Saint 
Anne’s, Soho ;—Lower Thames-street, London ;— 
Persons frequenting Covent Garden Market ; — 








0° Februaritz. 





A. 1842. 


George-street, Seven Dials ;— Clerkenwell (four Pe- 
titions) ;— Minories ;—Saint Margaret's, Westminster 
(two Petitions) ;—Goodman’s Fields ;—Brick-lane, 
Tower Hamlets ;— Hackney Fields ; — Clerkenwell 
Green ;— Farringdon-street, City ;—Back Church- 
lane, Saint George’s-in-the-East ;--Scmerstown (three 
Petitions) ; — Knightsbridge ;— Islington ;—South- 
wark’; —- Milbank-street, Westminster ; — Knights- 
bridge and Brompton ;—Ann’s-street, Westminster ; 
— Rotherhithe ;—Arthur-street, London Bridge ;— 
New Cut ;— Drury-lane, Westminster ;— Persons 
passing over Blackfriars Bridge ; — Wells-street, 
Wellclose-square ; — Crown-street, Soho ; — Saint 
James's, Westminster ;—Mitre-street, City ;— York- 
street, Westminster ; --and, Playhouse-yard, Fins- 
bury ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
— were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of corn 
mills, in the borough of Sunderland, praying the 
House so to apportion any Duty that may be imposed 
on Wheat Flour and Meal, on the principle adopted 
with regard to almost every other article, as to pre- 
serve and promote the home manufacture, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


— Huddersfield (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, 
York, complaining of the comparative low duty levied 
on Confectionery imported from the Channel Islands, 
and praying the House to adopt measures to enable 
the Petitioners to meet the manufactures of Guern- 
sey, and all other foreign places on the fair ground 
of competition, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


pass a retrospective law by which the past Marriages 
by presbyterian ministers shall be legalized, and that 
in all future time their solemnization of a Marriage 
between a member of their own communion and 
that of any other denomination shall be rendered 
legal and valid, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ing that the petitioners find a gradual increase in the 
weight of pauperism, occasioned by want of em- 
ployment ; and praying the House to take steps to 
promote industry as far as possible, in such way as 
may seem fit, thus relieving them on the one hand 
from the weight of pauperism, and on the other hand 
better enabling the rate-payers to sustain the burden, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie. upon 
the Table. 


praying for a revision and modification of the Import 
Duties, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petition be deposited in the Private Bill Office the 
day after the presentation of the Petition to this 
House ; and that such Bills be open to the inspec- 
tion of all parties applying for the same. 

Ordered, That Copies of every Bill annexed to 
a Petition already presented to this House be depo- 
sited in the Private Bill Office on or before the 14th 
day of this instant February. 


of the Law of Debtor and Creditor, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


dated the 5th day of October, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns of the Muskets supplied 
by the Ordnance Department, for the use of Her 





Majesty’s 


fa 


Petitions from Whitby (Chairman of a Meeting) ; Confectionery. 


A Petition of Members of the First Presbyterian Marriages 
Congregation of Dungannon, praying the House to (Ireland. ) 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Poor Employ- 
dians of the Poor of the West Bromwich Union, stat- ment. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull, Import Daties. 


Ordered, That a Copy of every Bill annexed to a Private Bills 


A Petition of Prisoners confined for Debt in the Debtor and 
Queen’s Bench Prison, praying for the amendment Creditor. 


Captain Boldero presented,—Return to an Order, Navy. 





es. 





Controverted 
Elections. 


No. 10. 


Railways Bill, 
No. 11, 


Supply. 


Navy: Army ; 
and, Ordnance 
Estimates. 


5 Victoriz. 


Majesty’s Navy, since the year 1836, describing the 
nature of these Arms, and any alteration in the 
Locks, Length, Weight or Pattern, and whether by 
the authority of the Board of Ordnance ; also, the 
Number of these Arms distributed for the use of 
Her Majesty’s Navy :—And, of the Ship Cutlasses 
issued to Her Majesty’s Navy, describing the Pat- 
tern, and by whose Authority approved, so far as 
relates to the Issues from the Ordnance Stores in 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 Vice. 
c. 58, to amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted 
Elections, might be read; and the same being read ; 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that his War- 
rant for the appointment of Members to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, was upon the 
Table. 

And the said Warrant was read, as followeth : 


Pursuant to an Act passed in the fourth and 
fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to amend the Law for the Trial 
of Controverted Elections,” I do hereby appoint 
the Right honourable Granville Somerset, com- 
monly called Lord Granville Somerset, Mem- 
ber for Monmouthshire; the Right honourable Sir 
George Grey, Member for Devonport; the Right 
honourable Dudley Ryder, commonly called Vis- 
count Sandon, Member for Liverpool ; James Loch, 
Esquire, Member for the Wick District of Burghs ; 
John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member for the 
Northern Division of the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster; and Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Mem- 
ber for the Borough of Drogheda; to be Members 
of the General Committee of Elections for the pre- 
sent Session. 

Given under my hand, this 9th day of Febru- 
ary 1842. 


Charles Shaw Lefevre, Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for the better Re- 


gulation of Railways: And the same was read the | 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 21st day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. | 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Motion made 
upon Monday 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 Ma- 
jesty. 

The 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 House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1843, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1843, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Ordnance Services, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
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. 

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

ou. 97. 


9°—10° Februariz. 


19 


liament, at the opening of the Session, as relates to 
the Importation of Corn, might be read; and the 
same was read, as followeth: 


“I recommend also to your consideration the 
state of the Laws which affect the Import of Corn, 
and of other articles the produce of foreign coun- 
tries :” 


The House was also moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importa- 
tion of Corn, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of the said 
Act. 





(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
following Duties shall be paid upon the Importa- 
tion of Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour, in lieu of the 
Duties now payable thereon ; viz. :— 








If imported from any Foreign Country ; 
Wueat :— 
Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 
---- under 51s. the Duty shall be for| £. s. d. 
every quarter - - - - -| l-- 
- --- 51s. and under 52s. -]|] -19 - 
---- 52s. andunder 55s. - - Se 
---- 55s.and under 56s. - - -j -17 - 
- --- 56s. and under 57s, - - -| -16 - 
---- 57s. and under 58s. - - -| -15 - 
---- 58s. and under 59s. - - SS ee aor 
- --- 59s. and under 60s. - - ae ee 
---- 60s. and under6ls. - - on &gt; ae 
---- 61s, and under 62s. - - a ee ee 
- --- 62s. and under 63s. - - | «- @ %&amp;% 
- - -- 63s. and under 64s. - - ab. a Six 
- --- 64s. and under 65s. - - at ies) ee oe 
- --- 65s. and under 66s. - - of = Bie 
- --- 66s. and under 69s. - - a) pen ee 
- - - - 69s. and under 70s. - - at kee ss 
---- 70s. and under 71s. - - =) ‘el oe 
---- 71s. and under 72s. - - mw i ea zs 
- --- 72s. and under 73s. - - — 1 ‘ek 
--- - 73s. and upwards - - a ae ee 








To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; 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. 


and continue the Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Loan Societies: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 10° die Februari ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


of Queen Anne’s Bounty, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 








an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies 

received and disbursed by the Governors of Queen 

Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending on the 31st 

day of December 1840 :—And then he withdrew. 

i" a That the said Account do lie upon the 
able. 


D2 Petitions 


The House was moved, That so much of Her Ma- Corn Importae 
jesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of Par- tion. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to explain Loan Societies 


No. i2. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Flogging, Flogging. 
No. 13. 


M* Holford, from the Office of the Governors Queen Anne’s 


ounty. 








Nottingham 
Gas (No.2.) 


Bristol 
Boundary. 


Surrey New 
Roads. 


Southwark 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) 


Corn Laws. 


20 10° Februariz. 


Petitions of William Hurst, of Nottingham, 
Gentleman ;—and, Freemen of the town of Not- 
tingham, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House, in respect to the application for the 
Nottingham Gas (No. 2.) Bill, had not been com- 
plied with ; and praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves and their agents, against the same,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the city of Bristol, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for restoring to the city and county of Bristol 
a portion of the ancient boundary of the same, was 


gga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Surrey New Roads, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually 
amending and improving certain Roads, called 
the Surrey New Roads, in the several parishes 
of Saint Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary Newington, 
Saint George Southwark, Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, and Christchurch, in the county of 
Surrey, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
and Inhabitants within the borough of Southwark, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a new Street 
from Blackman-strect, in the parish of Saint George- 
the-Martyr, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, to 
Blackfriars-road, in the parish of Christchurch, in 
the said county, and for improving the district called 
the Mint, in the said parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, Southwark, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Padiham;— Church (five Peti- 
tions) ;—Stroud (six Petitions) ;— Accrington (seven 
Petitions) ;—Kingstanley (two Petitions) ;— Hen- 


field ;— Nottingham (three Petitions) ;—Eastington ; 


— Hyson Green (two Petitions) ;— Woodbridge 
(Suffolk) (two Petitions) ;— Gotham ;—Stapleford ; 
—Oswaldtwisle (two Petitions) ;— Leicester (three 
Petitions) ;— Bradford ( York) (nineteen Petitions) ; 
Exeter ;— Heol Mostyn ;—Newmarket (Flint) ;— 
Holywell (three Petitions) ;— Deritend ;-—Rhyle ;— 
Bowling ;-- Haworth ;—Bechington ;—Huncoat ;— 
Malton ;— Old Malton ;—Sheffield ;—Cuttlehurst ; 
— Denby ;—Scissett and High Bridge ;—Arbroath ; 
— Edinburgh ;—Airton and Calton ;—Malham and 
Hanlish ;—Kirkby and Scosthrop ;— Moniaive ;-- 
Clayton West ;— Fixby ;— Annan ;— Paisley (four 
Petitions) ;— Golcar (two Petitions) ;— Marsh (two 
Petitions); — Jackroyd ; — Huddersfield (seventeen 
Petitions) ;—Fartown and Hillhouse ;—Linthwaite ; 
— Tockholes ;— Warrington ;-- Blackburn (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Ramsgrave and Four-lane-Ends ;—Bel- 
thorn;—-Meitham (two Petitions) ;— Denby Dale ; 
— Hertford (eight Petitions) ;—Seed Hill;—Scam- 
menden; — Brecon; — Dungeon; — Lepton; -- 
Colne Bridge ; -- Lindley-cum-Quarmby ; — Lye 
Waste ; -— Lingards; — Fenay ; — Castle Hill ;— 
Shelly ;—Mansfield ;—Longwood ;—Mould Green ; 
—South Crosland ;— Edward Charles Cooke ;—- 
Cradley ;— Cumberworth ;— Cumberworth-half ; — 
Dalton ;—Kirkburton ;— Hereford (two Petitions) ; 
— Almondbury (three Petitions); — Dundee; — 
Whitacre ; -— Bradley ; — Kirkeaton ; — Skhelman- 
thorp; — Newsome Cross ;— Mirfield; — Paddock; 
—— Linlithgow (Deacon of the Guild Brethren) ;— 
Fullwood;— Carnarvon (nine Petitions) ;—Cwmyglo ; 
— Llanvair (four Petitions) ;-—-Mold (two Petitions) ; 
--—-Maentrog (two Petitions) ;-— Tremadoc (two Peti- 
tions) ;—- Denbigh (three Petitions) ;---Dinas (two 
Petitions) ;—Cetdio ;-—- Tydweiliog ;— Lianiestyn ;-- 
Waunfawr (two Petitions) ;—Lianfyllin (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Main Meifod (two Petitions) ;— Flint (two 
Petitions) ;-—- Penygelli ;— Penllys (two Petitions) ; 





A, 1842. 


— Dolyddelen (two Petitions) ; — Llanberis and 
Llanddeiniolen (two Petitions) ;— Penrhyn ;—Llan- 
brynmair ; — Bettwyscoed ; -—- Llanrwst ; — Port- 
madoc (two Petitions) ;— Trevriw ;-—Llaniuochlynn ; 
— Rydwernen ; — Bethel (Merioneth) ; — Bethel 
(Denbigh) ;— Caergwrle ; — Nebo ;— Curnyglo ;— 
Llaniestyn ; — Samah ; — Sammah ; — Sharon; — 
Llangwm ;—Llanbynmair ;— Machynlleth (four Pe- 
titions) ; — Abercegir (two Petitions) ;— Talywern 
(two Petitions) ;— Bontnewyld (two Petitions) ;— 
Abergele (two Petitions) ;—Festiniog Iron Works 
(two Petitions) ;—Maiden Bradley ;—Frome (five 
Petitions) ;—- Todmorden (six Petitions) ;— Frome 
Selwood (two Petitions);—Goodshaw Hill, Black 
Moss, &amp;c.;-—Nunny (two Petitions) ;—ZLumbutts ; 
— Leigh-on-Mendip ; — Cornholme ; — Shore ; — 
Broad-street, Saint Giles, Westminster ;— Comp- 
ton-street, Soho; — Fetter-lane; — Porter-street, 
Saint Ann’s ;—Lambeth (two Petitions) ;—Bethnal 
Green-road; — Richmond (Surrey); — Union- 
street, Southwark ;—Monmouth-street, Saint Giles, 
Westminster ; — Cockermouth; — Dunshalt; —Ber- 
wich-street, Soho; — Peter-street, Saint John’s, 
Westminster ; — Mary-le-bone ;— Madeley Wood ; 
—Medway-street, Westminster :— Chelsea ;— White- 
chapel; —- Catrine; — Mauchline (two Petitions); 
— Padanaram; — New Town of Kerriemuir ; — 
Henllys ;--Penywain ;—Pontrhydyryn ;—Pauihir ; 
— Tabor ;-—Carleon ;—Pontypool (three Petitions) ; 
— Monmouth (two Petitions) ;— Blaenavon ;—Cwm- 
brain ; — Abersychan (three Petitions) ; —Lianelly 
(two Petitions) ; — Llanover ; — Llanwenarth ; — 
Blackwood (two Petitions) ;— Cwmbranein ;— Tros- 
nant ; — Llanhiddel; — Llechryd ; — Argoed ; — 
Blaenan Gwent ; — Bleanavon (two ‘Petitions) ;— 
Kendle ;— Trosnant Pontypool ;— Nantyglo (three 
Petitions) ; — Varteg ;— Caerleon ;— Cefnycrib ;— 
Goytree ;— Nebo-penycae ;—Victoria Iron Works 
(Monmouth) ; — Mynyddyslwyn ; — Tal-y-wand ;— 
and, Penybanin; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. , 


A Petition of George Christopher Rapier, of New- Corn Laws; 
castle-upon-Tyne, praying for an alteration of the and, Poor Law 
Corn Laws, and for amendment of the Poor Law Act, —— 


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


A Petition of Confectioners of Manchester, com- Confectionery. 


plaining of the comparatively low duty levied on 
Confectionery imported from the Channel Islands; 
and praying the House to adopt measures to enable 
the Petitioners to meet the manufactures of Guern- 
sey and all other foreign places, on the fair ground 
of competition, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Easingwold Poor Poor Law 
Law Union, praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 


Amendment Act, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost and Bailie of the town Distress 
of Paisley, praying the House to address Her Ma- Paisley.) 


jesty to order an investigation as to the state and cir- 
cumstances of the inhabitants of Paisley; or that 
the House will hear evidence at the bar in proof of 
their wretched and miserable condition, and adopt 
measures for their relief, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses, Saint Austell 
and other property, in the town and parish of Sainé Market. 


Austell, in the county of Cornwall, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for taking down the present Market-house, 
in the town of Saint Austell, in the county of Corn- 
wall, and for erecting a more convenient Market- 
house in lieu thereof, and for providing a new Mar- 
ket-place, and for increasing and regulating the 

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Markets and Fairs within the same town, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to amend two Acts relating to the said Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Cheltenham 
and Great — 
Western Union 
Railway. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for amending an Act relating to the Paving and 

- Sewerage of the town of Liverpool, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Liverpool 
Paving and 
Sewerage. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates, 
and other Inhabitants, within the county palatine of 
Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 


Blackburn 
and Chorley 
Road. 


10° Februari. 


1 


And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
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 of any Communications addressed from Bol- 
ton to the Home Office, during the late recess, on 
the subject of Mr. Mott’s Report; together with 
any Reports presented by Mr. Mott in answer to 
such Communications. 

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





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Business of the 
That no opposed Motion be brought on and decided #ouse- 

after twelve of the clock at night unless One hundred 

Members be present ; 





and maintaining as Turnpike the Road leading from 
the Preston and Blackburn Turnpike-road, at Fin- 
nington, to the township of Chorley, in the county 
of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








Answer to 


Earl Jermyn reported to the House, That their 
Address. 


Address of yesterday, (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions to the proper 
Officers, that the several Estimates 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, 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 

Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ 
Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the 
year 1841; specifying the Countries from which it 
came, the Quantity that paid a Duty of One penny 
per pound, and the Quantity that paid a Duty of One 
half-penny per pound ; of the Quantity of Foreign 
Woo! re-exported during the same period, and the 
Countries to which it was sent; and the Quantity re- 
maining warehoused under Bond, the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 :—Of the Quantity of British Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool, and Woollen Yarn exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1841; specifying the 
Countries to which they were sent :—And, of the 
Quantity and declared Value of British Woollen 
Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1841; specifying the Countries to which 
they were sent. 


Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool, 
&amp;e. 


Colonial 
Passengers Act. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

mand,—Copy of Report of the Land and Emigra- 
tion Commissioners on the necessity of amending 
the Passengers Act, with the Amendments in de- 
tail, and their Reasons and references to the cor- 
responding Clauses of the existing Act. 
Canada. 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Act 
passed by the Legislature of the Province of Canada, 
in the fifth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen 
Victoria, intituled, An Act for the Disposal of Public 
Lands. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
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, 
Copies of any Communications addressed from Bol- 
ton to the Home Office, during the late recess, on 
the subject of Mr. Mott’s Report ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words, 
“ together with any Reports presented by Mr. 
“* Mott in answer to such Communications.” 

Vou. 97, 


Distress 
( Bolton.) 


Lord Stanley also presented, pursuant to the di- 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Brotherton, 
Yeas, Mr. Ewart : 

Tellers for theJ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Sir George Clerk : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


} 26. 
+ 200 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Public 
Account of the Public Expenditure of the United Expenditure. 
Kingdom in the years ending the 5th day of January 
1840, 1841, and 1842; distinguishing the actual 
Payments for the Expenses incurred in the collec- 
tion and management of the Revenue, for the 
Charges of the Public Debt (the Terminable Annui- 
ties being also valued by Estimate), for the Expenses 
of the Civil Government, the Allowances to the 
Royal Family, and to his Majesty the King of the 
Belgians ; the Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant 
of Lreland; the Expenses of the Two Houses of 
Parliament, and the Civil Departments ; the other 
Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, on the gTOss 
| Revenue, and the Civil List:—Also, the Payments 
for the Administration of Justice, Diplomatic Ex- 
penses, and the Payments on account of the sums 
voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Mis- 
cellaneous Services :—Also, Public Works, Boun- 
ties, Post Office, the Quarantine and Warehousing 
Establishments, and all other Payments not coming 
under any of the foregoing heads; with an Appen- 
dix, showing the several items composing each head 
of the Account :—Also, an Account of the several 
Amounts paid in the year 1841, for Half-pay and 
Retired Allowances, Civil and Military; distin- 
guishing the Amount, under separate ‘Tete and 
Departments. 


A Motion was made, and Question being put, Judicial Offices. 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, Copies 





of Letters of the late Lord President of the Court 

of Session in Scotland, and the late Chief Justice 

of the Queen’s Bench in Jreland, resigning their 

judicial offices ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Tufnell, cE 
Yeas, (Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell :} 75. 

Tellers for the ;Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 
Noes, \Mr. Henry Baring : ees. 

So it passed in the Negative. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Matt. 
Return of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made from the 5th day of January to the 5th day of 
July 1841, and from the 5th day of July 1841 to 
the 5th day of January 1842, and of the Amount of 





Duty paid thereon in each period, 
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The 














ae ee a le NE. cette SANIT alt Be 


Loan Societies 
Bill. 


Army 
Estimates 
Effective 
rvices). 


No. 14. 


22 10° Februarii. 


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


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Estimate of the Number of 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Rank and 
File, which it is proposed to maintain for the Service 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land (exclusive of the Troops employed in the East 
Indies), for the year, from the 1st of April 1842 to 
the 31st March 1843. 

Estimate of the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, for Service at Home and Abroad, from the 
Ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843; inclosing, 


Paper (A.)}—Detail-of the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces at Home and Abroad for 365 days, 
from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 
1843. 

Paper (B.)—Detail of the Charge of the Regi- 
mental Establishments of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces at Home and Abroad, for 365 days, from 
the ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843. 

Paper (C.) Detail of the *Regimental Charge of 
the Land Forces at Home and Abroad, as esti- 
mated for the twelve months from Ist April 
1842 to 3ist March 1843; 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. 

Paper (D.) Detail of the Charge for Chatham 
Garrison and the Establishments at Chatham, 
Maidstone, and Portsmouth, for 365 days, from 
the ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843. 

Paper (E.) Detail of the Charge for Recruiting 
Districts for 365 days, from 1st April 1842 to 
3ist March 1843. 

Paper (F.) Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light 
for the Troops; and Money Allowances and 
Contingent Expenses of Regimental Officers 
Abroad. 

Abstract of the Distribution of the Forces on the 
1st January 1842, and on the 1st January 1841. 


Estimate of the Charge of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces at Home and Abroad, and of Her 
Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of London ; from 
the ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843; in- 
closing, 

Particulars of the Pay and probable Contingent 

Expenses of General Staff Officers and Officers 
of the Hospitals in the United Kingdom for 365 
days, from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st 
March 1843. 

Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals on Foreign Sta- 
tions, excepting India, and of the Pay of Clerks, 
&amp;c., of the said Officers, from the 1st April 
1842 to the 31st March 1843, both days inclu- 
sive. 

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 1842 to the 
31st March 1843. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 


A. 1842. 


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 Military Duty 
attaches; and which Appointments will be abolished 
on vacancies occurring, when Rewards for distin- 
guished Military Service will be granted in lieu 
thereof ; from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, 
both days inclusive, being 365 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 1842 to the 31st 
March 1843, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, from 
the ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843, both 
days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge for Half Pay and Military 
Allowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Land Forces, from the 1st April 1842 to 
the 3ist March 1843, both days inclusive, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half mi Fae 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, from the 1st April 1842 to the 
31st March 1843, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, from the 
Ist April 1842 to the 31st March 1843, both days 
inclusive, being 365 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 the 

| 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 1843, both days 
inclusive, being 365 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- 
hare ; of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 

oldiers ; and of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 
and 1795; from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st 
March 1843, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments, in the nature of Super- 
annuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons for- 
merly belonging to the several Public Departments 
there under-mentioned, from the 1st April 1842 to 
~ 31st March 1843, both days inclusive, being 365 

ays. 


vices, for 365 days, from the 1st April 1842 to the 
31st March 1843. 

Abstract of the Estimates of Non-effective Army 
Services, for 365 days, from the 1st April 1842 to 
the 31st March 1843. 

Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army 
Services, for the year ending the 31st March 1842, 
and for the year ending the 3lst March 1843; 
showing the difference between the Numbers to be 
maintained, the probable Charges, and the Amounts 
provided, and to be provided, after deducting Ap- 
propriations in Aid. 

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


Abstract of the Estimates for Effective Army Ser- Abstracts. 


College, from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 
1348. Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military | mand,—Accounts relating to the Trade and Navi- Navigation. 
Asylum, and of the Hibernian Military School, from | gation of the United Kingdom in 1841. No. 15. 
the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 1843, being! Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
365 days. Table ; and be printed. 
Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from 


the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 1843. Ordered, That the Copy of the Account of Naval Navy. 
Estimate of the Charge of Allowances as Rewards | Receipt and Expenditure for the year ended 31st No.16. 


for distinguished Services, not exceeding three-fifths | March 1841, which was presented yesterday, be 
of the Emoluments of Garrison Appointments which | printed. 


(Non-effective 
Services.) 





Ordered, 








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Navy: Ordered, That the Return of Muskets and Cut- 
No.17. lasses supplied for the use of the Navy since 1836, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Veneris, 11° die Februari ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
Court of R. Johnson, from the Office of the Lord Chan- 
Chancery. cellor’s principal Secretary, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Order of Court 
for the better Administration of Justice in the Court 
of Chancery, dated 19th November 1841 :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Sheffield, A Petition of the Sheffield, Ashion-under-Lyne 
Ashton-under- and Manchester Railway Company, for leave to bring 
——. in a Bill to alter and amend some of the provisions 
Railway. of the Act relating to the said Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Southampton A Petition of the Southampton Dock Company, 
vanaue for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the mode of rais- 
ing the Capital authorized to be raised by the Acts 
for making a Dock or Docks at Southampton, and 
to alter and amend some of the powers of the said 
Acts, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Corn Laws, Petitions from East Anstruther ;— Manchester 


(eighty-eight Petitions) ;— Dunbar ;— Galston ;— 
Buchlyvie ;—Balerno ;— Wentworth ;— Worsley ;— 
Wath and Brampton Bierlow ;—Cupar Angus ;— 
Girvan (two Petitions) ;— Hamilton ;— Rochdale 
(forty-one Petitions) ;— Barr ;—Lanark 3— Healey 
(two Petitions) ;— Whitworth (two Petitions) ;— 
Kelso ;---Dalry (two Petitions) ;—Longridge (two 
Petitions) ;— Dundee ;— Beith ;— West Linton ;— 
Salford (nineteen Petitions) ; — Charlestown ; — 
Marsden (two Petitions) ;— Kettering ;—- Thurgoland; 
— Scarborough ;—Barugh and Gawber ;—Casteton 
(three Petitions);—Workmen employed at John 
Ashworth and Son’s Mill ;— Chorley ;— Warrington 


10°—11° Februariz. 





23 


Cockermouth (two Petitions) ; — Glastonbury ; — 
Muncaster ;— Whitehaven ;— Derby ;— Bathgate ;— 
Greenham ;— Bridgwater ;—Carnwath (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Thetford ;— Belper ;— Bilston (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Langeliffe ; — Stewarton ; — Sheffield ; — 
Blackswell ;—Kilmarnock (two Petitions) ;—Mary- 


| hill ;—Cumnock ;— Distington ;— Whitehaven (two 


Petitions) ;— Hensingham ;— Harpurhey ;— Forfar 
(five Petitions) ;— Bothwell (two Petitions) ;— Turton 
(four Petitions) ;— Deighton (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Huddersfield (fourteen Petitions); praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clontarf ;—Kanturk (two Peti- Union with 
tions) ;—Murhur ;— Talla ;— Kilmacow;--Ballyhea; ‘el. 
— Killiney ;— Kilconley ;— Ballymacarrett ;--Graig, 
Ullard and Powerstown ;— Maynooth ;—Kilteevan ; 

— Dublin; — Kells ;— Dunsany ; — Enniscorthy ; 

— Ballymore ;— Geashill and Ballyheane ; — Dun- 
shaughlin ; — Finglass ; — Carrigera; — Dundalk ; 

— Mountmelick ;— Kildalhey ;—Donbeg ;--Kilworth; 

— Leighlin Bridge; — Cork (three Petitions); — 
Ballyfoyle ;—Carrigeen ; — Shanagolden ;— Lady’s 
Island ;—Ballymacue ; — Moncoin ;— Limerick (two 
Petitions) ; — Athy; — Caragh and Prosperous; — 
Comeris ;— Monastrevan; — Kilbaron, &amp;c.;— Kilo- 
kennedy, and Kilsiely ; — Inistioge ;—Kilnaspig ;— 

and, Kilconry; praying for the repeal of the legisla- 

tive union of Great Britain with Ireland,—were pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie wpon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Minchinhampton jaoiatry 
and its neighbourhood, praying that the connexion (India. ) 
of the British Government with the Idolatrous prac- 

tices of the natives of India may be forthwith discon- 
tinued, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killeter ; — Cootehill ; — Upper Marriages 
Clennaneese ; — Dublin ;— Bailieborough ; — and, Ireland.) 
Clady; praying the House to pass an Act for 
rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which 

may be hereafter solemnized, by a presbyterian 
minister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom 

is a member of the Established Church and the 

other a protestant dissenter,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and Laymen belonging 
to the Presbytery of Antrim, and Remonstrant Synod. 





(two Petitions) ;—Euxton ;—Croston ;— Whittle-le- 
Woods ;—Coppull ; — Heapy ;— Eccleston ;— Saint 
Helen’s ;— Charnock, Richard ao (Pro- 
vost) ;— Stockport ;— Lockwood ;— Warkworth ; — 
Arbroath (four Petitions) ;— Glossop ;— Chorlton- 
upon-Medlock ;—Mile End-road ;—Staley Bridge ; 
-—Hyde (Cheshire) ;— Dalmellington ;—Longroyd ; 
Huddersfield (two Petitions) ;—Ramsden ;—Cuc- 
coldsclough ;—Apsley ;—Pool Moor ;—Mould Green 
(two Petitions) ;— Zaylor Hill;—Longroyd Bridge; 
—Scammonden ;— Dalton (three Petitions) ;—Ald- 
monbury ;— King’s Mill ;— Paddock ;— Golcar ;— 
Newtown Mills ; — Linthwaite ;— Sheepridge ;— 
Slaithwaite (two Petitions) ;—Water-street Mill ;— 
Bottom Hall Mill ;—Aberench ;—West Ham (two 
Petitions) ;— Bow; —Stratford ;— Honiton ;-- Ottery 
Saint Mary ;— Slapton ;— Hulme ;— Ardwick ;— 
Fairbairn ;—Kilbarchan ;— Kendal (two Petitions); 
— Abergavenny ;— Churchtown ;— Deal ;— Sumers- 
dale;— Letham ;— Greenlaw ;--Linlithgow;—Deacon 
and Clerk of the Incorporation of Shoe-makers ;— 


Granby-row ; — Carlisle ;— Burgh of Hawick ;— 


Denholm ;— Dundalk ;—Falkirk ;— Dumbarton ; -- 


Conway and Llandidno ;--Kirklinton (two Petitions) ; 
—Dalston ;—Sealeby Hill ;—Scaleby ;--Kirkbride ; 
—Springfield (two Petitions) ;— Hebden Bridge ;— 
Batley ;—Upperby ; —Stanwix ;—Caldewgate, Car- 
lisle ; — Bawness ;— Fordingbridge ;— Taunton ;— 


of Ulster, and_ other friends of religious liberty, 
assembled at Dublin, meeting in Belfast, prayin 
the House to pass an Act for rendering valid al 
such Marriages, and also to extend to Jreland the 
provisions of the Act for the General Registration 
of Births, Marriages and Deaths, was also pre- 


sented, and read, and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the undersigned Free Burgesses of Queenborough 
the borough of Queenborough, in the county of Borough. 
Kent, praying for a deep investigation and scrutin 

into the acts of the mayor, juratts and bailiffs of the 
corporation of Queenborough, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Petitions for 
upon Friday last, That a Select Committee on Peti- Private Bills. 
tions for Private Bills be appointed, might be read ; 
and the same being read; , 


A Committee was nominated, of Mr. Strutt, Mr. 
Robert Clive, Mr. Rice, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. 
Wrightson, Mr. George Cavendish, Mr. Compton, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 
Beckett, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Walker, Mr. George 
Philips, Mr. Bell, Mr. Gibson Craig, O’ Conor 
Don, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Eliot 








VoL. 97. 


Yorke, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Aglionby, Sir John Yarde 
p4 Buller, 








Weston-super- 
Mare Improve- 
ment and 
Market. 


Saint Pancras 
Improvement. 


Duke of Bed- 
ford’s Estate. 


Bromyard 
Roads. 


London and 
Greenwich 


Railway. 


Kingsclere 
Inclosure. 


Hinckley Road. 


Leicester and 
Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road. 


Midland Coun- 
ties Railway. 


Nottingham 


Gas (No. 1.) 


Drogheda 
Harbour. 


Q4 


Buller, Captain Jones, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Barneby, 
Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Stansfield, 
Lord Worsley, Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. Edward 
Buller, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Mr. Morgan John O’Connell, Mr. Packe, Mr. 
George William Wood, Mr. Evans, Mr. Home 
Drummond, Mr. Parker, Mr. Marshall and Sir 
Charles Douglas. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of houses 
and land in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the 
county of Somerset, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise 
improving the town of Weston-super-Mare, and the 
neighbourhood thereof, and for establishing a Mar- 
ket therein, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for paving and otherwise improving certain 
Streets in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county 
of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill to explain 
an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to 
alter, amend and enlarge some of the Powers and 
Provisions of the Acts for paving and otherwise im- 
proving certain Streets in the Parish of Saint Pan- 
cras, in the County of Middlesex, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petition# for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Most noble Francis Duke of 
Bedford, for leave to bring in a Bill for prohibiting 
burying and funeral service in a Church or Chapel 
in the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county of 
Middlesex, erected on the estate of the Duke of 
Bedford, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Bromyard 
Roads Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Zondon and 
Greenwich Railway Bill, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


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


Ordered, That the Petition for the Leicester and 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Road Bill, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Midland 
Counties Railway Bill, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) Bill, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Drogheda 
Harbour Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, 


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


11° Februariz. 























| (Bristol) Bridge Bill, which was presented upon 


A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Manchester Manchester 
Infirmary Bill, which was presented upon Friday Mfrmary. 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Biils. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Brandling Brandling 
Junction Railway Bill, which was presented upon Junction Rail. 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on “*™ 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Nottingham Nottingham 
Gas (No. 2.) Bill, which was presented upon Friday 6#s (No. 2.) 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Granton Pier Grauton Pier, 
Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Bradford Bradford 
(York) Waterworks Bill, which was presented upon (York) Water. 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on “”” 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Severn Navi- Severn Naviga-. 
gation Bill, which was presented upon Friday last, tion. 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Southwark Im- southwark 
provement (No. 1.) Bill, which was presented upon Improvement 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on (No1.) 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Great North Great North 
of England Railway Bill, which was presented upon of England 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on “” “*™" 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Birkenhead Birkenhead 
Improvement Bill, which was presented upon Friday I™provement. 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Boston Har- Boston 
bour Bill, which was presented upon Monday last, Harbour. 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


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


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cambrian Iron Cambrian Irov 
and Spelter Company Bill, which was presented upon 2né Spelter 
Monday last, be referred to the Select Committee ~°"?*"” 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cwm Celyn Cwm Celyn 
and Blaina Iron Company Bill, which was presented on Crucell 
upon Monday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cottenham, Cottenham, 
&amp;e., Drainage Bill, which was presented upon Mon- © Drimss* 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the West Stirling- 
shire Roads Bill, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


West Stirling- 
shire Roads. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Saint Philip’s oon — 
risto: 


.DO™ Bridge. 
Monday last, be referred to the Select Committee ic 


on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, 





























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Iter 


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Stanhope and 
Company- 


5 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Petition for = Stanhope _ 

Railroad Tyne Railroad Company Bill, which was presente 
Com mo Monday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Stalybridge Ordered, That the Petition for the Stalybridge 
Gas. Gas Bill, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 
Glasgow, Ordered, That the Petition for the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kile Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill, which 
marnack, an was presented upon Monday last, be referred to the 
Aye Railways elect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Edinburgh and ~=©Ordered, That the Petition for the Edinburgh 
Glasgow Rail- and Glasgow Railway Bill, which was presented 


way. 


upon Monday last, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


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


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


Glasgow Police. 








Clee Inclosure. 


Cottenham Ordered, That the Petition for the Cottenham In- 

Inclosure. closure Bill, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 

Surrey and Ordered, That the Petition for the Surrey and 

Sussex Roads. Sussex Roads Bill, which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Saint Mary-lee Ordered, That the Petition for the Saint Mary- 

bone Parish. 


le-bone Parish Bill, which was presented upon Tues- 
day last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


South Eastern Ordered, That the Petition for the South Eastern 


Railway. Railway Bill, which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

Bristol Ordered, 'That the Petition for the Bristol Boun- 

Boundary. 


dary Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
ivate Bills. 


Surrey New Ordered, That the Petition for the Surrey New 


11° Februariz. 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





95 


Ordered,” That the Petition for the Sheffield, Shefield, 
Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill, ae 


which was presented this day, be referred to the M, 


anchester 
Railway. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Southampton Southampton 
Docks Bill, which was presented this day, be re- Decks- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 

vate Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of William Hurst, Nottingham 
of Nottingham, Gentleman ;—and, Freemen of the &amp;*5 (No. 2) 
town of Nottingham, which were presented yesterday, 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 

Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Notting kam 

Gas (No. 2.) Bill, be referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Tyne- Cord’s Day. 
mouth, praying the House to pass an Act prohibiting 
all open nes Sarde of the Lord’s Day, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Hutton, of Ridgeway, in the Colonial 
parish of Eckington, stating that the colonies of Ca- Produce. 
nada, Cape of Good Hope and New South Wales, 
import exclusively manufactured goods from Great 
Britain ; and that each colony would import more 
if it could pay for them, and that if Great Britain 
were to import corn and timber free from duty from 
the European and American United States, it would 
not be the means to check the progress of their 
manufacture; and praying the House to give each 
colony a decided advantage to export corn, wine, 
timber and other agricultural produce, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Meltham;— and, Cheltenham ; Registration 
praying the House to take into consideration the of Voters. 
state of the law relative to the Registration of Voters, 

as regards objections to claims,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the pytiic 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 

had examined the Petitions presented from the 4th (First Report.) 
to the 9th days of this instant February, both days 

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, Glass. 
Returns of the Quantities of Glass retained for 
Home use, and of the Quantities exported, for each 
year, ending the 5th day of January 1841 and the 
5th day of January 1842 :—and, of the Amount of 
Duty charged and Drawback paid on each descrip- 
tion of Glass in England ; distinguishing the Quan- 
tities and Weight, Rate of Duty, and of Drawback, 





po. Roads Bill, which was presented yesterday, be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 
Southwark Qrdered, That the Petition for the Southwark Im- 
— provement (No. 2.) Bill, which was presented 
shed yesterday, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 
os Anetall Ordered, That the Petition for the Saint Austell 
arket. 


Market Bill, which was presented yesterday, be 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Cheltenham 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cheltenham 


a and Great Western Union Railway Bill, which was 

Railway. presented yesterday, be referred to the Seiect Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

pverpoel Ordered, That the Petition for the Liverpool 

dang Paving and Sewerage Bill, which was presented 
yesterday, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Blackburn and 


ch Ordered, That the Petition for the Blackburn and 
Orley Road, 


Chorley Road Bill, which was presented yesterday, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


and the Amount in each year, ending the 5th day 
of January 1841 and the 5th day of January 1842 ; 
distinguishing the Duty a from the 5th day of 
January 1841 to the 5th day of July 1841, from 
that paid from the 5th day of July 1841 to the 5th 
day of January 1842 ;—Similar Heterne for Lre- 
land :—Similar Returns for Scotland :—Returns of 
the Amount of Drawback or Allowance on Glass 
for the use of Churches, &amp;c., in each year, ending 
the 5th day of January 1841 and the 5th day of 
January 1842 :—and, of the Quantities of each kind 
of Glass exported to’ Ireland, in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1841 and the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper 
No. 419, of Session 1839, and in the same detail) :-— 
And, an Account of the Quantities of Window Glass, 
German Sheet Glass, and Plate Glass imported and 
entered for Home Consumption in the United King- 
dom, in the Two years ended the 5th day of January 








Vox. 97, 


E 1842, 











Exchequer. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


26 11° Februari. A. 1842. 


1842, with the Rates and Amount of Duty received; Amount and Average Rate of Duty received on 
thereon ; distinguishing the Countries from which | each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign and Co- 
imported ; alse, of the Quantities of Foreign Win- lonial, in each year, from July 1828 to 1841 :—Of 
dow Glass, German Sheet Glass and Plate Glass, | the Quantities of each kind of Grain which paid the 
exported from the United Kingdom in the Two years | several Rates of Duty during the whole Period, 


ended the 5th day of January 1842; distinguishing 
the Countries to which sent. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the date of the Appointment of Sir John 
Newport, late Comptroller of the Exchequer, the 
Amount of annual Salary and Allowances attached 
to that Office, the date of Retirement, the Total 
Amount of Salary and Allowances received by that 
Officer during the period he held the Office, and the 


of the date of the Appointment of Lord Monteagle 


from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the Total 
| Quantities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Co- 
_lonial, with the Total Amount of Duty paid upon 
each kind, and the Average Rate thereof, during 
the whole period, from July 1828 to December 1841: 
—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain and of 
Malt imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in 
each year, from 1800 to 1841 :—And, of the Quanti- 
‘ties of Grain of each kind, distinguishing British, 
_ Scottish, Irish and Foreign, imported into London, 


Amount of Annual Pension granted to him :-—And, | in each year, from 1820 to 1841. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


as Comptroller of the Exchequer, the Amount of | Table ; and be printed. 


Salary or Allowances payable to that Officer annually, 
with the Total Amount of such Salary and Allow-' 
ances already received, up to the latest period to, 
which such Return can be made. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 3d, 4th, 
7th, 8th and 10th days of this instant February, 
(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. 





Mr. Gladstone presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this stant | 
February, for Statements of the Titles and Dates of 
the several Acts which have been passed for regu-| 
lating the Importation and Exportation of Corn in | 
the United Kingdom ; with Sumuinaries of the Duties | 
or Prohibitions, &amp;c., imposed by them, since the | 
year 1660:—Of the Annual Average Price of | 
Wheat per Imperial Quarter, at Eton and Oxford, | 
from 1646 to 1770 :— Of the Annual Average Price 
of each kind of Grain, in England and Wales, from 
1771 to 1841 :—Of the Decennial Fluctuations in | 
the Price of Wheat, as shown in the two preceding | 
Accounts, from 1646 to 1815; from 1816 to 1828 ;| 
and from 1829 to 1841; exhibiting the Highest and 
Lowest Annual Average in each Decennial Period, 
and the per-centage Amount of difference :—Of the 
Weekly Average Price, the Duty Average, and the | 
Rate of Duty, with respect to each kind of Grain ; 
also the Quantities of each kind paid Duty, and the 
Amount of Duty received therefrom, distinguishing 
Foreign from Colonial, in each week, from July 
1828 to December 1841 :—Of the Quantities of 
each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, imported, paid Duty, and remaining in 
Warehouse, in each Month; together with the Ave- 
rage Monthly Price of Wheat in England and 
Wales, from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of 
the Septennial Prices of each kind of Grain as pre- 
pared for the purposes of the Tithe Commission, in 
each year, from 1835 to 1841 :—Of the Fiar Prices 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Corn, 


Account of the Quantities of British Corn and Grain, 
and Meal and Flour, exported in each year from 
Great Britain to Foreign parts, 1828 to 1841, inclu- 
sive. 

Mr. Gladstone accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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


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. 


into a Committee upon the Loan Societies Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 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. 


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


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolis 
Copies of all Memorials presented to the Lords Iprovement 


Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by Mr. 


Rigby Wason, relating to the Plan of Improvement 
in the Parishes of Saint John and Saint Margaret 
in the City of Westminster, which was recommende 
by the Select Committee of the House of Commons 
on Metropolis Improvement in 1840; and to effect 
which a certain Sum of Money was recommended 
to be allocated by the said Committee, and also 
of any Proceedings thereon :—-And, of any Cor- 
respondence relating to Improvements in the said 
Parishes, between the Dean and Chapter of West- 
minster, or any person on their behalf, with the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or any person 
in that Office. 











of Wheat in each County of Scotland, from 1828 to 
1841 :—Of the Annual Average Prices of Wheat in 
Dublin, in each year from 1828 to 1841 :—Of the 
Annual Average Prices of Wheat in Guernsey and 
Jersey, with the Quantities imported and exported, 
in each year, from 1820 to 1841:—Of the Quanti- 
ties of Wheat returned as sold in England and 
Wales by the Corn Inspectors in each week and each 
ne from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the 

otal Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour im- 
ported into and exported from Great Britain, in 
each Year, from 1697 to 1841:—Of the Quantities 


That an humble Address be presented to Her 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Jury Cases in the first 
Division of the Court of Session, from the 1st day 
of January 1839 till the 31st day of July 1841; 
specifying those in which the late Lord President of 
the Court of Session presided, and those in which 
any other, and what, Judge presided; 
he House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 








of the several kinds of Grain and Meal imported 
from each country, and likewise of the Quantities 
re-exported from the Warehouse to each country, 
in each year from 1828 to 1840:—Of the Total 


Tellers for the { Mr. Wakley, 
Yeas, Mr. Roebuck : 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


haus. 
hiss, 


Resolved, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Loan Societies 
Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Court of Session 
a- (Scotland. ) 






















‘leties 


ment. 


dis 
=ment, 


of Session 
and. ) 





Non-attendance 
at Divine Wor- 
ship. 


Persia. 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 
No. 20. 


Canada. 


No. 21. 


Burials (City 
of London.) 


Population. 


Ormesby 
Tuelosure. 


Holywell 


oads, 


5 Vicroriz. 11°—14° 


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 Warrant on which J. C 
or J. Carlton, was committed at Rochdale on the 
29th day of June 1840, by Clement Royds and Wil- 
liam Chadwick, Esquires, for neglecting to attend 
Divine Worship at Butterworth, in the County of 
Lancaster. 

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. 





Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Treaty of Commerce between Her 
Majesty and the Shah of Persia, signed at Tehran, 
October 28th 1841. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Canada, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 14° die Februarii ; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 








PRAYERS. 


HE 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 Com- 
mons of the City of London, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that interments in 
the churches, church-yards and _burial-grounds 
within the City of Zondon, may be prohibited, and 
that proper places of interment should be provided 
without the limits of the Metropolis, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Manz, from the Office of the Commissioners 
for taking an Account of the Population of Great 
Britain, was called in; and at the bar presented,— 
Return to an Order, dated the Sth day of this instant 
February, for a Statement of the Population of the 
United Kingdom in 1831 and 1841, and for each of 
the intermediate years, assigning One-tenth of the 
Increase between these years as the annual Increase: 
—And then he withdrew. 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of divers commons, 
commonable lands, heaths, open fields and waste 
lands, and divers other lands and grounds in the 
parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 
Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby 
Saint Andrew, and in the parish of Scratby, other- 
wise Scroteby, in the county of Norfolk, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
Lands in the said parishes, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing and improving the Roads hereinafter men- 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act re- 
lating to the Holywell District of Turnpike-roads, in 
the county of Flint, and for making new Roads and 
Branches to communicate therewith, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Februari. 





27 


ships, hamlets and places of Kingswinford, Sedgley, 
Himley, Womborne, Kinfare, and Amblecote, in the 


county of Stafford, and of Dudley, Stourbridge and 


Oldswinford, in the county of Worcester, or some of 


them, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more easy 


and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the said 
parishes, townships, hamlets and places, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Rawtenstall ;—Accrington (three 

Petitions) ;—- Church (two Petitions); — Mossley ; 

—Reycroft ;— Norland ;— Skirkcoat ; — Birming- 

ham (three Petitions); — Hayley Hill ;— Elland; 

Hooley Hill ;—Audenshaw ;— Warrington (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Ashton-under-Lyne (four Petitions) ; — 
Peter Platt’s Work-people ;—Saddleworth ;— Glas- 
gow (two Petitions) ;-- Walton-le-Dale;--Manchester 
(one hundred and thirty-two Petitions) ;— Eastwood; 
—Bernard Brine ;—Prescot ;— Shelton (five Peti- 
tions) ;—Hanley (three Petitions) ;—Moffat ;—Fo- 
ley ;—Upper Hanley ;—Ubberly New Colliery ;— 
Selkirk ;— Bury (three Petitions) ;—Elie Fife ;— 
Newlands ;—A ffetside ;—-Family of Michael David- 
son ;—Dunscore ;— Castle Douglas ;—Craigo and 
Logie ;—Bath (seven Petitions) ;—Kilmarnock ;— 
Kinghorn ;—Baptist Union of Great Britain and 
Ireland ;— Barnoldswick ;— Pollockshaws (five Peti- 
tions) ;-— Thornliebank (four Petitions) ;— Pollok 
(eight Petitions) ;— Kippen ;— Newton-of-Mearns ; 
— Barnstaple ;— Nailsworth ;— Longton (twenty Pe- 
titions) ;— Batley (twelve Petitions) ;—Birstal ;— 
Batley Carr ;—Soothill (two Petitions) ;— Dews- 
bury ;— Earby-in-Craven ; — Etruria, Staffordshire 
Potteries ;— Weodborough ;—Keyworth ;-- Bingham; 
— Ratcliffe ;— Breaston ;— Sawley ;—Chilwell ;— 
Gunthorpe ;— Nottingham (three Petitions) ;— Bul- 
well ;— Langwith ;— Arnold ;— Basford (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Hucknall Torkard ;—Codnor and Loscoe ; 
— Bradmore ;—Carlton (two Petitions) ;—Bunney ; 
— Beeston ;— Radford ;— Hilltop ;—Newthorpe ;— 
Heanor ; — Loscoe ; — Lowdham ;— Kimberley ; — 
Lambley ;— Burton Joyce ;—Hyson Green ;—Cal- 
verton ;—Oxton and Epperstone ;—.Buddington ;— 
Bridgford ;— Brunsley ;— Mansfield ;— Hovering- 
ham ; — Cuckney ; — Lenton ;— Beaverlee ; — Leeds 

(sixty-eight Petitions);— Hunslet (eleven Petitions); 

— Woodhouse Carr ;—Kirkstall (two Petitions) ;— 

Lower Wortley, &amp;c. ;—Malay ;— Wortley (five Peti- 

tions) ;— Holbeck (two Petitions) ;— Woodhouse ;— 

Kirkcowan ;— Wellington-street, Southwark ;—Com- 

mittee and Teachers connected with the South Lon- 

don Auxiliary Sunday School Union ;—Ashburton ; 

—Adlington ;— Trottick Works, near Dundee ; — 

Dundee (three Petitions) ;— Stockport ;— Norwich 

(three Petitions) ;— Penmachno (two Petitions) ;— 
Penybontfawr ;— Langtree;— West Putford;—Wear 
Gifford ;— Hatherleigh ;— Newport ;— Busby (three 

Petitions) ;—Hurlet ;— Eaglesham (three Petitions) ; 
—Potterfield (two Petitions) ;—Cathcart (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Carnoustie ;— Black Torrington ;— Brecon ; 
— North Sunderland ;— Longframlaington ;— New- 
ton Saint Petrock ;— Bridge of Weir ; — Paisley 
(two Petitions) ;—Old Cathcart ;—New Cathcart ; 
—Sticklepath;— Okehampion ;—.Dedham and Lang- 
ham ;—Sheffield ;— Crosslee ;—Johnstone ;—Kilbar- 
chan ;—Strathbungo ;—Wellmeadow and Hazleden ; 
— Huncoat and Altham ;— Neilston ;— Kingswinford 
(three Petitions) ;— Wordsley ;— Oldswinford (three 
Petitions) ; — Amblecote ; — Preston ; — Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne ;—Chorley ;— Dursley ;—Auchterardar ; 
—- Fleetwood ;-—Selkirk ;-- Frenchay ;-- Winterbourne ; 
— Bristol (forty-eight Petitions) ;— Broughton ;— 
Easthy and Embsay ;— Kettlewell-with-Starbottom ; 
— Thornton ; — Addingham ; — Hetton Craco and 
Rilston ;—East and West Martons ;—Bradley ;— 
Skipton ;—Forfar (two Petitions) ;—Droitwich ;— 





Van. 97. 


Glassford ;— Kettie ;— Kirkaldy (three Petitions);— 
&gt; 


E 2 Ceres ;— 


A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, and others, Kingswinford 


being severally Inhabitants of the parishes, town- a vee 


Corn Laws. 


Iwport Duties. 


Marriages 
(Treland.) 


28 


Ceres (two Petitions) ;—Kirkintilloch ;— Working ; 
—Long Holme ;— Ardwick ;— Houghton (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Blaydon ;— Peebles ;—Hollin Bank ;—JI- 
fracombe ; — Crofthead ; —- Eagleshawe ; — William 
Lloyd, and others ;—Oswald Hall, and others ;— 
Dalmuir ;— Strathbungo (fwo Petitions) ;— Cullin- 
worth ;—Stow ;—Arbroath (two Petitions) ;—Penni- 
cuick ;— Auchindinny ;— Roslin ;— Dalkeith ;— Cow- 
glen ;— Hulme (four Petitions) ;— Garton ;— Newton 
Heath ;— William Bird, and others ;— William Far- 
rington,and others;—Levenshulme (two Petitions) ;— 
Huddersfield ;—Salendine Nook ;— Paddock ;—Dye- 
houses ;---Denton (four Petitions) ;-- Haughton ;— Hir- 
wain;--Merthyr Tydfil(two Petitions);—Dowlais ;-—- 
Warrington ;— Freshfield ; —Hebden ;— Linton ;— 
Conouley ;— Lothersdale ;—Kildwick and Farnhiil ; 
— Grassinton ;—Inverkip ; —Bow ;— Edinburgh (six 
Petitions) ;— Tiverton ;—Clarkstone ;— Caithness ;— 
Wick and Pulteney Town ;—Nitshill ;—Crossmy!oof 
(two Petitions) ;— Linlithgow ;—Abdie and Demog; 
—West Kilbride ;— Newlandsfield ;— Worcester (four 
Petitions) ;--Vorthampton (two Petitions) ;--Eveter ; 
— Stourbridge (four Petitions) ;—Stamber Mill ;— 
Lye Waste ;—Cradley ;—Mount Pleasant ;—Red- 
ditch ;—Lye ;—Saint Andrew’s ;—Farnley (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Skinner’s-lane ;— Ipswich ;— Dalton ;— 
Long ;— Dronfield (two Petitions) ;—Southwark ;— 
Bierley Hill ;— Ovingham ;—Pilkington (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Halesowen ;— Farnby ;— Burley ;— Chorl- 
ton-upon-Medlock ;— Ravenshaw ;— Carr Mill and 
pt sa ;—Boothfold Rosendale ;—Chatterton ;— 
Haslingden (fourteen Petitions) ;— Hutchbank ;— 
Salford (fifteen Petitions) ;—Musbury (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Snighole ;— Hallinghank ;—Alden ;—Syke 
Mill (Zancaster);— Rochdale (nine Petitions) ;— 
Milnrow ;—Lower-place ;— Ogden ;— Shawclough ; 
— Kilmarnock ;-— Oakworth (two Petitions) ;--Brad- 
ford (York) (four Petitions) ;—Idle (two Petitions) ; 
—Wilsden (four Petitions) ;—Tutors and Students of 
Airedale College ;— Hallas Bridge ;— Birkshead ; 
— Pockroyd;— Haworth ;—Slapton (five Petitions) ; 
— Chesham ;— Denham ;— New Basford (five Peti- 
tions);—Members of the London Baptist Associa- 
tion ; — Markyate-street ; — Uxbridge ; — Newton 
(three Petitions) ;— Devonshire-square, London ;— 
Dunstable ;— Wendover (three Petitions) ;— Wan- 
stead ;— Bishops Stortford ;— Liverpool (eight Peti- | 
tions) ;— Montrose ;— Everton Crescent ; — Wood- 
side ;— Wallasey ;— Kendal ;— Carseburn ;— Aber- 
lemno ;—Forfar ;— Tottington ;— Bellshill ;—South 
Muir ; —Kinnettles ; — Wigan (eight Petitions) ;— 
Family of Richard Deacon ;—Fawmily of Thomas 
Deacon ; — Family of Robert Jolley;— Family of | 
William Latham ; — Calton ;—and, Kingston-upon- 
Hull; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Inhabitants of Ripon ;—and, Me- | 
chanics of Ripon; praying the House to repeal the 
Corn Laws and pass an Act to allow foreign corn | 
to be imported at a fixed duty—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of corn 
mills in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and its vicinity, pray- 
ing the House so to apportion any duty that may be 
imposed on Wheat, Flour and Meal, as to preserve 
and promote the home manufacture, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














Petitions from Montrose ; — Kirkcaldy ;-— and, 
Glasgow (one hundred and thirty-two Petitions) : 
praying for a revision and modification of the lm- 
port Duties;—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Glendermot ;— Armagh ;— Bun- 
crana ;—and, Dublin; praying the House to pass an | 
Act for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or | 
which may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian 
minister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom 


14° Februariz. 


A. 1842, 


is a member of the Established Church, and the 
other a protestant dissenter —were presented, and 
read ; and ordered te Jie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Preston, stating that if Liverpool 
be made a Port of departure and arrival of the West 
India Mails, it will be a great convenience to the 
manufacturers of Preston, Manchester and other 
places; and praying that any expense in adapting 
any other port for such station may be abstained 
from at present, and that the House will appoint a 
Committee to take up, proceed with and finally re- 
port upon the inquiry delegated to the Committee 
of last year, and remaining unfinished, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That with respect to all Petitions for 
Private Bills presented in the present Session, which 
proceed from the same parties or some of them, and 
which are substantially for the same objects as were 
sought by any Bills which had passed the Second 
Reading in the last Session of the last Parliament, 
and were pending at the Dissolution of that Par- 
liament, a compliance with the requisite Standing 
Orders, preparatory to the Introduction of such Bills 
in that Session, be deemed a sufficient compliance 
with the Standing Orders of this House, so as to 
authorize the Introduction of such Bills in the pre- 
sent Session ; provided it shall be proved that Notices 
of the intended application to introduce such Bills 
shall have been given in the London, Edinburgh or 
Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and in some 
Newspaper of the county or districts to which such 
Bills relate respectively, in the months of October 
or November last. 

Resolved, That with respect to such Petitions, 
the Minutes of the Proceedings of, or the Minutes 
of Evidence taken by the Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, in the last Session of the last Par- 
liament, be taken by the Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, in the present Session, as evidence of 
the compliance with the said Standing Orders ; but 
such Committee may call for further evidence, if in 
any case they may deem it necessary. 

Resolved, That the Committee upon any Pri- 
vate Bill do examine in the first place, whether the 
said Bill be for the same purpose as any Bill which 
was presented in the last Session of the last Par- 
liament, and contain the same Clauses and Provi- 
sions as were contained in such former Bill, in the 
last stage of its Proceeding, and whereupon any 
Proceedings were pending on the Dissolution of the 
last Parliament, and in such case that all Minutes 
of Evidence, together with any Documents therein 
referred to, which were taken before the former 
Committee on such Bill, be received in evidence of 
the allegations therein contained. 

Resolved, That to enable the Parties promot- 
ing any such Bill, to avail themselves of the last- 
mentioned Resolution, they shall, after the intro- 
duction of such Bill, and previously to the Second 
Reading thereof, give Notice once in the London, 
Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, 
and once in some Newspaper usually circulated in 
the district or districts to which the Bill specially 
relates, that it is their intention to proceed with the 
Bill, and to avail themselves of the above Reso- 
lution, and that the Committee on the Bill do exa- 
mine how far such Resolution has been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House, on the 
Report of the Bull. 


Petitions from Hill-street, Southwark ;—-and, Saint 
Thomas, Southwark; praying the House to adopt 
measures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 
upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition 


West India 
ails, 


Private Bills, 


Waterloo, 

Southwark, 
and Vauxhall 
Bridges. 

















hall 





5 VicToriz. 


Samuel Gordon. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Navy 
Estimates. 


No. 22. 


Ordnance 
Estimates. 


No. 23. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


No. 24, 


Salop (Southern 


Division) Writ. 


North Dublin 
Union Work- 
house. 


Sulphur Trade 
(Naples. ) 


Corn Importa- 
tion, 


14°—15° 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- 
street, Dublin, praying the House to order that a 
Copy of a Petition, presented to the Court of Chan- 
cery in Jreland by the Petitioner in 1841, with the 
Orders made thereon, be laid before this House, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Workmen in the employment of 
James Templeton, Junior, Esquire, Carpet Manu- 
facturer in the Royal Burgh of Ayr, praying for the 
adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments 
and Vote by Ballot, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the 





29 
upon the same principles, and is likely to be at- 
“* tended by similar results,” 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 ; 


Februari. 


“ 


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


Martis, 15° die Februarii, 1842: 


" Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


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. 





year 1842-43. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to an Ad- 


dress to Her Majesty,—Estimates of the Office of 


Ordnance, for the year 1842-43. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to explain 


and amend an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 


his late Majesty King William the Fourth, to pro- 
vide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
in England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division 


of the County of Salop, in the room of Henry Vane, 
Esquire, commonly called the Earl of Darlington, 
now Duke of Cleveland, called up to the House of 


Peers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Papers relating to inquiry into the Treat- 
ment, Condition and Mortality of Infant Children 


in the Workhouse of the North Dublin Union. 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 





Mr. Manners Sutton reported the Loan Societies Loan Societies 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Bill. 

to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


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

to enable his Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince Cornwall Bill. 
of Wales to make Leases and Grants of Lands and 
Hereditaments, parcel of his said Royal Highness’ 

Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same, and for 

the other purposes therein mentioned: And that 

Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. So- 

licitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Caledonian 
Copy of a Report recently made to the Treasury, by Canal. 
—— Sir W. E. Parry, R. N. on the Caledonian 

anal. 


Mr. Pemberton presented a Bill to enable his Duchy of 
Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to Cornwall Bill. 
make Leases and Grants of Lands and Heredita- No. 25. 
ments, parcel of his said Royal Highness’ Duchy of 

Cornwall, or annexed to the same, and for the other 

purposes therein mentioned: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Corn, &amp;e. 
mand,—Abstract of information relative to Corn 
and other Agricultural Produce received from Her 
Majesty’s Ministers and Consuls on the Continent 
of Europe during the latter months of the year 1841 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Instructions given by the 
British Government to the Commissioners on the 
Sulphur Question, with the Government of Naples : 
—A Statement of the Claims presented to the Mixed 
Commission, by British Subjects :—A Statement of 
the Awards of the Mixed Commission ;—And, Copy 
of the Report of the British Commissioners to the 


Table. 


and January 1842. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Mauritius. 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence relative to the in- 
troduction of Indian Labourers into the Mauritius 
(in continuation of the Papers presented to this 


Government. 


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 House 


to resolve itself into the Committee, to consider o 


the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to amend the Laws relating 


to the Importation of Corn ; 


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, considering the evils which have been 
caused by the present Corn Laws, and especially 
“ by the fluctuations of the graduated or sliding 
scale, is not prepared to adopt the measure of 
overnment, which is founded 


“ 


“ 


“ Her Majesty’s 
Vou. 97. 





House on the 7th of October 1841, Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 66.) 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 

till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
f clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 15° die Februari; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Broug- Message from 
ham and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Appropriation 


Act better to provide for the Application to the Ser- Acts 4mend~ 
£3 vice ment Bill, 











Buildings Re- 
gulatiou Bill, 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Exchequer. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland.) 


30 


15° Februariz. 


A. 1842. 


vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and | a to the Governor and Deputy Governor 
of the 


Forty-one of the Sums granted in the two last Ses- 
sions of Parliament, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for regulating Buildings in large Towns; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Improvement of certain Boroughs ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Re- 
turns of the date of the Appointment of Sir John 
Newport, late Comptroller of the Exchequer, the 
Amount of Annual Salary and Allowances attached 
to that Office, the date of Retirement, the Total 
Amount of Salary and Allowances received by that 
Officer during the period he held the Office, and 
the Amount of Annual Pension granted to him :— 
And, of the date of the Appointment of Lord Mont- 
eagle as Comptroller of the Exchequer, the Amount 
of Salary or Allowances payable to that Officer an- 
nually, with the Total Amount of such Salary and 
Allowances already received, up to the latest period 
to which such Return can be made. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of War- 
rant granting Compensation for loss of Fees to 
Richard Henn, Esquire, Clerk and Examiner to 





ank of England, for Advances to Govern- 
ment authorized by Parliament from the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1841 to the 5th January 1842, 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 Balances of Sums National Dett, 


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 Com- 
pany 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. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.8,331 2. 5. in one year, from the 5th January 1841 
to the 5th January 1842, by the Commissioners ap- 
pointed by the 26 Geo. 3, for the Reduction of the 
National Debt :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Tidd Pratt, the Barrister appointed to cer- Loan Societies, 


tify the Rules of Savings Banks, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,--Abstract of Accounts of 
Loan Societies in England and Wales, to 31st De- 
cember 1841 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


one of the Masters in Chancery in Jreland, one year 
preceding Hilary Term 1842. 
Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to Tho- 


A Petition of the President of the Gloucestershire Poor Law 
Medical and Surgical Association, praying for alter- Amendment 
ation of the Poor Law Amendment Act relative to the 4“ 





Superannuas 
tions, 


Bank of 
England. 


mas Fenton, Esquire, one of the Examiners in Chief 
of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, for the quarter 
ended 10 January 1842. 


An Account of all Supplies remaining in the Mint, 
and of Sums advanced out of the Consolidated Fund, 


under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of 


Her Majesty’s Treasury to the Master of the Mint, 
for effecting the purchase of Bullion for the Coinage 
of Silver and Copper Monies for the Public Service; 
showing the Amount of the several Purchases of Bul- 
lion, and of the Seignorage accruing on the Coinage, 
and Loss on worn Silver Coin; also of Cash re- 
ceived by the Master of the Mint in payment for the 
Coin delivered at the Mint Office for the Public 
Service, and the Sums paid thereout from time to 
time into Her Majesty’s Exchequer for the use of 
the Consolidated Fund, in re-payment of the Ad- 
vances so made, from the 31st day of December 
1840 to the 31st day of December 1841. 

Copies of Treasury Minutes, &amp;c., granting special 
ee Allowances :—And then he with- 

rew. 


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


Mr. Smee, from the Bank of England, was calied 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Amount of all Exchequer 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 sum or sums 
have been lent and advanced for the Public Service 
b: the Governor and Company of the said Bank, 
in the year ending the 5th day of January 1842, 
showing what Amount of such Bills before the 
making up of this Account has been paid off and 
discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer 
Bills, or Treasury Bills, or other Government Securi- 
ties, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 aforesaid. 


A Copy of all Applications made by the First 
Lo:d of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the 





present system of affording medical relief, was pre- 
sented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burntisland ;— Northampton (eight Corn Laws. 


Petitions) ;— Nairn ;— Kendal (three Petitions) ;— 
Shelwith Bridge ;— Ambleside ;— Torver ;— Monk 
Coniston ;— Church Coniston ;— Thornton and Coal- 
ton of Balgonie;— Long Buckby ;— Inverness ;— 
Crayford (six Petitions) ;— Woolwich ;— West Wick- 
ham ; — Bexley ; — Greenwich ;— Allcannings and 
other places ;— West Lavington and other places ; 
—Devizes (two Petitions) ;— Southwick ;-—Market 
Lavington ;-—-Urchfont and other places ;—Potterne 
and other places;— Great Chiverell and other places; 
— Bishops Cannings and other places ;—.Broughton 
Gifford ;— Seend and other places ;—Patney and 
other places ; — Steeple Ashton and Bradley ;— 
Stanton Saint Bernard and other places ;—Honey- 
street, Woodborough and Wilcott ;—~ Upavon and 
other places ;—Easterton ;—Manningford and Hil- 
cott ; —— Saddleworth; — Bath ; — Kenilworth; — 
Read ;-— Simonstone ;——Ightenhill Park ;—Chesham 
(two Petitions); Barley Booth ;— Whitehill ;— 
Honiton (two Petitions); — Reedley Hollows ; —- 
Wortley ; — Inglewhite ; — Laurencehirh (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Longtown ;—— Brechin (two Petitions) ;-- 
Cheltenham ; —Over Darwen ;— Burton-upon-Trent 
(two Petitions) ; — Cliviger ; — Aberchirder ; — 
Peebles ; — Cumnock ; — Denny ; — Cirencester ; — 
Milngavie ;-- Newmilns ;— Cambuslang ;—Newart- 
hill ;--Newtyle ;-— New Pitsligo ;—Pittenweem ;— 
Kirkliston ;— Galashiels ;— Currie ;—Bannockburn; 
—Hapton ;—Poldshaw Booth ;—Old Laund Booth ; 
— Wortshorn-with- Hurstwood ;—Higham Booth ;~- 
Newtown ; — Padiham ;— Jedburgh ;— Cargill ; — 
Shepton Mallet ; — Burnley (two Petitions) ; — 
Briercliffe-with-Ectwristle ;— Earl Shilton ;--Col- 
niton ;— Paisley ;—Linlithgow ;—-Roughlee Booth ; 
—Habergham Eaves ;-~Mansfield ;-—Berwick-upon- 
Tweed ;—- Washford ;-— Whitfield ;— Thrusterfield ; 
— Kirkbride ;— Carlisle (four Petitions) ;— Hethers- 
gill ;—Rochcliff ;—Ecclefechan ;—Gretna and other 
places ;— Pollokshaws ;—- Manchester (eleven Peti- 
tions) ;-— Handsworth ;-—G leadless ;—Kilnhurst ;— 
Darnale ; — Blackburn ;-- Stannington ;— Warral ; 








— Denham ; 













Cs, 


Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


Foreign 
Factories. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 





5 Vicroriz. 


— Denham ;— Uxbridge (two Petitions) ;— Chalfont | 
Saint Peter’s ;— Jekenham ;— Wendover ;— Hilling- 
don;—-Mary-le-hone (sixteen Petitions);—Ulxbridge 
Moor ;—Dorchester;— Great Torrington (three Peti- 
tions) ; -—— Church ; — Rivington; — Dundee (three 
Petitions) ;— Wadsworth ;— Salterforth ;— Derby ; 
—Kerryden ;— Heath ;— Charnock ;— Keppel-street, | 
London;—Little Torrington ;—Egremont ;-—Cocker- 
mouth ;— Upha ;— Hilltown ;— North Berwick ;— 
Gosforth and Irton ;-— Dore ; — Totly ;— Norton 
Black Moor ;— Girvan (six Petitions) ; -- Leeds 
(three Petitions) ;— Nantwich (six Petitions) ;— 
Crediton ;-- Brighton ;— Henfield ;— Wottonunder- 
edge; — Crewkerne ; — Heeley; —— Blackburn ; — 
Staveley ;— Gainsbro’ ;— Aspatria ;—Mill Houses ; 
— Stranraer (five Petitions) ;— Dunfermline ;— Ro- 
therham ; — Oswaldtwisle (two Petitions); — and, 


15° Februari. 









31 


protestant dissenter,—were presented, and read ; Butter ‘Irade 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. (Ireland,) 


_ A Petition of Merchants, Coopers, and others, 
interested in the Cooper and Butter Trade in the 
town of Belfast, praying the House to take the state 


of the Butter Trade in Jreland into consideration, 


and to repeal the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 88, which takes 

off the restrictions as to the sufficiency of the casks 

for the packing of Butter, and also such parts of 

the said Act as leave it optional with the parties 

whether the empty casks shall be branded and tared 

by a public officer responsible for the tares, and 

whether they will have the casks weighed, branded | 
and inspected by the public officer at the place of 

export previous to their being packed, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Portsea; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the American 
Chamber of Commerce for the port of Liverpool, 
trading with the United States, praying the House to 
substitute a fixed duty on Corn for the sliding scale, as 
most conducive to the benefit of commerce generally, 
and especially as respects the trade with the United 
States of America; but that in any event such a 
measure may be devised, either by extending the 
time for taking the averages, or by allowing a longer 
period during which duty shall be charged on the 
shipments from America or otherwise, as may place 
the trade with that country on as favourable a foot- 
ing as that with more neighbouring countries, was 


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


A Petition of Operative Hand-loom Weavers of 
Carlisle, praying the House to pass a law to esta- 


blish Boards of Trade to regulate the prices of | 


Weaving, 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 all Communications that have been re- 
ceived at the Foreign Office, in pursuance of an 
Address of this House of the 17th day of June 
1841, respecting Regulations established in Foreign 
Factories, together with such Explanations in detail 
as the nature of the cases will admit; describing 
the character of the Food used therein, the Wages 
paid therein, whether in Specie or in kind. 

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 Gentry, Merchants and other In- 
habitants of the town of Dundalk, stating that a 
line of Railway connecting Dublin with Belfast, and 
passing through Dundalk, would follow the present 
stream of traffic, and be a great public convenience 
to that populous district and the north of Zreland 
generally ; that the connection of the line now in 
progress of construction from Dublin to Drogheda, 
with the Railway recently opened from Belfast to 
Portadown, would afford the most desirable and 
best method of carrying this object into effect, and 


praying the House to take the subject into considera- 


tion, and adopt measures for the promotion of this 


important object, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from Ballymena ;-- Belfast ;-- Ahogill ; 


— Magherafelt ;— Faughanvale ;— Crumlin ;— Crog- 
han ;— Cootehill ; -- Bailieborough ;— and, Bally- 
jamesduff ; praying the House to pass an Act de- 
claring valid all Marriages solemnized or which may 
hereafter be solemnized by a presbyterian minister 
in Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a mem- 
ber of the Established Church, and the other a 


Vou. 97. 





Petitions from the Ward of Billingsgate, London ; Waterloo, 
— Kent-road, Southwark ;— Guildford-street, South- potas m 
| wark ;— Stamford-street, Surrey ;—and, Waterloo- Sito ° 
road, Surrey ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
| Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Fstitions | 
examined the Petitions presented on the 10th and ae sai 
11th 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. 


Colonel Dawson Damer reported to the House, Answer to 
That their several Addresses of the 11th and 14th Addresses. 
|days of this instant February (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 ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented, by Her Ma- Factories. 
jesty’s Command,—Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories for the half year ending 31st December 
1841, also the joint Report of the Inspectors for the 
same period. 

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


A Petition of John Bell Brown, of Brighton, Brighton, &amp;c., 

Surgeon, praying for the amendment of the 51st sec- Small Debts 
tion of the Brighton Small Debts Act, so that the A‘ 
‘court may not have the power to issue execution 
against the body but once, and for not more than 
twenty days, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
ito lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Carlow County 
received a notice from Thomas Baker, the Agent for Election. 
| Paul Carter and Edmund Cullen, who petitioned 
this House on the seventh day of September, in 
the last Session of Parliament, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the county of Car- 
low, that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petition. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a notice from the said Thomas Baker, 
the Agent for Thomas Hanlon and Terence O’ Neil, 
who petitioned this House on the seventh day of 
September, in the last Session of Parliament, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
county of Carlow, that it is not their intention to 
proceed with their Petition. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s weights and 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners Measures, 
appointed to consider the steps to be taken for res- 
toration of the Standards of Weight and Measure. 

Copy of a Letter to the Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer from J. E. D. Bethune, Esquire, one of the 

E4 Commissioners 








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Commissioners appointed to consider the steps to 
be taken for the restoration of the Standard of 
Weight and Measure. 

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


Court of Session 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
(Scotland.) 


directions of several Acts of Parliament,—A Return 
of the Number of Causes instituted and decided in 
the Court of Session in Scotland, between the 1st 
day of January 1841 and the 1st day of January 
1842, showing the Number of Causes ready for judg- 
ment but not disposed of at the last of these dates. 


An Account of all Monies demanded, received 
and expended for the purposes of the Bolton Police, 
made up to the 31st December 1841. 

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


Bolton Police. 


Royal Assent 
to a Bill, 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 
Usher of the Black Rod : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lads authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House nm 
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 
Public Bill therein mentioned : and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bill; which Bill is as followeth : 

An Act better to provide for the Application to 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-one of the Sums granted in the two last 
Sessions of Parliament. 


Appropriation 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


‘Taxes. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Taxes repealed, reduced, expired and 
imposed in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, 
from the year 1834 inclusive to the present time (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 190, of 
Session 1834.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Additions to the National Debt of 
Ireland since the Union, and all Redemptions of 
any portion of the same ; stating from what sources 
the Funds’were supplied for such Redemption ; to be 
made up to the latest period to which the Return 
can be prepared. 


Remittance of | Ordered,That there be laid before this House, an 

Public Money. Account of the Balance arising from the Remittance 
of Public Money to and from the Irish and British 
Exchequers, from 1833 (in continuation of the Re- 
turn, No. 1, in Parliamentary Paper, No. 659, of 
Session 1833.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Total present Expenditure of 
Ireland, pre rng Debt, Army, Pensions, Civil List, 
Miscellaneous Estimates, and all Disbursements 
payable out of the Public Revenue (see Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 659, of Session 1833.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Tonnage of the Jrish Ports in the 
year 1841 (see Parliamentary Paper, No. 659, of 
Session 1833.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement (so far as the same can be made out), of 
the nature and Quantity of all Articles of Foreign 
and Colonial Produce and Manufacture exported to 
Ireland from Great Britain since the Union; dis- 
tinguishing the principal Articles, with the Rates 


National Debt 
qIreland. ) 


Expenditure 
of lreland. 


Tonnage 


(Ireland. ) 


Exports 
(Jreland.) 


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A, 1842. 


and Amounts of Duty paid on each; and also 
stating in which of the countries such Duties were 
paid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works. 
Return in detail (so far as the same can be prepared), 
of all Sums of Money, from whatever source and 
under whatever description voted or applied, either 
by way of loan or grant, in aid of Public Works in 
ngland and Scotland respectively, since 1800, in- 
cluding the Expenfe of all Commissions and Sur- 
veys, and all Sums advanced for Roads, and for 
Employment of the Poor in Fisheries, or otherwise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper. 
Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 


| Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day of January 


1842; 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 
1842; 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 1842; 
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 1842; distinguishing each sort, 
and to what country exported :—And, of all Copper 
Ore that has been imported into the United King- 
dom without Payment of Duty, for the purpose of 
exportation, in the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 257, of Session 1841.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tin. 
Accounts of all Tin imported into the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 1842; 
distinguishing from what countries imported :—And, 
of all Tin exported from the United Kingdom in 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing to what countries exported (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 257, of Session 
1841.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Lead, and 
Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead and Lead Ore. 
Lead Ore, for the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 266, of Session 1841.) 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and continue the Loan Societies 
Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies, Bill. 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to explain, and to continue to the 
first day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three, the Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to Loan Societies. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Corn Importa- 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which was tion. 
yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair (for the 
House to resolve itself into a Committee to consider 
of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to amend the Laws relating 
to the importation of Corn); 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, considering the evils which have been 
“ caused by the present Corn Laws, and especially 

by the fluctuations of the graduated or sliding 
scale, is not prepared to adopt the measure of Her 
Majesty’s Government, which is founded upon 
the same principles, and is likely to be attended 
by similar results,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 


ce 
“cc 
“ 
“ 
“ 





Question :—-The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


And 








Army. 


Mauritius. 


No. 26. 


Reading 
Cemetery. 


Tay Ferries. 


Dundee and 
Arbroath Rail- 
way. 


Windsor 
Bridge. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No, 1.) 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No. 2.) 
Bill, 





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5 Vicroriz. 


continued to sit till after 


And the House we 
ednesday morning ; 


twelve of the clock on 
Mercurii, 16° die Februari, 1842 : 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Statistical Reports on the 
Sickness, Mortality and Invaliding among Her 
Majesty’s Troops serving in Ceylon, the Tenasserim 
Provinces, and the Burmese Empire, prepared from 
the Records of the Army Medical Department and 
War Office Returns. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Mauritius, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


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











Mercurii, 16° die Februari ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Samuel Chase, Mayor of Read- 

ing, and others, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

establishing a general Cemetery for the Interment of 

the Dead, in the parish of Sonning, near the town of 

Reading, in the county of Berks, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Ferries across the 
River Tay, in the counties of Fife and Forfar, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts 
relating to the Ferries and Passages across the River 
Tay, in the counties of Fife and Forfar, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the said Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend the provisions of the Act relating to 
the said Railway, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of New Windsor, in the county of 
Berks, for leave to bring in a Bill to continue and 
amend an Act to re-build Windsor Bridge, in the 
borough of New Windsor, in the county of Berks, 
and to improve the avenues thereto, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Nottingham Gas (No. 1.) Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting more effectual powers for lighting with 
Gas the town of Nottingham, and several parishes 
and places adjacent thereto: And that Sir John 
Hobhouse and Sir George Larpent do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Petitions of William Hurst ; and, Freemen of WVot- 
tingham, severally complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Nottingham Gas (No. 2.) Bill, were referred ; 
That the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


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33 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the town and county 
of the town of Nottingham, and the liberties and 
precincts thereof, and places adjacent thereto, in 
the county of Nottingham: And that Colonel Rol- 
leston, and the Earl of Lincoln do prepare, and bring 
it In. 


Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the abandonment of a portion of the line of the 
Great North of England Railway, and for altering 
and amending the Acts relating thereto: And that 
Mr. Bowes and Lord Harry Vane do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and maintaining a New Street from and 
out of the High-street, in the parish of Saint Sa- 
viour, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, to or into 
Great Surrey-street, otherwise Blackfriars-road, in 
the parish of Christchurch, in the same county: And 
that Mr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. Benjamin 
Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


on Petitions for 
the Petition for the Hinckley Road Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Roads from the 
borough of Leicester to Narborough, and from the 
said borough of Leicester to Earl Shilton, and from 
Earl Shilton to Hinckley, all in the county of Leices- 
ter: And that Mr. Halford, Mr. Packe and Mr. 
Farnham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Bradford (York) Waterworks 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bradford, in the West Riding of the 
county of York: And that Mr. Hardy and Mr. 
Busfeild do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Manchester Infirmary Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the provisions of an Act of the Forty-eighth 
of King George the Third, relative to the Man- 
chester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary and Lunatic 
Hospital or Asylum, and to incorporate the Trustees 
thereof: And that Mr. Mark Philips and Mr. Milner 
Gibson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from the 
borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, to 
the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the said county: 
And that Mr. Halford, Mr. Packe and Mr. Farn- 
ham do prepare, and bring it in. 


the Petition for the London and Greenwich Railway 
(No. 1.), Bill the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 





Vou. 97. 


# Ordered, 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Great North 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of of England 
the Petition for the Great North of England Railway ®#lwey Bill 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee southwark 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Improvement 
the Petition for the Southwark Improvement (No. 1.) (No. 1.) Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Hinckley 
rivate Bills; That in the case of Road Bill. 


Bradford 
(York) Water- 
works Bill. 


Manchester 
Infirmary Bill. 


Leicester and 
Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee London and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Greenwich 


ailway 


(No. 1.) Bill. 

















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Company to purchase Property for altering certain | therfield ;—Kidderminster ;— Rimington (three Pe- 
Streets and Places contiguous to their Railway, and | titions);—Robert Baxter ;— Wigtown (two Peti- 
: | tions) ;— Westray ;— Mansfield ;— Dinting ;--Had- 
Barnard and Admiral Dundas do | field ;—Carnoustie ;— Tewkesbury ;—Westhoughten ; 
— Whalley ;— Horton (two Petitions) ;—Clayton-le- 


for amending the Acts relating to such Railway 
And that Mr. 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Birkenhead Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the purchase of a certain Ferry called 
Woodside Ferry, by the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the township or chapelry of Birken- 
head, in the county palatine of Chester, and for 
amending the Improvement Acts for the said town- 
ship: And that Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. John 


16° Februarzz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | burgh (two Petitions) ;—Rapceliffe and Little Lever ; 
or enabling the London and Greenwich Railway ;\—Lyme Re 














Tollemache do prepare, and bring it in. 


Kingsclere 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Inclosure Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Kingsclere 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 Kingsclere, in 
the county of Southampton: And that Sir William 
Heathcote, Mr. Fleming and Mr. Compton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Midland Counties Railway Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering and enlarging the powers of the Acts 
relating to the Midland Counties Railway: And 
that Mr. Packe, Mr. Evans and Mr. Halford do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Severn Navigation Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of the River Severn, 
from the Lower Parting, in the county of Gloucester, 
to Gladder, or Whitehouse Brook, in the county of 
Worcester: And that Mr. Pakington, Sir Thomas 
Wilde and Mr. Godson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Corn Laws. Petitions from Sileby;—Loughborough (three Peti- 


tions) ; — JVormanton-upon-Soar ; — Little Bolton 
(two Petitions) ;—.Bolton (thirty-two Petitions) ;— 
Tong ;— Breightnot (three Petitions);— Little Lever 
(three Petitions) ;— Doffcocker Mill (three Pe- 
titions) ; — Bolton-le- Moors (four Petitions) ; — 
Leeds (two Petitions) ;—Turton (three Petitions) ; 
— Wellington Mills, Bolton ;— Sharples ;— White- 
chapel and Stepney ;—Great Gomersal (three Pe- 
titions ; — Little Gomersal (three Petitions) ; — 
Horbury (three Petitions) ;— Birstal ;— Horsforth 
(five Petitions) ;—Cookridge and Leeds ;—Birken- 
shaw (seven Petitions) ;—Gomersall (two Petitions); 
— Taunton (three Petitions) ;—Chipping ;—Gilder- 
some ;— Lancaster (two Petitions) r- aiie ia 
Saint Monance ;—Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch ;— 
Great Bolton ;— Banton ;--Pittenweem ;—Lauder ; 
— Wick;— Kirkham (two Petitions) ;— Penwortham; 
— Rawden ;— Walton-le-Dale ;—Glossop (six Peti- 
tions); —— Workpeople of Francis Sumner ; —Sim- 
mondley ;— Hadfield Lodge ; —Hurst ;— Sharrow 
V ale ;— Ughill ;—-Swinton ; —Elsecar ;— Derby ;— 
Newcastle-under-Lyme ;—Great Harwood ;— Tong 
(two Petitions) ;— Belmont (three Petitions); — 
Ainsworth ;— Halliwell (two Petitions) ;— Bradshaw 
(two Petitions) ;— Heaton (two Petitions) ;—Rum- 
worth (two Petitions);—Darcy Lever (two Peti- 


tions) ;—— Girvan (five Petitions) ;— Padfield ; — 
Armley (six Petitions) ; — Thurlstone ; — Norwich 
(seven Petitions) ;— Bethesda ;—Penicuick ;—Edin- 











‘A. 1842. 


gis ;—-Guisley (seven Petitions) ;—Ne- 


Woods ; — Wheelton ; —Brindle ; — Twiston ;— Tor- 


penhow ; — Marsden ; — Colne (two Petitions) ;— 


Leigh ;— Whittle ; Downham (two Petitions) ;— 
Reverend Joseph Bray ;—Southwark ;--Idle (six- 
teen Petitions) ;— Eccleshill (three Petitions) ; -- 
Yeadon (thirty-four Petitions) ;— York ;— Rawdon 
(Chairman of a Meeting ) ;— Clayton-le-Moors ;— 
Paisley ; — Manchester (ninety-four Petitions) ;— 
Lanark (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Salford (six 
Petitions) ;— Pipe-makers in the employ of Samuel 
Harrison ;—Makers-up in the employ of Mr. Samuel 
Garside; —Workpeople of John Pelling, Currier, 
Garden-street ;— Rope-makers in the employ of 
Samuel Ellam ;—Staly Bridge ;-—LEccles (four Pe- 
titions) ; — Bradford (Lancaster) ; — Ardwick ; — 
Hulme (two Petitions) ;— Cadishead ;—Blackley ;— 
— Thornley Brow ;—— Rawdon ;—Rimmington ;-- 
Derby ;--Pollokshaws (five Petitions); — Thomas 
Corbet ;—— Thornliebank ; — Johnstone ; — Nether- 
place ;--- Pollok ; —Langside (two Petitions) ;-——Ar- 
broath ;-- Ecclesfield ;--and, Brentford Reform As- 
sociation (Chairman and Secretary); praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from High Holborn ;—Oxford-street ;— Waterloo, &amp;c, 
Bankside, Southwark; — and, Battersea Fields ; ®*4se* 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon /aterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Tees- Poor Law 
dale Union, praying that in any new enactment for Amendment 
the amendment and better administration of the “““ 
laws relating tothe Poor, the House will be pleased 
to authorize the court which shall be empowered to 
make any order for the maintenance of a bastard 
child, to award costs either to the party making 
application for such order, or to the party intended 
to be charged with the same, and that more efficient 
means may be provided for forcing the said orders 
when payments are in arrear, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bills. 

Bill be appointed :—~ And a Committee was ap- 
pointed, of Mr. Hayter, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. 
ae Mr. Serjeant Stock, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Mr. Evans, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Robert Scott, Mr. 
Cumming Bruce, Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Hogg, 
Mr. Tancred, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Burroughes 
and Mr. Scarlett, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Petitions from Galway ;—Stranorlar ;—Porta- Marriages 
ferry ;—Donaghmore ;-—-and, Carrickfergus ;_pray- (reland.) 
ing the House to pass an Act to declare valid all 
Marriages solemnized, or to be solemnized, by pres- 
byterian ministers in Ireland, between parties, one 
of whom is a member of the Established Church, 
and the other a protestant dissenter, — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Executions, &amp;. 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Total 
Number of Persons executed (for all Crimes) in 
London and Middlesex, during each of the following 
riods: Three years ending December 1821,-— 
hree years ending December 1824,—Three years 
ending December 1827,—-Three years ending De- 
cember 1830,—-Three years ending December 1833, 
—Three years ending December 1836,—and Three 
ears ending December 1839; together with the 

















Number of Persons committed for Murder in the 
same 


Non- 
at Di 
ship. 


Tmpe 


Chu 


Cast 


Co! 


bh 






5 Vicroriz. 


riods respectively; distinguishing those 

pore periods, Pin, ag which no conviction for 
Murder took place. 

Non-attendance Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 

at Divine Wor 44+) day of this instant February, for a Copy of the 

-_ Warrant on which J. C or : Carlton, was com- 
mitted, at Rochdale, on the 29th day of June 1840, 
by Clement Royds and William Chadwick, Esquires, 
for neglecting to attend Divine Worship at Butter- 
worth, in the county of Lancaster. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of es praying for a revision 
and modification of the _ Duties, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Phillips Gur- 
ney, Vicar of Great Canfield, in the county of Esser, 
praying the House to devise some plan, by a Par- 
fiamentary grant or otherwise, of increasing the 
poorer livings in the Church, and suggesting a re- 
medy, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Gross Receipts of Customs Duty 
collected at each Custom House of the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1842; distinguishing the Amount of Re-payments 
for Drawbacks and Bounties of the nature of Draw- 
backs, of Bounties, and of Re-payment of Over 
Entries ; together with the Amounts paid at each 
Custom House for Expenses of Office, for incidental 
Charges, and on other accounts; as well as the net 
Amount remitted from each Custom House to the 
Receiver General :—Also, the Gross and Net Re- 
ceipts of each Custom House during the year ending 








Import Duties. 


Church 
Benefices. 


Customs Duty. 


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35 


Regis, which was delivered in upon the 25th day 

of August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Sir James Flower, of Eccles Hall, Tuetford 
in the county of Norfolk, Baronet, a Candidate Flection. 
to represent the Borough of Thetford, in this pre- 

sent Parliament, at the Tast Election of Members to 

serve in Parliament for the said Borough, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 

said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 25th 

day of August, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of Edward Cardwell, of Chester- Clitheroe 
terrace, in the Regent’s Park, in the county of Election. 
Middlesex, a Candidate at the last Election to serve 
in this ‘present Parliament, as the one Burgess for 
the Borough of Clitheroe, in the county of Lancaster, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 
25th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment : 

The Petition of John Taylor, Esquire, and William 
Whalley, Esquire, Electors of the Borough of Cli- 
theroe, in the county of Lancaster, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
which was delivered in upon the 25th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of Edward Monk, of High-street, in Lewes Election. 
the parish of Saint Michael, in the Bienen of 
Lewes, in the county of Susser, Merchant, and 
Gabriel Egles, of High-street, in the parish of Saint 
John-the-Bapiist, Southover, in the same Borough, 
Gentleman, two of the Electors who had a right to 
vote and did in fact vote at the late Election in 
and for the Borough of Lewes, in the county of 
Sussex, to wit, the Election held on the twenty- 
eighth day of June One thousand eight hundred 
and forty-one, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, which was deli- 
vered in upon the 26th day of August, in the last 





the 5th day of January 1842, as compared with 
similar Receipts during the previous year. 


Lord Granville Somerset, Sir &gt; Grey, Ba- 
ronet, James Loch, Esquire, John Wilson Patten, 
Esquire, and Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Ba- 
ronet, being five of the Members appointed by Mr. 
Speaker to serve on the General Committee of 
Elections, and not being objected to by the House, 
severally took the following oath : 


I do swear that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties ——— a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, without 
fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and 
ability. So help me God. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


The House was moved, That the 30th section of 
the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for 
the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 


Then the Petitions severally complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns for the following places, were 
referred to the said Committee; viz. 

The Petition of the several persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough 


Great Marlow 
Election. 


Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Sir Denis Le Marchant, of number Herwich 
seven, Harley-street, Mary-le-bone, in the county of Election. 
Middlesex, Baronet, complaining of an undue Elec- 

tion and Return for the Borough of Harwich, which 

was delivered in upon the 27th day of August, in the 

last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Sir Denis Le Marchant, Baronet, 
Samuel Sherman and William Cook, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Harwich, which was delivered in upon the 27th day 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Charles Standish, of Standish wigan Election. 
Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, and 
Charles Pascoe Grenfell, of Belgrave-square, in the 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Wigan, which was delivered in upon the 27th day 
of August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the Honourable Charles George Rutland 
Noel, commonly called Viscount Campden, and of Election. 
the Reverend John Doncaster, of Oakham, in the 
County of Rutland, Doctor of Divinity, Thomas 
Bingham, of Oakham, aforesaid, Gentleman, Edward 
Tyler, of Exton, in the said County, Farmer, Matthew 








of Great Marlow, in the county of Buckingham, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 
25th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment : 

The Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, who thereby claim to have 
had a right to vote at the last Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the Town of Nottingham, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Town, which was delivered in upon the 25th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Ralph Bernal, of Eaton-place, in 
the county of Middlesex, and of William Dougal 
Christie, of the Inner Temple, in the city of Lone, 
Esquires, complaining of an undue Election and 
— .~ the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe 

ou. 97, 


Nottingham 
Election, 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Election. 








Royce, of Oakham, aforesaid, Saddler, Thomas Royce, 
of Empingham, in the said County of Rutland, Far- 
mer, and Richard Christian, of Empingham, afore- 
said, Farmer, being electors in and for the County 
of Rutland, and who had a right to vote, and who 
voted or claimed to vote at the last Election of Mem- 
bers to serve for the said County, in this present 
Parliament, on behalf of themselves and of other 
electors of the said County, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said County, 
which was delivered in upon the 27th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Anthony Lefroy, Esquire, a Can- Longford 
didate at the last Election for Knights of the Shire P!¢*tiom- 
for the County of Longford, and having had a right 
to be elected and returned thereat, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said County, 

PF 2 which 


| 





Sudbury 


Election. 


Bridport 


Election, 


Ipswich 


Election. 


Belfast 
Election 


Belfast 
Election. 


36 16° Februariz. A. 1842. 


which was delivered in upon the 26th day of August, 
in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Jozé Louis Fernandes, of the parish 
of Sandal, and of the Borough of Wakefield, both 
in the county of York, Merchant, and Lawrence 
Hitchon, of the said Borough of Wakefield, Wool- 
stapler, Electors of the said Borough, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said Bo- 
rough, which was delivered in upon the 30th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

he Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, 
claiming to have had a right to vote at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, which was delivered 
in upon the 30th day of August, in the last Session 
of Parliament : 

The Petition of William Pearce Stanley, Captain 
in the Royal Navy, Edward Sackville Knight, Che- 
mist and Druggist, Samuel Skinner Comm, Benmenn, 
and Francis Bartlett, Linendraper, all of the Bo- 
rough of Bridport, in the county of Dorset, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 30th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, 
who claim to have had a right to vote at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, which was deli- 
vered in upon the 30th day bf Haan in the last 
Session of Parliament. 


An objection being taken to referring to the said* 
Commitiee the Petition of George Hamilton Chiches- 
ter, Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Belfast, which was delivered in upon the 26th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
the same being a Petition of a Lord of Parliament ; 

The House was moved, That the said Petition 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Sessional 
Order, “ That it is a high infringement of the liberties 
and privileges of the Commons of the United King- 
dom, for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or 
Prelate, not being a Peer of Jreland at the time 
elected, and not having declined to serve for any 
county, city or borough of Great Britain, to concern 
himself in the Election of Members to serve for the 
Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of 
Treland, at such Elections in Great Britain respec- 
tively where such Peer shall appear as a Candidate, 
or by himself, or by 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 cmsndpalan to influence the Election of 
any Member to serve for the Commons in Parlia- 
ment,” might be read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the 3d section 
of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for 
the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Petition of George Hamilton Chi- 
chester, Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
orough of Belfast, being the Petition of a Lord of 
Parliament, be not referred to the General Com- 
mittee of Elections :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 
next. 

Then the Petitions severally complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns for the following places, were 
referred to the said Committee; viz. 

The Petition of George Hamilton Chichester, 
Baron Ennishowen and Carrickfergus, and of Archi- 











bald M‘ Brair, of Donegal-street, in the Borough of 
Belfast, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said Borough, which was delivered in 
upon the 26th day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament : 

The Petition of Pryse Pryse, of Gogaddon, in Cardigan 
the County of Cardigan, Esquire, complaining of an —— 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of “°“™ 
Cardigan, which was delivered in upon the 6th day 
of September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the Persons whose names are Nottingham 
thereunto subscribed, who thereby claim to have had Town Election 
a right to vote at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Town of 
Nottingham, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Town, which was delivered in 
upon the 6th day of September, in the last Session 
of Parliament : 

The Petition of the Honourable William Sebright Wakefield 
Lascelles, of No.36, Wilton Crescent, in the county of Election. 
Middlesex, a Candidate at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Wakefield, in the county of York, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of James Blair, of Penninghame, in Wigtownshire 
the County of Wigtown, Esquire, a Candidate at the Election. 
last Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said County, and of James M‘Douall, of 
Logan, in the said County of Wigtown, a Major and 
Lieutenant Colonel in Her Majesty’s Second Regi- 
ment of Life Guards; of Hugh Hathorn, of Castlewig, 
in the said County of Wigtown, Esquire, and of 
Patrick Vans Agnew, of Sheuchan, in the said County 
of Wigtown, a Lieutenant Colonel in the service of 
the Honourable East India Company and Companion 
of the Bath, three of the electors of the said County, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Shire, which was delivered in upon the 
6th day of September, in the last Session of Par- 
liament : 

The Petition of the Honourable William Hugh Rochester 
Elliot, commonly called Viscount Melgund, of Election. 
Minto House, Roxburgshire, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the Borough of Ro- 
chester, which was delivered in upon the 6th day of 
September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of George Jefferys, of High-street, 
Chatham, in the county of Kent, Chemist and 
Druggist, and James Chesson, of Saint Margaret's 
Bank, in the parish of Saint Margaret next Ro- 
chester, in the county of Kent, Boot-maker, com- 
asian | of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Rochester, which was delivered in upon 
the 6th day of September, in the last Session of 
Parliament : 

The Petition of the Persons whose names are Gloucester 
thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the City of City Election. 
Gloucester, and who had, and thereby claim to have 
had a right to vote at the last Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City ; 
viz. Francis Buchanan Hoare, Gentleman, and 
Charles Frederick Cliffe, Printer, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said City, which 
was delivered in upon the 6th day of September, in 
the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of William Turner, of Mill Hill, in Blackburn 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Blackburn, which was delivered in upon the 6th day 
of September, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of the Honourable Cornwallis Maude Tipperary 
and William Ponsonby Barker, Esquire, Candidates Election. 
duly proposed and qualified to be elected at the last 
Election for Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the County of Tipperary, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament : 


The 






































jon. 


Lichfield 


Election. 


Southampton 
Town Election. 


Newry 
Election. 


Newport 
Election. 


Elgin, &amp;e., 
Burglis Elec- 
tions. 


Bewdley 
Election. 


Reading 
Election. 


Penryn and 
Falmouth 
Election, 


‘Thetford 
Election. 


5 Victoriz. 


The Petition of Richard Dyott, of Freeford, in 
the county of nai, “908 a Captain in the Fifty-third 
Regiment of Her Majesty’s Infantry, a Candidate to 
serve in Parliement for the City and County of the 
City of Lichfield at the last Election, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said City, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, 
entitled to vote at the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said ‘Town and County, 
and who claimed to vote, and did vote thereat, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Town and County of the Town, which was 
delivered in upon the 6th day of September, in the 
last Session of Parliament : 


The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Town and County of the Town of Southampton, 
entitled to vote at the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for said Town and County, and 
who claimed to vote, and did vote thereat, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Town and County of the Town, which was delivered 
in upon the 6th day of September, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 


The Petition of Sir John Milley Doyle, of Great 
Portland-street, in the county of Middlesex, Colonel 
in the Army, and Knight Commander of the Most 
honourable Military Order of the Bath, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Newry, which was delivered in upon the 6th day of 
September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of William John Blake, Esquire, of 
62, Portland-place, in the county of Middlesex, and 
Thomas Gisborne, junior, of Horwich House, in the 
county of Derby, Esquire, com laining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Newport, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament : 


The Petition of Thomas Abercromby Duff, of 


Haddo, Esquire, a Candidate to serve in Parliament 
for the Burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverury, 


Kintore and Peterhead, complaining of an undue 


Election and Return for the said District of Burghs, 


which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 


ber, in the last Session of Parliament : 


The Petition of Robert Monteith, of Carstairs 
House, near Lanark, in the county of Lanark, Es- 
uire, a Candidate at the last Election to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Bewdley, 
in the county of Worcester, and of George Baker, of 
Bewdley aforesaid, Tanner, and Thomas Lingen, of 
Stourport, in the said county of Worcester, Apothe- 
cary, two of the electors for the said Borough of 
Bewdley, on behalf of themselves and others, elec- 
tors, having, and claiming to have a right to vote in 
the Election of the Member to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Bewdley, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Sep- 


tember, in the last Session of Parliament : 


The Petition of Thomas Mills, of Tolmers, in the 
parish of Hatfield, in the county of Hertford, Es- 
lection and Return 
for the Borough of Reading, which was delivered in 
upon the 6th day of September, in the last Session 


quire, complaining of an undue 


of Parliament : 


The Petition of John White Dixon, of Devonshire- 
place, in the Town of Falmouth, in the county of 
Cornwall, Stationer and Printer, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Pen- 
ryn and Falmouth, which was delivered in upon the 


6th day of September, in the last Session of Parlia 
ment : 


The Petition of the there-undersi 


Vou. 97. 








16° Februariz. 


gned Electors of 
the Rorough of Thetford, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, which 





$7 


was delivered in upon the 7th day of September, in 

the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of Richard Young Booker, of the Nottiogtom 
Town of Nottingham, Lace Manufacturer, and Jo- Tow Hlection. 
seph Newton of the said Town of Nottingham, Lace 
anufacturer, complaining of an undue Election 

and Return for the said Town, which was delivered 

in upon the 7th day of September, in the last Ses- 

sion of Parliament : 

The Petition of John Hales Calcraft, of Rempstone wareham 
Hall, in the county of Dorset, Esquire, complaining Election. 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Wareham, which was delivered in upon the 7th day 

of September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Newcastle- 
the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county — 
of Stafford, claiming to have had a right to vote at 

the last Election of Maken to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, complaining of an 

undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 

which was delivered in upon the 7th day of Septem- 

ber, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Richard Sellers, of Broad-street, Lyme Regis 
in the parish of Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset, Election. 
Maltster, William Samuel Prosser, of Sherborne- 

lane, in the parish of Lyme Regis aforesaid, Coal 
Merchant, and John Symes Davie, of Coombe street, 

in the parish of Lyme Regis aforesaid, Maltster, all 

of the Borough of Lyme Regis, in the county of 

Dorset, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 

turn for the said Borough, which was delivered in 

upon the 7th day of September, in the last Session 

of Parliament : 

The Petition of Edward Williams, of the Borough Merthyr Tydvil 
of Merthyr Tydvil, in the county of Glamorgan, Election. 
Inn-keeper, complaining of an collins Election and 

Return for the said Borough, which was delivered 

in upon the 7th day of September, in the last Ses- 

sion of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned John Bag- yerwich 
shaw, of Wimpole-street, in the county of Middlesex, Election. 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 

the Borough of Harwich, which was delivered in 

upon the 7th day of September, in the last Session 

of Parliament : 

The Petition of William Holmes, of Grafton-street, statfora 
in the parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, Borough 
within the liberties of Westminster, Esquire, complain- Election. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 

of Stafford, which was delivered in upon the 7th day 

of September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Edwin Ley, Saint Ives 
of Penzance, in the county of Cornwall, Esquire; a Election. 
Candidate at the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Saint 
Ives, in the county of Cornwall, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
which was delivered in upon the 7th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Robert Hawley, of Oakham, in Rutland 
the County of Rutland, Esquire, and John Arthur Election. 
Gardner, of number ten, Chancery-lane, inthe county 
of Middlesex, Esquire, Electors of the County of 
Rutland, and who, at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County, 
had a right to vote and did vote, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said ounty, 
which was delivered in upon the 7th day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of William Frederick Fergusson, Es- New Windsor 
quire, complaining of an undue Election and Return Election. 
for the Borough of New Windsor, which was de- 
livered in upon the 7th day of September, in the 
last Session of Parliament : 

-| The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of New Windsor, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
which was delivered in upon the 7th day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament : ‘-. 
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Flint Election. 


Cork County 
Election. 


Kerry Election, 


Louth Election. 


Kinsale 
Election. 


Downpatrick 
Election. 


Waterford 
City Election, 


Shrewsbury 
Election. 


Stafford 
Borough 
Election. 


Dudley 
Election. 


38 


The Petition of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, of 
Hawarden Castle, in the County of Flint, isonet, 
and of Charles Townshend, late of the city of Ches- 
ter, but now of Blacon Point, in the county of 
Chester, Gentleman, and Benjamin Brassey, of Fore- 
gate-street, in the said city of Chester, Grocer and 
Tronmonger, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said County, which was delivered in 
= the 6th day of September, in the last Session 
of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned JVicholas 
Philpot Leader, of Dromagh, in the County of 
Cork, Esquire, Robert Longfield, of the city of 
Dublin, Esquire, Barrister at Law, John Newman, 
of Ashgrove, in the said County of Cork, Esquire, 
and John Caulfield Irvine, of Grove Hill, in the 
same County, Esquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said County, which was 
delivered in upon the 6th day of September, in the 
last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Arthur Blennerhasset, of Bally- 
seedy, in the County of Kerry, Esquire, a Candidate 
for the representation of the said County of Kerry 
in Parliament, at the last Election in and for said 
County, and of the there-undersigned James Hussy, 
of Lough, Edward Hussy, of Kilmore, Samuel 
Murray Hickson, of Tralee, William Denny, of 
Tralee, Caleb Chute, of Tralee, and Edward Arpen, 
of Loher Cannon, all in the county of Kerry, Es- 
quires, Freeholders of said County, as well on behalf 
of themselves as of several other freeholders and 
electors of said County, who claimed to vote, were 
entitled to vote and did vote at the last Election 
inand for the said County of Kerry, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of Lewis Upton and William Bun- 
bury M‘Clintock, Electors of the County of Louth, 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, 
and who at the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said County of 
Louth, had a right to vote and did vote, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said County, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of James Francis Comerford and 
George Dunn, both of the Town and Borough of 
Kinsale, in the county of Cork, in that part of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
called Ireland, Esquires, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, which 
was delivered in upon the 6th day of September, in 
the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Thomas Dixon, Esquire, Patrick 
Peak and William Dixon, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Down- 
patrick, which was delivered in upon the 7th day of 
September, in the last Session of Parliament : 

The Petition of Thomas Wyse, Esquire, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Waterford, which was delivered in upon the 7th day 
of September, in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of William Yardly and John Wat- 
ton, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Shrewsbury, which was delivered 
in upon the 7th day of September, in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Stafford, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, which 
was delivered in upon the 7th day of September, 
in the last Session of Parliament: 

The Petition of William Adams Smith, of War- 
wick-street, Charing Cross, in the county of Middle- 
sex, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Dudley, which was de- 
livered in upon the 6th day of September, in the 
last Session of Parliament : 


16° Februari. 


A. 1842. 


Barnstaple 
Election, 


The Petition of the there-undersigned Elector of 
the Borough of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 
7th day of September, in the last Session of Par- 
liament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Belfast 
the Borough of Belfast, complaining of an undue wena 
Election and Return for the said Borough, which 
was delivered in upon the 7th day of September, 
in the last Session of Parliament : 


The Petition of Sir Henry Winston Barron, Ba- waterfora 
ronet, and Thomas Wyse, Esquire, Candidates at City Election, 
the late Election for Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the County of the City of Water- 
ford, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said City, which was delivered in upon the 
27th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment : 

The Petition of Thomas Glynn, of Tholsel-place, Athlone 
in the parish of Saint Mary’s, in the Borough of Election. 
Athlone, Baker, and John Dowde, of Connaught- 
street, in the parish of Saint Peter’s, in the Borough 
aforesaid, Innkeeper, Electors of and for the Bo- 
rough of Athlone aforesaid, on behalf of themselves 
and others, electors of and for the said Borough, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 
6th day of September, in the last Session of Par- 
liament : 

The Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Bridport 
the Borough of Bridport, in the county of Dorset, Election, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, which was delivered in upon the 
28th day of September, in the last Session of Par- 





hament: 


The Petition of Cuthbert Vaux, of Sunderland, sunderiana 
in the county of Durham, Ship-owner, and George Election. 
Reed, of Tatham-street, Sunderland, in the count 
of Durham, Ship-owner, Electors for the Soe | 
of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, which was delivered in upon the 5th day 
of October, in the last Session of Parliament. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Dublin City 
the County of the City of Dublin, was delivered in, Election. 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are 
electors of the said County of the City of Dublin, 
and were entitled and claim to vote and did vote at 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County of the City of Dublin; 
that the said Election was held on Monday the 
twenty-fourth day of January last, and continued 
until Saturday the twenty-ninth day of January 
last, and that the Right honourable George William 
Frederick Lord Viscount Morpeth and William 
Henry Gregory, Esquire, were candidates at said 
Election ; that at the close of the poll the numbers 
were declared to be, 3,825 for Mr. Gregory and 
3,435 for Lord Morpeth; that Anthony Browne and 
Joshua Porter, Esquires, were Sheriffs and Return- 
ing Officers at said Election ; that the said Sheriffs 
had acted as Returning Officers at the Election 
which took place in July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-one, and in consequence of the 
opinion then formed of the unfitness of the said 
Sheriffs to perform the office of Returning Officers 
by certain of the electors, the said electors did, on 
the fourteenth day of January last, and before the 
Writ for holding the said last Election had issued, 
or was received in Dublin, respectfully forward an 
address to the Chief Secretary of his Excellency the 
Lord Lieutenant, praying his Excellency to exercise 
the powers which were vested in him under the Act 
of Parliament passed in the third and fourth years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for the Seda 
lation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, to ap- 
point some fit and proper person to act as Sheriff 





and 




























5 VicrToriz. 


and Returning Officer at the said Election, instead 

of the said Messrs. Porter and Browne, but that 

the said Messrs. Porter and Browne were kept in 

office and allowed to act as Returning Officers at 

said Election; that the said Returning Officers, or 

one of them, to wit, Joshua Porter, provided an in- 

sufficient number of booths for taking the poll at 

the said Election, and fixed the booths or places for 

taking the poll, in which the greatest number of 
voters in the interest of said Viscount Morpeth 

were to poll, in such manner, that the voters were 

exposed to and experienced great difficulty, annoy- 
ance and delay in polling ; that the said Returning 
Officers, or said Joshua Porter, nominated and ap- 
pointed certain deputies and poll-clerks for taking 
the votes at the said Election whose conduct during 
the Election was partial and unfair towards the 
voters for Lord Morpeth, and tended to prevent the 
Return of the said Lord Morpeth at the said Elec- 

tion; that the agents of the said William Henry 
Gregory resorted to and adopted various schemes 
and devices to delay and obstruct the polling of the 
voters in the interest of the said Viscount Morpeth 
during the said Election by unnecessarily and im- 
properly administering the bribery and qualification 
oaths, not only to the voters in the interest of the 
said Viscount Morpeth, but also to the voters in 
the interest of the said William Henry Gregory, for 
the mere purpose of delay, and in order to obstruct 
the polling of the voters in the interest of Lord 
Morpeth; that time was improperly allowed to 
elapse and be wasted in the various booths by the 
taking of unnecessary objections to voters, and other 
illegal means and devices, and that such illegal 
delay was permitted to continue throughout the 
Election, notwithstanding repeated protests made 
on behalf of the said Lord Morpeth to the said Re- 
turning Officers and their Assessor, so that numerous 
Electors who desired to poll, and but for such illegal 


16°—17° Februariz. 


39 


and County of the same, to give their votes to the 

said William Henry Gregory, or to forbear to give 

their votes for the said Viscount Morpeth; that a 

systematic plan was entered into and carried out to 

corrupt the said electors, and to place upon the poll 

the names of persons who had never been qualified, 

or had ceased to be qualified to vote at Elections 

for the said City, by and on the part of the agents, 
friends and supporters of the said William Henry 
Gregory, with a view to secure his return at said 
Election; and that the said William Henry Gregory 
was, by himself, his agents, friends and supporters, 
guilty of divers acts of corruption and bribery, and 
used other illegal and improper means and influence, 
in order to secure his Election and Return at said 
Election ; and praying, That the said Election and 
Return of the said William Henry Gregory may be 
declared null and void, and that the House will 
grant to the Petitioners such further and other relief 
as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 

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


Viscount Sandon, one other Member appointed C 
by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Committee 
of Elections, and not being objected to by the 
House, took the following oath : 


I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully 
perform the duties belonging to a Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, without 
fear or favour, to the best of my judgment and 
ability. So help me God. 





delays might have polled, were deprived of the op- 
portunity of giving their votes ; that by the illegal 
conduct above mentioned, and the improper devices 
and delays in taking the poll, and other the pre- 
mises, at the final close of the poll upon Saturday 
the fifth day of polling upwards of one thousand 
registered electors remained unpolled, who by rea- 
son of such delay and obstruction were prevented 
from giving their votes at the said Election ; that a 
great majority of the electors so prevented from 
giving their votes were in the interest of the said 
Viscount Morpeth, and that a number of them, more 
than sufficient to have placed the said Viscount 
Morpeth in a large majority upon the poll, were 
anxious to have given their votes for him at said 
Election, and did attend at the booths for that pur- 
pose at various times from the Tuesday till the Satur- 
day during the polling, but were unable to give their 
votes; that during the poll repeated applications 
were made to said Returning Officer, Mr. Porter, 
and his Assessor, to remove the deputy in the booth 
lettered “ M,” on account of his improper conduct 
and unfitness for the discharge of his duties, but 
the same were refused, and the said Returning 
Officers, or the said Joshua Porter, and the said 
Assessor, refused, although often required so to do, 
to divide the said booth, and to appoint two places 
for a the electors whose names began with the 
letter “‘ M,” so as to enable the said last-mentioned 
electors to give their votes at the said Election, and 
also refused, although required so to do, to make 
or permit any arrangement whereby the said voters 
might be enabled even to tender their votes at said 
Election; that previous to and during the said Elec- 
tion, several persons holding official situations in 
and connected with the household of his Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant, and other servants of the 
Crown and Government in Ireland, improperly and 
unconstitutionally interfered in the said Election, by 


canvassing, soliciting and procuring, by illegal pro- 
mises or threats, several electors of the said City 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Monday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair 
(for the House to resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to amend the 
Laws relating to the Importation of Corn); 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, considering the evils which 
“ have been caused by the present Corn Laws, and 
‘especially by the fluctuations of the graduated or 
sliding scale, is not prepared to adopt the mea- 
sure of Her Majesty’s Government, which is 
founded upon the same principles, and is likely 
“to be attended by similar results,’ 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 Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 17° die Februarii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
iff 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremanile, 349 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: } ‘ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Parker, 206 
Noes, Mr. Tufnell: : 


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 proposed, That the 
following Duties shall be paid upon the Importation 





Vor, 97. 





F4 of 


ontroverted 


Elections. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming + sg Importa- 
10n. 


40 


of Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour, in lieu of the Duties 
now payable thereon; viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 

Wueat :— 

—— Whenever the Ave Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

----under 518. the Duty shall 
every quarter - - 
1s. and under 52s. 

---- 528. 

-~---558. 

---- 568. 


be for 


and under 55 s. 

and under 56s. 

and under 57 s. 

---- 578. and under 58s. 

---- 58s. and under 59s. 
. and under 60s. 
. and under 61 s. 
. and under 62 s. 
. and under 63 s. 
. and under 64 s. 
. and under 65 s. 
. and under 66 s. 
. and under 69 s. 
. and under 70 s. 
. and under 71 s. 
. and under 72 s. 
. and under 73 s. 
. and upwards 





» ££ + &amp; &amp; 2°39. 2 2 6. 26.2 83 2 £2 Sue 
eae eae ee ee re ee 
Woepaewntnateaene ese: . 


To report Progress and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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. 





Adjournment. 


Resolved, That this House, will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow. 


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. 


Supply. 


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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, notwithstanding the adjournment of the 
House. 


Committees. 


Exchequer. 


No.27, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Ex- 
chequer, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Mint, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Mint. 
No. 28. 


Bank of 
England. 


No. 29. 


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


Nationa! Debt. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
No. 29. 


tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Loan Societies. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of Accounts relative 
No. 30. 


to Loan Societies, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Factories. 


Ordered, That the Reports relative to Factories, 
No. 31. 


which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Court of Session 
4Scotland.) 


No. 32. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till To-morrow. 


16°—17°——18° Februarii. 








A, 1849, 


Veneris, 18° die Februarii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That there be laid before this pritisn 
House, an Account of the Income and Expendi- Museum, 

ture of the British Museum for the year 1841; of 

the estimated Charges and Expenses for the year 
ending 25th March 1843, and of the sum necessary 

to discharge the same ; and also, an Account of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum 
from Christmas 1835 to Christmas 1841 ; together 

with a Statement of Progress in the arrangement of 

the Collections, and an Account of Objects added 

to them in the year 1841. 

Mr. Cowtan, from the Trustees of the British 
Museum, was called in; and at the bar accordingly 
presented the said Account :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Packe presented a Bill for altering and en- Midland Cou. 
larging the powers of the Acts relating to the Mid- ties Railway 
land Counties Railway: And the same was read Bill. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of John Ebdy, of the city of Durham, Great North 
Roper ;—and, Henry John Marshall, of the city of 4 0 ag 
Durham, Attorney-at-law ; praying that provision “""*" 
may be made in the Great North of England Rail- 
way Bill to compensate them for the loss they will 
have sustained by their lands and premises not 
being required by reason of the proposed deviation 
from the line of the said Railway,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill for enabling the London and 

London and Greenwich Railway Company to pur- Greenwich 
: : Railway 

chase Property for altering certain Streets and (No. 1.) Bill. 
Places contiguous to their Railway, and for amend- 
ing the Acts relating to such Railway: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


A Petition of Thomas Wyllie Webster, of Old West stirling. 
Palace-yard, in the city of Westminster, com- shire Roads. 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect to the application for the West Stirlingshire 
Roads Bill had not been complied with, and praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel and 
agents, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees and Mortgagees of the tadcaster and 
Tolls of the Turnpike-road leading from Tadcaster Otley Road. 
to Otley, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for repairing and im- 
proving the said Road, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Leeds Improve 
Act for lighting, cleansing and improving the Town ment. 
and Neighbourhood of Leeds, in the county of York, 
and other Inhabitants of the said town, for leave to 
present a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill on or 
before the eleventh day of March next, for granting 
further powers for lighting, draining, cleansing, 
sewering and otherwise improving the Streets, 
Lanes, Public Places and Thoroughfares within the 
said borough, and for removing and preventing en- 
croachments, obstructions, nuisances and annoy- 
ances within the same, and for regulating or esta- 
blishing Markets therein, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Kington Roads 
repairing, widening and amending several Roads 
leading from the town of Kington, and other Roads 
branching therefrom, in the county of Hereford, for 
leave to bring ina Bill for repairing and maintaining 
the 

















Greenock 
Harbours. 


National Float- 
ing Breakwater 


Company. 
OUD. 
ty Brandling — 
Junction Rail- 
way Bill. 
rth 
d 
Bromyard 
Roads Bill. 
and 
ch 
Bill, 
irlings 
ads. 
Kingsclere 
Inclosure Bill, 
Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 
ter and 
Road. 
Nottingham 
Gas (No. 2.) 
roves 
-: Bill, 
Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kil. 
marnock, and 
Ayr Railway. 
Leeds and 
on Roads Wakefield 





5 VicToriz. 


the said Roads, was 
ferred to the Select 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the town of Greenock, Trustees of the Harbours 
of Greenock, and of Merchants, Ship-owners and 
Inhabitants of the said town, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for further improving, enlarging and main- 
taining the Harbours of the said Town, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Joseph Needham Tayler, a Post 
Captain in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, and of Pro- 

rietors of the National Floating Breakwater and 
fides Harbour Company, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for forming and regulating the National Float- 
ing Breakwater and Refuge Harbour Company, and 
to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
Letters Patent, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Brandling Junction 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the Brandling Junction Railway Com- 

any to raise a further Sum of Money: And that 
Mr. Ord and Mr. Hutt do prepare, and bring it in. 


resented, and read; and re- 
ommittee on Petitions for 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Bromyard Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining several Roads leading 
from the town of Bromyard, in the county of Here- 
ford, and other Roads adjoining thereto, in the said 
county, and in the county of Worcester, and for 
making several new lines of Road connected there- 
with, in the same counties: And that Mr. Barneby, 
Mr. Baskerville and Mr. Joseph Bailey, junior, do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote presented a Bill for in- 
closing Lands in the Parish of Kingsclere, in the 
County of Southampton: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to authorize 
the Purchase of a certain Ferry, called “‘ Woodside 
Ferry,” by the Commissioners for the Improvement 
of the Township or Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the 
County Palatine of Chester, and for amending the 
Improvement Acts for the said Township: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Colonel Rolleston presented a Bill for better 
lighting with Gas the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham, and the Liberties and Precincts 
thereof, and Places adjacent thereto, in the County 
of Nottingham: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of John Taylor Gordon, of the county 
of Ayr, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House, in respect to the application for the Glas- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill, 
had not been complied with, and praying that he 
may be heard, by himself and his agents, aguinst 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees and Mortgagees of the 
Tolls of the Turnpike-road leading from Leeds to 
Wakefield, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, for leave to bring in a Bill for repairing and 
improving the said Road, was presented, and read ; 


18° Februariz, 





4) 


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


Sir George Larpent presented a Bill for granting Nottingham 
more effectual Powe’s for lighting with Gas the Town Gas (No. 1.) 
of Nottingham, and several Parishes and Places 
adjacent thereto: And the same was read the first 

time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham 
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Navi- and Liverpool 
gation, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting fur- %™*tion Canal. 
ther powers to the said Company, 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 and Liverpool Junction Canal Navi- and Liverpoul 
gation, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the flonan 
Line of the said Canal Navigation, and to amend the 

several Acts relating thereto, was presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 

titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Mark Philips presented a Bill to extend the Manchester 
Provisions of an Act of the forty-eighth of King Ifirmary Bill, 
George the Third, relative tothe Manchester Royal In- 

firmary, Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, 

and to incorporate the Trustees thereof: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time. 


A Petition of Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine Castlerigg and 
Dykes, Esquire, John Spedding, Esquire, Joseph oe 
Scott, Joseph Pocklington, Esquire, Abraham Fisher, °°" 
Wilson Jackson, and Owners of estates within the 

manor or lordship of Castlerigg and Derwentwater, 

in the parish of Crestiamnite in the county of Cum- 

berland, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclos- 

ing Lands in the said manor or lordship, was pre- 

sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Pakington presented a Bill for improving the severn Naviga« 
Navigation of the River Severn, from the Lower ticn Bill. 
Parting, in the County of Gloucester, to Gladder or 

Whitehouse Brook, in the County of Worcester: And 

the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for ygaidstone and 
repairing the Road leading from the High-street, in Rochester 
the City of Rochester, to Maidstone, in the County ®4s. 

of Kent, and for amending and improving the Road 

branching from the said Road at the Deseunnd 

Gates, and running into the town of Chatham, in 

the said county of Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill 

for repairing and improving the said Roads, was 

presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Order made standing 
upon the 4th day of this instant February, That a Orders. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders be appointed, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Estcourt, 

Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. William 
Miles, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Robert Palmer, Sir 
George Strickland, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Mr. Ord, Mr. Trotter, Mr. Octavius 
Morgan, Mr. Childers and Mr. Acland. 


Petitions from Oakham ;-- Beaminster ;—Bland- Corn Laws. 
ford Forum ; — Langwith ;—- Skegby ;— Selston;— 
Tredegar ;— Annesly Woodhouse ;— Chudleigh ;— 
Stansfield Woodhouse ;-- Hucknall-under-Huthwaite; 
— Mansfield (two Petitions) ;—South Normanton ; 
— Tibshelf ; — Pleasly ;— Sirhowhy Ironworks ;— 
Kirkley Woodhouse ;-- Bagthorpe ; — Pinxton ;— 
Oldham (two Petitions) ;—Kirkby (two Petitions) ; 
—Sution Forest Side;—Blidworth ;— Bleak Hall 
and other places ;—Cuchney and Norton ;— Banff ; 
—Sutton-in-Ashfield ;— Berwich-on- Tweed ;— Hull; 
— Walcott ; — Stourport ; — Saint Mary-le-bone 





OL. 97, 


G (twelve 


42 


18° Februariz. 


(twelve Petitions) ;— Barnsley ; —Bramley and Stan- | 


A. 1842. 


Winewall ;~—Trawden (two Petitions) ;— Higham ;— 


ningley ;—Farsley (three Petitions) ;—Stirling ;— | Sabdenfold ;— Colne ;— Holden ;— Burley (two Peti- 


Taunton ;—Puds 
Petitions) ;— Stalybridge ;—Skelmanthorpe ;— Saint 
Luke, Finsbury ;— Aberdeen; — Melbecks ;— Low 
Wood and Haverthwaite;— Thomas Moore ;— Ken- 
dal (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Lochgelly ;— Lady- 
wood Ward, Birmingham (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
—Mile End ;— Bathwick ;— Holbeck ;—Calverley 
(three Petitions) ;—Calverley-with-Farsley ;—War- 
rington (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Worsbrough ;— 
Stanningley ;— Bristol ;— Openshaw ;—Droylesden; 
—Apethorn (two Petitions) ;— Dundee (six Peti- 
tions) ;— Clayton ;— Bradford ;— Hulme ;— Man- 
chester (one hundred and forty Petitions) ,— Shire 
Green ;—Carnoustie ;— Whitehaven (two Petitions) ; 
— Huddersfield ;— Mortomley, High Green and 
Thorncliffe tron Works ;—Northampton ;— Stroud ; 
— Shrewsbury (sixteen Petitions); — Evesham ; — 
Clifton (York) ;—Llanfihangel-y- Pennant and other 
places ;—Little Chapel-street, Soho ;-— Westbury ;— 
Kirkoswald ;— Much Wenlock ;—Horsham ;— Kirk- 
michael ; — Jewin-street, London ; — Horbury ; — 
Machynlleth ;—Saint Luke (Middlesex) ;—Lambeth 
(Chairman and Secretary of a Meeting) ;— Derwent 
Side ;—James Nelson ;—Barry;—Stainton ;—Upper 
Hallam ;— Burslem (eleven Petitions) ;— Shelton 
(three Petitions) ;— Cauldon-place ;— Staffordshire 
Potteries (two Petitions) ;— Hanley (nine Petitions) ; 
— Hanley and Shelton and Etruria ;— Longport ;— 
Longton ;— Airdrie ;-—Prestonpans ;— Burslem and 
Cobridge ;— Carluke ;— Tillicoultry ;— Coldstream ; 
— Poole ;-- Hastings and Saint Leonard’s;——Not- 
tingham ; — Southwark ; — Middleport ; -- Colne 
Waterside ;-- Horwich (four Petitions) ;—Royton : 
— Lostock (two Petitions) ;— Little Hutton; — 
— Ratcliff; — Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; — Fustian- 
cutters in the employ of Alexander McCawley ;— 
Erringden (four Petitions) ;—Holdenford ;— Bolton 
(seven Petitions);—Over and Middle Hulton (two 
Petitions) ;— Kirkburton ;— Skipton ;— Heptonstall ; 
— Mytholmroyd (two Petitions) ;— Beeston (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Stansfield (four Petitions) ;—LZeeds (two 
Petitions) ; — Gargrave ; — Subiton; — Alyth; — 
Woodhouse Carr ;—John Alexander Steuart ;—Lei- 
cester (two Petitions) ;— Wadsworth ;—Ingleton ;— 
Verwood ; —Edgworth (two Petitions) ;—Sharples 
(two Petitions);—Chew Moor (two Petitions) ;— 
Chowbent ;—Entwisle ;— Know-green ;— Little Hut- 
ton ;—Maybole ;—Oban ;— Barrow-bridge (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Lochgilphead ;— Auchinleck ;—Irvine(two 
Petitions) ;— Dewsbury ;—Preston (two Petitions) ; 
— Batley (eight Petitions) ;— West sArdsley ;—Bir- 
stall ;— Hechmondwike (nine Petitions) ;— orman- 
ton; — Newton-heath ;— Heaton ; —Failsworth ;— 
Westhoughton ;—Little Hilton and Worsley ;—Rix- 
ton and Glazbrook ;— Ringwood ;—Quarlton Vale ; 
— Inverarity ;-- Bridgnorth (three Petitions) ; — 
Madeley ;--Harwich ;—Little Hulton ; — Accring- 
ton ;— Wilmslow ; —Oswaldtwisle ; —Manquhitter ; 
— Rodley ;——Cleckheaton (eleven Petitions) ;— War- 
rington ; —Stanningley (two Petitions) ;—Bramley 
(nineteen Petitions) ;—Family of William Ingram; 
— Family of Adam Whittam;— Family of John 
Cass ;— Family of George Rawson;—Family of 
Joseph Appleby;— Family of John Appleby ;— 
Family of Thomas Gaunt ;—Family of John Wal- 
her;— Family of William Buckton ;—Family of 
Joseph Myers ;—Family of Charles Cromack ;— 
Family of David Armitage ;—Family of John Bee- 
cvoft;—Family of William Scarlett ;—Family of 
John Holdsworthy ;—Family of Joseph Kirby ;— 
Family of Isaac Mirgetroyd ;— Holmfirth ;—Aber- 
deen (three Petitions) ;— Netherthong ; — Ashton- 
under-Lyne ;-— Green Hill ;--Wadsley ;—Gremes- 
thorpe ;--Kimberworth ;--Ecclesfield ;--Chapeltown ; 
— Dunqworth ;— Oldbury ;—Crediton ;-—--Darlaston; 
— Maesteg ;——Montrose ; —Annan ; —Jedburgh ;— 
Old Brentford ;— Brentford ;— Newton of Falkland; 
—Staleybridge ;-— Wheatley-lane (three Petitions) ;—- 

















ey (ten Petitions) ;—Ossett (seven | tions) ;— Marsden ;--Sabden ;—Rough Lee ;-—Bar- 


ley-green ;— Hag-gate ;— Essington ; — Newhouse ;— 
Bankfoot ;—Stonehaven ; —Rattray ; —Perth (four 
Petitions) ;—Pathstruie ;— Forfar (two Petitions) ; 
Errol and Carse of Gourie ;—Midmar ;— Inverkeil- 
lor ;—Porto Bello (three Petitions) ;—Panbride ;— 
Saltcoats ; —Comrie ;— Blairgowrie ; — Leith (four 
Petitions) ; — Pittenweem ; —Galashiels ;— Mussel- 
burgh ;—Trowbridge (two Petitions) ;--Norwich ;— 
Sheffield (three Petitions) ; — Cherry-tree-hill ; — 
Beaford ;—Haslingden ;— Little London (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Manchester Chamber of Commerce (Vice- 
President) ;~—Castle Douglas ;— Darlaston-green ;— 
Strood ;— Huddersfield ;— Arbroath (two Petitions) ; 
-—Melrose ; —Rothesay ; — Oughtebridge ;—Norton 
(Derby) ;—Frithelstock ;—Elsecar ;---Durnflaskand 
Houldsworth ;—Mosbrough ;—Macclesfield ;— Ayr ; 
— Effingham ; — Storers;— Upper Bradfield; — 
Family of Thomas Bithell;—Family of Peter 
Latham ;—-Family of William Roaf;—-Family of 
Joseph Keighley; — Family of James Clegg ; — 
Family of George Hargreaves;—Family of James 
Lambert ;—Family of Michael Thomas ;—Family of 
William Gott ;—Family of David Dalby ;--Family 
of John Houghton ;—Family of John Mathers ;— 
Family of William Parkinson ;—Family of Joseph 
Hanson ;—Family of William Lawson ;—Family of 
Joseph Hardaker ;—Family of Joseph Haley ;— 
Family of John Gray ;-—Family of James Lister ;— 
Family of Joseph Guy ;—Family of Samuel James 
Webster ;--Family of John Kitson; —- Family of 
Joseph Mann ;—Family of Robert Pullan ;—Family 
of Robert Clough;--Family of Joseph Varley 
Roberts ;—Family of George Fenton ;—Family of 
John Ross ;-—Family of William Dawson ;—Family 
of Ralph Pickard ;--Family of Mary Ann Tate ;-— 
Family of Joseph Pickard;--Family of Richard 
Pontefract ;—Family of Joseph Hill ;—Brightside ; 
— Walkley ;—Great Torrington ;—Scholes ;-—-Mick- 
ley; — West Calder; — Grenoside ;— Blackburn 
( York) ;—Lower Bradfield ;—Witney ;-- Bridgwater ; 
— West Bromwich (two Petitions) ;— Ormskirk (five 
Petitions) ;— Hailey ;—Alloa ;— Barnton;— Burton- 
on- Trent ;—Aughton ;— Anderton ;— Stourbridge ;— 
Mickley ;-- Crieff ;—and, Witton; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers, Trades- 
men, Artisans and other Inhabitants of the parish 
of Eccleshall, praying that in legislating upon the 
Corn Laws, the House will continue such protection 
as shall uphold the landed interest in the position 
it has hitherto occupied in these kingdoms, shall 
encourage the farmer, advance the interests of the 
shopkeeper, give employment to our own labourer 
in preference to the foreigner, and secure our native 
land from dependence upon continental supply, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Henry Shelton, Corn In- 
spector for the borough and town and county of 
Southampton, praying that provision may be made 
in the proposed Bill for alteration of the Corn Laws, 
to compensate him for the loss he may sustain should 
the same pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of houses and land Prisons (Scot- 
land) Act. 


within the burgh roods, but beyond the parliamen- 
tary boundary of the royal burgh of Lanark, pray- 
ing for amendment of the Prisons (Scotland) 


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


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Car- Railways. 
lisle Railway Company, praying that such alter- 
ations may be made in the existing duty on Rail- 
way Passengers, as to make it in future a duty 
payable on the amount of the monies received ~ 

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be 





5 Victoriz. 


the conveyance of such Passengers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mary Chambers, and of Mary Rat- 
cliff Chambers, Wife and Daughter of A. H. Cham- 
bers, Esquire, late of Bond-street, in the county of 
Middlesex, Banker, praying that in any Bill to 
amend the laws relating to Bankrupts, a clause 
may be inserted relieving all debtors above sixty- 
nine years of age from the penalty of imprisonment, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie- upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Camberwell Green ;—High-street, 
Southwark;—and, Saint George-the-Martyr, South- 
wark; praying the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Water- 
loo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Debtors. 


Waterloo, &amp;c. 
Bridges. 


Petitions from Kidderminster ;— William Bullock ; 
—and, Robert Wilson; praying for the adoption of 
Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote 
by Ballot,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


PublicPetitions Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
(Third Report.) Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 14th and 
15th 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. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Marriages Petitions from Larne ;—Stewartstown (two Peti- 

(Ireland. ) tions) ;—Omagh ;---Dublin Presbytery ;—and, Nar- 
row Water; praying the House to pass an Act for 
rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which 
may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian 
minister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom is 
a member of the Established Church, and the other 
a protestant dissenter,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Poor Law A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Sheen, 

—— in the county of Stafford, praying that the Board of 


Poor Law Commissioners may be dispensed with, and 
the management of the Poor left in the hands of 
local Boards, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of the town 
and borough of Preston, in the county palatine of 
Lancaster and other places in the said county, for 
leave to bring ina Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the said town and 
borough, and other places therein mentioned, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Preston Small 
Debts, 


Bradford 
(York) Water- 
works Bill, 


Mr. Busfeild presented a Bill for better supplying 
with Water the town and neighbourhood of Brad- 
ford, 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. 


Leicester and Mr. Grimsditch presented a Bill for more effec- 

eo tually repairing the Road from the Borough of 

Bill, _ Leicester, in the County of Leicester, to the Town 
of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the said County: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Hinckley Mr. Grimsditch presented a Bill for more effec- 

Road Bill. tually repairing the Roads from the Borough of 
Leicester to Narborough, and from the said Bo- 
rough of Leicester to Earl Shilton, and from Earl 
Shilton to Hinckley, all in the County of Leicester : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

a. Mr. Benjamin Wood presented a Bill for forming 

(No, 1.) Bil, @nd maintaining a new Street from and out of the 


High-street, in the Parish of Saint Saviour, South- 
wark, in the County of Surrey, to or into Great 


18° Februari. 


43 


Surrey-street, otherwise Blackfriars-road, in the 
Parish of Christchurch, in the same County: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Proprietors of or Subscribers to an Equitable Gas 
Undertaking or Copartnership called the Equitable Company. 
Gas Light Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating the said Company, and for more effec- 

tually lighting with Gas certain parishes and places 

within the city and liberty of Westminster, and the 

western parts of the Metropolis, and other parishes 

and places in the County of Middlesex, was pre~ 

sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Dundalk and 
more effectually amending and repairing the Road Banbridge 
hereinafter mentioned, and of Owners and Occu- 

piers of land in the vicinity of the said Road, and 

others, Inhabitants of the towns of Newry and Dun- 

dalk, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act 

of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
repairing the Road from Dundalk, in the county 

of Louth, to Bannbridge, in the county of Down, so 

far as relates to the southern division of the said 

Road, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Bally- Education 
macarrett, praying the House to adopt measures for (Ireland.) 
affording education and assistance to the schools in 
connexion with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railways. 

mand,—Copy of Report of the Officers of the Rail- 

way Department to the Right honourable the Earl 

of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade, 1842. 

|__Copy of Statements relative to the Prices of Corn and 

Wheat and Flour, and Provisions in the United Provisions. 
States, and also in British North America; to- 

gether with Tables of the Imports and Exports of 

Wheat and Flour into and from the United States, 

and into and from British North America. 

Mr. Gladstone also presented, pursuant to the Ecclesiastical 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of C™™ssion. 
Orders in Council issued in 1841, ratifying Schemes 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 

Part II. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Monday Designs Copy- 
next, the Designs Copyright Bill, was read, and ‘ight Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant February. 


Ordered, That the Clerk and Shorthand Writer Cambridge 
who attended the Cambridge Election Committee in "ction. 
1840, have leave to attend at the Assizes for the county 
of Cambridge on the trial of an information against 
William Swann the younger, and to produce the 
Minutes of Evidence, and all Documents in their 
possession, and to give Evidence relative to the Pro- 
ceedings before the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Clerk and Shorthand Writer 
who attended the Cambridge Election Committee in 
1840, have leave to attend at the Assizes for the 
county of Cambridge, on the trial of an information 
against Samuel Long, and to produce the Minutes 
of Evidence, and all Documents in their possession, 
and to give Evidence relative to the Proceedings 
before the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Clerk and Shorthand Writer Saint Alban’s 
who attended the Saint Alban’s Election Committee Election. 
in 1841, have leave to attend at the Assizes for the 
county of Hertford, on the trial of an information 
against Richard Webster, and to produce the 





Vou. 97. 








Minutes 


G2 











ee 


a nn ee 


Sale of Beer. 


Borough 
Magistrates, 


Tron, &amp;c. 


Buildings Re- 
gulation Bill. 


No. 33. 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
Bill. 


No. 34. 


Belfast 
Election. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Corn Importae 
tion, 


44, 18° Februarizz. 


Minutes of Evidence, and all Documents in their 
possession, and to give Evidence relative to the Pro- 
ceedings before the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account showing the Number of Licenses granted 
for the Sale of Beer by Retail in the year 1841, and 
a corresponding Account for the year 1839 ; distin- 

uishing Licenses granted in London, and in the 
Coaster. and those for the Sale of Beer to be con- 
sumed on the Premises, and for the Sale of Beer 
not to be consumed on the Premises. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, thatthere be laid before this House, 
A Return of the Names of the Magistrates in the 
several Boroughs of Great Britain, on the 1st day 
of February 1841; with the Names and Dates of 
all subsequent Appointments to the Borough Ma- 
gistracy. 

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, 
Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign lron imported 
into and exported from the United Kingdom, in the 
years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the several 
Sorts of Iron, and the Countries from which im- 
ported, and to which exported :—Of the Quantity of 
British Iron (including Unwrought Steel) exported 
in the years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the 
Countries to which exported :—And, of the Quantity 
of British Hardware and Cutlery exported in the 
years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the Countries 





to which the same were exported, and the declared 
Value thereof (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 537, of Session 1840.) 


The Buildings Regulation Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon | 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


The Boroughs Improvement Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 








upon Wednesday last, That the Petition of George | 
Hamilton Chichester Baron Ennishowen and Car-! 
rickfergus, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Be/fast, being a Petition 
of a Lord of Parliament, be not referred to the 
General Committee of Elections ; 

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

The House was moved, That the 30th section of 
the Act, 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read; and 
the same being read:—The said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the said Petition was referred to the General | 
Committee of Elections. 











The Municipal Corporations Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Impor- 
tation of Corn. 


(In the Committee.) 
Question again proposed, That the following Du- 


A. 1842. 


Grain, Meal or Flour, in lieu of the Duties now 
payable thereon ; viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 
Wueart :— 

Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

---- under 51s. the Duty shall be for 

every quarter - - - - 

---- 51s. and under 52s. 
---- 528. and under 55s. 
---- 558. and under 56s. 
---- 568. and under 57s. 
---- 57s. and under 58s. 
---- 58s. and under 59s. 
---- 59s. and under 60s. 
---- 60s. and under 61s. 
---- 61s. and under 62s. 
---- 62s. and under 63s. 
---- 63s. and under 64s. 
---- 64s. and under 65s. 
-~--- 65s. and under 66s. 
~---- 66s. and under 69s. 
---- 69s. and under 70s. 
- -- 70s. and under 71s. 
---- 71s. and under 72s. 
---- 72s. and under 73s. 
---- 73s. and upwards, 


Whereupon, Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That all Duties payable upon the Importation of 


Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour, do now cease and de- 
termine. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


&amp; 





cap ttt &amp; t.e83 


rr‘ Tere tes 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; 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. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of _ 
into a Committee upon the Duchy of Cornwall Bill ; Comal Bill 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Parish Property 
regulate the Sale of Parish Property: And that Sir Bill. 


Edward Knatchbuil and Sir James Graham do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Factories Act. 


Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number 
and Names of Persons summoned for Offences 
against the Factories Act, between the ist day of 
January 1841, and the 1st day of January 1842 ; 
specifying the Date of the Conviction or Hearing, 
the Place of Hearing, by whom each Conviction was 
made, the Offence in each case, and the manner in 
which the Penalties and Costs were appropriated. 

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


The Order for reading a second time upon Monday Railways Bill. 


next, the Railways Bill; was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 28th day of this instant February. 


Ordered, That the Returns of the Name of each jfanor Coutts 
ties shall be paid upon the Importation of Corn, | Seneschal or Steward of a Manor in Jreland, with (Ireland.) 


the No.35. 

















ient, 


Bill. 


roperty 


s Act. 


ys Bill. 


Courts 
d.) 





Executions, Sc. 


No. 36. 


Non-attendance 
at Divine Wor- 
ship. 

No. 37. 


East India. 


18°-—21° 


the Date of his Appointment, and the Person by 
whom he was eel :—And, of the Names of 
the Parties returned by said Seneschals or Stewards 
as their Sureties, with the Amount of such Security 
in each case, and the Date when the same was 
lodged with the Clerk of the Peace, which were pre- 
sented upon the 21st day of June 1841, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Executions, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Non-attend- 
ance at Divine Worship, which was presented upon 
Wednesday last, be printed. 


5 Vicroriz. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 21° die Februarii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


Mes Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
4 the East India Company, was called in ; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—List, specifying the 
Particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
—— to a Person who belonged to the late 
aritime Service of the East India Company, and 
to the Widows and Families of Persons who be- 
longed to the same Service, 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. 

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 31st December 1841, 
(under the authority of the Act of the 3d and 4th 
Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7.) to Persons who have been em- 
ployed 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 re- 
duced. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and of the East India Company, in 
1841, 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

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

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to an 
Order dated the 5th day of October in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies 
supplied from the Revenues of India, since the Re- 
turn made to the Order of this House of the 24th day 
of June 1839, towards the Payment of Expenses in 
England, chargeable on those Revenues, particular- 
ising, as before, monthly and annually :—1. The 
Amount of Bills drawn by the Court of Directors 
on the several Governments of Jndia, 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 Govern- 
ments of India, and by the East India Company’s 

Agents in China, to the Court of Directors; speci- 
fymg 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 
Vou. 97. 





Februarii. 45 


other security, with the Rates of Exchange at which 
such Remittances were made :—3. The Amount of 
Bills drawn by the East India Company’s Agents 
in China, on the several Governments of Jndia, with 
the Rates of Exchange at which such Bills were issued 
at Canton; also, an Account of Remittances from 
India and China, since the commencement of the 
present Charter, in Silk or any other description of 
Goods ; specifying the Invoice Cost in Indian Cur- 
rency, and in British Sterling money, with a State- 
ment, if sold, of the Net Proceeds realized in Lon- 
don; also, an Account of any Remittances received 
into the London Treasury of the East India Com- 
pany, in Repayment of Advances made in India on 
account of Her Majesty’s Government, and also 
made applicable towards the Payment of Expenses 
in England chargeable on the Revenues of India:— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—A List of all Pen- 
sions granted between the 20th day of June 1840 
and the 20th day of June 1841, and charged upon 
the Civil List. 


signed by Commissioners acting in the execu- 
tion of the Acts relating to the Assessed Taxes, 
subsequent to the 7th day of September last, being 
the date of a like Return made im the last Session 
of Parliament :—And then he withdrew. 

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


making and maintaining the Road from Glasg 
Redburn Bridge, and certain other Roads in the 
Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton and Lanark, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for maintaining and repair- 
ing the Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and 
a Branch Road leading therefrom, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Santry Glebe, in the county of Dublin, Clerk, 
mas Parnell, of Merrion-square, in the city of Dub- 
lin, Esquire, Robert Dudley Oliver, of Fitzwilliam- 
square, in said city, Esquire, Vice-Admiral in Her 
Majesty’s Navy, William Hutcheson, Esquire, Lieu- 
tenant in Her Majesty’s Navy and Harbour Master 
of the port of Kingstown, and Thomas Tilly, of 
Henrietia-street, in said city of Dublin, Esquire, 
Trustees of the Kingstown Episcopal Mariners’ 
Church in Ireland, for leave to brng ina Bill for 
erecting and endowing a Church at Kingstown, in 
the county and diocese of Dublin, and parish of 
Monkstown, and for providing for the due celebration 
of Divine Service therein, and for assigning a District 
thereto, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


within the county of Kincardine, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to alter and amend the Acts for making, 
repairing and keeping in repair the Road from 
Stonehaven, through the Slug Mount to the Bridge 
on the said Road at Cobleheugh, in the county of 
Kincardine, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 





Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; 
the case of the Petition for the Stanhope and Tyne 
Railroad Company Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to facilitate arrangements consequent upon the dis- 











a3 solution 








Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Pensions, 


Copies of all Cases which have been stated and Assessed Taxes, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Glasgow and 
cow to Redburn Bridge 
Road, 


A Petition of the Reverend Denis Browne, of Kingstown 
Tho- Mariners’ 
Church. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Slug Mount Road, Slug Road. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Stanhope and 


in Tyne Railroad 
That ta Company Bill. 





Cottenham, &amp;c., 
Drainage Bill. 


Cottenham 
Inclosure Bill, 


Wrexham 
Road. 


Deptford Pier. 


Gravesend 
Terrace Pier. 


Gravesend 
Town Pier. 


Bromyard 
Roads Bill. 


Brandling 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Bolton and 
Westhoughton 
Road, 


46 


solution of the Stanhope and Tine Railroad Com- 
pany, and to incorporate some cf the Proprietors for 
the purpose of continuing the working of a part of 
the Railway belonging to the said Company: And 
that Mr. Liddell and Mr. Maclean do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Cottenham, &amp;c., 
Drainage Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds 
in the parishes of Cottenham, Rampton and Willing- 
ham, in the county of Cambridge: And that Mr. 
Eliot Yorke, Mr. Eaton and Mr. Allia do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Cottenham 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 Cottenham, in 
the county of Cambridge : And that Mr. Eliot Yorke, 
Mr. Eaton and Mr. Allix do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
amending the Road from Wrexham, in the County 
of Denbigh, to Pentre Bridge, in the County of Flint, 
and for making a new Branch of Road from the 
said Road, at a place near Abermorddu to Mold, in 
the said County of Flint, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from Wrex- 
ham, in the county of Denbigh, to Mold, in the 
county of Flint, and for making Three new Lines 
of Road branching out of the same, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Deptford Pier and Improve- 
ment Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend the powers and provisions of the Acts 
relating to the making and maintaining of a Pier 
and other Works at Deptford, in the county of 
Kent, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property in 
and in the neighbourhood of the town of Gravesend, 
in the county of Kent, for leave to bring ina Bill 
for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens in 
the town of Gravesend, in the county of Kent, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Gravesend, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for amending the Acts relating to the 
Gravesend Town Quay and Pier, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Barneby presented a Bill for repairing and 
maintaining several Roads leading from the Town of 
Bromyard, in the county of Hereford, and other 
Roads adjoining thereto, in the said County, and in 
the County of Worcester, and for making several 
new Lines of Road connected therewith, in the same 
Counties: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Ord presented a Bill to authorize the Brand- 
ding Junction 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. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
amending the Road leading from the south end of 
the Moor-lane, in the township of Great Bolten, 
into the Turnpike-road from Manchester to Wigan, 


21° Februari. 





A. 1842. 


near Westhoughton Chapel, in the county palatine — 
of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for more 
effectually repairing the Road from Bolton to 
Westhoughton, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
was presented, and read; and referred tothe Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Glasleck ;— Ballywillen ;—Strat- Marriages 
ford-on-Slaney ; — Dunnansanagh ; — Cumber ; — Ateland.) 


Fintona ;—Aughnacloy ;— Dungannon ;—Strabane ; 
— Trenta ;—Ramelton ;—Letterkenny ;—Donough- 
more ; — Burt ; — Mullingar ; —Drogheda ; —and, 
Dundalk; praying the House to pass an Act for 
rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which 
may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian 
minister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom 
is a member of the Established Church, and the 
other a protestant dissenter,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beulah ; — Tredegar (two Peti- Corn Laws, 


tions) ;—Rymney (two Petitions) ;—Victoria lron- 
works ; — Bassaleg ; — Landogo ; — Egton-cum- 
Newland ; — Lunds ; — Kendal ; — Ulverstone ; — 
Buckfastleigh ; — High-street, Poplar; — Kentish 
Town ;—Butter House Green ;— Oswestry ;—Poyn- 
ton ;— Barnard Castle ;—- Hope Hill, Heaton Norris ; 
—Coleshill Rea 3— New Mills (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Bonner Heath; — Neckinger-road, Ber- 
mondsey ;— Camden Town ;-— Clapham ;— Salford 
(thirteen Petitions) ; — Fatlsworth ;— Norwich ;— 
Manchester (one hundred and fifty-seven Petitions) ; 
—- Batley (three Petitions) ;—Rutherglen (Deacon);— 
Kilmarnock ;— Darlington ; — Dundee (twenty-four 
Petitions) ;— Walsall (three Petitions) ; — Bolton 
Young Men’s Anti-Monopoly Association (Chair- 
man) ;— Huddersfield (two Petitions) ; — Carshalton 
(two Petitions); —Mitcham (two Petitions) ;— Upper 
Tooting ;— Merton Abbey ;— Merton (two Petitions) ; 
—Beddington Corner ;— Harwood ;— Lower Tootin 

(two Petitions) ; — Wallington ; — Milton and Bat. 
gonie ;—Burrington ;—Petrockstow ; — Atherington ; 
— Horwood ; — Shebbear ; — Great Torrington ; — 
High Down ;— Sheep Wash ;— Bolton ;—Stancliffe 
Batley (two Petitions) ;— Menai Bridge (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll ;— Birmingham ;— 
Patricroft ;—Burton-upon-Irwell (two Petitions) ; 
— Stockport (three Petitions) ; — Eccles ;— Hazel 
Grove ;— Llanelly (three Petitions) ;-—- Crich ;— 
Dowlais (two Petitions) ;—Longforgan ;— Hobkirk ; 
—New Cumnock ;— Holywood ;— Hawick ;—Port- 
sea;— Saltcoats ;— Airdrie ;—Greenock ; —Oxton ;— 
Hollinwood (two Petitions) ;— Bury (two Petitions) ; 
—Crumpsall ;—Oil-cloth Makers in the employ of 
Messrs. Hampson and Knight :—Failsworth;— New- 
ton; — Droylesden ; — Dukinfield ;— Radcliffe ;— 
Chorlton-upon-Medlock ;— Rochdale (two Petitions); 
—Darlaston (five Petitions) ; — Soho; —- Tunstall 
(twelve Petitions) ;— Dumfries (Chairman) ;—Whit- 
worth ;—Bridgenorth (four Petitions) ;—Leckhamp- 
ton ;— Maypbole ;—Lesmahago ;--Appledore ;-— Rei- 
gate ;--Stockton-on-Tees ;--Glammiss (three Peti- 
tions) ;——Forfar ;-—Maidstone (three Petitions) ;— 
Shrewsbury (two Petitions) ;—Brentford (two Peti- 
tions) ;--_Lees ;-—-Smithy Nook ;--Littleborough (two 
Petitions) ;—Small Bridge ;—Spotland ;-- Wardle ; 
—-Birtle ;—East Birdleigh ;—Furness ;-—Whaley ; 
—Castleward ; -— Bassingbourn ;--Chatham ;—Tot- 
ton ;— Carlisle ; — Oswestry ; — Tottenham Court- 
road ; — Great Missenden ;— Woodbanks Green ; — 
Romilley ;— Burnham Market ;— Quatford (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Warksworth ;—Working Men and others 
employed on the London and Brighton Railway, 
and also of their Wives and Daughters ;— Horsehay ; 
— Kirkoswald;— Dudley ;— Haydon Bridge ;-- Daw- 
ley Green ;— Llangollen ;— Netherton ;— Toll End;-- 
Coseley ; Workmen employed onthe Londonand Dover 


Railway, and also of their Wives and Daughters ; 
— Garstang ; — Golborne ; — Lowton; — Leigh ;— 
Castleton ;—-Milnrow ;—Broadley Cotton Mill;— 





Murthill 








5 Vicroriz. 


_ Murthill Works ;—Eardington ;—Gisburn ;—and, 
Penrith, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Corn Millers and Corn-mill Owners, 
of Warrington, praying the House to pass such a 
law as will encourage the Importation of Wheat, 
in preference to Flour, whether foreign or colonial ; 
and to put a fixed money duty upon a barrel of flour, 
in addition to the fluctuating duty on 384 gallons 
of wheat, was also — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mossley;—and, Manchester Young 
Men’s Anti-Monopoly Association (Chairman); pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and for the adop- 
tion of Universal Suffrage, and Vote by Ballot,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bradford, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, and for the adoption 
of Annual Parliaments, no Property Qualification, 
Payment of Members and equal Electoral Districts, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Southwark Bridge-road :—Cakley- 
street, Lambeth ; — and, Saint Olave, Southwark ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Church of Scotland, 
in the parish of Midmar and county of Aberdeen, 
praying the House to repeal the Act of Queen Anne, 
m virtue of which patronage is at present exercised in 
the church of Scotland, and to pass an enactment 
declaring that it belongs to the church herself to 
regulate the mode of admitting ministers to benefices 
in Scotland, so as to give to the communicants of every 
several congregation the right of electing their own 
minister and office-bearers upon scriptural principles, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Northampton ;—and, 
Female Inhabitants of Northampton ; praying for 
the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and 
the immediate re-enactment of the Poor Law of the 
43d of Elizabeth,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Helena Greville and Teresa Greville, 
both of the city of Dublin; stating that the Peti- 
tioners’ sister, Mrs. Susannah Archer, lately de- 
ceased, was the widow of the late Lieutenant Robert 
H, Archer, of the Royal Navy; that the said Rubert 
H. Archer died in the year 1826, and that upon his 
decease, the Petitioners’ sister, Mrs. Susannah Ar- 
cher, his widow, was appointed her pension, but that 
she never received the same until August 1837, and 
that consequently eleven years of arrear of pension 
were due to the Petitioners’ sister at the time of her 
decease ; that said Susannah Archer in her life-time, 
and the Petitioners as the sole and only next of 
kin, have frequently memorialized the Lords of the 
Admiralty for said arrear, or to state to them the 
grounds of its detention; that they have failed in 
getting either the arrear or any satisfactory reasons 
or its detention; and praying for redress, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Bury, of Church, in the 
parish of Whalley, stating that he is a Pattern De- 
signer to Calico printers, and pays £.1. 3. 0. per 
annum for Window Duty ; that if he were a farmer 
he would be exempt from such tax; and praying the 
House to cause him to be informed of the true 
grounds and reason of such exemption, was pre- 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

yOu. 97. 


Corn Laws, &amp;c. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Lieut. Robert 
H, Archer. 


Window Duty. 


21° Februariz. 


47 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Kennington Dis- Metropolis 
trict of the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, praying !mprovement. 
that in the event of any future appropriation of the 

Coal Duty, or of any other monies being or directed 

to be raised for Metropolis Improvements, from such 

source, or of any public money being voted for such 

purpose, the parish of Lambeth, comprising so im- 

— a portion of the metropolis, may receive its 

air proportion thereof, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- Samuel Gordon. 
street, Dublin, alleging that certain officers of the 

Court of Chancery in Jredand were concerned in 

forging a Petition in the name of the Petitioner, 

on the 15th of February 1841, and also his signature 

thereto; and praying that the House will order a 

special Return to be made, stating whether or not 

a Petition in the Registers’ Office was so signed 

by the Petitioner, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Revising 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Barristers. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of Barristers appointed to 
revise the Lists of Electors in England and Wales, 
in the years 1840 and 1841; the Names of the 
Places or Districts to which the Revising Barristers 
were respectively appointed ; the Number of Days 
employed in each Place or District, so far as appears 
by their Accounts ; the Amount of Fees received, and 
the Amount of Expenses incurred by them respec- 
tively (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
120, of Sess. 1840) :—Also, the Aggregate Amount 
paid in each year to such Revising Barristers, from 
the year 1835 inclusive :—And also, the Aggregate 
Number of Days in each year for which such Revis- 
ing Barristers were paid, from the year 1835 in- 
clusive. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mail Steam 
Returns of the Hour at which the Government Packets. 
Steam Packets have left the River Mersey, and the 
Number of Hours occupied in the Passages between 
Liverpool and Kingstown, and Kingstown and Liver- 
pool, each day since the 1st day of February 1841, 
with the Name of each Packet; also, the Number 
of times, specifying the Days the Mail and Passen- 
gers have been conveyed by tender to or from the 
Steamer outside the Bar of the Mersey, and the Days 
on which no Mail has left Liverpool :—And of the 
manner in which the Mail and Passengers are con- 
veyed from the Pier at Birkenhead to the Steamer, 
and the Expense of the same :—A similar Return 
from Holyhead, stating the Number of Hours occu- 
pied in the Passage to and from Kingstown, and 
Days on which no Mail has left Holyhead :— Returns 
of the Hour at which the London Mail has been re- 
ceived at the Dublin Post-office each day, since the 
1st day of January 1841; and the Number of Days, 
specifying them, on which the Evening Mail Coaches 
have left Dublin without. the London Mail :—And, 
showing the Number of Mail Steam Packets on the 
Liverpool and Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, 
Milford and Waterford Stations, the Expenses in- 
curred in Building, and Outfit and Repairs of the 
Vessels, and the Expenses of the Establishments, 
and the Total Disbursements, and the Receipts and 
Passages, &amp;c., and the Totals of each Charge, from 
the 1st day of January 1841 to the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1842; also, the Amount paid by the Government 
for the Contract for conveying the Day Mail from 
Liverpool to Kingstown (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 296, of Seas. 1841.) 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 








Command,—Copy of Treaty between Great Britain, 
a4 Austria, 





Imperial Bank 
of England. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


48 


91° Februariz. 


A. 1842. 


Austria, France, Prussia and Russia, for the sup-| Committees without material inconvenience to the 


pression of the 4frican Slave Trade, signed at Lon- 
don, December 20, 1841. 

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


A Petition of Thomas Lever Rushton, of Bolton, 
in the county of Lancaster, Solicitor and Banker, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Court of 
Chancery to appoint a person or persons to sue on 
behalf of the copartnership of bankers lately st age 
on business under the firm of the Imperial Bank of 
England, in lieu of the public officer, and to vest the 
estate of such copartnership in the person so to be ap- 
pointed, and to enable the receiver appointed by the 
said court to enter into agreements or compositions 
with the persons returned as members of the same 
copartnership, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Number of Stamps issued to each 
of the Newspapers of the United Kingdom for the 
months of October, November and December 1841, 
and the Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by 
each (in continuation of the last Return to Parlia- 
ment.) 


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





The House was moved, That the 37th, 38th and 


Public Service, during the time he may hold the 
said office ; 

Reso’ved, That the Right honourable Sir James 
Graham, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries 
of State, be excused from serving on Election Com- 
mittees during the time he may hold the said office. 


The Right honourable Henry Goulburn, Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, having stated that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconvenience to the Public Service, during the time 
he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Henry Goul- 
burn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said office. 


Thomas Greene, Esquire, having stated, that being 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
the House had also devolved upon him the duty of 
sitting as Chairman of all Committees upon Private 
Bills unopposed, and that it would not be in his 
power to perform that duty if selected to serve on 
an Election Committee ; 

Resolved, That Thomas Greene, Esquire, Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, be 
excused from serving on Election Committees during 
the time he may be required to sit as Chairman of 
all Committees upon Private Bills unopposed. 


The Copyright Registration Bill was, according to Copyright 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Registration 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 2!!! - 
6th day of April next. 


39th Sections of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend 
the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elections, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

The Clerk read the List of Meribers who have | 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Corn Import. 
Committees, as being upwards of sixty years of 


into a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, "© 


_ could not attend Election Committees without ma- 


age, as follows :— 


Colonel Baillie (Honiton), Sir Robert Bateson, 
John Benett, Esquire, Thomas Bunbury, Esquire, 























Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Charles Burrell, William 
Ralph Cartwright, Esquire, Aaron Chapman, Es- | 
quire, Sir John Chetwode, Henry Clements, Esquire, 
Edward Bolton Clive, Esquire, William Sharman 
Crawford, Esquire, William Joseph Denison, Esquire, 
Sir Howard Douglas, William Feilden, Esquire, | 
Sir Alexander Grant, William Ormsby Gore (Salop), | 
Esquire, Kedgwin Hoskins, Esquire, John Irving, 
Esquire, Colonel William Gore Langton, James Loch, 
Esquire, Lord Charles Manners, Stewart Marjori- | 
banks, Esquire, William Ord, Esquire, James Oswald, 
Esquire, George Palmer, Esquire, Edward William 
Wynne Pendarves, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Sir William Rae, the Right honourable Sir George 
Rose, Colonel Rushbrooke, Thomas Sheppard, Es- 
quire, Robert Wallace, Esquire, Sir Matthew Wood, | 


and the Right honourable Charles Watkin Williams 
Wynn. 


The Right honourable Sir Robert Peel having 
stated, that being First Lord of the Treasury, he 


terial inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Sir Robert 
Peel, First Lord of the Treasury, be excused from 
serving on Election Committees during the time he 
may hold the said office. 


Lord Stanley having stated, that being one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, he 
could not attend Election Committees without ma- 
terial inconvenience to the Public Service, during the 
time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That Lord Stanley, one of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, be excused 
from serving on Election Committees during the 
time he may hold the said office. 


The Right honourable Sir James Graham having 
stated, that being one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State, he could not attend Election 





c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importation 
of Corn. 


(In the Committee.) 


Original Question stated, That the following 
Duties shall be paid upon the Importation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal or Flour, in lieu of the Duties now 
payable thereon ; viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 
Wueart :— 

Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

---- under 51s. the Duty 
every quarter - 
---- 51s. and under 52s. 
---- 52s. and under 55s. 
---- 558. and under 56s. 
---- 56s. and under 57s. 
---- 57s. and under 58s. 
---- 58s. and under 59s. 
---- 59s. and under 60s. 
---- 60s. and under 61s. 
---- 6ls. and under 62s. 
---- 62s. and under 63s. 
---- 63s. and under 64s. 
-~--- 64s. and under 65s. 
---- 65s. and under 66s. 
---- 66s. and under 69s. 
---- 69s. and under 70s. 
---- 70s. and under 71s. 
---- 71s. and under 72s. 
---- 72s. and under 73s. 
---- 73s. and upwards 


Question[proposed in lieu of the Original Question, } 
again proposed, That all Duties payable upon the 
Importation of Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour, do now 
cease and determine. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


shall be for 


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Mae @ es 6 Oe © ER Pert eee 
one ££ eee Se eS EOL AEE SB 





Ce eee FO CVE EEE TEER 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the matter 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 








5 Vicroriz. 
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. 
Duchy of Mr. Greene reported the Duchy of Cornwall Bill ; 


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 Friday next. 


Apprentices The House was moved, That the Act 20 Geo. 

Regulation Bill. 9 ¢, 19, for the better adjusting and more easy 
Recovery of the Wages of certain Servants, and for 
the better regulation of such Servants, and of certain 
Apprentices, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 33 Geo. 
3, c. 55, to authorize Justices of the Peace to im- 
pose Fines upon Constables, Overseers and other 
Peace or Parish Officers, for neglect of Duty, and 
on Masters of Apprentices, for ill usage of such 
their Apprentices ; and, also to make provision for 
the execution of Warrants of Distress granted by 
Magistrates, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 29, to increase the power of Magistrates in cases of 
Apprentices, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 32 Geo. 
3, ¢.57, for the further Regulation of Parish Ap- 
prentices, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain the said Acts: And that Sir James Gra- 
ham, Mr. Attorney-General and Mr. Solicitor- 
General do prepare and bring it in. 


‘ion 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill for consolidating the Queen’s Bench, 
the Fleet and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regu- 
lating the Queen’s Prison ; 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
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 leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Sir James Graham, Mr. Attorney-Ge- 
neral and Mr. Solicitor-General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Queen’s Prison 


Orta. 
es: Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Report made and the Evidence taken by the 
Commissioners sent to inquire into the state of the 
Population of Stockport :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Population of 
Stockport. 


Customs Duties The Order, for the House to resolve itself into a 
(West Indian 


and North Ame- CO™Mmittee upon Wednesday next, to consider the 
rican Colonies.) Acts relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, 
Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into any 

of the British Possessions in America, or the Mau- 

ritius, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 2d day of March next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Cambrian Iron 


and Spelter 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Cambrian Iron and Spelter 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 
Cambrian Iron and. Spelter Company, and for 


Q1°—22° Februariz. 


49 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 

Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company, and for 

granting certain powers thereto: And that Mr. 

Morris and Mr. Blewitt do prepare, and bring 

it In. 

Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- Saint Philip’s 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the (Bristol) Bridge 
case of the Petition for the Saint Philip’s (Bristol) ~'* 
Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 

plied with. 

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

amend the Act relating to the Saint Philip’s Bridge, 

in the city and county of Bristol, and for making 
additional! Approaches to the said Bridge: And 

that Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- Stalybridge 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the @s Bill. 
case of the Petition for the Stalybridge Gas Bill, 

the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

for lighting with Gas the town of Stalybridge, and 

the neighbourhood thereof, in the counties of Ches- 

ter and Lancaster: And that Lord Francis Egerton 

and Mr. Tatton Egerton do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Clee Inclosure 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Bill. 

the Petition for the Clee 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 Clee, in the 

county of Lincoln: And that Mr. Edward Heneage, 

Mr. Christopher and Lord Worsley do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Surrey and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Sussex Roads 
the Petition for the Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill, ®" 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, re- 
lating to certain Roads, known by the name of the 
Surrey and Sussex Roads, in the counties of Surrey 
and Sussex: And that Mr. Kemble, Mr. Antrobus 
and Mr. Trotter do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Leicester 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Small Debts 
the Petition for the Leicester Small Debts Bill, the ®i" 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend and enlarge the powers of two Acts 
passed for the more easy recovery of Small Debts 
within the borough of Leicester, and other parishes 
in the county of Leicester, and to extend the power 
of recovering Debts to any sum not exceeding 
Fifteen Pounds: And that Lord Charles Manners, 
Mr. Halford and Sir John Easthope do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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


Martis, 22° die Februarii, 1842: 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parish of Wakeyhill 
Stapleton, in the county of Cumberland, for leave I*los- 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing and dividing Wakey- 





granting certain powers thereto: And that Mr. 
Morris and Mr. Blewitt do prepare, and bring it in 


Cwm Celyn 

and Blaina 
ron Com 

Bill, 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 


mY the Petition for the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron 


Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 
Vou, 97. 








on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


hili Common, in the parish of Stapleton, in the 
county of Cumberland, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank Notes 
an Account of the Notes in circulation of the Bank 2"4 Bullion. 
of England, and other Banks of Issue in vere 

H an 








Q1°—:22° Februariz. 


and Wales, Scotlond and Ireland, and of the Bullion 
in the Bank of England in each Month, since the 
passing of the Act 4 and 5 Vice. c. 50, to the present 


time, as published in the Gazette pursuant to such 
Act. 
Apprentices Sir James Graham presented a Bill to explain the 
— Acts for the better Regulation of certain Apprentices: 
N 38 And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
0.9% to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 
be printed. 
British 
Museum. 


No. 39. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the British 
Museum, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Fac- 
No.40. tories Act, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Factories Act. 


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, 22° die Februarii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and 
a Coke Company, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—A Return of the Contingency Fund 
of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Imperial Gas 
Company. 


Cottenham 


Mr. Eliot Yorke presented a Bill for inclosing 
Inclosure Bill. ands in the Parish of Cottenham, in the County of 

Cambridge: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cottenham,&amp;e., Mr. Eliot Yorke presented a Bill for draining 
Drainage Bill. certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds, in the Pa- 
rishes of Cottenham, Rampton and Willingham, in 
the County of Cambridge: And the same was read 


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


Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


The Midland Counties Railway Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Buckland 
Inclosure. 


A Petition of the Lord of the Manor, Proprietors 
of land, Inhabitants and others, of the parish of 
Buckland, in the county of Buckingham, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
said parish, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Saint Philips Mr. Philip Miles presented a Bill to amend the 

(Bristol) Bridge Act relating to the Saint Philip’s Bridge, in the 

ane City and County of Bristol, and for making ad- 
ditional Approaches to the said Bridge: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Cwm Cel ; i i 
—— Mr. Morris presented a Bill for regulating Legal 


Tron Company Proceedings by or against the Cwm Celyn and 

Bill. Blaina \ron Company, and for granting certain 
powers thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Hinckley The Hinckley Road Bill was read a second time ; 
Road Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





A. 1842. 


The Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch Road Bill Leicester ang 
was read a second time ; and committed. Ashby-dols, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Liddell presented a Bill to facilitate arrange- Stanhope ang 
ments consequent upon the Dissolution of the Stan- Tyne Railroa 
hope and Tyne Railroad Company, and to incor- ©°™P#"y Bil 
porate some of the Proprietors for the purpose of 
continuing the working of a part of the Railway 
belonging to the said Company: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Morris presented a Bill for regulating Legal Cambrian trm 
Proceedings by or against the Cambrian Iron and = Spelter_ 
Spelter Company, and for granting certain Powers “"?"Y Ba. 
thereto: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill for lighting Stalybridge 
with Gas the Town of Stalybridge, and the Neigh- Gas Bill. 
bourhood thereof, in the Counties of Chester and 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Manu- Runcom, 
facturers, Tradesmen and others, Inhabitants of the Frodsham and 
towns of Runcorn, Frodsham and Northwich, and neg 
several other places therein mentioned, in the county 
of Chester, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts within 
the said towns and other places, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Liverpool 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in _—s and | 
the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Paving *°™**8* ™™ 
and Sewerage Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for amending an Act relating to the Paving and 
Sewerage of the town of Liverpool, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster: And that Viscount Sandon 
and Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Bristol 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Boundary Bil. 
the case of the Petition for the Bristol Boundary 
Bill, it appeared to the Committee there were no 
Standing Orders applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for restoring to the city and county of Bristol, a 
portion of the ancient Boundary of the same: And 
that Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Saint Austell 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Market Bill 
the case of the Petition for the Saint Austell Market 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for taking down the present Market House in the 
town of Saint Austell, in the county of Cornwall, 
and for erecting a more convenient Market House 
in lieu thereof; and for providing a new Market 
Place, and for increasing and regulating the Mar- 
kets and Fairs within the same Town: And that 
Lord Eliot, Mr. Pendarves and Sir Charles Lemon 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Blackbum 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in - bo: 
the case of the Petition for the Blackburn and” * 
Chorley Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with.: 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining as turnpike the Road 

leading 








5 VicToriz. 


leading from the Preston and Blackburn Turnpike- 
road at Finnington to the township of Chorley, in 
the county of Lancaster: And that Mr. William 
Feilden and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


























Granton Pier 
Bill. 


FES 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Granton Pier Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. __ 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending the powers and provisions of an Act 
of the seventh year of King William the Fourth, 
relative to the Pier of Granton, in the county of 
Edinburgh: And that Mr. Robert Clive and Mr. 


Trea Semedbesae 
James do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bill, 


Surrey New 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Roads Bill. 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Surrey New Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually amending and improving certain 
Roads, called “ the Surrey New Roads,” in the 
several parishes of Saint Mary Lambeth, Saint 
Mary Newington, Saint George Southwark, Saint 
Mary Magdalen Bermondsey, and Christchurch, 
in the county of Surrey: And that Mr. Kemble, 
Mr. Antrobus and Mr. Trotter do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


ge 


, 
n and 


ebts, 


South Eastern 


e Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Railway Bill. 


Conimittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the South Eastern Rail- 
way Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the South Eastern Railway Company to 
raise a further Sum of Money, and to amend the 


ol 
and 
ge Bill. 


Acts relating to the said Railway: And that Mr. 


Rice and Mr. Curteis do prepare, and bring it in. 


Saint Mary-le- 
bone Parish 
Bill. 


with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, repairing, cleansing and lighting the 
parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, and for the better Relief and Maintenance 
of the Poor thereof, and the election of Vestrymen 
and Auditors, and for other purposes relating to the 
said parish: And that Colonel Thomas Wood, the 
Earl of March, Sir John Hanmer and Mr. Kemble 


ary Bil. 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ardrossan 
Harbour, 


A Petition of the Ardrossan Harbour Company 
Austell and of Sir David Hunter Blair, of Brownhill, Ba 


et Bill. 


Montgomerie Hamilton, of Skelmorlie and Bourtree 


hill, Earl of Eglinton, heir of entail, in possession 


of the entailed estates of Eglinton, and others, fo 


leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act for erecting 
a Harbour at Ardrossan, in the county of Ayr, and 
to provide for the improvement of the said Harbour, 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Selec 


kbum Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Chorley 
i Bill. 


aa Police 
(No, 2.) Common Council of the city of Glasgow, for leav 


to bring in a Bill to establish a uniform system of 
Criminal Police in and around Glasgow, to amend 


92° Februari. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Saint Mary-le-bone 
Parish Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 


ronet, Archibald Hamilton, of Carcluie, Esquire, 
Colonel the Honourable Frederick M‘Adam Cath- 
cart, of Craigengillan, and William Maxwell Alex- 
ander, of Southbar, Esquire, the Trustees acting under 
the trust disposition and deed of settlement and 
codicils executed hy Hugh Montgomerie, of Skel- 
morlie, Earl of Eglinton, deceased, and of Archibald 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 





51 


the Police and Statute Labour Acts of Glasgow, Gor- 
bals, Calton and Anderston, to establish a unicipal 
Government in the barony of Gorbals, to form a 
Board of Health in Glasgow, to remove certain Mar- 
kets, to open and improve Streets, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Grimsditch presented a Bill for inclosing Clee Inclosure 


'| Lands in the Parish of Clee, in the County of Lin- Bill. 


coln: And the same was read the first time; and _ 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Mr. Grimsditch presented a Bill to alter, amend Leicester mall 
and enlarge the Powers of Two Acts passed for the Debts Bill. 
more easy Recovery of Small Debts within the Bo- 

rough of Leicester, and other Parishes in’ the County 

of Leicester, and to extend the Power of recovering 

Debts to any Sum not exceeding Fifteen Pounds: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


A Petition of George Alfred Walker, Surgeon, of Burials. 
Drury-lane, praying that a Committee of the House 
may be appointed, or such other means employed 
as the House may deem necessary, for the purpose 
of instituting a full and searching inquiry into the 
condition of the Burial-places of the United King- 
dom, the Petitioner believing that such evidence 
will be elicited as will convince the House of the 
necessity of a revision or abrogation of the existing 
laws relative to Burial, or of the total or absolute 
prohibition of the dead in the midst of the living, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Uppingham ;— Reading (two Peti- Com Laws. 
tions) ;-—Stirling (Dean of Guild) ;— Brechin ;— 
Northampton ;—Stone (three Petitions) ;—Henns- 
field ;—Eckington ;—Rupert-street, Westminster ;— 
Castle-street, Westminster ;— Tyer-street, Vauxhall ; 
—Prince’s-street, Lambeth (two Petitions) ;—Ken- 
nington-lane, Lambeth; —Commercial-road, Lam- 
beth (two Petitions) ;—Castle-court, Westminster ;— 
Douglass-street, Westminster ;--Maybole ;—Comp- 
ton-street, Clerkenwell ;—Prince’s-street, Westmin- 
ster ;— St. Mary, Rotherhithe ;—Catrine ;—Shrews- 
bury (two Petitions) ;— Poole ;—Arbroath ;—Pene- 
goes ;—-Hampton Load Forge;—Cross Houses ;— 
Wingham ;-—Ludlow ;— Broseley (two Petitions) ;-- 
Scotby ;— West Pancras ;— Haslemere; —Stockport 
(three Petitions) ;— Paddington (nineteen Petitions) ; 
—Coal Port ;-— Whaley ;— Kensington ;— Daventry 
(two Petitions) ;— Birmingham (two Petitions) ;— 
Bishopsgate :-— Hackney ;-- Madeley-wood ;—- Hather ; 
— Quatt ;--Brownhills ;—— Nottingham (two Peti- 
tions); — Ryecroft (two Petitions); St. Mary, 
Newington ;— Dukinfield (two Petitions) ;-— Ear- 
dington ; —- Ashton-under-Lyne (two Petitions) ;—— 
Linstock ;— Warwick (Cumberland) ;— Cradley ;-— 
Irthington ;-— Swanage ;-- Bredbury ;-—-New Mills 
(Derbyshire) ;-—- Houghton ; — Oswestry ; -- Wetheral 
and Warwick ;—— Laversdale ; — Hereford ;—-Ber- 
mondsey ;-~Bickton-heath ;—Beverley ;— Leicester ; 
—— Hartley Brook ;— Slaidburn ;-— Wickersley ; — 
Ribchester ;-- Woodhouse, Ridgway,and Ackenthorp ; 
—- Street ;— Brookfield ;—Quakers of Somerset ;— 
Yeovil ; — Rochdale ; — Burnley ;— Glossop (three 
Petitions) ;— Stansfield (five Petitions) ;—St. Anne’s, 
Soho ;— Edmonton ;—Trinity, Lambeth ;—Alston;-- 
Shadwell ; — St. ‘George’s-place, Westminster ; — 
Twickenham ;—Park-street, Lambeth ;—Aylesbury- 
street, Clerkenwell; Gloucester-terrace, Westmin- 
ster ; — Palmer’s-village, Westminster; — Dundee 
(four Petitions) ;— Bromley (Kent) ;—Ebury-place, 
Pimlico; — Fore-street, London ;— Willenhall ; — 
Paisley ;— Bolton ;— Rochester-street, Westminster ; 
—Family of John Epps ;— Oldham ;—Puddlehin- 
ton;—Dunfermline (Dean of Guild) ;-- West Hackney 
and Stoke Newington ;— Wilderness-row, Clerken- 


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Marriages 
Ireland.) 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Public 
Petitions. 
(Fourth Re- 
port. ) 


52 


well ;— Barwell ; — Mercer-street, Westminster ;— | 
Moses Chapman ;—Todmorden (two Petitions) ;— | 


22° Februarii. 


A. 1842. 


Committee suggest for the consideration of the 
House the propriety of its being printed for the use 


Lochee ; — Harwich ;—Sandbach ; —Bonhill ;—In- | of Members only. 


verkeithing ;—Crediton ;—President of the Stockport | 


Young Men’s Anti-Monopoly Association ;—Great | 
Torrington ;— Holsworthy ;--Abbots Bickington ;-— 
Manchester (seventeen Petitions) ;—and, Dwygyfyl- 
chi; praying. for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Agriculturists of the parish of Le¢- 
combe Regis, praying that the decrease in the scale 
of duty on Foreign Corn may commence when the 
price per quarter shall exceed fifty-five shillings, 
instead of fifty, as proposed by Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Corn Millers and Proprietors of 
corn-mills, in Manchester, and its vicinity, praying 
the House not to pass any new law for the admission 
of foreign bread stuffs, without making such an al- 
teration in the resolutions on the subject of the im- 
portation of Corn now under the consideration of 
the House, as will have the effect of encouraging the 
importation of Wheat, in preference to Flour, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 





the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of corn-mills, 
of Blyth, Bedlington and Morpeth, and neighbour- 
hood, praying the House to apportion any duty that 
may be imposed on Grain, Flour and Meal on 
the principle adhered to in regard to almost every 
other article in the British Tariff, so as to promote 
and preserve the home manufacture, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Knowhead ;— Ringsend ;— Upper 
Cumber ;— Magherafelt :—Drumreagh ;—Crumilin ; 
—Cairn Castle ;—Coleraine ;— Carlingford ;—Ban- 
bridge ;— Londonderry ;— Ballibay ; — Derryvalley ; 
—and, Rathmelton, praying the House to pass an 
Act for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or 
which may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyte- 
rian minister in Jreland, between parties, one of 
whom is a member of the Established Church, and 
the other a protestant dissenter,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pimlico-road, Westminster ;— Saint 
Mary, Lambeth ;— Eastern Boundary of London ;— 
Saint Andrew, Holborn ;—and, Saint James, West- 
minster, praying the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public 
Petitions have Power to report their Opinion there- 
upon, from time to time, to the House. 

Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
said Select Committee; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented on the 16th and 18th 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. 

Mr. George William Wood also reported from 
the said Select Committee, That the Committee is 
of opinion that the Petition of the there-undersigned 
Free Burgesses of the borough of Queenborough, 
in the county of Kent, praying for a deep inves- 
tigation and scrutiny into the acts of the Mayor, 
Juratts and Bailiffs of the Corporation of Queen- 
borough, and presented to the House on the 11th 
day of this instant February, is a Petition which 
ought to be printed, but inasmuch as it contains 
matter inculpating the conduct of individuals, the 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of the — of Bonsall, poor Law 
praying the House to reject any Bill designed to Amendmen 
prolong or increase the power of the Poor Law 4 
Commissioners, and to reject also any Bill which 

may contain clauses directly or virtually tending 

to repeal the Act called Gilbert’s Act, or to dis- 

solve the incorporations formed under that Act; 


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


Mr. Trotter presented a Bill to amend an Act Surrey and 
passed in the ninth year of the reign of his Ma- _" Roads 
jesty King George the Fourth, relating to certain ~ 
Roads known by the name of the Surrey and Sussex 
Roads, in the Counties of Surrey and Sussex: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Thomas Radcliff Symes, of Leinster- Wicklow 
street, Dublin, Solicitor, for leave to bring in a Bil] Harbour. 
for making, maintaining and improving a Harbour 
at Wicklow, in the county of Wicklow, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Manchester Infirmary Bill was read a second Manchester 
time; and committed. , Infirmary Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Controverted 
Committee of Elections, the List of Election Petitions Elections. 
referred to them, together with the Day and Hour by 
them appointed for selecting Committees to try them. 

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


A Petition of the Brandling Junction Railway Railways. 
Company, praying that such alterations may be 
made in the existing duty on Railway passengers, 
as to make it in future a duty payable on the amount 
of the monies received for the conveyance of such 
passengers, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Confectioners, Masters and Jour- Confectionery. 
neymen, of the town of Barnsley, praying the House 
to adopt measures to enable the Petitioners to meet 


the manufacturers of Guernsey, and all other foreign 
places, on the fair ground of competition, by an in- 
crease of duty on Confectionery imported from the 
Channel Islands, was  -eguea and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Ashurst, of Cheap- 
side, in the city of London, Attorney-at-law, was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner is the solicitor of Rigby Wason, Esquire, and 
George Rennie, Esquire, the Representativesin Par- 
liament of the borough of Ipswich, in the matter of 
the Petition presented to the House by John Cob- 
bold and others, of Ipswich, against the Return of 
the said sitting Members; that Sir Thomas Coch- 
rane is, as the Petitioner has been informed and 
believes, in possession of certain letters and docu- 
ments which it is material should be produced and 
put in evidence before the Committee appointed to 
try the merits of the said Petition; that a summons 
signed by the Speaker of the House has been served 
upon the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, requiring him 
to produce such letters and documents before the 
said Committee ; that it is of the utmost importance 
to the interests of the sitting Members to be able 
to produce before the said Committee the whole a 

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Ipswich 
Election. 








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5 Victoriz. 


correspondence ; and the Petitioner having 
ene from ahi report that the said Sir Thomas 
Cochrane had received an appointment on foreign 
service from the present Government, and being 
desirous of obtaining such information with the 
least possible inconvenience to the said Sir Thomas 
Cochrane, the Petitioner wrote to him the following 
letter : 
“ Sir Thomas Cochrane. 
Sir, 137, Cheapside, 7th Feb. 1842. 
In serving you with the Speaker’s Warrant to 
attend the Ipswich Election Committee, I beg, on 
behalf of the sitting Members, to assure you that 
it is not their wish to put you to the slightest per- 
sonal inconvenience ; their object is to lay in a pro- 
per manner before the Committee that correspon- 
dence, a portion of which has already been pub- 
lished both in the local and London papers; and 
I should with pleasure confer with any professional 
gentleman you may refer me to, to attain that object 
with the least personal inconvenience to yourself. 


I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 
W. H. Ashurst.” 


Which letter gave rise to the following correspon- 
dence: 


“ W. H. Ashurst, Esquire. 


Sir, Tuesday, 8th Feb. 1842. 

I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the 
politeness and consideration which has dictated your 
letter of the 5th instant ; I had only reached London 
a few minutes (when it was delivered to me) for the 
purpose only of passing through, and shall be absent 
a day or two; but upon my return to town, I shall 
immediately confer with my solicitors, with a desire 
to come toa satisfactory arrangement with you, and 
will have the honour of acquainting you with the 
result. 

I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your most obedient servant, 
Thomas Cochrane.” 


That the Petitioner afterwards received a note from 
the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, (which the Petitioner 
has mislaid), requesting to know more precisely the 
particular information the Petitioner was desirous of 
arriving at, through the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, 
to which note the Petitioner answered by the fol- 
lowing letter : 
“ Sir Thomas Cochrane. 
Sir, 137, Cheapside, 10th Feb. 1842. 
I am favoured with your note, requesting to know 
more precisely the information I am desirous of 
arriving at through yourself; upon reference to the 
Speaker’s Warrant with which you have been served, 
you will see exactly what papers I require, but of 
course I cannot tell what questions I may wish to 
have answered until I have seen these papers: it is 
my wish to obtain the information with as little per- 
sonal inconvenience to yourself as possible: until 
some arrangement is made for discharging you 
from obedience to the summons, I of course rely 
upon your obeying it: 1 mention this, because [ 
have heard of your having received an appointment 
abroad. 
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 
W. H. Ashurst.” 


Ipswicn ELEcTION. 
“ Sir Thomas Cochrane. 
Sir, 137, Cheapside, 12th Feb. 1842. 


92° Februarit. 53 


“Sir Thomas Cochrane, Knight, Portsmouth. 
Sir, 137, Cheapside, 15th Feb. 1842. 
Not having received a communication from you 
that you will not leave the country until the ques- 
tion respecting your evidence had been satisfactorily 
arranged, I am instructed to prepare a Petition to 
the House of Commons on the subject ; and I re- 
quest you to accept this as a notice of my intention 
to present such Petition ; I will wait upon you on 
the subject, if you will be kind enough to make an 
appointment, giving me, if you can, a few hours’ 
notice. 
I am, Sir, yours obediently, 
W. Hi. Ashurst.” 
P. S.—Since writing the above I have ascertained 
you are at Portsmouth, and will wait upon you on 
your return, on hearing from you with an appoint- 
ment. 


That the Petitioner having been informed that the 
said Sir Thomas Cochrane had declared his intention 
of going abroad, and thus depriving the sitting 
Members of the benefit of his testimony, directed 
his clerk, Stewart Tournay (who had served the said 
Sir Thomas Cochrane with the said summons), to 
call upon the said Sir Thomas Cochrane to make an 
appointment for the Petitioner, with the view of 
preventing any personal inconvenience to the said 
Sir Thomas Cochrane by his detention in this coun- 
try ; that the said Stewart Tournay accordingly, on 
Monday the 21st of February instant, called at the 
said Sir Thomas Cochrane’s residence, and was in- 
formed by the servant of the said Sir Thomas Coch- 
rane that his master was going abroad in the space 
of about ten days; that the said Stewart Tournay 
afterwards saw the said Sir Thomas Cochrane, and 
requested him to make an appointment for the Pe- 
titioner to call upon him for the — aforesaid, 
when the said Sir Thomas Cochrane declined to 
make any such appointment; and in answer to a 
remark that the ont Stewart Tournay made to him, 
as to whether the Petitioner was to consider such 
refusal as his (Sir Thomas Cochrane’s) final deter- 
mination not to take any notice of the Speaker’s 
Warrant served upon him by the said Stewart 
Tournay, the said Sir Thomas Cochrane stated that 
he should not express any further opinion of his 
intentions, or words to that effect ; and praying the 
House to take the subject into their connate, 
and to do that which they shall deem best adapted 
to promote the ends of justice. 

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


ing that in the event of any future appropriation of 
the coal duty or of any other monies being or di- 
rected to be raised for Metropolis Improvements, 
the parish of Lambeth may receive its fair proportion 
thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


relating to Friendly Societies enrolled in the several 
Counties of Englandand Wales. 

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


Cutlers of Sheffield, in the county of York, taking 


_ Tam anxious to hear from you that it is not your | notice of the application for leave to bring in the 
intention to quit England until you have obeyed the | Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
Speaker’s Warrant in this matter, or effected some | way Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass into 
arrangement satisfactory to the parties seeking your | @ law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
evidence: may I hope to hear from you on Mon-| upon the Table. 


day. 
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, 
W. H. Ashurst.” 
Vou, 97. 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of October 
in the last Session of Parliament,—Copies of Rules 





H 3 for 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Lambeth Church Metropolis 
district of the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, pray- ™Preveme™™ 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Friendly 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Return Societies. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens, Searchers, sheffield, Ash- 


Assistants and Commonalty of the corporation of ton-under-Lyne 
and Manchester 


Railway. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, pursuant to an Ad- British and 


Spanish, and 
British and 
Portuguese 
Commissions. 


See ee Sa Sa 


eee nee Soe eS 


es Se 


ee eS 


West Indian 
Islands Relief, 


Public Works, 
&amp;e. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


54 92° Februariz. A, 1842. 


for the guidance of the Commissioners of the mixed 
British and Spanish Commission :--Of the date of the 
mixed British and Portuguese Commission appointed 
to examine and decide upon the Claims of British 
Subjects who served in the Army or Navy during the 
War of Restoration in Portugal:—Of the Rules for 
the guidance of the Commissioners :—Of the date 
of the Installation in Office of the Commissioners : 
—Of the date of the Decision of the Belgian Minister 
on the question of Contracts :—Of the date of the 
commencement of the reception of Claims :—Of 
the Number of Claims received, and the Number, if 
any, investigated and adjudicated upon, and of 
Claimants to whom notice of such adjudication has 
been given :—Of the Number of Secretaries, Clerks 
or others employed under the Commissioners, the 
dates of their several Appointments, with their re- 
spective Salaries :—Of the Salaries of the Commis- 
sioners, and from what source paid; also, Returns 
of the Names of Persons by whom the Rules were 
framed, and whether with or without previous com- 
munication with the Claimants or any of them :— 
Of any Rule or decision which the Commissioners 
may have promulgated or acted upon restrictive of 
the Claimant’s right or power absolutely to dispose 
of or charge his Claim as security for Advances, or 
for his maintenance or support, pending the final 
adjudication of the Commissioners :—And, of the 
Number of Tibulos, if any, issued, if none, the pro- 
bable period when the issue will commence, and 
the probable weekly Number of such issue. 

“ Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Sums issued by the Commis- 
sioners for the Loan of Exchequer Bills for the 
Relief of certain of the West Indian Islands, in the 
Ten years ended the 31st day of December 1841; 
distinguishing the Amount issued in the Five years 
ending the 31st day of December 1836, and in the 
Five years ending the 31st day of December 1841: 
—And, of the Amount of Re-payments on account of 
such Loans, in the same two periods of Five years 
each :—And, an Estimate of the Advances and Re- 


seers for the Five years ending the 31st day of 
ecember 1846, 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Accounts and Estimate. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Sums issued by the Commis- 
sioners for the Loan of Exchequer Bills for Public 
Works, &amp;c., in the Ten years ended the 31st day of 
December 1841 ; distinguishing the Amount issued 
in the Five years ended the 31st day of December 
1836, and in the Five years ending the 31st day of 
December 1841; and specifying the Objects for which 
such Loans were made :—And, of the Amount of Re- 
payments on account of such Loans, in the same two 
periods of Five years each:--And, an Estimate of 
the Advances and Re-payments for the Five years 
ending the 31st day of December 1846. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Accounts and Estimate. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Ellice, of Coventry, have leave 
of absence till Easter, being abroad ;-—Lord Sey- 
mour till Easter, being abroad ;— Major Vivian till 
Easter, on account of illness in his family ;—and, Sir 
— Fleetwood till Easter, on account of ill 
lealth, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Granger have leave of absence for five 


weeks, to go the Circuit :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Luggage of 
Copy of the Regulations under which the Luggage Passengers, 
of Passengers by Packets and Steam Vessels are 
examined at the Custom House in London. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- petention of 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to British Sub. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to J°* 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence which may have 
taken place with Her Majesty’s Government in rela- 
tion to the Detention and Imprisonment of certain 
British Subjects by the Authorities of Central 
America; and of any Despatches which they may 
have received from Sir Charles Metcalfe, the Go- 
vernor of Jamaica :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Van Diemeus 
confirm an Act of the Legislature of Van Diemen’s #4 Bill. 
Land, for authorizing the Levy of certain Duties of 
Customs and on Spirits: And that Mr. George Wil- 


liam Hope and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Corn Importa- 
into a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, "™ 


c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Imporiation 
of Corn. 


(In the Committee.) 


Original Question stated, That the following 
Duties shal! be paid upon the Importation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal or Flour, inlieu ofthe Duties now pay- 
able thereon ; viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 

Wueat :— 

——— Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
na He by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

---- under 51s. the Duty shall be for 
every Quarter - - -— = 
1s. and under 52s. 
. and under 55 s. 
. and under 56 s. 
. and under 57 s, 
. and under 58s. 
. and under 59s. 
. and under 60s. 
. and under 61 s. 
s. and under 62 s. 
. and under 638 s. 
. and under 648. 
. and under 65 s. 
. and under 66 s. 
. and under 69 s. 
. and under 70s. 
. and under 71 s. 
. and under 72s. 
and under 73 s. 
---- 73s. and upwards 





eeERECTREFECOOC4EER EE 


Question [proposed in lieu of the original Ques- 
tion] again proposed, That all Duties payable upon 
the Importation of Corn, Grain, Meal or Flour, do 
now cease and determine. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee bad made further 
Progress in the matter 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. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for consoli- Queen’s Prison 
dating the Queen’s Bench, Fleet and Marshalsea ®il. 
Prisons, and for regulating the Queen’s Prison: No. 41. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 





A Petition 











Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland-) 





East India. 
N 0. 42. 


Pensions. 


No. 43. 


Newspaper 
Stamps, &amp;c. 


No. 44. 


Bristol ‘ 
Boundary Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 

(No. 1.) Bill. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Blackburn 
and Chorley 
Road Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Severn Naviga- 


tion Bill, 
Saundersfoot 
Harbour. 
Prisov 
Saundersfoot 
4l. ilway, 





5 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Ministers and Elders of the Pres- 
bytery of Ballibay, in connexion with the General 
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, 

raying for the abolition of the system of Lay 
Pairemee in Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies supplied 
from the Revenues of India towards payment of 
Expenses in England, chargeable on those Reve- 


99° 93° Februariz. 


55 


county of Pembroke, and for extending the provisions 
of the Act relating to the said Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Birkenhead Improvement Bill was read a Birkenhead 
second time; and committed. ‘eas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- * 
mittee of Selection. 





nues, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Pensions, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mercurii, 23° die Februari ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 








PRAYERS. 


M R. Grantley Berkeley presented a Bill for re- 
storing to the City and County of Bristol a 
Portion of the Ancient Boundary of the same: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


The London and Greenwich Railway (No. 1.) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee (No. 1.) on 
Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. William Feilden presented a Bill for making 
and maintaining as turnpike the Road leading from 
the Preston and Blackburn Turnpike-road, at Fin- 
nington, to the Township of Chorley, in the County 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Rice presented a Bill to enable the South 
Eastern Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and to amend the Acts relating to the said 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Bewdley ;—Dudley ;—Company of 
Proprietors of the Stourbridge Extension Canal 
Navigation ;— Trustees of the Earl of Dudley, 


A Petition of Robert Cunninghame, of Auchen- saitcoats 
arvie, in the county of Ayr, for leave to bring in a Harbour. 
Bill for further improving and maintaining the Har- 

bour of Saltcoats, in the county of Ayr, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-roads Haddington- 
within the county of Haddington, Proprietors of shire Roads. 
Lands and Houses, Justices of the Peace and Inhabi- 

tants of the said county, for leave to bring in a Bill 

for consolidating into one general trust the several 

District Road trusts of the county of Haddington, 

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


Sir John Yarde Buller re 
Committee on Petitions for 
the case of the Petition for the Southwark Improve- 
ment (No. 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as the Notices in the 
Newspapers were not inserted in three successive 
weeks; but it appeared to the Committee that the 


—_ from the Select Southwark 


rivate Bills ; That in Improvement 
(No. 2.) 


Notices had been given in the London Gazette and 
Newspapers three times in the month of November 
last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of lands Kilmington 
and hereditaments in the parish of Kilmington, in closure. 
the county of Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the said parish, was presented, 

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


A Petition of Tradesmen, Shopkeepers and Inha- Honiton, &amp;c., 
bitants of or trading within the town of Honiton, Smal! Debts. 
in the county of Devon, and the several other pa- 

rishes and places therein mentioned, for leave to 

bring in a Bill for the more easy and speedy re- 

covery of Small Debts within the town of Honiton, 

in the county of Devon and other places in the said 

county and in the county of Dorset, was presented, 

and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 

Petitions for Private Bills. 





deceased ;—Trustees and Executors under the Will 
of the late Earl of Dudley and others ;—Stafford ; 
— Wolverhampton ;—Company of Proprietors of the 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal navigation ;— 
Stourport ;—and, Kidderminster ; praying that the 
Severn Navigation Bill may pass into a law,—were 

= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Saundersfoot Railway and Har- 
bour Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for en- 
abling the said Company to make a Floating Dock 
at Saundersfoot, in the county of Pembroke, and for 
extending the provisions of the Act relating to the 
said Company, with reference to the said Harbour, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Saundersfoot Railway and Har- 
bour Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for au- 
thorizing the said Company to make an extension 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill for taking down the Saint Austell 
present Market-house in the Town of Saint Austell, Market Bill. 
in the County of Cornwall, and for erecting a more 
convenient Market-house in lieu thereof; and for 
providing a new Market-place ; and for increasing 

and regulating the Markets and Fairs within the 

same Town: And the same was read the first time 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act Lincoln Roads. 

hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Act passed in the fourth and 
fifth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
for more effectually repairing, maintaining and im- 
proving certain Roads leading to and from the 
City of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of Fisheries Tyne Fisheries. 
in the River Tyne, and of the lands and grounds 








of their present Railway, and also to make two 


branches from such Railway respectively, within the 
Von, 97. 














adjoining the said river, and Occupiers of such Fish- 
eries and other Inhabitants of the several counties 
of 


H 4 











56 


of Northumberland, Durham and Cumberland, and 
of the town and county of the town of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating 
and maintaining the Fisheries in the River Tyne, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


New Cross 


vad A Petition of Trustees of the New Cross Turnpike- 
cads. 


roads, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter some of 
the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year 
of the reign of King George the Fourth, relating to 
the New Cross Turnpike-roads, in the counties of 
Kent and Surrey, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 

Gosport Pier. | A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others, re- 
sident Inhabitants of the town of Gosport, and the 
neighbourhood thereof, in the county of Southamp- 
ton, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Pier at 
Gosport, in the parish of Alverstoke, in the county 
of Southampton, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Saint Mary-le- 
bone Parish 
Bil). 


Colonel Thomas Wood presented a Bill for paving, 

repairing, cleansing and lighting the Parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex, and for 
the better Relief and Maintenance of the Poor 
thereof, and the Election of Vestrymen and Audi- 
tors, and for other Purposes relating to the said Pa- 
rish: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
York Cathedral. A Petition of the Right worshipful William Cock- 
burn, Doctor of Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral 
and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter,in York, 
and the Venerable the chapter of the same church, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the said Dean 
and Chapter to borrow a sum of Money for the dis- 
charge of debts, and for effecting the restoration 
and repair of the said Cathedral Church, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Trotter presented a Bill for more effectually 
amending and improving certain Roads called the 
Surrey New Roads, in the several Parishes of Saint 
Mary Lambeth, Saint Mary Newington, Saint 
George Southwark, Saint Mary Maydalen Ber- 
mondsey, and Christ Church, in the County of Surrey: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Surrey New 
Roads Bill. 


Liverpool 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for amend- 

ing an Act relating to the Paving and Sewerage of 
the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Liverpoo! A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
Health of the gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to 
Buildings Re- Dring in a Bill for the promotion of the Health of 
gulation, 
the better regulation of Buildings in the said Bo- 
rough, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mersey 
Conservancy, 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for preserving the River Mersey from 
encroachments, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Granton Pier 


Bill. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for extendin 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act of the sevent 
year of King William the Fourth, relative to the 
Pier of Granton, in the County of Edinburgh: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


23° Februariz. 


the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool, and | ¥ 





A. 1842. 


A Petition of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal E‘lesmere ang 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend ©lester Canal, 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts relating to the Ellesmere and Chester Canal 
Navigation, was presented, and read; and referred 
» ~ Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

ills. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police for the Glasgow, — 
burgh and suburbs of Paisley, taking notice of the econ — 
application for leave to bring in the Glasgow, Pais- yr Railway, 
ley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill; and praying 
that such Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Boston Harbox 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in B#!!. 
the case of the Petition for the Boston Harbour Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making better provision for effecting Improve- 
ments in the River Welland and the Port and Har- 
bour of Boston, in the county of Lincoln, and amend- 
ing the several Acts relating to the same: And that 
Sir John Trollope, Mr. Christopher Turnor and Mr. 
Christopher do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Weston-super. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Mare Improve. 
the case of the Petition for the Weston-super-Mare ete ie 
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 Weston-super-Mare, and 
the neighbourhood thereof, in the county of Somerset, 
and for establishing a Market therein: And that 
Mr. William Miles and Colonel Gore Langton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Duke of Bed. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in ford’s Estate 
the case of the Petition for the Duke of Bedford’s ®'"' 
Estate Bill, there were no Standing Orders appli- 
cable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for prohibiting Burying and Funeral Service in a 
Church or Chapel in the parish of Saint Pancras, 
in the county of Middlesex, erected on the estate of 
the Duke of Bedford: And that Sir Benjamin Hail 
and Sir Robert Harry Inglis do prepare, and bring 


it in, 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Saint Pancras 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Improvement 
the case of the Petition for the Saint Pancras Im- *"" 
provement Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to explain an Act passed in the fourth and fifth 
ears of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
An Act to alter, amend and enlarge some of the 
powers and provisions of the Acts for paving and 
otherwise improving certain Streets in the Parish of 
Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex: And 
that Sir Benjamin Hall and Sir Charles Napier do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Leeds improm 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in ment 
the case of the Petition for leave to present a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the Leeds Improvement 
Bill, the Committee recommend the House to extend 
the period to present the Petition for the Bill until 
Tuesday the 8th day of March next. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Petition be enlarged till Tuesday the 8th day of 
March next. 

A Petition 


























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nent 


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litan Gas. 


5 VicToriz. 


Petition of Proprietors of or Subscribers to an 
—” Betis or fone. ner called the South Me- 
tropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for incorporating the said Company, 
and for more effectually lighting with Gas certain 
places within the borough of Southwark, and other 
parishes and places in the counties of Surrey and 
Kent, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Gateshead ;—Comrie ;—Carmyllie ; 
—Perth ;— Ruthvenfield ;— Milnfield ;— Stockport 
(two Petitions) ;—Accrington ;— Widcombe ;— Aston 
Ingham ;— Linton ;—Lydbrook ;—Upton Bishop ;— 
Cork ;— Masham ;— Carrich-on-Suir ;— Pitcairn ; 
— Burton-upon-Yore ;—Chester (two Petitions) ;— 
Bath ;— Milngavie ;—- Westminster ;— Denton and 
Haughton ;--Hammersmith ;—Inskip ;— Glasgow;— 
Addringham ;— Oswestry ;—- Kilwinning ;--Finsbury ; 
—James Edwards ;— Loughborough ;— Edmonton ; 
Hathern ;—Lymington ;—Dublin ;— Heaton Norris 
(four Petitions) ;—Hayfield ;—Manchester (eighty- 
four Petitions) ; — Holmfirth ; — Newport (Mon- 
mouth) ;— Macclesfield ;— Kingstown ;— Pilkington 
(two Petitions) ;— Bethnal Green ;—Low Crosby ; 


Corn Laws. 


23° Februariz. 





57 


should be properly ascertained, and that before such 
persons receive appointments as masters or mates 
they should undergo a regular examinaticn, and be 
furnished with official certificates of their proficiency 


and fitness; that it is highly expedient that the 
cause of shipwrecks should a duly investigated ; 
and praying the House to take the subject into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Little church of 
Bedwyn, stating that the Petitioners view with con- England. 
cern the spiritual destitution of vast masses of the 
population of this country, and praying the House to 

take the subject into ccnsideration, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ministers and other Members of Marriages 
the Presbyterian Congregation of Antrim, praying (Ireland.) 
the House to pass an Act for rendering valid all 
Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter be 
solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in Jreland, 
between parties, one of whom is a Member of the 
Established Church, and the other a protestant [dis- 
senter, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


— Brampton ;—Penrith ;— Gatehead ;— Oldham ;— 
and, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath ; praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the association of 
owners and occupiers of mills engaged in the grind- 
ing of corn in Liverpool and its vicinity, praying the 
House to make provision in any Act for altering the 
Corn Laws, for encouraging the importation of Grain 
in preference to Flour and Meal, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Register 
of Voters 
(Bri ghton,) 


A Petition of John Sandy, an Inhabitant Rate- 
payer of Brighton, complaining of his name not 
being inserted in the Register of Voters for that 
borough, in consequence of the rates of his house 
being compounded for by his landlord, and praying 
for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Ward of Dowgate, London ;— 
Blackman: street, Borough ; — Saint Mary-le-bone 
(Southern District) ;—Saint Mary-le-bone (Eastern 
District) ;—Mile End-road ;—and, Charlotte-street, 
Blackfriars-road ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 
ges and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Council- 
lors, of the borough of Pembroke, stating that the 
Petitioners have heard with regret the measures 
which have been lately adopted by certain persons at 
Bristol and Cork, for the removal of the Mail Steam 
Packets communicating between Milford and Wa- 
terford; and praying that no such step may be taken 
until proper and sufficient evidence be had on the 
subject, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Milford and 
Waterford 
Mail Packets. 


upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Order, North Dublin 


—Copy of Inquiry into the Treatment, Condition and Union Worke 
Mortality of Infant Children in the Workhouse of 5°" 
the North Dublin Union. 


Ordered, That thesaid Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Special Report Queenborough 


which was yesterday made from the Select Com- Borough, 


mittee on Public Petitions, might be read ; and the 
same was again read, as followeth ; 

“ The Committee is of opinion, that the Petition of 
the there-undersigned Free Burgesses of the borough 
of Queenborough, in the county of Kent, praying 
for a deep investigation and scrutiny into the acts 
of the Mayor, Juratts, and Bailiffs of the Corpora- 
tion of Queenborough, and presented to the oe 
on the 11th day of this instant February, is a 
Petition which ought to be printed, but inasmuch 
as it contains matter inculpating the conduct of in- 
dividuals, the Committee suggest for the consider- 
ation of the House, the propriety of its being printed 
for the use of Members only.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Petition be printed for the 
use of Members only, together with the names of the 
persons who have signed the Petition ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out the words “for the use of 
“ Members only.” 

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 the said Petition be printed for the 
use of Members only, together with the names of 
the persons who have signed the Petition. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Imports. 
mand,—An Account of the Imports of the principal 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, of 
the Consumption of such Articles, and of the Customs 
Duties received thereon in the year ended 5th 
January 1842, compared with the Imports, Con- 
sumption, and Receipts of the preceding year. 








Boroughs Petitions from Birmingham ;— and, Liverpool ; 
Improvement praying that the Boroughs Improvement Bill may 
™ not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Buildings Petitions from Charles Thomas Warde, of Clopton 
Regulation House, in the county of Warwick, Esquire ;—and, Li- 
' verpool; praying that the Buildings Regulation Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 
Merchant 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of the city of Edinburgh, stating that 
it is of great importance that the qualifications of 
persons to be entrusted with the navigation of vessels 


tvice, 


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


Ordered, That the Petition of George Alfred Burials. 
Walker, relative to Burials in the Metropolis, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Belgian Claims, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 





Vor. 97. 


Copies of or Extracts from any Correspondence or 
I Despatches 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Colonial 
Passengers Bill. 


No. 45. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land Bill. 


No. 46. 


Sunday 
Trading, 


Ipswich 
Election. 


Buildings 
Regulation 
Bill. 


58 


Despatches that may have passed between Her 
Majesty’s Government and Her Majesty’s Minister 
at the Court of Brussels, relative to the claims of 
British Merchants for indemnity on account of 
losses sustained by the destruction of their property 
in the Royal Entrepét at Antwerp, in October 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 
Return of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat in 
each of the several Towns from which Returns are 
made to the Comptroller of Corn Returns, and of 
the Quantities sold in each of such Towns in each 
week of the years 1836, 1839, and 1841. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hollond have leave of absence 
till Easter, on account of illness in his family ;— 
Lord Hotham till Easter, on account of ill health :— 
and Mr. Forman till Easter, on account of ill health. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was 
proposed, That Sir Ralph Lopes have leave of ab- 
sence till Easter, on urgent private business :— 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Mr. George William Hope presented a Bill for 
regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant 
Vessels: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. George William Hope presented a Bill to 
confirm an Act of the Legislature of Van Diemen’s 
Land, for authorizing the levy of certain Duties of 
Customs and on Spirits: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report made 
from the Committee appointed by their Lordships in 
the First Session of 1841, to enquire into the expe- 
diency of restraining the practice of carrying Goods 
and Merchandize on Canals, Navigable Rivers, and 
Railways on Sundays: And that Viscount Sandon 
do carry the said Message. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of 
William Henry Ashurst, relative to the Ipswich 
Election, which was presented yesterday, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
— That Sir Thomas Cochrane do attend at the 

ar of this House to-morrow :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Buildings Regulation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


93°—94° Februariz, 





A. 1849. 


Grain, Meal, or Flour, in lieu of the Duties now 
payable thereon: viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 
Wueat:— 

Whenever the Ave Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

---- under 518. the Duty shall be for 

every quarter - - - - 

----5ls. and under 52s. 
---- 528. and under 55s. 
---- 55s. and under 56s. 
---- 56.8. and under 57 s. 
- --- 57s. and under 58s. 
---- 58s. and under 59s. 
---- 59s. and under 60s. 
- --- 60s. and under 61 s. 
--~-~- 61s. and under 62s. 
---- 628. and under 63s. 
---- 63s. and under 64s. 
---- 648. and under 65s. 
---- 65s. and under 66s. 
---- 66s. and under 69s. 
- --- 69s. and under 708. 
---- 70s. and under 71s. 
----71s. and under 72s. 
---- 72s. and under 73 s. 
----73s. and upwards 





eRe eehene.. 








Question [proposed in lieu of the Original 
Question] again proposed, That all Duties payable 
upon the Importation of Corn, Grain, Meal or 
Flour, do now cease and determine. 


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, 24° die Februarii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the matter 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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the private Bills 
No, 47. 


Clerk had caused to be prepared Sessional Lists of 
Members to Serve on Committees upon Private 
Bills. 

Ordered, That the said Lists be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corn-taden 
Returns of the Number of Ships laden with Ships. 


Foreign Corn entered inwards at the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, between the 5th day of January 
1841 and the 5th day of January 1842; speci- 
fying the kinds and quantities of Corn, the Ports of 
lading and the Ports of discharge ; and whether in 
Ships of the United Kingdom or any other nation, 
and to what nation they belonged. 


— 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the British p,itishana Spo 
and Spanish, and British and Portuguese Com- nish, and British 


issi i ; and Portuguese 
missions, which was presented yesterday, be printed. OV" iscions, 


No. 48. 


Ordered, That the Accounts and Estimate rela- West Indian 
tive to West Indian Islands Relief, which were pre- Islands Reliefs 
sented yesterday, be printed. No. 49. 


Boroughs The Order of’the day being read, for the second 
Improvement 


Bill. reading of the Boroughs Improvement Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


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. Ordered, That the Accounts and Estimate rela- Public Works, 


tive to Public Works, &amp;c., which were presented * a 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself yesterday, be printed. 0. 4. 
into a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 


c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importation 
of Corn. 


Corn Importa- 

tion. 

And then the House having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 


(In the Committee.) this day. 


Original Question stated, That the following 
Duties shall be paid upon the Importation of Corn, 

















East India. 
London Bridge 
Approaches and 
Royal Exchange 
Avenues. 
Manufactories, 
&amp;c. (Metropo- 
lis.) 
ills, 
7. 
n 
Market Har- 
borough and 
Brampton 
Road. 
d Spa 
British 
guese 
ons. 
8. 
jan 
elief 
9. 
orks, 
9. 
Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads, 





5 Victoriz. 





Jovis, 24° die Februari ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. 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,—Copy of the Acts passed 
by the Honourable the President of the Council of 
India in Council, Acts 1 to 25 of 1840, with Index: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper 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 Zondon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying for leave to bring 
in a Bill for further extending the Approaches to 
London Bridge, and the Avenues adjoining to the 
Royal Exchange, in the City of London, and for 
amending the Acts relating thereto respectively, was 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


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 


94° Februarit. 


59 

for maintaining a Bridge over the River Clyde at 

Dalmarnoch, and for other purposes connected 

therewith, was presented, and read ; and referred 

gg Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


A Petition of Directors and Proprietors of the 
Joint Stock Company or Aaséciiiton called the aoe” 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company, for Railway. 
leave to bring in a Bill for the maintaining and 
better regulating of the Stockton and Hartlepool 
Railway, and for incorporating the Proprietors 
thereof, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Great North of England, (Cla- Great North 
rence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway Company, — a 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend, extend anen - 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the Act Junctiow) Rail- 
relating to the said Railway, was presented, and “#9 (No. 1.) 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
tions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Bowes presented a Bill for the abandonment Great North 
ofa portion of the Line of the Great North of Eng- of England 
land Railway, and for altering and amending the ®#!™4y Bill. 
Acts relating thereto: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Heritors of the counties of Ross and Ross and Cro- 
Cromarty, and of that part or portion of the county marty Court 
of Nairn, locally situate in the county of Ross, for “°"** 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Sheriffdom of 








City of Zondon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, setting forth, That the 
Petitioners and Inhabitants of the Metropolis have 
for several years past been subject to great an- 
noyance and nuisance from the smoke from manu- 
factories and steam-engines, and also from steam- 
vessels on the River Thames; that from the great 
and continued increase in the number of steam- 
engines for manufactories and vessels, the annoyance 
and nuisance before mentioned are likely to be more 
seriously felt than heretofore ; that it appears to the 
Petitioners, that it would be of great public advan- 
tage, and be conducive to the health and comfort of 
the inhabitants of the Metropolis, if the annoyance 
and nuisance complained of were abated; that the 
Petitioners are of opinion that a remedy may be 
found which will remove the said annoyance and 
nuisance, and be attended with economy to the 
owners of steam-engines and manufactories gene- 
rally; and praying the House to take the circum- 
stances into consideration, was read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from Little Bowden, in the 
County of Northampton, to Rockingham, in the same 
County, and of certain Inhabitants of Market Har- 
borough, in the county of Leicester, and other towns 
and villages in the immediate neighbourhood of 
Market Harborough aforesaid, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to amend the provisions of an Act passed in 
the fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, intituled, An Act for more effectually 
repairing and improving the Road from Market 
Harborough, in the County of Leicester, to Bramp- 
ton, in the County of Huntingdon, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
making and maintaining certain Roads in the Coun- 
ties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, and other pur- 
poses connected therewith, and of Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of lands in the said counties, for leave to 
bring ina Bill for maintaining and improving certain 
Roads in the counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, 
Vou. 97. 


Ross and Cromarty to provide proper Court House 
Accommodations, and for other purposes relative 
thereto, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors of and Proprietors of Forth Marine 
shares in a certain Partnership or Company called Insurance 
the Forth Marine Insurance Company, for leave to atti 
bring in a Bill to enable the said Company to sue 
and be sued, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Elect Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Argyll Roads. 
making and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges 
and Quays, and for regulating Pestien in the Shire 
of Argyll, and for altering and repairing certain 
military and other Roads, Bridges and Quays in 
the said Shire, and in the parish of Arrochar and 
shire of Dumbarton, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges 
and Quays, and for regulating Ferries, and for alter- 
ing and repairing certain military and other Roads, 
Bridges and Quays, in the shire of Argyll, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. William Miles presented a Bill for paving, Weston-super- 
lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise im- Mare Improves 
. - ment and 
proving the Town of Weston-super-Mare, and the Market Bill. 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Somerset, 
and for establishing a Market therein: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Great Torring. 
gesses of the borough and town of Great Torring- ton Market. 
ton, in the county of Devon, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for erecting a Market-house, and for regulating 
the Market within the said borough and town, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee West Stirling 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the shire Roads 
Petition of Thomas Wyllie Webster, complaining of ‘"* * 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the case 
of the Petition for the West Stirlingshire Roads 








(No. 1.) 


12 


- 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Cheltenham 
and Great 
Western Union 
Railway Bill. 


Southampton 
iocks, 


Huish Chatmp- 
flower, &amp;c., 
«nclosure. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Duke of Bed- 
ford’s Estate 
Bill. 


Saint Pancras 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Inchbelly 
(Glasgow) 
Roads. 


Severn Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


60 


(No. 1.) Bill was referred ; That the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as in the 
declaration in lieu of the subscription contract, the 
particulars of the control of the Trustees of the road, 
are not set forth, by referring to the Act under 
which such powers are limited. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
pr 4 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 Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Railway, and to grant further powers to the 
Company of Proprietors thereof: And that Mr. 


Dennistoun and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend two Acts relating to the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway: And that Mr. 
Cripps and Mr. Master do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Southampton Docks Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Proprietors in the 
several parishes of Huish Champflower, Clatworthy 
and Brompton Ralph, in the county of Somerset, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing Lands in 
the said several parishes, was presented, and read ; 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Oswald be added to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill for prohibit- 
ing Burying and Funeral Service in a Church or 
Chapel in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 
County of Middlesex, erected on the Estate of the 
Duke of Bedford: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Bill to explain an 
Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to alter, 
amend and enlarge some of the powers and provi- 
sions of the Acts for paving and otherwise improving 
certain Streets 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. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing the Roads from Inchbelly Bridge to Gilas- 
gow, and leading over Garngad Hill to Provan Mill, 
and other Roads branching therefrom, or connected 
therewith, for leave to bring ma Rill to improve, 
repair and maintain the Road from Inchbelly Bridge 
to Glasgow, and to make and maintain a Branch 
Road therefrom, was presented, and read; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The Severn Navigation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Q4° Februari. 








A. 1842. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for West Stirling. 
making, altering, improving and maintaining certain “ire Roads 
Roads, in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, La- 8% *) 
nark and Perth, for leave to bring ina Bill to explain 
and amend the provisions of the said Act ; and for 
making and maintaining certain new Roads, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for Glasgow and 
repairing and keeping in repair the Road from Park- a 
house to or near the Three Mile House, in the county #°¥%* Rox. 
of Lanark, for leave to bring in a Bill for more effec- 
tually maintaining, improving and repairing the Road 
leading from the west side of the entry to the Mew 
or Jamaica-street Bridge, of Glasgow, by or near 
Parkhouse, to Three Mile House, in the county of 
Lanark, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Iron and Coal Masters carrying on geyern Naviga 
business in the South West Mining District of Staf- tion Bill. 
fordshire, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Severn 
Navigation 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 or Proprietors of lands and yate Inclosure, 
hereditaments in the parish of Yate, in the county 
of Gloucester, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing 
Lands 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 Camberwell 
lighting and watching certain Parts of the Liberties, and Peckham 
Hamlets or Districts of Camberwell and Peckham, “shins 
in the Parish of Saint Giles, Camberwell, in the 
County of Surrey, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend the said Act, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway yondon and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Croydon Rai- 
said Company to make an Approach to their Railway, ¥°Y yy 
in the parish of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, in the cee 
county of Surrey, and a depot connected therewith, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Samuel Hemming, of Merrywood Lough Foyle 
Hall, in the city and county of Bristol, Esquire, for (Upper Level) 
leave to bring in a Bill for amending an Act passed Primsse 
in the second year of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for draining and embanking certain Lands in 
Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of 
Donegal and Londonderry, so far as the same relates 
to certain parts of the said Lands in Lough Foyle, 
to be called “ The Upper Level of the Foyle,” was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Robertson, of Cornhill, in the Lough Foyle 
city of London, Gentleman, for leave to bring in a (Lower Level) 
Bill for amending an Act passed in the second year ?**"8* 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for draining 
and embanking certain Lands in Lough Swilly and 
Lough Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal and Lon- 
donderry, so far as the same relates to certain parts 
of the said Lands in Lough Foyle, to be called “The 
Lower Level of the Foyle,” was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition 











ure, 


H 


nd 
Rail- 
nge 


ayle 
evel) 


oyle 
Level) 





5 VicToRiz. 


a A Petition of Subscribers to the Company herein- 
parse after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
Hail-storm In- 41. Farmers’ and Gardeners’ Hail Storm Insurance 
—z Company, to sue and be sued in the name of the 
dines Secretary or any one of the Directors of the said 

Company, was presented, and; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


ThamesHaven A Petition of the Thames Haven Dock and Rail- 

Dock and Rail- way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for ex- 

ways tending and enlarging some of the provisions of an 
Act relating to the Thames Haven Dock and Rail- 
way, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Clerkenwell A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 

Improvement. Act for opening a new Street to Clerkenwell Green, 
in the county of Middlesex, in continuation of the 
new Streets from Furringdon-street, in the City of 
London, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
amend the provisions of the Act for opening a street 
to Clerkenwell Green, in the county of Middlesex, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from Coleham Bridge, in Shrews- 
bury, tothe Market-place in Church Stretton, and 
several other Roads therein described, all in the 
county of Salop, for leave to bring in a Bill for main- 
taining certain Roads in the county of Salop, called 
“The Church Stretton and Longden Roads,” was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Church Stretton 
and Longden 
Roads. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Derby Junc- 
tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the said Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Birmingham 
and Derby 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


Carlow Road, A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road hereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
first and second years of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for repairing the Road from 
the Town of Athy, in the County of Kildare, through 
the Town of Castleconner, in the County of Kilkenny, 
to the City of Kilkenny, and from the Town of Cas- 
tleconner to the Town of Leighlin Bridge, in the 
County of Carlow, and from the Town of Carlow to 
the said Town of Castleconner, so far as relates to 
the second division of the said Road, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Boston 


Sir John Trollope presented a Bill for making 
Harbour Bill. 


better Provision for effecting Improvements in the 
River Welland and the Port and Harbour of Boston, 
in the county of Lincoln, and amending the several 
Acts relating to the same: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Marriages 


(Ireland.) cothene Sem Deniy;— Seabee (Presbytery) &gt; 


--Sligo;—- Newtownlimavady (Presbytery) ;--Moira; 
—Leckhpatrick ;—and, Templepatrick (Presbytery) ; 
praying the House to pass an Act for rendering 
valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may here- 
after be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in 
Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a member 
of the Established Church and the other a protestant 
dissenter,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Salford ;—Higham ;—Sabden ;— 
Colne Waterside ;— Easington ;— Holden ;—Colne ; 
—Barley Green ;— Wincewall ;— Wheatley-lane ;— 
Bough Lee ;—Glasgow (fifteen Petitions) ; — Bal- 
‘ron ;— Gorbals (two Petitions) ;— Stevenstone ;— 
Lanark ;— Milton, Little Mill and Bowling ;—Sel- 
kirk (four Petitions) ;—Portmoak ;—Strathaven ;— 
Dennyloanhead ;— Galston ;— Yetholm ;— Linlith- 

Vou. 97. 


Corn Laws. 


24° Februariz. 





61 


gow ;— Guildford-street, Southwark ;— Birchcliffe ; 
— London ;— Stratford (Essex) ;— Rawstone-street, 
Clerkenwell;— Darlington ;—.Dundee ;— Whitecross- 
street, Saint Luke’s ;—Bradford (three Petitions) ; 
— Plaistow ;—Wadsworth (six Petitions) ;— Hebden 
Bridge (three Petitions); — Halifax (three Peti- 
tions) ;—Mytholm ;— Tolly ;— Heptonstall (six Peti- 
tions) ;—Churwell ;—-and, Heptonstall Slack; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Red Lion-square ;--Saint James, Waterloo, &amp;c. 
Westminster (two Petitions) ;---Saint Paul, Covent ®t4se* 
Garden ;—Saint John and Saint Margaret West- 

minster ;— Saint Ann, Soho ;—Saint George, Han- 
over-square ;— Pimlico ;—and, Ward otf Castle Bay- 

nard, London ; praying the House to adopt measures 

for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 

Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Petitions of the Preses and Clerk of the Park- Emigration. 
head Canadian Emigration Society, consisting of 
hand-loom weavers and others; — and, President 

and Secretary of the First Glasgow Protestant Ca- 

nadian Emigration Society ; praying the House to 

devise means for enabling the Petitioners to emigrate 

to British North America,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgesses and Rate-payers of the Municipal 
Borough of Exeter, praying that the Municipal —_, 
Corporations Bill may not pass into a law, was pre-~ 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Houghton, of Eccles-street, Intoxicating 
Dublin, praying the House to pass an Act declar- Drinks. 
ing that no Revenue shall be in future raised for 

the support of the empire by any tax arising from 

the use of Intoxicating Drinks, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Freshford ; — Cove ; — Ullid ; — Union with 
Dunboyne ;-- Ballyhanhan;--Waterford ;-—-Kilkenny ; "4. 
—Ballinadee ;—Ardee;— Carrickbeg and Dysart ;— 
Killard ;—Omey ;— Kilfree ;—Londonderry ;— Ro- 
bertstown ;—Innismagrath and Killurga ;— Athboy 
and Rathmore ;— Kilcock and Cloncurry ;— Dun- 
hil ;-—-Kilmesson ;—- Lisdowny ;— Navan ;— Clonlo- 
han ;—Inchicronan ;—Kill and Lyons;—- Ballymore ; 
— Rathmolion ;— Thomastown ; — Rathvilly ;—Cas- 
tlepollan ; — Cong ;— Tynan ;— Courcies ;— Rath- 
angan ;— Tipperary ;—Cashel ;—Crecora and Mun- 
gret ;— Columbhille ; — Killee East ;— Kilrush ;— 
Tulla ;—Roplara, and other places ;—-Mullagh ;— 
Clonmel ;— Trim ;—Dunshaughlin and Culmullen ; 
Boyle ;—Shanagolden ; — Tomfenlo ;— Killanne ;— 
Bunratty and Drumline ;— Kilkee (two Petitions) ; 
—Kilquane ;—Lixnaw and Irremore ;— Tullylish ; 
os Cabinteely ;— Carrich-on-Suir ;—Sorha ; —New- 
market-on-fergus ;—and, Belfast; praying for the 
repeal of the Legislative Union of Great Britain 
with Jreland,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Wigan Metropolitan 
and its vicinity, praying the House to extend the Police Act. 
provisions of the 42d, 43d and 49th sections of 
the Metropolitan Police Act to the trading and rural 
districts, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carlisle and its vi- Distress 
cinity, stating that an alarming amount of destitu- (Carlisle.) 
tion at present prevails in Car/isle, and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Gladstone presented,—Further Return to an Corn, 





Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this No, 18-2. 
13 instant 





Workhouses 
(Ireland.) 


62 


instant February, for, Statements of the Titles and 
Dates of the several Acts which have been passed for 
regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn 
in the United Kingdom; with Summaries of the 
Duties or Prohibitions, &amp;c., imposed by them, since 
the year 1660:—Of the Annual Average Price of 
Wheat per Imperial Quarter, at Eton and Oxford, 
from 1646 to 1770:—Of the Annual Average Price 
of each kind of Grain, in England and Wales, from 
1771 to 1841:—Of the Decennial Fluctuations in 
the Price of Wheat, as shown in the two preceding 
Accounts, from 1646 to 1815; from 1816 to 1828 ; 
and from 1829 to 1841 ; exhibiting the Highest and 


24° Februariz. 





Lowest Annual Average in each Decennial Period, 
and the per-centage Amount of Difference :—Of the 
Weekly Average Price, the Duty Average, and the | 
Rate of Duty with respect to each kind of Grain ; | 


also the Quantities of each kind paid Duty, and the | 


Amount of Duty received therefrom, distinguishing 
Foreign from Colonial, in each week, from July 
1828 to December 1841:—Of the Quantities of 
each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, imported, paid Duty, and remaiaing in 
Warehouse, in each Month ; together with the Ave- 
rage Monthly Price of Wheat in England and 
Wales, from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of 
the Septennial Prices of each kind of Grain as pre- 
pared for the purposes of the Tithe Commission, in 
each year, from 1835 to 1841 :-—Of the Fiar Prices 
of Wheat in each County of Scotland, from 1828 to 
1841 .—Of the Annual Average Prices of Wheat in 
Dublin, in each year from 1828 to 1841 :—Of the 
Annual Average Prices of Wheat in Guernsey and 
Jersey, with the Quantities imported and exported, 
in each year, from 1820 to 1841 :—Of the snag 
ties of Wheat returned as sold in England and 
Wales by the Corn Inspectors in each week and each 
ear, from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the 
Total Quantities of Wheat and Wheat Flour im- 
ported into and exported from Great Britain, in 
each year, from 1697 to 1841 :—Of the Quantities 
of the several kinds of Grain and Meal imported 
from each country, and likewise of the Quantities 
re-exported from the Warehouse to each country, 
in each year from 1828 to 1840: Of the Total 
Amount and Average Rate of Duty received on 
each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign and Co- 
lonial, in each year, from July 1828 to 1841 :—Of 
the Quantities of each kind of Grain which paid the 
several Rates of Duty during the whole Period, 
from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the Total 
Quaniities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Co- 
lonial, with the Total Amount of Duty paid upon 
each kind, and the Average Rate thereof, during 
the whole period, from July 1828 to December 1841: 
—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain and of 
Malt imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in 
each year, from 1800 to 1841 :—And, of the Quanti- 
ties of Grain of each kind, distinguishing British, 
Scottish, Irish and Foreign, imported into London, 
in each year, from 1820 to 1841. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Items forming the separate Sums | 
which the Irish Poor Law Commissioners borrowed | 
from the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners for | 
erecting Workhouses in Belfast, Londonderry, | 


A. 1842. 


day of October 1841 :— And, Similar Return of 
British Ships during the same period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office, 


Return in detail, of the Number of Cases which have 
occurred, from the 5th day of January 1837 to the 
5th day of January 1841, in each year, of Letters 
franked or unfranked, addressed to persons in 
London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or which have been 
applied for, through the General Post-offices of those 
cities, containing money, bills, bank notes, or other 
property, which have been secreted or purloined by 
any person in the employment of the Post-office 
Department, or been demanded therefrom by private 
parties, as undelivered, with the amount thereof in 
each case, in each year, respectively; also, of the 
Names and Situations of all Persons dismissed or 
removed from the Post-office Department as above, 
under the allegation of having purloined or secreted 
Letters franked or unfranked, or been concerned 
therein, containing money, bills, bank notes, or 
other property belonging to private parties, with the 
Amount in each instance; also, a Return, as above, 
of all Persons who have actually defrauded the 
Revenue Department of the Post-office, and been 
dismissed therefrom ; stating, in either case, if the 
first offence was visited with removal or dismissal, 
or if repeated previous thereto (being in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 265, of Session 1838). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
Accounts of the Number and Value of Exchequer Bills. 


Bills signed since the 10th day of October 1834, 
under the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 15, establishing 
the Office of Comptroller General; specifying the 
Name of the Public Officer by whom such Bills were 
signed :—And, of any Exchequer Bills of the same 
date, made out under the same Act, and of the same 
issue, which have been signed by Lord Auckland 
and the late Grosvenor Charles Bedford, Esquire :— 
Similar Account of any Exchequer Bills so signed 
by the Right honourable Sir John Newport and 
Arthur Eden, Esquire: — Accounts of any Ex- 
chequer Bills issued under different Acts of Par- 
liament, but which have been signed at the same 
time by Sir John Newport and Arthur Eden, Esquire: 
—Of any Exchequer Bills prepared and made out 
under the authority of the same Act, and signed by 
Sir John Newport and Arthur Eden, Esquire, but 
not distinguishing those signed on the same day, or 
bearing the same date :--And, showing the Number of 
Royal Orders, Treasury Warrants, Letters of Direc- 
tion, and Comptroller General’s Warrants, Specifi- 
cation Papers, and Acquittances, received by or 
issued from the Exchequer in the year 1841 ; speci- 
fying the Value under each head of service, and 
distinguishing Great Britain from Ireland :—And,a 
Statement of Accounts made out periodically in the 
Oftice of Comptroller General. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Exchequer 
Copy of Letter of Lord Monteagle to the First Lord Bills. 
of the Treasury, on the subject of the Report of the 
Exchequer Bills Commission. 


Castlederry, Strabane, Omagh and Banbridge :— 
And, of the Items of Expenditure, specifying the 
Details of Expense in each case, which have ren- | 


dered necessary an application for advance on the | 
original Loan. 


Ordered, That Lord Leveson have leave of absence Leave of 
till Easter, being abroad. Absence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marriages 7 
| for the Confirmation of certain Marriages in Freland : relan4) sa 


; | And that Lord Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | Jreland do prepare and bring it in. 


Returns of the Number of Foreign Ships laden with | 
Corn entered inwards at the Ports of London, Huil, | The House was moved, That the Sessional Orders, Strangers. 
Newcastle and Leith, from any part of the Continent “That the Serjeant at Arms attending this House do, 


of Europe, from the 1st day of August to the 1st| from time time, take into his custody any Stranger 
| 


Corn-laden 
Ships, 


or 

















Metropolis 
Improvement, 


Poor’s Rate 
and County 
Rate. 


No. 50. 


Exchequer. 


Buildings 
Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


“ Boroughs 


Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Corn Importa- 
uon, 





5 VicrorifZ. 


or Strangers that he shall see, or be informed of to as imported from any Foreign Country ; 
be in the House or Gallery, while the House, or any | Waear:— : 
Committee of the whole House, is sitting ; and that potame nwa’ Se — pend Wheat, 
i tody be discharged out seam tee te ggg Speed 
no person so taken into custody TS . required by Law, shall be, for every 
of custody without the special Order of the House: Quarter, 
“That no Member of this House do presume to ----under 51s. the Duty shall be for | £. s. d. 
bring any Stranger or Strangers into the House or Bite, go ree Bets ot Ps ng nd PS 
Gallery thereof, while the House is sitting,” might catia 4. 3) alee 
be read ; and the same being read ; ----55s.and under 56s. - - -| -17 = 
And a Motion being made, and the Question a = — — Pw i * sd 
being put, That the said Orders be rescinded ; -.. tine Sl Ce 
The House divided ; ----59s.and under 60s. - - -| -138 = 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; ---- - - — = t+ + eh a as - 
" corce &amp;. and under &amp;. - - - - - 
The Noes io the old Sg + oe under Mme, He 
r the Yeas,{ - sat 51. ---- 63s. and under 64s. - . ae ae 
Tellers fo *\ Mr. — ~a-nmeanen . «oko eS 
f - he N Sir Thomas remantle, Py - -~-~- 65s. and under 66s. - - -| - 7 = 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. H. Barina: 187. ---- 66s. and under 69s. - - -| - 6 - 
al igs ieee il 69s. and under 70s. 5 
So it passed in the Negative. cna inneeeetiin «° « eke as 
----7ls.and under 72s. - - of = § « 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- ----72s.andunder73s. - - -| - 2 = 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to ~~ &gt; 73s. and upwards Oe Pe &lt;0 A ee 


take into consideration any Plans for the Improve- 
ment of the Metropolis, which they may deem 
worthy of consideration; and also, the Petitions 
presented to this House in the last Parliament, for 
the Purchase of the interests of the proprietors of 
Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridges, in 
order to their being immediately opened to the use 
of the public free from Toll; and to report their 
Opinion as to the expediency of adopting any of the 
said [mprovements, and also as to the best means of 
carrying the same into effect :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Account of the amount of the 
Monies levied by Assessment for Poor’s Rate and 
County Rate, in each County in England and Wales, 
in the year ending 25th March 1826, distinguishing 
the amount levied on Land, Dwelling-houses, Mills 
and Factories, and Manerial Profits, which was laid 
upon the Table upon the 1st day of March 1827, be 
re-printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Days on which Lord 
Monteagle, as Comptroller of the Exchequer, at- 
tended at the Office of the Receipt of Exchequer, 
from the date of his appointment, 9th September 
1839, to the 5th day of January 1842, being the 
date to which a Return of the appointment and 
present tenure of office has been made to the House 
of Commons, dated 14th February 1842 :—And, 
of the Number and the Amount of the several Ex- 
chequer Bills signed and issued by Lord Monteagle 
himself, and the Periods and Places at which such 
Bills have been severally signed and issued by him 
during the above period. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating Buildings in large Towns: And that 
Mr. For Maule, Mr. Tufnell, and Lord Ashley do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Improvement of certain Boroughs: And that 
Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Tufnell, and Lord Ashley do 
prepare and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Impor- 
tation of Corn. 


(In the Committee.) 


Original Question stated, That the following 
Duties shall be paid upon the Importation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal, or Flour, in lieu of the Duties now 
payable thereon ; viz. 


Vou. 97. 


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Question [proposed in lieu of the Original Question] 
again proposed, That all Duties payable upon the 
Importation of Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour, do now 
cease and determine. 

Question put :-— 

The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Villiers, 


Yeas, Mr. Cobden ; mes 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, }s0s 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : ‘ 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 25° die Februarii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the matter 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. 


time this day ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 25° die Februarii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


N 


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 31st 
December 1840 to Ist January 1842; also showing 
the unappropriated Balance existing on the follow- 
ne Accounts, and standing to the credit of Basil 

ontagu, Esquire, Accountant in Bankruptcy, on 
the 1st January 1842; viz. 1st, the Bankruptcy 
Fund Account; 2d, the Interest arising from Bank- 
ruptcy Fund Account ; 3d, the Unclaimed Dividend 
Account; 4th, the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account ; 
5th, the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation Ac- 
count ; together with Appendices to the two last- 
named Accounts, of the Payments made, to whom, 
and whether as Salaries, Compensation or other 
Allowances :—And then he withdrew, 





Ordered, 


14 





Lord Eliot presented a Bill for Confirmation of Marriages 
certain Marriages in Ireland: And the same was (Ireland) Bill. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second No. 51. 


R. Basil Montagu, the Accountant in Bank- Bankruptcy 
ruptcy, was called in; and at the bar pre- Court. 


Committee of 
Selection, 


Ferrybridge and 
Boroughbridge 
Road. 


Warkworth 
Harbour. 


Northern Union 
(Newcastle and 


Darlington 
Junction) Rail- 
way. 


Manchester 
Infirmary Bill. 


Brentford Gas, 


Faversham 
Navigation. 


Barnsley Small 
Debts. 


Sudbury 


Improvement. 


64 


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


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have 
leave to sit this day, till five of the clock, during 
the sitting of the House. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Roads hereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for repairing, improving and main- 
taining the Road leading from Ferrybridge, through 
Wetherby, to Boroughbridge, in the county of York, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act for forming a Harbour in the Parish of Wark- 
worth, in the County of Northumberland, by in- 
proving the Navigation of the River Coguet, and for 
rendering the same safe and commodious, and easy 
of access, for leave to bring in a Bill to explain and 
amend 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 Promoters of a Railway, to com- 
plete the connection between the towns of Newcastle 
and Darlington, for leave to bring in a Bill for com- 
pleting the Railway communication between the 
towns of Mewcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington, by a 
Railway to be called the Rete and Darlington 
Junction Railway, with a Branch to the city of 
Durham, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Manchester Royal 
Infirmary, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Man- 
chester Infirmary 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 Brentford Gas Light Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and en- 
large some of the powers of an Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, An Act for supplying the Towns 
of Old and New Brentford and the Villages of 
Turnham Green, Hammersmith and Kensington, in 
the County of Middlesex, with Gas, and to raise a 
further Sum of Money for carrying on the said 
Undertaking, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 

A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers, Bank- 
ers, Merchants and others, interested in the naviga- 
tion of the Faversham Creek, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for improving the Navigation of Faversham 
Creek, in the county of Kent, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Thomas Horncastle Marshall, of | 











Leeds, in the county of York, Barrister-at-Law, | 


being the Barrister and Chairman of the Barnsley | 
Court of Requests, and of several of the Commis- | 
sioners of the same court, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of Her present Majesty, for the 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the Town of Barnsley, and other places, in 
the West Riding of the County of York, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, water- 
ing and improving the town and borough of Sudbury, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend, alter and en- 
large the powers and provisions of the said Act, was 





95° Februariz. 


A. 1842, 


presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Directors and Committee of Ma- Northern Cog 
nagement of a Company called the Northern Coal Mining Con. 
Mining Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for?" 
regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 
Northern Coal Mining Company, for enabling the 
Company to appoint one Board of Directors in lieu 
of two independent Boards, and for removing re- 
strictions in the choice of Directors, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates in the pa- Britwell 
rishes of Britwell Salome, and Britwell Prior, in the Iclosure. 
county of Ozford, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the said parishes, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions fer Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of land, Bletchley Road 
upon the line or resident in the vicinity of the roads 
hereinafter described, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road from the boundary of the parish 
of Kempston, in the county of Bedford, to the 
Bletchley station of the London and Birmingham 
Railway, and from Simpson to Newport Paguel, in 
the county of Buckingham, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


The Bradford (York) Waterworks Bill was read Bradford 
a second time ; and committed. can gag 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred tothe Com-" 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the London and Blackwall Railway London and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend — 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the Acts _— 
relating to the said Railway, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


_A Petition of the North American Colonial Asso- North America 
ciation of Jreland, for leave to bring in a Bill to Colonial. 

: * : -_ Association of 
amend an Act for incorporating and granting certain freland, 
powers to the said Association, and for explaining, 
altering and enlarging the provisions of the said Act, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and | 
Forth and Clyde Navigation, for leave to bring in a Clyde Navige- 
Bill for altering and amending an Act of the fourth "’™ 
and fifth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act to consolidate, amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation,” for enlarging and 
making Reservoirs for better supplying the said Na- 
vigation with Water, and for enabling the Company 
of Proprietors of the said Navigation to purchase 
and acquire the Forth and Cart Junction Canal, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Brandling Junction Railway Bill was read a Brandling 
second time ; and committed. — Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of his Grace Walter Francis, Duke of Burntisland and 
Buccleuchand Queensberry, John Gladstone, Esquire, mca “: 
of Fasque, and of Trustees for executing the Acts Rond. 
for wihing and repairing Turnpike-roads in the 
County of Fife, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
structing a Low Water Pier and necessary Works 
at Burntisland, in the county of Fife, and establish- 
ing a Ferry between the same and G'ranton, in the 
county of Edinburgh, and for improving the Com- 
munication between the said Pier and Kinghorn, 

was 


























oad, 


ater= 


nd 


nerican 


ion of 


ad 
Javiga- 


ing 
on 
ay Bill. 


island and 
on Pier, 
and 





5 VicToriz. 25° Februari. 


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


Mr. Cripps presented a Bill to amend two Acts 
relating to the Cheltenham and Great Western Union 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cheltenham and 
Great Western 
Union Railway 
Bill. 


Bristol Floating 
Dock. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Com- 
monalty of the Society of Merchant Venturers of 
the city of Bristol, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal an Act passed in the sixteenth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, for 
enlarging the Floating Dock within the Port of 
Bristol, and for other Works connected therewith, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Bristol Water- 
works, 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Com- 
monalty of the Society of Merchant Venturers of 
the city of Bristol, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
better supplying with Water the city and county of 
Bristol, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway. 


A Petition of Residents in the city of Norwich, 
and borough of Great Yarmouth, or the neighbour- 
hood thereof, in the county of Norfolk, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Great 
Yarmouth to Norwich, in the said county, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed, for 
leave to bring in a Bill tor settling and establishing 
the rights of the resident Freemen, and resident 
Widows of Freemen, of the borough of Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, in the property vested in the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of that borough, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Berwick-upon- 
Tweed Corpo- 
ration. 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road 
and Shipping- 
place. ) 


A Petition of the Belfast and Cavehill Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the said Company to construct a Road and Shipping- 
place connected with the Railway, and for amending 
the Acts relating to such Railway, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 
(No. 2.) 


A Petition of the Zondon and Greenwich Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to form a Burial-ground in the parish 
of Saint Olave, in the borough of Southwark, in lieu 
of and in exchange for an existing Burial-ground 
belonging to the said parish, and the parish of Saint 
John, Southwark, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 


(No. 3.) 


A Petition of the London and Greenwich Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending 
some of the powers of the Acts relating to the said 
Railway, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Gorbals Police. A Petition of the Commissioners of Police for the 
the town or barony of Gorbals, in the county of 
Lanark, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating 
the Police, and paving, cleansing and lighting the 
Streets of the town or barony of Gorbals, and grounds 
adjacent, and for other purposes relating thereto, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


City of Glasgow 


Lite Assurance 


A Petition of Shareholders in the company or 


und Reversion. undertaking hereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
ary Company. bring in a Bill to enable the City of Glasgow Life 


Monmouthshire Canal 
Manufacturers and Owners of property, within the 
district called ‘“‘ The Potteries,’ in the county of 


65 


Assurance and Reversionary Company to sue and 
be sued, and for other 
said Society, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


urposes relating to the 


Mr. Oswald presented a Bill to amend the Acts Edinburgh 


relating to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 24 Glasgow 
and to grant further Powers to the Company of ®#ilay Bill. 
Proprietors thereof: And the same was read the 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from the Company of Proprietors of the severn Naviga- 
avigation ; — Merchants, tion Bill. 


Stafford ; and, Company of Proprietors of the 
Newport Docks ; praying that the Severn Navigation 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Stourbridge 
amending and keeping in repair the Roads herein- Roads. 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for re- 

ee the several Roads leading to and from the 
Market-house in Stourbridge, in the County of Wor- 

cester, and several other Roads connected with the 

said Roads, in the Counties of Worcester, Stafford 

and Salop, was presented, and read; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

Bills. 


A Petition of Charles Nevill, of Nevill Holt, in Medbourne 
the county of Leicester, Esquire, Lord of the Manor Inuclosure. 
of Medbourne, in the said county, and of Proprietors 

or Persons interested in the lands and grounds here- 

inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 

for inclosing the Open Common Fields, Meadows 

and other Commonable Lands, in the parish of 
Medbourne, in the said county, was presented, and 

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


A Petition of the Right honourable Gregory whittesea 
William Eardley Twistleton Fiennes, Lord Saye and Meer, &amp;c., 
Sele, and of Richard Griffin, Lord Braybrooke, and Drive. 
others, Owners of lands within the several parishes 

of Holme, Denton, Caldecot, Stilton, Yaxley and 
Farcett, in the county of Huntingdon, for leave to 

bring in a Bill for draining, embanking and improv- 

ing certain Meers, called Whittlesea Meer and Trun- 

dle Meer, and certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds 

within the said respective parishes, was presented, 

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


A Petition of William Quarton, of Wakefield, in gnegicta, Ashe 
the county of York, complaining that the Standing ton-under-Lyne, 
Orders of the House in respect to the application for —— 
the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester mains 
Railway Bill had not been complied with, and pray- 

ing that he may be heard, by himself and his agents, 

against the same, was presented, and read; and 

referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 

Private Bills. 


A Petition of Clark Rampling, of Liverpool, Sur- Birkenhead 
veyor, praying that the Birkenhead lmprovement !mprovement 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and’ 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Aberdeenshire 
more effectually making, maintaining and repairing Roads. 
certain Roads hereinafter mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for more effectually maintaining and 
repairing certain Roads in the counties of Aberdeen, 

Banff and Kincardine, and for making certain new 
Roads in the said counties, or some of them, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 





Vox. 97. 





mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
K A Petition 





66 25° Februariz. A. 1842. 


Guarantee 


Society. 


A Petition of Directors of the Association or So- 
ciety called the Guarantee Society, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
against the said Society, and for granting certain 


to prevent vexatious actions being brought in the 
said court for Small Debts, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


powers thereto, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 


A Petition of the Great North of England (Cla- Great North 
vate Bills. 


rence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway Company, —_om 
for leave to bring in a Bill to explain certain of the erhena™ 
provisions of an Act relating to the said Railway, was Junction) Rai. 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- way (No. 2,) 





Kirkintilloch 


; A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
Roads (No. 1.) 


making certain Roads hereinafter mentioned, for 


Kirkintilloch 


leave to bring in a Bill to improve, repair and main- 
tain certain Roads in the counties of Lanark, Stir- 
ling and Dumbarton, and to make and maintain a 
new line of Road in connection therewith, was pre-~ 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bill. 


A Petition of Henry Gordon, Clerk to the Trustees 


Roads (No. 2-) for executing the Act for making certain Roads here- 


Kingsclere 
Inclosure Bill. 


Piel Pier and 
Harbour. 


Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market. 


Liverpool Poor. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage. 


Liverpool 
Improvement, 


Liverpool 
Borough Court. 


inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to im- 
prove, repair and maintain certain Roads in the 
counties of Lunark, Stirling and Dumbarton, and 
to make and maintain a new line of Road in con- 
nection therewith, was presented, and read ; and re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The Kingsclere Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, of 
Rossall Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
Baronet, for leave to bring in a Bill for erecting and 
maintaining a Pier and other works, in Piel Harbour, 
and improving the said Harbour, in the parish of 
Dalton-in- Furness,in the said county, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of lands, 
tenements and hereditaments, in the town of Fleet- 
wood and the neighbourhood thereof, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise 
improving the said Town and neighbourhood, and 
for establishing a Market therein, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers of the 
Poor, and other Inhabitants of the borough of Liver. 
pool, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Administra- 
tion of the Laws relating to the Poor in the parish 
of Liverpool, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Surveyors of the Highways, and 
other Inhabitants of the extra-parochial place of 
Toxteth Park, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better paving and 
improving the Streets and Highways within the 
said extra-parochial place, and for the Sewerage of 
certain parts of the said place, 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 the borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Improvement, good government and 
Police regulation of the said Coak, was presented, 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses 
of the borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to restrict the vexatious removal of certain 
actions from the Borough Court of Liverpool, and 





mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Thorne ;— Road (two Petitions) ;— Cor Laws, 


Conisbro’ ;—Spitalfields (three Petitions ;—Bentley 
and Arksey ;—Berkeley ;--Houghton-le-Spring ; — 
Trowbridge ;— Warminster ;-—Clerkenwell ;--Dun- 
dee ;--North Bradley ; — Doncaster ;— Greenwich ; 
—Samuel Seel ;— Tunstall ;—Cheltenham ;—Hous- 
toun ;-—Elgin ;-—Chester (three Petitions) ;—ZLyme 
Regis ;—Cobridge and other places ;—London ;-- 
West Ham;--the Staffordshire Potteries ;—Mez- 
bro’ ;—Campsall and Norton ;--Hatfield and Hat- 
field Woodhouse ;—-Crowle ;--Fishlake and Stainforth; 
— Braithwell ;-- Bawtry ; — Armthorpe ; — Little 
Marsden ;-—Perth ;—Dundee Anti-Corn Law Asso- 
ciation, and others ;—- Dalrymple ;-—Steventon ;-—Bil- 
ston;—-Monquhitier ;—--Preston Brook ;—Llanfyllin ; 
~-Old Meldrum ;--New Byt ;-—Lymington ;—New 
Galloway ;— Muckart ;-—Chapmanslade;— Shadwell; 
-~ Accrington ; — Todmorden ; — Oswaldtwistle ; — 
Frome Selwood ;-—Luthermuir ;— Woolley Bridge ;— 
Congleton ;— Greenock ; — Glasgow ;— Belthorn ;— 
Witney ;—Faversham ;— Giggleswick ;--Hamilton ; 
-~ Dukinfield ;— Kingswood ; — Wellington (Somer- 
set); — Wolverhampton ; — Manchester (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Red Lion-square, London; praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Scarcliff ;—and Bolsover ; praying 
the House to sanction the proposed measure for 
alteration of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Members of the Great Grimsby Agricultural Asso- 
ciation, and others interested in the cause of agri- 
culture, residing in the market-town of Great 
Grimsby and its vicinity, praying the House not to 
sanction the proposed measure for alteration of the 
Corn Laws,—was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Land, and 
others, in the parish of Hitchin, praying the House, 
in legislating on the proposed measure relative to 
the Corn Laws, to impose a Minimum Duty of 5s. per 
Quarter on Foreign Wheat, when the price shall be 
69s. and upwards ; and a Duty of 4s. per Quarter 
upon Foreign Barley, when the price shall be 34s. 
and upwards; and a Duty of 3s. per Quarter upon 
Foreign Oats, when the price shall be 25s. and up- 
wards; and a Duty of 4s. 6d. per Quarter upon 
Rye, Peas, and Beans, when the price shall be 38s. 
and upwards, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

















— Saint James's, Westminster ;—Saint Mary, Ken- 
sington, and Saint Luke, Chelsea ;-— Parliament- 
street, Westminster ;—Saint Luke, Chelsea ;—Saint 
John, Westminster ;—Saint Giles in the Fields ;— 
and, Lant-street, Borough; praying the House to 
adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing the 
Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall 
Bridges,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood re 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 21st 
to the 23d days of this instant February, both days 
inclusive ; 





Petitions from Saint George’s, Hanover-square ;—~ Waterloo, &amp;» 
Saint Mary-le-bone:—Saint Margaret's, Westminster ; Bridges. 


rted from the Public Petitions 
That they (Fifth Report) 











Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Marriages 
(Ireland. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Lord’s Day. 


Southampton 
Cemetery. 


Leven Valley 
Railway. 


y key 


Bristol and 
Gloucester 
Railway. 


Ely Place 


etitions 
Leport.) 





Improvement, 


5 Vicroriz. 


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. 


| 


Petitions from Biggin ;— Elton ;—and, Harting- 
ton; praying the House to reject any Bill designed 
to prolong or increase the power of the Poor Law 
Commissioners; to reject, also, any Bill which 
may contain clauses directing or virtually tending to 
repeal the Act called Gilbert’s Act, or to dissolve 
the Incorporations formed under that Act,—were 
ws and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Kendal 
Union, stating, that by the Poor Law Amendment 
Act, power is given to recover arrears of payments 
directed to be made by orders of justices, for the 
maintenance of bastard children, together with the 
costs of apprehension of the putative father, by dis- 
tress and sale of the goods and chattels of such 
putative father, or by attaching wages ; but no other 
remedy is given by the said Act for the recovery of 
such arrears and costs; and praying the House to 
remedy the evil complained of, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Anahilt ;—Magilligan ;— Clough ; 
Armagh (Presbytery) ; — Cork ;— Dromara ;—and, 
Belfast ; praying the House to pass an Act for ren- 
dering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may 
hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister 
in Jreland, between parties, one of whom is a mem- 
ber of the Established Church, and the other a 
protestant dissenter,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Lord, of Dame-street, Dublin, 
Solicitor, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Act 56 Geo. 3, c. 56, as imposes a stamp duty on 
the annual Certificate of an Attorney and Solicitor 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 
Ellon, praying the House to adopt measures for 
promoting the due observance of the Lord’s Day, 


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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses 
of the borough of Southampton, and of Inhabitant 
Householders and Rate-payers within the said 
borough, for leave to bring in a Bill to establish a 
Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead near the 
town, and within the borough of Southampton, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates 
situate on and near the intended line of Railway 
hereinafter mentioned, and of Merchants, Traders, 
and others, resident in the town of Glasgow, in the 
county of Lanark, and of Greenock, in the county 
of Renfrew, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway in the county of Dumbarton, to be calied 
the Leven Valley Railway, was presented, and read; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 


for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting 
further powers to the said Company, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Occupiers of property within the 
district hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, 
and improving Ely-place, and Ely-mews, in the 


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67 
liberty of Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely- 
rents, in the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, in 
the county of Middlesex, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Bolton and Preston. Railway Bolton and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate Preston Rail- 
the raising of capital for the completion of the said “* 
Railway, was presented, and read; and referred 
&gt; the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

ills. 


A Petition of Stephan Goldner, of West-street, Goldner’s 
Finsbury, and others, for leave to bring in a Bill to Patent. 
authorize the transfer to more than Twelve persons, 

of certain Patents relating to Improvements in pre- 
serving Animal and Vegetable Substances and 
Liquids, was presented, and read; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

Bills. 


A Petition of Members of a certain Society called Metropolitan 
the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company, }3tert pny 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating and an" 
granting certain powers to the said Company, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of George Browne, Joseph Thompson, Municipal 
John Browne, Robert Ford, and Robert Bate, Corporations 
Esquires, Justices of the Peace for the borough of 
Bridgewater, and of Thomas Ford, late Town Clerk 

of the said borough, praying that the Municipal 
Corporations Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Wareham 
received a Notice from C. O. Bartlett, the agent Election. 
for John Hales Calcraft, Esquire, who petitioned 

this House on the 7th day of September, in the 

last Session of Parliament, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the borough of Wareham, 

that it is not his intention to proceed with his Peti- 

tion. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for regulating Buildings 
Buildings in large nahi And the same was read aga 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time — 4 , 
upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. No, 52. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the Improve- Boroughs 
ment of certain Boroughs: And the same was read (Noe) Bill 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 53 


upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to New Zealand. 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of 
the Laws and Ordinances passed by the Governor 
and Council of the Colony of New Zealand—4th 
and 5th Victoria, 1841. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. George William Hope presented a Bill to West India 
provide for the increase of the Number of Bishoprics C'ergy Bill. 
and Archdeaconries in the West Indies, andto amend No. 54. 
the several Acts relating thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an British and 
Account of the Official and Declared Value of all sey soe 
British and Irish Produce and Manufactures eX ures. , 
ported from the United Kingdom, in the years 1839 
and 1840, to the East Indies, the British West 


Indies, the Foreign West Indies and Brazil ; dis- 














Vou. 97. 


tinguishing Woollens, Cottons, Silks, &amp;c. 
K 2 The 








Shipping. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall Bill, 


Marriages 
( Ireland) Bill. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land Bill. 


Apprentices 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Queen's Prison 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Message trom 
the Lords, 


Mitford’s 
Divorce Bill. 


68 

The House was moved, That the Return of all 
Ships and Vessels built and registered since the 
passing of the Act for the new system of measure- 
ment; distinguishing Steamers from other Vessels, 
classifying the whole according to their eng, 
viz., those under One hundred Tons, between One 
hundred and Two hundred Tons, Two hundred and 
Three hundred, and thus by gradation to the largest 
Tonnage built; specifying the Tonnage of each 
class; also, a Return in similar classes, of any 
Ships or Vessels which may have been registered 
before the passing of the Act, and re-measured 
since upon the new plan, which was presented upon 
the 8th day of September in the last Session of 
Parliament, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in addition thereto, as regards those Vessels 
which have been re-measured since the passing of 
the Act for the new Measurement of Shipping; a 
Statement of the aggregate Tonnage of each class, 
separate, as returned therein, according to their 
original measurement on the old plan, and also what 
the same may appear now by the new one; also the 
aggregate Tonnage of each separate class of Vessels 


in the above Return, built since the passing of the 
Act. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable His Royal 
Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to make 
Leases and Grants of Lands and Hereditaments, 
Parcel of His said Royal Highness’ Duchy of Corn- 
wall, or annexed to the same, and for the other 
Purposes therein mentioned ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time; 

Sir Robert Peel, 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 thee 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. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Marriages (Zreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Van Diemen’s Land Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Apprentices Regulation Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Queen’s Prison Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday 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 Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
Mr. Duckworth : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Reveley Mitford, 
Esquire, with the Right honourable Lady Georgina 


Q5°—96° Februariz. 


A. 1842, 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mitford’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Mitford's 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


into a Committee to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, 





c. 60, toamend the Laws relating to the Importation 
of Corn. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That the following Duties 
shall be paid upon the Importation of Corn, Grain, 


Meal or Flour, in lieu of the Duties now payable 
thereon ; viz. 


If imported from any Foreign Country ; 
Wueat :— 

Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

----under 51s. the Duty 
every quarter - - 
----5ls. and under 52s. 
- --- 52s. and under 55s. 
---- 55s. and under 56s. 
---- 56s. and under 57s. 
- --- 57s. and under 58s. 
- --- 58s. and under 59s. 
---- 59s. and under 60s. 
- --- 60s. and under 61s. 
----6l]s. and under 62s, 
---- 62s. and under 63s. 
---- 63s. and under 64s, 
---- 64s. and under 65s. 
---- 65s. and under 66s. 
---- 66s. and under 69s. 
---- 69s. and under 70s. 
---- 70s. and under 71s. 
----71s. and under 72s. 
---- 72s. and under 73s. 
- --- 73s. and upwards - 


shall be for 





TWRUERERERESG REUSE REASES 


cee eet ee err ne ee ee ees 
,RRCtCRE COAL ELT AS eS 


et bO CO He Or COT OO 














Whereupon it was proposed, instead of “ under 
51s. the Duty shall be for every quarter £. 1,” 
“That, under 51s. the Duty shall be for every 
quarter 25 s.:”—Question put, “ That, under 51s. 
the Duty shall be for every quarter £.1 ;” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 306 

Yeas, Mr Henry Baring: : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Noes, 


Proposed Scale of Duties agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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


Sabbati, 26° die Februarii, 18 42: 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 


reported, That the Committee had made further 


Progress in the matter to them referred ; 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. 


mittee of Supply ; 


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


Property, and to make furher Provision for the Dis- 
charge of Debts, Liabilities and Engagements in- 
curred by or on behalf of Parishes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 





Jemima Mitford, his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes; to which 


the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund 
to a limited amount, for the carrying on of Public 


Works 


\ Mr. Alderman Humphery } 104, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


3] 


Divorce Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself oom Tmporty 
ion, 


Sir Edward Knatchbull presented a Bill to explain Parish Property 
and amend the Acts regulating the Sale of Parish a 
0. 


3. 


The House was moved, That the Act 57 Geo. 3, Exchequer Bill 


c. 34, to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills, and Lo 4c 








roperty 


0d. 


or Bill 


TS. 





5 VicToriz. 


Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom, and 
Employment of the Poor in Great Britain, in man- 
ner therein mentioned, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Vic. 
c. 10, to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills for 
Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of 
the Poor, 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 several Acts for the Issue of Exchequer 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 
ment of the Poor; 

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. 











Indemnity A Petition of George Lyall, Merchant, the Chair- 
Mutual Marine man, and George Hathorn, Merchant, the Deputy 
Assurance Com- Chairman, of the Indemnity Mutual Marine As- 
pany. : : 3 
surance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to sue and be sued in 
the name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman or 
Secretary, or any one of the Directors for the time 
being of the said Company, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of General Commissioners of Police for 
executing the Acts relating to the Police of the City 
of Glasgow, and others, Inhabitant Householders 
of the said City, for leave to bring in a Bill to con- 
solidate, amend and extend the provisions of several 
Acts for the better paving, watching, lighting, cleans- 
ing and regulating the Police of the said city, and 
adjoining districts, and the Statute Labour of the 


Glasgow Police 
(No. 3-) 


Q5°—26°—-28° Februariz. 





69 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Granton Pier Bill was read a second time ; Granton Pier 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of Sir George Musgrave, of Eden Hall, Northern Union 
in the county of Cumberland, Baronet ;—and, Mary (Newcastle and 
Dizon, Ralph Dizon and John Thwaites, all of the Junction) Rail- 
city of Durham; complaining that the Standing way. 

Orders of the House in respect to the application 

for the Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington 

Junction) Railway Bill, had not been complied with; 

and praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

their counsel and agents, against the same,—were 

presented, and read; and referred to the Select 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill Cwm Celyn 
was read a second time; and committed. = ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- OPP" 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cambrian Iron and Spelter Company Bill Cambrian Tron 
was read a second time ; and committed. pain tony 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Saint Philip’s ( Bristol) Bridge Bill was read Saint Philip’s 
a second time ; and committed. os i 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bristol Boundary Bill was read a second Bristol : 
time ; and committed. Boundury BE. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the South Eastern Railway Bill] Seuth Eastern 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. Railway Bill. 


Petitions from Dysart ;—Denton (three Petitions); Corn Laws. 





said city, and for other purposes in relation thereto, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Alphabetical List of Members 
to serve on Election Committees be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


Ecclesiastical 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- 


Commission. _siastical Commission, which was presented upon 
No.56. Friday last, be printed. 

Imports. Ordered, That the Account relative to Imports, 
No.57. which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 

printed. 

East Indie. Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India, 
No. 58. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

oe Ordered, That the Accounts and Statement rela- 
. ' tive to Exchequer Bills, which were presented yester- 

0.00. 


day, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 


adjourned till Monday next. 











Luna, 28° die Februari ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 18 42. 


PRAYERS. 


Severn Naviga- 
tion Bill, 


of Tewkesbury, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Severn Navigation 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| on importation of 


Vou. 97. 


PETITION of the Council of the borough 


—Quarry Bank (four Petitions) ;— Markinch ;— 
Kilsyth ; — Chairman of the Wigtown Anti-Corn 
Law Association ;— Chesterfield ; — Stockport ; — 
Mottram-in-Longdendale ;— Kilbirnie ; —Manches- 
ter (forty-eight Petitions) ;— Staley Bridge ;—Ga- 
rison Print Works (Derby) ;— Meltham ;— Hoy 
Side; — Godley ; — Leicester (two Petitions) ; — 
Hinckley (two Petitions) ;—Shearsby ;—-Arnsby ;— 
Fleckney ;— Bruntingthorpe ;— Guisley (Chairman of 
a Meeting);—Paisley ;— Northampton ;— Hackney ; 
— Philadelphia (Durham) ;— Sunderland ; -- Lillies- 
leaf ;-Moorgate, London ;—and, Hylton; praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of 
Limerick ;—and, Chamber of Commerce of Water- 
ford (President) ; praying that the scale of duties 
proposed to be levied on the importation of Oats may 
be so altered as to afford the same encouragement 
to the production of this grain in Jreland, as will be 
extended to the growth of Wheat in England,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 

Petitions from Londonderry ,--and, Sutton-cum- 
Duckmanton; praying the House to sanction the 
proposed measure for alteration of the Corn Laws, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Millers on the King’s River (Kil- 
kenny) ; —- Norwich ;--and, London; praying the 
House to adopt measures for encouraging the im- 
portation of Grain in preference to Flour and Meal, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the High Sheriff and Members of Corn Laws, &amp;c. 
the Grand Jury assembled at Wicklow Spring Assizes, 
complaining of the er withdrawal of the Duty 

attle; that with respect to the 


| Kk 3 averages, 





a SS SS t 


RPS ip Gee et. RES eS 


ee i 


Northampton 
Town Council. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Marriages 
(Treland.) 


Coal Mines. 


Railways Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


Stalybridge 
Gas Bill. 


Clee Iiclosire 
Bill. 


Southwark 
Improvement 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


70 98° Februari. 


averages, Returns from Scotch and Irish ports and 
markets are not intended to be called for; and that 
the proposed Duty on Barley and Uats is such, that 
Trish Com will not derive an equal protection to 
English grown Wheat, was also presented, and read ; 
an ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Town Council of 
the borough of Northampton, alleging that the seal 
of the Town Council of that borough has been 
affixed to a Petition to the House, without such 
Petition having been submitted to them, or any re- 
solution submitted and carried by them, authorizing 
the affixing of the said seal ; and praying the House 
to reject the said Petition, and to take such mea- 
sures as may seem fitting to prevent in future such 
breaches of the Privileges of the House, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Hay 
Union, in the counties of Hereford, Brecon and 
Radnor, praying that when the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act shall be brought under the consideration 
of the House,a clause may be introduced, authorizing 
the appointment of one or more paid collectors of 
poor’s rates within each union, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Reeth Union, praying for the repeal of so much of 
the said Act as regards cases of bastardy, and re- 
enactment of some of the provisions of former Acts 
in relation to that subject, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Saviour’s, Southwark ;--and, 
Saint Mary-le-Sirand, Westminster; praying the 
House to adopt measures for redeeming and extin- 
a the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and 

auxhall Bridges,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ramelton ;—- Newtownhamilton ;— 
Banbridge ;— Letterkenny ;— Mountnorris ;— Gar- 
vagh ;— Ray ;—Keady ;— Rathfriland ;— Clare ;— 
Belfast ; — Lurgan ; —Newtoncunningham ;—Mag- 
hera;— Cross Roads, Donegal ;— Dunmurry ;— 
Moyvore ;—and, Ballynure; praying the House to 
pass an Act for rendering valid all marriages solem- 
nized, or which may hereafter be solemnized, by a 
presbyterian minister in Ireland, between parties, 
one of whom is a member of the Established Church 
and the other a protestant dissenter, —were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham;—~and, Edward William 
Binney, of Manchester, Gentleman; praying the 
House to adopt measures for preventing the employ- 
ment of females in Coal Mines,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way Company ;—and, Grand Junction Railway Com- 
pany; praying that the Railways 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 
reading of the Designs Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of March next. 

The Stalybridge Gas Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Clee Inclosure Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Southwark Improvement (No. 1.) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 











A. 1849. 


The Cottenham Inclosure Bill was read a second Cottenham 

time; and committed. Inclosure Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Cottenham, &amp;c., Drainage Bill was read a Cottenbam, te, 
second time; and committed. rainage Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Joseph Hargrave, Manager of the Stanhope and 
Newcastle, Shields and Sunderland Union Joint _ Railroad 
Stock Banking Company, William Harrison, of ~°™P*y Bill 
Whitburn, in the county of Durham, Esquire, 

Robert Todd, Public Officer of the Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne Joint Stock Banking Company, John Fair- 
weather Harrison, of Hampstead, in the county of 
Middlesex, Esquire, and George Marshall, of Cross- 
lane, in the city of London, Coal Factor, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Stanhope and Tyne Rail- 
road Company Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Patrickson Pike, of Dame- Attornies’ 
street, in the city of Dublin, Attorney-at-Law, pray- Certificates. 
ing the House to repeal so much of the Act 56 Geo. 3, 

c. 56, as imposes a stamp duty on the annual Cer- 
tificate of an Attorney and Solicitor in Ireland, was 


paw. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. ; 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- Controverted 

neral Committee of Elections ; That they had se- Elections, 
lected the following Twelve Members to be the 
Chairmen’s Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of 
Election. Committees for the present Session ; viz. 
Lord Ashley, Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Baronet, 
Edward Divett, Esquire, Henry Home Drummond, 
Esquire, Benjamin Hawes, Esquire, Sir Edmund 
Hayes, Baronet, William Goodenough Hayter, Es- 
quire, James Weir Hogg, Esquire, John Somerset 
Pakington, Esquire, Thomas Nicholas Redington, 
Esquire, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esquire, and 
Charles Wood, Esquire. 


Petitions from Kilcolman ; — Kilkerrin ; — and, Education 
Cloonbernand Bevonagh ; praying the House to adopt (Ireland.) 
measures for affording encouragement and assistance 
to the Schools in connexion with the Church Educa- 
tion Society for Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Secretary of the British and wil Coolies. 
Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House 
not to sanction the revocation of the law prohibiting 
the exportation of Labourers from British India, 


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


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Drogheda 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Harbour Bill. 
the Petition for the Drogheda Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Port and Harbour of 
Drogheda: And that Mr. Bellew and Mr. Young 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of James Surrey, of London, late of Bonded Com. 
York-house, Battersea, praying the House to pass 
an Act permitting Foreign Corn in bond to be ground 
for exportation, free of duty, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of Gateshead, praying the Lord’s Day. 
House to adopt measures to cause all public-houses 
and beer-shops to be closed on the Lord’s Day, was 


&gt;gay and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

















Ordered, 








Excise. 





Poor Law 
(Ireland.) 


Rochdale Poor. 


Woods and 
Forests 
(Ireland.) 


Railways Bill, 


Van Diemen’s 
Land Bill. 


Marriages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


ill. 


Orn. 





ject of their Report on Medical Charities ; with the 


Corn Importa- 
tion, 


5 Vicroriz, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Recommendations which are con- 
tained in the Reports of the Commissioners who 
were appointed on the 27th day of March 1833, to 
examine into the Department of Excise, and show- 
ing what parts of them have been carried into effect, 
and the Dates. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence between the Poor 
Law Commissioners in Jreland and the Boards of 
Guardians of the North and South Dublin Unions, 
relative to the Duties and Payment of the Medical 
Officers of those Unions :— And, of the Circular 
addressed by the Poor Law Commissioners in Jre- 
land to the Boards of Guardians there, on the sub- 


Replies they have received to it. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy or Extract of any Report made by Mr. 
Tufnell, or other Assistant Commissioner, to the 
Poor Law Commissioners, in October 1841, as to 
the state of the Poor in the Borough of Rochdale. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Receipts of the Department of the 
Woods and Forests in Jreland since 1834, and the 
Application thereof. 


The Railways Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday the 9th day of 
March next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Van Diemen’s Land Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Marriages (Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 2, (That nothing in this Act con- 
tained shall extend, or be construed to extend to 
or affect any Marriage declared invalid by any Court 
of competent jurisdiction before the passing of this 
Act, nor any Marriage where either of the parties 
shall, at any time afterwards during the life of the 
other party, have lawfully intermarried with any 
other person) —— read. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 


Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Sir Thomas Fremantle 
= for the Mr. Solicitor General for \ 59. 
eas, 
Treland : 

Tellers for they Mr. Fox Maule, 68 

Noes, Mr. Smith O’ Brien: ? 


Crause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 


Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, 


28° Februariz. 





71 
" amend the Laws relating to the Importation of 
Jorn. 


(In the Committee.) 
BaRLeY :— 


Motion made, and Question proposed, Whenever 
the average price of Barley, made up and published 
in the manner required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 
----under 26s. the Duty shall be, for 
every Quarter - - - - 
~==- 268. 
---- 278. 
---- 30s. 
----3l1s. 
----32s. 
---- 33s. 
---- 348. 


and under 27s. 
and under 30s. 
and under 31s. 
and under 32s. 
and under 338s. 
and under 34s. 
and under 35s. 
---- 35s. and under 36s. 
---- 36s, and under 37s. 
- --- 37s. and upwards 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question propused, 
That the Chairman do report the Resolution agreed 
to by the Committee relating to the Duties on the 
Importation of Wheat, to the House :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Proposed Scale of Duties agreed to. 


Oats :— 
Motion made, and Question proposed, Whenever 
the Average price of Oats, made up and published 
in the manner required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 
---- under 19s, the Duty shall be, for 

every Quarter - - 
and under 208, 
and under 23s. 
and under 24s. 
and under 25s. 
and under 26s. 
and under 27s. 
and upwards ~ 
Question, Whenever the average price of Oats, 
made up and published in the manner required by 
Law, shall be, for every Quarter, under 19s., the 
Duty shall be for every Quarter, 8s.,—put, and 
agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, Whenever the 
average price of Oats, made up and published in the 
manner required by Law, shall be, for every Quarter, 
19s., and under 20s., the Duty shall be for every 


Quarter, 7s. ; 
} 266. 


(teers ete 





----198. 
----208. 
---- 238, 
---- 24s. 
---- 258. 
---- 268. 


---=-278. 


rr er eis 


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dé &amp;¢ &amp; oa 
mi bo CoH Or DANIO 
trrirrrrs&amp; 





The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for | Mr. Redington, 53 
Noes, Mr. Smith O’Brien: } . 


Rye, Pease and BEANs:— 

Whenever the average price of Rye, or of Pease, 
or of Beans, made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every Quarter, 


~---under 30s. the Duty shall be, for 
every Quarter - - 
---- 30s. and under 33s. 
-- --33s8. and under 34s. 
---- 34s. and under 35s. 
---- 35s. and under 36s. 
---- 36s. and under 37s. 
---- 37s. and under 38s. 
-- -- 388s. and under 39s. 
- --- 39s. and under 40s. 
---- 40s. and under 418. 
---- 41s. and under 42s. 
---- 42s. and upwards 


— 


mh WRAAwWIaooHr? 


chi teat totem 


L RARARAAADAAS 





Wueat Meau and Frovr :— 
For every Barrel, being one hundred and 
and ninety-six pounds ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty 
payable on thirty-eight and a half 
gallons of Wheat. 





OaTMEAL :— 
For every Quantity of one hundred and 
eighty-one pounds and a half; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty 
payable on a Quarter of Oats. 








Vout. 97. 


K 4 Maize 





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5 Se 


be SIR a IRIE ESI a eR 


72 98° Februarit.—1° Martiz. 


Maize or Inp1AN Corn, Buck Wueat, Bear 
or Bice :— 
For every Quarter 
A ‘Duty equal in amount to the Duty 
payable on a Quarter of Barley. 





If the produce of, and imported from, any British 
Possession in North America, or elsewhere out 
of Europe :— 

WueatT :— 

Motion made, and Question proposed, Whenever 
the average price of Wheat, made up and published 
in the manner required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 

- - -- under 55s. the Duty shall be, for 
every Quarter - - - - - 

- --- 558. and under 56s. 

---- 56s. and under 57s. 

---- 57s. and under 58s. 

---- 58s, and upwards 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
for every Quarter of Wheat, the Duty shall be 1s. ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Smith O’ Brien, } 38 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Buller : nae 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, h 35 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : “6: 


rete 


BARLEY :— 

Whenever the average price of Barley, made up 
and published in the manner required by Law, shall 
be, for every Quarter, 

---- under 28s. the Duty shall be, for 
every Quarter - - - - = 
---- 28s. and under 29s. - 
---- 29s. and under 30s. - 
---- 30s. and under 31s. - 
---- 31s. and upwards - 


Oats :— 


Whenever the average price of Oats, made up 
and published in the manner required by Law, 
shall be, for every Quarter, 

---- under 22s. the Duty shall be, for | £. 


every Quarter -  - - - - 
----228.and under 23s. - - - 
---- 23s. and upwards - - - 


Rye, Pease, and Beans :-— 

Whenever the average price of Rye, or of Pease, 
or of Beans, made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every Quarter, 


---- under 30s. the Duty shall be, for | £. 
every Quarter - - - - - | 

---- 30s. and under 31s. 

- ---31s. and under 32s. 

---- 382s. and under 33s. 

---- 33s. and under 34s. 


---- 34s. and upwards | 


Wueat Meat and Four :— 
——— For every Barrel, being one hundred and 
ninety-six pounds ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty 


payable on thirty-eight and a half 
gallons of Wheat. 


OatMzEAL :— 
——— For every Quantity of one hundred and 
eighty-one pounds and a half; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty 
payable on a Quarter of Oats. 
Maize or Inpian Corn, Buck Wueat, Bear or 
Bie :— 
For every Quarter ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty 
payable on a Quarter of Barley. 


Proposed Scale of Duties agreed to. 
2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 


Laws relating to the mode of taking and deter- 
mining the Average Prices of Corn. 


Resolutions to be reported. 








| 


A. 1842. 


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


Martis, 1° die Martii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Apprentices 
a Committee upon the Apprentices Regulation Bill ; Regulation Bi, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bin, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read the 
third time this day. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Queen’s Pris, 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider (Szlaries to 
of authorizing the payment out of the Consolidated 9%) 
Fund of the United ingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries of the Marshal, Chaplain, 
Surgeon, and other Officers and Servants of the 
Queen’s Prison, and of the Compensations to be 
granted in pursuance of an Act of the present Ses- 
sion for regulating the Queen’s Prison ; 

Sir James Graham, 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial _ 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Preseuges 5S. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Queen’s Prison 
mittee on the Queen’s Prison 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- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Annual Statement of the Ac- Bankruptcy. 
countant in Bankruptcy, which was presented upon No, 60. 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Zealand, New Zealand. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. _—_No. 61. 


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, 1° die Marti ; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 

M* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and Suge. 

at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of February 
last, for a Statement of the Quantity of Sugar, distin- 
guishing that imported from the British West Indies, 
the Mauritius, the British Possessions in India, and 
from Foreign Countries, upon which Duty was paid 
in each month, from January 1831 to December 1841, 
both inclusive:—Alsc, the Average Price of British 
Plantation Sugar, as advertised im the London Ga- 
zette, in each month during the above period. 

An Account of the Notes in circulation of the ae Notes! 
Bank of England, and of other Banks of Issue in 5“ 
England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and of 
the Bullion in the Bank of England, in each month, 

since 





Sh 






Bill. 


hi 


and, 


otes and 





5 Victoriz. 


since the passing of the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 50, to 
the present time, as published in the Gazette pur- 
suant to such Act. : 

A Copy of the Regulations under which the 
Luggage of Passengers by Packets and Steam 
Vessels is examined at the Custom House in 
London. : 

A Copy of a Letter of Lord Monteagle to the 
First Lord of the Treasury, on the subject of the 
Report of the Exchequer Bills Commission. 

Returns of the Number of Foreign Ships laden 
with Corn entered inwards at the Ports of London, 
Hull, Newcastle, and Leith, from any part of the | 
Continent of Europe, from the 1st day of August to | 
the 1st day of October 1841 :—And,a Similar Return | 
of British Ships, during the same period. 

A Return, in addition to that prepared by the 
Board upon the 30th of July last, as regards those 
Vessels which have been re-measured since the 
passing of the Act for the new measurement of 
Shipping ; a Statement of the aggregate Tonnage of 
each class, separate, as returned therein, according 
to their original measurement on the old plan, and 
also what the same may appear now by the new one; 
also the aggregate Tonnage of each separate class of 
Vessels in the above Return, built since the passing 
of the Act. 

An Account of the official and declared Value of 
all British and Irish Produce and Manufactures ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom, in the years 1839 
and 1840, distinguishing the Exports to the East 
Indies, the British West Indies, the Foreign West 
Indies,and Brazil; distinguishing Woollens, Cottons, 
Silks, Cutlery, and Hardware, from all other goods. 
Metropolis Copies of all Memorials presented to the Lords 
Improvements. Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by Mr. 

Rigby Wason, relating to the Plan of Improvement 
in the Parishes of Saint John and Saint Margaret, 
in the city of Westminster, which was recommended 
by the Select Committee of the House of Commons 
on Metropolis Improvement in 1840, and to effect 


Luggage of 
Passengers 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Corneladen 
Ships. 





Shipping. 





British and 
Irish Produce 
and Manuface 
tures. 





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73 


municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Sir William Heath- 
cote do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were Orders; 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Southwark 
the Southwark Improvement( No.2.) Bill, the Parties a eae 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. sled 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Southampton 
the Southampton Docks Bill, the Standing Orders Pecks 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for West Stirling- 
the West Stirlingshire Roads(No.1.) Bill, the Parties = Roads 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. atlas 

The first and third Resolutions, being reada second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Frere, Rector of Cottenham, Cottenham 

in the county of Cambridge, Clerk, praying that he Inclosure Bill, 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Cottenham Inclosure 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 Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company Bill Stanhope and 
was read a second time ; and committed. pS sa — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- tae 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from North-place, Gray’s Inn- road ;— Corn Laws, &amp;c. 
Hackney (two Petitions) ;—.Bethnal G'reen (six Pe- 
titions) ;— Coventry ;— Lanark (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;-— Greenock ;---Renfew ;-- Tarbolton ;— Salford ; 
—Bacup ;— Manchester (seventeen Petitions);— 
Levenshulme ; — Worsley ; — Aberargie ; — Llaner- 








which a certain sum of money was recommended to 
be allocated by the said Committee ; and also of any 
Proceedings thereon :—Also, Copies of any Corres- 
— relating to Improvements in the said 

arishes, between the Dean and Chapter of West- 
minster, or any person on their behalf, with the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or any person 
in that office. 


Shannon Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 

Navigation. tions of several Acts of Parliament,--a Copy of the 
Third Report of the Commissioners for the [mprove- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon, with 
an Appendix. 

Siguet Office Copy of Warrant granting Compensation Allow- 

(Scotland. ) 


ances to the Right honourable William Dundas, 
Keeper of the Signet in Scotland ; to Richard Mack- 
enzie and James Hope, Junior, Depute Keepers of the 
Signet ; and Robert Webster, Extractor and Assistant 
in the Signet Office,—year to 31st December 1841. 


Court ofSession Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Allow- 


wehyllyn ; — Madeley ;— Hamilton ;—Stansfield ;— 
Leeds ;— Portsburgh;— Third Division of Down 
Park ;— Corsham ;— Erringden ;—Pleasley ;— Ross 
( Hereford) ; --- Milnathort ;— Northwich ;— Bilston; 
—LEast and West Wemys ;— Elgin ;— Plymouth 
Chamber of Commerce (Deputy Chairman) ; — 
Leek; — Queenshead (Chairman of a Meeting); — 
Askrigg; — Stewarton ;—Chudleigh ;— and, Saint 
George’s-in-the-East, and Saint John of Wapping, 
Shadwell and Ratcliffe; praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the High Sheriff and Members of the 
Grand Jury of the county of Meath, praying that in 
any change of the Law relative to the Importation of 
Corn, such protection may be afforded to that part of 
the United Kingdom as the House has already granted 
to that of England ; and as Oats are the staple ex- 
portation from Jreland, that they should receive an 
equal proportion of protection in that grain at least, 
as is to be affurded to Wheat, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





(Scotland.) ance of 651. 18s. 9d. to William Shiell, one of the 
Assistant Clerks in the Inner House of the Court of 
Session, Scotland,—year 1841. 
bee Court Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Allow- 
Scotland.) ance to John Barron, Depute Clerk of the Teind 
Court in Scotland,—year 1841 :—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lieuponthe Table. 
Mitford's Mitford’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; and 
vorce Bill. 


committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

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 be pleased to com- 

OL. 97. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Roscommon, praying the House to 
maintain the existing scale of Duties on the impor- 
tation of foreign Oats; and to leave the Duties as now 
fixed by the existing laws upon the importation of 
foreign cattle, beef, and pork unaltered, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Deputy Chairman of the Cham- Bonded Com. 
ber of Commerce of the Port of Plymouth, praying 

the House to adopt measures for permitting the 
manufacture of Flour from foreignWheat in bond for 
exportation, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Covent Garden; — Saint Ann, Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Westminster ;—and, Saint Mary, Kensington; pray- Bridges. 
ing the House to adopt measures for redeeming and 
L extinguishing 








ots eS Se 





Public Petitions 


74 


extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, 
and Vauzhall Bridges,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 


(Sixth Report.) Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Private Bills. 


Drogheda 
Harbour Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Education 
(Ireland,) 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ormesby 
Inclesure Bill. 


had examined the Petitions presented on the 24th 
and 25th 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. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the 
General Committee of Elections; That they had 
divided the list referred to them, of Members to 
serve on Election Committees, into five Panels. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them by a number denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn. 


Petitions from Cullybackey ;—Killinchy (two Pe- 


titions) ;—Zarne and Inver ;—Ballycarry ;—Tem- | 


plepatrick ;—Ramoan ;— Dublin ;— Enniskillen ;— 
Holywood ; — Ravara ;— Ballymoney ;— Newtown- 
ards ; --- Fethard ;— and, Dromore; praying the 
House to pass an Act for rendering valid all Mar- 
riages solemnized, or which may hereafter be solem- 


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A. 1842. 


Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby Saint 
Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in the 
county of Norfolk: And that Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. 
Burroughes and Sir Charles Vere do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Glasgow, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Paisley, Kil. 


Petition of John Taylor Gordon, complaining of 


|non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the Bill, 


| case of the Petition for the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway Bill, was referred ; That 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, 
Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to grant further 
powers to the Company of Proprietors thereof: And 
that Lord James Stuart and Mr. Dennistoun do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





‘on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
| the Petition for the Holywell Roads Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as the datum horizontal line is not referred to any 
fixed point stated in writing on the section, and in- 


nized, by a presbyterian minister in Ireland, between | pense as the ete gp re th = nsbevon 
parties, one of whom is a member of the Established | oo Ic ygeteed — “960 = eg Bs &lt; 
Church, and the other a protestant dissenter,—were 2°. f whi h e . ris i ge pe 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the, credit of which the money for the execution of the 


Table. 


| work is partly to be raised. 
| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- | lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


seers of the Poor and principal Inhabitants of the | 
parish of Almeley, in the county of Hereford, pray- 
ing for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, | gration Society of Paisley, praying the House to 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | grant them the means of location in Her Majesty’s 
the Table. 


\colony of Upper Canada, was presented, and read ; 


Ordered, That the Chairman of the Committee | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


on every opposed Private Bill be always chosen 
from the Selected Members. 


| 
| 


|mander in the Royal Navy, praying that vessels 


Mr. Young presented a Bill for the Improvement | may be constructed, so as to avoid as far as possible 
of the Port and Harbour of Drogheda: And the | the foundering at sea or destruction by fire, thereby 


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


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 


Peebles, praying the House to frame a measure for 
the settlement of the question of Lay Patronage in 
Scotland, embodied on the principles of a Bill 
brought before the last Parliament, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Glenalvy, praying 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 
ment and assistance to the schools, in connection 
with the Church Education Society for Zreland, was 
presented,and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Gardner Willoughby and 
Seymour Willoughby, of the township or chapelry 
of Birkenhead, in the county of Chester, Inn-keep- 
ers, Tenants under the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of Liverpool, of a Ferry called Birkenhead 
Ferry, in the said township or chapelry, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Birkenhead 
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 favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 


preventing the further loss of life and property, both 
in Her Majesty’s and merchant service ; that a ge- 
neral mercantile surveying board may be established 
to survey all vessels carrying passengers and mer- 
chandize, going foreign or beyond the limits of the 
channels of the coast of Great Britain; that a board 
in addition thereto may be formed by naval officers 
and experienced masters in the merchant service, 
for the examination of mates in the merchant ser- 
vice, in seamanship and navigation, as is the case 
with masters and second masters, &amp;c., in the Royal 
Navy, before the Trinity Board, was presented, and 
| read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





marnock, and - 
Ayr Railway 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Holywell Roads, 


A Petition of Members of the Saint George Emi- Emigration, 


A Petition of Charles Evelyn Houghton, Com- Navy, &amp;c. 


| A Petition of Commissioners for executing the London and 
} Greenwich 


| Acts for paving, cleansing, lighting and watching, 


Lanes and Places within the East Division of the 
Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts 
adjacent, in the County of Surrey, and for prevent- 
ing Nuisances and Annoyances therein, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Zondon and 
Greenwich Railway (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. 








7 : ‘ , Raila 
opening, widening and better regulating the Streets, , agg 


) will 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of | 


the Petition for the Ormesby Inclosure Bill, the; The House was moved, That the Report in respect West Stirling- 


Standing Orders had been complied with. | of the Petition for the West Stirlingshire Roads shire Roa 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | (No. 1.) Bill, which was this day made from the Se- aneiienk: 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands, in the | lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby Saint | and the same being read ; 


Ordered, 





























Exchequer 
- Bills. 


Drogheda 


ads, Harbour. 


Exchequer. 


Spirits, 


and 
ch 


) Bill. 


irling- 
oads 


) Bille 





5 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Act, intituled, An Act to 
make, alter, improve and maintain certain Roads, in 
the counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, Lanark and 
Perth, and for making and maintaining certain new 
Roads in connexion therewith: And that Mr. Forbes 
and Mr. Smollett do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copy of a Letter from the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire and ascertain in what manner Exchequer 
Bills have been made out and issued, &amp;c., in reply 
to the Observations of Lord Monteagle, on the Report 
of the Commissioners. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and count 
of the town of Drogheda, praying that the Drogheda 
Harbour Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Number of Days on which 
Lord Monteagle, as Comptroller of the Exchequer, 
attended at the Office of the Receipt of Exchequer, 
from the date of his appointment, 9th September 
1839 to the 5th day of January 1842, being the date 
to which a Return of the Appointment and present 
Tenure of Office has been made to the House of 
Commons, dated 14th February 1842 :—And,, of the 
Number and the Amount of the several Exchequer 
Bills signed and issued by Lord Monteagle himself, 
and the periods and places at which such Bills have 
been severally signed and issued by him during the 
above period. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively; 
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 Kingdom, for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1842 :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguish- 
ing 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 
1842 :—Showing, under separate heads, the Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguishing the Ma- 
terials from which made, imported into each King- 
dom from each of the others respectively, and includ- 
ing, 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 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 1842 :— 

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 England, tor the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1842; also, the Stocks re- 


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for which they were incurred ; whether 


75 


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 kinds that paid Duty, and the 
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 184) to the 5th day of January 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Debts of 


Return of all Debts, Liabilities and Engagements Parishes. 
claimed against the Poor Rates of any Parish at the 
time of the passing of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76, 
for which Securities had been given, and Interest 
was then paid; distinguishing such as were duly 
secured, and were legally charged upon the Poor 
Rates, and such as were secured by Notes or En- 
gagements of Parish Officers or other persons on 
behalf of such Parishes; with a Statement of the 


Consideration given for such Debts, and the purposes 

aid, and if 
so, how paid, or if unpaid; and in ae case, the 
Names of the Parties to whom the same are now 


due, and the Parties responsible upon the Securities. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Com, &amp;e. 
Statement of the Quantities of Foreign Grain of each 

kind, and of Wheat Flour, which paid the several 

Rates of Duty, together with the per-centage pro- 
portion which those Quantities bore to the Total 
Quantities of the respective kinds of Grain entered 

for Home Consumption during the whole period 

from ‘the passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (July 

1828), to the 5th day of January 1842. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Customs Duties 
Committee, To-morrow, to consider the Acts relating — eve . 
to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares or desntiaioad 
Merchandize imported or brought into any of the 

British Possessions in America, or the Mauritius, 

was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

the 14th day of this instant March, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Gaols and 
put, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Houses of Cor. 
into the rules, regulations and discipline of the several "4°" 
Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and 

Wales ; to report what alterations appear to be ne- 
cessary in the Laws now in force for the government 

of Prisons, in order to insure a more uniform system 

of discipline throughout the whole ; and further, to 

report upon the expediency of abolishing the infliction 

of Corporal Punishment upon Criminal Offenders : 

—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Hill Coolies. 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Instructions given by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India to Lord Ellenborough, 
on the subject of the Emigration of Hill Coolies. 


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


Mercurii, 2° die Martii, 1842: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- Buildings 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed (Neon) Bi . 
to a Select Committee. kasi: 


The Boroughs Improvement (No 2.) Bill was, ac- Boroughs 








maining in the hands of English Distillers on the 
5th day of January 1842 :—And, of the Total Num- 
ber of Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and 
all other Spirits that paid Duty in each Kingdom, 
from the 5th day of January 1841 to the 5th day of 
January 1842; Rate of Duty per Gallon, and 
~~ thereof ; Total Number of Gallons of each 
OL. 97. 











cording to Order, read a second time; and committed (Nona) BIL 
to a Select Committee. ? 


Mr. Greene reported the Marriages (Lreland) Bill; Marriages 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _—_‘!teland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
L2 The 








Corn Importa- 
tion. 


Apprentices 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Bridlington 
Piers and 
Harbour. 


Severn Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Stanhope and 
Tyne Railroad 
Company Bill. 


76 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee to whom it was referred 
to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60, to amend the 
Laws relating to the Importation of Corn ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain the Acts for the 
better Regulation of certain Apprentices, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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











Mercurii, 2° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Fennell, from the Commissioners of the 
Bridlington Piers and Harbour, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- | 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of the Ge- | 
neral Annual Account of the Commissioners of | 
Bridlington Piers and Harbour, from the 26th day 
of July 1840 to the 26th day of July 1841:—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions of Charles Porter, Mayor of the borough 
of Tewkesbury ;— William Henry Hyett, Esquire, of 
Painswick House, in the county of Gloucester ; — 
and, Company of Proprietors of the Worcester and 


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Birmingham Canal Navigation ; praying that they 


A, 1842. 


fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Lord James Stuart presented a Bill to amend the Glasgow, 
Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock —— Kil. 
and Ayr Railway, and to grant further Powers to Ayr Railway 
the Company of Proprietors thereof: And the same Bill. 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Wodehouse presented a Bill for dividing, Ormesby 

allotting and inclosing Lands in the Parishes of !nclosure Bill, 
Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby Saint Michael, 
Ormesby Saint Peter, and Ormesby Saint Andrew, 
and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in the County of 
Norfolk: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Smollett presented a Bill to explain and amend West Stirling. 
an Act, intituled, “ An Act to make, alter, improve shite Roads 
and maintain certain Roads in the Counties of Stir- (No. 1.) Bill, 
ling, Dumbarton, Lanark and Perth ;’ and for mak- 
ing and maintaining certain new Roads in con- 
nection therewith : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Birkenhead 
of the borough of Liverpool, Owners of lands, houses Improvemer 
and buildings, and a Ferry called Birkenhead Ferry, ®" 
in the township or chapelry of Birkenhead, in the 
county palatine of Chester, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birkenhead 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- 


may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | your of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


against certain parts of the Severn Navigation 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 John Cox, of White's Grounds, in 
the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, | 
in the county of Surrey, Brewer, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent. | 
against certain parts of the London and Greenwich | 
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. 


The South Eastern Railway Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Joseph Hargrave, 
Manager of the Newcastle, Shields and Sunderland 
Union Joint Stock Banking Company, William 
Harrison, of Whitburn, in the county of Durham, 
Esquire, Robert Todd, Public Officer of the Newcas- 
tle-upon-Tyne Joit Stock Banking Company, and 
John Fairweather Harrison, of Hampstead, in the 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, and George Marshall, 
of Cross-lane, in the city of London, Coal Factor, 
which was presented upon Monday last, praying | 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Stanhope and Tyne Rail- 
road Company Bill, be referred to the Committee 








on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by their 
counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they think | 


| 


Petitions from South Shields ;— Chester (seven Pe- Corn Laws. 


'titions) ;— Stranraer ;—Saint Andrew’s ;—Berwich- 
_on- Tweed ;—Denton and Haughton (Chairman of a 
| Meeting) ;— Muirkirk ;— Blackwall ;— Manchester 


(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Hackney ;—Aberdeen ; 
—and, Saint Mawes; praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Farmers and Occupiers of land, and 
others in the county of Cambridge, praying the 
House not to pass into a law the contemplated 
measure of Government for regulating the Duties 
payable on the importation of Foreign Corn, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


| Table. 


A Petition of James Meakin Daykin, Corn In- 
spector for Guildford, praying that the House will 
be pleased to continue his service at Guildford, or 
that they will, in consideration of his advanced age, 
allow him something in the way of a retired allow- 
ance, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. : 

Petitions of the High Sheriff and Members of 
the Grand Jury of the county of Leitrim ;—and, 
Landed Proprietors of Coleraine ; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed reduction of duty 
on the importation of Foreign Oats,—were also 


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


Petitions from Kilrea ;—Lecumpher ;— Rathfri- Marriages 
land ;—Macosquin ;—Dunboe ;—and, Newry; pray- (Irelan‘.) 
ing the House to pass an Act for rendering valid all 
Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter be 
solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in Jreland, 
between parties, one of whom is a member of the 
Established Church, and the other a protestant dis- 
senter,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions 














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5 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Saint George, Bloomsbury ; — 
Walworth-road ;—and, Northern Boundary of the 
city of London; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of William Bullock, Weaver, Biggar, 
Lanarkshire, praying for the adoption of Universal 
Suffrage, Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;e. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Castlerigg and Derwentwater 
Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater, in the parish of Crosthwaite, in the 
county of Cumberland: And that Mr. Marshall, 
Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Charles Howard do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater 
Inclosure Bill. 


Kington 


Mr. Séruét reported from the Select Committee 
Roads Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Kington Roads Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining several Roads leading 
from the town of Kington, and other Roads branch- 
ing therefrom, in the county of Hereford: And that 
Mr. Joseph Bailey, junior, and Mr. Baskerville do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Windsor 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Bridge Bill, 


the Petition for the Windsor Bridge Bill, the Stand- 


2° Marti. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 





77 


veral Acts relating thereto: And that Mr. Robert 
Clive and Mr. William Ormsby Gore (of Salop) 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect southwark 
of the Petition for the Southwark Improvement Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill, which was yesterday made from the (No. 2.) Bill. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a new Street from Blackman-street, in 
the parish of Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark, 
in the county of Surrey, to Blackfriars-road, in the 
parish of Christchurch, in the said county, and for 
improving the district called the Mint, in the said 
parish of Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark : 

And that Mr. Benjamin Wood and Mr. Alderman 
Humphery do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, Caledonian 
—Copy of a Report recently made to the Treasury, ©" 
by Captain Sir W. E. Parry, x. N., on the Cale- 
donian Canal. 

A Return of the Recommendations which are Excise. 
contained in the Reports of the Commissioners who 
were appointed on the 27th day of March 1833, to 
examine into the Department of Excise, and show- 
ing what parts of them have been carried into effect, 
and the Dates. 

A Statement of the Quantities of Foreign Grain Cor, &amp;c. 
of each kind, and of Wheat Flour, which paid the 
several rates of Duty, together with the per-centage 
proportion which those Quantities bore to the Total 
Quantities of the respective kinds of Grain entered 
for Home Consumption, during the whole period 
from the passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (July 

1828), to the 5th day of January 1842. 
. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 





ing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to continue and amend an Act to rebuild Windsor 


Bridge, in the borough of Mew Windsor, in the 
county of Berks, and to improve the Avenues 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Boroughs 
of the borough of Liverpool, praying that they may (No a) Bill 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, ia 
against certain parts of the Boroughs Improvement 


thereto: And that Mr. Ramsbottom and Mr. Neville (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


National Float- 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Buildings 


. ba . - z 3 . ; Regulation 
ing Breakwater on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of of the borough of Liverpool, praying that they may Nt’ 2.) Bill. 


Company Bill. 


plied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and regulating the National Floating 
Breakwater and Refuge Harbour Company, and to 
enable the said Company to purchase certain Letters 
Patent: And that Mr. Frederick Hodgson and Sir 


Henry Smyth do prepare, and bring it in. 


the Petition for the National Floating Breakwater 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 


be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Buildings Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuei Cobham, of Newgate-street, Railways 
and others, suggesting certain regulations relating Bill. 

to Railways ; and praying that they may be intro- 

duced into the Railways Bill, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ee Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Junction Cana! O28 Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of} | Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Prisons. 
Bill. the Petition for the Birmingham and Liverpool | directions of several Acts of Parliament,--Copies 


Junction Canal Bill, the Standing Orders had been 


complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


of all Reports and of Schedules (B.), transmitted to 
the Secretary of State respecting Prisons. 
Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Distress 


for granting further powers to the Company of Pro-|an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Com- (Bolton. ) 


prietors of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction 
Canal Navigation: And that Mr. Robert Clive and 
Mr. William Ormsby Gore (of Salop) do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Birmingham 


di ne ergy 
dies ea on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case o 


(Extension) 
Bill. 


Orders had been complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Line of the Birmingham and Liverpool 


Junction Canal Navigation, and to amend the se 
Vou. 97. 





the Petition for the Birmingham and Liverpool 
Junction Canal (Extension) Bill, the Standing 


munications addressed from Bolton to the Home 
Office, during the late recess, on the subject of Mr. 
Mott’s Report; together with any Reports presented 
by Mr. Mott in answer to such Communications. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee | Table. 


f 


A Petition of Magistrates and other Inhabitants Mail Communi- 
of the borough of Coleraine, and its vicinity, praying cation Geotland 
the House to adopt such measures as shall establis 
a regular and expeditious Mail Communication be- 
tween Scotland and the North of Jreland, was pre- 
- | sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
L3 A Petition 


h and Ireland.) 





78 2 Martiz. A, 1842. 


Committals. A Petition of George Robert Wythen Bazter, of | Banuey :— 


the city of Hereford, Esquire, complaining of the Whenever the Average Price of Barley, 
committal of two girls, inmates of the metropolitan annie pant genie’ Se Sox nuanae 


union workhouse of Saint Giles’ to the house of Gomer RE AO, DE, Oe mene 

correction, for singing a song, and praying the House ---- under 26s. the Duty shall be for 

to investigate the circumstance, was presented, and re i 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Soo ae aa ie 

---- 30s. and under 31s. 

ae A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Car- pag =e a aes = 

ee) lisle, stating that an alarming amount of destitution --~-- 88¢. and under S4e. 

at present prevails in Carlisle; and praying the ---- 348. and under 35s. 

House to adopt measures for removing and guarding — = peor — 9g 

against the recurrence of the same, was presented, oc nel = 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Oats :— 


Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Philip Howard have leave of Waneves Ge Seas De 


: ; : made up and published in the manner 
Absence. absence till Easter, on account of illness in his r 


. : required by Law, shall be, for every 
‘family ;—and, Captain Wemyss till Easter, on ac- Quarter, 


count of illness in his family. -* pi... Bo ne the Duly not be for 
---- 19s. and under 20s. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House,a| ~~~ 20% and under 23s. 
Return of the Particulars of the sum of £.11,000, ; ‘ 


2 : Rae : ---- 24s. and under 25s. 
charged in the Army Estimates for Divine Service ---- 25s. and under 26s. 


for the Army. ---- 26s. and under 27s. 
---- 27s. and upwards - 


Mr. Goulburn presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | Ry, Pease and Beans :— 
mand,—Copy of Papers relating to the Monies Whenever the Average Price of Rye, or 
received from the Chinese Authorities in the City of of Be ee = a See Bee 
Canton, under an agreement entered into with Her | tring el Sar oun Quite, 7 
Majesty’s Plenipotentiary on the 27th of May 1841. f 


---- under 30s. the Duty shall be for 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the every Quarter - -. - 

Table. ---- 30s. and under 33s. 

---- 33s. and under 34s. 

---- 34s. and under 35s. 
Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to Order,—A wir = = -_ — =. 

Return of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat in ; } 


r - ---- 37s. and under 38s. 
each of the several Towns from which Returns are ---- 38s. and under 39s. 


made to the Comptroller of Corn Returns, and of ---- 39s. and under 40s. 

the Quantities sold in each of such Towns in each = Pt -_ — rm 

week of the years 1836, 1839, and 1841. «aw din aa upwards - 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. Wuear Meat, and Frour:— 

For every Barrel, being One hundred and ninety-six 

Pounds ; ; _ ” 

Corn Importa- Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on 

tion. it was referred to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, SE ee Wheat 

c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importa- | OaTmeax :— 

tion of Corn, several Resolutions ; which were read, For every Quantity of One hundred and eighty-one 

as follow :— pounds and a half; 

A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on 

, ‘ a Quarter of Oats. 

1. Resolved, That the following Duties shall be - " 

paid upon the Importation of Corn, Grain, Meal, or Maze or Inpian Corn, Buck Wueat, Bear or Bice :— 

Flour, in lieu of the Duties now payable thereon ; For every Quarter ; 


. A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on 
wes a Quarter of Barley. 


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Possession in Worth America, or elsewhere out 
Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, of Europe: 
made up and published in the manner iii 
required by Law, shall be, for every Wueat :— 
Quarter, te ok Whenever the Average Price of Wheat, 
-- under 51s. the Duty shall be for made up and ublished in the manner 
every Quarter - - required by Law, shall be, for every 
- - 51s. and under 52s. ° Quarter, 
-- 52s. and under 55s. ---- under 55s. the Duty shall be for 
- - 558. and under 56s, every Quarter - - - - = 
56s. and under 57s. ---- 55s. and under 56s. - 
---- 56s. and under 57s. - 
---- 57s. and under 58s. - 
- --- 58s. and upwards - - 


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61s, and under 62s. - 
62s. and under 63s. - 


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——— Whenever the Average Price of Barley, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, 
---- under 28s. the Duty shall be for 

every Quarter - - - - 
---- 28s. and under 29s, - 
---- 29s. and under 30s. - 


63s. and under 64s. 
64s. and under 65s. 
65s. and under 66s. 
66s. and under 69s. 
69s. and under 70s, 
70s. and under 71s. 
71s. and under 72s, 
72s. and under 73s, 
73s. and upwards 


---- 30s. and under 31s. 
---- 31s. and upwards - 


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Land Bill, 


Queen’s Prison 
[Salaries to 
Officers, 





5 VicToriz. 





Oats :— 
——— Whenever the Average Price of Oats, 
made up and published in the manner 
required by Law, shall be, for every 
Quarter, ee 
---- under 22s. the Duty shall be for 
every Quarter - - - - -}| - 2 - 
---- 22s. and under 23s. - - +S a 
---- 23s.and upwards - = - - «ff «= = @ 
Rye, Pease and Beans :— 
— —— Whenever the Average Price of Rye, 
or of Pease, or of Beans, made up and 
ublished in the manner required by 
aw, shall be, for every Quarter, 
---- under 30s. the Duty shall be for 
every Quarter - - - - -| - 8 - 
---- 30s. and under 31s, - - o) = ene 
---- 3ls.and under 32s, - - -/] = 2 = 
---- 32s. and under 33s. - - -/] = 1 6 
---- 33s. and under 34s, - - aS 
---- 348. and upwards - - - -| - = 6 


Wuear Meat, and Frovur :— 
—— For every Barrel, being One hundred and ninety-six 
pounds ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the oer on 
Thirty-eight and a half Gallons of Wheat. 


OATMEAL :— 


For every quantity of One hundred and eighty-one 
pounds and a half ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on 
a Quarter of Oats. 





Maize or Inp1an Corn, Buck Wueat, Bear or Bice :— 
For every Quarter ; 
A Duty equal in amount to the Duty payable on 
a Quarter of Barley. 


2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the mode of taking and determining 
the Average Prices of Corn. 





The first Resolution being read a second time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ 52s. and under 


“ 55s.--- | 18s.” and inserting the words, 
¢ .--- 52s. and under 53s. - - -|} -18 - 
---- 53s. and under 54s. - - -17 - 
~--- 54s. and under 55s. - -16 -’ 


instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Resolution :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the said Resolution, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words “ and that in each year, and before the Scale of 
“« Duties comes into operation, the following quan- 
tities of Grain shall be admitted for home con- 
sumption ata Duty of one shilling the quarter, 
viz. 1,000,000 quarters of Wheat, 250,000 quarters 
of Barley, and 250,000 quarters of Oats. 

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

And the said Resolution was agreed to. 


Then the Second Resolution, being read a second 
time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Greene, Sir Robert Peel 
and Mr. Gladstone do prepare, and bring it in. 


an 


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“ee 


The ingrossed Bill to confirm an Act of the Legis- 
lature of Van Diemen’s Land for authorizing the 
Levy of certain Duties of Customs and on Spirits, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


into a Committee to consider of authorizing the Pay- 
ment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sa- 
laries of the Marshal, Chaplain, Surgeon, and other 


Officers and Servants of the Queen’s Prison, and of 


2° Martii. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


19 
the Compensations to be granted, in pursuance of 


an Act of the present Session for regulating the 
Queen’s Prison. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Salaries of the Marshal, 
Chaplain, Surgeon and other Officers and Servants 
of the Queen’s Prison, and for the Compensations 
to be granted, in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session for consolidating the Queen’s Bench, Fleet 
and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regulating the 
Queen’s Prison. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
=. ig That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





Committee of the whole House, for 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 third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Pr. 1. 1. 21., by leaving out from the word 
“ teachers” to the word “ shall,” in 1. 25. 

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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


tion (No. 2.); and, Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) 
Bills, was nominated of Mr. For Maule, Mr. George 


Wood, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 
Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hogg, Mr. 
Muntz and Colonel Thomas Wood. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, which was 
presented this day, be referred to the said Select 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Burgesses of the Borough of Liverpool, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill, which was pre- 
| sented this day, be referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
A Copy of the last Report from the National Vac- 
cine Institution to Her Majesty’s Principal 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. 





Vou. 97. 





last, be printed. 


L4 Ordered, 


The Colonial Passengers Bill was, according to Colonial 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a, Passengers Bill. 


Supply. 


The ingrossed Bill for Confirmation of certain Marriages 
Marriages in Ireland, was, according to Order, read (Ireland) Bill. 


The Select Committee on the Buildings Regula- Buildings 
Regulation 
(No. 2.); and, 
Borou 


William Wood, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Hawes, Impr 
My. Becket, Mr. Tufnell, Lord Ashley, Sir Matthew (No. 2.) Bills. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, population. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of February No, 64. 


sugar. 

No. 64. 
Bank Notes 
and Bullion. 


No. 65. 


Luggage of 
Passengers. 


No. 66. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


No. 62. 


Corn-ladeu 
Ships. 
No. 67. 


Shipping. 
No. 68. 
British and Irish 


Produce and 
Manufactures. 


No. 69, 
Metropolis 
Improvement. 


No. 70. 


Shannon Navi- 
gation. 


No. Te 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


No. 62. 


Exchequer. 


No. 62. 


Debts of 
Parishes. 


Kington 
Roads Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 


(No, 1.) Bill. 


80 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Bank Notes 
and Bullion, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Luggage 
of Passengers, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Letter from Lord 
Monteagle to the First Lord of the Treasury, on the 
Report of the Exchequer Bills Commission, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn-laden 
Ships, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to British and 
Irish Produce and Manufactures, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolis 
Improvement, which was presented yesterdav, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Third Report of 
the Commissioners for the Improvement of the 
River Shannon, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Copy of a Letter from the 
Exchequer Bills Commissioners, in reply to the 
Observations of Lord Monteagle, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Days 
on which Lord Monteagle attended at the Office of 
the Receipt of Exchequer, from 1839 to 1842, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 3° die Martii ; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in, and at the bar 
presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 1st day 
of this instant March, for a Return of all Debts, 
Liabilities, and Engagements claimed against the 
Poor Rates of any Parish at the time of the passing 
of the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 76, for which securities 
had been given, and interest was then paid; dis- 
tinguishing such as were duly secured, and were 
legally charged upon the Poor Rates, and such as 
were secured by notes or engagements of parish 
officers or other persons on behalf of such parishes ; 
with a Statement of the consideration given for such 
Debts, and the purposes for which they were in- 
curred; whether paid, and if so, how paid; or if 
unpaid, and in such case, the Names of the Parties to 
whom the same are now due, and the Parties respon- 
sible upon the securities :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Baskerville presented a Bill for repairing and 
maintaining several Roads leading from the Town 
of Kington, and other Roads branching therefrom, 
in the County of Hereford: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Commissioners appointed for carry- 
ing into execution the several Acts for paving, 
cleansing, lighting, and watching, opening, widen- 
ing, and better regulating the Streets, Lanes, and 
Places, within the east division of the Town and 
Borough of Southwark, and certain parts adjacent, in 


2°— 3° Martiz. 








) 


A. 1842. 


the County of Surrey, and for preventing Nuisances 
and Annoyances therein ;—and, Commissioners of 
Highways of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, in the county of Surrey; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel, or 
agents, against certain parts of the London and 

reenwich Railway (No. 1.) 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 London and Greenwich Railway London and 

Company, complaining that the Standing Orders of Croydon Rail. 

the Rea, in respect to the application for the Roane 

London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Ap- proach.) 
roach) Bill had not been complied with ; and pray- 

ing that they may be heard, by themselves and their 

agents, against 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 Great North 
Clarence Railway, complaining that the Standing yA ch , 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application Hartlepool ‘ 
for the Great North of England (Clarence and Junction) Rail. 
Hartlepool Junction) Railway (No. 1.) Bill, had “#9 (1) 
not been complied with ; and praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves and their agents, against 
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 Great North 
Clarence Railway, complaining that the Standing of Fnelané 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application ene ty 
for the Great North of England (Clarence and Haré- Junctien) Rai 
lepool Junction) Railway (No. 2.) Bill, had not been Wy (No.2) 
complied with ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves and their agents, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for granting Birmingham 
further Powers to the Company of Proprietors of and Liverpool 
the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Junction Cans! 
Navigation: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill to extend the Birmingham 
Line of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction 24 Liverpoo! 
Canal Navigation, and to amend the several Acts Peo 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first Bill, 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Salthey ; —Newport (Monmouth) Cor Laws. 
(two Petitions); — Manchester (twenty Petitions) ; 
— Salford (fifteen Petitions) ;— Oswestry (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Clerkenwell (two Petitions); — Highgate- 
road ;— Sterne’s-row, Holloway ;— Pleasant-row, 
Holloway ; — Limerick ; — Stockport ; — Farmer’s- 
row, Salmon’s-lane, Tower Hamlets ;— Manchester 
and Salford ;— Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road ;— 
Guildford ;—Commercial-road, Limehouse, and Tower 
Hamlets ;— London;— Great and Little Ivy Mills ;— 
Bentham ; — Boughton Monchelsea ; — Ludlow ; — 
Maidstone (two Petitions) ;—Hulme ;—Lower Ben- 
tham ;—Saltcoats and Ardrossan ;—Arbroath (four 
Petitions) ;— Ballantrae ;-—Ayr ;— Moffat ;— Edin- 
burgh (two Petitions) ;— Hawes; — Erringden; — 
Fargate;— Forfar (three Petitions) ;—- Bainbridge ; 
—-Stewarton ;— Marsden ;—.Dundee (two Petitions) ; 
—Sheepscar Vale; — Leeds; — Montrose ;— and, 
Galushiels ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
others, in the hundred of Manshead, in the county 
of Bedford, praying the House not to sanction the 
proposed measure for alteration of the Corn Laws, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition 








5 VictToriz. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Ship-owners, 
Tradesmen, and other Inhabitants of the borough of 
Poole, praying the House to sanction the said pro- 

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

A Petition of William Lane, of the borough of 
Fowey, Rag-dealer, praying the House to insert a 
clause in the proposed Bill for alteration of the Corn 
Laws, to the effect, that any person or persons hold- 
ing any farm, tenement, or estate, or other property 
whatsoever, on lease for a term of years, shall be at 
liberty to surrender up such lease or holding to the 
proprietor, provided such surrender be made within 
the period of six months from the date of the passing 
of the said Bill, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Armagh ;-- Birmingham ;— Colches- 
ter ;— Clonmel;— Clogheen ;— Bansha and G'olden ;— 
Cahir ;—and, Lynn ; praying the House not only to 
continue the prohibition into Jreland of Flour manu- 
factured in foreign countries, but also afford such a 
protection to the milling interest of Great Britain as 
may cause a decided preference to be given to the 
importation of Grain instead of Flour and Meal, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Joseph Jenkin, Inspector of Corn 
Returns for the town of Redruth, praying that the 
House will take into consideration the loss that will 
individually be sustained by the present inspectors 
by the contemplated change in the Corn Laws, and 
that they will be pleased to continue them in their 
offices, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





ail. 


ge 


Corn Laws, &amp;c. A Petition of the Chairman of the Operative Enu- 
meration Society of Leeds, praying the House to 
repeal the law restricting the importation of food ; 
and to make such alterations in the laws which regu- 
late the exports and imports of the empire as will 
lead to the encouragement and increase of its trade 
and commerce; and that in order to secure to the 
working classes the full assurance that their interests 
will be fully and fairly represented in the House, a 
measure be passed, granting to the people the right 
of the Elective Franchise, Vote by Ballot, Short 
Parliaments, no Property Qualification, and Pay- 
ment of Members, 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 measure for the abolition of Church 


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Canal 


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rpool 
Canal 


on) Church Rates. 


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81 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the tithes. 

Archdeaconry of Ozford, praying the House to de- 
vise an arrangement Ao the promise held out 
to those who acquiesced in a Commutation of their 
Tithes may be fulfilled, and at the same time all 
questions between the clergy and their parishioners 
regarding their respective liability to parochial and 
other rates, be for ever set at rest, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carland ;—Cookstown ;—Coagh ; Marriages 
-—Donagheady;--Armagh;— Gleneliy;—Castle Caul- (Ireland. ) 
field ;— Newton Crummelin ;—-and, Island Magee; 
praying the House to pass an Act for rendering 
valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may here- 
after be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in 
Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a member of 
the Established Church, and the other a protestant 
dissenter,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, That the object of the Sorteahen 
Promoters of the Nottingham Gas (No. 2.) Bill would ty ~e) 
be included in the Nottingham Gas (No. 1.) Bill; ~ * 
Ordered, That the Order made upon the 18th day 
of February last, for reading a second time the Wot- 
tingham Gas (No. 2.) Bill, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Neville presented a Bill to continue and Windsor Bridge 
amend an Act to rebuild Windsor Bridge, in the Bill. 
Borough of New Windsor, in the County of Berks, 
and to improve the Avenues thereto: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Benjamin Wood presented a Bill for making Southwark 

a new Street from Blackman-street, in the Parish of Improvement 
Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark, in the County ‘N° *-) Bil. 
of Surrey, to Blackfriars-road, in the Parish of 
Christchurch, in the said County, and for improving 

the District called the Mint, in the said Parish of 

Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 

a second time. 


A Petition of Thomas Jackson, George Robinson, Liverpool 
and Robert Bryden, taking notice of the application !™provement. 
for leave to bring in the Liverpool Improvement 
Bill ; and praying that such Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders ; 





Rates, 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 to 
adopt such measures as may be expedient for pro- 
viding an adequate increase of Church Accommo- 
dation and Resident Ministers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ws. 


Church of 
England. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


A Petition of John Mitchell Davidson, of Not- 
tingham, Doctor of Medicine, praying that when the 
law for the management of the poor shall again be 
brought under the consideration of the House, a 
clause shall be introduced, determining the minimum 
cubic space to be assigned to each individual occu- 
pant of any dormitory or sleeping-room, and like- 
wise of any day-room or work-room in any work- 
house, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- 
missioners for executing the Act for better paving 
and otherwise improving the Borough of Derby, 
praying that the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) 

ill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 

Vor. 97. 





as followeth ; 
Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Holywell 
Holywell Roads Bill, the Parties be permitted to Roads. 
proceed with their Bill, on amending the Section de- 
posited with the Clerk of the Peace, and in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office, by referring the datum horizontal 
line to some fixed point stated in writing on the 
Section, and on amending the Declaration deposited 
in the Private Bill Office; by setting forth the nature 
and amount of the present surplus revenue, on the 
credit of which the money for the execution of the 
work is partly to be raised; and that notice of such 
Section and Declaration having been amended, be 
given for three successive weeks in some one and 
the same Newspaper published in the county to 
which the Bill relates ; 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 Bull. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Holywell Roads 
of the Petition forthe Holywell Roads Bill, which was _ 
this day made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read; and the same being read ; — 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to alter, amend and enlarge the powers and provi- 
sions 





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Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Greenock 
Harbours. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Railways. 


Union with 
Treland. 


Poor Law 
(Liverpool. ) 


County 
Treasurers. 


82 3° Marti. 


sions of an Act relating to the Holywell District of 
Turnpike-roads, in the county of Flint; and for 
making new Roads to communicate therewith : And 
that Mr. Lloyd Mostyn, Sir Richard Bulkeley and 
Mr. Bagot do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Marshall presented a Bill for inclosng Lands 
in the Manor of Castlerigg and Derwentwater, in 
the Parish of Crosthwaite, in the County of Cum- 
berland: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition John Scott, of Greenock, in the county 
of Renfrew, Ship-builder, complaining that the 
Standing Orders of the House in respect to the ap- 

lication for the Greenock Harbours Bill, had not 
we complied with, and praying that he may heard, 
by his agent, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Kent-street, Borough;— Saint Ann, 
Westminster ;—and, Saint Clement Danes, Westmin- 
ster ; praying the House to oa measures for re- 
deeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, 
Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North 
Shields Railway Company, praying the House to 


A. 1842. 


received therefrom, distinguishing Foreign from 
Colonial, in each week, from July 1828 to Decem- 
ber 1841:—Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain, 
distinguishing Foreign from Colonial, imported, paid 
Duty, and remaining in warehouse, in each month, 
together with the Average Monthly Price of Wheat 
in England and Wales, from July 1828 to December 
1841 :—Of the Septennial Prices of each kind of 
Grain as prepared for the purposes of the Tithe 
Commission, in each year, from 1835 to 1841 :— 
Of the Fiar Prices of Wheat in each county of Scoé- 
land from 1828 to 1841:—Of the Annual Average 
Prices of Wheat in Dublin, in each year, from 1828 
to 1841 :—Of the Annual Average Prices of Wheat 
in Guernsey and Jersey, with the Quantities im- 
ported and exported, in each year, from 1820 to 1841: 
| —Of the Quantities of Wheat returned as sold in 
| England and Wales by the Corn Inspectors in each 
week and each year, from July 1828 to December 
1841 :—Of the Total Quantities of Wheat and 
Wheat Flour imported into and exported from Great 
Britain, n each year, from 1697 to 1841 :—Of the 
Quantities of the several kinds of Grain and Meal 
imported from each country, and likewise of the 
Quantities re-exported from the warehouse to each 
country, in each year, from 1828 to 1840 :—Of the 
Total Amount and Average Rate of Duty received 
on each kind of Grain, distinguishing Foreign and 





pass an Act for altering the duty now charged of) Colonial, in each year, from July 1828 to 1841 :— 


One-eighth of a penny per mile on each passenger, 
to a per-centage upon the receipts of the Railway, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Sligo ;—Galloon ;— Thomastown ; 
-—- Wakefield ; — Monanemmy ; —Cloughjordan ; — 


Muckalee ;— Athlone ;— and, Newry; praying for 


the repeal of the Legislative Union of Great Britain 


with Ireland,—were presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Copies of the printed Statement of Grounds for the 
exemption of the parish of Liverpool from Adminis- 
tration by a Board of Guardians :—Of the Statement 
of Mr. Mott and of the Poor Law Commissioners 
upon the printed Statement :—Of the Answer of the 
Churchwardens and Overseers to Mr. Moti’s State- 


Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain which paid 
the several Rates of Duty during the whole period 
from July 1828 to December 1841 :—Of the Total 
Quantities of each kind of Grain, Foreign and Colo- 
nial, with the Total Amount of Duty paid upon each 
kind, and the Average Rate thereof, during the 
whole period, from July 1828 to December 1841 :— 
Of the Quantities of each kind of Grain and of Malt 
| imported into Great Britain from Ireland, in each 
| year, from 1800 to 1841 :—And, of the Quantities of 
Grain of each kind, distinguishing British, Scottish, 
Irish and Foreign, imported into London, in each 
year, from 1820 to 1841, so far as relates to the 
Annual Average Prices of Wheat in Dublin. 
Ordered, Thatthe said Return do lie upon the Table. 














Sir William Heathcote reported, That he had Mitford's 
carried to the Lords the Message of this House of Divorce Bill. 


ment :—-And, of the further Statements, if any, of | Tuesday last, requesting that their Lordships would 


Mr. Mott. 


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 Abstracts of the Accounts of the 
several County Treasurers in England and Wales, 
for the years ending Michaelmas 1840 and Michael- 
mas 1841. 

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. Gladstone presented,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of Fe- 


bruary last, for Statements of the Titles and Dates of 
the several Acts which have been passed for regu- | 


lating the Importation and Exportation of Corn in 
the United Kingdom; with Summaries of the Duties 
or Prohibitions, &amp;c., imposed by them, since the year 


1660 :—Of the Annual Average Price of Wheat per ' 


imperial quarter, at Eton and Oxford, from 1646 
to 1770 :—Of the Annual Average Price of each 
kind of Grain in England and Wales, from 1771 to 
1841:—Of the Decennial Fluctuations in the Price of 
Wheat, as shown in the two preceding accounts, from 
1646 to 1815; from 1816 to 1828; and from 1829 


to 1841; exhibiting the highest and lowest Annual 


Average in each decennial period, and the per-cen- 
tage amount of difference :—Of the Weekly Average 
Price, the Duty Average, and the Rate of Duty, 
with respect toeach kind of Grain; also the Quantities 
of each kind paid Duty, and the amount of Duty 


_be pleased to communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lord- 
ships, in the case of Mitford’s Divorce Bill; and that 
their Lordships had been pleased to communicate 
the said Minutes of Evidence, as desired by this 
House, and request that the same may be returned to 
them :—And he delivered the same in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Viscount Sandon reported, That he had carried Sunday 
to the Lords the Message of this House of the 23d t#ding 
day of February last, requesting that their Lordships 
| would be pleased to communicate to this House, a 
Copy of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
| pointed by their Lordships, in the first Session of 








| 1841, to inquire into the expediency of restraining 
_the practice of carrying Goods and Merchandize on 
| Canals, Navigable Rivers and Railways on Sundays, 
and to report thereon to the House, with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, and 
an Index; and that their Lordships had been pleased 
to communicate a printed Copy of the said Report, 
as desired by this House :—And he delivered the 
/same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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


for appointing Commissioners to inquire as to the chequer Bills 
issue, receipt, circulation and possession of certain “"* 
| forged Exchequer Bills: And that Mr. Chancellor 


of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

osed, That this House will, immediately, resolve 
itself into a Committee, for the purpose of pre- 
paring an Address to Her Majesty, praying that 
She will be graciously pleased to recommend to 
Parliament, that such measures shall be taken as 
may appear most likely to secure to Ireland the ad- 
vantages of Railway Communication: — And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Railways 
(Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law of Copyright: And that Viscount 
Mahon, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Gladstone and 
Mr. Charles Howard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Copyright Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 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 Eliot and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


ivers 


R , 
(Ireland) Bill. 














Buildings Re- 
gulation and 
Improvement 


of Boroughs. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider of the Regulation of Buildings and Im- 
provement of Boroughs :—And a Committee was 
are of Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. George William 

ood, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Gibson Craig, 
Mr. Beckett, Mr. Tufnell, Lord Ashley, Sir Matthew 
Wood, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hodg- 
son Hinde, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Muniz, 
and Colonel Thomas Wood, with Power to send for 


Martiv. 


83 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend an Act of Rivers (Ire- 
the first and second years of his late Majesty King '#"¢ Bil. 
William the Fourth, to empower Landed Proprietors N° 72- 
in Ireland to sink, embank and remove Obstructions 

in Rivers: 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 Return relative to Friendly el 
Societies, which was presented upon the 22d day of os 
February last, be printed. 0. 73. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Canal, which was presented yesterday, be Canal. 
printed. No. 74. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Excise, Excise. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 75. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Corn, &amp;c., Corn, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 76. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Distress (_Bol- Distress 


ton), which was presented yesterday, be printed. ov; : 
0. . 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, Wheat. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 78. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 4° die Martii ; 
Anno, 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 





persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 
Payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the Sa- 
taries of the Marshal, Chaplain, Surgeon and other 
officers and servants of the Queen’s , el and of 
the Compensations to be granted, in pursuance of 
an Act of the present Session for regulating the 
Queen’s Prison, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Salaries of the Marshal, 
Chaplain, Surgeon and other officers and servants of 
the Queen’s Prison, and for the Compensations to 
be granted in pursuance of an Act of the present 
Session for consolidating the Queen’s Bench, Fleet 
and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regulating the 
Queen’s Prison. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Queen’s Prison Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


?. Property The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parish Property Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Queen’s Prison Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of the Honourable John George Bra- 
bazon Ponsonby, of Cavendish-square, in the county 


Queen’s Prison 
[Salaries to 
Officers. } 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill, 


Northern Union 
(Newcastle and 
arlington 


~~ of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junc- 
tion) Railway Bill, had not been complied with, and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself and his 
agent, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 
Vou. 97. 


tuncion) Raile of Middlesex, complaining that the Standing Orders 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Polish 
and at the bar presented,—Return to an Or- Refugees. 
der, dated the 4th day of February last, for a Return 

of all Persons receiving Pensions, or any assistance 

\from the Grant voted by Parliament for the Relief 

of Polish Refugees ; specifying the Name, and the 
Amount paid in each year to each Individual, from 

the year 1837 inclusive to the present time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Fe- Post-office. 
bruary last, for a Return, in detail, of the Number 
of Cases which have occurred, from the 5th day of 
January 1837 to the 5th day of January 1841, in 
each year, of Letters franked or unfranked, addressed 
to persons in London, Dublin or Edinburgh, or 
which have been applied for through the General 
Post-offices of those cities, contaming Money, 
Bills, Bank Notes or other property, which have 
been secreted or purloined by any person in the 
employment of the Post-oflice Department, or been 
demanded therefrom by private parties, as unde- 
livered, with the Amount thereof in each case, in 
each year respectively ; also, of the Names and Si- 
tuations of all Persons dismissed or removed from 
the Post-office Department as above, under the al- 
legation of having purloined or secreted Letters 
franked or unfranked, or being concerned therein, 
containing Money, Bills, Bank Notes or other pro- 
perty belonging to private parties, with the Amount 
in each instance; also, a Return, as above, of all 
Persons who have actually defrauded the Revenue 
Department of the Post-office, and been dismissed 
therefrom; stating, in either case, if the first of- 
fence was visited with Removal or Dismissal, or if 
repeated previous thereto (being in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper No. 265, of Session 1838). 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the di- Court ofSession 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Warrant (Scotland.) 
granting Compensation Allowances to James Den- 
ham and others, Assistant Clerks in the Outer House 
of the Court of Session, Scotland, year ended 31st 
December 1841 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Golden, from the Office of the Commissioners etropolitan 
of the Metropolitan Police, was called in; and at Police. 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of se- 
veral Acts of Parliament,—An Account of all Mo- 
nies demanded, received and expended, for the pur- 
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poses of the Metropolitan Pelice, made up to the 
31st day of December 1841. 

A Return of the Number of Men of each Rank 
and Class of the Metropolitan Police, serving on the 
1st day of January 1842; the Rate of Pay of each 
Class, and the Allowances :—And then he with- 
drew. 





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


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 
anchester 
Railway. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of William Quarton, complaining 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Sheffield, Ashton-under- 
Lyne and Manchester Railway Bill, was referred ; 
That the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Notices required in the case 
of Bills of the third class, had not been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Equitable Gas 


Company Bill, Sit William Heathcote reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Equitable Gas Com- 
pany Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the Equitable Gas Light Com- 
pany, and for more effectually lighting with Gas 
certain Parishes and Places within the city and li- 
berty of Westminster, and the western parts of the 
Metropolis, and other Parishes and Places, in the 
county of Middlesex: And that Mr. Benjamin Wood 
and Captain Rous do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leeds and 
Wakefield 
Road Bill. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Leeds and Wakefield 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and improving the Road from Leeds 
to Wakefield, in the West Riding of the county of 
York: And that Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Beckett 
Denison and Mr. Aldam do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tadcaster and 
Otley Road F cag &lt; ; ° : 
Bill, +« Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 


the case of the Petition for the Tadcaster and Otley | 


—— Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and improving the Road from Tud- 
caster to Otley, in the West Riding of the county of 
York: And that Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Beckett 
Denison and Mr. Beckett do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

eg a. al A Petition of Householders, Land-owners, Rate- 

opnte lie gaa _— and Inhabitants of the town and parish of 

Market Bill. | Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, pray- 
ing that the Weston-super-Mare Improvement and 
Market Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Weston-super- 
Mare Improve 
ment and 
Market Bill. 


The Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market 
Bill, was read a second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Severn Naviga- 


jevern Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of estates ad- 
tion Bill. 


joining the River Severn ;—Gloucester and Berkeley 
Canal Company ; — Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Traders, Carriers and Inhabitants of the borough of 
Birmingham, in the county of Warwick ;—and, Ca- 
roline Miller, of Hoo Villa, in the parish of Deer- 
hurst, in the county of Gloucester ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 


A. 1842. 


agents, against certain parts of the Severn Naviga- 
tion 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 Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, 
Traders and others, Inhabitants of the town of 
Newport, in the county of Monmouth, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill to alter, amend Holywell 
and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act Beds Bil. 
relating to the Holywell District of Turnpike-roads, 
in the County of Flint, and for making new Roads 
to communicate therewith: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The Boston Harbour Bill was read a second time; Boston 
and committed. Harbour Bl, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was ee 
read a second time; and committed. Railway Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of John Coombe, of Princes-place, and Bristol Water 
Richmond Spring, in the parish of Clifton, in the 








Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select | 











city of Bristol, Plumber, and Joseph Barker, of 
Clifton, aforesaid, Gentleman ;—and, Sir John Smyth, 
of Ashton-court, in the county of Somerset, Baronet, 
Richard Ashton, of ‘Cobham-house, in the city and 
county of Bristol, Esquire, and Joseph Coates, of 
the parish of Clifton, in the said city and eounty of 
Bristol, Esquire; complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Bristol Waterworks Bill, had not been com- 
plied with; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against the 
same,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
| the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Most noble the Duke of Buc- Piel Pier aud 
cleuch and Queensberry, complaining that the Stand- "°°" 
ing Orders of the House, in respect to the applica- 
tion for the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill, had not 
been complied with; and praying that he may be 
heard, by his agent, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the — 
Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late" 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act 
for lighting, watching and otherwise improving the 
Town of Stalybridge, in the Counties Palatine of 
Lancaster and Chester, and for regulating the Police 
thereof, and for establishing and regulating a Mar- 
ket, and erecting a Market-place within the said 
Town, praying that the Stalybridge Gas Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the Askton-under-Lyne Gas and 
Waterworks Company ;—and, Inhabitants of Staly- 
bridge; 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 Peti- 
tions. 





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Cheltenham The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 
and Great way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
ae — " Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
_ mittee of Selection. 
Cambrian Iron _— Petitions of Archibald Robertson, of Baker-street, 
and Spelter_ in the county of Middlesex, a General in the East 
Company Bill. TF dia Company’s Service, Charles Norris, of Abbey 
Lodge, Regent’s Park, in the said county of Middle- 


sex, ‘Esquire, John Bowyer Nichols, of Parliament- | 
street, in the same county, Printer, and Samuel 
Nicholson, of Waverley Abbey, in the county of 
Surrey, Esquire ;——_Neven Kerr, of Winchester-street, 
in the city of London, Merchant ;—and, Thomas 
Murdoch, of Portland-place, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

arts of the Cambrian Iron and Spelter Company 
Bill, seve 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 


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85 


the House, in respect to the application for the 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill had not been 
complied with; and praying that they may be heard, 
by their agents, against the same, was presented, 
and read: and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Penybontfawr and Lianrhaidr Com Laws. 
Mochnant ; — Bishops Castle ; — Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ;— Dunfermline (two Petitions) ;—Haugh ;— 
Salop ;— Musselburgh ; — Saint David's ; — Wil- 
liam Cooke ;— Sutton Saint Helen’s ;—Palmachie ; 
—TLittle Wild-street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields ;—Els- 
don ;—Chorlton-upon-Medlock ;—.Douglas ;— Bish- 
opsgate Ward, London ;—Hemel Hempsted ;—Long 

rendon ; — Brill ;— Eccles ; — Forfar ;— Thomas 
Johnson and Family ;— Great Queen-street, Lin- 
coln’s Inn Fields ;— Saint Andrew’s (two Petitions); 
—- Maidstone ;—-Darlaston;—- Loose ;— Cheetham(two 
Petitions); — Christchurch, Mary-le-bone ; — Sal- 
ford (nineteen Petitions) ;— Manchester (seventy-five 
Petitions); — Stockport (nine Petitions) ; — and, 
Glasgow (forty-two Petitions); praying for the re- 





heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Saint Pancras The Saint Pancras Improvement Bill was read a 

— second time ; and committed. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-- 
mittee of Selection. 


Duke of Bel- = The Duke of Bedford’s Estate Bill was read a 
ot Estate second time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Stanhope and A Petition of Coles Child, of Belvedere Wharf, 
Sapees Bal. in the parish of Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, 


Esquire, one of the owners of Pelton Colliery, in the 


county of Durham, and, of Nicholas Temperley, of 


Muscovy-court, Trinity-square, Tower-hill, in the 


county of Middlesex, _— for James Reid, of New- 

essee of South Tanfield, or 
Kyo Colliery, in the said county, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Stanhope and 
Tyne Railroad Company Bill, was presented, and 


castle-upon- Tyne, the 


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. 


peal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Howell Howells, Inspector of Corn 
Returns for the county of the borough of Carmar- 
then;— and, Inspectors of Corn Returns in the 
county of Somerset; praying that they may be con- 
tinued in their present offices, or that provision may 
be made in the proposed measure for alteration of the 
Corn Laws, to compensate them for the loss they 
will sustain should the same pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Limerick ;— Youghal ;—and, Glou- 
cester ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
encouraging the importation of Grain in preference 
to Flour and Meal,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Corn Bonded Corn 
Factors, Millers, Biscuit Bakers and other Inha- 
bitants of the vicinity of Portsmouth, praying the 
House to pass a law to permit Flour and Biscuit to 
be substituted for Foreign Wheat secured in ware- 
houses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Little Bolton ;—and, King’s Lynn Boroughs 
(two Petitions); praying that the Boroughs Im- a 
provement (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, gg rae 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


&gt;| Two Petitions from King’s Lynn; praying that Buildings 
&gt;\the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill may not Regulation 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, (N®% 2-) Bill. 
»|and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 

the Bill. 








A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Glasgow and 
way Company, complaining that the Standing Or- RedburnBridge 
ders of the House in respect to the application for ®°**- 
the Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road Bill, had 
not been complied with; and praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves or their agents, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and People of the Church 
Second Presbyterian Congregation of Letterkenny, Patronage 
praying for the abolition of the present system qq easy 
Lay Patronage in Scotland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bailieborow ;— Corba; — Bally- Marriages 
helly ; — Donegal ;— Drum;— and, Custlederg ; (Ireland.) 


Bolton and A Petition of George Sinclair Jones, Gentleman 
— Rail- complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Bolton and 
Preston Railway Bill had not been complied with 
and praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against the same, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Saint Austell The Saint Austell Market Bill was read a second 
Market Bill. - time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
ico Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
(Seventh Re. Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
port.) mined the Petitions presented from the 28th day of 
February last to the 2d day of this instant March, 
both days 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. 
Stockton and A Petition of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway 
Railwey. Company, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
; Vot. 97. 


praying the House to pass an Act for rendering 
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86 


valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may here- 
after be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in 
Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a member 
of the Established Church, and the other a pro- 
testant dissenter,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Post-oftice 
Communication 
with Ireland. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the town and county 
of Haverfordwest, praying the House not to sanction 
a proposition of transferring the point of departure 
of the Irish Mail from Hobbs’ Point to Bristol, was 
. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Charitable 
Trusts. 


A Petition of Feoffees or Trustees of Chilcott’s 
Free School, in Tiverton, praying the House to pass 
a law for facilitating the nomination and appointment 
of new feoffees or trustees for Charitable purposes, 
and the transfer of property relative to the Trusts, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Literary and 
Scientific Insti- 
tutions, 


A Petition of Members of the Tynemouth Literary 
and Philosophical Institution, praying the House to 
relieve Literary and Scientific Institutions from all 
rates and taxes, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Waterlov, &amp;c., 


Bridges. Petitions of Inhabitant Householders, Traders, 


and others of the Old and New Kent-roads ;—and, 
London-road, Southwark; praying the House to 
adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing the 
Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauzhall 
Bridges,—were presented and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Metropolis 


Improvement. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Mary, Lambeth, praying that in any future appropri- 
ation of the coal duty or of any other monies being 
or directed to be raised for Metropolis lmprovements, 
the parish of Lambeth comprising so important a 
portion of the Metropolis, may receive its fair pro- 
portion thereof, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ene A Petition of Inhabitants of Keiss, praying the 
House to adopt measures to prevent the running of 
the Royal Mail on the Lord’s Day, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Municipal 


on i A Petition of Burgesses of the borough of Lime- 

(ireland) Act, Tick, praying for amendment of the Municipal Cor- 
porations (Ireland) Act, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


so A Petition of Licensed Victuallers, of the city of 

Ireland.) Limerick, praying the House to adopt measures for 
placing the Licensed Victuallers of Jre/and on an 
equal footing with those of England and Scotland, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 

Poor Law 


ee, A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of My- 

rey “ton, in the Easingwold Poor Law Union, praying 
the House, in their proposed revision of the laws 
affecting the poor, to make such alterations re- 
lating to bastardy, as will effectually punish both 
parents equally; and also to allow to boards of 
guardians such necessary discretionary powers as 
the House may deem requisite for the due execution 
of the laws with justice and humanity, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyright Bill. Viscount Mahon presented a Bill to amend the 


No. 79. Law of Copyright : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 16th day of this instant March ; and 
to be printed. 

Municipal 


Petitions from Liverpool ;—and, Bridgwater ; 


Corporations 


Bill. praying that the Municipal Corporations Bill may 





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A. 1842. 


pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


~) Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Dublin ci 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- Election, : 
zances, stating that the Sureties to the Petition of 

Sir John Power, Baronet, and others, complaining 

of an undue Election and Return for the County of 

the City of Dublin (being two Sureties in the sum of 
£.500 each), are unobjectionable. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish Education 
of Aughaulor, praying the House to devise means (Ireland. ) 
for affording encouragement to the schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Jre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Warrington, praying Union with 
for the repeal of the Legislative Union of Great Bri- Ireland. 
tain with Ireland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Alnwick and its vici- Land. 
nity, praying the House to take immediate steps for 
a re-consideration of the taxes affecting Land, that 
no class may be exempted from contributing its just 
proportion of taxes to the State, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corn-laden 
an Account of the Number of Days occupied in per- Ships. 
forming Voyages from the several Ports of the 
United States to the Port of Liverpool, by all Vessels 
laden with Flour or Corn, in the year 1841; speci- 
fying the Average Number of Days of the Voyage 
from each Port. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Letters of 
Return of the Number of Letters of Marque granted Marque. 
by the Admiralty during the Wars which commenced 
in 1793 and 1803, and of all Abuses and Outrages 
committed by Vessels sailing under such Licenses, 
during the years 1793 to 1797, and the years 1803 
to 1807 inclusive, and which Abuses and Outrages 
have been reported to the Admiralty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Shannon 
Return of the Sums of Money levied on the different Navigation. 
Counties in Jreland, for the Improvement of the 
Navigation of the River Shannon ; specifying the 
Amount on each County, and its Proportion on the 
different Baronies :—And, an Estimate of the further 
Sums proposed to be levied for the same purpose, its 
Amount on each County, and the Proportions on the 
different Baronies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Vaccination 
Return of the Name of every Union in Jreland in (Treland.) 
which the Vaccination Act has been carried into effect ; 
specifying the Name and Qualification of the Vacci- 
nators ; the Number of Persons vaccinated in each 
Union up to the 1st day of September 1841; and 
the Sum paid or contracted to be paid in each for 
Vaccinations, up to the same period. 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill to amend the Corn Importa- 
Laws for the Importation of Corn: And the same to” Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No.80. 
second time upon Wednesday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Resolved, Tnat 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- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ;  craes 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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West India The West India Clergy Bill was, according to Or- 

Clergy Bill. der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Passengers Bill. mittee on the Colonial Passengers 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- 
mittee on the Queen’s Prison Bill ; 

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


Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the se- 
veral Acts for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Pub- | 
lic Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the 
Poor ; 

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


Exchequer Bill 
Loan Acts. 


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87 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Admiraity 
sum, not exceeding One hundred and twenty-one Office. 
thousand four hundred and forty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Ad- 
miralty Office, to the 31st day of March 1843 :— 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
sum, not exceeding One hundred and seventeen 
thousand four hundred and forty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the Ad- 
miraity Office, to the 31st day of March 1843,— 
put, and Negatived. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and twenty-one thousand four hundred and 
forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contin- 


gent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven HalfPay(Navy 
hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and #4 Marines.) 
ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 











defray the Charge of Half Pay to Officers of the 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year 
1842-43, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Army Estimates for the year 
1842-43, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimates of the Office of Ord- 


nance for the year 1842-43, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


Supply 5 


Estimates, 
referred : 


Navy. 
Army. 


Ordnance. 


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 
“‘ there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
* Instructions given to the Water Guard in Ireland 
“ respecting Divine Service, and the reading of 
“ prayers to the men,” 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 
“ there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 
“ Instructions given to the Water Guard in lreland 


Water Guard 
(Ireland. ) 


“ respecting Divine Service, and the reading of| 


“ prayers to the men,” be added instead thereof :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Instructions given to the Water Guard 
in Jreland respecting Divine Service, and the reading 
of prayers to the men. 


Supply ; Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 


the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Seamen and 
Marines, &amp;c. 
Months, to the 31st day of March 1843, including 
ten thousand five hundred Royal Marines, and two 
thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
million four hundred and thirty-six thousand six 
hundred and twenty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1843. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred and 
sixty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and 
Marines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and the Ordinary 
and Yard Craft, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
Vou. 97. 


Wages for d° 


Victuals for d°, 


1. Resolved, That forty-three thousand Men be 


Navy and of the Royal Marines, which will come in 


31st day of March 1843. 
| Resolutions to be reported. 


| course of payment during the year ending on the 
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1 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Martti, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Greene 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 
j : : ° Ape 
en again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Newgate Gaol 
Vic. c. 53, for vacating any Presentment for re- (Dublin) Bill. 
‘building the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and vaca- 
ting any Contract between the Commissioners for 
| rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor, might 

e read ; and the same being read ; 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
}amend the said Act: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. 
‘Solicitor General for Zreland do prepare, and bring 


iit in. 








Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Forged Exche- 
Bill for appointing Commissioners to inquire as to quer Bills Bill. 
i the Issue, Receipt, Circulation, and Possession of No. 81. 
certain Forged Exchequer Bills: And the same was 
lyead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
\time upon Monday next; and to he printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign Wine+ 


employed for the Sea Service for thirteen Lunar |@% Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 


Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and the 
Quantities exported ; also, the Quantities retained 
for Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and other 
sorts ; together with the Gonutities of each sort 
remaining in Bond on the 5th day January 1842; 
distinguishing London from the Country. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, spirits. 
an Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
distinguishing West India, East India, and Foreign ; 
also, of Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, Colonial, 

m4 or 














Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


No. 82. 


Debts of 
Parishes. 

No. 84. 
Com. 


No. 18-3. 


Rochdale Poor. 


Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Maidstone and 
Rochester 


Roads Bill. 


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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 1842; together with the 
Quantities of each sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1842; distinguishing London 
from the Country. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
Her present Majesty for vacating any Presentment 
for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, 
and any Contract between the Commissioners for 
rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor: 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, a 
Statement of the Average Prices of Wheat in Fifteen 
principal Agricultural and Fifteen Manufacturing 
and Commercial Towns in the three last weeks 
of April, August, and December, in the years 1833 
to 1835, and 1839 to 1841. 

Mr. Gladstone accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Debts of 
Parishes, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 


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Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
M* Lumley, Assistant Secretary to the Poor 
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aw Commissioners, was called in ; and at the 


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A, 1842. 


Rochester Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing and improving the Road from Maidstone 
to Rochester, and the Road branching from the 
same to Chatham, in the county of Kent: And that 
Viscount Marsham, Mr. Beresford Hope, and Mr. 
Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Wakeynin 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Inclosure Bij, 
the case of the Petition for the Wakeyhill Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing and dividing Wakeyhill Common, in 
the parish of Stapleton, in the county of Cumberland: 

And that Mr. Edward Stanley, Sir James Graham, 
Mr. James, and Mr. Charles Howard do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Sir. John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Gravesend 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Terrace Pier 
case of the Petition for the Gravesend Terrace Pier ®'"- 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens, 
in the town of Gravesend, in the county of Kent: 

And that Sir Edmund Filmer and Viscount Marsham 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Gravesend 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Tow" Pier 
the case of the Petition for the Gravesend Town Pier~ 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the Acts relating to the Gravesend 
Town Quay and Pier: And that Sir Edmund Filmer 
and Viscount Marsham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Bolton and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Westhoughton 
the case of the Petition for the Bolton and West- ®=4 Bil. 
houghton Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from Bolton 





bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy or Extract | 
of any Report made by Mr. Tufnell, or other Assist- 
ant Commissioner, to the Poor Law Commissioners, 
in October 1841, as to the state of the Poor in the 
Borough of Rochdale :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Midland Counties Railway 
Company, praying that provision may be made in 
the Midland Counties Railway Bill for repealing the 
restriction imposed upon the Company, that certain 
lands near the town of Nottingham, called “The 
Meadows,” should not be taken, purchased, or 
used by them for stations, &amp;c., a portion of such 
meadows being directed to be sold, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon the said Petition upon Friday next. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee 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 leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the powers and provisions of the 
Acts relating to the making and maintaining of a 
Pier, and other Works, at Deptford, in the county 
of Kent: And that Admiral Dundas and Mr. 
Barnard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Maidstone and 


to Westhoughton, in the county palatine of Lancaster: 
And that Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Jchn Yarde Buller reported from the Select pundee and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Arbroath _ 
| the case of the Petition for the Dundee and Arbroath ®ailway Bill. 
| Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 

os with. 

| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
|enabling the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Com- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money; and to 
amend the provisions of the Act relating to the said 
Railway : And that Mr. Duncan and Lord Frederick 
Gordon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Reading 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Cemetery Bil: 
the case of the Petition for the Reading Cemetery 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for establishing a General Cemetery for the Inter- 
ment of the Dead, in the parish of Sonning, near the 
town of Reading, in the county of Berks: And that 
Viscount Chelsea and Mr. Charles Russell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Tay Ferries 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Tay Ferries Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
,alter and amend the Acts relating to the Ferries and 
| Passages across the River Tay, in the counties of 
| Fife and Forfar: And that Mr. Duncan and Lord 
| Frederick Gordon do prepare, and bring it in. 





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Equitable Gas 
Company Bill 


Southwark 
Improvement 
(Ne. 2.) Bill. 


West Stirling- 
shire Roads 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater 
Inclosure Bill. 


Tadcaster and 
Otley Road 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Leeds and 
Wakefield 
Road Bill. 


Ormesby 


Inclosure Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


5 Victroriz. 


Mr. Benjamin Wood presented a Bill for incor- 
porating the Equitable Gas Light Company, and 
for more effectually lighting with Gas certain Pa- 
rishes and Places within the City and Liberty of 
Westminster, and the Western Parts of the Metro- 

lis, and other Parishes and Places in the County 
of Middlesex: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Southwark Improvement (No. 2.) Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The West Stirlingshire Roads (No. 1.) Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Manufacturers 
and others, oe on or near the line of the in- 
tended Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
Railway, and at or near the Termini thereof, praying 
that the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man- 
chester Railway Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of lands within the 
manor of Castlerigg and Derwentwater, in the county 
of Cumberland, praying that the Castlerigg and Der- 
wentwater Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, 
= presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for repairing and im- 
oo the Road from Tadcaster to Otley, in the 

fest Riding of the County of York: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Nottingham Gas (No. 1.) Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill for repairing 
and improving the Road from Leeds to Wakefield, 
in the West Riding of the County of York: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Ormesby Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Bury (Lancaster) ;—.Dundee (Con- 
vener) ; — Walmersley ;—Brookbottoms ; — Crayford 
(nineteen Petitions);-— Dartford (fifteen Petitions) ;-— 
Bexley (twelve Petitions) ;-— Erith (four Petitions) ;— 
Bletchingley ;— Oswestry (three Petitions) ;—Saltney 
(two Petitions) ;—Jarvin and Ashion ;--Cupar (seven 
Petitions) ;—Strathmiglo (two Petitions) ;—Leslie ; 
— Crail;— Dairsie:— Lochmaben;— Biggar ;—_Dun- 
tocher ;— Barrhead ;— Kilmarnock ;— Sanquhar ;— 
Langholm ; — Kilconquhar ; — Hall Fold ;— Hill- 
street, Saint Mary-le-bone ;--Saint Leonard’s Brom- 
ley ;— Limehouse ;— Christchurch, Mary-le-bone ;— 
Chester (two Petitions) ;—Manchester (eight Peti- 
tions) ;— Salford (seven Petitions) ;— Queensferry ; 
—Barnard Castle ;— Wem ;— Galashiels ;—Dom- 
gay ;— Sligo ;— and, Tewkesbury ; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cavan and other places ;—Lon- 
donderry ;— Newry ;— Offerlane and Clonenagh ;-- 
Kilkenny ;—Dundalk;— Louth ;—Kings River, Kil- 
kenny ;— Halifax ;-—- Huddersfield ;— Galway ; — 
Kells ;—and, Burntchurch; praying the House to 
adopt measures for encouraging the importation of 
Grain in preference to Flour and Meal,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


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89 


A Petition of Inspectors of Corn Returns in the Corn Importa- 
county of Berks, praying the House to continue ‘i Bill. 
their services, or to make provision in the Corn Im- 

portation Bill to compensate them for the loss they 

will sustain should the same pass into a law, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Millers and Corn Deal- 

ers of the town of Newry, praying 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 the Chairman of a Meeting of the Universal 
people of the United Kingdom, praying for the Suffrage, &amp;c. 
adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, 

no Property Qualification, Payment of Members 

and equal Electoral Districts, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Cam- County Coutts. 
bridge, praying the House to pass a County Court 

Bill similar to the Bill of the 1st Session of 1841, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


The Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- Glasgow, — 
way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. es 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ayr Railway 
mittee of Selection. Bill. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock Mail Communi- 
and Ayr Railway Company, praying the House to c#tion(Scotland 
select Ardrossan as the Mail Packet Station in Scot-*"? "e*"-) 
land, for the transmission of the Scotch and Irish 

Letters, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Whitehart, and others, pray- Anatomy Act. 
ing for an investigation into the manner in which 
the Anatomy Act has been carried into effect, was 
hg and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aun- Samuel Gordon, 
gier-street, Dublin, alleging the abstraction of a 

Petition from the office of the Secretary of the Court 

of Chancery in Ireland, on the 11th February 1841, 

by certain Officers of that court, and praying the 

House to institute an inquiry into the same, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, praying Newport Riots. 
the House to adopt measures for restoring Frost, 

Williams and Jones to their families, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House,That their several Addresses of the 15th, 18th, Addresses. 
21st and 23d days of February last, and the 2d and 
3d days of this instant 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 to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to 
acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- Elections, 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty dated the 30th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament, for Accounts 
of Expenses incurred and made by the Returning or 
other Officer at every Election for a County, Riding 
or Division of a County in England, during the 
months of June and July 1841, and charged to the 
Candidates, or to Electors who had nominated Can- 
didates, with the items of the Charge; stating the 
Number and Names of the Candidates at each Elec- 
tion, the Number of Booths or Polling-places, and 
the Amount paid or payable by each Candidate to 
the Returning Officer, in respect of such Election ; 
also, the Number of Electors on the Register for 





Vou. 97. 


N each 





Vaccine 
Institution. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Treland.) 


Committals 
(Ireland. ) 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges, 


Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater 


Tnclosure Bill. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Grain and 
Flour, 


Algiers, 


Sulphur Trade 
(Naples. ) 


Corn-laden 
Ships. 
No, 85. 


90 


each Polling District, the Number who polled in 
each District on the first day, and the Number who 
polled on the second day of polling. 

Copy of the last Report from the National Vac- 
cine Institution to Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—&lt;Ac- 
counts of Presentments made by the Grand Juries 
of the several Counties, Cities and Towns in Ireland, 
in the year 1841. 

Returns from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks 
of the Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in [reland, 
of the Number of Persons committed to the dif- 
ferent Gaols thereof for Trial in the year 1841. 

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


A Petition of Gentlemen, Traders and Inhabitants 
of and in the vicinity of Old Brompton, praying the 
House to adopt measures for redeeming and extin- 

ruishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and 
Vaurhall Bridges, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Castlerigg and Derwentwater Inclosure Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Members of the HZexham Mechanics’ 
Literary and Scientific Institution, praying the 
House to relieve institutions for adult instruction 
from all rates and taxes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Clarke, a Prisoner 
for debt in the Queen’s Bench Prison, praying that 
the Queen’s Prison Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Returnof the particulars of the sum of £.11,000, 
charged in the Army Estimates for Divine Service 
for the Army. 


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


Petitions from Hillsborough ;—Seaforde ;—Dro- 
more ;— Newry ;—and, Dublin; praying the House 
to pass an Act for rendering valid all Marriages 
solemnized, or which may hereafter be solemnized, 
by a presbyterian minister in Ireland, between par- 
ties, one of whom is a member of the Established 
Church and the other a protestant dissenter,—were 


- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of Allowances granted on Grain and Flour, 
for wastage on entry for Home Consumption or re- 
exportation from Bond ;—And, a similar Return of 
Allowances granted on other Bonded Articles. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of a Despatch relating to the 
French Occupation of Algiers, from the Earl of 
Aberdeen to Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Paris, 
dated Foreign Office, January 28th, 1842. 

Sir Robert Peel also presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of Papers relative to 
the Sulphur Question, with the Government of 
Naples, 1840-1842. 


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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order,— 
An Account of the Number of Days occupied in 
—- Voyages from the several Ports of the 

nited States to the Port of Liverpool, by all Ves- 
sels laden with Flour or Corn, in the year 1841; 


7° Marti, 





A. 1842. 


s ecifying the Average Number of Days of the 
oyage from each Port. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply; 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not Land Forces, 


exceeding Ninety-five thousand six hundred and 
twenty-eight Men (exclusive of the Men employed 
in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned 
Officers included, be maintained, for the Service of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
from the Ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Three million five hundred and 
eighty-one thousand five hundred and seventy-five 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces for Ser- 
vice in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Freland, and on Stations Abroad (excepting the 
Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions 
of the East India Company), from the 1st day of 
April 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843, both 
days inclusive : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That a sum, not exceeding Three million five hun- 
dred and seventeen thousand six hundred and fifty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s Land Forces 
for Service in the United Kingdon 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 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843, both 
days inclusive ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. William Williams, 

Yeas, \ Dr. Bowring : 
Tellers for the Sir Thomas Fremantle, 144 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: ' 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
million five hundred and eighty-one thousand five 
hundred and seventy-five 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 Territo- 
rial Possessions of the East India Company), from 
the ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and 
twenty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers, and 
Officers of the Hospitals serving with Her Majesty’s 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britian and 
Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), 
and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of Lon- 
don, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day 
of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
two thousand four hundred and sixty-seven pounds, 
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, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 


12. 


Charge of « , 


General Staff 
Officers. 


Public Military 
Departments. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Royal Militery 
dred and thirty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, ©"'*s* 


for defraying the Charge of Repairs of Damages at 
the Royal Military College, occasioned by the 
Thunder-storm of May 1841. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Royal military 
thousand and nine pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Asylum ** 





jesty, 











d, 


Military 
ments. 


Military 


Military 
, &amp;e. 








5 Vicrortz. 7°—8° 


j fraying the Charge of the Royal Military 
setae ond Si de Hibursion Miliary Schoel, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

Volunteer 7. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 

Corps. not exceeding Eighty-two thousand four hundred 
and fifty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from 
the ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive ; 





Martiz. 91 


16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- Superannua- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, tions. 

for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensa- 

tions and Emoluments in the nature of Superannua- 

tion or Retired Allowances, to persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 

ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 21st 

day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Registry of 


The Committee divided : thousand nine hundred and eighty pounds, be granted a 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 133.| * Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers” 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: *} and the Contingent Expenses of the Office for the 
Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, 17 Registry of Merchant Seamen, to the 31st day of 
Noes, Dr. Bowring : *| March 1843. 
Rewards for 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Scientific 


distinguished thousand two hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 

— granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances as Rewards for distinguished Ser- 
vices, and of Allowances to Officers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Garrisons, holding their Appointments as 
Rewards for Military Service, in the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign 
Stations, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 


Payof General 9, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 

aaa eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Offi- 
cers in Her Majesty’s Forces not being Colonels of 
Regiments, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 
31st day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 


Full Pay 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 

for Reduced six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 

— for defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

HalfPayford’. 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seventy-two 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, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 

Half Pay to 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 

Foreign Officers. eioht thousand four hundred and thirty-three 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, from the 
Ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

Widows’ 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 

Passions. hundred. and forty-one thousand four hundred and 

ninety-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, from the 
1st day of April 1842 tothe 31st day of March 
1848, both days inclusive. 
Tompassionate 1.4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
a dred and twenty thousand and five hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Allow- 
ances as of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and Pen- 
sions, Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for 
Wounds, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 
ea 15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 

Hoepital, dec million two hundred and fifty-one thousand four 

"hundred and fourteen pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kiimainham Hospitals, of the In-pensioners of those 
Establishments, of the Out-pensioners of Chelsea Hos- 
pital, of Pensions granted to discharged Negro Sol- 
diers, and of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps, 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 





four thousand nine hundred and eighty-two pounds, Departments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Ralaties aaa 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 

several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 

31st day of March 1843. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Fsta- 
hundred and twenty-four thousand four hundred and blishments 
forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to *t Home 
defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contin- 

gent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 

ments at Home, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- pe - Abroad. 
three thousand one hundred and seventy-six 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 1843. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Artificers’ 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand and twenty-seven Wages 
aa be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the ** Home 
ages of Artificers, Labourers, and others, employed 

in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, 

to the 31st day of March 1843. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - Abroad. 
eight thousand five 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 1843. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, uot exceeding One Naval Stores, 
million two hundred and fifty-three thousand seven &amp;e. 
hundred and tiirty-five pounds, be granted to Her 

Majesty, to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for 

the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 

purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other purposes 
connected therewith, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


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


Martis, 8° die Martii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene 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 Rivers (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, Rivers 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee (Ireland) Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Queen’s Prison 
mittee on the Queen’s Prison Bill: Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider the several Loan Act. 


and 1795, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the | Acts for the issue of Exchequer Bills for Public 


3ist day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 
VoL. 97. 


Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor; 
N2 Resolved, 








\ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Exchequer Bill 


92 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve | 
itself into the said Committee. 

Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- | 
ply, several Resolutions, which were read, as follow: | 

1. Resolved, That Forty-three thousand Men be | 
employed for the Sea Service for thirteen lunar | 
months, to the 31st day of March 1843, including 
Ten thousand five hundred Royal Marines, and 
Two thousand Boys. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- 
lion four hundred and thirty-six thousand six hun- 
dred and twenty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
and Marines, and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, 
which will come in course of payment during the 


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year ending on the 31st day of March 1843. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven | 
hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred and 
sixty-four pounds, be ‘granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, and the Ordinary and 
Yard Craft, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and twenty-one thousand four hundred and 
forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Half-pay to Officers of the 
Navy and of the Royal Marines, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of Ways 
and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine 
Forces while on Shore: And that Sir George Cock- 
burn and Mr. Sidney Herbert do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Forged Exchequer Bills Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





The Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill was, according | 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a | 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. | 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
alter the Close Time of the Salmon Fisheries in Scot- 
land: And that Mr. Home Drummond, Mr. Charles 
Hope and Mr. Cumming Bruce 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, 
Copies of any Communications which may have 
been received from Captain Elliot, explaining or 
having any bearing upon the Transactions with the 
Chinese Authorities which are adverted to in Viscount 
Canning’s Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury 
of the 3d day of November 1841; but which had 
not been received at the Date of that Letter. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Daily Prices of each kind of Public 





A. 1842. 


Stock or Securities, (including Exchequer Bills) of 
the United Kingdom, commencing the 1st day of 
January 1839, to the latest period at which such 
Return can be made up. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe, pubes 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of tation, 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties of England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1841 to the Ist 
day of January 1842; specifying also, in each case, 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes; and showing whether the same be 
yoyo to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 

ncumbeuts :—-And, of all Awards for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1841 


‘to the 1st day of January 1842 ; specifying also, in 


each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to 
be paid in lieu of Tithes; and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents (being in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper No. 46, of the last Session.) 


Mr. Home Drummond presented a Bill to alter Salmon 
the Close Time of the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland : a, 8 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered O°" os 
to be read a second time upon Monday next, and nies 
to be printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Bristol _ 
of the borough of Liverpool, praying that they may Boundary Bill 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Bristol Boundary 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. 


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, 8° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Duchy of 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- Lancaster. 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,— An Ac- 

count of the Gross and Net Revenues of the Duchy 

of Lancaster, for the year ending Michaelmas 1841, 
showing the Amount of Revenue which became due, 

the Monies received and paid within the year, and 

the Arrears and Balance at the end of the preceding 

and current years ; with Appendixes. 

Report, by the Commissioners for the Herring Herring 
Fishery, of their Proceedings, year ended 5th April Fishery. 
1841, being Fishing 1840 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Birmingham 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. and ey 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 

mittee of Selection. 


The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Birmingham 


(Extension) Bill was read a second time ; and com- | ene wee! 
mitted. (Extension) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill to alter and amend Deptiord Pier 
the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to Bil. 
the making and maintaining of a Pier and other 
Works at Deptford, in the Sonsity of Kent: = 
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5 Vicroriz. 


the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | 
read a second time. | 


Viscount Chelsea presented a Bill for establishing | 
a General Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead, | 
in the Parish of Sonning, near Reading, in the | 
County of Berks: And the same was read the first | 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


ading 
ames. Bill. 


Sir Edmund Filmer presented a Bill for erecting 


d y 

Sooees ler a Pier at the Royal Terrace Gardens, in the Town | 

Bill. of Gravesend, in the County of Kent: And the’ 
same was read the first time: and ordered to be. 
read a second time. 

Gravesend Sir Edmund Filmer presented a Bill for amending 


Town Pier Bill. the Acts relating to the Gravesend Town Quay and | 
Pier: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


8° Martiz. 


93 


the case of the Petition for the New Cross Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter some of the provisions of an Act passed in 
the seventh year of the reign of 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. Benjamin Wood do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Camberwell 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 24 Peckham 
the case of the Petition for the Camberwell and ‘sting Bil. 
Peckham Lighting Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in-a Bill to 
alter and amend an Act of the fifty-fourth year of 
the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
for lighting and watching certain parts of the Li- 
berties, Hamlets or Districts of Camberwell and 
Peckham, in the county ef Surrey: And that Mr. 

Kemble, Mr. Antrobus and Mr. Trotter do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Buckland 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in !¢lsure Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Buckland 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 Buckland, in 
the county of Buckingham: And that Captain Ha- 
milton and Sir William Young do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Farmers’ and 





Tay Ferries Mr. Duncan presented a Bill to alter and amend 

Bill the Acts relating to the Ferries and Passages across 
the River Tay, in the Counties of Fife and Forfar : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Dundee and Mr. Duncan presented a Bill for enabling the 

Arbroath == Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company to raise a 

Railway Bill. further Sum of Money, and to amend the Provisions 
of the Act relating to the said Railway: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Saint Mary-lee | Ordered, That the Saint Mary-le-hone Parish 

_ Parish + Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday next. 

le 
— on A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Leeds, 
ane, and others, for leave to bring in a Bill for better 


lighting, cleansing, sewering and improving the bo- 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in rammed 


the case of the Petition for the Farmers’ and Garden- Jnsurauce 


rough of Leeds, in the county of York, was pre- | ¢s’ Hail-storm Insurance Company Bill, the Stand- Company Bill. 


sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of the London and Greenwich 
Railway Company, complaining of ———— 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road 
Approach) Bill, was referred; That the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
the Notices for the Grange Road Approach were 
given as fora Road only, in the months of October 
or November, whereas the proposed Bill, taking 

owers to make a depot for the purposes of the said 
Dili. is a Bill relating to Railways, and therefore 
required Notices to be given in February and March 
preceding the present Session of Parliament, and 
also inasmuch as the Plans and Section and Book 
of Reference were not deposited with the Clerks of 
the Peace, nor in the Private Bill Office, within the 
time required by the Standing Orders relating to 
Railway Bills; but it appeared that such Plans, 
Sections and Books of Reference had been so de- 
posited within the periods required by the Standing 
Orders relating to Road Bills. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


London and 
Croydon Rail- 
way (Grange 
Road Ap- 


proach.) 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 


Greenock 
Harbours Bill. 


whom the Petition of John Scott, complaining of 


non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 
case of the Petition for the Greenock Harbours Bill, 
was referred; That the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further improving, enlargin 
the Harbours of the Town of 
Mr. Wallace and Mr. Patrick Stewart do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


New Cross 
Roads Bill, 


Committee on Petitions for 
Vou. 97. 





and maintaining 
eenock: And that 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
rivate Bills ; That in 


ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Farmers’ and Gardeners’ Hail-storm In- 
surance Company to sue and be sued in the name 
of the Secretary, or any one of the Directors of the 
said Company: And that Colonel Thomas Wood, 
Mr. Pusey and Mr. Benett do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Runcorn. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Frodsham, and 
the case of the Petition for the Runcorn, Frodsham reer pn ll 
and Northwich Small Debts Bill, the Standing Or- Bill. 
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 with the towns of Runcorn, Frodsham and 
Northwich, and several other places therein men- 
tioned, in the county of Chester: And that Mr. Tat- 
ton Egerton and Mr. Cornwall Leigh do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select London Bridge 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Approaches, 
the case of the Petition for the London Bridge Ap- prin on 
~~ and Royal Exchange Avenues Bill, the Bil. 

tanding Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further extending the Approaches to London 
Bridge, and the Avenues adjoining to the Royal 
Exchange, in the city of London, and for amending 
the Acts relating thereto respectively : And that Sir 
Matthew Wood and Mr. Masterman do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Church Stretton 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in = ——_ 
the case of the Petition for the Church Stretton and ~*~" 
Longden Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for maintaining certain Roads in the county of Salop, 
called “The Church Stretton and Longden Roads”: 

And that Mr. Robert Clive and Mr. Tomline do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
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Sir 


Imperial Bank 


94 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 


of England Bill. Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


Ellesmere and 
Chester Canal 
Pill. 


Saundersfoot 
Railway Bill. 


Saandersfoot 
Harbour Bill. 


Bolton and 
Westhoughton 
Road Bill, 


Maidstone and 
Rochester 
Roads Bill. 


the case of the Petition for the Imperial Bank of 
England Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Court of Chancery to appoint a person or 

rsons to sue on behalf of the Copartnership of 
Sakae lately carrying on business under the firm 
of the Imperial Bank of England, in lieu of the 
public officer, and to vest the Estate of such Co- 
partnership in the person so to be appointed, and to 
enable the Receiver appointed by the said Court to 
enter into agreements or compositions with the per- 
sons returned as Members of the same Copartner- 
ship: And that Mr. Grimsditch and Mr. Ainsworth 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Ellesmere and Chester 
Canal 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 provisions 
of the several Acts relating to the Ellesmere and 
Chester Canal Navigation: And-that Mr. Robert 
Clive and Mr. Wiliiam Ormsby Gore (of Salop) do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Saundersfoot Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour 
Company to make an extension of their present 
Railway, and also to make two Branches from such 
Railway respectively, within the county of Pem- 
broke, and for extending the provisions of the Act 
relating to the said Company: And that Sir Rich- 
ard Philipps, Viscount Emlyn and Mr. Ward do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Saundersfoot Harbour 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour 
Company to make a Floating Dock at Saundersfoot, 
in the county of Pembroke, and for extending the 
provisions of the Act relating to the said Company, 
with reference to the said Harbour: And that Sir 
Richard Philipps, Viscount Emlyn and Mr. Ward 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill for more 
effectually repairmg the Road from Bolton to West- 
houghton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Viscount Marsham presented a Bill for repairing 
and improving the Road from Maidstone to Roches- 
ter, and the Road branching from the same to Chat- 
ham, in the County of Kent: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


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A. 1842. 


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


Petitions from the Western District of the Old = ia &amp;e,, 
Church Division of Lambeth ;—and, Central Dis- °"°8™* 


trict of the Old Church Division of Lambeth ; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for redeeming and 
extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark 
and Vaurhall Bridges,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Ross Farmers’ Cor Laws. 


Club, praying the House to enact that in all cases 
Corn shall be sold by measure, and not by weight, 
or otherwise that they will enact and declare 
what weight shall be taken and deemed to be the 
weight of the imperial bushel of wheat, and all other 
grain, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Saint James’s, Westminster ; — 
Willesden (two Petitions) ;—Warehousemen in the 
employ of Daniel Leicester ; — Great Wild-street, 
Lincoln’s-Inn-Filds ; — Saint Luke, Chelsea, and 
Willesden ;— Saint Ann’s, Soho, Westminster ;— 
Lower Thames-street, London ;—Lambeth ;—Smelt- 
house ;— Newcastle ;— Harwood ;— Muthill ;—Pate- 
ley Bridge ;—Cheadle ;—Gilass House Mill ;—and, 
Manchester (four Petitions); praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Sligo, 
at Lent Assizes 1842, praying that averages of Irish 
produce may be taken in towns within the kingdom 
of Ireland, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ipswich ;—Clonakilty (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Fermoy ;— Queen’s County ;—County of 
Sligo ;—County of Carlow ;—and, County of Kil- 
dare; praying the House to adopt measures for 
encouraging the importation of Grain in preference 
to Flour and Meal,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Westmeath ;— and, Collinstown ; 
praying the House not to allow the scale of duties 
on the importation of Foreign Oats, as at present 
proposed, to pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tullylish ;—Clogherney ;—Saint- Marriages 
field ;— Six-miles-cross ;— Moneymore ;—Albany ;— (te!8"4-) 


Pomeroy ;— Beigh ;— Castledawson ;—Bellaghy ;— 
Ballymoney ;—and,Gortnessy ; praying the House to 
pass an Act for rendering valid all Marriages solem- 
nized, or which may hereafter be solemnized, by a 
presbyterian minister in Ireland, between parties one 
of whom is a member of the Established Church, 
and the other a protestant dissenter,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Universal 
habitants of the township of Blatchinworth and Cal- Suffrage, &amp;c. 


derbrook, near Rochdale, praying for the adoption of 
Universal Suffrage, ‘Annual Parliaments, Vote by 
Ballot, no Property Qualification, Payment of Mem- 
bers and Equal Electoral Districts, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses and Boroughs 
building land in the borough of Liverpool, praying Improvement 
that they may be allowed to be heard, by counsel, at ape oe 
the bar of the House, against any Act for the better Revulatio 


. : , egulation 
Drainage of Large Towns and Villages, and the Bills (No. 2.) Bills. 


Standing 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
Orders ; 


on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 


Manchester 
Railway. 


Saint Mary-le- 
bone Parish 
Bill. 


way Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of Thomas Barnes, of Earl-street, in 
the district of Christchurch, and Rate-payer in the 
parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, praying that the Saint 
Mury-le-bone Parish Bill may pass into a law, was 





for regulating Buildings in Large Towns, and the Bill 
for the Improvement of certain Boroughs, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bills. 

A Petition of Trustees for the town of Great Bol- 
ton, praying that a clause may be inserted in the 
Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.); and, Buildings 
Regulation (No. 2.) Bills, by which the powers in- 
tended to be conferred upon the councils of the se- 
veral boroughs to which the Bills apply, may be 


vested 
























































nt 
nd, 


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vested solely in the Petitioners, was also presented, 
and read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Chairman of a Meeting 
of Inhabitants of Derby, praying that the said Bills 
may not pass into law, as they now stand, and that 
the House will vest the power of carrying out the 
said Bills in Derby, in the town council of that bo- 
rough, and that they may be heard, by counsel and 
evidence regarding their interests in the said Bills, 
before the House, or the Select Committee thereof, 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


Poor Law Petitions from Acaster, and other places ;—and, 


Otley, and other places; praying the House to 
refuse their sanction to any Biil having for its 
object the repeal of Gilbert’s Act,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Secretary of the Bridgeton 
Emigration Society, praying the House to assist the 
members of the said Society in settling in Canada, 


Emigration. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Wales. ) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eighth Res 


port.) 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Union with 
Treland, 


pindsor Bridge The Windsor Bridge Bill was read a second time ; 


— A Petition of Inhabitants of Merston Magna, 
¥ praying the House to withdraw every kind of public 
support from the Roman Catholic College of May- 
nooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
er A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
and.) 


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


A Petition of Clergy, Natives of the principality of 
Wales, residing in the West Riding of the county of 
York, praying the House to devise means to ensure the 
appointment of men to Welsh Sees, who are conversant 
in the British or Welsh tongue, in order that each 
bishop may be able to decide for himself as to the 
necessary qualifications of candidates for holy orders, 
and of applicants for church preferment, that he may 
be able, at the consecration of churches, at the laying 
on of hands in the solemn rite of confirmation, to use 
the sacred services of the church, and on fit occa- 
sions to preach in the only language familiar to the 
Welsh people, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 3d and 4th 
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. 

Mr. George William Wood also reported from the 
said Select Committee, That the Committee is of 
opinion that the Petition of Samuel Gordon, of 
Aungier-street, Dublin, presented to the House on 
the 21st day of February last, is a Petition which 
ought to be printed for the use of Members only. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Allen England Fowler, of Birken- 
head, im the county of Chester, praying that the 
Birkenhead Improvement 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 Inhabitants of the borough of Ash- 
ton-under-Lyne, praying for the repeal of the Legis- 
lative Union of Great Britain with Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Belfast Flour and Bread Company, praying the 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of Magiilligan, pray- Church 
ing the House to take into their consideration the Patronage 
whole law of Patronage as it affects the Scottish Cnery. 
church, and secure to that church the full benefits 
of the revolution and union settlements of the years 
1690 and 1707 uninfringed by any civil power, was 
pees, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Arms (Ireland.) 
Return of the Number, Names and Descriptions of 

Persons whose Arms are registered in the County 

of Down, Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Dundas have leave Leave of 
of absence till Easter, being abroad. Absence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Legacy, &amp;., 
Return, showing the Amount of Capital on which Duties. 
the several Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid 
in Great Britain, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1842 :—An Abstract of the Total Amount 
under each Rate since 1797 :—An Account showing 
the Total Amount of Duties on Legacies, Probates 
and Administrations received in Zredand, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1842 :—Returns for 
the year 1841, ending the 5th day of January 1842, 
showing the Amount of Capital on which the se- 
veral Rates of Legacy Duty have been paid in Jre- 
land, and distinguishing the Amount of each Rate : 
—Of the Total Amount of Revenue received in the 
United Kingdom in the year ended the 5th day of 
July 1842, for Stamp Duty on Legacies, distinguish- 
ing 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 ; 
with an Abstract of the whole Amount of Duty re- 
ceived since 1797 :—And, of Amount of Total Duty 
received in the United Kingdom since 1797 to the 
5th day of January 1842 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 146, of Session 1841). 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Consular 
That it appears to this House, that great incon- Establishment. 
venience and injury to the public welfare have arisen 

from the civil affairs of Her Majesty in foreign 

countries being carried on by two distinct services ; 

and that, with a view of advancing those commercial 

interests which at this moment so much occupy our 
consideration, it is expedient that measures should 

be forthwith taken to blend the Consular with the 
Diplomatic body:—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Interment of 
to consider the expediency of framing some Legis- Bodies. 
lative Enactments (due respect being paid to the 

rights of the Clergy), to remedy the evils arising 

from the Interment of Bodies within the precincts 

of Large Towns, or of places densely peopled. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Marriages. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

amend an Act intituled, “ An Act to render certain 
Marriages valid, and to alter the Law with respect 

to certain voidable Marriages,” and to define the pro- 

hibited Degrees of Affinity :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 9° die Martti, 1842: 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday the 16th day of this instant March. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to special Petty 
make further provision for the holding of Special Sessions Bill. 
Petty Sessions, and for providing that in certain 


House to extend to Ireland the same privileges en- | cases, where persons accused shall voluntarily desire 
joyed by their fellow subjects in other parts of the |to plead guilty, it shall be competent to the Ma- 
kingdom, by removing the restrictions at present | gistrates at such Sessions, to award the Sentence of 
existing on the importation of Flour, was presented, |the Law: And that Mr. Bankes and Mr. Estcourt 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


do prepare, and bring it in. 





Von. 97. 


N4 Mr. 





Sopply ; 


Land Forces, 


Charge of - d°, 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Public Military 
Departments, 


Royal Militar 
College. . 


Royal Military 
Asylum, &amp;c. 


Volunteer 
Corps, 


96 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding Ninety-five thousand six hundred and 
twenty-eight Men (exclusive of the Men employed 
in the Territorial Possessions of the East India 
Company), Commissioned and Non-Commissioned 
Officers included, be maintained, for the Service of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
from the Ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
million five hundred and eighty-one thousand five 
hundred and seventy-five 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 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and 
twenty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying 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, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 
31st day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
two thousand four hundred and sixty-seven pounds, 
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, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and thirty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of Repairs of Da- 
mages at the Royal Military College, occasioned 
by the Thunder Storm of May 1841. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand and nine pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Royal Mili- 
tary Asylum and of the Hibernian Military School, 
from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight pounds, 


_ be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 


Rewards for 
distinguished 
Services. 


Pay of General 
Officers. 


Full Pay for 
Reduced 
Officers. 


Half Pay for d°. 


of Volunteer Corps, from the 1st day of April 1842 
to the 31st day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand two hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances as Rewards for distinguished Services, 
and of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, holding their Appointments as Rewards 
for Military Service, in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, 
from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
eight 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, from the 1st day of April 1842 to 
the 31st day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, from the 
Ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seventy-two thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 


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A. 1842. 


of Half Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843, both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Half Pay to 
eight thousand four hundred and thirty-three pounds, — 
be granted to Her Majesty, fer 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, from the 
1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Widows’ 
hundred and forty-one thousand four hundred and Pensions. 
ninety-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, from the 
Ist day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Compassionate 
dred and twenty thousand and five hundred pounds, “s* 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Allowances on the Compassionate List, of Allow- 
ances as of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and 
Pensions, Gratuities, and Allowances to Officers for 
wounds, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Chelsea and 
million two hundred and fifty-one thousand four ee. 
hundred and fourteen pounds, be granted to Her nT 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Cielsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals, of the In-pensioners of those 
Establishments, of the Out-pensioners of Chelsea 
Hospital, of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 
Soldiers, and of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps, 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794, 
and 1795, from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st 
day of March 1843, both days inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty-one Superannua- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for ""* 
defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensations, 
and Emoluments, in the nature of Superannuation 
or Retired Allowances to persons formerly belonging 
to the several Military Public Departments in the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843, both days inclusive. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Registry of 
thousand nine hundred and eighty pounds, be Merchant 
granted 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 1848. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- gcientific 
four thousand nine hundred and eighty-two pounds, Departments 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of °f the Navy. 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Naval Esta- 
hundred and twenty-four thousand four hundred and Diistments 
forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to“*~°"* 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - Abroad. 
three thousand one hundred and seventy-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Schone 
of the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Artificers’ 
hundred and sixty-seven thousand and twenty-seven \" 42° 

ounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Mame of Artificers, Labourers, and others, em- 
ployed in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - Abroad 
eight thousand five hundred and thirty pounds, be 

granted 











Naval Stores, 
ke. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Exchequer Bill 
Loan Acts. 


Imports and 
Exports 
(Scotland.) 


Polish — Ordered, That the Return relative to Polish Re- 
—_—- fugees, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No. 87. printed. 
Bevaetne Ordered, That the Annual Account and Return 
yo" 8 relative to the Metropolitan Police, which was pre- 
0.88. sented upon Friday last, be printed. 
Rochdale Poor. Oydered, That the Paper relative to Rochdale 
No.89. Poor, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
_ me Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- 
(Ireland.) tive to Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland), which 
No.90, Were presented yesterday, be printed. 
— Ordered, That the Returns relative to Committals 
( Ne : 1, _(Areland), which were presented yesterday, be printed. 
— Ordered, That the Copy of the last Report from 
= a the National Vaccine Institution, which was pre- 
“+ sented yesterday, be printed. 
Army. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
: No.93. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Algiers, Ordered, That the Paper relative to Algiers, which 
No.94. was presented yesterday, be printed. 

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

Mercurii, 9° die Marti; 
i Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
poraged and M R. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
ese Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch Road Bill ; 
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. 
‘+ aatley Road Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 





5 Victoriz. 


granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of Arti- 
ficers, Labourers, and others, employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
million two hundred and fifty-three thousand seven 
hundred and thirty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for 
the building, repair, and outfit of the Fleet, the 
purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other pur- 

oses connected therewith, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Punishment of Mutiny and Desertion, and for 
the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters : 
And that Sir Henry Hardinge and Mr. Nicholl do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts for the issue of Exchequer Bills for 
Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of 
the Poor ; 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the official and declared Value of the 
Imports into and the Exports from the different 
Scottish Ports, from 1824 to the latest period at 
which the accounts are made up. 





Hinckiey Road Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
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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. Pusey presented a Bill to enable the Farmers’ Farmers’ and 
and Gardeners’ Hail-storm Insurance Company to Gardeners’ 
sue and be sued in the name of the Secretary, or Hail-storm 

= asurance 
any one of the Directors of the said Company: And Company Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Pusey presented a Bill to alter and amend an Camberwell 
Act of the fifty-fourth year of the reign of his Ma- oa 
jesty King George the Third, for lighting and watch- “°"""S """ 
ing certain parts of the Liberties, Hamlets or Dis- 

tricts of Camberwell and Peckham, in the County 

of Surrey: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Richard Philipps presented a Bill for autho- Saundersfoot 
rizing the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Com- B#ilway Bill. 
pany to make an Extension of their present Rail- 

way, and also to make two Branches from such Rail- 

way respectively within the County of Pembroke, 

and for extending the Provisions of the Act relating 

to the said Company: And the same was read the 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Saundersfoot 


Sir Richard Philipps presented a Bill for enabling Harbour Bill 


the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company 
to make a Floating Dock at Saundersfoot, in the 
County of Pembroke, and for extending the Provi- 
sions of the Act relating to the said Company, with 
reference to the said Harbour: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Stockton and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to —— 
whom the Petition of the Hartlepool Dock and" 
Railway Company, complaining of non-compliance 

with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 

for the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill, was 
referred; That the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no estimate of the ex- 

pense has been made, nor any subscription contract, 

nor such declaration in lieu thereof as the Standing 

Orders require ; but it appeared, that the works in- 

tended to be maintained under the proposed Bill 

were in fact completed, but no statement was given 

of the expense incurred in such completion. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Guarantee 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Sity Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Guarantee Society 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 
Guarantee Society, and for granting certain Powers 
thereto: And that Sir William Clay, Mr. Benjamin 
Wood and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring it in. 





Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select London and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in mg 
the case of the Petition for the London and Black-°""'“*Y *™" 
wall Railway 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 provisions 
of the Acts relating to the London and Blackwall 
Railway: And that Mr. Thomas Duncombe aud 
Mr. Patrick Stewart do prepare, and bring it un. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Bristol and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Gloucester | 
the case of the Petition for the Bristol and Gloucester **!'™4y Bill 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been cum 
plied with. 

Ordered, 


oO 











Bristol Floating 
Dock Bill, 


Northern Coal 
Mining Com- 
pany Bill, 


Britwell 
Inclosure Bill, 


And that Lord Norreys and Mr. Henley do prepare, 


Liverpool 
Borough Court 
Bill. 


Ferry bridge and 
Boroughbridge 
Road Bill. 


Mersey Con- 
servancy Bill, 


South Metropo- 
litau Gas Bill, 


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Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill | 
for granting further powers to the Bristol and 
Gloucester Railway Company: And that Mr. Philip 
Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Bristol Floating 
Dock Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal an Act passed in the sixteenth year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, for 
enlarging the Floating Dock within the Port of 
Bristol, and for other Works connected therewith : 


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And that Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Northern Coal Mining 
Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. ro 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the 
Northern Coal Mining Company, for enabling the 
Company to appoint one Board of Directors in lieu 
of two independent Boards, and for removing re- 
strictions in the choice of Directors: And that Mr. 
Chute, Mr. Wodehouse and Colonel Rushbrooke do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Britwell Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parishes of Britwell Sa- 
lome and Britwell Prior, in the county of Oxford : 


and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Borough 
Court Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to restrict the vexatious removal of certain Actions 
from the Borough Court of Liverpool, and to prevent 
vexatious Actions being brought in the said Court, 
for Small Debts: And that Viscount Sandon and 
Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committce on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in| 
the case of the Petition for the Ferrybridge and | 
Borvughbridge Road Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing, improving and maintaining the Road 
leading from Ferrybridge, through Wetherby, to 
Boroughbridge, in the county of York: And that 
Mr. Lawson, Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. John 
Henry Lowther do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Mersey Conservancy 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 











Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for preserving the River Mersey from Encroachments: 
And that Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 





A. 1842. 


the case of the Petition for the South Metropolitan 
Gas Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating the South Metropolitan Gas-Light 
and Coke Company, and for more effectually light- 
ing with Gas certain places within the borough of 
Southwark, and other parishes and places in the 
counties of Surrey and Kent: And that Mr. Kem- 
ble, Sir John Seale and Mr. Benjamin Wood do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 


Sudbury 
Improvement 


the case of the Petition for the Sudbury Improve- ™ 


ment Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend, alter and enlarge the powers and pro- 
visions of an Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, 
watching, watering and improving the Town and 
Borough of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk: And 
that Colonel Rushbrooke and Mr. Waddington do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Wrexham Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from Wrez- 
ham, in the county of Denbigh, to Mold, in the county 
of Flint, and for making three new lines of Road 
branching out of the same: And that Mr. Lloyd 
Mostyn, Mr. Bagot and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Thames Haven Dock 
and Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for extending and enlarging some of the provisions 
of an Act relating to the J’hames Haven Dock and 
Railway: And that Mr. Bramston, Sir John Tyrell 
and Colonel Rushbrooke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Indemnity Mutual Marine As- 
surance Company Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance 
Company to sue and be sued in the name of the 
Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Secretary, or any 
one of the Directors for the time being of the said 
Company, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
Masterman, Mr. Lyall and Mr. Astell do prepare, 
and bring it in. . 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for Goldner’s Patent Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the 
Notices required in the case of Bills of the third 
class have not been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Wrexham 
Road Bill. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and Rail- 
way Bill. 


Indemnity 
Mutual Marine 
Assurance 


Company Bill, 


Goldner’s 
Patent. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Yate Inclosue 


| on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


the Petition for the Yate Inclosure Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Ya/e, in the 
county of Gloucester: And that Mr. Hale and Mr. 
William Miles do prepare, and bring it in. m 

a 


Bill. 








5 Vicroriz£. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Liverpool Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, 'That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Improvement, good Government and Police 
Regulation of the borough of Liverpool: And that 
Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 





see 
Bill. 





Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Brentford Gas Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the powers of an Act passed in 
the second year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, for supplying the Towns of Old 
and New Brentford, and other Places therein men- 
tioned, in the County of Middlesex, with Gas, and to 
raise a further Sum of Money for carrying on the 
said Undertaking: And that Mr. Byng and Colonel 
Thomas Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


Brentford Gas 
Bill. 


rent 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Gosport Pier Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Pier at Gosport, in the parish of Al- 
verstoke, in the county of Southampton: And that 
Mr. Fleming and Mr. Compton do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Gosport Pier 
Bill. 


Toxteth Park Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Paving and = On Petitions for Private Biils; That in the case of 
Sewerage Bill. the Petition for the Toxteth Park Paving and Sew- 
— Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ma Bill 
for better paving and improving the Streets and 
Highways within the extra-parochial place of Toz- 
teth Park, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and 
for the Sewerage of certain parts of the said place : 
And that Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


s Haven 
nd Rail- 
il. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Birminghamand Derby Junction 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Biil to 
enable the Birmingham and Derby Junction Rail- 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money: 
And that Mr. Dugdale, Sir Eardley Wilmot and 
Mr. Muntz do prepare, and bring it in. 


Birmingham 
and Derby 
Junction Rail- 


nit 
i way Bill. 


1 Marine 
nce 


any Bill, 


Liver 

Health of the 
Town and 
Buildings Re- 
gulation Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Commitiee on 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Liverpool Health of the Town and 
Buildings Regulation Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 


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99 


a Railway, to be called the Newcastle and Darling- 
ton Junction Railway, with a Branch to the city of 
Durham: And that Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mv. Lid- 
dell, and Mr. Bowes do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill to alter, amend Ellesmere and 
and enlarge the powers and provisions of the several Chester Canal 
Acts relating to the Ellesmere and Chester Canal 5!!! 
Navigation : And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for maintainin 

certain Roads in rs County of Salop, called the ye 
Church Stretton and Longden Roads: And the same Roads Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time. 


Mr. Benjamin Wood presented a Bill to alter New Cross 
some of the Provisions of an Act passed in the Roads Bill. 
seventh year of the reign of 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. 


Petitions from Kingsash ;—Stockport (two Peti- Corn Laws. 
tions) ;— Hazel Grove (two Petitions) ;— Holsworthy ; 
-—Huntshaw ;—Black Torrington;—Bridge Rule; 
— Thornbury ; — Tyldesley-cum-Shackerley ;—Pye- 
worthy ;—Lincoln;—Great Torrington (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Saint Mary, Islington ;—Saint Martin-in- 
the- Fields ;— Manchester (fifteen Petitions) ;—Boy- 
ton ;—Milton--Dameral ; —.Blaen-y-waen ;— Lutley, 
Lapal and Illey;— Cradley';— Halesowen ;~ Potter- 
row ; — Greenock ; — Finsbury ; — Somerstown (two 
Petitions) ; — Whitechapel-road ;—- Upper North 
Place, Gray’s Inn-road ;—Sunnyside ;—Elkanagh 
Armitage, and others ;— Glandwr ;— Galashiels ;— 
Hill ;— Wick and Pulteneytown ;— Comrie ;—Claw- 
ton; — Hyde; — Over Darwen; — Darlaston ; — 
Wigan ; — Warrington ; — Rowley Regis ; — Lint- 
wistle ;— Pilkington ;— Pendleton ;— Pilsworth ;— 
Glossop ;—Worsbro’ Dale ;— Heywood (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Charlesworth (two Petitions) ;— Mellor ;— 
Pollington ; — Oldham ; — Denton; — Ducie; — 
Heapy ;— Marple;—and, Delegates and others from 
Hants, Wilts, Sussex, Dorset, Isle of Wight and In- 
habitants of Southampton ; praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,—were. presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Reading ;— Wexford ;— Galway ;— 
Cork county ; — Worcester ;— Wrexham ;— Dews- 
bury, &amp;c. ;—London ;—Belfust ;—Lancaster ;—Kil- 
worth and Castlelyons ;—and, Rock Mills, Cork; 
praying the House to adopt measures for encoura- 
ging the importation of Grain in preference to Flour 
and Meal,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Grimsby ;— Horncastle ;— Com Importa- 
and, Bandon; praying that the Corn Importation tion Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, dnd read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 








1er’s 
it. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the promotion of the Health of the Inhabitants 
of the borough of Liverpool, and the better regulation 
of Buildings in the said borough: And that Viscount 
Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

No i 
(Newent and 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Darlington 8 Petitions for Private Bills ; and to whom several 
Junction) Petitions complaining of non-compliance with the 
Kailway Bill. Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 


Inclosure 


Northern Union( Newcastle and Darlington Junction) 
Railway Bill were referred; That the Standing 


Orders had been complied with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for completing the Railway Communication between 
the towns of Mewcastle-on- Tyne and Darlington by 


Vou. 97. 











A Petition of Land-owners, Farmers and others 
interested in agriculture, residing in the city and 
neighbourhood of Ripon, 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 the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Kingston-upon- 
of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, stating, that Hull Borough. 
the Petitioners strongly deprecate the course pur- 
sued by Her Majesty’s present Government in the 
appointment of justices for boroughs, and for that 
borough in particular ; and praying the House to 
pass a law restoring to the town councils of that and 
other boroughs the ancient right of naming the 
parties who are fit and proper to have the honour 
conferred upon them of exercising the office of 
justice of the peace in such boroughs respectively, 

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was 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Church and 
State, &amp;c. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


Post-office- 


SamuelGordon. 


Imperial Bank 
of England Bill. 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


100 


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


Petitions from Ballyeaston;—Cavan (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Downpatrick ;— Belfast ;— Kilmore ;—and, 
Antrim ; praying the House to pass an Act for ren- 
dering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may 
hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister 
in Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a mem- 
ber of the Established Church, and the other a 
protestant dissenter,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Lambeth ;— 
Vicinity of Middlesex Hospital ;— and, Saint George, 
Hanover-square ; praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for redeeming and extinguishing the tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 
SS and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Henry Alfred Collier, of Leicester, 
Newspaper Proprietor, praying that the union of 
Church and State may be dissolved, and that tax- 
ation and representation of the people may be made 
co-extensive, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors in Zreland, 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 56 
Geo. 3, c. 56, as imposes a stamp duty of eight 
pounds on the annual certificate of an attorney or 
solicitor in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Robert Crothers, Bookseller, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne, stating, that the Petitioner 
posted a letter, in which was inclosed four sovereigns, 
and which said letter was post-paid at the post- 
office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and directed to Mr. 
John Cunningham, Printer, Crown-court, Fleet-street, 
London, posted on the 10th May 1840, but never 
delivered to the person to whom it was directed ; 
and that he has made several applications at the 
Post-office in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and likewise to 
the General Post-office in London, for the recovery 
of his letter and money, but without success; and 
praying the House to assist him to recover the same, 


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


Ordered, That the Petition of Samuel Gordon, 
Esquire, of Aungier-street, Dublin, relative to the 
Court of Chancery in Ireland, which was presented 
upon the 21st day of February last, be printed, for 
the use of Members only. 


Mr. Ainsworth presented a Bill to enable the 
Court of Chancery to appoint a Person or Persons to 
sue on behalf of the Co-partnership of Bankers 
lately carrying on business under the firm of The 
Imperial Bank of England, in lieu of the Public 
Officer, and to vest the Estate of such Co-partner- 
ship in the Person so to be appointed, and to enable 
the Receiver appointed by the said Court to enter 
into Agreements or Compositions with the Persons 
returned as Members of the same Co-partnership : 
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 Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, 
and Manchester Railway Bill, which was yesterday 
made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend some of the provisions of the Act 
relating to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and 
Manchester Railway : And that Mr. Wilson Patten 
and Mr. Ward do prepare and bring it in. 


9° Martiz. 


A. 1842. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Benefit Buig 
Members of Building Societies in Newcastle-upon- '"¢ Societe, 
Tyne, and the neighbourhood, praying for the 
amendment of the Act 7 Wiil. 4, for the Regulation 
of Benefit Building Societies, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the American Tobacco, 
Chamber of Commerce for the port of Liverpool, 
trading with the United States of America, praying 
that the Duty on Tobacco may be reduced to the 
rate of One shilling per pound, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Magistrates of the royal burgh Haddington. 
of North Berwick, and others, taking notice of the shire Roads 
application for leave to bring in the Haddingtonshire 
Roads Bill, and praying that such Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bredbury, praying Universal 
for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Par- Suffrage, &amp;e, 
liaments and Vote by Ballot, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the Wareham 
Votes of the 25th day of February last, of the Pro- Election, 
ceedings of the House relative to the withdrawal of 
the Petition of John Hales Calcraft, Esquire, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Wareham, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
upon the 16th day of February last, for referring the 
said Petition to the General Committee of Elections, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coroners’ 
Returnof the Number of Inquests held bythe several (aioe) 
Coroners of the Counties and Counties of Cities in 7 
Ireland, m each month, during the year 1841 ; spe- 
cifying the Date, Place, Name of Coroner before 
whom held, and Finding of each Inquiry. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Arms (Irelaé) 
Return of the Numbers, Names and Description of 
the Persons who have registered Arms in the several 
Counties of Ireland. 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hop Excisemes 
' Return of the Number of Persons appointed as Hop 

| Excisemen and Assistants, in the year 1841, stating 

| their Names, their usual Places of Abode and Occu- 
_ pation, the District and County for which appointed, 


and the Total Sums of Money paid to each. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriffs Deput 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of whatever Fees (if any) may have 
been received by the Sheriffs Depute, or their Sub- 
stitutes, in each County in Scotland, for any business 
done or proceeding had under the Act 2 and 3 
Vic., c. 41, other than the Fees authorized by Sche- 
dule (K.) of the said Act; stating the Amount of 
Fees in each instance, the cases in which and the Par- 
ties by whom they were paid, the authority on which 
they were received, and date of Payment :— And, of 
whatever Fees (if any) may have been received b 
the Sheriffs Depute, or their Substitutes, in eac 
County in Scotland, in any ordinary or summary 
action before him, for or on account of any inspec- 
tion of Property, Examination of Witnesses, or other 
business done or proceeding had in such action ; 
stating the Amount of Fees in each instance, the 
case in which and the business for which the same 
was paid, the Party by whom and the authority on 
which it was paid, and the date of Payment. 

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 ee 

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5 Vicroriz. 9°—10° 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Corn Importation 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 proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


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


Jovis, 10° die Martii, 1842: 


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

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 








Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 284 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : er 
Tellers for the { Mr. Tufnell, live 
Noes, Lord Marcus” Hill: ea 


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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Railways Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


Railways Bill. 
No, 95. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


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. 


Supply. 


Queen’s Prison 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Queen’s Prison Bill; 
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. 
Grain and Malt. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Statement of the Quantities of each kind of Grain 
and of Malt imported into Great Britain from Ire- 
land in each year, from 1800 to 1841, both inclusive, 
divided into Septennial Periods; distinguishing the 


Septennial Rate of Increase upon the whole Quan- 
tity ; and also, distinguishing the Septennial Rate 
of Increase upon Wheat and Wheat Flour, Barley, 


including Bear or Bigg, Oats, and Oatmeal and 
Malt. 


101 


Marti. 


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, a Return of the Number of Emigrants who 
have embarked from the various Ports of the United 
Kingdom, during the year 1841, showing to what 
parts of the world they have emigrated ; also, a Re- 
turn of the Number who have been assisted to emi- 
grate by Funds derived from Poor Rate; the Num- 
ber who have been assisted to emigrate by the 
Commissioners of Land and Emigration, and from 
what Funds such assistance has been derived ; the 
Amount of Land sold by the Commissioners, the 
Price obtained, and the purposes to which the pro- 
ceeds have been applied; the Number who have 
been enabled to emigrate by means of Bounties 
ere in the Colonies; with a Return of the 
ounty Orders registered at the Office of the Land 
and Emigration Commissioners, on the 1st day of 
September 1841 and the 1st day of March 1842; 
distinguishing those that were granted conditionally 
from those that were granted without condition ; 
with the Number of Married Couples, Single Men, 
and Single Women, specified in each, together with 
a Statement of the Names of the Parties in whose 
favour such Bounty Orders have been granted ; 
distinguishing, in the above Returns, so far as is 
practicable, the Number of Emigrants of each Sex, 
and the Number of Adults from the Number of 
Children ; and the Colony, or portion thereof, to 
which such Returns refer. 
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 Crown Lands 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Colonies.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return (in continuation of a Return ordered 
on the 31st March 1840) showing the Total Quan- 
tity of Crown Land (or of Land subject to the dis- 
posal of Commissioners appointed under Act of 
Parliament) which has been sold in each of the 
Colonies of Great Britain during the years 1839, 
1840 and 1841 (so far as can be supplied), stating 
the Amount of Money, in sterling, derived from such 
Sales, and the purposes to which such Receipts have 
been applied, specifying whether such Land has 
been sold by Auction or at a fixed Price, and the 
Amount contracted to be paid for such Land now 
due on instalment or outstanding :—Also, of the 
Total Quantity of Land granted gratuitously, or in 
Reward of Services, and if granted conditionally, 
stating the conditions, in each of the Colonies of 
Great Britain during the above years, with a par- 
ticular Statement of the circumstances under which 
such Land has in each case been granted gratuitously: 
—Also,a Return, similar to the foregoing, applying 
to each year since the 1st day of January 1831, for 
those Colonies from which information had not been 
received at the time that the Return to the Order 
of the 31st day of March 1840, was presented. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this levees as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigration. 
to Her Majesty, that She willbe graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence relative 
to Emigration, which has taken place between the 
Colonial Office and the Authorities in the Colonies, 
or the Commissioners of Land and Emigration, since 
the date of the last Despatches which were laid 
before Parliament, for each of the Colonies respec- 
tively. 

Ondered, 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. 





Vou. 97. 








03 Ordered, 





102 


Ordered, That the Report by the Commissioners 
for the Herring Fishery, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 











Herring 
Fishery. 


No. 96. 























And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Thursday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 














Jovis, 10° die Marti ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 





























9°—10°—11° Mariézz. 





A. 1842. 


Mr. Lawson presented a Bill for repairing, im- Ferrybridgeang 
proving and maintaining the Road leading from te 
Ferrybridge, through Wetherby, to Boroughbridge, : 
in the County of York: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Glasgow Police 


-|Council of the city of ms complaining that (N* 3-) 


the Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) Bill had 
not been complied with, and praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves or their agents, against 
the same, was presented, and read ; and referred to 





Adjournment. 





HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 

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 House ; and 

Forty Members not being present :—The House was 

adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 









































Veneris, 11° die Marti ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Tassell, from the Office of the Lord Warden 

of the Cinque Ports, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Receipts and Appropriations of the surplus Rates 
of Pilotage :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Midland 
Counties Railway Bill have leave to sit this day, 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 




















Pilotage. 












































Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


























Granton Pier Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committees on 
i unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, that 
in the case of the Granton Pier Bill, when the Par- 
ties appeared before him previously to the sitting of 
the Committee, they proposed to insert many new 
Clauses which did not appear in the Copy of the 
Bill annexed to the Petition for leave; that he sub- 
mitted to the House whether, in such case, the Par- 
ties ought not to withdraw their Bill, and present 
another Bill in the amended form. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 28th da 
of February last, for committing the said Bill, be 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

The House was moved, That the Report in 
respect of the Petition for the Granton Pier Bill, 
which, upon the 22d 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 
to extend the provisions of an Act of the seventh 
a of the reign of King William the Fourth, re- 
ative to the Pier of Granton, in the county of 
Edinburgh: And that Mr. Robert Clive and Mr. 


James do prepare, and bring it in. 




































































Granton Pier 
(Ne. 2.) Bill. 

































































Cheltenham 
and Great 
Western Union 
Railway Bill. 





A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of the city of Gloucester, praying that the Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Union Railway Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
cered to lie upon th#Table. 






































Kingsclere 
Inciosure Bill. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, in 
the parish of Kingsclere, in the county of South- 
ampton, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves or their counsel, against certain parts of the 
Kingsclere Inclosure 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. 






































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the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to entertain the said 
Petition, notwithstanding that it was not (in con- 
sequence of the House not having met yesterday), 
presented three clear days before the meeting of the 
Sub-Committee upon the Petition for the Bill. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Gorbals Police, 
Council of the city of Glasgow, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Gorbals Police Bill had not been 
complied with, and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves or their agents, against the same, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to entertain the said 
Petition, notwithstanding that it was not (in con- 
sequence of the House not having met yesterday) 
presented three clear days before the meeting of the 
Sub-Committee upon the Petition for the Bill. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Edinburgh and 
Canal Company, and of Alexander Campbell, Patrick Glasgow Rai- 
Tennent and Alexander Munro, Esquires, Trustees for “’Y “"* 
the said Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 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. 


Sir Eardley Wilmot presented a Bill to enable Birmingham 
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Com- "4 Derby 
4 + . os Junction Rail- 
pany to raise a further Sum of Money: And the way Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
‘read a second time. 


Mr. Byng presented a Bill to amend and enlarge Brentford Gas 

the Powers of an Act passed in the second year of Bill. 

the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 

for supplying the Towns of Old and New Brentford, 

and other Places therein mentioned, in the County 

of Middlesex, with Gas, and to raise a further Sum 

of Money for carrying on the said Undertaking : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lyall presented a Bill to enable the Indem- Indemnity _ 
nity Mutual Marine Assurance Company, to sue and Mutual Marine 
be sued in the name of the Chairman, Deputy Same Bill. 
Chairman or Secretary, or any one of the Directors 
for the time being of the said Company, and for 
other Purposes: And the same was read the first 
time } and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Chute presented a Bill for regulating Legal Northem 
| Proceedings by or against the Northern Coal Mining Coal mg 
, Company, for enabling the Company to appoint one C™P""'y Bl 
|Board of Directors in lieu of two Independent 
Boards, and for removing Restrictions in the Choice 
of Directors: And the same was read the first time ; 
|and ordered to be read a second time. 


&gt;| 


| 


Mr. Fleming presented a Bill for making a Pier Gosport Pier . 
| at Gosport, in the Parish of Alverstoke, in the County Bill. 


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tail. 


Gas 


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Bill. 


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Bill. 


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5 Vicroriz: 


of Southampton: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of James Hayman, of Westminster- 
road, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, Corn 
Dealer and Hay Salesman, praying that the Surrey 
New Roads Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Imperial Bank A Petition of Thomas Rickerby, and others, of 

of England Bille Wanchester, praying that the Imperial Bank of 
England Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Surrey New 
Roads Bill. 


Wakeyhill Mr. Charles' Howard presented a Bill for inclosing 

Inclosure Bill. and dividing Wakeyhill Common, in the Parish. of 
Stapleton, in the County of Cumberland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


11° Marti. 


Public Peti- Lord Fitzalan reported from the Select Committee 
—" on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report. 


this instant March, both days 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. 








Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 

Orders ; on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth ; 

London and Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 


Croydon Rail- Tondon and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Ap- 
Mad a: proach) Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be 
proach.) dispensed with. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Midland Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for additional provision in the Midland 
Counties Railway Bill, no Standing Orders were ap- 
plicable. 

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 prayer of the 
said Petition. 


Fleetwoud Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Improvement 


and Market. 00 Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Bill. Petition for the Fleetwood 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 Fleetwood and the neigh- 
bourhood thereof, in the county palatine of Lancas- 
ter, and for establishing a Market therein: And 
that Mr. Wilson Patten and Sir George Strickland 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the York Cathedral Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter, in York, 
to borrow a sum of Money for the discharge of 
Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair of 
thé said Cathedral Church: And that Mr. John 
Henry Lowther and Mr. Octavius Duncombe do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Great Torrington Market Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for erecting a Market House, and for regulating the 
Market within the borough and town of Great Tor- 
rington, in the county of Devon: And that Sir 
Thomas Acland and Mr. Buck do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


York Cathedral 
Bill, 


Great Torring- 
ton Market Bill. 





103 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Honiton, &amp;e., 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of S™!! Debus. 
the Petition for the Honiton Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the notices contained in the Dorset County 
Chronicle are not copies of the other notices, and 
the notices affixed on all the church doors are not 
copies of each other, nor does each notice contain 
the names of all the other parishes to which the Bill 
is intended to apply. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Piel Pier and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Harbour. 
Petition of the Most noble the Duke of Buccleuch 
and Queensberry, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill, was referred ; That 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the notices given in the three papers 
circulating in the county, are not in one particular 


a (namely, the description of the parish), exact copies 
Petitions presented from the 7th to the 9th days of) ¢¢ Siw tiie wales 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Kingstown 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Mariners 
the Petition for the Kingstown Mariners Church 


Church Bill. 


Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for erecting and endowing a Church at Kingstown, 


in the county and diocese of Dublin, and parish of 
Monkstown, and for providing for the due celebration 
of Divine Service therein, and for assigning a District 
thereto: And that Mr. Shaw and Mr. Thomas Taylor 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee slug Road Bill. 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Slug Road Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend the Acts for making, repairing and 
keeping in repair the Road from Stonehaven, through 
the Slug Mount to the Bridge on the said Road at 
Cobleheugh, in the county of Kincardine: And that 
General Arbuthnott and Captain Gordon do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Kilmington 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Inclosure Bill, 
the Petition for the Ki/mington 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 Kilmington, in 
the county of Devon: And that Viscount Courtenay 
and Sir John YardeBuller do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton presented a Bill for the more Runcorn, 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within Frodsham, and 
the Towns of Runcorn, p Sorta and Northwich, Small Debts 
and the several other Places therein mentioned, in Bill. 
the County of Chester: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for better Toxteth Park 
paving and improving the Streets and Highways ane, 
within the Extra-parochial Place of Toxteth Park, ican 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for the 
Sewerage of certain Parts of the said Place: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Kemble presented a Bill for incorporating the south Metropo- 
South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, litau Gas Bill, 
and for more effectually lighting with Gas certain 
Places within the Borough of Southwark, and other 
Parishes and Places in the Counties of Surrey and 
Kent: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





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04 Petitions 












104 


Petitions of Andrew Spottiswoode, Chairman of 
the London Gas Light Company ;—and, Rate-payers 
residing in that part of the parish of Saint Pancras, 
in the county of Middlesex, commonly called the 
Southampton Estate; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Saint Pancras Improvement 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for preserv- 
ing the River Mersey from Encroachments: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Saint Pancras 
Improvement. 


Mersey Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Liverpool Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill to restrict 
—o Court the vexatious Removal of certain Actions from the 
on Borough Court of Liverpool, and to prevent vexatious 
Actions being brought in the said Court for Small 
Debts: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 
Liverpool Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for the Im- 
a, provement, Good Government and Police Regulation 
; of the Borough of Liverpool: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time. 

Liverpool Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for the Pro- 
Health ofthe motion of the Health of the Inhabitants of the Bo- 
Buildings R -. rough of Liverpool, and the better Regulation of 
gulation Bill, Buildings in the said Borough: And the same was 


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


Northern Union Mr. Hodgson Hinde presented 2 Bill for complet- 
(Newcastle and ing the Railway Communication between the Towns 


Jonctben) Rail- of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington, by a Railway, 

way Bill, to be called the Newcastle and Darlington Junction 
Railway, with a Branch to the City of Durham: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Bristol Floating Mr. Philip Miles presented a Bill to repeal an 

Dock Bill, Act passed in the sixteenth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Third, for enlarging the 
Floating Dock within the Port of Bristo/, and for 
other Works connected therewith: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Bristol and Mr. Philip Miles presented a Bill for granting 

Gloucester = further Powers to the Bristol and Gloucester Rail- 

Rallway Bill way Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

Holywell The Holywell Roads Bill was read a second time; 

Roads Bill. and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 

Glasgow anc A Petition of William Dizon, of Govan Colliery, 

Three-mile 


‘ * : » ‘ 
House Road. and the Polloc and Govan Railway Company, com- 


plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in 
respect to the application for the Glasgow and Three 
Mile House Road Bill, had not been complied with, 
and praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Greenock 


etees Bal Mr. Patrick Stewart presented a Bill for further 


improving, enlarging and maintaining the Harbours 
of the Town of Greenock: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Thames Haven Colonel Rushbrooke presented a Bill for extending 

Dock and Rail- and enlarging some of the Provisions of an Act re- 

—— lating to the Thames Haven Dock and Railway : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


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A. 1842. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Glasgow Police 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in‘ 


the case of the Petition for the Glasgow Police 
(No 2.) Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
establish a uniform system of Criminal Police in and 
around Glasgow ; to amend the Police and Statute 
Labour Acts of Glasgow, Gorbals, Calton and An- 
derston ; to establish a Municipal Government in the 
Barony of Gorbals; to form a Board of Health in 





Glasgow ; to remove certain Markets; to open and 
improve Streets ; and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Oswald and Mr, Lockhart do prepare, and bring 
it in. : 

Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Company, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road Bill, was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for maintaining and repairing the Road from Glas- 
gow to Redburn Bridge, and a Branch Road leading 
therefrom: And that Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Oswald 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Right reverend Charles Richard, 
Lord Bishop of Winchester, praying that he may be 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Southwark Improvement (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 his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
the and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
fit ; said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right reverend Charles Richard, 
Lord Bishop of Winchester, praying that he may be 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Southwark Improvement (No. 2.) 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 
the Road from the borough of Leicester, in the 
county of Leicester, to the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
in the said county, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mackenzie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


? 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually ym 
the Roads from the borough of Leicester to Narbo- 
rough, and from the said borough of Leicester to 
Earl Shilton, and from Earl Shilton to Hinckley, 
all in the county of Leicester, was read the third 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 








Ordered, That Mr. Mackenzie do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of Robert Gordon, of Kemble House, 
in the parish of Kemble, in the county of Wilts, 
Esquire ; — Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 
Company ;—and, John Delafield Phelps, of Cheven- 
\age House, in the parish of Horsley, in the county 

of Gloucester, Esquire ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union 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, 7 
their 











No. 2.) Bill, 

































































Glasgow and 
Redburn 
Bridge Road 
Bill. 







































































Southwark 
Improvement 
(Nu. 1.) Bill. 




































































Southwark 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 

































































Leicester and 
Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Rvad 
Bill. 









































Hinckley 
Road Bill, 

















































Cheltenham and 
Great Western 

Union Railway 
Bill. 








nt 
ll. 


ind 
la- 
d 


m and 
stern 
ilway 





West Stirling- 
shire Roads 
(No, 1.) Bill. 


Warwick and 
Leamington 
Union Railway. 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-undere 
Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Yate Inclosure 
Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Guarantee 
Society Bill. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Maynooth 
College, 


Corn Laws, 


5 Vicroriz. 


their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of John Graham, Owner of the lands 
of Craigallian, in the county of Stirling ;— and, 
William Forbes Mackenzie, Esquire, Trustee or Guar- 
dian for Sir Graham Montgomery, Baronet ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the West 
Stirlingshire Roads (No. 1.) 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 Petitions. 


A Petition of Members of the Provisional Com- 
mittee and Shareholders in the undertaking herein- 
after mentioned, for leave to present a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Branch Railway 
to commence by a Junction with the London and 
Birmingham Railway, in the city of Coventry, and to 
terminate at or near a certain brick-field in the pa- 
rish of Milverton, the property of the Right honour- 
able the Earl of Warwick, so as to form a Railway 
Communication with the towns of Warwick and 
Leamington, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to alter and 
amend some of the Provisions of the Act relating 


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105 


bledon ;— Leven (three Petitions) ;—Scoonie (three 
Petitions) ;— Inverkeithing ; — Kirkland; — Buck- 
haven ;— Rennoney ;—Inverleven ;— Kennoway (two 
Petitions) ;--Coalbrookdale ;— Great Yarmouth ;— 
Braintree ;— Wrexham ;—Muthill ;— Leominster ;— 
Holt (Denbigh) ;—Evershot ;—Peter Alfred Taylor ; 
— Darlington ;—Covent Garden, Westminster ;— 
Southwark ;— Droylsden ;—Saint James, Clerken- 
well; — Manchester (twenty-seven Petitions) ; — 
Haughton (two Petitions) ;— Heaton Norris (eight 
Petitions) ;—Denton (two Petitions) ;— Hulme ; — 
Stockport ;—Gorton ;—and, Birmingham; praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Youghal ;— Guildford ;— Tippe- 
rary ;— Nenagh ;—Fethard ;-—Lisdowney ;—North 
part of the county of Kilkenny ;—South Riding of 
the county of Tipperary ;—and, Ballyraggett; pray- 
ign the House to adopt measures for encouraging 
the importation of Grain in preference to Flour 
and Meal,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ballybacon ;— Ardfinan ;— and, 
Grainge ; praying that the scale of duties proposed 
to be levied on the importation of Oats, may be so 
altered as to afford the same encouragement to the 
production of this grain in Ireland as will be ex- 
tended to the growth of Wheat in England,—were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kinalea ;—and, Ibawne and Bar- Corn Importa- 





to the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hale presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in 
the Parish of Yate, in the County of Gloucester : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. . 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to alter, 
amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the 
Acts relating to the London and Blackwall Railway: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Benjamin Wood presented a Bill for regulat- 
ing Legal Proceedings by or against the Guarantee 
Society, and for granting certain Powers thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Sir William Rae reported from the Committee on 


the Severn Navigation Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill, were referred ; That 
the said Bill was for the same purpose as a Bill 
which was presented in the last Session of the last 
Parliament, and contained the same clauses and 
provisions as were contained in such former Bill in 
the last stage of its proceeding, and whereupon pro- 
ceedings were pending on the dissolution of the last 
Parliament, andthat the Order of the House of the 
14th day of February last had been complied with ; 
that the Committee had considered the said Peti- 
tions, and had heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colne ( Lancaster) ;— Hepworth ;— 
and, C/ure (Suffolk); praying the House to withdraw 
all support from the College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Spitalfields ;— Meltham ;— Saint 
Mary's, Rotherhithe ;—Joseph Batemen and others ; 
— Cheetham ;— Kirkburton ;— Saint Paul’s, Dept- 
ford (Chairman) ;—Salford (four Petitions) ;— Wim- 


ryroe; praying that the Corn Importation Bill may te Bil. 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Benjamin Baker, Inspector of Corn 
Returns for the town of Bungay ;— Thomas Atkin- 
son, Inspector of Corn Returns for the borough of 
Appleby ;—and, William Rogerson, Inspector of 
Corn Returns for the borough of Wigan; praying 
that provision may be made in the Corn Importation 
Bill, either to continue their services as Inspectors, 
or to award them compensation for the loss of their 
offices, should the said Bill pass into a law,—were 
ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- Boroughs 
missioners for paving, &amp;c., the town of Birmingham, (No) Bill 
praying that they maybe heard, by themselves, their’ — 
counsel, agents and witnesses, against certain parts 
of the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 
A Petition of Commissioners for lighting, &amp;c., the 
hamlets or liberties of Duddeston and Nechells, in 
the parish of Aston, near Birmingham, praying that 
if the House should think proper to pass the said 
Bill, provision may be made in the same for vest- 
ing in the Petitioners, as such Commissioners, the 
necessary powers for carrying it into operation so 
far as respects the said hamlets, was also presented, 
and read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 
A Petition of Samuel Beale, Mayor of the borough 
of Birmingham, praying that the Bill said may pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and re 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions of William Inge, of Thorpe Constan- Buildings 
tine, in the county of Stafford, a Captain in Her Regulation 
Majesty’s service ;—and, Inhabitants and Rate-payers seated 
of Birmingham ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel, agents and witnesses, 
against certain parts of the Buildings Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the President of the Society of 
Master Carpenters, Dorset-place, Dorset-square, 
stating that it would be very desirable to embody 
part of the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill, to- 
gether with some of the provisions of the 14 Geo. 3, 





OL. 97. 





P c. 78, 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
No. 2.) ; and, 
uildings 
Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bills, 


Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Union with 
Treland. 


Hill Coolies. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Railways Bill. 


106 


c. 78, commonly called the Building Act, as also 
some of the provisions of the intended Bill, to be 
called the Drainage Bill, into one general Act, for 
the uniform regulation of Buildings and Drainage 
throughout the empire, was also presented and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Derby, praying that the Boroughs 
Improvement (No. 2.); and, the Buildings Regula- 
tion (No. 2.) Bills, may not pass into law, as they 
now stand, and that the House will vest the power 
of carrying out the provisions of the said Bills in 
Derby in the Petitioners, and that they may be 
heard, by counsel and witnesses, either before the 
House or in Select Committee thereof, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, praying for a modification of the duty 
upon passengers travelling by Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Waterford ;—Dromore ;— Market 
Hill ;—and, Killileagh ; praying the House to pass 
an Act for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, 
or which may hereafter be solemnized, by a presby- 
terian minister in Ireland, between parties, one of 
whom is a member of the Established Church, and 
the other a protestant dissenter,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Streatham;—-Epsom ;—Saint Mary, 
Bermondsey ;—Saint Mary, Lambeth (two Petitions) ; 
—Saint John, Westminster ;—and, Saint Mary, Ro- 
therhithe ; praying the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Water- 
loo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—Armagh ;—and, Old- 
town ; praying for the repeal of the Legislative Union 
of Great Britain with Ireland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Bridgwater Auxiliary to the British and Foreign 
Anti-Slavery Society ; —Chairman of the Committee 
of the Hereford Anti-Slavery Society ;—and, In- 
habitants of Evesham; praying the House not to 
sanction the proposed relaxation of the law pro- 
hibiting the exportation of labourers from British 
India,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Saint 
Mary’s parish, in the city of Dublin, praying the 
House to adopt measures for affording encourage- 
ment to the Schools in connexion with the Church 
Education Society for Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Holker Meggison, of Brambridge, 
in the county of Hants, Esquire, praying that a 
clause may be inserted in the Railways Bill, confer- 
ring on the Board of Trade power to prescribe the 
adoption of whatever measures may seem fit, in or- 
der to the prevention of the accidents to which Rail- 
way travelling is liable, and the consequent promo- 
tion of public safety, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Church and 
Congregation of Warwick-street chapel, Leamington 
Priors, praying the House to extend to persons of 
the Baptist denomination the privilege of making an 
affirmation or declaration in lieu of an Oath, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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A. 1842. 


Petitions from Old Brentford, and other places; Brewers’ Cas; 


—and, Bolton; praying the House to introduce a 
Bill declaring the law to be that Brewers’ Casks 
are not destrainable for the rent of their customers, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lhe 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from the Journals to be 
end of the last Session of Parliament to the end of Printed. 


this present Session, with an Index to the Ninety- 
seventh Volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That One thousand two hundred and 
fifty copies of the said Journal and Index be printed, 
by the appointment and under the direction of John 
Henry Ley, Esquire, Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


A Petition of British Civil, Naval and Military Portuguese 
Claimants on the Government of Portugal, praying C'sims. 


that the House will urge upon the British and Por- 
tuguese Commission to act up to the rules, by forth- 
with issuing Titulos for payment of the Claims, and 
that the original propositions on which the Com- 
mission was formed, to settle and examine all 
claims on the Government of Portugal, whether of 
a Civil, Naval or Military nature shall be included 
in the Commission ; and that Article 4, of the Treaty 
whereby Her most faithful Majesty engages that the 
amount declared by the said Commission to be due to 
the several claimants shall be paid in specie within 
six months after being so declared to be due, may be 
faithfully and strictly adhered to, agreeably to the 
Convention submitted by the British Government on 
the 24th day of April 1840 to the Portuguese Govern- 
ment, and which was agreed to by the latter on the 
9th day of May 1840, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- pyisons 
mand,—Copy of the Third Report of the General (Scotland.) 


Board of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, of their 
Proceedings under the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 42. 
Ordered,That the said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill; 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 7th and Addresses. 


9th days of this instant 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 to Her Majesty; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 4 tmospheric 
mand,—Copy of Report of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Raitway. 
Frederick Smith, Royal Engineer, and Professor 
Barlow, on the Atmospheric Railway. 

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


Sir Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Address Cina. 


to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant 
March, for Copies of any Communications which 
may have been received from Captain Elliot, explain- 
ing or having any bearing upon the transactions with 
the Chinese Authorities which are adverted to in 
Viscount Canning’s Letter to the Secretary of the 
Treasury of the 3d day of November 1841; but 
which had not been received at the date of that 
Letter. 

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


Mr. 





Colonial 
Passengers Bill, 


























































Sill. 


National Float- 
ing Breakwater 
Company Bill. 


Londonderry 
Unione 


Jacob Owen, 
Esquire. 


Valuation 
(Ireland.) 


Fines (Ireland ) 


5 VicToriz. 


Mr. Frederick Hodgson presented a Bill for forming 
and regulatin the Waticnal Floating Breakwater 
and Refuge ~ Bevel 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Contracts entered into for the building 
of the Londonderry Union Poor-house, and for ex- 
ecuting extra Works and Fittings, with Specification 
and Prices of such extra Works and Fittings :—Of 
any Orders in Writing for extra Works :—Of the 
Accounts for such extra Works, specifying the De- 
ductions made thereon by Mr. Wilkinson :—Of such 
portions of the Proceedings of the Guardians of the 
Londonderry Union as bear on the subject of the 
Poor-house ; together with the Marginal Remarks 
made by the Commissioners thereon, bearing the 
following dates,—the 2d day of October 1841, the 
7th day of December 1841, and the 12th day of Fe- 
bruary 1842 :—Of the Proceedings of the Committee 
of the Board of Guardians of the Londonderry Union 
on the 27th day of November 1841, and Mr. Hag- 
erty’s Report :—And, of the Letters of the Commis- 
sioners, or their Officers, to the Guardians of the Zon- 
donderry Union, bearing date the 17th day of Sep- 
tember 1841, (with Inclosure, dated the 9th day of 
August 1841, and Statement of Contractor’s Ac- 
count), the 10th day of February 1842 and the 17th 
day of February 1842; and of the Order of the 
Commissioners, dated the 10th day of February 
1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing in Columns, the Salary of Jacob 
Owen, Esquire, as Architect of the Board of Works 
in Ireland, with all his other Fees and Emoluments 
connected with the said Office; also, a Return of 
the Salary and all other Emoluments of the said 
Jacob Owen, Esquire, as Superintendent Engineer, 
or by what other name the Office may be known, of 
Howth Harbour, Kingstown Harbour, and the Im- 
provement of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 
as well as all other Appointments, Salaries, Fees or 
other Emoluments, which Mr. Owen holds and re- 
ceives under the Crown, with the Sum Total of these. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several Counties, Counties of Cities 
and Counties of Towns in Ireland, of which the Va- 
luation under the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 84, has been 
completed ; specifying the Name of each Barony or 
Half Barony, the acreable Contents and the Valuation 
thereof ; stating also the sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring Assizes 1841, 
for each such Barony or Half Barony, and the rate per 
centum which such sum bears to the Valuation ; also 
the sum ordered to be levied by the Grand Jury War- 
rant of Summer Assizes 1841, for each such Barony 
or Half Barony, and the Rate per centum which such 
sum bears to the Valuation; stating also the Name 
and acreable Contents of each such County, County 
of a City and County of a Town; the Annual Value 
thereof according to the Valuation under the said 
Act; the Amount of the Expense of such Valuation ; 
the Cost per Acre of such Valuation, and the Rate 
which the Cost bears to each £. 100 of the Valuation; 
and similar Returns for the Counties of Cavan, 
Down, Fermanagh, Louth and Meath, for the year 
1840. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, in Charge and Discharge, of all Fines re- 
ceived under the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 99, and of the 
Appropriation thereof, to the latest period; and a 
Return of the Amount paid to the Fund from each 
County, and the Expenditure out of it, in which the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Office are distinguished 
from extraordinary Expenses. 


Vou. 97. 


11° Marti. 


107 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Sir George Rose : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable His Royal Duchy of 
Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales, to make Cornwall Bill. 
Leases and Grants of Land and Hereditaments, Par- 
cel of His said Royal Highness’ Duchy of Cornwall, 
or annexed to the same, and for the other Purposes 
therein mentioned : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm an Act of the Van Diemen’s 
Legislature of Van Diemen’s Land, for authorizing 14 Bill. 
the Levy of certain Duties of Customs, and on 
Spirits :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the 19th section of Southampton 
the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for the Town. 
Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That the Seat of Lord Bruce, for the 
Town of Southampton, has, by law, become vacant, 
he being now the Earl of Elgin, a Peer of the 
United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That the Parish Property Bill be read Parish Property 
a second time upon Monday next. Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Forged Exche- 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Forged quer Bills Bill. 
Exchequer Bills Bill. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means, 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply spirits 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, (Ireland.) 
levied, collected and paid upon every gallon of Spirits 
of the strength of hydrometer proof, which shall, 
on or after the eleventh day of March One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-two, be distilled in Zreland, 
or be in the stock, custody or possession of any dis- 
tiller in Ireland, or which having been distilled in 
Ireland or Scotland, shall on or after that day be 
in warehouse in Jreland, and be taken out of ware- 
house for consumption in Ireland, or which having 
been taken out of warehouse in Scotland for removal 
to Ireland, shall on or after that day be brought 
into Jreland, an additional Duty of One shilling. 

2. Resolved, That the Mait allowance now pay- 
able on every gallon of Spirits distilled in Ireland 
from malted Corn only, not being mixed with 
any unmalted Corn or Grain, shall cease and de- 
termine. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight Ferd. 
millions be granted 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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene 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 West India 
into a Committee upon the West India Clergy “'tey Bill. 
Bill. - 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 

graph. 


Preamble postponed. 
P2 CLAUSE, 





108 11°—12° Marti. 


Cravse, N° 1, (Her Majesty empowered to erect 
three or more dioceses within the territorial limits 
of the existing dioceses of Jamaica and Barbadoes) 

read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out “ three,” 
and insert “ two.” 

Question put, That “three” stand part of the 
Clause ; 


A. 1842. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cor Import, 

mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; =o. 
Resolved, That. this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Manicipal Bol 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Corporations Pre 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Pi we 


Exchequer Bill 
Loan Acts ; 


Accounts, 
referred : 
Exchequer 
Bills, Public 
Works, &amp;c.; 
and, West 
Indian Islands 
Relief. 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


The Committee divided ; 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 126. 
Yeas, Mr. George William Hope: 

Tellers for thef Sir Charles Napier, Vow. 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: J 


Cause, agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 2, to N° 6, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committeee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out 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 to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for 
Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of 
the Poor ; 

Ordered, That the Accounts and Estimates rela- 
tive to Exchequer Bills, Public Works, &amp;c.; and, 
West Indian Islands Relief, which were presented 
upon the 22d day of February last, be referred to 
the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to direct 
issues to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
to an amount not exceeding ‘Three hundred and 
sixty thousand pounds per annum, to Commissioners, 
to be by them advanced towards the completion of 
Works of a public nature, for the encouragement of 
the Fisheries, or the Employment of the Poor, on 
due security being given for the re-payment of the 
sum so advanced. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 12° die Februarii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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 
into a Committee upon the Queen’s Prison Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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 
into a Committee upon the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) 
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 di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 
the third time this day. 





resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties of England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1841 to the 
Ist day of January 1842; specifying also, in each 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid 
in lieu of Tithes; and showing whether the same be 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
Incumbents :—-And, of all Awards for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of 
England and Wales, from the 1st day of July 1841 
to the Ist day of January 1842; specifying also, in 
each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to 
be paid in lieu of Tithes ; and showing whether the 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or 
Clerical Incumbents (being in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper No. 46. of the last Session). 


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


Buchingham : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


“An Act for enlightening the Streets, Lanes and 
Passages within the Town and County of the Town 
of Nottingham,” and also of other Somes being 
Rate-payers under the same Act, in the said town, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wot- 
tingham Gas (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. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Sabbati, 12° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, praying 
the House to pass a Bill enacting that every indi- 
vidual in British India, and in all other portions of 
Her Majesty’s dominions, shall be declared free, 


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


bitants of the eastern district of the Waterloo Divi- 
sion of the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, praying 





the 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


Mr. Manners Sutton preseuted, pursuant to Order, Tithes Comm. 
—Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation “e. 


Mr. Hodgson Hinde presented a Bill for inclosing Buckland 
Lands in the Parish of Buckland, in the County of Inclosure Bill 


A Petition of Directors and Trustees constituted Nottingham 
and appointed under an Act passed in the second Gas (No. 1.) 
year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled, Bill. 


PETITION of the Chairman of a Meeting India, &amp;. 


A Petition of Shop-keepers, Workmen and Inha- Waterloo, &amp;¢» 


Bridges. 





Titl 


Ma 
(Ir 


Me 


Spi 
(hr 





5 Vicroriz. 


the House to adopt measures for redeeming and ex- 
tincuishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and 
Faurhall Siddons, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of George Sinclair Jones, com- 
plaining of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 
in the case of the Petition for the Bolton and Preston 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as the Notices 
required in the case of Bills of the third class, have 
not been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way. 


Tithes. A Petition of Beneficed Tithe-owners in the county 


of Susser, praying that the House will take means 
to restore to them that equal mode of rating which 
existed previous to their commuting their Tithes, 
either by enacting that the assessment upon the 
Rent-charge should not be relatively greater than 
it was upon the Tithes, or by exempting so much 
of the Rent-charge from a liability to be rated, as 
may secure the Tithe-owner from an unequai and 
disproportionate assessment to the poor rate, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Marriages 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and other Mem- 
(Ireland. ) 


bers of the Second Presbyterian Church of Ahog- 
hill, praying the House to pass an Act for rendering 
valid all Marriages solemnized, or which may here- 
after be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in 
Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a Member 
of the Established Church, and the other a protest- 
ant dissenter, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





ill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways 
and Means, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 
levied, collected and paid upon every gallon of Spi- 
rits of the strength of hydrometer proof, which 
shall, on or after the eleventh day of March One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, be distilled 
in Ireland, or be in the stock, custody or possession 
of any distiller in Ireland, or which having been 
distilled in Lreland or Scotland, shall on or after 
that day be in warehouse in Ireland, and be taken 
out of warehouse for consumption in Jreland, or 
which having been taken out of warehouse in Scot- 
land for removal to Jreland, shall on or after that 
day be brought into Jreland, an additional Duty of 
One shilling. 

2. Resolved, That the Malt allowance now pay- 
able on every gallon of Spirits distilled in Ireland 
from malted Corn only, not being mixed with any 
unmalted Corn or Grain, shall cease and determine. 

3. Resolved, That towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eight mil- 
lions be granted out of the Consolidated Fund 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
and second of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir 
Robert Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
Resolution: And that the same Gentlemen do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ways and 
Means 5 


: Spirits 
) (Ireland. ) 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


&gt; &amp;ew 


Exchequer Bill 
n Acts, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts for 
the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and 


12°—14° Martz. 


109 


Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, a Resolu- 


tion ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to direct 
Issues to be made out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
to an amount not exceeding Three hundred and 
sixty thousand pounds per annum, to Commission- 
ers, to be by them advanced towards the completion 
of Works of a public nature, for the encouragement 
of the Fisheries, or the Employment of the Poor, 
on due security being given for the re-payment of 
the sum so advanced. 

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. Greene, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported the Queen’s Prison 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 


No. 97. 





The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of Her pre- Newgate Gaol 
sent Majesty for vacating any Presentment for re- (Dublin) Bill. 
building the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and any 
Contract between the Commissioners for re-building 
the said Gaol and the Contractor, was according to 
Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








=— 





Lune, 14° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Shannon 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, Navigation. 
—A Return of the Sums of Money levied on the dif- 

ferent Counties in Ireland for the Improvement of 

the Navigation of the River Shannon; specifying 

the Amount on each County, and its Proportion on 

the different Baronies;—And, an Estimate of the 

further Sums proposed to be levied for the same 
purpose, its Amount on each County, and the Pro- 

portions on the different Baronies. 

Copy of the Instructions given to the Water Guard Water Guard 
in Ireland respecting Divine Service, and the reading (Ireland. ) 
of Prayers to the Men. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the di- CourtofSession 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy, (Seous4-) 
Warrant granting Compensation to William John 
Munro, as Executor of the late John Munro, Ordi- 
nary Macer of the Court of Session, Scotland, from 
20th June 1840 to 27th January 1841. 

Copy of Certificate of the Lord Chief Justice of Court of 
the Court of Common Pleas, stating the necessity Common Pleas. 
of continuing the Number of Five Masters in that 
Court :— And then he withdrew. 

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


Colonel Rushbrooke presented a Bill to amend, Sudbury 
alter and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an — 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, water- 
ing and improving the Town and Borough of Sud- 
bury, in the County of Suffolk: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


General Arbuthnott presented a Bill to alter and Siug Road Bill. 
amend the Acts for making, repairing and keepin 
in repair the Road from Stonehaven, through the 
Slug Mount to the Bridge on the said Road at 
Cobleheugh, in the County of Kincardine: And the 





Vou. 97. 











P3 same 


Depiford Pier 
Bill. 


Severn Naviga- 
tion Bill. 


Great Torring- 
ton Market 
Bill. 


Southwark 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Manchester 
Infirmary Bill. 


110 


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


The Deptford Pier Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders 
and others, Inhabitants of Evesham, and its vicinity, 
praying that the Severn Navigation Bill may pass 
into a iaw, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Buck presented a Bill for erecting a Market- 
house, and for regulating the Market within the 
Borough and Town of Great Torrington, in the 
County of Devon: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Guardians of the Poor of the 
united parishes of Saint Saviour and Christchurch, 
in the borough of Southwark, in the county of 
Surrey, the Churchwardens of the said parish of 
Saint Saviour, Southwark, and Overseers of the 
Poor of the said parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark; 
— Commissioners acting in execution of an Act 
of Parliament 52 Geo. 3, intituled, “ An Act for 
better paving, lighting, cleansing and watching the 
Streets, Lanes and other Public Passages or Places 
within the Manor of Southwark, otherwise called 
the Clink or Bishop of Winchester’s Liberty, in the 
Parishof Saint Saviour, Southwark” ;—and, Charles 
Pott, Arthur Pott and William Pott, of Bridge- 
street, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, Esquires, 
and, Samuel Paynter, of Richmond, in the same 
county, Esquire ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Southwark Improvement (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. 


Mr. Forbes Mackenzie reported from the Com- 
mittee on the London and Greenwich Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred ; That they had heard 
counsel on behalf of several of the said Petitions, and 
had considered one other of the said Petitions; 
that the Bill was for the same purpose as a Bill 
which was presented in the last Session of the last 
Parliament, and contained the same Clauses and 
Provisions as were contained in such former Bill in 
the last stage of its Proceedings and whereupon Pro- 
ceedings were pending on the dissolution of the last 
Parliament; and that the Order of the House of the 
14th day of February last had been complied with ; 
that the Committee had considered the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders to be re- 
— upon specially by Committees on Railway 

ills ; and had agreed to the following Report : 

That the Object of the Bill being merely to amend 
the former Acts relating tothe Railway, it appeared 
to the Committee, that none of the matters required 
by the Standing Orders to be proved before Com- 
mittees on Railway Bills, applied to the present Bill. 

Mr. Mackenzie further reported, 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. 


Mr. Mark Philips reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester Infirmary Bill; and to whom a Pe- 


14° Marti. 














A. 1842. 


Parties appeared in support of the said Petition ; 
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, 
= agreed to; and an Amendment was made to the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Company resident in Manchester 
and the neighbourhood, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way 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. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
ailway Bill, 


Berwick-upon. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Tweed Corpo. 


the Petition for the Berwick-upon-Tweed Corpora- 
tion Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as the Notices required in the 
case of Bills of the first class had not been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Market Harborough and Brampton 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the provisions of an Act passed in the 
fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing and improving the Road from Market Har- 
borough, in the County of Leicester, to Brampton, 
in the County of Huntingdon”: And that Mr. 
Maunsell, Mr. Stafford O’ Brien and Mr. Halford 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Yarmouth and Norwich Rail- 


way Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Great Yarmouth to 
Norwich, in the county of Norfolk: And that Mr. 
Wilshere and Mr. Wodehouse do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Ardrossan Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act for erecting a Harbour at Ardrossan, 
in the county of Ayr, and to provide for the Improve- 
ment of the said Harbour: And that Lord James 
Stuart and Viscount Kelburne do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


ration, 


Market Har- 
borongh and 
rampton 


Road Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Ardrossan 
Harbour Bill. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Medbourne 


on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Medbourne Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing the Open Common Fields, Meadows 
and other Commonable Lands in the parish of Med- 
bourne, in the county of Leicester: And that Mr. 
Halford, Mr. Packe and Mr. Farnham do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the 


Inclosure Bill. 


Select Committee Faversham 


tition against the said Bill, was referred ; That no Navigation 


Bill. 





on Petitions for Private Bills; ‘That in the case of 
the 









v 


ich 
ill, 


3ill 


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» Bille 





5 Vicroriz. 


the Petition for the Faversham Navigation Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of Faversham Creek, 
in the county of Kent: And that Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 


n 
cor Wood on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
Paving Com- the Petition for the Metropolitan Patent Wood Pav- 
pany Bill ing Company Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating and granting certain Powers to the 
Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company: And 
that Mr. Trotter, Mr. Hardy and Mr. Bagge do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Gravesend The Gravesend Town Pier Bill was read‘a second 

Town Pier time; and committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Gravesend The Gravesend Terrace Bill was read a second 

Terrace Pier time; and committed. 

Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Birkenhead Mr. Shaw reported from the Committee on the 

Improvement Birkenhead Improvement Bill; That on the Com- 

a. mittee meeting this day, pursuant to adjournment, 
a Letter was received from Mr. Beckett Denison, one 
of the Selected Members, stating that he was pre- 
vented by illness from attending the Committee ; 
that the Committee waited till the expiration of one 
hour, and a Quorum of Selected Members not being 
then present, the Chairman adjourned the Committee 
till twelve of the clock of the following day, in order 
to receive the Instructions of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Saint Mary-le- A Petition of Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
my es* —-Paneras, praying that they may be heard by them- 


selves, or their counsel, against certain parts of the 
Saint Mary-le-bone Parish Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Granton Pier 


Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill to extend the 


(No.2.) Bill. Provisions of an Act of the seventh year of the reign 
of King William the Fourth, relative to the Pier of 
Granton, in the County of Edinburgh: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to beread 
a second time. 

Baton and The Bolton and Westhoughton Roads Bill was 

ea read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com 

mittee of Selection. 

nom i Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 

my Bil, 2randling Junction Railway Bill; That they had con- 


sidered the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders to be proved before Committees on Railway 
Bills, and had agreed to the following Report; That 
it appeared to the Committee that the object of the 
Bill being to authorize the raising of a further Sum 
of Money, and to amend the former Acts relating to 
the said Railway, and to enable them to lease a por- 
tion of their Line, the other matters required by the 
Standing Orders to be proved before Committees on 
Railway Bills, did not apply to the present Bill ; 
that the Clause required by the Resolution of the 
House of the 27th day of January 1840, had been 
inserted in the Bill. 

Mr. Greene further reported, 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 Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 


14° Martiz. 


111 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Midland Coun- 
Midland Counties Railway Bill; That they had con- tic* Railway 
sidered the several matters required bythe Standing =~ 
Orders to be proved before Committees on Railway 

Bills; and had agreed to the following Report; 

That it appeared to the Committee that the object 

of the Bill being solely to raise a further Sum of 

Money, and to amend the former Acts relating to 

the said Railway, the matters required by the Stand- 

ing Orders to be proved before Committees on Rail- 

way Bills, do not apply to the present Bill. 

Mr. Greene further reported, 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bradford 
Bradford (York) Water-works Bill; That the said (York) Water- 
Bill was for the same purpose as a Bill which was ‘ 
presented in the last Session of the last Parliament, 

and contained the same Clauses and Provisions as 

were contained in such former Bill in the last stage of 

its Proceedings, and whereupon Proceedings were 
pending on the dissolution of the last Parliament ; 

and that the Order of the House of the 14th day of 
February last had been complied with; 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. 


Petitions of Trustees acting in execution of the Glasgow, — 
Turnpike Acts for the county of Renfrew ;—Mrs, Paisley, Kil. 
Marianne Kibble, of Greenlaw, in the county of ayy Railway 
Renfrew ;—and, Magistrates and Councillors of the Bill. 
burgh of Newton-upon-Ayr, and John Taylor Gor- 
don, of Newton Lodge, in the county of Ayr; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Glas- 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr 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. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Huish Champ- 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in a a 
the case of the Petition for the Huish Champflower, “°° 
&amp;c., Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the several parishes of Huish 
Champflower, Clatworthy and Brompton Ralph, in 
the county of Somerset ; And that Mr. 4cland and 
Mr. Dickinson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Viscount Courtenay presented a Bill for inclosing Kilmington 
Lands in the Parish of Kilmington, in the County !elosure Bill. 
of Devon: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Representative Saint Mary-le- 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint James, Westminster, — —— 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Saint Mary-le- 
bone Parish Bill, had not been complied with, and 
praying that the said Bill may not be read a second 
time, was presented, and read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Petition be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills :—And 








Vou. 97. 





the 


P4 


York Cathedral 
Bill. 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road 
and Shipping- 
place.) 


Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Warwick and 
Teamington 


Union Railway. 


Stourbridge 
Roads. 


Mitford’s 
Divorce Bill. 


112 


the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

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


Mr. John Henry Lowther presented a Bill for 
enabling the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral 
and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter, in York, 
to borrow a Sum of Money for the Discharge of 
Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair 
of the said Cathedral Church: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

A Petition of the Right worshipful William Cock- 
burn, Doctor of Divinity, Dean of the cathedral and 
metropolitical church of Saint Peter, of York, and the 
Venerable the Chapter of the same church, stating 
that a house, called the Residence-house, in the 
Minster-yard, is the property of the dean and chapter, 
and part of the fabric estate, and is occupied by the 
four canons residentiary, at an annual rent; and 
praying that provision may be made in the said Bill 
for providing an additional fund for the restoration of 
the said cathedral church, by authorizing the four 
canons residentiary to purchase the said Residence- 
house, and to apply towards purchasing the same 
four fifth parts of the sums of three thousand two 
hundred pounds, and fifty-seven pounds six shillings, 
in the hands of the Accountant General of the Court 
of Chancery, ex-parte, The Dean end Chapter of 
York, and to borrow upon — of the Resi- 
dence-house such further sum, if any, as may be 
necessary for that purpose, and by applying the 
purchase-money for the said Residence-house to- 
wards the same purposes as the money proposed to 
be raised by the Bill now pending, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Robert Thomson, of Fenneymount, 
in the county of Antrim, Esquire, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Belfast and Cavehill Railway 
(Road and Shipping Place) Bill, had not been com- 
= with, and praying that he may be heard, by 
’ 


imself, his counsel or agent, against the same, | 


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


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for paving, 
lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise improv- 
ing the Town of Fleetwood, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for establishing a Market therein: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


A Petition of James Saint oa Burke, of Par- 


liament-street, in the city of Westminster, taking 
notice of the application for leave to present a 
Petition for leave to bring in the Warwick and Lea- 
mington Union Railway Bill, and praying that leave 
may not be given as prayed by the said Petition, 
and that he may be heard against the prayer thereof, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


14° Martz. 








A. 1842. 


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, with an Amendment:—And the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 6.1.12. Leave out “and all other rights, 
** titles, inheritances, claims and demands.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Residents and Traders 
of the central district of the parish of Mary-le-bone, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauzrhall Bridges, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Largy ;—and, Tobermore ; praying 
the House to pass an Act for rendering valid all 
Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter be 
solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in [reland, 
between parties, one of whom is a member of the 
Established Church, and the other a protestant dis- 
senter,—were presented, and»read ; “a ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Knockbreda;— Tamlaght Ard; 
— Fanlobbus ;— Carbery ;-- and, Abbey Strewry ; 
praying the House to devise means for affording en- 
couragement and assistance to the Schools in con- 
nexion with the Church Education Society for Zre- 
land,— were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Grahamston and other places ;— 
Manchester (twelve Petitions) ;-—- Warrington (five 
Petitions); — Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ;— 
Croft ;-- Truro ;—- Newtownards ;-- Newport (Hants) ; 
— Yate and —— Bank ;—Stepney (two Petitions) ; 
—Saint James, Westminster ;-—-and, Blackley; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants and other Inhabitants 
of London, interested in the British Colony of the 
Cape of Good Hope, praying that the duties on 
Wheat, the growth of that colony, may be fixed at 
a permanent duty of 1s. per quarter, and on other 
grain in proportion, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Castletown Roche ;-—Balbriggan ; 
-— Thomas Dugdale and others ;-— and, Youghal; 
praying the House to adopt measures for encourag- 
ing the importation of Grain, in preference to Flour 
and Meal,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the High Sheriff, Grand Jurors as- 
sembled at Spring Assizes 1842, and Magistrates, 
Gentry and Farmers of the county of Clare, praying 
the House to maintain the existing scale of duties 
on the importation of foreign Oats and Barley, and 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike-road to leave the duties as now fixed by the existing laws 
leading from Blakedown Pool, in the _— of Hag- | upon the importation of foreign cattle, beefand pork 


ley, in the county of Worcester, to 


. . s 
irmingham, in | unaltered, was presented, and read; and ordered 


the county of Warwick, complaining that the Stand- | lie upon the Table. 


ing Orders of the House in respect to the applica- 
tion for the Stourbridge Roads Bill, had not been 


complied with, and praying that they may be heard, — Tullowcreen ;— Nurney 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against the | mu/sh ;— Tullow ;— Killeshin ;—Sly 


Petitions from Cloydah ;—Lorum ;— Ballyellen ; 
;— Kelletstown ;— Clon- 
iff ;—-Dunleck- 


same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the | ney ;—Old Leighlin ;—Killedmond ;— Templepeter ; 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


— Ballynocken ;— Edmond Regan and others ;--and, 
Alford (Aberdeen); praying that the Corn Importa- 


Mr. Phillpotts reported from the Committee on tion Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
Mitford’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined | —were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the allegations of the Bill, as to the marriage of | the Table. 


Petitions 


Waterloo, &amp;e, 
Bridges,” 


Marriages 
(Treland,) 


Education 


(Treland.) 


Corn Laws. 


Corn Laws, &amp;«. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 





Am 
Act 


Bui 
Re; 
(wi 


Bor 
Imy 
(Ni 


Un 
Suf 


Hi 


(I 








Poor Law 
Amendment 


Act. 





Buildings 
Regulation — 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Xe, 


Universal 
Suftrage, &amp;c. 


Hill Coolies. 


5 Vicrortz. 


14° Martiz. 


been examined by and received a Certificate from 

the Governor and Directors of the Apothecaries’ 

Hall in Dublin, of his Qualification to open a Shop 

and practise as an Apothecary in Ireland :—And, of 
the Number of Prosecutions, the Name of the Per- 
son prosecuted, the date of the Prosecution, together 
with the Offence committed against the Act 31 
Geo. 3, from the 25th day of March 1829 tothe 28th 
day of February 1842; also, the Number of Penalties, 
the date of recovery of said Penalty, the Name of 
the Person from whom recovered, and a Statement 
of the time which each individual from whom a 
Penalty was recovered had been practising as an 
Apothecary before any Prosecution had been com- 
menced against him by the Apothecaries’ Hall. 


113 


Petitions from Bradford (York) Union ;— Tongue 
with Haulgh ;— Harwood ;—and, ate Union 
praying for repeal or alteration of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the township of Great Bolton, praying that they 
may be heard ie themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Buildings Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Great Bolton ;— and, Bolton 
(Mayor); praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be added Leman ape 
to the Select Committee on the Buildings Regula- eG th 
tion (No. 2.); and, the Boroughs Improvement Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bills. (No. 2.) Bills. 


A Petition of William Balls, of Back-hill, Hatton 
Garden, praying for the adoption of Universal Suf- 
frage, Annual Parliaments and Vote by Ballot, 
equal Electoral Districts, the Payment of Members, 
and the repeal of the Property Qualification for 
Members, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Drax have leave of absence Leave of 
till Easter, on account of illness in his family. Absence. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to apply a Sum Consolidated 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- A 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and jj," 
Forty-two: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 











000.) 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretaries of the 
Committee of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne Auxiliary 


to the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 


The Hduse, according to Order, resolved itself Forged Exche- 





praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
relaxation of the law prohibiting the exportation 
of labourers from British India, so far as the same 
affects the island of Mauritius, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Maynooth 


College A Petition of Wesleyan Methodists of Ulverston, 
0 . 


praying the House not to sanction any further grant 

of public money to the College of Maynooth, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ws, 


Outrages 


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


Copies of the Memorial of the Reverend Patrick 
Morgan, Parish Priest, of Drumgooland, near Cas- 
tlewellan, County Down, to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Freland, dated on or about the 7th day of January 
1842, on the subject of Outrages committed in the 
above locality :—Of the Answer thereto of Edward 
Lucas, Esquire, Under Secretary, dated on or about 
the 10th day of January 1842 :—Of the Letter or 
Memorial of the same Reverend Patrick Morgan 
to the Lord Lieutenant on or about the 23d day of 
February 1842, on the subject of his former Memo- 
rial, and inclosing a Copy of a Letter from him to 
a Magistrate of the District :—-And, of the Answer 
to the Reverend Mr. Morgan’s Letter, from Ed- 
ward Lucas, Esquire, on or about the 24th day 


of February ; together with all further and other 
Communications of the above nature, between the 
or the | 


Laws, &amp; 
Reverend Mr. Morgan and the Magistrates, 
Irish Government. 


Apothecaries 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


quer Bills Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Forged Exchequer Bills tag 
0. 98: 


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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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- Corn Importa- 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; ton Set 
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, Land. 
“« a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire whe- 
ther there are any peculiar burdens, specially 
affecting the ented Interest of this country, or 
any peculiar exemptions enjoyed by that Interest, 
and to ascertain their nature and extent,” 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 {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Ward, 


“ 
“ec 
6c 


“ 





(Ireland. ) 











} 230. 
Noes, Mr. Milner Gibson : 


Import 
Bill. 








} 115. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


Returns of the Name of each Person, in each year, 
since the 25th day of March 1829, who has been 
examined by the Governor and Directors of the 
Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin, and who has received | 
a Certificate of his proper Qualification to become 
an apprentice to learn the business of an Apothe-| 
cary :—Of the Name of each Person, in each year 
since the 25th day of March 1829, who has been 
examined by the Governor and Directors of the | 
Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin and who has received | 
a Certificate of his proper Qualification to become | 
an Assistant or Journeyman to the business of an 
Apothecary :—Of the Name of each Person, in each 
year since the 25th day of March 1829, who has 
Vou. 97. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 9, agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
| Q The 















Castoms Duties 
(West Indian 

and North Ame- 
rican Colonies. ) 


Rivers (Ireland) 
Bill. 


No. 99. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Colonial 


Passengers Bill. 


Parish Property 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


West India 
Clergy Bill. 


Supply. 


114 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas,/ aw amen 89. 
1 os 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mir — 
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 ; 


Mariis, 15° die Martiit, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
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 to whom it was referred to consider the 
Acts relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, 
Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into 
any of the British Possessions in America, or the 
Mauritius ; 

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 Rivers (Jreland) Bill; 
and, aftersome time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, 'That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 27th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Parish Property Bill was, according to Or- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for 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. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the increase of 
the Number of Bishoprics and Archeaconries in 
the West Indies, and to amend the several Acts 
relating thereto, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The 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. 


14°—15° Martiz. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Queen's Pra 
1 . 





A. 1842. 


reading of the Queen’s Prison Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


by the Clerk of the Affidavits in the High Court of 
hienure in the year from August 1840 to August 
1841; specifying the manner in which they have 
been appropriated; viz. the Amonnt paid to the 
Chief Clerk and to the Assistant Clerk, and the 
Balance paid over to the Fee Fund :—Of the Total 
Number of Affidavits, and the Number of Folios 
from which the said Fees are derived, for the 
above year :—Of the Amount paid to the Assist- 
ant Clerk for Office Copy Money, in the said year: 
—And, of the Hours of Attendance given at the 
Affidavit Office during the year. 


Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor ; 
and to amend the Acts authorizing the Issue of 
Exchequer Bills for the like Purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


ing it, and for executing extra Works, with the 
Specifications and Statement of Prices (if any), and 
of any written Orders for extra Works given b 

Mr. Wilkinson to the Contractor :—Of Mr. Wilkin- 
son’s Report on the Castle Derg Union Workhouse 
to the Poor Law Commissioners, and of the Reports 
of Messrs. Leason and Ryan; of the Account for 
extra Works and Fittings sent in by the Contractor, 
with the Deductions made from it by Mr. Wilkinson ; 
of Mr. Keane’s Report on the Workhouse, and of 
Mr. Wilkinson’s Observations on it, with the Reply 
of the Board of Guardians of the Castle Derg 
Union :—Of any Notice served on the Contractor 
by the Poor Law Commissioners, and of any Notice 
served on the Poor Law Commissioners by the Con- 
tractor, with Dates :--Of the Letter of the Chairman 
and Vice Chairman of the Castle Derg Board of 
Guardians of the 2d day of April 1841, addressed 
to the Poor Law Commissioners, on the state of the 
Union Workhouse, with the Reply of the Poor Law 
Commissioners of the 14th day of April 1841, and 
the subsequent Communications on the same sub- 
ject between the Commissioners and the Guardians : 
—And, of any Memorials addressed to his Excel- 
lency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by the Castle 
Derg Board of Guardians, on the subject of the 
Castle Derg Union Workhouse, with the Answers. 


last, 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. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns showing the Total Amount of Fees received Chancery, 






































Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to authorize Public Works 
the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated 8 
Fund to a limited Amount, for carrying on Public No.100. 

















Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to impose an Spirit Duties 
additional Duty on Spirits, and to repeal the Allow- ({reland) Bill, 
ance on Spirits made from Malt only, in Zreland: No.101, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Castle Derg 
Copies of Mr. Wilkinson’s Estimate for the Castle Vnion Work- 
Derg Union Workhouse ; of the Contract for build- ° 



























Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tithes Tithes Comm- 
Commutation, which were presented upon Friday ‘tion. 


























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and | 
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way) 








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Rail: 











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5 Vicroriz. 


Martis, 15° die Marti ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Northern Union (Newcastle and Darling- 
ap ton Junction) Railway Bill was read a second 
Function) Rail. time ; and committed. 


Northern Union 


way Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Great North The Great North of England Railway Bill was 

of Engin’ read a second time ; and committed. 

—" Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Brandling An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Brandling 

oe pil, Junction Railway Company to raise a further Sum 


of Money, 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. 


Northen Union Petitions of the Master and Brethren of Christ’s 
(Newcastle 


(ii Darlington Hospital, near Sherburn, in the county of Durham ; 

Junction) Rail- —Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of 

way Bill. Durham ;—and, Sir George Musgrave, of Eden 
Hall, in the county of Cumberland, Baronet; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the North- 
ern Union (Vewcastle and Darlington Junction) 
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. 


Great North 
of England 


Petitions of Sir George Musgrave, of Eden Hall, 
Railway Bill. 


in the county of Cumberland, Baronet ;—and, Dean 
and Chapter of the cathedral church of Durham ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Great 
North of England 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. 


Salicoats 


, Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select 
Harbour Bill, 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Saltcoats 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 Saltcoats, in the county of Ayr: And that Vis- 


count Kelburne and Lord James Stuart do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


weds "i A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 

“owe Bill. solve the Marriage of Henry Reveley Mitford, Es- 
quire, with the Right honourable Lady Georgina 
Jemima Mitford, his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes, was read 
the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 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, with an Amend- 
ment ; to which Amendment this House doth desire 
the concurrence of their Lordships. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Lords upon the said Bill be returned to 


the Lords: And that Sir William Heathcote do carry 
the same. 


Vou. 97, 


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115 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee (No. 4.) on Petitions for 
Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, Private Bills, 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Gorbals Police. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to 
whom the Petition of the Magistrates and Council 
of Glasgow, complaining of non-compliance with the 
Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for the 
Gorbals Police Bill, was referred; That the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
powers are taken by the Bill to raise an additional and 
distinct Assessment for widening Streets, and other 
new purposes not authorized in the former Act, and 
the Notices did not refer to such intended Assess- 
ment, or to the purposes thereof; also inasmuch as 
certain exemptions from rates have been varied b 
the Bill, and no Notice given of such intended vari- 
ation ; also ittasmuch as there is a provision in the 
Bill for payment of public officers other than the 
Police, but no Notice was given of such provision. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill was read Bristol and 
a second time ; and committed. Gloucester | 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®*ilvay Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Acland presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Huish Champ- 
in the several Parishes of Huish Champflower, Clat- —— _ 
worthy and Brompton Ralph, in the Soamny hs 
merset : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the parish Saint Mary-le 
of Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Rate-payers and Inhabi- bone Parish 
tants, being Vestrymen of the parish of Saint Mary- — 
le-bone, in vestry assembled ;—Chairman of a Meet- 
ing of the Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Mary- 
le-bone ;—and, Rate-payers of the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, being elected pursuant to Act of Par- 
liament to serve the office of Auditors to the said 
parish ; praying that the Saint Mary-le-bone Parish 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Inhabitant Householders of the south 
side of Oxford-street, in the county of Middlesex ;— 
Vestrymen, Rate-payers and Inhabitants, or Rate- 
payers and Inhabitants of the district of Trinity, in 
the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone ;—District of the 
Rectory in the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone ;—Dis- 
trict of Saint Mary, in the parish of Saint Mary-le- 
bone ;—District of All Souls, in the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone ;—and, District of Christ Church, in 
the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were a presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bristol 
Bristol Boundary Bill; and to whom a Petition Boundary Bill. 
against the said Bill, was referred ; That no person 
appeared on behalf of the said Petition; and that 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the cee Inciosute 
Clee 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. 











Q2 Mr. 





Saint Austell 
Market Bill, 


Saint Austell 
Market 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Manchester 
Infirmary Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 
pany Bill. 


Reading 
Cemetery Bill. 


Britwell 
Inclosure Bill, 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Eill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ellesmere and 
Chester Canal 
Bill, 


116 


Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committees on 
Unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, That 
the Agents for the Saint Austell Market Bill, in 
compliance with the Standing Order No. 90, had laid 
before him a filled-up Copy of the Bill, as proposed 
to be submitted to the Committee ; and that he found 
the alterations proposed to be so numerous and ex- 
tensive, that he submitted to the House whether in 
such case the Parties ought not to withdraw this 
Bill, and present another Bill in the amended form. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 4th day 
of this instant March, for committing the said Bill, 
be discharged. 


15° Martiz. 


A. 1842. 


Mr. Packe presented a Bill for inclosing the Open Medboume 
Common Fields, Meadows, and other Commonable !nelosure Biy, 
Lands, in the Parish of Medbourne, in the County 
of Leicester: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for altering and enlarging the Midland Cou, 
Powers of the Acts relating to the Midland Counties ties Railway 
Railway, was read the third time. _ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Packe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Saint Austell Market Bill, 
which, upon the 22d day of rege | 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 taking down the Market-house in the town of 
Saint Austell, in the county of Cornwall, and for 
erecting a more convenient Market-house instead 
thereof; for providing a new Market-place ; and for 
increasing and regulating the Markets and Fairs 
within the same town: And that Lord Eliot, Mr. 
Pendarves and Sir Charles Lemon do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill to extend the Provisions of an 
Act of the forty-eighth of King George the Third, 
relative to the Manchester Royal Intirmary, Dis- 

ensary, and Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, and to 
incorporate the Trustees thereof, 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. 


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill for incorporating | 


and granting certain Powers to the Metropolitan 
Patent Wood Paving Company: And the same was 


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


The Reading Cemetery Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 


mittee of Selection. 


Lord Norreys presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the parishes of Britwell Salome and Britwell 
Prior, in the County of Oxford: And the same | 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a | 
second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the London and 
Greenwich Railway Company to purchase Property 
for altering certain Streets and Places contiguous to 
their Railway, and for amending the Acts ning 
to such 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. 


Mr. Wilshere presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from Great Yarmouth to Norwich, in the County 
of Norfolk; And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


jrepairing the Road from Wrexham, in the County 
\of Denbigh, to Mold, in the County of Flint ; and 


The Greenock Harbours Bill was read a second Greenock 
time; and committed. Harbours Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir John Yarde Buller presented a Bill for im- Faversham 
proving the Navigation of Faversham Creek, in the Navigation 
County of Kent; And the same was read the first om. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway London and 
Company, for leave to present a Petition for leave Croydon 
to bring in a Bill for making a Road, or Approach ro mis 
only, from or near the Grange Road, in the parish of Appreath) 
Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, to or near the (No. 2.) 
point where the London and Croydon Railway joins 
the London and Greenwich Railway, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The London and Blackwall Railway Bill was read London and 
a second time ; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &gt;" 
mittee of Selection. 





Lord James Stuart presented a Bill to amend an Ardrossan 
| Act for erecting a Harbour at Ardrossan, in the Hstbou Bil 
‘County of Ayr, and to provide for the Improvement 
|of the said Harbour: And the same was read the 


| first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


| Equitable Gas 
Cowpany Bill. 


The Equitable Gas Company Bill was read a 
|second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
| Wrexham 


Mr. Mostyn presented a Bill for more effectually ie 


for making Three new Lines of Road branching out 
of the same: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on StandingOrders, several Resolutions ; which were Orders; 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill,the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Goldner’s 
Goldner’s Patent Bill, the Standing Orders ought Pete" 
not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Honiton, &amp;¢» 
the Honiton, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill, the Standing 5™*" ee 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

4, Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Piel Pier an4 
the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill, the Parties be per- Harbour 


Stockton and 
Hartlepool 
Railway. 














| 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee, No. 3, on| 
Petitions for Private Bills, have leave to sit this day, | 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. | 


The Ellesmere and Chester Canal Bill was read a 
secon time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The first and fourth Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Bristol Floating Dock Bill was read a second B 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 
The 


ristol Floating 
Dock Bill. 






































































id 
Bill. 


Bill. 


Gas 
Bill. 


» and 
001 


, &amp;e, 
ebis. 


rand 


Floating 
sill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


National Float- é , 
ing — was read a second time ; and committed. 
Company 2M. 


mittee of Selection. 


Saint Mary-le- 
bone Parish 


ann ary-le-bone Parish Bill ; 


reading of the Saint 


15° Marti. 


The National. Floating Breakwater Company Bill | nexed the Petition referred to them by the House 
relating thereto, and the Lists of Voters which had 
Ordered, That the«Bill be referred to the Com- | been delivered to them by either Party :—And the 
names of the Committee were read, as follow:—The 
Honourable Charles Compton Cavendish, Sir Philip 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | Egerton, Baronet, Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, 
Esquire, Sir Hen 
And a Motion being made, and the Question | Hastie, Esquire, 


117 


Smyth, Baronet, Archibald 
oseph Bailey, Esquire, junior ; 


being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | Chairman, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esquire : 





time 


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 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 a 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 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 His Royal Highness Albert 
Edward Prince of Wales to make Leases and Grants 
of Land, and Hereditaments, Parcel of His said 
Royal Highness’ Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed 
to the same; and for the other Purposes therein 
mentioned : 

An Act to confirm an Act of the Legislature of 
Van Diemen’s Land, for authorizing the Levy of 
certain Duties of Customs and on Spirits. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall Bill. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land Bill. 


Great Marlow 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- 
Election, 


ral Committee of Elections the names of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Keturn for the Borough of 
Great Marlow, to which they had annexed the Pe- 
tition referred to them by the House relating thereto, 
and the List of Voters which had been delivered to 
them by either Party :—And the names of the Com- 
mittee were read, as follow:—Sir William Heathcote, 
Baronet, John Walbanke Childers, Esquire, Sir Hugh 
Campbell, Baronet, the Honourable William Francis 
Cowper, Sir John Mordaunt, Baronet, James Power, 
Esquire; Chairman, Sir John Yarde Buller, Baronet : 
Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk, as follows : 
You and each of you shall well and truly try 

the matter of the Petition of Alexander Higgin- 

son, and others, Electors, complaining of an 


undue Election and Return for the Borough of 


Great Marlow, and a true judgment give, ac- 
cording to the evidence. So help you God. 


Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Great 
Marlow, ve referred to the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for that Borough. 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 


Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk, as follows : 

You and each of you shall well and truly try 
the matter of the Petition of Ralph Bernal and 
William Dougal Christie, Esquires, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ; 
and a true judgment give, according to the 
evidence. So help you God. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Wey- 
mouth and Melcombe Regis, be referred to the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the mat- 
ter of the Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of twelve at noon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Clitheroe 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Election. 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Clitheroe, to which they had annexed the Petitions 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters which had been delivered to them 
by either Party :—And the names of the Committee 
were read, as follow :--Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Baronet, the Honourable Henry Berkeley, Sir Charles 
Broke Vere, William Evans, Esquire, Charies Robert 
Colvile, Esquire, Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esquire ; 
Chairman, James Weir Hogg, Esquire : 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk, as follows : 

You and each of you shall well and truly try 
the matter of the Petition of Edward Cardwell, 
Esquire ; and also of the Petition of John Tay- 
lor and William Whalley, Electors, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Clitheroe, and a true judgment give, 
according to the evidence. So help you God. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Clithe- 
roe, be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for that 
Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of one in the afternoon. 


And the Question being again proposed, That Saint Mary-lee 
the Saint Mary-le-bone Parish Bill be now read a bone Parish 
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 


morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the |“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Election. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Wey- 
mouth and Melcombe Regis, to which they had an- 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


f Mr. Mackinnon 
Tellers for the Yeas) yy. Hardy : . 206. 


Tellers for the N oes,{ Mr, “Wotley Halt, 131. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





Voi. 97. 


Q3 Ordered, 














118 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wakeyhill 
Inclosure Bill. 


The Wakeyhill Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow Police 


(Nov 2.) Bill. Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to establish a uni- 


form system of Criminal Police in and around Glas- 
gow ; to amend the Police and Statute Labour Acts 


15° Martii. 


A. 1842. 


| House, Returns, made up to the latest period, of 
| the Police established in each County, or Division 
|of a County, in England awd Wales, under the 
| Acts 3 Vic. c. 93, and 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 88, stating, in 
detail, the Date when the Police was established ; 
the Number of Parishes, and the Population of 
j;each, according to the last Census, in each Police 
District ; the Number of Chief Constables, or Su- 
perintendents, appointed in each County, and the 
Amount of the Salary or other Emoluments of each ; 
the Number of Constables in each Police District 
of each County, and the Salary and other Emolu- 
ments received by each; the Number of Station 
Houses and Strong Rooms, and the Expense of 


of Glasgow, Gorbals, Calton and Anderston ; to es- | building, furnishing, repairing and maintaining the 


tablish a Municipal Government in the Barony of 


Gorbals ; to form a Board of Health in Glasgow ; 
to remove certain Markets; to open and improve 
Streets, and for other Purposes: And the same was 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second | 


time. 


Stalybridge 


Lord John Russell reported from the Committee 
Gas Bill. 


on the Stalybridge Gas Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred; That 
they had considered the said Petitions, and 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 Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ngrossed. 


Glasgowx 
Redburn 
Bridge Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for maintaining and 
repairing the Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, 
and a Branch Road leading therefrom: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Market Har- 
borough and 
Brampton 
Road Bill. 


Mr. Maunsell presented a Bill to amend the Pro- 
visions of an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, An 
Act for more effectually repairing and improving the 


Road from Market Harborough, in the County of 


same, in each County; the Amount of the Police 
Rate levied, and the Total Expenditure for the Main- 
tenance of the Police under the said Acts, in each 
| County, during the last year. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Jurors 
Copy of the Instructions given to the respective (Ireland.) 
Crown Solicitors on each Circuit, respecting the 
challenging Jurors in Crown Cases by each of the 
following Gentlemen, when filling the office of At- 
torney General in. Ireland:— Mr. Richards, now 
Baron Richards; Mr. O’Loghlen, now Sir Michael 
O’ Loghlen, Baronet ; Mr. Brady, now Chief Baron 
Brady; Mr. Pigott, late Attorney General for Jre- 
land; Mr. Blackburn, now Attorney General for 
— ; specifying the Particulars in which they 
differ. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Barristers 
Returns of the Number and Names of the Bar- (eland.) 
risters appointed in the present year to be Super- 
numerary prosecuting Counsel on each Circuit in 
Ireland :—Of the Number and Names of Barristers 
so appointed who have declined to act:—And, of 
the Number and Names of the Barristers who were 
employed last year as Supernumerary Crown Coun- 





Leicester, to Brampton, in the County of Hunting-| sel, and who are not included in the foregoing Re- 


don: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Granton Pier 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


lie upon the Table. 


Burntisland 
and Graaton 


Road. 


A Petition of the Trinity House of Leith, pray- 
ing that the Granton Pier (No. 1.) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


A Petition of the Trinity House of Leith, taking 
Pier, Fare ana 2otice of the application for leave to bring in the 
&gt; Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and Road 


turns. 


A Petition of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Railways. 
Company, praying the House to adopt measures for 
altermg and modifying the present laws applicable 
to the taxation upon passengers travelling by Rail- 
way, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of. Penicuick, praying Corn Importa- 
that the Corn Importation Bill may not pass into a tion Bill, 


Bill, and praying that such Bill may not pass into| law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | upon the Table. 


upon the Table. 


Interment of 
_ Tuesday last, that a Select Committee be appointed | 
| 


to consider the expediency of framing some Legis- 
lative Enactments (due respect being paid to the 
rights of the Clergy) to remedy the evils arising 
from the Interment of Bodies within the precincts 
of large Towns, or of places densely peopled, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Mackinnon, 
ir. D’ Eyncourt, Lord Ashley, Colonel Fox, Mr. 
Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Sir Wii- 
liam Clay, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Ainsworth, 
Mr. Beckett, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Cowper, Colonel 
Acton, Mr. Kemble and Mr. Vernon; with Power 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Charters of 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon | directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of Incorporation 














the Towns in Jreland from which Petitions have 
been presented for Charters of Incorporation. 





to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Rural Police. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Ireland.) 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Fines (Ireland.) 
Order,—An Account, in charge and discharge, of 
all Fines received under the Act 1 and 2 Vic. ¢. 99, 
and of the Appropriation thereof, to the latest 
period ; and a Return of the Amount paid to the 
Fund from each County, and the Expenditure out 
of it, in which the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Office are distinguished from Extraordinary Ex- 

enses, 

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


Mr. Bankes presented a Bill to make further Special — 
Provision for the holding of Special Petty Ses- scanasasshiel 
sions, and for providing that, in certain cases, where No, 103. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | Persons accused shall voluntarily desire to plead 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | cuilty, it shall be competent to the Magistrates at 





such 





Qa 


P: 


B 














Leave of 
Absence. 


Quarantine. 


Parish of Elgin. 


Bonded Corn. 


orta- 


of 
sien Church of 


Scotland, 
) and 


eland.) 


Petty 
Bill. 








5 Vicroriz£. 15°—16° 


such Sessions to award the Sentence of the Law: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th 





Marti. 119 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Wages. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


day of May next ; and to be printed. a Copy of all the Convictions in the Counties of 


Ordered, That Mr. Baillie Hamilton have leave 


York and Lancaster by Magistrates in Petty Ses- 


; sions assembled, of Persons who have been guilty 
of absence till the 4th day of April next, on account | of illegally paying the Wages of their Mastpoeple 
of ill health. in goods instead of the current Coin of the Re 


alm, 


Resolved, That an humble Addrese be presented since the 1st day of January 1835, contrary to the 


to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to continue the inquiries made in 
foreign countries as to the efficacy of the Quarantine 
System, and to carry out any negociations which 
may have for their object such modifications as are 
consistent with the public safety and the interests 
of commerce; and to give directions that there be 
laid before this House, Copies of any Correspon- 
dence, or Extracts of Correspondence, which has 
taken place since the last Papers were ordered for 
presentation. 

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, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of Correspondence in the Home Office since the 
Ist day of July 1841, relating to the Appointment 
of a Minister to the vacant charge of the Parish of 
Elgin :—It passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of per- 
mitting Flour or Flour and Biscuit to be substituted 
for Foreign Wheat secured in Warehouses. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 


provisions of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, ¢. 37. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majeaty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House was moved, That the Act 48 Geo. 3, ane Police 
ul. 


c. 140, for the more effectual Administration of the ® 


Office of a Justice of the Peace, and for the more 
effectual Prevention of Felonies within the District 
of Dublin Metropolis, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 Geo. 4, 
c. 102, to amend an Act of the forty-eighth year of 
the reign of his late Majesty, for the more effectual 
Administration of the Office of a Justice of the 
Peace, and for the more effectual Prevention of 
Felonies within the District of Dublin Metropolis, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 29, for improving the Police in the Dis 
trict of Dublin Metropolis, might be read; and the 
same was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic., 
c. 25, to make more effectual Provisions relating to 
the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis, 
might be read; and the same was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Vic., c. 63, to amend the Acts relating to the Police 
of the District of the Dublin Metropolis, might be 





Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to permit 
Flour or Flour and Biscuit to he substituted for Fo- 
reign Wheat secured in Warehouses. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. For 
Maule reported, That he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported, That he was di- 
rected by the Committee to move, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to permit Flour or Flour and 
Biscuit to be substituted for Foreign Wheat secured 
in Warehouses :—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Gill do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
consider the constitution and principles of the 
Church of Scotland, and to inquire into the causes 
of the collision between the Supreme Court of that 


Church and the Supreme Civil Courts, and to report 


their Observations thereupon to the House; 


read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 2 and 3 
Vic., c. 71, for regulating the Police Courts in the 
Metropolis, might be read; and the same was read. 
The House was also moved, That the Act 3 and 4 
Vic., c. 103, to amend an Act of last Session for 
making further Provisions relating to the Police in 
the District of Dublin Metropolis, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Dublin Police: And that Lord 
Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 Vic., Victoria Park 
c.27, to enable Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Bill. 
Woods to complete the Contract for the Sale of 
York House, and to purchase certain Lands for a 
Royal Park, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
And a Motion being made, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to extend the said Act ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma~ 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the ubsject-matter 
of this Motion, gives Her consent, as far as Her 
Mujesty’s interest is concerned, that the House may 
do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 


And the House, having continued to sit till after | And that the Earl of Lincoln and Sir Thomas Fre- 


twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 16° die Martii, 18 42: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for they Mr. Campbell, 
Yeas, Mr. Come 2 } ” 
Tellers for the{ Sir Thomas Fremanile, - ha 39 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Vou. 97, 


mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to Knightsbridge 
bring in a Bill to empower the Commissioners = ne 
do: ’ : penings, 
Her Majesty's Woods to form a new opening from 
the Knightsbridge Road into Hyde Park, and anew 
Opening from High-street, Kensington, into an in- 
tended New Road across the Palace Green, and 
’| for annexing a piece of extra-parochial Ground in 
the Royal Garden to the respective parishes of Saint 
‘| Mary Abbots, Kensington, and Saint Mary, Pad- 
ington, in several Portions ; 








Q4 Mr. 





Unfunded Debt. 
No. 104. 


Barley and 
Oats. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000. ) 
Bill. 


Forged Exche- 
quer Bills Bill, 


Corn [mporta- 
tion Bill. 


Public Works 
Bill. 


Spirit Duties 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


No. 105. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


No. 106. 


Knightsbridge 

and Kensington 

Openings Bill, 
No 107. 


120 15°— 


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, 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 leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that the Earl of Lincoln and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Memorandum respecting the 


16° Marti. 


A. 1842, 


Hyde Park, and a new Opening from High-street, 
y pening g 


Kensington, into an intended new Road across 
the Palace Green; and for annexing a piece of 
extra-parochial Ground in the Royal Garden to 
the respective Parishes of Saint Mary Abbots, Ken- 
sington, and Saint Mary, Paddington, in several 
portions: And the same was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 


| Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 





Proceedings of Government as to the Unfunded 
Debt, from the year 1815 (Appendix No. 7, to the 
First Report on the State of Agriculture, in Session 
1836), be re-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 Statement showing the Average Prices of 
Barley at the Copenhagen Market in the years 1838, 
1839, 1840 and 1841 :—And, a similar Return from 
the Port of Stettin, for the same period, as to Oats; 
showing also the Rate of difference as between 
Copenhagen and Antwerp, as regards Barley, in the 
Summary of the Answers received from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Consuls up to the 20th day of November 1841; 
and the difference as regards Oats from the Port of 
Stettin, for the same 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. 


The Consolidated Fund 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 taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Forged En- 
chequer Bills 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 Corn Importation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Works 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 second 
reading of the Spirit Duties (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to extend an 
Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, for enabling Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners of Woods to purchase certain Lands for 
Victoria Park: And the same was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of a 
Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same Rules 
and Regulations. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill for improving the 
Dublin Police: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to empower 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to form 
a new Opening from the Knightsbridge-road into 


mittee, That they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of 
a Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same 
Rules and Regulations. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to permit Flour or 
Flour and Biscuit to be substituted for Foreign 
Wheat secured in Warehouses: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 6th day of April next ; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 16° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


ham Harbour, was called in; and at the bar 
— pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
arliament,—The Report of the Commissioners act- 
ing under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament 
passed in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 
for the more effectual Security and Improvement of 
the Harbour of Mew Shoreham, in the county of 
Sussex :”—And then he withdrew. 


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


Owner of a certain messuage and land in the said 
parish, praying that the Ormesby Inclosure 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 the Reverend James Symonds, late 
of Ormesby Saint Margaret, in the county of Nor- 
folk, Clerk, and of Freeholders of the parishes of 
Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby Saint Michael, 
Ormesby Saint Peter, Ormesby Saint Andrew and 
Scratby, in the said county, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill, was also 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ledbury, 
county of Hereford, praying that the Severn Naviga- 
tion Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


t 


dom, praying that the Corn Importation 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 Thomas Robert Hollingsworth, of 











the parish of Saint Clement Danes, Labourer, pray- 
ing 


Bonded Cor 
Bill. 


No. 108, 


R. Hinds, from the Commissioners of Shore- Shoreham 


Harbour. 


A Petition of John Clowes, of Ormesby Saint Mar- Ormesby - 
garet, in the county of Norfolk, Gentleman, the Ms? 


in the Severn Navigr 
ion Bill. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of mills en- Corn Lmporte 
gaged in the grinding of Corn in the United King-"" *™ 








&gt; Bill. 


N aviga- 


porta 





Corn Laws. 


Marriages 
([relaud.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act. 


Railways Bill. 


Railways, 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges, 


Boroughs 
mprovement 


(No. 2.); and, 20d others, ee that the borough of Leeds may 


Buildings 
gulation 
(No. 2.) Bills, 


Hill Coolies, 


5 VicToriz. 16° Martiz. 121 


ing that a Clause may be inserted in the said Bill, to _ the repeal of the prohibitory law relative to the im- 


the end that Wheat and other Grain equal in quan- | 
tity to the deficiency required for consumption, be 
annually admitted duty free, and that such Wheat 
and other Grain so imported duty free, be divided 
in proportions between all the parishes in Great 
Britain, for the use only of the inmates of the seve- 





portation of Hill Coolies into the Mauritius, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Universal 
Wick, in the county of Caithness, praying for the Suffrage. 


ral Poor-houses, was also presented, and read; and | adoption of Universal Suffrage, was presented, and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 

Petitions from Sunderland; — Haddington (two | 
Petitions) ;— Walsall ;— Belfast ;— Greenock; —Sal- | 
ford (two Petitions) ;— Manchester (thirty Petitions); 
— Westbury ;—and, Halstead; praying for the repeal | 
of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of George Warr, Inspector of Corn 
Returns for the town of Bridport, praying the House 
either to continue his services or award him com- 
pensation for his length of service, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Ennisnag ;— Thomastown ;—and, 
Annamult; praying the House to adopt measures 
for encouraging the importation of Grain in prefer- 
ence to Flour and Meal,—were also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Comber ;— Ryan ;— Clough ;— 
Loughbrickland ;—Kilmore ; — Middletown ;— Mo- 
neyrea ;—and, Dungiven; praying the House to pass 
an Act for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, 
or which may hereafter be solemnized, between par- 
ties, one of whom is a member of the Established 
Church, and the other a protestant dissenter,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Union of Limerick, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Relief (Jre- 
land) Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and 


Railway, praying that a Clause may be inserted in | the Committee; and that he found the proposed 


the Railways Bill for enacting that where two or 
more Companies, whose Railways have a common 
terminus, or a portion of the same line of rails in 
common, shall not be able to agree upon arrange- 
ments, it shall be lawful for the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council to decide the 
questions in dispute between them, so far as the 
same relate to the safety or convenience of the pub- 
lic, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and 
Railway, praying that the duty upon passengers 
travelling by Railway may be modified, and that the 
duty be charged as a per-centage upon the aggre- 
gate receipts from passengers, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Wholesale and Retail 
Traders, Householders and Residents of the Ward 
of Cordwainer, in the city of London, praying the 
House to adopt measures for redeeming and extin- 
guishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and 

auxhall Bridges, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates for the borough of Leeds, 


be exempted from the operation of the Boroughs 
Improvement (No, 2.), and, Buildings Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bills, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Secretary to the Committee of 
the Hitchin Auxiliary to the British and Foreign 
Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House to prevent 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the South Eastern 
South Eastern Railway Bill; That they had con- ®+!way Bill 


, sidered the several matters required by the Standing 


Orders to be proved before Committees on Railway 
Bills, and had agreed to the following Report; That 
the increased capital authorized to be raised by the 
Bill is Eight hundred thousand pounds, and the sum 
authorized to be borrowed is ‘Two hundred and sixty- 
six thousand six hundred pounds, which latter 
amount is not authorized to be so borrowed till one 
half of the whole capital of the Company in shares 
shall have been paid up; that it appeared to the 
Committee that the object of the Bill being solely 
to raise a further Sum of Money, to extend the time 
for completing the Railway, and to amend the former 
Acts relating to the said Railway, the other matters 
required by the Standing Orders to be proved before 
Committees on Railway Bills, do not apply to the 
present Bill. 

Mr. Greene further reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; 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. 


Mr. Greene, the Chairman of the Committees on Birmingham 
Unopposed Private Bills, informed the House, That = Liverpoof 
ge . unction Canal 
the Agents for the Birmingham and Liverpool Junc- (Extension) 
tion Canal (Extension) Bill, in compliance with the Bill. 
Standing Order, No. 90, had laid before him a filled 


up Copy of the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to 


alterations to be so extensive, that he submitted to 
the House whether in such case the Parties ought 
not to withdraw their Bill, and present another in 
the amended form. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 8th day 
of this instant March, for committing the said Bill, 
be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Birmingham 
of the Petition for the Birmingham and Liverpool and Liverpool 
Junction Canal (Extension) Bill, which, upon the 2d yest gg 
day of this instant March, was made from the Select (No. 2.) Bill. 
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 regulating the communication between the Bir- 
mingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation, 
and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 
Navigation, and for amending the several Acts re- 
lating to such first-mentioned Canal Navigation : 

And that Mr. Robert Clive and Mr. William Ormsby 
Gore, of Salop, do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Saundersfoot Railway Bill was read a second Saundersfvot 
time.; and committed. Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Saundersfoot Harbour Bill was read a second Saundersfoot 
time; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Piel Pier hang 
of the Petition for the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill, ##"bour Pil. 
which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 





Vor. 97. 


R mittee 

















































































Stalybridge 
Gas Bill. 


London and 
Croydon 
Railway 
(Grange Road 
Approach) 
(No, 2.) 


Inchbelly 
(Glasgow) 
Roads Bill. 


Lincoln Roads, 


Forth and Clyde 
Navigation. 


Carlow Road 
Bill. 


Glasgow Police 
(No. 3) 


122 


mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; ati f 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works 
in Piel Harbour, and improving the said Harbour, in 
the parish of Dalton in Furness, in the county pa- 
latine of Durham : And that Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Sir George Strickland do prepare, and bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Stalybridge and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the 
Counties of Chester and 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. 


A Petition of the Zondon and Greenwich Railway 
Company, taking notice of the application for leave 
to present a Petition for leave to bring in the London 
and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) 
(No. 2.) Bill, and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Inchbelly (Glasgow) Roads Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to improve, repair and maintain the Road from Inch- 
belly Bridge to Glasgow, and to make and maintain 
a Branch Road therefrom: And that Mr. Lockhart, 
Mr. Smollett and Mr. Forbes do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Zincoln Roads Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the Notices required by the Standing 
Orders for Bills of the third class had not been 
given within the time prescribed. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Forth and Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Carlow Road Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act passed in the first and second years 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
for repairmg the Road from the Town of Athy, in 
the County of Kildare, through the Town of Castle- 
comer, in the County of Kilkenny, to the City of 
Kilkenny, and from the Town of Castlecomer to the 
Town of Leighlin Bridge, in the County of Carlow, 
and from the Town of Carlow to the said Town of 
Castlecomer, so far as relates to the second division 
cf the said Road: And that Mr. Hamilton and Mr. 
James Taylor do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom 
the Petition of Magistrates of Glasgow, complain- 
ing of non-compliance with the Standing Orders 
in the case of the Petition for the Glasgow Police 
(No. 38.) Bill, was referred; That the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
no Notice had been given of a provision contuined 





16° Marti. 





A. 1842, 


in the proposed Bill for levying a contribution on 
the common funds of the city of Glasgow. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 





Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Cambuslang 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of #4 — 
the Petition for the Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads“ * 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for maintaining and improving certain Roads in the 
counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, for main- 
taining a Bridge over the River Clyde at Dalmar- 
nock, and for other purposes connected therewith : 

And that Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Oswald do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Liverpool Poor 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Bil 
the Petition for the Liverpool Poor Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Administration of the Laws relating to the 
Poor, in the parish of Liverpool, in the county of 
Lancaster: And that Viscount Sandon and Sir 
Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee City of Glasgow 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of a a 
the Petition for the city of Glasgow Life Assurance ary Conpeny. 
and Reversionary Company Bill, the Standing Bill. 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the City of Glasgow Life Assurance and Re- 
versionary Company to sue and be sued, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Oswald and Mr. 
Dennistoun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Warwick and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Leamington 


Petition of James Saint George Burke, against Union Railway. 


the application for leave to present a Petition for 
leave to bring in the Warwick and Leamington Union 
Railway Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the 
Warwick and Leamington Union Railway Petition 
for leave, the Committee recommend the House to 
grant the prayer of the Petition. 


Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Aberdeenshire 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Roads Bill. 
the Petition for the Aberdeenshire Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually maintaining and repairing certain 
Roads in the counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kin- 
cardine, and for making certain new Roads in the 
said counties, or some of them: And that Captain 


Gordon, Mr. Duff and General Arbuthnott do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com-Haddingto- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the piu, 
case of the Petition for the Haddingtonshire Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating into one General Trust the several 
District Road Trusts of the county of Haddington : 

And that Sir Thomas Hepburn and Mr. Balfour do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Wicklow 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of #abour = 
the Petition for the Wicklow Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining and improving a Harbour at 
Wicklow, in the county of Wicklow; And that 
Colonel 





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Kirkintillock 
Roads (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Paving and — 
Sewerage Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Property. 


nce 
ions 


a 


County Courts. 


id 


Way. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Acte 


lire 


Mail Packet 
Stations 
(Ireland. ) 


ne 
s Beef, 


Public 
Petitions, 
(Tenth Re- 
por.) 


ill. 


Cottenham 


Xelusure Bill, 


5 Victoriz. 


Colonel Acton and Sir Ralph Howard 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 Kirkintilloch Roads (No. 1.) 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
improve, repair and maintain certain Roads in the 
counties of Lanark, Stirling and Dumbarton, and 
to make and maintain a new line of Road in con- 
nection therewith: And that Mr. Smollett and Mr. 
Forbes do prepare, and bring it in. 





The Liverpool Paving and Sewerage Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Rathcormac;— and, Brigown; 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement and assistance to the schools in con- 
nexion with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Beneficed Clergymen of the Arch- 
deaconry and county of Derby, stating that Eccle- 
siastical Property belonging to the Petitioners is 
rated. to the poor, and for other purposes, unequally 
as compared with secular property producing the 
same income ; and praying the House to take the 
premises imto consideration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the town and county of the town of South- 
ampton, praying the House to pass a Bill for the 
cheap and speedy recovery of Small Debts in Eng- 
land and Wales, similar to the Bill of the first Ses- 
sion of 1841, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Stratford-upon-Avon 
Union, in the counties of Warwick, Worcester and 
Gloucester, praying for alteration of so much of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act as will dispense with the 
future attendance of the Assistant Commissioner, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor for the 
parishes of Saint Peter and Saint Nicholas, in the 
town of WNVottingham, constituting the Vottingham 
Union, praying for the repeal of the said Act, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of the town of Midleton, in the county of Cork, and 
its vicinity, praying that the port of Cork may be 
selected as the Lrish Mail Packet Station between 
Bristol and the south of Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Small Farmers and 
Working Classes of the parish of Clonalvey and 
vicinity, praying that the duties on the importation 


of Beef into these kingdoms may be abolished, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


‘Table. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
























































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against the said Bill was referred ; That they had 
heard counsel in support of 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; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause 
was added, and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Biil, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


of the same, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


between the Post-office Authorities and the Grand 
Junction Railway Company, relative to the Convey- 
ance of the Mail from Crewe to Chester and Bir- 
henhead. 


mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 13th 
day of April next. 


lishers of literary works, and Printers, Stationers 
and Bookbinders of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, praying that the Copyright 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


asecond time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
the 8th day of this instant March, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to amend an Act intituled, 
“ An Act to render certain Marriages valid, and to 
alter the Law with respect to certain voidable Mar- 
riages,’ and to define the prohibited degrees of 
Affinity ; 

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 Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 17° die Martii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Lord Francis Egerton, } 100 
Yeas, UMr. Charles Buller : P 

Tellers for theS Lord Ashley, Lies 
Noes, \Sir Robert Harry Inglis: °°" 


So it passed in the Negative. 


mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


the Petitions presented on the 11th and 12th days mittee of Ways and Means ; 


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. 


Mr. Pusey reported from the Committee on the 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


Cottenham Inclosure Bill and tv whom a Petition | solve itself into the said Committee. 


Vou. 97. 


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An ingrossed Bill for restoring to the City and Bristol __ 
County of Bristola portion of the ancient Boundary Boundary Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mail Convey- 
Copies of the Correspondence that has taken place ance. 


The Designs Copyright Bill was, according to Or- Designs Copy- 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com-right Bill. 


Four Petitions of Authors, Booksellers and Pub- Copyright Bill, 


The Copyright Bill was, according to Order, read Copyright Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Marriages, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Wage and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 










Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 

(£. 8,000,000, 
Bill, ) 


Forged Exche- 
quer Bills Bill. 


Illegitimate 
Children. 


Public Houses. 


Rivers 
(Treland.) 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Public Houses 
Bill. 


No, 109. 


124 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Queen’s Prison Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Consolidated Fund 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Forged 
Exchequer Bills Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Convictions for the Murder 
of Illegitimate Children in England and Wales, in 
each of the years from 1828 to 1841, both inclusive; 
distinguishing the Counties in which such Murders 
have been committed :—And, a similar Return of the 
Number of Convictions for the concealment of the 
birth of Illegitimate Children:—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Transfer of Licenses and the Regulation of Public 
Houses. 


The House, accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Trans- 
fer of Licenses and the Regulation of Public Houses. 


Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee to 
make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported, That he was 
directed to move, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for the Transfer of Licenses and Reguiation 
of Public Houses:—And he moved the House ac- 
cordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Greene and Captain Rous do prepare, 
and bring it in. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Applications made to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Jreland, by Persons desirous of under- 
taking the execution of Works provided for by the 
Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 57, and the Number and 
Names of Commissions issued in conformity there- 
with by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 
of Ireland. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Letter of Mr. Lucas, Under Secretary 
for Ireland, to the Secretary of the Royal Dublin 
Society, stating that the Lord Lieutenant had autho- 
rized an Advance of Money to that Society, to be 
repaid on the Money being voted by Parliament : 
—And, a Return stating in what particulars the 
recommendations of the Committee of this House 
in 1836, respecting that Society, have been com- 
plied with. 


16°—17° Martii. 


A. 1842. 


read a second time upon Tuesday next; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Jovis, 17° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Farrell, from the General Penitentiary at penitentia 

Milbank, was called in; and at the bar pre- (Milbank.) 
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 Expense of the Establishment 
during the year 1841 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Anderson, from the Chancery Affidavit Office, Court of 

was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Chancery. 
Order,—Returns showing the total amount of Fees 
received by the Clerk of the Affidavits in the High 
Court of Chancery, in the year from August 1840 to 
August 1841; specifying the manner in which they 
have been appropriated ; viz. the Amount paid to the 
Chief Clerk and to the Assistant Clerk, and the 
Balance paid over to the Fee Fund :-—Of the Total 
Number of Affidavits, and the Number of Folios from 
which the said Fees are derived, for the above year : 
—Of the Amount paid to the Assistant Clerk for 
Office Copy Money, in the said year :—And, of the 
Hours of Attendance given at the Affidavit Office 
during the year :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Sands, from the Trustees of the Liverpool Liverpool Port. 
Decks, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—An Account of the Receipt and Disbursement of 
Dock and Light Duties at the Port of Liverpool, 
from the 25th June 1840 to the 24th June 1841 :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect stockton and 
of the Petition for the Stockton and Hartlepool Hartlepool 
Railway Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, was made Railway Bill 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read; __ 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the maintaining and better regulating of the 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, and for incorpo- 
rating the Proprietors thereof: And that Mr. Bowes 
and Lord Harry Vane do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of George Edward Watts, Esquire, a Northern Union 
Captain in the Royal Navy, and a Shareholder in (Neweustle and 
the North Midland and Midland Counties Railway, panel) Rail 
praying that he may be heard, by himself or his way Bill 


counsel, against certain parts of the Northern 





Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junction) Rail- 


| way Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


‘Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioner heard, 


Captain Rous presented a Bill for the Transfer of | by himself or his counsel, upon his Petition, if he 
Licenses and Regulation of Public Houses: And | think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be | against the said Petition. 


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Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
Orders ; on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 
perwick-upon- 1, Ftesolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
Tweed Corpor the Berwich-upon-Tweed Corporation Bill, the 
ration - Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
Gorbals Police. 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Gorbals Police Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





City of Glasgow Mr, Oswald presented a Bill to enable the City 
Life Assurance of Glasgow Life Assurance and Reversionary Com- 
and Reversion- 
ny pany to sue and be sued, and for other Purposes 
ary Company 4 seal cae P 
Bill. relating to the said Society: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Members for the city of Glasgow, and for 
the shires of Dumbarton and Lanark, be added to 
the Committee on the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

Tellers for the Yeas, 9 Yeayd an } 46. 

Mr. Greene, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Loch : } 2s. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Haddington- 
shire Roads 
Bill, 


Sir Thomas Hepburn presented a Bill for consoli- 
dating into one General Trust the several District 
Road Trusts of the County of Haddington; And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Lough Foyle A Petition of Thomas Lsaac Dimsdale, complain- 
(Upper ae ing that the Standing Orders of the House in respect 
Lough Foyle. tO the applications for the Lough Foyle (Upper 
(Lower Level) Level) Drainage; and, the Lough Foyle (Lower 


Drainage. Level) Drainage Bills, had not been complied with ; 
and praying that such Bills may not pass into law, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Cambuslang Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for maintaining 

eg and improving certain Roads in the Counties of 

anark, Ayr and Renfrew; for maintaining a Bridge 
over the River Clyde at Dalmarnock ; and for other 
Purposes connected therewith : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Great North 


yaa A Petition of John Maude Ogden, of Sunderland, 
Ruilwey Bill Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
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 cn the Bill: and the Petitioner heard, 
y himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
Deptford Pir A Petition of Samuel Collingwood, of Greenwich, 
in the county of Kent, Surveyor, praying that the 
Deptford Pier Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Paspoal Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for the 
‘Si, Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in 
the Parish of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


Fenh and Clyde 
wigation Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Forth and Clyde Navigation 


17° Martiz. 125 


Bill, 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 an Act of the fourth and 
fifth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act 
to consolidate, amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Forth 
and Clyde Navigation” ; for enlarging and making 
Reservoirs for better supplying the said Navigation 
with Water ; and for enabling the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the said Navigation to purchase and 
acquire the Forth and Cart Junction Canal: And 
that Mr. Loch and Mr. Alexander Johnston do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Captain Gordon presented a Bill for more effec- Aberdeenshire 
tually maintaining and repairing certain Roads im Roads Bill. 
the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine ; 

and for making certain new Roads in the said 

Counties, or some of them: And the same was read 

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


Mr. Smollett presented a Bill to improve, repair Kirkintilloch 
and maintain certain Roads in the Counties of Lan- Roads (No. 1.) 
ark, Stirling and Dumbarton, and to make and ®!- 
maintain a new line of Road in connection there- 

with: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Smollett presented a Bill to improve, repair Inchbelly 
and maintain the Road from Inchbelly Bridge to (Glass) 
Glasgow, and to make and maintain a Branch Road 
therefrom: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lands in the Clee Inclosure 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosin 
incoln, was read Bll. 


Parish of Clee, in the County of 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Heneage do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir John Yurde Buller reported from the Select Kingswinford 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Sm!! Debts 
case of the Petition for the Kingswinford 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 parish of Kinyswinford, in the 
county of Stafford, and other places in the same 
county, and also within the parishes or townships of 
Dudley, Stourbridge and Oldswinford, in the county 
of Worcester: And that Mr. Barneby, and Mr. 

James Taylor do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Argyll Road 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in Bill. 
the case of the Petition for the Argyll Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
making and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges 
and Quays, and for regulating Ferries in the shire of 
Argyll; and for altering and repairing certain 
military and other Roads, Bridges and Quays in the 
said shire: And that Mr. Campbell and Mr. Thomas 
Mackenzie do prepare, and bring it in. 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Colonial Asso- 
the case of the Petition for the North American fate lre- 
Colonial Association of Ireland Bill, the Standing : 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for incorporating and granting 
certain Powers to the North American Colonial 
Association of Jreland, and for explaining, altering 
and enlarging the Provisions thereof : And that Mr. 
Charles Buller and Mr. Hutt do prepare, and bring 
it in, 





Vot. 97. 


R 3 Sir 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select North American 





Ross and Cro- 
marty Court- 
houses Bill. 


Great North 
of England 
— and 

rtlepool 
Junction) Rail- 
way (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Forth Marine 
Insurance 


Company Bill. 


Stourbridge 


Roads. 


Bletchley 
Road. 


Burntisland 
and Granton 
Pier, Road and 
Ferry. 


Saint Mary-le- 
boue Parish 


Bill. 


Piel Pier and 
Harbour Bill. 


126 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Ross and Cromarty 
Court Houses Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Sheriffdom of Ross and Cromarty to 
provide proper Court House Accommodation, and 
for other purposes relative thereto: And that Mr. 
Thomas Mackenzie and Mr. Loch do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; and to 
whom the Petition of the Clarence Railway Com- 
pany, complaining of non-compliance with the Stand- 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for the Great 
North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junc- 
tion) Railway (No. 1.) Bill, was referred ; That the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter, amend, extend and enlarge the Powers and 
Provisions of an Act relating to the Great North of 
England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Rail- 
way, in the county of Durham: And that Mr. 


17° Marti. 


A. 1842. 


Harbour, and improving the said Harbour, in the 
Parish of Dalton-in- Furness, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Irvine ;-—Salford (five Petitions) ; 
Larkhall ;—Lesmahagow ;—Lanark ;-- Glasgow (five 
Petitions) ;——Govan Colliery Iron Works ;— Bosley ; 
—Barnard Castle ;— Bilston ;-- Northwich ;—Cults ; 
—Chalwell ;-- Plymouth ;-- Batley ;—and, Carnwath 
(Chairman and Clerk ofa meeting) ; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Galway ;— and, Stratford-upon- 
Avon; praying the House to adopt measures for 
encouraging the importation of Grain in preference 
to Flour and Meal,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Corn Importation Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Bowes and Lord Harry Vane do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Forth Marine In- 
surance Company Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the forth Marine Insurance Company to 
sue and be sued, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Thomas Mackenzie and Mr. Campbell do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Stourbridge Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as in the declaration in lieu of the 
subscription contract, the particulars of the control 
of the Vinstene of the Road are not set forth, by refer- 
ring to the Act under which such powers are limited. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller —— from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Bletchley Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the fixed point to which the datum line 
is referred, is not stated in writing on the section. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Burntisland and 
Granton Pier, Road and Ferry Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as in 
the declaration in lieu of the subscription contract, 
the particulars of the control of the Trustees of the 
Road are not set forth, by referring to the Act under 
which such powers are limited. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Daniel Keane, of Bedford-street, 
Bedford-square, in the county of Middlesex, Gentle- 
man, praying that the Saint Mary-le-bone Parish 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for erecting 
and maintaining a Pier and other Works in Pied 





Corn Laws, 


A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and others, Cor tmp ott. 
connected with the trade of Alnwick, praying that tion Bill 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa meeting of Owners Boroughs 


Manchester and Salford, praying that the Boroughs 
Improvement (No. 2.); and, Buildings Regulation 


stand, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bills. 


A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 
Railway Company, praying the House to alter the 
present mode of taxation on Railways, and, instead 
of a fixed rate per passenger, without reference to 
the receipts of Railways for the conveyance of pas- 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestry of 
Saint Paul's, Deptford, praying the House to pass 
a Bill to enable the vestry to assess the Govern- 
ment Establishments in that parish to the Land 
Tax, was brought up, and’ read :—And the said 
Petition not being recommended by Her Majesty 
to the consideration of the House:—Mr. Speaker 
stated it could not be received. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections, the names of the 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Lewes, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters which had been 
delivered to them by either Party :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow : 

Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, Joseph Neeld, 
Esquire, Wynn Ellis, Esquire, Quintin Dick, Esquire, 
Colonel John Dawson Rawdon, Henry James 
Baillie, Esquire ; Chairman, ‘Charles Wood, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Lewes, 
be referred to the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing - an undue Election and Return for that Bo- 
rough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections, the names of the 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 











ing 


and Occupiers of buildings and land, in the towns of eo - 
0.2), and, 

Buildings 

: : Regulation 

(No. 2.) Bills, may not pass into law, as they now (No 2.) Bill, 


Railways. 


sengers, to substitute a per-centage, as adutyon | 


Land Tax. 


Lewes Election. 


Wigan Electiou. 








ent 
and, 


ls, 


‘lection. 


in Electiou. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


South Eastern 
Railway Bill. 


Greenock 
Harbours Bill, 


Leven Valley 
Railway Bill, 


5 Vicroriz. 17° Marti. 127 


ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Wigan, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters which had been 
delivered to them by either Party :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow: 

The Earl of Lincoln, Henry Tufnell, Esquire, Henry 
Kemble, Esquire, Robert Scott, Esquire, Forster 
Alleyne M‘Geachy, Esquire, the Honourable James 
Kenneth Howard; Chairman, Benjamin Hawes, 
Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over: — And the Honourable James 
Kenneth Howard not appearing within one hour 


_ after the meeting of the House ; 


The House was moved, That the 64th section of 
the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Honourable James Kenneth 
Howard, Member for the Borough of Malmesbury, 
having been appointed to serve as one of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of the Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Wigan, and not 
having attended in his place within one hour after 
the meeting of the House this day, being the day 
appointed for the swearing of the said Committee, 
be taken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending this House. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- 
ral Committee of Elections, That having regard to 
the number of Election Committees which may be 
sitting, they had selected certain days for the ap- 
pointment of the Select Committees to try the matters 
of the Petitions complaining of undue Elections and 
Returns for the places therein mentioned. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to enable the South Eastern 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rice do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Parliamentary Trustees on the 
River Clyde, and Harbour of Glasgow, and of James 
Campbell and John Leadbetter, Esyuires, Merchants 
in Glasgow, and interested in the trade and naviga- 
tion of the Clyde and Harbour of Greenock, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Greenock Har- 
bours 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. 


Petitions of John Rouet Smollett, Esquire, of Bon- 
hill, in the county of Dumbarton, and of Archibald 
Grahame, of No.30, Great George-street, Westminster, 
Solicitor, the Agent for (1.) Sir James Colquhoun, of 
Luss, in the county of Dumbarton, Baronet, and (2.) 
Robert Rutherford, Writer to Her Majesty’s Signet, 
Trust Disponee of the late Robert Dixon, Esquire, 
of Leven-grove, in the said county;—and, Robert 
Rutherford, Writer to Her Majesty’s Signet, Trustee 
appointed by the deed of settlement of the deceased 
Robert Dixon, Esquire, of Leven-grove, in the county 
of Dumbarton, and Guardian of John Reevely Dixon, 
a minor, the eldest son of the said deceased Robert 
Dizon; complaining that the Standing Orders of the 
House in respect to the application for the Leven 
Valley Railway Bill, had not been complied with, 


and praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
Vou. 97. 





their counsel or agents, against the same,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Richard Hanaford Bower, of Great Great Torring- 
Torrington, in the county of Devon, praying that the ton Market 
Great Torrington Market 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 Inhabitants of Glasgow, praying for Union with 
the repeal of the Legislative Union of Great Britain leland. 
with Jreland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Claimants, residing in Glasgow and Portuguese 
the neighbourhood, praying the House to take into Claims. 
consideration the case of those persons having claims 
upon the Portuguese Government, with a view that 
something may be done to obtain an early settle- 
ment, was presented, and read ; and ordered to le 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Adam M‘ N. Dickey, of Low Park, Ejectments 
near Ballymena, in the county of Antrim, Agent in eland.) 
London, deputed by the tenants about to be dispos- 
sessed by the Ironmongers’ Company from their 
estates in the county of Derry, complaining of the 
Ironmongers’ Company of London having served 
notices of ejectment on many of the tenants of their 
estates in the county of Derry, for an example, to 
force the rest to comply peaceably, to the entire 
tenantry holding at will only, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Blackwell ;— Youlgreave ;— Worm- Poor Law. 

hill ;— Fenny Bentley ;— Shirley ;-— Hollington ; — (Gilbert's 
Ible ;— Rodsley ;—Snelston ; — Yeavley ;— Yielders- —- 
ley';—Parwich;—Hogmarton ;— Tissington ;—Row- 
land ; — Carsingtow ;— Bradbourn ; — Hulland ;— 
Kirkireton ;— Hopton ;—Callow ;— Stanton ;— As- 
tonefield; — Mayfield ;— Waterfall ; — Okeover ;— 
Wootten ;— B.ore and Pwinacoe ;— Butterton ;— 
Calton ;— Wetton ;— Grindon;— Bedworth ;—Ellas- 
ton ;— Kniveton ;— Sturston ;— Ballidon ; — Bras- 
sington ;— Brailsford ;— Middleton ;— Mappleton ; 
— Offcote ;— Marston Montgomery ;— Bradley ;— 
Norbury and Roston ;— Thorpe ;— Osmaston ; — 
Yearley ;—Hulland Ward (two Petitions) ;—Hol- 
lingsclough ;— Warslow, and other places ;— Fawfield 
Head ;— Longnor and Heathilee ;— Quanford ; — 
Alstonefield, and other places ;—Edlaston and Wy- 
aston ;— Clifton (Derby) ;—Prestwood;—and, G'reat 
Ouseburne Union ; praying the House not to suffer 
any law to be enacted by which the integrity of the 
unions formed under the provisions of the Act 22 
Geo. 3, c. 83, commonly called Gilbert’s Act, may be 
infringed upon; but that they may be permitted to 
exist until by fair and honest evidence and com- 
parisons it can be proved that they are inferior to the 
new unions formed under the provisions of the Act 
4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 76,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Worcester Anti- will Coolies. 
Slavery Society ;—and, Chairman of the Committee 
of the North Shields Anti-Slavery Society ; praying 
the House not to sanction any relaxation of the law 
prohibiting the exportation of labourers from British 
India,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Ware- Waterloo, &amp;c., 
housemen, Inhabitant Householders, Residents and Bridges. 
Traders of the ward of Cheap, in the city of London, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

R4 Petitions 








Brewers’ Casks. 


Coals. 


Southampton 
Town Election. 





128 


Petitions from Macclesfield ;—and, Wigan ; pray- 
ing the House to pass an Act declaring the law to 
be, that Brewers’ Casks are not destrainable for the 
rent of their customers,—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of the Gateshead and 
Tyne Shipping Company ;-—and, Chairman of the 
port of Newcastle General Shipping Company, pray- 
ing the House to refuse their sanction to any duty 
on the export of Coal,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Town and County of the Town of Southampton, en- 
titled to vote at the last Election for the said Town 
and County, and who claimed to vote and did vote 
thereat, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Town and County of the Town of South- 
ampton, registered electors of the said Town and 
County, and had a right to vote, and did vote 
thereat; that at the said Election James Bruce, Es- 
= then commonly called Lord Bruce, Charles 

fecil Martyn, Edward John Hutchins and Charles 
Edward Mangles, Esquires, were candidates to re- 
present the said Town and County in Parliament ; 
that the Mayor and Bailiffs of the said Town acted 
as Returning Officers at the said Election, and that 
the poll thereat was taken on the first day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, at the 
close whereof the said James Bruce, commonly called 
Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, were re- 
turned as Members duly elected to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Town and County ; 
that on or about the sixth day of September last, a 
Petition was presented to the House by Joseph 
Lankester, Richard Andrews and Robert Whalesley, 
claiming therein to have been at the time of the 
said Election electors of the Town and County of 
the Town of Southampton, and to have been en- 
titled to vote at the said Election for the said Town 
and County, and to have voted thereat, in which 
said Petition it was stated, amongst other things, 
that the said James Bruce, commonly called Lord 
Bruce, and the said Charles Cecil Martyn, were 
guilty of divers illegal and corrupt practices at the 
said Election, and that in consequence of such al- 
leged illegal and corrupt practices, the Election and 
Return of the said James Bruce, commonly called 
Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, was wholly 
null and void, and by which said Petition the said 
Petitioners prayed that the House would take the 
remises into consideration, and declare the said 
lection and Return of the said James Bruce and 
Charles Cecil Martyn to be wholly null and void, 
and would grant to the said Petitioners such further 
and other relief in the premises as to the House should 
seem meet ; that on or about the same sixth day of 
September last, a certain other Petition was pre- 
sented to the House by John Rushworth Keele, Jo- 
seph Lankester and Edward Shackell, claiming 
therein to have been at the time of the said Election, 
electors of the said Town and County of the Town 
of Southampton, and to have been entitled to vote at 
the said Election for the said Town and County, and 
to have voted thereat, in which said last-mentioned 
Petition it was stated, that before, at and after the 
said Election the said James Bruce, commonly called 

Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, by them- 

selves and their agents, were guilty of bribery and 
treating, and thereby were wholly disabled and in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 

Parliament for the said Town and County ; and that, 

in consequence of such alleged bribery and cor- 

ruption, the Election and Return of the said James 





17° Marti. 


A. 1842, 


matters in the said last-mentioned Petition stated, 
the said James Bruce, commonly called Lord Bruce, 
and Charles Cecil Martyn, obtained an apparent and 
colourable majority only over the said Edward John 
Hutchins and Charles Edward Mangles, whereas the 
majority of legal electors voted in favour of the said 
Edward John Hutchins and Charles Edward Man- 
gles; and the said last-mentioned Petitioners prayed 
that the House would take the premises into their 
consideration, and declare that the said James Bruce, 
commonly called Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil 
Martyn, or one them, were not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned, and that the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said James Bruce, commonly 


one of them, was wholly null and void, and that the 
said Edward John Hutchins was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned as one of the Members 
duly elected to sit in this Parliament for the said 
Town and County of the Town of Southampton, and 
that the names of the said James Bruce, commonly 
called Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, or one 
of them, might be erased from the Return of the said 
Town and County of the Town, and the name of the 
said Edward John Hutchins be subscribed therein 
in place and stead of one of them the said James 
Bruce, commonly called Lord Bruce, and Charles 
Cecil Martyn, and that the House would grant to 
the Petitioners such other and further relief in the 
premises as to the House should seem meet; that on 
the fifteenth day of March One thousand eight hun- 
dred and forty-two, a notice was inserted in the 
London Gazette, by order of the Right honourable 
the Speaker of the House, that the said seat of the 
said James Bruce, Esquire, commonly called Lord 
Bruce, had by law become vacant, and a notice to 
the like effect was also on the twelfth day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, sent by 
the said Speaker to the Returning Officers of the 
said Town and County of the Town of Southampton; 
and praying, That they may be admitted as parties to 
defend the said Election and Return, so far as the 
same relates to the said James Bruce, commonly, and 
in the said Petition, called Lord Bruce, now Earl of 
Elgin, and to oppose the prayer of the Petition of 
the said Joseph Lankester, Richard Andrews and 
Robert Whalesley, hereinbefore mentioned, and also 
the prayer of the Petition of the said John Rush- 
worth Keele, Joseph Lankester and Edward Shackell, 
hereinbefore also mentioned, so far as the same relate 
to the said James Bruce, commonly, and in the said 
Petition, called Lord Bruce, now Earl of Elgin. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


the Magistrates in the several Boroughs of Great 
Britain on the 1st day of February 1841; with the 
Names and Dates of all subsequent Appointments 
to the Borough Magistracy. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 


August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, 
the Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Socie- 
ties, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 


Bruce, commonly called Lord Bruce, and Charles | certain Apprentices, with an Amendment ; to which 
Cecil Martyn, were wholly null and void; and 
it was also alleged therein that by reason of the 


Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 








Ordered, 


called Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, or - 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Ad- Borough 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Names of Magistrates. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message from 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, Am Loan Societies 
Act to explain, and to continue to the first day of Bil! 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Apprentices “ 
Act to explain the Acts for the better Regulation of Regu!st™ 


Navy ‘ 


Publi 


Bill. 


Chins 


Wig 

















Navy: 


Public Houses 


Bill. 


China. 


Wigan Election. 


. the Act 4 and 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for 


China, 


from 


jetties 


ices 
on Bill 





5 Victoriz. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Naval and Marine Officers, and of Sea- 
men and Marines, employed in the Civil Service of 
the Navy; specifying their length of time in active 
Service, and the Situations they now hold. 


The Order for a a second time upon Tues- 
day next, the Public Houses Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House will, upon Thursday the 7th 
day of April next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of the following Address to Her Majesty ; 
that is to say, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to take into consideration the cir- 
cumstances under which the British Merchants and 
others, subjects of the British Crown, did on the 27th 
day of March 1839, upon the requisition of Captain 
Elliot, Superintendent of British Trade in Canton, 
surrender to the said Captain Elliot, for the service of 
Her Majesty’s Government, 20,283 chests of Opium, 
on the assurance of the said Captain Elliot that he, 
on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, held him- 
self responsible in the fullest and most unreserved 
manner for the same, and further, that compensation 
for the injury sustained by Her Majesty’s subjects 
was the first of the demands made by Her Majesty 
upon the Government of China (to enforce which 
an expedition was sent out), and that a sum of 
money having now been received from the Govern- 
ment of China, Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to advance to such British Merchants and 
others, on account of their respective losses, to the 
extent of the sum received from the Chinese Go- 
vernment, after deducting the amount awarded by 
Her Majesty to the Captors, and to assure Her 
Majesty that this House will make good the 
same :—— 


The House was moved, That the 65th section of 


the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

And the Honourable James Kenneth Howard not 
having been brought into the House within three 
hours after the meeting of the House, the swearing 
of the Committee to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Wigan, was ad- 
journed till To-morrow, at four of the clock. 


17°—18° Martiz. 129 


the extent of the sum received from the Chinese 
Government, after deducting the amount awarded 
by Her Majesty to the captors, and to assure Her 
Majesty that this House will make good the same; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the § Mr. Lindsay, 87 
Yeas, Sir George Staunton : } rts 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 87 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: F 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Houses licensed by the Magistrates in Quarter Ses- 
sions for the reception of Insane Persons in Eng- 
land and Wales: And that Lord Granville Somerset 
and Lord Ashley do prepare, and bring it in. 


inquire into the administration of relief to the Poor 
in parishes incorporated under Gilbert’s Act, or 
subject to the provisions of any local Act; and to 
report whether it would be expedient or just to re- 
peal those Acts, for the purpose of substituting in 
lieu thereof the Poor Law Amendment Act; 


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


Veneris, 18° die Martti, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 4l 


Yeas, Captain Pechell ; 
Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 108 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 


turns of all Mates in the Royal Navy, showing the 
year and month in which they passed their exami- 
nation for the Rank of Lieutenant ; distinguishing 
those serving on board Her Majesty’s Ships and in 
the service of the Customs:—And of the Mates 
placed on the Pension List, in pursuance of the 
Recommendation of the Naval and Military Com- 
mission (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 332 of Session 1841):—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





And the Question being put, That this House 
will, upon Thursday the 7th day of April next, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the 
following Address to Her Majesty ; that is to say, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to take into consideration the circumstances 
under which the British Merchants and others, sub- 
jects of the British Crown, did on the 27th day of 
March 1839, upon the requisition of Captain Elliot, 
Superintendent of British Trade in Canton, sur- 


That there be laid before this House, a Copy of a 
Report made to the Home Office, by a Committee 
appointed by the Conference lately held at the Crown 
and Anchor, on the subject of manufacturing Dis- 
tress :—It passed in the Negative. 


to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased to direct Her Majesty’s Consuls, 
situated in those Foreign Ports to which British 


render to the said Captain Elliot, for the service of | Coals have been exported, to report, for the inform- 


Her Majesty’s Government, 20,283 chests of Opium, 
on the assurance of the said Captain Elliot that he, 
on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government, held him- 
self responsible in the fullest and most unreserved 
manner for the same, and further, that compensation 
for the injury sustained by Her Majesty’s subjects 
was the first of the demands made by Her Majest 

upon the Government of China (to enforce a 


ation of this House, what Quantities of such Coals 
have been received in those ports during the year 
1841 ; and to state, as far as they may be able so to 
do, the purposes to which such Coals have been 
applied, and particularly to distinguish what de- 
scriptions of Manufactures, if any, have been carried 
on wholly or in part by Coal from this country. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 





an expedition was sent out), and that a sum of| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
money having now been received from the Govern- 
ment of China, Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to advance to such British Merchants 
and others, on account of their respective losses, to 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Vou. 97. 


s R.N., 


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


i i Lunatic 
to provide fur the more effectual Inspection of Asyloms Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Poor Law 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to — an, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Mates (Royal 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Re- avy:) 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Distress. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coals, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Caledonian 
to examine the Report of Captain Sir W. E. Parry, Canal. 


| 
i 
1 
| 
i 
f 
i 
fl 
i 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Forged Exche- 
quer Bills Bill. 


Loan Societies 
Bill. 


Apprentices 
Regulation Bill. 


Manchester 
Police. 


Grain and Flour. 


No. 110: 


Shannon 
Navigation, 


No. 111. 


130 17°— 


R. N., on the Caledonian Canal ; and to report their 
Observations and Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report which, — the 6th 
day of March 1839, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed with a view to consider and report 
to this ssa what steps it is advisable to take with 
respect to the present state of the Caledonian Canal, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 18th 
day of June 1840, was made from the Select Com- | 
mittee appointed 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, 
be referred to the Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Consolidated Fund 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 Forged 
Exchequer Bills Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to explain, and to continue to the 
first day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-three, the Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Loan Societies ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out from “ three” to “ and,” 
in Pr, 2. 1. 21. 

In the Title of the Bill : 

L. 1. Leave out “ to explain and.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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 Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to explain the Acts for the better 
Regulation of certain Apprentices; and the same 
was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 3. 1.7. Leave out “ was,” and insert “ has been 
“ or shall be.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement 
of the Receipts and Disbursements on account of 
the Police Force of the Borough of Manchester, for 
the year ending 31st December 1841. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order, — 
A Return of Allowances granted on Grain and Flour 
for Wastage on entry for Home Consumption or 
re-exportation from Bond :—And, a similar Return 
of Allowances granted on other Bonded Articles. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Shannon 


Navigation, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 


18° Martie. 


A. 1842, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Fines (Jre- Fines (Irelang,) 
land), which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No, 119. 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- Elections, 
tive to Elections, which were presented upon the No, 133. 
7th day of this instant March, 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, 18° die Marti; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 


M R. Bowes presented a Bill to alter, amend, Great North 
extend and enlarge the Powers and Provi- (Chane 
sions of an Act relating to the Great North of Eng- eran . 
land (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) Railway, Junction) Rail. 
in the County of Durham: And the same was read Bid (No. 1,) 


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


A Petition of Charles Pott, Arthur Pott and Southwark 
William Pott, of Bridge-street, Southwark, in the a 
county of Surrey, Esquires, Samuel Paynter, of eo 
Richmond, in the same county, Esquire, and James 
Paterson, of Cornwall-terrace, Regent’s Park, in 
the county of Middlesex, Esquire, and the Reverend 
Richard Board, of Westerham, in the county of 
Kent, Clerk, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Southwark Improvement (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. 


Mr. Shaw presented a Bill for erecting and en- Kingstown 
dowing a Church at Kingstown, in the County and ate g 
Diocese of Dublin, and Parish of Monkstown, and ; 
for providing for the due celebration of Divine Ser- 
vice therein, and for assigning a District thereto : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shaw reported from the Committee on the Birkenhead 
Birkenhead Improvement Bill; and to whom several on 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred; That ~ 
they had considered the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support 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 ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Cottenham 
rish of Cottenham, in the County of Cambridge, was Inclosure Bill 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Allix do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thomas Mackenzie presented a Bill to enable Ross and Cro 
the Sheriffdom of Ross and Cromarty to provide 75 oy 
° ouses Dill. 
— Court House Accommodations, and for other 
urposes relative thereto: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the towns of War- Warwick and 
wick and Leamington, for leave to bring in a Bill for amg ol 
making a Branch Railway from the London and ~"™" 7 
Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, to communicate 
with the towns of Warwick and Leamington, in the 
county of Warwick, was presented, and read ; and 





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Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Gosport Pier 
Bill. 


Sheffield, Ash- 
tou-under-Lyne 
and Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Austell 
Market (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Straw Plait. 


Timber Duties. 


Income Tax, 


Sill. 


Clitheroe 
Election, 


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referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) Bill, have leave to sit this day, till 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Gosport Pier Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for taking 
down the Market-house in the Town of Saint 
Austell, in the County of Cornwall, and for erecting 
a more convenient Market-house instead thereof; 
for providing anew Market-place, and for increasing 
and regulating the Markets and Fairs within the 
same Town: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Saint Alban, praying for a con- 
tinuance of the existing protection to the manu- 
facture of English Straw Plait, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Timber Merchants of King’s Lynn, 
praying the House not to sanction any alteration in 
the scale of duties upon Baltic and Canadian Tim- 
ber, or that they may be allowed a drawback of the 
difference between the amount paid on their present 
stock, and that which would be payable according 
to any new rates, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, 
Proctors, and others, not being Barristers, practising in 
the courts of law and equity in the United Kingdom; 
—Samuel Wells ;— Robert Aspland ;—John Tayjior ; 
— Lymington ;— Thomas James Freeman ;— Leeds 
(Chairman of the Anti-Corn Law Association) ;-- 
Gisbro’-in-Cleveland;—Saffron Walden ;—and, Slea- 
ford; praying the House not to impose a tax upon 
Incomes, especially those arising from trades and 
professions,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, praying 
the House to give effect only to that part of any 
Income Tax which will be paid by the possessors 
of realized property, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Directors of the Metropolitan Life 
Assurance Society, praying the House that in any 
measure to be adopted for imposing a charge upon 
interest of money, annuities, dividends and shares 
of annuities, provision may be made for levying a 
proportionably lower rate of tax upon terminable 
annuities than upon perpetual annuities, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Hogg reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Clitheroe; That John 
Ashworth had interrupted the Proceedings of the 
Committee this day; and had attempted to influence 
a witness under examination. 

Ordered, That John Ashworth do attend this 
House forthwith. 


Petitions from Newtownferry;—Urney ;~-Malin; 
—and, Movilie; praying the House to pass an Act 
for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or 
which may hereafter be solemnized by a presbyterian 
minister in Jre/and, between parties, one of whom is 


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131 


a member of the Established Church, and the other 
a protestant dissenter,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of Gateshead ;--General Steam Navigation Company; 
—and, President and Directors of the Imperial Con- 
tinental Gas Association; praying the House to 
refuse their sanction to any duty on the export of 
Coals from this country to foreign parts,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Chairman and Committee of 
the Steam Ship-owners Association, London, com- 
prizing upwards of 80,000 tons of shipping propelled 
by steam, praying that in any measure to be passed 
for levying duty on Coals exported from Great Bri- 
tain, in British vessels, an exemption may be intro- 
duced in favour of Coal exported by or for the use 
of steam vessels trading under the flag of Great 
Britain, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


days of this instant March, both days 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. 


praying the House to institute an inquiry into his 
scheme for purchasing Deferred Annuities, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


money ; praying the House to devise means for af- 
fording encouragement and assistance to the Schools 
in connection with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Combermere to come to the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Sudbury, to be examined 
as a Witness before the said Committee: And that 
Sir John Walsh do carry the said Message. 


Meeting of the Operative Sugar Boilers and Lozenge 
Makers, Comfit Makers and Confectioners of Edin- 
burgh and Leith, complaining of an illicit traffic 
being carried on to an alarming extent in the im- 
portation of Lozenges, Acidulated Drops, and other 
wrought Sugars, into this country from Guernsey 
and the other Channel Islands; and praying for 
the enactment of measures for better regulating the 
import duties, and for the speedy abolition of the 
Guernsey and other Chanel Islands free trade, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


praying the House to cause an inquiry to be made 
into his plan of measures and policy affecting the 
intercourse of British colonists with the coloured 
natives, in and near all the colonies, and that the 
inquiry extend to the bearing of such plan upon the 
relations of our traders, voyagers and travellers and 
missionaries with those natives, and to Britésh India, 
as far as may be needed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





Vou. 97. 


Mr. 


$2 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Coals. 


Mr. Charles Howard reported from the Select Com- Public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined (Eleventh Re» 


the Petitions presented from the 14th to the 16th port.) 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, of Bridgend, Annuities. 


Petitions from Lower Badony ;—&lt;Kilmallock ;— “ducation 
Kilworth ;—Croagh and Kilclooney ;--and, Bally- (rsla4.) 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, suabury 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to Election. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of @ Coufectionery 


A Petition of Saze Bannister, Barrister-at-Law, Colonies, 


The Yate Inclosure Bill was read a second time ; Yate Inclosure 
Bill. 





132 


ForthandClyde Mr, Alexander Johnston presented a Bill for alter- 

Nevigation Bill. i416 and amending an Act of the fourth and fifth year 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act to con- 
solidate, amend and enlarge the Powers and Pro- 
visions of the several Acts relating to the Forth and 
Clyde Navigation ;” for enlarging and making Re- 
servoirs for better supplying the said Navigation 
with Water; and for enabling the Company of Pro- 
prietors of the said Navigation to purchase and 
acquire the Forth and Cart Junction Canal: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Equitable Gas 


- A Petition of Justices and Commissioners of 
Company Bill. 


Sewers for the city and liberty of Westminster, and 
part of the county of Middlesex, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Equitable Gas Com- 
pany Bill, was presented, and read. 

rdered, 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. 


Forth Marine 
Tnsurance 
Company Bill. 


Mr. Smollett presented a Bill to enable the Forth 
Marine Insurance Company to sue and be sued, and 
for other Purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Argyll Road 


Mr. Smollett presented a Bill for making and 
maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges and Quays, 
and for regulating Ferries, in the Shire of Argyll, 
and for altering and repairing certain military and 
other Roads, Bridges and Quays in the said Shire : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


North American 
Colonial Asso- 
ciation of [re- 


land Bill. 


Mr. Charies Buller presented a Bill to amend an 
Act for incorporating and granting certain Powers 
to the North American Colcnial Association of Ire- 
land, and for explaining, altering and enlarging the 
Provisions thereof: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Severn Navi- 


ne Petitions of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and 
gation il. 


Inhabitants of the city of Worcester and its vicinity ; 
—and, the Worcester Chamber of Commerce ; pray- 
ing that the Severn Navigation Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Wigan Election. The Serjeant-at-Arms, attending this House, in- 
formed the House, that he had taken the Honour- 
able James Kenneth Howard into his custody. 
Whereupon Mr. Henry Thomas Howard, the 
brother of Mr. James Kenneth Howard, stated, that 
he had to express on behalf of his brother his deep 
regret at not having been in his place when the Mem- 
bers for the Wigan Election Committee were called 
upon to be sworn, and to state that it arose solely from 
his ignorance of the provisions of the Act of Parlia- 
ment fortrying Controverted Elections,and in no way 
from any disrespect to this House, and also to ex- 
press his sorrow for the inconvenience he had caused 
to the Members of the Committee, and to the Parties. 
Ordered, That the Honourable James Kenneth 


Howard be discharged out of custody, upon payment 
of his fees. 





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A. 1842. 


and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

















| 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon. 


Petitions from Whitstable;— Saint Margaret’s and Com Laws, 
Saint George’s, Hanover-square, Westminster ; — 
Kirkmichael ;— Tottenham ;— Southmolton ;—Hon- 
ley ;—Balls Pond ;—Halshaw Moor ;—Ickford ; — 
Halifax ;— Manchester (three Petitions) ;—Salford 
(two Petitions) ; — Ebury-street, Westminster ; — 
Maidstone ;—Dartford ;—Grinshill ;—and, Stock- 
port ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the County of Kilkenny ;—Eastern 
Division of the county of Kent ;—and, Grand Jurors 
of the county and town of Galway; praying the 
House to adopt measures for encouraging the im- 
portation of Grain in preference to Flour and Meal, 
—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inspectors of Corn Returns, in the 


‘county of Essex, praying that the House will be 
pleased either to continue their services, or cause 


provision to be made to compensate them for their 
length of service, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Millers and Corn Deal- 
ers of the town of Enniscorthy, stating that Oats, 
Barley, Flour and Oatmeal are not sufficiently pro- 
tected according to the proposed Scale of Duties, in 
proportion to the Duty on Wheat; and praying that 
the House will take into consideration the ruinous 
effects that the passing of the proposed Scale imme- 
diately into a law would have on the Corn Mer- 
chants and Dealers in Corn in Jreland, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers of [72- Brewers’ Casks, 
verpool and its vicinity, praying the House to pass 
an Act declaring the law to be, that Brewers’ Casks 
are not distrainable for the rent of their customers, 


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


Petitions from Knaresbro’ ;—and, Burslem; pray- Maynooth 
ing the House to withhold every kind of public ©ollese- 
support from the College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Starch Manufacturers, carrying on Starch. 

business in London and its vicinity, praying that a 
duty of not less than twelve shillings and sixpence 
per hundred weight may be imposed upon Starch 
imported, so as to put the Petitioners on an equality 
with the foreign manufacturer, who is free from the 
operations of the laws regulating the importation of 
wheat into Great Britain, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Workmen and Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Residents of and in the vicinity of the western dis- Bridges 
trict of the Waterloo division of Saint Mary, Lam- 
beth, praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
deeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, 
Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, 


Then the names of the Members of the Committee | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


were called over, as follow; 
The Earl of Lincoln, Henry Tufnell, Esquire, 
Henry Kemble, Esquire, Robert Scott, Esquire, 


| 
| 


| 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Lei- Poor Law 
cester Union, praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendm™ 


Forster Alleyne M‘Geachy, Esquire, the Honourable | Amendment Act, was presented, and read ; and or- ss 
James Kenneth Howard; Chairman, Benjamin | dered to lie upon the Table. 


Hawes, Esquire ; 


And being come to the Table, they were sworn 
by the Clerk. 


Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 


The Toxteth Park Paving and Sewerage Bill was Toxteth Pack 
read a second time ; and committed. Paving a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ; 


the Election and Return for the Borough of Wigan, | mittee of Selection. 





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Northen Coal © The Northern Coal Mining Company Bill was. 
Mining Com- read a second time ; and committed. 
pany Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of the city of York, stating that Samuel 
Holberry, Operative, late resident of the borough of 
Sheffield, was convicted at the York Spring Assizes 
of 1840, of conspiracy and sedition, and sentenced 
to four years’ imprisonment in Northallerton House 
of Correction ; and praying the House to obtain his 
discharge from further imprisonment, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Samuel 
Holberry- 


Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill. 


No. 114. 


Lord Granville Somerset presented a Bill for 
amending the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the 
Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the | 
Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Two Reports 
of John Henry Capper, Esquire, Superintendent of 
Ships and Vessels employed for the confinement of 
Offenders under sentence of Transportation. 

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


Convicts. 





Western 
Australia. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the Governor 
and Council of the Colony of Western Australia, 
4 Victoria, 1840. 

Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the 
Lieutenant Governor and Council of the Colony of 
Van Diemen’s Land, 4 Victoria, 1840. 

Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by the 
Governor and Council of the Coiony of Mew South 
Wales, 3 and 4 Victoria, 1840. 

A Return of all Persons holding Offices in the 
Colonies, who have been appointed thereto subse- 
quent 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 exe- 
cution 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. 


Van Diemen’s 
Land. 


New South 
Wales, 


Offices in the 
Colonies, 


Highland Roads Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of 


aad Bridges. an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty-eighth Report of 
the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges 
in Scotland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Poor Rateand Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
County Rate, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, A Return of the actual Assessment or Valu- 
ation to the Poor Rate, of the aggregate Rateable 
Property in each Parish or Township in England 


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133 


on different Parishes or Townships, and giving the 


| date of the Valuation, and stating whether made by 


a professional Valuer, or on what other authority 


| or principle. 


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 Mates (Royal 
Return of all Mates of the Royal Navy, showing the N#vy-) 
year and month in which they respectively passed 
their examination for the rank of Lieutenant, the 
time they have since served afloat in the Navy; 
also, the time they may have served under the 
Customs, as far as can be ascertained ; and speci- 
fying where each is now serving; also, the Mates 
who have been placed on the Pension or Half Pa 
List, in pursuance of the recommendation of the 
Naval and Military Commission. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 24 Culm. 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1841 ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1840:—Of the Quanti- 
ties 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 1841 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1840; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom 
from which the same were shipped :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Coals, Cinders and Culm, exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1841, with the rate 
and amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quan- 
tities of Coals brought coastways and by inland 
navigation into the Port of London during the year 
1841, comparing the same with the Quantities 
brought during the year 1840. 


Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood be discharged Buildings 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- a 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2); and, Remake ond, 
Boroughs Improvement (No. 2) Bills. Improvement 


Ordered, That Mr. Masterman be added to the (No- 2.) Bills. 
Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum of Money out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year es 
One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, was, (£800,000) 
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 
ear One thousand eight hundred and forty-two. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 
Mr. Senior : the Lorde. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Mitford’s 
by this House to the Bill,intituled, An Act to dissolve Divorce Bill. 





and Wales, distinguishing the Total Amount of 
Assessment on the different kinds of Property, 
according to the following classification; viz. 1. 
Land (including Farms, Orchards, Hop-grounds, 
Woods, Gardens, &amp;c.); 2. Buildings (including 
Houses, Mills, Factories, Warehouses, &amp;c.); 3. 
Canals, Railroads, Docks, &amp;c.; 4. Tithes; 5. Mines; 
stating also the date at which the valuation was 
made, and whether by a Professional Valuer, a 
Committee of Rate-payers, or what other authority : 
—Also, a Return of the Valuation or Assessment of 
the several Counties in England and Wales to the 
County Rate, distinguishing the Amount assessed 
Vou. 97. 





the Marriage of Henry Reveley Mitford, Esquire, 
with the Right honourable Lady Georgina Jemima 
Mitford, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes, without any Amend- 
ment :-—And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bunsen’s 
for naturalizing the Reverend Henry George Bun- Nat. Bill. 
sen; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 





Bunsen’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Bunsen’s 
tirae; and ordered to be read a second time. 
s3 


Nat, Bill. 
The 








Ways and 
Means. 



















Property Tax. 



























Adjournment. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 










No. 115. 












Spirit Duties 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Dublin Police 
Bill 






Parish Property 
Bill. . 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself, 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
| 

(In the Committee.) | 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is | 


the Opinion of this Committee, that, towards raising | 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be charged | 
annually during a term to be limited, the several 
Rates and Duties following, that is to say: 


For and in respect of the Property in any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and for 
and in respect of every Annuity, Pension, or 
Stipend, payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom ; and 
for and in respect of all Interest of Money, 
Annuities, Dividends, and Shares of Annuities 
— to any person or persons, bodies 
politic or corporate, companies or societies, 
whether corporate or not corporate ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising or accruing to any person or persons 
whatever, resident in Great Britain, from 
any kind of Property whatever, whether 
situate in Great Britain or elsewhere, or from 
any Annuities, Allowances, or ~~ or 
from any Profession, Trade, or Vocation, 
whether the same shall be respectively exer- 
cised in Great Britain or elsewhere ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising and accruing to any person or persons 
not resident within Great Britain, from any 
Property whatever in Great Britain, or from 
any Trade, Profession, or Vocation, exercised 
in Great Britain ; for every twenty shillings 
of the annual value or amount thereof seven pence. 


For and in respect of the Occupation of 
any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof - - three pence halfpenny. 





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, 19° die Martii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; 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 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

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 Parish Property 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


The Spirit Duties (Jreland) 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 second 
reading of the Dublin Police Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





Martii , A. 1842, 


The Hcwse, according to Order, resolved itself Colonia 
into a Committee upon the Colonial Passengers Passengers pip 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker No. 116, 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 4th day of April 
next; and the Bi, as amended, to be printed. 


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- Corn Impotn. 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; tion 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 Forged Exche. 
further consideration the Report on the Forged Ex- quer Bills Bill, 
chequer Bills Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill sheriff Clerks 
to regulate the Emoluments of the Office of Sheriff (Scotland) Bil. 
Clerk in Scotland, as Vacancies occur in said Office: 

And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Pringle do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- Caledonian 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Canal. 
examine the Report of Captain Sir W. E. Parry, 
R. N., on the Caledonian Canal; and to report their 
Observations and Opinion thereupon to the House, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated, of Sir George Clerk, 
Mr. Henry Baillie, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. William 
Johnson, Mr. Dennistoun, Captain Fitzroy, Captain 
Plumridge, Mr. Cholmondeley, Mr. Scarlett, Mr. 
Charles Buller, Sir Howard Douglus, Mr. William 
Williams, Mr. Parker, Mr. Pringle and Mr. Divett, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate sheriff Clerks 
the Emoluments of the Office of Sheriff Clerk in (Scotland) Bil. 
Scotland, as Vacancies {occur in said Office: And No. 117. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 15th day of 
April next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Superintending Penitentiary 
Committee of the Penitentiary (Milbank), which (Milbank.) 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 118. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Borough Borougt 
Magistrates, which was presented yesterday, be “on 
printed. No. 119. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 


: . Chancery. 
Chancery, which was presented yesterday, be printed. ie. aa 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





upon Monday the 4th day of April next. 

















Lewes 
Electi 


Clerk 
Crow 
amen 


Clith 
Elect 


Cle 
Cre 


am 





5 Vicroriz. 


Lune, 21° die Marta ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Charles Wood, from the Select Committee 

a appointed to try and determine the matter of 

the Petition of Edward Monk and Gabriel Egles, 

Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 

Return for the Borough of Lewes, informed the 

House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Howard Elphinstone, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Lewes : 

That Summers Harford, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough : 

That the Honourable Henry Fitzroy is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned, a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Lewes. 

Mr. Charles Wood also informed the House, That 
the Committee had altered the poll taken at the last 
Election by striking off the names of William 
Sales, William Ellis, Jeremiah Reed, George Stan- 
ford, John Stanford, Charles Stanford, William 
Kuce and Thomas Gates, as not having had a right 
to vote. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
; entered inthe Journals of this House. 

2 Clerk of the Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
Crown to this House forthwith, with the last Return for the 
cant Se. Borough of Lewes, and amend the same by rasing 

out the name of Summers Harford, Esquire, and 
inserting the name of the Honourable Henry Fitz- 
roy, instead thereof. 


Lewes 
Election. 


Clitheroe 
Election. 


Mr. Hogg, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 
Edward Cardwell, Esquire ; and also the Petition of 
John Taylor and William Whalley, Electors; severally 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Clitheroe, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Matthew Wilson, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Clitheroe: 

That Edward Cardwell, Esquire, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned, a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Cli- 
r theroe. 
Bill Mr. Hogg also informed the House, That the 
- Committee had altered the poll taken at the last 

: Election for the said Borough, by striking off Wil- 
liam Hargreaves, John Stewart, Thomas Sutcliffe, 

Benjamin Coulthurst, Richard Hayhurst, Edward 

Braithwaite, William Braithwaite, junior, James 

Frankland, William Robinson and Thomas Smithies, 

y as nut having had a right to vote at such 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 
this House forthwith, with the last Return for the 


Clerk of the 
‘. Crown to 
9 amend Return. 


out the name of Matthew Wilson, Esquire, and 
| inserting the name of Edward Cardwell, Esquire, 
0 instead thereof. 


Lewes ; and, 


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135 


Strabane, Omagh and Banbridge: — And, of the 
items of Expenditure, specifying the details of 
Expense in each case, which have rendered neces- 
sary an application for Advance on the original 
oan. 
A Return of the Name of every Union in Zreland Vaccination 
in which the Vaccination Act has been carried into (Ireland). 
effect; specifying the Name and Qualification of 
the Vaccinators ; the Number of Persons vaccinated 
in each Union up to the ist day of September 1841; 
and the Sum paid or contracted to be paid in each 
for Vaccinations, up to the same period :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Stanhope Stanhope and 
and Tyne Railroad Company Bill have leave to sit, Tyne Railroad 
this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of ©™P™y Pill 
the House. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Windsor Bridge 
Windsor Bridge Bill; That they had examined the &gt;#!!. 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Duke of Bed- 
Duke of Bedford's Estate Bill; That they had exa- {ere's Estate 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Birmingham 
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Bill; pune ' 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, iy, 

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 Buckland Inclosure Bill was read a second Buckland _ 
time; and committed. Inclosure Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Thomas Purvis, of Stone-buildings, Great North 
Lincoln’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Queen’s of England 
Counsel, praying that he may be heard, by himself, ®“!"*y Bil. 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Great North of England 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 himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 


Borough of Clitheroe, and amend the same by rasing Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Archibald Yarmouth 
John Earl of Rosebery, and others, praying that Reliwey Bill 
the House will not read the Yarmouth and Norwich 


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according to | Railway Bill a second time, or pass it as a law, was 


Clitheroe Re- Order, amended the Returns for the Boroughs of presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


tur : L 
nsamended. Trewes; and, Clitheroe. 


Workhouses 


(Ireland. Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 


sented, pursuant to Orders,—Return to an Order 
dated the 24th day of February last, for Returns of 
the items forming the separate Sums which the Jrish 
Poor Law Commissioners borrowed from the Ex- 
chequer Bill Loan Commissioners for erecting 
Workhouses in Belfast, Londonderry, Custlederg, 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 


Table. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Tyne Fisheries 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of #'!!. 
the Petition for the Zyne Fisheries Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating ana maintaining the Fisheries in the 
River Tyne: And that Mr. Bell and Mr. Ord do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





Vor. 97. 








s4 Mr. 





aan eee eH 


a 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road and 
Shipping Place) 
Bill. 


Ely Place 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Glasgow and 
Three Mile 
House Road. 


London and 
Croydon 
Railway 
(Grange Road 
Approach) 
(No. 2.) 


Granton Pier 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


London Bridge 
Approaches and 


Royal Exchange 


Avenues Bill. 


136 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Petition of Robert Thomson, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case 
of the Petition for the Belfast and Cavehill Railway 
(Road and Shipping Place) Bill was referred ; That 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Belfast and Cavehill Railway Com- 
pany to construct a Road and Shipping Place con- 
nected with the Railway, and for amending the Acts 
relating to such Railway: And that Colonel Verner 
and Mr. Kirk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Ely Place Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and im- 
proving Ely-place and Ely-mews, in the liberty of 
Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden and Ely-rents, in the 
county of Middlesex: And that Mr. Wakley and 
Mr. Thomas Duncombe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 
Petition of William Dixon, Esquire, and the Polloc 
and Govan Railway Company, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of 
the Petition for the Glasgow and Three Mile House 
Road Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as the No- 
tices in the Gazette and Newspapers do not express 
the intention of the promoters of the Bill, to amend 
the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 50. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills ; and to whom the Peti- 
tion of the London and Greenwich Railway Com- 
pany, against the Petition of the London and Croy- 
don Railway Company, for leave to present a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in the London and Croydon 
Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) Bill, was 
referred ; That in the case of the said Petition, the 
Committee reconimend that leave be given to present 
a Petition for the Bill, as desired. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 

A Petition of the Zondon and Croydon Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
said Company to make an Approach to their Rail- 
way, in the parish of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, in 
the county of Surrey, was accordingly presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Granton Pier (No. 2.) Bill was read a second 
time ; and commiited. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Purchase of a 
certain Ferry called “ Woodside Ferry,” by the Com- 
missioners for the Improvement of the Township or 
Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of 
Chester, and for amending the Improvement Acts for 
the said Township, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Tollemache do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Masterman presented a Bill for further ex- 
tending the Approaches to London Bridge and the 
Avenues adjoining to the Royal Exchange, in the 
City of Zondon, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto respectively: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


21° Martiz. 





A. 1842. 


Petitions of Members of the Committee of Ma- sevem yay 
nagement and Clerk to the Company of Proprie- tion Bill, a 
tors of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal 
Navigation ;—Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses: of 
the Borough of Worcester ;—Board of Directors of 
the Worcester Chamber of Commerce ;—and, Town 
Council of the borough of Droitwich ; praying that 
the Severn Navigation Bill may pass into a law,-—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of George Young, Clerk to the Com- Gorbais Pojicg 
missioners of Police of the barony of Gorbals, for (No. 2.) 
leave to present a Petition for leave to bring ina 
Bill for regulating the Police, and paving, cleansing 
and lighting the Streets of the Town or Barony of 
Gorbals, and Grounds adjacent, and for other pur- 
poses relating thereto, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The Maidstone and Rochester Roads Bill was Maidstone ang 
read a second time ; and committed. hester 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Roads Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Severn Navig. 
deration the Report which, upon the 11th day of this ti Bill. 
instant March, was made from the Committee on the 
Severn Navigation 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 
“ Bill be re-committed,”’ instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
— 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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow, Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill have ee 
leave to proceed, with the attendance of only Two 4yr Railway 
selected Members, in consequence of the absence of Bill, 
Captain Hatton, who is compelled to leave town on 
urgent private business. 


Mr. Gibson Craig presented a Bill for further im- galtcoats 
proving and maintaining the Harbour of Saltcoats, Harbour Bill 
in the County of Ayr: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions of Vestrymen of the parish of Sainé saint Mary-e- 
Mary-le-bone ;—Rate-payers of the parish of Saint bone Parish 
Mary-le-bone ;—and, Henry Hayward, and others, ®#"'- 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Saint 
Mary-le-bone Parish 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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bridport 
received a notice from Messrs. Vizard and Leman, Election. 
the agents for William Pierce Stanley, Esquire, 
and others, who petitioned this House on the 30th 
day of August, in the last Session of Parliament, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Bridport, that it is not their inten- 
tion to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, 












nd 


ill. 


y-le- 
shh 





Bridport 
Election. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland. ) 


5 Vicroriz. 


21° Martiz. 






137 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th | dated therein in each of the same years; also, the 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition | largest Number in each Workhouse at any one time, 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- | and the Number of Deaths occurring annually 


charged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a notice from Messrs. Dorington, 
Hayward and Ellicombe, the agents for Joseph 
Bartlett, and others, who petitioned this House on 
the 28th day of September, in the last Session of 
Parliament, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Bridport, that it is not 
their intention to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Workhouses open in Jre- 
land, on the 1st day of March 1842; Name of each 
Union; Date of opening of the Workhouse; original 
Cost of building and fitting of each Workhouse ; 
Amount of Salary paid to the Officers of each 
Workhouse; greatest Number of Inmates at any 
period since the — of said Workhouses; Num- 
ber in each Workhouse at the date of this Return; 
Cost of Support and Clothing of Paupers, to the 
1st day of March 1842; Cost of Rations to Master, 
Matron, Porter and Families, to Schoolmaster and 
Schoolmistress, and Hospital Attendants; Gross 
Amount of Rate declared in each Union; Gross 
Amount collected to the 1st day of March 1842 ; 
Amount of Physician’s Salary; and, Amount of 
Apothecary’s Salary. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and all Guar- 
dians and Officers of the Basford Union relative to 
the payment out of the Poor Rates of the costs of 
a Rule Wisi for a Criminal Information granted on 
the 6th day of May 1841, by the Court of Queen’s 
Bench, against Three of the Guardians, for an al- 
leged Libel on a Magistrate of the county of Wot- 
tingham; and of all Resolutions passed by the 
Board of Guardians relative to the transaction, pre- 
viously to the Costs being paid :—And, a Return of 
the Number of Guardians present and voting at the 
several meetings of the Board for and against the | 
payment of the Costs; the Names of such Guar- 
dians, in what capacity they acted, and whether any 
of them were Defendants in the Action; whether 
the Auditor of the Union is a Guardian of the 
Union, and whether he was present and voted as 
such, at any of the meetings, for the payment of 
the Costs; and under what item, in the ree 
Abstract of Accounts, the Charge has been placed. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 











Coals, Ordered, 'That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Coals exported from the 
United Kingdom in each year, from the 5th day of 
January 1828 to the 5th day of January 1842; 
specifying the Ports of Shipment, and the Countries 
to which the Coals were sent. 


Buildings 
Regulation 


(No.2); and, 


Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde and Mr. Hogg 
be discharged from any further attendance on the 

sis. Select Committee on the Buildings Regulation 
Improvement (No. 2.); and, the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) 
(No, 2.) Bills, Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson and Captain 
Rous be added to the Committee. 


Poor Law 
Sneviment 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Union Workhouses in England and 
Wales, showing the Number of Paupers admitted 
into each Workhouse in each year, from the 1st day 
of January 1836 to the 31st day of December 1841 ; 
likewise, the Average Number of Paupers accommo- 
Vox. 97, 





Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred ¢ 
and Forty-two : 


present Majesty, for vacating any Presentment for 
rebuilding the Gaol of Newyate in Dublin, and any 
Contract between the Commissioners for rebuilding 
the said Gaol, and the Contractor: And also, 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


therein to the same Date, specifying the cause of 
each Death. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 


and Mr. Brougham: the Lords, 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 


lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of Consolidated 


Eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Fund 


£. 8,000,000. } 
ill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the In- West India 


crease of the Number of Bishopricks and Arch- "sy Bil 
deaconries in the West Indies, and to amend the se- 
veral Acts relating thereto: 


A Bill, intituled, an Act to amend an Act of Her Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Liebert’s 


fornaturalizing Bernhard Willhelm Edouard Liebert; N*: Bill. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Liebert’s Naturalization Bill was read the first apg 
at. Dill, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Caputh, praying for Corn Laws. 


the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters maintaining 
Divine Worship in Howard street, Sheffield, praying 
the House either to repeal the Corn Laws altogether, 
or to put a low fixed Duty on articles of foreign food, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coal-owners, Merchants, Ship- Coals. 
owners, and others interested in the trade and ex- 
port of Coal from North Northumberland, praying 
that no additional Duty may be imposed upon 
the export of Coals, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Meaus. 


(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the Opinion 
of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there be charged annually, 
during a term to be limited, the several Rates and 
Duties following, that is to say : 


For and in respect of the Property in any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and for 
and in respect of every Annuity, Pension, or 
on payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom ; and 
for and in respect of all Interest of Money, 
Annuities, Dividends, and Shares of Annuities 
— to any person or persons, bodies 
politic or corporate, companies or societies, 
whether corporate or not corporate ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising or accruing to any person or persons 
whatever, resident in Great Britain, from 
any kind of Property whatever, whether 
situate in Great Britain or elsewhere, or from 
any Annuities, Allowances, or Stipends, or 
from any Profeesion, Trade, or Vocation, 
whether the same shall be respectively exer- 
cised in Great Britain or elsewhere ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising and accruing to any person or persons 
not resident within Great Britain, from any 
Property whatever in Great Britain, or from 
any Trade, Profession, or Vocation, exercised 
in Great Britain ; for every twenty shillings 
of the annual value or amount thereof - seven pence. 


Property Tex, 





T For 


For and in respect of the Occupation of | 
any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 
tenant distinct from a my of sci Sm 
every twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof “ati - - = three pence halfpenny. 


Whereupon, Motion made, and Question Poe | into further consideration the Report on the Parish Bill. 


That the Chairman do report Progress, and as 
leave to sit again : 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Blewitt, 51. 
Yeas, \ Dr. Bowring: 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 398 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do leave the Chair ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Dr. Bowring, } 92 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule : ; : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 241 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : wen: 
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, 22° die Martii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee bad made further 
Progress in the matter 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. 


Customs Duties Lhe Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(West Indian mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
and NorthAme- Acis relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, 
rican Colonies.) Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into 
any of the British Possessions in America, or the 

Mauritius ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


Rivers 


(ireland) Bill. 
No.121. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report on the Rivers (Ireland) 
Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee of 
the whole House :~-And the House immediately re- 
solved itself into the said Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 4th day of April 
next ; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Railways Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 


Bill ; 


21°—22° Marti. 


A. 1842. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Forporation 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve - 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Parish Property 
Property Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Tuesday the 
5th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Spirit Duties 
into a Committee upon the Spirit Duties (Ireland) (!eland) Bil, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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 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- Corn Import. 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; tion Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Birmingham 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. _ Derby | 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- aa" 
mittee of Selection. 





Mr. Nicholl presented a Bill for punishing Mutiny Mutiny Bil. 
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 
this day. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented a Bill for the Regu- Marine Matiay 
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 this day. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Convicts, Convicts 


which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 122 


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, 22° die Martii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 








PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed, That the Sheriffs pongou and 
| 4. of the city of London, attended at the door, Blackwall 
| they were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Railway Bill 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further! Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Com- 


consideration to-morrow. 


Public Works 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Public Works Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bull, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Queen’s Prison 


‘The ingrossed Bill for consolidating the Queen’s 
Bill. 


Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regu- 
lating the Queen’s Prison, was, according to Order, 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


mons of the city of London, in common council 
| assembled :—And then they withdrew. 
| And the said Petition, praying that they may be 
_ heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
| certain parts of the London and Blackwall Railway 
| Bill, was 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. 


| Mr. Soady, from the Audit Office, was called in; pyplic 

‘and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions Accountants 
of several Acts of Parliament,—List of Officers and 

| Departments whose Accounts are audited by the 

| Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts. 


An 








Bill, 


Rail- 


ill, 


Tutiny 


i) 
Ww 
. 


and 


Bill. 


Ants. 





5 Vicroriz. 


An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 
and from all Public Accountants on the 5th day of 
January 1842, arising upon’ Accounts which have 
been stated or declared, completed to the 5th day 

anuary 1842. 
&lt;&lt; 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 1842 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Leeds Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting, cleansing, sewering and improv- 
ing the borough of Leeds, in the county of York : 
And that Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldam do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Lough Foyle Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 

(Upper Level) on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the 

Drainage Bill: Detition of Thomas Isaac Dimsdale, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 
case of the Petition for the Lough Foyle (Upper 
Level) Drainage Bill, was referred ; That the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending an Act passed in the second year of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, for draining and 
embanking certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough 
Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal and London- 
derry, so far as the same relates to certain parts of 
the said Lands in Lough Foyle, to be called “ The 
Upper Level of the Foyle:” And that Mr. Brother- 
tonand Mr. Mark Philips do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leeds Improves 
ment Bill. 


Clerkenwell Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
—_— on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 


the Petition for the Clerkenwell Improvement Bill, 

the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the provisions of the Act for 
opening a Street to Clerkenwell Green, in the county 
” of Middlesex: And that Mr. Thomas Duncombe and 
Mr. Wakley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Barnsley 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Barnsley Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of Her present Majesty for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Town of Barnsley, and other Places in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And that Mr. Beck- 
ett Denison and Mr. Stuart Wortley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Dundalk and Bannbridge Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending an Act of his late Majesty King George 
the Fourth, for repairing the Road from Dundalk, 
in the County of Louth, to Bannbridge, in the 
County of Down, so far as relates to the Southern 
Division of the said Road: And that the Earl of 
Hillsborough and Mr. Lockhart do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Dundalk and 
Banbridge 
Road Bill, 


Warkworth 


i Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
arbour Bill, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Warkworth Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend the powers and provisions of the 
Act relating to the Warkworth Harbour, in the 


22° Martiz. 


139 


County of Northumberland: And that Viscount 
Howick and Mr. Cresswell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee on Lough Foyle 
Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the Petition — Level) 
of Thomas Isaac Dimsdale, complaining of non-com- a 
— with the Standing Orders in the case of the 
etition for the Lough Foyle (Lower Level\ Drainage 
Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for amending an Act passed in the second year of 
the reign of Her present Majesty, for draining and 
embanking certain Lands in dea Swiily and Lough 
Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal and pee ea 
so far as the same relates to certain parts of the said 
Lands in Lough Foyle, to be called the “The Lower 
Level of the Foyle ;” And that Mr. Patrick Stew- 
art and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee on London and 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the Greenwich 
Petition for the London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3) Bill 
(No. 3.) Bill, the Standing Orders had been com-" ~~ 
plied with. . 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending some of the powers of the Acts re- 
lating to the London and Greenwich Railway: And 
that Mr. Barnard and Admiral Dundas do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Petition of Merchants and Inhabitants of the Yarmouth 
city of Norwich, praying that the Yarmouth and and Norwich 
Norwich Railway Bill may not pass into a law, Bay Bill 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Yarmouth 

toot, That the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway 24 Norwich 
ill be now read a second time ; ao 

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. Wilshere, 7 95 
Yeas, L Mr. Wodehouse : , om 
Tellers for the f Lord Dalmeny, } en 
Noes, l Mr. Robert Palmer : ; 
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. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Messrs. Richardson and Connell, Gorbals Police 
Agents for the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow, (No 2.) 
praying that leave may not be given to present a 

Petition for leave to bring in the Gorbals Police 

(No. 2,) Bill, and praying that they may be heard, 

by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 

the same, was presented, “ind read ; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Ord presented a Bill for regulating and main~ Tyne Fisheries 
taining the Fisheries of the River Tyne: And the Bill. 

same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 

a second time. 


The ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to Birmingham 
the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham - ve one 
and Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation, was, ac- yan 
cording to Order, 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. 





Vou. 97. 


Mr. 


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Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) 
Biil. 


Bradford 
(York) Water- 
works Bill. 


West Stirling. 
shire Roads 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Equitable Gas 
Company Bill. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Lincoln Roads, 


Glasgow Police 


(No. 3.) 


Bletchley 
Road. 


Stourbridge 
Roads. 


Buarntisland 
and Granton 


Pier, Ferry and 


Road. 


140 


Mr. George Philips reported from the Committee 
on the Nottingham Gas (No. 1.) Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill, was referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion; 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 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the event which, upon the 14th day of 
this instant March, was made from the Committee 
on the Bradford (York) Waterworks 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. 








Mr. Trotter reported from the Committee on the | 
West Stirlingshire Roads (No. 1.) 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 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 Commissioners for Paving and im- 
proving the parish of Saint James, Westminster, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Equitable Gas Company Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 


92° Martit. 








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. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee | 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved. That in the case of the Petition for 
the Lincoln Roads Bill, the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, so far as may be necessary 
to correct the errors in the Act 4 &amp; 5 Victoria, c. 108, 
by which the Trustees are precluded from taking | 
Tolls on the Road which is to be made or repaired, 





and by which the Trustees are precluded from rais- | 


ing Money and taking two Tolls, as intended by the 
aforesaid Act. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) Bill, the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, with the ex- 
ception of so much as is intended to give power to 
levy a contribution from the Common Funds of the 
city of Glasgow. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Bletchley Road Bill, the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, on amending the Section 
deposited with the Clerk of the Peace, and in the 
Private Bill Office, by referrmg the datum horizontal 
line to some fixed point stated in writing on the 
Section; and that Notice of such Section having been 
amended, be given in some Newspaper published in 
the County to which the Bill relates ; and that the 
Committees on this urd the two 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. | 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for| 
the Stourbridge Roads Bill, the Parties be permitted | 
to proceed with their Bill. | 





_A. 1842. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Stourbridge 
of the Petition for the Stourbridge Roads Bill, which Roads Bit, 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the several Roads leading to and from 
the Market-house, in Stourbridge, in the county of 
Worcester, and several other Roads connected with 
the said Roads, in the counties of Worcester, Staf- 
ford and Salop: And that Mr. Barneby and Mr. 
James Taylor do prepare, and bring it in. 


~ The House was moved, That the Report in respect preter. 
of the Petition for the Bletchley Road Bill, which Road Bilt, 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 

being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing the Road from the boundary of the 
parish of Kempston, in the county of —_ to 
the Bletchley Station of the London and Birming- 
ham Railway, and from Simpson to Newport Pag- 
nel, in the county of Buckingham: And that. Sir 
William Young, Mr. Du Pre and Viscount Alford 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Great Torrington Market Bill was read a Great Torring. 
second time ; and committed. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~” 
mittee of Selection. 


The Fleetwood Improvement and Market Bill was Fleetwood 
read a second time ; and committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That no Committee on a Private Bill Private Bill 
do commence its sittings after Easter until Friday Committees 


the 8th day of April next. 


The Saint Austell Market (No. 2) Bill was read Saint Austell 
a second time; and committed. Market (No.2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Hale presented a Bill for the more easy and Kingswinford 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Parish Small Debts 
of Kingswinford, in the County of Stafford, and ©" 
other Places in the same County; and also within 
the Parishes or Townships of Dudley, Stourbridge 
and Oldswinford, in the County of Worcester: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Kingstown Mariners’ Church Bill was read a Kingstown 
second time ; and committed. Mariners’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- maaan 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Improvement Bill was read a Liverpool 
second time ; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That leave be given to print the Minutes Cheltenhamand 
of the Evidence taken before the Committee on the Great Ween 
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill, oo = 
at the expense of the Parties, from the Committee 


Clerk’s Copy, if they think fit. 


Bunsen’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Bunsen’s 
time ; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
| mittee of Selection. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for | 
the Burutisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and Road| An ingrossed Bill for prohibiting Burying and Duke of Bet 
Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their! Funeral Service in a Church or Chapel in the Parish "4's **"° 
Bill. lof Saint Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, &gt;" 

erected 



























5 Vicroriz. 22° Martiz. 141 


erected on the Estate of the Duke of Bedford, was | labour of the said city, and for other purposes in 

read the third time. __ ' relation thereto: And that Mr. Dennistounand Mr. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Alexander Johnston do prepare, and bring it in. 
Ordered, That Sir Benjamin Hall do carry ad es 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Petitions from Lumb ;-— Highgate ;— Hoyland ; Com Laws 

4 a. , | —Rotherham ;—West Kilbride ;—Southmolton ;— 

Mr. Serjeant Stock, by Order, presented a Bill to Hartlepool ; — Sadberge and other places ; — New- 

amend an Act passed in the first and second y ears church-in- Rossendale ;—Owlerton ;—Darlington ;— 

of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, | Middlesbrough-on- Tees ;—Winston, and other places; 

for repairing the Road from the Town of Athy, in| __ Heighington and Redworth ;—Aycliffe and Braf- 

the County of Kildare, through the Town of Castle- | ferton;—West Auckland and Saint Helen's Auck- 


comer, in the County of Kilkenny, to the City of \*j2,q ;— Birmingham ;— Lerwick ;—Heald and Dur- 


Kilkenny, and from the Town of Castlecomer to the | ls s~eenll. Meee Genin Minin: lee 
Town of Leighlin Bridge, in the County of Carlow, | the repeal of the Corn p Penang ae 5 foe 
and from the Town of Carlow to the said Town of | read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Castlecomer, so far as relates to the second division | Petitions from Blakeney Wells and Burnham ;— 

M4 . &lt;6 , x4 | * 3 
of the said Road: And the same was read the first , Norwich (Secretary of the Society of Corn Millers) ;—— 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. peas 


| Carlisle and East Cumberland ;—and, Cork; praying 
The Guarantee Society Bill was read a second the House to adopt measures for encouraging the 
time ; and committed. ‘Importation of Grain in preference to Flour and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- , Meal,-—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
mittee of Selection. , to lie upon the ‘lable. 


Carlow Road , 
Bill. 


Guarantee 
Society Bill. 


Severn Naviga- 


An ingrossed Bill for improving the Navigation; A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Com Laws, &amp;e. 
tion Bill. 


of the River Severn, from the Lower Parting, in the | the city of Limerick, assembled at Spring Assizes, 
County of Gloucester, to Gladder or Whitehouse | 1842, praying the House, that in any law which may 


ing. 


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Se 


tell 


ord 
bts 


amand 
astern 
silway 


tate 





Stockton and 
Hartlepool 
Railway Bill. 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


Northern Union 


Brook, in the County of Worcester, was read the 
third time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for improving the Navigation of the 
River Severn from the Gane Lock of the Glou- 
cester and Berkeley Canal, and from the Entrance 
Lock of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Canal, in the County of Gloucester, to Gladder or 
Whitehouse Brook, in the County of Worcester. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Wilde do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 














Mr. Hutt presented a Bill for the maintaining 
and better regulating of the Stockton and Hartle- 
pool Railway, and for incorporating the Proprietors 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Isaac Hopper, of Norton, in the 
County of Durham, Gentleman, and John Mason 
Hopper, of Marton-in-Cleveland, in the North 
Riding of the County of York, Gentleman, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, 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 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 Isaac Hopper, of Norton, in the 


(Neweastle and County of Durham, Gentleman, and John Mason 


Darlington 


Junction) Rails 


way Bill. 


Glasgow Police 


(No. 3.) Bill. 


Hopper, of Marton-in-Cleveland, in the North 
Riding of the county of York, Gentleman, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Northern 
Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junction) Rail- 
way 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 House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) Bill, 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate, amend and extend the provisions of 
several Acts for the better paving, watching, light- 
ing, cleansing and regulating the Police of the city 
of Glasgow, and adjoining districts, and the statute 
Vou. 97. 





be passed, a sufficient protecting Duty may be re- 
tained upon the production of land; and in par- 
ticular, that the protection on Oats and Barley may 
be increased above what is proposed ; and also that 
a sufficient protecting Duty may be laid upon the 
importation of foreign cattle and provisions, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Mayo ;—Kerry;—and, Caistor ; com Importa- 
praying that the Corn Importation Bill may not tion Bill. 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Templetrine ;— Rathkeale and Kils- Education 
cannell ;-— Mogilly ;-- Athern ; —- Ballingarry ;—— (Ireland. ) 
Kilmalooda ;— Lislee ;-—Bruff, Uregare and Manis- 
ter ;—Emlafad ;—Castleconnor and Killyglass ; — 
Aghadown ;—Castlehaven ;-—Castlemartyr ;—Cahe- 
ragh ;-- Creagh ; — Knockmourne and Ballynoe ;— 
Clondulane ;-—-Buttevant ;— Bangor ;-—-Casumventry 
and Kilkerranmore ;—Churchtown ;-- Timoleague ; 
—Kilbolane and Shandrum ;—Ringrone ;-- Passage 
and Monkstown ;—Saul;—Saint Peter, in the dio- 
cese of Cork ;—and, Moira; praying the House to 
adopt measures for affording encouragement and 
assistance to the Schools in connexion with the 
Church Education Society for Jreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the north district of the Waterloo waterloo, &amp;c., 
Division of Saint Mary, Lambeth ;—Ward of Lang- Bridges. 
bourn, London;— and, West-square, Southwarh. ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhali Bridges,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Colonel Acton presented a Bill for making and Wicklow 
maintaining and improving a Harbour at Wicklow, 4arbour Bill. 
| in the County of Wicklow: And the same was read 

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


A Petition of James Edwards, of Wellington-street, Registration 
in the parish of Bedminster, in the city and county of Voters. 
of Bristol, praying for the amendment of the law re- 
lative to the Registration of Voters, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland ;— and, Newcastle- Wenefit Build- 
upon- Tyne (Chairman of a Meeting of Members of ing Societies 
the Barras Bridge Building Society); praying for 
amendment of the Act 7 Will. 4, for the regulation 
of Benefit Building Societies,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

T3 


A Petition 





149 


A Petition of Rees Price, of Fleet-street, in the 
city of London, praying that the Buildings Regu- 
lation (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Buildings 
Regulation 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
(No. 2.); and, 
Buildings 
Regulation 
(No, 2.) Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Lan- 
caster, praying that whatever powers or provisions 
the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.); and, Buildings 
Regulation (No. 2.) Bills may contain, the same 
shall be vested in and executed by the Commissioners 
appointed and acting under any Act of Parliament 
for lighting, paving, or otherwise regulating or im- 
proving any borough or town; and that the Peti- 
tioners may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against the said Bills, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bills. 


Boroughs 
Improvement 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Owners and Occu- 
piers of property in the township of Little Bolton, 
within the borough of Bolton, in the county pala- 
tine of Lancaster, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Boroughs [Improvement (No. 2.) 
Bill, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Commissioners for paving, cleansing, and otherwise 
improving the borough of Boston, praying that the 
said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
but that the powers intended by the Bill to be con- 
ferred on the Council of Boroughs may, under 
certain restrictions, be provided to be exercised in 
the said borough by the Paving Commissioners there, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


Public Petitions 
(Twelfth Re- 
port.) 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented on the 17th and 
18th 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. 


Universal 


A Petition of People of the burgh of Haddington 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


and its vicinity, praying for the adoption of Uni- 
versal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Income Tax. A Petition of the there-undersigned Inhabitant 
Householders of the parish of Saint Clement, near 
East Cheap, in the city of London; and also, a Peti- 
tion of the there-undersigned Inhabitants of Royston, 
against the proposed Duties on Income, being seve- 
rally offered to be presented to the House ; 

And Mr. Speaker having stated that, it appeared 
by the proceedings of the Committee of Ways and 
Means, published in the Votes and Proceedings of 
the House, that a tax upon Income had been proposed 
as part of the Ways and Means for raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year, 
and that, according to the established rules of the 
House, no Petition against a tax under cousider- 
ation for the service of the year could be received 
by the House :—The said Petitions were not re- 
ceived. 

Poor Law 


Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Hinckley Poor 
“aw Union, praying the House not to pass any Bill 
which will continue the existence of the Poor Law 
Commission, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Affghanistan, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting held at 
the Royal Exchange, Dublin, praying that no 
further troops may be sent out to India, but that a 
peace may be concluded with the Affghans, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


22° Martiz. 


A, 1842. 


A Petition of William Douglas, of Gateshead, Governmen 
praying that the public Advertisements of the dif-A*vertisemens, 
ferent Government Departments may be inserted in 
the newspapers of largest circulation, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tralee ;—and, Cork ; praying the Mail Packe, 
House to recommend the port of Cork, in preference ——. 
to any other, as the Irish Mail Packet Station (4) 
between Bristol and the south of Ireland,—were 


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


A Petition of Ship-builders of the port of Sun- Timber Duties, 

derland, praying that in future the duty on Timber 
imported into the Isle of Man, the islands of Alder- 
ney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark, and the rest of the 
ports of Great Britain, may be equalized, and that 
the ship-builders and other inhabitants of the islands 
above mentioned, may no longer enjoy a preference 
over the Petitioners and the rest of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ware- Clay. 
ham and the isle of Purbeck, praying the House 
not to sanction any alteration of the duty on the 
export of Clay, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and other Members of Marriages 
the First Presbyterian Congregation of Mewtown (lreland.) 
Limavady, praying the House to pass an Act for 
rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or which 
may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian 
minister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom 
is a member of the Established Church, and the 
other a protestant dissenter, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;— Glossop ;—and, Bridling- Maynooth 
ton (two Petitions); praying the House to withdraw College. 
every kind of public support from the College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Licensed Brewers’ Casks. 
Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and Porter, 
carrying on business in the town of Sheffield, pray- 
ing the House to introduce a Bill declaring the 
law to be that Brewers’ Casks are not distrainable 
for the rent of their customers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the poor of the Tice- Rating of 
hurst Union, praying that the owners of small tene- Tenemems 
ments may be assessed to and pay the poor and 
other parochial rates, instead of the occupiers, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Roads 
Kerry, assembled at Tralee, at Spring Assizes 1842, (Heland.) 
praying the House to take into consideration the 
present very uncertain mode of keeping the Roads 
in Ireland in repair, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Leather Glove Manufacturers of Leather Gloves. 
the city of Worcester, praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction of duty on the importation 
of manufactured Gloves, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to continue and amend an Act Windsor Bridge 
to rebuild Windsor Bridge, in the Borough of New Bil. 
Windsor, in the County of Berks, and to improve 
the Avenues thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





Ordered, 











Poor Law 
(Gilbert's Act.) 


Limerick 
Corporation. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Salted Pro- 
visions. 


asks. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


No. 123. 


Coals. 


zluves. 


Bridge 


Exchequer Bills 
(Public Works 





5 Victroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Neville do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the city of 
Chichester, praying the House not to sanction any 
measure for the repeal of the Act 22 Geo. 3, com- 
monly called Gilbert’s Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from Henry Watson, Esquire, as late Cham- 
berlain of the City of Limerick, appointed to that 
Office pursuant to the Act for the Regulation of the 
Corporation of Limerick, 4 Geo. 4, c. 126, of the 
Receipt and Expenditure by him, as such Cham- 
berlain, of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the Es- 
tates and Property of the said Corporation; speci- 
fying the Annual Rents of all Lands, Tenements 
and Hereditaments, and of Tolls and Customs, and 
all other sources of Revenue ; and specifying also 
the Particulars of all Disbursements made by him | 
thereout, pursuant to the said Act, with Copies of | 
all Accounts passed by the Common Council and 
Court of D’Oyer Hundred, of such Receipts and 
Disbursements by the said Henry Watson, as such 
Chamberlain, from the date of his acceptance of 
said Office to the 9th day of November 1841. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Average Annual Expenditure of 
each Union in Englandand Wales, for the Relief and 
Maintenance of the Poor, in the Three yea s prior to 
the declaration of the Union:—Of the sum’xpended 
in every Union for the year ending the 25th day of 
March 1840, specifying the sum expended in Sala- 
ries, and Establishment Charges, the sum expended 


22° Martiz. 


of Her 





143 


Public Works, from the date of the last Report of 
the 25th March 1839 to the present time. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her ey ed by such Members of this House as are 
ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Poor Law 
upon the 3d day of this instant March, That there (Liverpool.) 


be laid before this House, Copies of the printed 
Statement of Grounds for the exemption of the 
Parish of Liverpool from Administration by a Board 
of Guardians :—Of the Statement of Mr. Mott, and 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, upon the printed 
Statement :—-Of the Answer of the Churchwardens 
and Overseers to Mr. Mott’s Statement :—And, of 
the further Statements, if any, of Mr. Moté, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Law 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Liverpol.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Statement of Grounds for the 
exemption of the Parish of Liverpool from Adminis- 
tration by a Board of Guardians, forwarded to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department by the 
Churchwardens and Guardians of the Parish of 
Liverpool :—And, of the Report of Mr. Mott and of 
the Poor Law Commissioners on that Statement ; 
and of the Answer of the Churchwardens and Over- 
seers to Mr. Mott’s Statement, and of the further 
Statements, if any, of Mr. Mott. 

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. 





in Out-door Relief and the sum expended in In- 
door Relief :— And, of Orders for Relief out of the 
House, given since the passing of the said Act, by 
Justices of the Peace, and communicated to Boards 
of Guardians, specifying on whom the Orders were 
made, and what Relief was given. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities of Salted Beef and Pork 
imported into and re-exported from the United King- 


dom, in each year, from the 5th day of January 1834 | 


to the 5th day of January 1842; specifying the 
Countries whence the same were imported, and to 


what country the same were re-exported :—And, of 


the Number of Bonds passed under the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 57, s. 42, for the Exportation of Salted 
Provisions at the varicus Ports of the United King- 


dom, distinguishing the Ports; and of the Certifi- 


cates of landing at the Port of destination of said 
Provisions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Exchequer Bills raised or authorized 
to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies of 


1842, unprovided for. 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 


Account. 


Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Tons of Coals shipped to 
Foreign Countries in the year 1841; specifying the 
Quantities shipped in British Vessels, and the 
Quantities shipped in Foreign Vessels to each 
Country respectively :—Also, a similar Return of 
the Quantities exported during the same period to 


British Possessions Abroad. 


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 Continuation of the Report of the Com- 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Stockport 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Evidence taken and Report 
made by the Commissioners sent to inquire into the 
state of the Population of Stockport. 

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. 


sorrow and contrition for his conduct before the 
Clitheroe Election Committee :—And then he was 
directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That John Ashworth, having expressed 
his contrition for his offence, be called to the bar, 
and admonished by Mr. Speaker, and discharged 
from further attendance upon this House. 

John Ashworth was accordingly called to the bar, 
where Mr. Speaker admonished him, as follows: 


John Ashworth, any interruption of the Pro- 
ceedings of this House, or of any of the Com- 
mittees of this House, can only be regarded as 
a contempt of its authority; and your offence 
is much aggravated by the circumstances under 
which it took place. By improperly interfering 
with the testimony of a witness under examina- 
tion, you did your utmost to obstruct the dis- 
covery of truth, and defeat the ends of justice. 
Such conduct cannot be allowed to pass en- 
tirely without censure; but the House, always 
anxious to act with.lenity, and taking into its 
consideration the contrition you have expressed, 
and believing that your offence was unpremedi- 
tated, has directed me to admonish you as to 
your future conduct ; and I trust that this ad- 
monition will be a warning to others that this 
House will not deal so leniently with an offence 
of this description, if repeated by any other 
individual. You are now discharged from fur- 
ther attendance upon this House. 


Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That what has 














missioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for | been now said by Mr. Speaker, in admonishing the 


Vou. 97. 


T4 said 


John Ashworth attending, according to Order, Clitheroe 
was called to the bar, where he expressed his sincere Election, 


James Flanagan. 


Rural Police 
CNorfolk.) 


144 QQ°—-23° 


said John Ashworth, be entered in the Journals of | 
this House. | 


| 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that in| 
the future construction of the Board of Admiralty, | 
the advantage of having that Board composed of | 
Naval Officers should be fully considered, as well | 
as the expediency of a Naval Officer having a seat | 
at the Board of Ordnance. 


And the previous Question being put, T hat that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that 
previous to the’preparation of the Estimates of 1843- 
1844, a plan of Retirement should be devised , with 
a view of rendering the Naval Service efficient, and 
rewarding old and meritorious Officers. 


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 fSir Charles Napier, 1 
Yeas, 1Captain Pechell : _ 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 138 
Noes, \Sir George Clerk: J , 
So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that 
with a view to economy and the reward of services, 
the Naval Civil situations should be filled as much 
as possible by Naval Officers, Petty Officers and 
Seamen, according to their respective rank and fit- 





ness for the same, and that preference in the dock- 
yards should be given to men who have served at 
sea, as an encouragement to good Petty Officers 
and Seamen. 


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 {Sir Charles Napier, 
Yeas, Captain Plumridge : 

Tellers for the/ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, \Sir George Clerk : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


47. 


139. 


1 
f 
\ 
J 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Verdict and Depositions taken by the 
Coroner at an Inquest held on the 19th day of De- 
cember 1841, on the death of James Flanagan, at | 
Clonearl, in the King’s County :—Of all Commu- 
nications which have taken place between the Irish 
Government, or the Inspector General of Constabu- 
lary, and the Resident Stipendiary Magistrate, or 
the Local Inspector or Her semen Seer Police, rela- | 
tive to the Death of the said James Flanagan :— | 
And, of the Correspondence which has taken place | 
between Durham Dunlop, Esquire, and the Zrish | 
Government, relative to the Death of the said James | 


Flanagan. 














to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Copies of all Letters and Communications | 
that have passed between the Secretary of State for | 
the Home Department, the Chief Constable or any | 
Magistrate of the County of Norfolk or City of Nor- | 
wich, from October last to the present time, relative | 
to the Conduct of the Rural Police of that County, | 
in the apprehension of a Man of the name of Smita, | 
on a Charge of Vagrancy. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as | 
aye of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 


| 


| 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


Martz. A. 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Lay 
Returns of each Parish and Township in England (Gilter’s 
and Wales in which the Poor are managed under ~"™"*) 
the Provisions of tlie Act 22 Geo. 3, c. 83, com- 
monly called Gilbert’s Act ;.distinguishing whether 
incorporated in any Union, or governed separately ; 
and stating the Population of each Parish or Town- 
ship, and of each Union respectively, according to 
the last Census ; and also according to the Census 
of 1831 :—And, of each Parish and Township subject 
to the Provisions of any Local Act for the manage- 
ment of its Poor, with the Amount of Population, 
according to the last Census ; and also according to 
the Census of 1831. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed West Coast 
to inquire into the state of the British Possessions ° Aftica. 
on the West Coast of Africa, more especially with 
reference to their present relations with the neigh- 
bouring Native Tribes. 


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


Mercurii, 23° die Martii, 1842: 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed West India 
to inquire into the state of the different West India Colonies. 
Colonies, in reference to the existing relations be- 
tween employers and labourers, the rate of wages, 
the supply of labour, the system and expense of cul- 
tivation, and the general state of their rural and 
agricultural economy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a window Duty. 
Return of the Duty on Windows assessed for the 


Twelve towns in England, which contribute the 
largest Amount. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Forged Exche- 
further consideration the Report on the Forged Ex- qver Bills Bil 
chequer Bills Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Public Works Bill; and pubtic Works 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 

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- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; Corporations 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Bill. 
the 4th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 


| Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Spirit Duties (Zreland) spirit Duties 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, (Ireland) Bill 
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- gorn Imports- 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; tion Bill 
Resolved, That this Honse will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a Mutiny Bil. 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for this day. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Marine Mating 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prainage 
promote the Drainage of Lands, and Improvement (Ireland): 
of Navigetion and Water-power in connection with i! 
such Drainage in Jreland; And that Lord Eliot and 
Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. 











che- 
Bill. 


rks 


ns 


lies 


Bill. 


orta- 


sil. 


Juting 








VU Qo 
5 Vicroriz. 29°23 
Mr. George William Hope presented a Bill for 


few Ze and regulating the Survey and Sales of Land belonging 
Bill. to the Crown in the Australian Colonies and New 
No. 124. Zealand: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

the 4th day of April next; and to be printed. 
Drainage Lord Eliot presented a Bill to promote the Drain- 
(Ireland) Bill. age of Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and 


Water-power in connection with such Drainage in 
Treland: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
4th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


No. 125. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office for 
Duty by each Insurance Office in Great Britain and 
Treland on Insurance from Fire, for the Quarters 
ending severally the 25th day of March, 24th day 
of June, 29th day of September and 25th day of 
December 1841 ; distinguishing the Amount of Al- 
lowance made to each Office for collecting the same 
in the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- 
spectively, with the Dates of such Payments :—And, 
of the Sums insured by each Office on Farming 
Stock exempt from Duty, for the Quarters ending 
severally the 25th day of March, 24th day of June, 
29th day of September and 25th day of December 
1841 ; distinguishing the Amount of each Office in 
the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- 


Fire Insurance. 


Martiz. 145 


Bill were referred ; That they had heard counsel in 
support of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill—That the Committee 
had inquired into the several matters required by 
the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the 
same relate to the present application ; 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, as far as the Amendment in P. 3. 
1, 24, were read, and agreed to. 

P. 3. 1. 24, the next Amendment, being read 
a second time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this + Foo doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Glasgow Police (No. 2.) Bill was read a Glasgow Police 
second time; and committed. (No. 2.) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- stanhope and 
gesses of the borough of Gateshead, praying that Tyne Railroad 
the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company Bill may ©°™?*"Y Bul. 





spectively. 








Water Guard Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Water 
(Ireland. ) Guard (Ireland), which was presented upon the 14th 
No. 126. day of this instant March, be printed. 
Charters of Ordered, That the Return relative to Charters of 
a Incorporation (Ireland), which was presented upon 
No.127, the 15th day of this instant March, be printed. 
HighlandRoads Ordered, That the Twenty-eighth Report of the 
and Bridges. Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, 
No.128. which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 
Mercurii, 25° die Marti ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842: 
PRAYERS. 
Bietchley a William Young presented a Bill for repairing 
Road Bill. the Road from the Boundary of the Parish of 
Kempston, in the County of Bedford, to the Bletchley 
Station of the London and Birmingham Railway, 
and from Simpson to Newport Pagnel, in the County 
of Buckinghum: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Stourbridge Sir William Young presented a Bill for repairing 
Kouds Bill. the several Roads leading to and from the Market- 
house in Stourbridge, in the County of Worcester, 
and several other Roads connected with the said 
Roads, in the Counties of Worcester, Stafford, and 
Salop: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
a hag Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill to amend an Act 
Road Bit Of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, for 
repairing the Road from Dundalk, in the County of 
Louth, to Bannbridge, in the County of Down, so 
far as relates to the southern division of the said 
Road: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
25 sem A Lord Claud Hamilton reported from the Com- 
Company Bill, mittee on the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company 


Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the said 
Vou. 97, 





pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Northern Union 
gesses of the borough of Gateshead, praying that (Newcastleand 
the Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington Funatie) Rail- 
Junction) Railway Bill may pass into a law, was way Bill. 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill for amending some London and 
of the Powers of the Acts relating to the London and Greenwich 
Greenwich Railway: And the same was read the (ies) Bill 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. iia ne 


A Petition of Messrs. Dyson, Hall and Parkes, vondon and 
of Parliament-street, in the city of Westminster, Croydon Rail- 
Agents for the London and Greenwich Railway }°9 (Grane 
ag complaining that the Standing Orders of proach) (No.2. ) 
the House in respect to the application for the Lon- 

don and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) 

(No. 2.) Bill, had not been complied with ; and pray- 

ing that they may be heard, by themselves and their 

agents, against the same, was presented, and read ; 

and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 

for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending an Lough Foyle 
Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her (Ipper Level) 
: +s : - Drainage Bill, 
resent Majesty, for draining and embanking certain 
pars in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, so far as the 
same relates to certain parts of the said Lands in 
Lough Foyle, to be called “ The Upper Level of the 
Foyle :” And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending an Longh Foyle 
Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her (lower Level) 
* e § &gt; . rainage Dill. 
resent Majesty, for draining and embanking certain 
Giads in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, so far as the 
same relates to certain parts of the said Lands in 
Lough Foyle, to be called “ ‘The Lower Level of the 
Foyle :’ And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Trotter presented a Bill to explain and amend Warkworth ; 
the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the H#rbeur Bill. 
Warkworth Harbour, in the County of re 

U land ; 








Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road and 


Shipping-place ) 
Bill.” 


Ely-place 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Clerkenwell 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Lincoln Roads 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) 
Bill. 


Lincoln Roads 
* Bill, 


Burntisland and 
Grauton Pier, 
Ferry and Road 
Bill. 


Equitable Gas 
Company Bill. 


146 


land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Trotter presented a Bill for enabling the 
— and Cavehill Railway Company to construct 
a Road and Shipping-place connected with the 
Railway, and for amending the Acts relating to such 
Railway: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill for paving, 
lighting, watching, cleansing and improving Ely- 
place and Ely-mews, in the Liberty of Saffron-hill, 
Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents, in the County of 
Middlesex: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Duncombe presented a Bill to alter 
and amend the Provisions of the Act for opening a 
Street to Clerkenwell-green, in the County of Mid- 
diesex : 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 Lincoln Roads Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, might be read; and the same 
being read ; ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend an Act passed in the fifth 
year of the reign of Her present Majesty, for more 
effectually repairing, maintaining and improving 
certain Roads leading to and from the city of 
Lincoln: And that Lord Worsley, Mr. Christopher, 
and Colonel Sibthorp do prepare, and bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for granting more effectual 
Powers for lighting with Gas the Town of Notting- 
ham, and several Parishes and Places adjacent 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Colonel Sibthorp presented a Bill to explain and 
amend an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, for more effectually repair- 
ing, maintaining, and improving certain Roads 
leading to and from the City of Lincoln: 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 Burntisland and Granton 
Pier, Ferry and Road Bill, which was yesterday 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and tlie same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for constructing a Low-water Pier, and necessary 
Works, at Burntisland, in the county of Fife, and 
establishing a Ferry between the same and Granton, 
in the county of Edinburgh ; and for improving the 
Communication between the said Pier and Kinghorn: 
And that Captain Wemyss, Colonel Ferguson, and 
Mr. Pringle do prepare and bring it in. 


Petitions of the City of London Gas Light and 
Coke Company ; —~and, Clerk to the Committee for 
paving, cleansing and lighting the parish of Saint 
Martin-in-the-Fields, within the liberty of West- 
minster, praying that they may be heard, by them- 


- selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


of the Equitable Gas Company Bill,—were pre- 
sented, 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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A. 1842. 


Mr. Pringle presented a Bill for constructing a Burmtisland ag 
Low-water Pier, and necessary Works, at Burntis- Consing Pier, 
land, in the County of Fife, and establishing a Ferry 11&gt; "4 Bow 
between the same and Granton, in the County of 
Edinburgh; and for improving the Communication 
between the said Pier and Kinghorn: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Beckett presented a Bill for better lighting, LeedsIm 
cleansing, sewering and improving the Borough of ™«* Bill 
Leeds, in the County of York: And the same was 


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


The Kilmington Inclosure Bill was read a second Kilmington 
time ; and committed. Inclosure Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Gloucester Bristol ana 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, Gloucester 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of +ilway Bil, 
the Bristol 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. 


A Petition of the Reverend Samuel Wildman Reading 

Yates, Vicar of the parish of Saint Mary, in the Cemetery Bill, 
borough of Reading, and the Reverend John Ball, 
Vicar of the parish of Saint Lawrence, in the 
same borough, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Reading Cemetery 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. Patrick Stewart, from the Select Committee Weymouth 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the - a 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and °°)” 
Return for the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe 
Regis, informed the House, That it appeared to the 


'Committee, that in consequence of the intervention 


of Good Friday and Sunday, the adjournment of 
the Committee from To-morrow till Monday next, 
would be most convenient to all Parties before the 
Committee, and a saving of expenses to them ; and, 
with their concurrence, the Cunulion apply for 
leave to adjourn accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to ad- 
journ from To-morrow till Monday next. 


Petitions from Upper Langfield ;— Midleton and Education 
other places ;— Upper Badony ; — Kilmacshalgan i!) 
and Templeboy ;—-Ballysadare;—and, Skreen ; pray- 
ing the House to devise means for affording’ encou- 
ragement to the Schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Zreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Petitions from Ardstraw ; —Strabane ; — Eden- Marriages 
derry ; — Donagheady ; — Ballibay ; — Crieve ; —(Irelaud.) 
Broomfield ; —Castleblayney (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Smithborough ; praymg the House to pass an Act 
for rendering valid all Marriages solemnized, or 
which may hereafter be solemnized, by a presby- 
terian minister in Ireland, between parties, one of 
whom is a member of the Established Church, and 
the other a protestant dissenter,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Owners or Proprietors of Steam Coals 
Shipping residing in Hull ;—Directors of the Saint 
George Steam Packet Company ;—and, Chairman 

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be 
on, 


5 VicrToriz. 


of the Newcastle and Gateshead Ship-owners’ So-, 
ciety ; praying, that in any measure to be passed 
for levying duty on Coal exported from Great 
Britain in British vessels, all Coal exported in 
British ships for the use of steamers navigating 
under the British flag, may be declared exempt from 
duty, as heretofore,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom a Pe-| 
tition of Messrs. Richardson and Connell, against the 
application for leave to present a Petition for leave 
to bring in the Gorbals Police (No. 2.) Bill, was re- 
ferred ; That the Committee recommend that leave 
be granted to present a Petition for a Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 


Gorbals Police 
(No. 2+) 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
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 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 de- 
sire 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 Bills, and one Private Bill, therein 
mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby authorized, 
had declared the Royal Assent to the said Bills: 
Which Bills are as follow : 

Consolidated An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions out of 
oy nae the Consolidated Fund, to the service of the year 
oe ” One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two. 


An Act to provide for the Increase of the Number 
of Bishoprics and Archdeaconries in the West Indies, 
and to amend the several Acts relating thereto. 

An Act to explain the Acts for the better Regula- 
tion of certain Apprentices. 

An Act to continue, to the First day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, the 
Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. 

An Act to amend an Act of Her present Majesty 
for vacating any Presentment for re-building the 
Gaol of Newgate, in Dublin, and any Contract be- 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


West India 
Clergy Bill. 





Apprentices 
Regulation Bill. 


Loan Societies 
Bill, 


Newgate Gaol 
(Dublin) Bill. 


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147 


Petitions from Fenagh ;—County of Mayo (two 
Petitions) ;—Zarne ;—Counties of Monaghan, Fer- 
managh and Cavan ;—and, High Sheriff and Fore- 
man of the Grand Jury of the county of Monaghan ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for encourag- 
ing the importation of Grain in preference to Fiour 
and Meal,—were also presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Swansea, Corn Laws, &amp;c. 
praying the House to abolish the Corn and Provision 
aws, and furthermore to grant, with the protection 
of the Ballot, such an extension of the Suffrage as 
shall include within the franchise every individual of 
mature age, and unconvicted of crime, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Tilly, of Wine Office-court, plective 
in the parish of Saint Bride, in the City of London, Franchise. 
praying the House to adopt measures for giving to 
every person who may be called upon to pay any 
direct tax, the power to vote for Members of the 
House, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Importers of, and Dealers in Coffee, Coffee. 
praying that as regards Coffee already imported from 

any port within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, or to arrive within a period to be 
limited, the House will so legislate as not to with- 
draw from it the advantages it has been entitled to 
under the existing law, on the faith of which the 
Petitioners invested their capital in it, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill to amend an Barnsley Small 
Act of Her present Majesty, for the more easy and Debts Bill. 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of 
Barnsley, 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 Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Bilesmere and 
ue Ta , vester Canal 
Navigation from the Zrent to the fang praying pitt, 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Ellesmere and 
Chester 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

















tween the Commissioners for re-building the said 
Gaol and the Contractor. 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Reveley 
Mitford, Esquire, with the Right honourable Lady 
Georgina Jemima Mitford, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes. 


Mitford’s 
Divorce Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Gateshead, praying that the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 


Corporations 
Bill, 


Glasgow Police 


. Mr. Alexander Johnston presented a Bill to con- 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


solidate, amend and extend the Provisions of several 
Acts for the better paving, watching, lighting, clean- 
sing and regulating the Police of the City of Glasgow, 


A Petition of David Turnbull, Clerk of the Dean Buildings 
of Guild Court of the city of Edinburgh, praying Regulation 
that provision may be made in the Buildings Regu- (N® &gt;) om 
lation (No. 2.) Bill, to compensate him for the loss 
he will sustain by-the passing of the said Bill, and 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, in regard to the said Bill, in so far as it affects 
his right, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Stephen Geary, of Hamilton- 
place, New-road, Saint Pancras, Architect, stating 
that the Petitioner has designed various plans for 
the protection of life from fire, which he has sub- 
mitted to many of the directors of the principal 
Fire Insurance offices, and received their united ap- 
probation of the invention ; and praying that he may 


and adjoining Districts, and the Statute Labour of | be allowed to be heard personally, to submit and 


the said City, and for other Purposes in relation 
thereto: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Sabden ;—-Church ;-- Hyde (Chester) ; 
—Tintwistle (two Petitions) ;— Rothesay and Is- 
land of Bute ;— Heywood ;— Kelbrook-in-Craven ;— 
George Tomey, and others ;— Heady Hill;—Rainow; 


Corn Laws, 


explain his plans, and also to produce evidence of 
the utility and practicability of the same, before the 
Committee on the said Bill, and that a Clause may 
be inserted in such Bill, providing for the intro- 
duction of his plans, was also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Burton-upon-Trent ;—and, Ports- peewers’ Casks, 


— Denton ;—and, Saint Columb Major; praying for | mouth ; praying the House to introduce a Bill, de- 


the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 97, 


claring the law to be, that Brewers’ Casks are not 
distramable for the rent of their customers,—were 
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148 


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


Church Rates. A Petition of Henry Bathurst, Archdeacon of 
Norwich, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 


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


A Petition of Journeymen and Apprenticed Cork 
Cutters of Edinburgh and Leith, praying the House 
aot to sanction any alteration in the duty on the 
importation of Foreign Corks, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Cultivation of 


a A Petition of W. Newall, praying that the House 
nd, 


will extend the labours of the Committee on Inter- 
ment of Bodies, to the inquiry into the best means 
of permanently and usefully applying the industry 
of the unemployed to the scientific culture of the 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Parliamentary 
Speeches, 


A Petition of Alexander S. Braden, of Saint 
James, Clerkenwell, praying the House to adopt 
some rule for limiting the speeches of Members in 
the House of Commons to twenty minutes, was 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Court of Session 


A Petition of James Thin, praying the House to 
( Scotland.) 


ascertain the practice of the Court of Session in 
Scotland, and take measures to better the same, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Holywell 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Northop, 
Roads Bill. 


in the county of Flint, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or _ against 
certain parts of the Holywell Roads Pill, 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. 

Northern Union A Petition of the Honourable John George Bra- 
Soe sa and Bazon Ponsonby, of Cavendish-square, in the county 
arlington P : : 
Junction) Raile Of Middlesex, praying that he may be heard, by his 
way Bill, counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Northern 

Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junction) 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 his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 

think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 

against the said Petition. 
Leather, &amp;c. A Petition of Tanners, Wholesale and Retail 
Curriers and Boot Makers in and near Oxford, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any reduction of the 
duties on the import of Leather in the manufactured 
state, and on boots and shoes, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Emigration. A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Gorbals and Glasgow Emigration Society, praying 
the House to exert its influence to obtain for the 
Members of the said Society the grant of such 
Government Transports or other vessels at the dis- 
posal of Government, as may be necessary to convey 
them and their destitute families to British North 
America, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Shipbuilding 
Materials. 


A Petition of Master Ship-wrights of the Port 
of Liverpool, praying the House to adopt measures 
for effecting an equalization of the Duties upon all 
Materials used in ship-building, whether imported 
into this section of the United Kingdom or into the 


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A. 1842. 


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


A Petition of William Blazland, of Birmingham, Tithes, 
praying the House to abolish Tithes and all other mae 
Ecclesiastical Payments, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Natives of the principality Church 
of Wales, residing in the West Riding of the county Establishment 
of York, praying that the Act for uniting the Dio-(¥"*) 
ceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor, may be repealed, 
and that no portion of the Church Income in Wales 
be appropriated to any other part of the United 


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


Petitions from Hastings and Saint Leonards ;— Literary ana 
and, Liverpool; praying the House to relieve Literary at 
and Scientific Institutions from all rates and taxes, ““"““"™ 


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


A Petition of Landlords, Freeholders, Inhabitants Fisheries 
and others, interested in the parishes of Kilfera and (1reland.) 
Killard, praying the House to adopt measures for 
affording further employment to the peasantry of 
Ireland, in the promotion of the Fisheries and other 
Public Works, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition cf the Minister, Elders and People of Church 
the Congregation of Smithborough, in the county of Patronage 
Monaghan, in connection with the General Assembly (°°'*"*) 
of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, praying for 
the abolition of Lay Patronage in the Church of 
Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Ecclesiastical 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Commission 
Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Jre- (™*'"+) 
land, to the Lord Lieutenant, for the year ending 
the 1st day of August 1841. 

An Account of all Monies demanded, received and Birmingham 
expended for the purposes of the Birmingham Police, Police. 
made up to the 81st December 1841. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 


and Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the South gouth Eastem 
Eastern Railway Company to raise a further Sum Railway Bill 
of Money, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
said Railway : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for altering and enlarg- Midland Cou 
ing the Powers of the Acts relating to the Midland ties Railway 
Counties Railway : -™ 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions Manchester 
of an Act of the forty-eighth of King George the Lufirmary Bill 
Third relative to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, 
Dispensary and Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, and 
to incorporate the Trustees thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Clee Inclosure 
the parish of Clee, in the county of Lincoln: And 8" 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Stalybridge 
Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Stalybridge &amp;** " ” 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the Counties of 
Chester and Lancaster, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


the Lords. 


A Petition of Archibald Grahame, of Great Gorbals Police 
George-street, Westminster, Agent for the Commis- (X° *) 
sioners of Police for the barony of Gorbals, in the 

county 





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Staly bridge 
Gas Bill. 


Licensed 
Lunatic Asy- 
jums Bill, 


Bonded Corn 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Barley and 
Oats, 


No. 129, 


Estimates, 
presented : 


Miscellaneous 
Services, 


I. 
No. 130. 
Comparative 
Statement, 
Public 
Buildings, 


time, were agreed to. 


5 Victroriz. 


county of Lanark, for leave to bring ina Bill for 
regulating the Police, and paving, cleansing and 
lighting the Streets of the town or barony of Gor- 
bals, in the county of Lanark, and Grounds adja- 
cent, and for other purposes relating thereto, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House preceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Stalybridge and the Neighbourhood thereof, in 
the Counties of Chester and Lancaster; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 61. 1.21. After “ Act” insert “ Provided al- 
ways, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend to discharge the shareholders in the Com- 
pany established under the said articles of agree- 
“ ment, from any debt, obligation or liability to 
“ which they were subject at the time of the passing 
“ of this Act.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 2. After “ mentioned” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That the Company shall not be 
“‘ authorized to lay any pipe in any public sewer.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 


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Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Thurs- 
day next, the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 4th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 6th day of April next, the Bonded Corn 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of April next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday the 4th 
day of April next. 


Mr. Chancellor of tlie Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 15th, 
17th, 18th and 22d days of this instant 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 to 
Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that She will give direc- 
tions accordingly. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Statement showing the Average 
Prices of Barley at the Copenhagen Market in the 
years 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1841 :—And a similar 
Return from the Port of Stettin, for the same period, 
as to Oats ; showing also the Rate of Difference as 
between Copenhagen and Antwerp, as regards Bar- 
ley, in the eseeany of the Answers received from 
Her Majesty’s Consuls up to the 20th of November 
1841; and the Difference as regards Oats from the 
Port of Stettin, for the same period. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 


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149 


Maintenance and Repairs of Royal Palaces, and 
Works in the Royal Gardens, formerly charged upon 
the Civil List; for one year, from 1st April 1842 to 
31st March 1843. : 
An Estimate of the amount required to be voted Kingstown 
for Works and Repairs to Kingstown Harbour, from Harbour. 
ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 
An Estimate of the sum which will be required Holyhead 
during the year, from 1st April 1842 to 31st March n¢ Liverpool 
1843, by the Commissioners for the Improvement of we 
the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Holyhead Har- 
bour, &amp;c. 
Estimated Expense of the Fittings in the Building British Museum 
recently erected at the British Museum, and for the nee — 
Buildings of the South Front. 7 
An Estimate of the probable sum that will be re- Houses of Lords 
quired in the year ending 31st March 1848, to defray *"4 Commons. 
the Expense of providing temporary Accommoda- 
tion 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, &amp;c. 
An Estimate of the probable sum that will be New Houses of 
required to defray the Expenses of the Works of the Patliament. 
New Houses of Parliament in the year ending 31st 
March 1843, beyond what has been already provided 
by Votes by Parliament. 
An Estimate of the sum that will be required for Museum of 
Services connected with the Museum of Economic — 
Geology, in Craig’s-court, with the year ending 31st il 
March 1843. 
An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in Model Prison. 
the year 1842, for the Completion and Fittings of 
the Model Prison. 
An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in Prison (Isle of 
the year 1842, to defray the Charge of additional Vist) 
Works, &amp;c., at the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at 
Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 
An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in Ambassador's 
the year 1842, to defray the Charge of Works and oa 
Repairs to the British Ambassador’s House in Paris,~ 
and to put the Furniture and Fittings in proper con- 
dition. 

II. 
Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous WNo.130. 
Services for 1842-43, compared with the Estimates Comparative 
for the like Services, for 1840-41 and 1841-42. Statement. 


An Estimate of the sum required to be voted, in Salaries and 
the year 1842, to defray the Charge for Salaries and a , 
Expenses of the Two Houses of Parliament, and of Parliament.) 
Allowances to Retired Officers of the 'Two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required in De - (Trea- 
the year from ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843, s"y-) 

to pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses 

in the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required, in P® - (Home 
the year from 1st April 1842 to 3ist March 1843, 0f¢e) 

to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 

Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home 
Department. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required to D° - (Foreign 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- fee.) 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs ; also of the Queen’s Messengers and extra 
Couriers attached to the Department, for the year 
ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be wanted to D° - (Colonial 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- Ofee-) 





Command,—Statement of the Estimates for Miscel- 
laneous Services for 1842-43; compared with the 
Estimates for the like Services for 1840-41 and 


1841-42. 


An Estimate of the amount that will probably 
be required for the Repairs, &amp;c., of Public Build- 
ings; for Furniture, &amp;c., for various Public De- 
partments; for certain Charges for Lighting and 
Watching, and for Rates and Taxes; also for the 


Vot. 97. 





ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 
| Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required, in D° - (Privy 
the year from 1st April 1842 to the 31st March Council Office, 
1843, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the De- ~ 
partments of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council, and Committee of Privy Council for Trade. 

An Estimate of the sum that will probably be D° - (Lord 
required to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, P™vy Seal.) 
from the 1st April 1842 to the 41st March 1843. 

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(Oxford and 
Cambridge. ) 


Insolvent 
Debtors Court. 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank.) 


Prison (Isle of 
Wight. ) 


Model Prison. 


State Paper 
Office. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


Poor Law 


Commission. 


Slave Trade 
Commission. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Inspectors 
of Factories. 


Inspectors of 
Prisuns. 


Mint. 


Children’s 
Employment 
Commission. 


150 23° Martiz. 


An Estimate of the sum required to defray the 
Charge of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster 


A. 1842. 


year, of the sum required to defray the Expenses 

of the Children’s Employment Commission, for the 

General, established pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6| year 1841-42; and to pay the further Expense to 

Will. 4, c. 35, from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st| be incurred, to the close of the Commission. es 

March 1843. ; . 
An Estimate of the sum that will be required, in g Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous No. 180, 

the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, raapesog for 1842-43, compared with the Estimates Comparative 

to pay the Salaries and Contingent Expenses in the | fr the like Services for 1840-41 and 1841-42. Statement, 


Departments of the Comptroller General of the; An Estimate of the sum that may be required to Superannea. 
Exchequer, the Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, and | defray the Charge of Allowances or Compensations "°™* 
the Paymaster of Civil Services. granted as Superannuation or Retired Allowances 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required, in| to Persons formerly employed in the Public Offices 
the year from ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843, | or Departments, or in the Public Service, according 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances | to the Provisions of the Acts 50 Geo. 3, c. 117, 
granted to certain Professors in the Universities of | 3 Geo. 4, c. 113, and 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, &amp;e. 

Oxford and Cambridge. An Estimate of the sum that may be required in Toulonese 

An Estimate of the sum which may be required | the year, from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, Emigrants, &amp;e, 
to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Commis- | to enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese 
sioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their|and Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers’ 

Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the Court | Widows, Saint Domingo Sufferers, American Loyal- 
and Office, for one year, from Ist April 1842 to 31st | ists, and others who have heretofore received Allow- 
March 1843 ; also of the Expenses attendant upon | ances from Her Majesty; and who, for Services per- 
the Circuit. formed or Losses sustained in the British Service, 

An Estimate of the sum that will probably be | have special Claims on Her Majesty’s justice and 
required to defray the expenses of the General Peni- | liberality. 
tentiary, Milbank, for the year, from 1st April 1842} An Estimate of the sum required to defray the Vaccine 
to 31st March 1843. | Expense of the National Vaccine Institution for the Istitution. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of providing | year 1842. 
for the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst,, An Estimate of the sum required in aid of the Refuge forthe 
in the Isle of Wight, for the year 1842, ending 31st | Institution called “ The Refuge for the Destitute,” Destitute. 
March 1843. | for the year 1842. 

An Estimate of the sum that will probably be | Estimate of the probable Expense of confining Criminal 
required to defray the Expenses of the Model Pri- | and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings Lunatics. 
son, for three quarters of a year, to the 31st day of attached to Bethlem Hospital, for the year 1842, 

March 1843. ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required to| An Estimate of the sum that may be required in Protestant 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and other Ex-/ the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, to serve 
penses of the State Paper Office, for one year, from | pay the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting weenie. 
ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. Ministers in Eng/and, Poor French Protestant Refu- 

An Estimate of the sum that will probably be | gee Clergy,Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry 
required to defray Salaries and Expenses incurred by , small Charitable aud other Allowances to the Poor 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, during of Saint Martin’s-in-the- Fields, and others. 
the year, from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843. | , ., IV. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in | Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous No, 130. 
the year 1842, to defray the Charge of Salaries and | Services for 1842-43, compared with the Estimates Comparative 
Expenses of the Commissioners appointed to carry | for the like Services for 1840-41 and 1841-42, 
into execution the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76, for the | 


Amendment and better Administration of the Laws | the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, 
relating to the Poor in England and Wales, and the | to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 


Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 56, for the more effectual Relief other Secret Services. 


of the Destitute Poor in Ireland. | An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- Stationery, 


An Estimate of the sum which may be wanted | ery, Printing and Binding, for the several Depart- 
for Twelve months, from the 1st April 1842 to the | ments of Government in England, Scotland, Ireland 
3ist March 1843, to pay Salaries and Incidental | and the Colonies; and for providing Stationery, 
Expenses for the Commissions established on the | Binding, Printing, and Paper for Printing, for the 
part of Her Majesty, under the Treaties with Fo-| two Houses of Parliament ; and including also the 
reign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves, | Expense of the Establishment of the Stationery 
and in pursuance of the several Acts of the Legisla-| Office, from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 
ture for carrying those Treaties into effect. | 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required to | An Estimate of the sum that will be required to Law Charges. 
be granted for the year ending 31st March 1843, to | defray the Expense of Law Charges to 31st March 
defray the Charge of the Salaries of Her Majesty’s | 1843. 
Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice Consuls Abroad, | Estimate of the probable Expense of providing Convicts. 
and of the Superintendents of Trade in China ; also | for the Convict Establishment at Home, at Bermuda, 
the Contingent Expenses connected with the Public | and at Gibraltar, for the year 1842, ending 31st 
Duties of such Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice- | March 1843. 

Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade in China. An Estimate of the sum that may be required, in 

An Estimate of the sum required to defray the|the year ending 31st March 1848, to defray the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Inspectors and Super-| Charge of maintaining Convicts at New South 
intendents of Factories, from 1st April 1842 to 31st| Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. 

March 1843. An Estimate of the sum that may be required in Captered 

An Estimate of the sum required to defray the | the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, — 
Salaries and Expenses of the Inspectors of Prisons, | to defray Expenses incurred for the Support of Cap- 
appointed under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, from | tured Negroes and Liberated Africans; under the 
1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843. Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

: An Estimate of the amount required to defray the| An Estimate of the amount that will probably be Public 
Expenditure for the several Branches of the Mint, | required to pay the Salaries of Persons employed in ose 
for the year ending 31st March 1843. the Care and Arrangement of the Public Records, 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted to| and Expenses connected therewith, for the year 
make good the Deficiency in the Estimate for last | from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843; also to 


pey 





Statement. 








An Estimate of the sum that may be required in Secret Services, 





Educa 
(Grea 


Unive 
Londe 


Schoo 
Desig 


Revi: 
Barri 


Sher’ 
Expe 


Cour 


Polis 
Refu 


Briti 
Mas 


pay' 


Stee 
mul 
(In 


Cor 
Sta’ 


Bal 
Isle 


Ber 


Pr 
Isl 






C. 


ices, 


&amp;e, 


FOS. 


5 VicToriz. 


pay Compensations granted to Keepers of Records, 
and others whose offices have been abolished. 


Education 


(Great Britain.) in the year 1842, for Public Education in Great 
Britain. 


University of 
London. 


School of 
Desig» 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses. 


County Rates. 


Polish 
Refugees. 


British 
Museum, 


H. T. Same 
payo’s Claims. 


Steam Com- 
munication 


(India. ) 


V. 
No. 130. 
Comparative 
Statement, 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Bermudas, 


Prince Edward’s 
Island, 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Western 
Australia. 


Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(North 
America.) 


Indian 
Department 
(Canada.) 


corms 
ot West Indi 
Colonies, Sing 








An Estimate of the amount required to be voted 


Estimate of the Expenses of the University of 
London, from ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum which will be required 
to defray the Expenses of the School of Design for 
the year 1842-43. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required in 
the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, 
to pay the Allowances and Expenses of the Barris- 
ters employed in Revising Lists of Voters, &amp;c., un- 
der the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 35. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required in 
the year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, 
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 Ex- 
chequer, in consequence of the diminution of the 
Fees in that Department, and to pay the Salaries 
and Ancient Allowances of certain Officers of the 
Court of Exchequer. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in 
the year 1842, to defray certain Charges hitherto 
paid out of the County Rates. 

An Estimate of the sum that may be required for 
the Payment of the Subsistence of the Polish Refu- 
gees, for the yearfrom Ist April 1842 to 31st March 
1843. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted to 
enable the Trustees of the British Museum to pur- 
chase for the Museum the there-under mentioned 
Collections. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in 
the year 1842, to discharge the Balance remaining 
due to the late H. T. Sampayo, Conde de Povoa, 
on the final Settlement of his Accounts, for Supplies 
of Money and Provisions to the British Forces in 
the Peninsula, during the War from 1808 to 1814. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted to- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communica- 
tion to India by way of the Red Sea, for one year, 
to 31st March 1843. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous 
Services for 1842-43, compared with the Estimates 
for the like Services for 1840-41 and 1841-42. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bahama Islands, from the 1st 
day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, in America, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, in America, 
from the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

Estimate of the sum which will be required to 
meet the Charges of the Civil Establishments on 
the Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st day of 
April 1842 to the 31st day of. March 1843. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expense 
of the Settlement of Western Australia, from the 
ist of April 1842 to the 31st of March 1843. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, from the Ist day of 
April 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the 
Indian Department in Canada for its Establishment 
and Pensions, from 1st day of April 1842 to the 
31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the amount that will be required 
from the ist of April 1842 to the 31st of March 


23° Marti. 


151 


Governors, Lieutenant Governors and others, in Her 
ae eee West India Colonies. ~ 

stimate of the sum which will be required to Heligoland. 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of 
Heligoland, from the 1st of April 1842 to the 31st 
of March 1843. 
An Estimate of the sum which will be required Stipendiary 
from the ist of April 1842 to the 31st of March 2gstices 
1843, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- tition Sau - 
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 1842, to enable Her Majesty to defray such Education. 
Expenses as Her Majesty may incur in aiding the . 
Local Legislatures in providing for the Religious 
and Moral Instruction of the Emancipated Negro 
Population. 


Estimate of the Expense of defraying so much Emigration, 
of the Charge of the Colonial Land and Emigration 

Board as it is proposed to pay from the Revenues 

of this Kingdom, and of the Expense of defraying 

the Salaries of the Agents for Emigration at the 
different Ports of this Kingdom, also an Allowance 

for Agencies in Canada, from the 1st April 1842 to 

the 31st March 1843. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying, on behalf (D».) 
of Emigrants who may proceed to Gente with the 
sanction of Her Majesty’s Government, of the Tax 

on Emigrants levied for the Relief of the Sick and 
Destitute, who may arrive there from the United 
Kingdom between the 1st day of April 1842 and 

the 31st day of March 1843. 


Estimate of the sum which will be required to Saint Helena. 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment at 

Saint Helena, and of Pensions and Allowances to 

the Civil and Military Officers of the East India 
Company’s late Establishment in that Island, from 

Ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 


Estimate of the amount required to defray the Nova Scotia. 
Expense otf the Establishment at Sable Island for 
the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, from the 1st 
day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843. 


An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in Port Essington. 
the year 1842, in aid of the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington. 


Estimate of the sum which will be required to Falkland 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of a Islands. 
Government at the Falkland Islands, for the year 


ending 31st March 1843. Charitable Ine 


stitutions aid 
Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Miscellaneous 
Services in Ireland, for the year ending 31st March (inland) 
1843, compared with the Grants for the like Services No, 131. 
in the years 1840-41 and 1841-42. Comparative 
Statement. 

An Estimate of the sum required to enable the Education. 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money for the 
Advancement of Education, from ist April 1842 to 
31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of the Foundling 
Foundling Hospital, Dublin, for the year, from 1st Hospital 
April 1842 to 31st March 1843. (ate) 

Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House youse of 
of Industry in Dublin; viz. the Two Lunatic De- Industry. 
partments, the Four General Hospitals, and the 
Dispensary attached ; for One year, from the Ist 
day of April 1842 to the 31st day of March 1843, 
inclusive. 

Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan female Orphan 
House, Circular-road, Dublin, for One year, from House. 
1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843, for 160 Chil- 
dren. 

Estimate of the sum required for the Westmorland Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital (for 125 Patients), for one year, from Lock Hospital. 
1st April 1842 to31st March 1843. 

Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for Lying-in 
the year ending 1st April 1843. Hospital, 





1843, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the 
Vou. 97. 


u4 Estimate 





Dr. Stevens’ 


Hospital. 


Fever Hospital 
and House of 
Recovery. 


Hospital for 
Incurables. 


Roman Catholic 


College. 


Royal Irish 


Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Public Build- 
ings, &amp;c. 


Chief Secretary 


to the Lord 
Lieutenant. 


Houseliwld 
of Lord Licu- 
tenant, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services. 


Queen’s 
Printer. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions. 


Police 


( Dublin.) 


Public Works. 


Townland 
Survey. 


152 


Estimate of the probable Expense of Dr. Stevens’ 
Hospital, Dublin, for One year, from 1st April 1842 
to 31st March 1843. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of the House 
of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- 
lin, for One year, commencing 1st April 1842, and 
ending 31st March 1843. 

Estimate of the probable Expenses of the Hospital 
for Incurables, containing 85 Persons, for One year, 
from ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 


An Estimate of the Charge of the Roman Catho- 
lic College, for the Financial year ending 31st March 
1843. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income 
and sum required for the Royal Jrish Academy, 
from ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 

A probable Estimate of the Expenditure and In- 
come of the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the year 
ending on the 31st of March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum necessary for defraying 
the Expenses of the Board of Commissioners of 
Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, from 
the 1st day of April 1842 to the 31st of March 
1843. 

Estimate of the Expenditure of the Royal Belfast 
Academical Institution, for the year commencing 
the 1st of April 1842 and ending 31st March 1843, 
as far as the same is chargeable on the Public 
Funds. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required to 
be voted towards defraying the Expenses of the 
Royal Duédlin Society, tor Two years, to the 31st 
March 1843. 

An Estimate of the probable Expense of repairing 
and maintaining the several Public Buildings in the 
Department of the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Ireland, for the year, from 1st April 1842 to 31st 
March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum required to pay the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of tne Chief Secretary to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and London, and 
the Privy Council Office in Zreland ; also, the Esti- 
mated Amount of the Queen’s Printers’ Bill for 
Printing for the Public Offices in Jreland, for One 
year to 31st March 1843. 

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 Zreland, 
for One year to 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 
vices’ Office, for the year ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will probably be 
required to pay the Bills of the Queen’s Printers 
(Lreland), for printing Proclamations and Statutes, 
for the year ending 31st March 1843. 

Estimate of the sum that will be necessary to 
defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceding 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Jreland, for 
One year ending 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required to 
defray the Expense of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Jreland, to the 31st March 
1843. 

Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of the 
Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 
including the District of Black Rock and Kings- 
town, and of the sum which will be required from 
Parliament in aid of these Departments, for the 
year commencing 1st April 1842 and ending 31st 
March 1843, 

Estimate of the sums which will be required to 
defray the Expenses of sundry Departments under 
the Charge of the Board of Public Works, for One 
year from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 1843. 

An Estimate of the sum that will be required in 
the year, from Ist April 1842 to 31st March 1843, 


to defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of 
Ireland. : 


23° Martiz. 


























A. 1842. 


Estimate of the sum that will be required to de- Shannon Rive, 


fray the Expenses of the Shannon Commission, per 
Act 2 &amp; 3 Vict. c. 61, from 1st April 1842 to 31st 
March 1843. 


An Estimate of the sum that will be required to Population 
be voted to defray the Charge of Postage for Ser- Census. 


vices connected with the Census of the 


opulation 
of Ireland. 


An Estimate of the amount that will probably be Miscellaneoy 
required to defray Law Expenses, Grants to Scottish Charges 
Universities, and other Charges formerly defrayed Se.) 


from the Hereditary Revenues, and not provided 
for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, nor on the Con- 


solidated Fund, from 1st April 1842 to 31st March 
1843. 


No. 132, 


Estimate of sums required for the Pay, Al- Commissariat 


lowances and Contingent Expenses of the Com- 
missariat Department at Home and Abroad, and for 
Land and Inland Water Transport, Freight of Specie, 
and Miscellaneous Purchases provided by the Com- 
missariat Abroad, for the year ending the 31st March 
1843 ; with a Statement of the Amount required for 
similar Services in the year ending the 31st March 
1842. 

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 1842 to 
the 31st March 1843. 


No. 133. 


An Account of the sum expended under the head Civil Contin. 
of Civil Contingencies in the year 1841; and an gencies. 


Estimate of the amount required for 1842. 


No. 134, 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the Public Income 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Ac- 2" Expendi- 


a . = e ure, 
count of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraordinary No. 133 
“ 0. ov. 


Resources constituting the Public Income of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the year ending 5th January 1342. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Great Britain, for the year ending 5th January 
1842. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 


of Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1842. 


An Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 
5th January 1842, after deducting the Repayments, 
Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties in 
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 1842, 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 1841; the 
Amount of Money raised by the additions to the 
Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 5th 
January 1842; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repay- 
ments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with the 
Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in the 
Exchequer on 5th January 1842. 


An Account of the Income of the Consolidated eatin 
Fund arising in the United Kingdom, in the year~* 


ended 5th January 1842; and also of the actual 
Payments, 
























me 
di- 


ated” 





5 Vicroriz. 


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 ending 5th January 1842, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the same Fund, at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year ; 
with Appendices. 

An Account of the actual Receipt and Expendi- 
ture of the Sums placed in the hands of the Com- 
missioners for the Saseeies of the National Debt, 
year ending 5th January 1842. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Unre- 
deemed Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at 
the 5th January 1841; of the Debt and Charge 
thereof created in the year ended 5th January 1842 ; 
of the Debt, and Charge thereof, reduced in the 
course of that year; and the Total Amount of the 
Unredeemed Debt, and Charge thereof, as it stood 
on 5th January 1842. 

An Account of the state of the Public Funded 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at the 5th January 1842; with an Ab- 
stract. 

An Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Bri- 
tain and Jreland, and of the Demands outstanding, 
on 5th January 1842; distinguishing Exchequer 
Bills; Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the 
Aids granted by Parliament; and the Exchequer 
Bills to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund ; 
and distinguishing also such part of the Unfunded 
Debt and Demands as has been provided for b 
Parliament ; together with an Account of the Ways 
and Means remaining in the Exchequer, or to be re- 
ceived, on the 5th January 1842, to defray such 
part of the Unfunded Debt, and Demands out- 
standing, as have been provided for; with Ap- 
pendices. 

An Account, showing how the Monies given for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and /reland, for the year 1841, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several heads, to 5th 
January 1842. 


Customs; Out-Ports, England, Scotland, Ireland: 
—An Account of the Total Amount of Current Ba- 
lances in the hands of the respective Collectors, 
and Arrears of Balances of late Collectors, on the 
5th January 1842. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due on the 5th January 1842, 
from the Officers of Excise in England, from Sth 
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 1842, 
from the Officers of Excise in Scotland, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 


Funded Debt. 


Unfunded Debt. 


Disposition of 


Grants, 


Arrears and 
Balances 
(Customs. ) 


Excise. 


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y | which has taken place within the year 1841, in the 





153 


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 

1842. 

Taxes, Zreland:—An Account of a Balance due 

by a deceased Revenue Collector, on account of 

Taxes, on the 5th January 1842. 

An Account of Arrears due, from late Postmasters Pust-office. 
in England, on 5th January 1842 ; and an Account 

of Arrears due by Deputy Postmasters, &amp;c., in 
Scotland, in the Christmas Quarter ending 5th 
February 1842. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due from 

Deputy Postmasters and Agents in Great Britain 

and the Colonies ; also, of Balances in the hands 

of the Receiver-General, in the years 1840 and 1841. 

An Account of Arrears due by dismissed, deceased 

and resigned Postmasters and Letter-carriers in 
Ireland, on the 5th January 1842. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due, from 
Deputy Postmasters and others in the Post-office, 
Ireland, in the years ended 5th January 1841 and 

5th January 1842. 

Auditors of the Land Revenue :—An Account of Land Revenue. 
the Total Amount of the Arrears and Current Ba- 

lances due on the 5th January 1842, from the 

several Persons employed in receiving or collecting 

the Land Revenue of the Crown. 

Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the Trade and 
United Kingdom, fgr Three years, ending 5th Ja- Navigation. 
nuary 1842. No. 135. 


An Account of every Increase and Diminution Increase and 
Diminution of 


: : talasies, 
Number of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, — 


Emoluments, Allowances or Expenses, in all Public 
Offices or Departments. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations Superannua- 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, "* 

in all Public Offices or Departments, which remained No. 137. 
payable on the 1st January 1841; the Annual 

Amount which was granted in the year 1841; the 

Annual Amount which ceased within the year ; 

and the Total Amount remaining payable on the 

31st of December 1841. 


An Account of all Additions which have been Public Debt. 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by yy, 138, 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made or 
Annuities created in the last Ten years; and also 

showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 

same has been provided for. 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the Coast Guard. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Trea- 

sury Minute dated 22d February 1842, authorizing 

a Superannuation Allowance to be granted to James 

Creech, Coast Guard Boatman. 


Sir George Clerk also Pea pursuant to Or- Customs Duty. 
ders,—Accounts of the Gross Receipts of Customs 





Excise, Ireland :—An Account of the Arrears and 
Current Balances due on 5th January 1842, from 
the Officers of Excise in Ireland, from 5th January 


1774. 
Stamps. 


can be made up. 


An Account of the Net Balances in the hands 
of the Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, on 
the 10th of October 1841 and 5th January 1842, 


respectively. 


Stamps, Jreland :—An Account of Arrears and 


Balances due from former and present Distributors 
&amp;c., of the Stamp Department in Ireland, on 5th 
January 1842. 

Taxes, Great Britain :—An Account of the Total 
Amount of the Arrears and Current Balances due, 
on the 5th January 1842, from the Receiving Offi- 
cers of the pm and Assessed Taxes in Great 


Taxes, 


An Account of the Total Amount of Arrears due, 
on 5th January 1842, from Distributors of Stamps 
in Great Britain, who have died or gone out of 
office since 5th January 1800, so far as the same 


Duty collected at each Custom House of the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842; distinguishing the Amount of Repay- 
ments for Drawbacks and Bounties of the nature 
of Drawbacks, of Bounties, and of Repayment of 
Over Entries; together with the Amounts paid at 
each Custom House for Expenses of Office, for 
Incidental Charges, and on other Accounts ; as well 
as the Net Amount remitted from each Custom 
House to the Receiver General :—Also, the Gross 
and Net Receipts of each Custom House during 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1842, as 
compared with similar Receipts during the previous 
year. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this legacy, Xc., 
instant March, for a Return showing the Amount Pte 
of Capital on which the several Rates of Legacy 
Duty been paid in Great Britain, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1842 :—An Abstract 
of the Total Amount under each Rate since 1797 :— 
Account showing the Total Amount of Duties on 





Vou. 97. 


x + Legacies, 












































Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Customs Duties. 


Annuities. 


Vessels. 


Cordage and 
Oakum. 


Births and 
Deaths. 





154 


Legacies, Probates and Administrations received in 
Treland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1842:—Returns for the year 1841, ending the 5th 
day of January 1842, showing the Amount of hig 0 
on which the several Rates of Legacy Duty have 
been paid in Ireland, and distinguishing the Amount 
of each Rate:—Of the Total Amount of Revenue 
received in the United Kingdom in the year ended 
the 5th day of July 1842, for Stamp Duty on 
Legacies, distinguishing those on direct and on Re- 
versionary Bequests, if possible, on Probates, Ad- 
ministrations and Testamentary Inventories; dis- 
tinguishing the Amount from England and Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland; with an Abstract of the 
whole Amount of Duty received since 1797 :—And, 
of Amount of Total Duty received in the United 
Kingdom since 1797 to the 5th day of January 1842 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 146, 
of Session 1841.) 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Accounts 
do lie upon the Table ; and that the Estimates, an 
Abstract of the Account relative to Increase and 
Diminution of Salaries, and the other Accounts, 
(with the exception of the three last) be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Mothers of Illegitimate Children ad- 
mitted into the Workhouses established under the 


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Poor Law Amendment Act in England and Wales, 
during each year, commencing January 1837, up to 
December 1841 :—And, of Unmarried Women de- 
livered in Workhouses during the said time, together 
with the time during which each such Woman re- 
mained in the Workhouse. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Charges made since the 1st day of 
January 1831 in the Duties of Customs payable on 
Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, imported into the 
United Kingdom, showing the Dates when such 
Charges were effected, the former Duties, the pre- 
sent Duties, and the Amount received on account 
of each, during the years ending the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1831 and the 1st day of January 1841. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Terminable Annuities payable by Go- 
vernment, the Dates and Sums of such Annuities, 
and the Amounts which will expire in each year ; 
also the Number and Amounts of Annuities granted 
and still payable on Lives. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Vessels above Fifty Tons 
Burthen, and the Total Amount of their Tonnage, 
registered at each of the Ports of Great Britain and 
Ireland, including the Channel Islands. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Quantities of Foreign Cordage and 
Oakum imported into, and bonded in the United 
Kingdom ; enumerating the Ports into which such 
Articles were imported ; also, stating the Quantities 
of the said p hes exported from the United King- 
dom, and the Countries to which they were exported ; 
for each of the Two years ended respectively on 
the 5th day of January 1840 and the 5th day of 
January 1841. 


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 Births in each 
District of the under-mentioned Counties and Places 
during the Twelve months ending the 30th day of 
June 1841, distinguishing the Sexes; and of the 
Number of Deaths in the same Districts during the 
same period, distinguishing each year of age up to 
the fifth year inclusive, and afterwards showing 
the Number for each period of Five years ; also, 
uniformly distinguishing the Sexes, Counties and 








A. 1842. 


Places—Leeds, Parish of Swillington, Townships of 
Austhorpe, Churwell, Middleton, Potter Newton, 
Rothwell, Roundhay, Seacroft, Shadwell, Temple 
Newsome and Thorpe Stapleton; Chapelries of 
Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Chapel Allerton, Farn- 
ley, Gildersome, Headingly-with-Burnley, Holbeck, 
Horseforth, Hunslet and Wortley; the Returns being 
given for each place separately and exclusively :— 
Also, the same Returns for Manchester, Salford, 
Townships of Barton, Berwick, Bradford, Brough- 
ton, Clifton, Grumpsall,’ Failsworth, Harpurhey, 
Great Heaton, Little Heaton, Haxton, Pendlebury, 
Pendleton, Prestwick, Urmstow and Worsley; Ham- 
lets of Cardishead and Irlam; Chapelries of Black- 
ley, Cheetham and Newton; giving, as before, the 
Returns for each place separately and exclusively : 
—Also, for the Counties of Essex and Rutland, 
the Metropolis, the Cities of Chester, Norwich and 
Carlisle, the Towns of Bolton-le-Moors, Bury (Lan- 
cashire), Preston, Wigan, Bradford (Yorkshire), 
Stockport and Macclesfield; the Returns, as before, 
separately and exclusively. 

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 Discharged 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Prisouers. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Sums paid by the Treasurers of 
Counties in England and Wales in the year 1841, 
to the Overseers of the Parishes, in their respective 
Counties, as Repayment of Monies advanced by such 
Overseers, on production of passes, to discharged 
Prisoners, to enable them to return to their places 
of Settlement, under the Acts 5 Geo. 4, c. 85, s. 22, 
23, 24 and 25, also 5 Geo. 4, c. 83, s. 15. 

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, according to Order, resolved itself Copyright Bill 
into a Committee upon the Copyright Bill; and No, 199, 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 








the Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday the 6th day of April 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Pi 


reading of the Public Houses Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 6th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poblic Houses 
ill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the Opinion Property Ta 


of this Committee, that, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there be charged annually 
during a term to be limited, the several Rates and 
Duties following, that is to say : 


For and in respect of the Property in any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and for 
and in respect of every Annuity, Pension, or 
Stipend, payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom; and 
for and in respect of all Interest of Money, 
Annuities, Dividends, and Shares of Annuities 
payable to any person or persons, bodies 
politic or corporate, companies or societies, 
whether. corporate or not corporate ; and for 





and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising or accruing to any person or persons 
whatever, resident in Great Britain, from 
any kind of Property whatever, whether 
situate 


















5 Vicroriz. 


situate in Great Britain or elsewhere, or from 
any Annuities, Allowances, or Stipends, or 
from any Profession, Trade, or Vocation, 
whether the same shall be respectively exer- 
cised in Great Britain or elsewhere ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising and accruing to any person or persons 
not resident within Great Britain, from any 
Property whatever in Great Britain, or from 
any Trade, Profession, or Vocation, exercised 
in Great Britain ; for every twenty shillings 
of the annual value or amount thereof - seven pence. 
For and in respect of the Occupation of 
any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments 
(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 


23°—94° Marti.-—4° Aprilis. 


155 


made from Malt only, in Zredand, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Corn Importae 
mittee on the Corn Importation Bill ; tion Bil, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
5th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 
every twenty shillings of the annual value 
thereof - - -  - — = three pence halfpenny. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Cobden, 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: } ii 

Tellers for the) Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 


4 Tellers for the ts Henry Berkeley, a4 





Yeas, Mr. Curteis: 
Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


f 225. 





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


Jovis, 24° die Martii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the matter to them referred; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
nt Bill, leave to sit again. 
39. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 4th day of April next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 4th day of April 
next. 


Railways Bill. 











The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the | 
4th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Touses Supply. 


id 
Forged Exche- 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
quer Bills Bill, 


further consideration the Report on the Forged Ex- 

chequer Bills Bill ; 

Tat. Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 4th day of April 
next. 

Public Works The ingrossed Bill to authorize the Advance of 
= Money out of the Consolidated Fund to a limited 

Amount, for carrying on Public Works and Fishe- 

ries, and Employment of the Poor, and to amend 

the Acts authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills 
for the like Purposes, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill po pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


} 90. 


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. Greene reported, That the Commit- 
tee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day the 4th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine Mutiny 
into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill ; Bi! 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day the 4th day of April next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Post-office _ 
to inquire into the Post-office Communication be- Communication, 
tween Great Britain and Ireland. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Louth Election. 
received a Notice from William Loaden, the Agent 
for Lewis Upton and William Bunbury M‘Clintock, 
Esquires, who petitioned this House upon the 6th 
day of September, in the last Session of Parliament, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Louth, that it is not their intention to 

roceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Belgian Claims. 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Corres- 
pondence with the Government of Belgium, relative 
to the Claims of British Merchants, arising out of 
the destruction in October 1830, of the Entrepot 
at Antwerp—1834-1842. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return of all Persons receiving Polish 
Pensions, or any assistance from the Grant voted Refugees. 
by Parliament for the Relief of Polish Refugees; No.87. 
specifying the Name, and the Amount paid in each 
year to each individual, from the year 1837 inclusive 


| to the present time, which was presented upon the 


6th day of October, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till Monday 
the 4th day of April next. 








Lune, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law pyo- raw 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Spirit Duties 


(Ireland) Bill, The ingrossed Bill to impose an additional Duty 


on Spirits, and to repeal the Allowance on Spirits 
Vou. 97. 











Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar (Ireland.) 
presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies of the Cor- 
respondence between the Poor Law Commissioners 
in Ireland, and the Boards of Guardians of the 

x2 North 

















































Londonderry 
Union 
Workhouse. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 
Regis Election. 


156 4° Aprilis. A. 1842. 


North and South Dublin Unions, relative to the | Talbot, John Bartlett, John Upphill, William Watts, 
Duties and Payment of the Medical Officers of those | George Newton, John Jacob, Richard Watts, Joseph 
Unions :—And, of the Circular addressed by the| Conner Bodwell, William Hilliar, John Dalley, 
Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland to the Boards| John Bult, Edward White, John Meade, Francis 
of Guardians there, on the subject of their Report | Stainer, John Plowman, John Palmer, Esau Eadds, 


on Medical Charities, with the Replies they have | John Case, Malachi Bond, John Bartlett, James 
received to it. | 


Copies of the Contracts entered into for the Build- | 
ing of the Londonderry Union Poor House, and for | 


Mayne, James Kerridge and George Mace, as not 
having had a right to vote at such Election. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 


executing extra Works and Fittings, with Specifica- | entered in the Journals of this House. 

tion and Prices of such extra Works and Fittings:—| Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
Of any Orders in Writing for extra Works :-—Of the } this House, To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 
Accounts for such extra Works, specifying the De-| Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and amend Return, 
ductions made thereon by Mr. Wilkinson :—Of such amend the same by rasing out the names of the Ho- 

Portions of the Proceedings of the Guardians of the | nourable George Augustus Frederick Villiers, com- 
Londonderry Union as bear on the subject of the | monly called Viscount Villiers, and George William 

Poor House ; together with the Marginal Remarks | Hope, Esquire, and inserting the names of Ralph 

made by the Commissioners thereon, bearing the | Bernal and William Dougal Christie, Esquires, in- 
following Dates,—the 2d day of October 1841, the | stead thereof. 

7th day of December 1841, andthe 12th dayof Fe-| , ; ; 

bruary 1842 :—Of the Proceedings of the Committee The Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road Bill was Glasgow ang 
of the Board of Guardians of the Londonderry Union, | tead a second time ; and committed. ee 
on the 29th day of November 1841, and Mr. Hag- | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- oe, 
gerty’s Report :—And, of the Letters of the Commis- | Mittee of Selection. 

sioners, or their Officers, to the Guardians of the 
Londonderry Union, bearing date the 17th day of 
September 1841 (with Inclosure dated the 9th day 
of August 1841, and Statement of Contractor’s Ac- 
count), the 10th day of February 1842, and the 17th 
day of February 1842; and of the Order of the 
Commissioners, dated the 10th day of February 
1842. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March 
last, for Accounts of the Average Annual Expen- 
diture of each Union in England and Wales, for the 
Relief and Maintenance of the Poor, in the Three Ordered, That Mr. Har dy do carry the Billto the 
years prior to the declaration uf the Union :—Of the | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
sum expended in every Union, for the year ending | ; 
the 25th day of March 1840, specifying the sum | The Drogheda Harbour Bill was read a second Drogheda 
expended in’ Salaries, and Establishment Charges, | time ; and committed. _ Hastenr 2M. 
the sum expended in Out-door Relief, and the sum| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


The Ardrossan Harbour Bill was read a second Ardrossan 
time ; and committed. Harbour Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for better supplying with Water Bradford 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Bradford, in the — 
West Riding of the County of York, was read the ""™ ™ 
third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





expended in In-door Relief :—And, of Orders for | mittee of Selection. 
Relief out of the House, given since the passing of 


the said Act by Justices of the Peace, and commu-| | A Petition of Owners or Proprietors, and others Couls. 
nicated to Boards of Guardians, specifying on whom | interested in steam shipping, residing at Newcastle- 
the Orders were made, and what Relief was given: | upon-Tyne, praying that in any measure for levying 
—And then he withdrew. , duty on Coal exported from Great Britain in British 
Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the vessels, all Coal exported in British ships for the 
Table. use of steamers navigating under the British flag, 
may be declared exempt from duty as heretofore, by 
Mr. Patrick Stewart, from the Select Committee | being cleared to deliver their cargoes into the depéts 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- | of the steam companies in foreign parts, under in- 
tition of Ralph Bernal and William Dougal Christie, {| spection of our consuls, was presented, and read ; 
Esquires, complaining of an undue Election and Re- | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
turn for the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe | a 
Regis, informed the House, That the Committee had | __ Petitions from Evesham ;—Northallerton ;—and, Leather, &amp;e. 
determined, | Newcastle-upon-Tyne; praying the House not to 
That the Honourable George Augustus Frederick | sanction any reduction of duty on the import of Lea- 
Villiers, commonly called Viscount Villiers, and | ther in the manufactured state, as well as on Boots 
George William Hope, Esquire, were not duly elected | and Shoes,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for to lie upon the Table. 
the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. 
That Ralph Bernal and William Dougal Christie, 
Esquires, were duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned Burgesses to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Weymouth and Mel- 
combe Regis. | 
Mr. Patrick Stewart also informed the House, 
That the said Committee had altered the poll 
taken at the said Election, by striking off the names 
of John Bridle, John Farwell, John Whicker, Wil- 


Two Petitions from Great Torrington ; praying Leather Gloves 
the House to protect by an adequate duty on foreign 
made Leather Gloves the home trade of the country, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Church-wardens, Overseers and Poor Law 
Guardians of the several parishes of Saint Andrew- — 
the-Less and Saint Botolph, in the borough of" 


liam Pride, Samuel Moore, David Watkins, Thomas 
Charles, William Toms, Joseph Bowring, Elias 
Bow, Walter Crook, James Richardson Handey, 
John Brown, William Bull, Richard Hutchings 
Bryant, Ambrose Larkworthy, Simon Bishop, John 
Cruse, John Sampson, Silas Knott, George Harvey, 
Joseph Maunders, James Cox, George Pavey, John 
Gibson, William Puckett, John Acutt, William 








Cambridge, stating that the said borough of Cam- 
bridge consists of fourteen parishes, which since the 
passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act have been 
formed into a union, denominated the Cambridge 
Union ; that there are two relieving officers for the 
said union who respectively reside within the said 
parishes of Saint Andrew-the-Less and Saint Bo- 
tolph; and that the poor in all the parishes within 





Compton, William Guy, Richard Warren, Joseph 


the said union, and all casual paupers who become 
chargeabie 










5 VicTorigz. 4° Ap 


chargeable within the said union, are relieved by 
the said relieving officers ; that under the present 
law, the parishes in which relief is actually given, 


relts. 157 
A Petition of Samuel Millard, Practitioner of Lunatic 
Medicine and Surgery, a resident Proprietor of the Asy!ums- 
Whitchurch Lunatic Asylum, in the parish of Zlan- 


are charged with the expense of relieving the casual | garren, praying the House to frame one efficient 
poor, and that the expense of such relief in the said | measure for the more complete visiting and inspect- 


union, amounting to a considerable annual sum, is 
consequently charged exclusively upon the parishes 
of Saint Andrew-the-Less and Saint Botolph, in 
which the said relieving officers reside, and no part 
of such expense is charged upon or borne by the 
other twelve parishes in the said union; and praying 
the House to devise some effectual means for the 

. relief of the said parishes, and of other parishes si- 
milarly situated, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of George Cork, of Woodfield Cottage, 
near Liskeard, alleging that his plans and principles 
have been adopted in the present Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, and praying the House to mark their ap- 

robation and acknowledgment of his services, was 
| also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
dge Table. 


Wigtownshire | Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 

Election. received a Notice from Messrs. Spottiswoode and 
! Robertson, the Agents for James Blair, Esquire, de- 
, ceased, and others, who petitioned this House on 
the 6th day of September, in the last Session of 
Parliament, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Shire of Wigtown, that it is not their 
intention to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Peti- 
tion to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


iter 


London and A Petition of Proprietors and Residents in and 

Greenwich near Snowsfields, and the parishes of Saint Olave 

‘ll, (N's) pin, and Saint John, Southwark, in the county of Sur- 
; rey, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 

their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 

London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill, was 

presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


Tnchbelly The Inchbelly (Glasgow) Roads Bill was read a 
(Glsgov) second time ; and committed. 
ao Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Kirkintilloch The Kirkintilloch Roads (No. 1.) Bill was read 
_—— 1) a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
XCe 
Edinburgh Mr. Granville Harcourt reported from the Com- 
and Glasgow 


Railway pil], Muttee on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; 
y Bill. Bs ; : ; 

and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill, 

were referred ; That they had considered the said 

Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of one of 

them ; and had inquired into the several matters re- 

asad quired by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so 

far as the same relate to the present application ; 

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 Amend- 

ments thereunto. 

" Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

a and be printed. 

— Meat, Petitions from Pitsligo ;—Tyrie ;— Fraserburgh ; 

y — Aberdeenshire (two Petitions) ;— Rathin;—- Udny; 

—Gamery;— Strathbogie;— Gartby ;— Drumblade; 

— Huntly ;— Rhynie ;— and, Cairney; praying the 

House not to pass any measure so deeply injurious 

to the agricultural interests of this country as the 

admission of Foreign Cattle or Meat into our mar- 

kets,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


ing of the County Lunatic Asylums in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, as well as for the licensing, vi- 
siting and inspecting of the licensed houses for the 
care and treatment of Insane Persons, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- west Stirling- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 22d day of shire Roads 
March last, was made from the Committee on the (N® !+) Bill. 
West Stirlingshire Roads (No. 1.) Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for the super- Granton Pier 
intendence and management of the Harbour and (No. 2.) Bill. 
Docks of Leith, praying that the Granton Pier 

(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the district of Ellon, in Com Laws, 
the county of Aberdeen, stating that the cultivation &amp;c. 
of Oats and a small proportion of Barley of inferior 
quality, together with the rearing of Cattle, consti- 
tute the sole dependence of the agriculturists of that 
county, (the climate being wholly unsuited to raising 
Wheat), and that any considerable reduction there- 
fore in the demand or the remuneration for those 
staple productions must be seriously injurious to their 
interests; and praying the House to take the premises 
into consideration, to afford time to the agriculturists 

of that and other districts of the country to form 
and to express their opinions on measures so vitally 
affecting their interests, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Corn Millers of Preston, and its Corn Laws. 
vicinity, praying the House to adopt measures for 
encouraging the importation of Grain in preference 

to Flour and Meal, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burnley and Padiham ;— Had- Maynooth 
field ; — Keighley ; — Chipping Norton ; — Cleck- College. 
heaton ; — Bingley ; — Addingham ;— and, Ripon ; 
praying the House to withdraw every kind of pub- 

lic support from the College of Maynooth,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of John Richardson and John Connell, Gorbals Police 
of Fludyer-street, Westminster, Agents of the Lord (No 2.) 
Provost, Magistrates and Council of the city of 
Glasgow, complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House, in respect to the application for the 
Gorbals Police (No. 2.) Bill, had not been complied 
with, and praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves and their agents, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Timber Merchants Timber. 
of the port of Alloa, praying the House to grant 
such relief to the British ship-owners engaged in the 
Timber trade of Canada and New Brunswick, as re- 
spects the relative rates of duties proposed on Tim- 
ber the produce of the Baltic, and that of our own 
colonies, as will enable them to employ their ships 
and meet the foreigner in the home market, and 
also, if any alteration be made, that the House 
will grant a drawback of duty on the stock on 
hand and still in the importers’ possession, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Vou. 97. 





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Se 


Huish Champ- 
flower, &amp;c., 
Inclosure Bill. 


Slavery 


(East India.) 


Jacob Owen, 
Esquire. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


James Flanagan. 


Licensed 
Lunatic Asy- 
lums Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Forged Eyche- 
quer Bills Bill. 


158 
The Huish Champflower, &amp;c.,Inclosure Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretaries of the 
Belfast Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House to 
take immediate steps for the emancipation of those 
held in bondage in the British possessions in the 
East, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Return, showing, in columns, the Salary 
of Jacob Owen, Esquire, as Architect of the Board 
of Works in Ireland, with all his other Fees and 
Emoluments connected with the said Office ; also, 
a Return of the Salary and all other Emoluments 
of the said Jacob Owen, Esquire, as Superintendent 
Engineer, or by what other name the Office may be 
known, of Howth Harbour, Kingstown Harbour, 
and the Improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Shannon ; as well as all other Appoitments, Sala- 
ries, Fees, or other Emoluments, held or received by 
Jacob Owen, Esquire, and which are not included 
in his Emoluments under the Board of Works. 

A Copy of the Letter of Mr. Lucas, Under Secre- 
tary for Lreland, to the Secretary of the Royal Dub- 
lin Society, stating that the Lord Lieutenant had 
authorized an Advance of Money to that Society, to 
be repaid on the Money being voted by Parliament : 
—And also, a Return, stating in what particulars 
the Recommendations of the Committee of this 
House in 1836, respecting that Society, have been 
complied with. 

Copies of the Verdict and Depositions taken by 
the Coroner at an Inquest held on the 19th day of 
December 1841, on the death of James Flanagan, at 
Clonearl, in the King’s County :—Of all Communi- 
cations which have taken place between the Irish 
Government, or the Inspector General of Constabu- 
lary, and the resident Stipendiary Magistrate, or the 
Local Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Police, relative 
to the death of the said James Flanagan :—-And, of 
the Correspondence which has taken place between 
Durham Dunlop, Esquire, and the Jrish Govern- 
ment, relative to the death of the said James Fla- 
nagan. 


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


The Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednes- 
day the 20th day of this instant April. 


The Dublin Police Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday the 18th 
day of this stant April. 


The Order of the day being read for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Forged Ex- 
chequer Bills 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. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciavse, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 2 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 5 and N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 7, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 9 to N° 11, agreed to. 


4° Aprilis. 





A. 18492. 


Causes, N° 12, disagreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 


Clause (That it shall and may be lawful for the 
several and respective persons claiming to be bond 
fide holders of the several documents purporting to 
be Exchequer Bills, which are mentioned and de- 
scribed in the said Schedule hereunder written, or any 
of them, to attend and be heard, by themselves, their 
attornies and counsel, before the said Commissioners, 
and to produce such evidence before the said Com- 
missioners in relation to the matters referred to them, 
as such person and persons may be advised, in such 
manner, and at such time or times as the said Com 
missioners shall order, appoint and direct) 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Wilde, 

Yeas, Mr. Charles Buller : 
Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Noes, \Mr. Henry Baring: 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


64, 


j 
\ on. 


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 To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ena 


mittee of Ways and Means; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

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 
“ 


ce 


been proposed by Her Majesty’s Government is 
intended to form a fund to provide for a large 
amount of existing Taxes to which this House 
has not yet consented, and which it may refuse 
to reduce or repeal; that the adoption of the 
said Income Tax, under such circumstances, would 
impose upon the people, already suffering under 
very severe privations, a greater burthen than the 
necessities of the public service for the current 
year will require; that this House therefore will 
not again resolve itself into a Committee of Ways 
and Means on the Income Tax, until after the 
House shall have determined what amount of the 
existing Taxes it will consent to reduce or repeal,”’ 
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.) 


Question again proposed, That it is the Opinion Property Tax 


of this Committee, That towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there be charged annually 
during a term to be limited, the several Rates and 
Duties following, that is to say: 


For and in respect of the Property in any 
Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, and for 
and in respect of every Annuity, Pension or 
Stipend payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom ; and 
for and in respect of all Interest of Money, 
Annuities, Dividends and Shares of Annuities 
payable to any person or persons, bodies 
politic or corporate, companies or societies, 
whether corporate or not corporate ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising or accruing to any person or persons 
whatever, resident in Great Britain, from 
any kind of Property whatever, whether 

situate 





part of the produce of the Income Tax which has Income Tax. 


y Tax 


' Passengers Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


situate in Great Britain or elsewhere, or from 

any Annuities, Allowances or ~_ eer or 

from any Profession, Trade, or Vocation, 

whether the same shall be respectively exer- 

cised in Great Britain or elsewhere ; and for 

and in respect of the annual profits or gains 

arising and accruing to any person or persons 

not resident within Great Britain, from any 

Property whatever in Great Britain, or from 

any Trade, Profession, or Vocation, exercised 

in Great Britain ; for every twenty shillings 

of the annual value or amount thereof ~- seven pence. 
For and in respect of the Occupation of 

any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments 

(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 

tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 

every twenty shillings of the annual value 

thereof - - -  - — = three pence halfpenny. 


Question put, and agreed to. 


Stamp Duties 


2. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
(Ireland.) 


granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the several Stam 
Duties now payable in Jreland, there shall be 
charged, levied, collected or paid, in Ireland, upon 
and in respect of every deed, writing or other written 
or printed instrument, or in respect of any legacy, or 
succession to personal estate upon intestacy, or in 
respect to any other matter or thing, the like amount 
or rate of Stamp Duty as is now payable in Great 
Britain. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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


Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, thathe 


4°—5° Aprils. 


159 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Martis, 5° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Mr. Greene reported the Mutiny Bill; and the Mutiny Bill. 
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 To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Marine Mutiny Bill ; Marine Mutiny 
and the Amendments were read, and, with an Bill. 
Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till after twelve of the clock on Tuesday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 











was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That tnis House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Colonial The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Colonial 
Passengers Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 





Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Customs Duties 


(West Indian The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


sad North Ame- Mittee to whom it was referred to consider. the | 





Martis, 5° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


-_ HE Clerk of the Crown attending according weymouth and 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough Meicombe 


of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Regie—Return 
amended, 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; Malt. 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made from the 5th day of January to the 5th day 
July 1841, and from the 5th day of July 1841 to 
the 5th day of January 1842, and of the Amount of 
Duty payable thereon in each period. 

Returns of the Hour at which the Government Mail Steam 
Steam Packets have left the River Mersey, and the Packets. 
Number of Hours occupied in the passages between 
Liverpool and Kingstown, and Kingstown and Liver- 
pool, each day since the ist day of February last, 


| with the name of each Packet ; also, the Number 


of times, specifying the days, the Mail and Passen- 


rican Colonies.) Acts relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, | gers have been conveyed by tender to or from the 
Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into | Steamer outside the bar of the Mersey, and the d 


any of the British Possessions in America or the | 
Mauritius ; 

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


Rivers (Ireland) 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill; 





Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 
a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Ril’ ~~ mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Australia and 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


nr Zland reading of the Australia and New Zealand Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
(ela Bill, ., LHe Drainage (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
’ Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Railways Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 

Vou. 97. 








ays 
on which no Mail has left Liverpool :—And, of the 
manner in which the Mail and Passengers are con- 
veyed from the Pier at Birkenhead to the Steamer, 
and the Expense of the same :—Similar Return from 
Holyhead, stating the Number of Hours occupied 
in the passage to and from Kingstown, and Days on 
which no Mail has left Holyhead :—Returns of the 
Hour at which the Zondon Mail has been received 
at the Dublin Post-office, each day, since the 1st 
day of January 1841; and the Number of Days, 
specifying them, on which the Evening Mail Coaches 
have left Dublin without the London Mail :—And, 
showing the Number of Mail Steam Packets on the 
Liverpool and Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, 
Milford and Waterford Stations, the Expenses in- 
curred in Building, and Outfit and Repairs of the 
Vessels, and the Expenses of the Establishments, 
and the Totul Disbursements, and the Receipts and 
Passages, &amp;c., and the Totals of each Charge, from 
the 1st day of January 1841 to the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1842; also, the Amount paid by the Govern- 
ment for the Contract for conveying the Day Mail 
from Liverpool to Kingstown (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 296, of Sess. 1841.) 

A Return of the daily Prices of each kind of Prices of Stock, 
Public Stock or Securities (including Exchequer &amp;* 
Bills) of the United Kingdom, commencing the 1st 
day of January 1839, to the latest period at which 
such Return can be made up. 

x4 Mr. 


sae SAREE Ted Beer 


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Revising 
Barristers. 


Exchequer Bills ; 
(Public Works.) Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for 


Southwark 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Brentford Gas 
Bill. 


160 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Names 
of Barristers appointed to revise the Lists of Electors 
in England and Wales, in the years 1840 and 1841 ; 
the Names of the Places or Districts to which the 
Revising Barristers were respectively appointed ; 
the Number of Days employed in each Place or 
District, so far as appears by their Accounts; the 
Amount of Fees received, and the Amount of Ex- 
penses incurred by them respectively (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 120, of Sess. 1840): 
Also, the Aggregate Amount paid in each year to 
such Revising Barristers, from the year 1835 inclu- 
sive :—And also, the Aggregate Number of Days in 
each year for which such Revising Barristers were 
paid, from the year 1835 inclusive. 

An Account in detail of Loans advanced by the 





Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of 
the Poor, under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, and sub- | 
sequent Acts in Great Britain, from the date of the 
Commission (17th June 1817) to the 31st December 
1841 (in continuation of a Return made on 25th 
March 1839, and printed by Order of the House of 
Commons) :—Also, an Account of the Expenses of 
the Commissioners and Surveys, in continuation of 
the said Return :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Lord John Manners reported from the Committee 
on the Southwark Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; and 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That the Bill was for the same purpose as 
a Bill which was presented in the last Session of the 
last Parliament, and contained the same Clauses 
and Provisions as were contained in such former 
Bill in the last stage of its proceeding, and where- 
upon proceedings were pending on the dissolution 
of the last Parliament; and that the Order of the 
House of the 14th day of February last had been 
complied with; and that the Committee had heard 
counsel in support of several of 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. 

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 
“ further consideration of the Report be deferred | 
“ till the Committee on the Southwark Improvement 
“ (No. 1.) Bill have made their Report,” 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. 


r , Lord John Manners, ) , 
seceatinatiens Yeas,{ Mr William Johnson: § * 
r —_ r (Mr. Robert Palmer, |... 
Tellers for the Noes,) Mr. prea , i 36. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 

“ further consideration of the Report be deferred till 
“ the Committee on the Southwark Improvement 
“ (No. 1.) Bill have made their Report,” be added 
instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the further consideration of the 
Report be deferred till the Committee on the South- 


wark Improvement (No. 1.) Bill have made their 
Report. 


The Brentford Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


5° Aprilis. 




















A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Edward Everard and Sons, Mer- Timber Date, 


chants of King’s Lynn, praying that any alteration 

in the scale of duties relative to Timber, may be 

delayed twelve months to enable the Petitioners 

to dispose of their stock at a less sacrifice, was 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Tunbridge Wells ;—Manchester and Com Laws, 


Blackley ; — Bervie;— Tranent ;— and, Heywood 
(four Petitions) ; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chevening ; — Barnardcustle ; — Corn Imports. 


Fordyce ;— Grange ;— Ordiquhill ;— Banff ;—- For- ‘ion Bil. 


glen ;— Boyndie ;— Rathven ; — Marnoch ; -- Dar- 
lington ;—and, High Sheriff of the county of Lincoln ; 
praying that the Corn Importation Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bellie;— Speymouth ;—Rathven ; Cattle, Mert, 


—and, Nether Wallop; praying the House not to 
pass any law to sanction the importation of foreign 
Cattle and Sheep and foreign Meat, except at 
such a duty as will afford sufficient protection to the 
Petitioners,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton ;--Shrewsbury ;—Liver- Leather, ke; 


pool;—— Bury (Lancaster) ;— and, Leeds ; praying 
the House not to sanction any new scale of duties on 
foreign Leather, Hides and Bark and manufactured 
Boots and Shoes, without such modification and 
adjustment as will afford due protection to native 
skill, capital and industry,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, praying the House not to sanction 
any duty on the os of Coals to foreign parts, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Agents of steam 
shipping residing at Liverpool, praying that in any 
measure to be passed for levying duty on Coal ex- 
ported from Great Britain in British vessels, all 
Coal exported in British ships for the use of steam- 
ers navigating under the British flag, may be de- 
clared exempt from duty as heretofore, was also 


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


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the united Education 


parishes of Ki/pipe and Kilninor, praymg the House 
to devise means for affording encouragement to the 
Schools connected with the Church Education So- 
ciety for Ireland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


&amp;e. 


Coals. 


(Ireland. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Buildings 


Council of the Royal Burgh of Montrose, praying (Nor 9.) Bil. 


tw] 


that the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, of Ben- 
acre Hall, in the county of Suffolk, Baronet ;—and, 
Trustees under the Acts relating to the Dundee 
Harbour; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were also presented, 
and read; and referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 

A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council 
of the royal burgh of Dundee, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the said Bill, was also presented, 
and read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 
A Petition 





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5 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Prisoners confined for debt in White 
Cross-street Prison, praying the House to abolish 
immediately Imprisonment for Debts not fraudulently 
contracted, and to introduce such other alterations in 
the Insolvent Act, as tothe House may seem fit, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Association of 
Owners and Occupiers of Mills engaged in the 
grinding of Corn in Liverpool, and its vicinity, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for permitting 
Bonded Wheat to be ground into Flour for exporta- 
tion, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Debtor and 
Creditor. 


Bonded Corn. 


Maynooth A Petition of Inhabitants of Bridport and its 

College. neighbourhood, praying the House to withdraw every 
kind of public support from the College of May- 
nooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 
censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of Leigh, 
in the county of Lancaster, and its vicinity, praying 
the House to introduce a Bill declaring the law to 
be, that Brewers’ Casks are not distrainable for the 
rent of their customers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brewers’ Casks, 


A Petition of Members of the Kingston-upon- 
Thames Literary and Scientific Institution, praying 
the House to relieve Literary and Scientific Insti- 
tutions from all rates and taxes, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


Corks. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
the Operative Cork Cutters of the town of Liver- 
pool, praying the House not to sanction any reduc- 
tion of the Duties on the importation of manufac- 
tured Corks, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of lands used 
for the growing of Liquorice, or workmen employed 
in the cultivation thereof, in the parish of Ponte- 
fract, praying that the duty at present charged on 
the importation of foreign Liquorice may not be al- 
tered, or at all events that such reduction be made 
gradually, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Liquorice. 


Leave of 


Ordered, That Mr. JIrton have leave of absence 
Absence. 


for a week, on account of ill health ;—and, O’ Conor 
Don a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 


Holyhead 


~~ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
arbour, 


Copy of the Map or Plan of the proposed Harbour 
at Holyhead, reterred to in the Report of Rear Ad- 
miral Sir James Gordon and Captain Beechy, R. n. 
dated the 14th day of January 1840. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue Local Turnpike Acts, and to provide for 
the discharge of the Mortgage Debts on Turnpike- 
roads in England: And that Mr. Manners Sutton 
and Sir James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Tumpike-roads 
Bi 


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


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have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and to extend the time limited for 
those purposes respectively, and for the relief of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, in certain cases: 
And that Sir George Clerk and Mr. Greene do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Plymouth 
Copy of Letters Patent for England, on the subject Breakwater. 
of the Breakwater in Plymouth Sound, granted to 

Joseph Needham Tayler, dated 4th July 1838, with 

the grounds on which the Patent was granted. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend the Acts Parish Property 
regulating the Sale of Parish Property, and_ to Bill. 
make further Provision for the Discharge of Debts, 
Liabilities and Engagements incurred by or on 
behalf of Parishes, was, according to Order, read 
— time; and Amendments were made to the 
lll. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to indemnify Indemnity Bill. 
such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted 

to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 

and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively, and for the Relief of Clerks to Attor- 

nies and Solicitors, in certain cases: And the same 

was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 

second time To-morrow. 


Sir Valentine Blake presented a Bill to amend Barristers 
the Laws regulating the Admission of Barristers in Ireland) Bill. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time; No. 140. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tues- 

day the 19th day of this instant April; and to be 

printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Corn Importa- 
into a Committee upon the Corn Importation Bill, _ tion Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuausegs, N° 9 to N° 13, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 14 to N° 16, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Criause, N° 17, agreed to. 


Cuiauses, N° 18 to N° 26, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuause, N° 27, (That the average prices of all 
British Corn, by which the rate and amount of the 
said Duties shall be regulated, shall be made up and 
computed on Thursday in each and every week in 
manner following; (that is to say) the said Comp- 
troller of Corn cee: shall, on such Thursday in 
each week, from such Returns as shall be received 
by him during the week next preceding, ending on 
and including the Saturday in such preceding week, 
add together the total quantities of each sort of 
British Corn respectively appearing by such Returns 
to have been sold, and the total prices for which 
the same shall thereby appear to have been sold, 
and shall divide the amount of such total prices 
respectively by the amount of such total quantities 
of each sort of British Corn respectively, and the 
sum produced thereby shall be added to the sums 





(Ireland) Bill. regulate the Irish Fisheries: And that Lord Eliot 
and Mr. Solicitor General for [reland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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

(Wend) Bill. otter the Law in relation to the admission of Bar- 
risters in Jreland: And that Sir Valentine Blake, 
Sir Thomas Wilde and Lord Marcus Hill do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

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


indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom as 
Von. 96, 





in like manner produced in the five weeks immedi- 
ately preceding the same, and the amount of such 
sums so added shall be divided by , and 
the sum thereby given shall be deemed and taken 
to be the aggregute average price ofeach such sort of 
British Corn respectively, for the purpose of regu- 
lating and ascertaining the rate and amount of the 
said Duties) read : 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
blank be filled with “ six” : 

Afterwards proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ ten” ; 








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Question put, That the blank be filled with “ six” ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 249 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: saan! 

Tellers for the J Lord Worsley, 37 
Noes, Mr. Robert Palmer : , 


Clause, N° 27, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 28, agreed to. 


Ciausz, N° 29, (That until a sufficient number 
of weekly Returns shall have been received by the 
said Comptroller of Corn Returns under this Act, 
to afford such aggregate average prices of British 
Corn as aforesaid, the weekly average prices of 
British Corn published by him immediately before 
the passing of this Act shall by him be used and 
referred to in making such calculations as aforesaid, 
in such and the same manner as if the same had 
been made up and taken under and in pursuance 
of this Act)——read : 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Clause, in order to add 
the words “ from the passing of this Act, up to the 
“ 1st day of May 1843, the Duty to be paid on 
“ the importation of Foreign Corn shall be regu- 
lated by the averages of those Towns only which 
have hitherto made Returns in accordance with 
“ the Act of 9 Geo. 4,” instead thereof. 


Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 02 
Yeas, L Mr. Henry Baring: | ips 
Tellers for the § Mr. Childers, 60 
Noes, LM. Hawes : } ¥ 
CrauseE, N° 29, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 30, agreed to. 


Cuiauses, N° 31, to N° 41, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuausgs, N° 42, and N° 43, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 44, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 45, agreed to. 

Table of Duties to which this Act refers, agreed to. 


Criause (Appointment of Inspectors of Corn Re- 
turns for Oxford and Cambridge)——brought. up, 
and read 1°, 2°; and added. 


Another Clause (That every person who shall sell 
any British Corn at or within any city or town 
named in the said Schedule hereunto annexed, other 
than the city of London, shall, before he or she shall 
sell any British Corn at any such city or town, 
make and deliver, in manner hereinafter mentioned, 
a Declaration in the following words, that is to say : 

(Form of Declaration.) 
“ ], A. B. do declare that the Returns to be by 
me made conformably to the Act passed in the 
year of the reign of Her 

Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, [here set forth 

the title of this Act], of the quantities and prices 

of British Corn, which henceforth shall by me or 
for me be sold, shall, to the best of my know- 


‘ 
“ 


ledge and belief, contain the whole quantity, and | 


no more, of the British Corn bond fide sold for 
or by me, within the periods to which such Re- 
turns respectively shall refer, with the prices of 
such Corn, and the names of the buyers respec- 
tively, and, to the best of my judgment, the said 
Returns shall, in all respects, be accountable to the 
provisions of the said Act.” 
Which Declaration shall be in writing, and shall be 
subscribed with the hand of the person so making 
the same, and shall by him or her, or by his or her 
agent, be delivered to the Mayor or Chief Magis- 
trate, or to some Justice of the Peace for such city 
or town, or for the county, riding or division in 
which the same is situate, who are hereby required 
to deliver a certificate thereof to the Supervisor of 











A. 1842. 


Excise acting as Inspector of Corn Returns for such 
city or town as aforesaid, at the place appointed for 
receiving such Returns, or to such continuing In- 
spector of Corn Returns as aforesaid for such city 
or town (as the case may be), to be by such Super- 
visor or Inspector registered in a book to be by him 
provided and kept for that purpose) brought up, 
and read 1°; 

Question, That the Clause be now read 2°—— 
put, and Negatived. 


Another Clause (That all Duties in future payable 
upon the importation of Corn, Meal or Flour from an 
foreign country into the United Kingdom, shall after 
the passing of this Act, be levied or paid at the 
period of importation, instead of at the period when 
taken out of bond as heretofore) brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Question put, That the Clause be now read 2°; 

The Committee divided ; 

The Yeas were directed to go forth to the new 
Lobby, the Noes to the old Lobby ; 

Colonel Sibthorp was appointed one of the Tellers 
for the Yeas; but there being no other Member to 
be a second Teller for the Yeas, the Chairman de- 
clared that the Noes had it. 


Schedule of cities and towns to which this Act 
refers, amended, and agreed to. 
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 Wednesday morning ; 


Mercuri, 6° die Aprilis, 1842: 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Forged Exchequer Bills Forged Excte- 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed quer Bills Bil. 
to; and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

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- Colonial _ 
mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Passengers ill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; aaa 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second a 
reading of the Australia and New Zealand Bill; i, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Dempster, Mi- es 
nister of the parish of Denny, and of the Reverend Railway Bil 
John Fergus, Minister of the parish of Marivaird, 
praying that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Workhouses 
to Workhouses (Zreland), which was presented upon (Ireland) 1 
the 21st day of March last, be printed. No. 141. 

Ordered, That the Report of the Ecclesiastical Bane 
Commissioners for Ireland, for the year ending the ¢jreland.) 
Ist day of August 1841, which was presented upon Np, 142. 
the 23d day of March last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Customs Castoms Daty- 
Duty, which was presented upon the 23d day of Nv,143. 
March last, be printed. 


Ordered, 










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Bill, 


Bill. 


and 
and 


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ill. 


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41. 
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42. 


Duty 





Legacy, Seu 
Duties. 


5 VicToRiz. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Legacy, 
&amp;c., Duties, which were presented upon the 23d day 








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163 


maintaining certain new Roads in connection there- 
with, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Forbes do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool 
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks, praying that ——— _ - 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or ““““"8* *™ 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Paving 
and Sewerage 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. 


Petitions of the Preston and Wyre Railway, Har- Bolton and 
bour and Dock Company ;—Company of Proprietors Preston Rail- 





No. 144 of March last, be printed. 
dered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
sn Bie rn a Act, which was presented yester- 
ee day, be printed: | 
plin Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Royal 
— Dublin Society, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 146. printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 

Mercuri, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 18 42. 
PRAYERS. 
Northern Union PETITION of the Durham and Sunderland 


(Newcastle and 
Darlington 
Junction) Rail- 
way Bill, 


Cheltenham and 


Railway Company, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Northern Union (Newcastle and 
Darlington 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





Lord Worsley reported from the Committee on the 


Great Western Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Bill; 


Bill 


West Sti rling- 


shire Roads 


(No. 1.) Bill, 


Union Railway 
Hi] 


and te whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 
port of several of the said Petitions, and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; that they had 
inquired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the same 
relate to the present application ; 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 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 leaving out from the words “ That the ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ Bill be re-committed,” 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 put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Lord Granville Somerset, 74 

Yeas, Mr. Lawson : \ : 

Tellers for thef Lord Worsley, } 110 

Noes, Mr. Pouleté Scrope : . 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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 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. 


of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and “*’ 
Railway ;—Company of Proprietors of the Lancaster 
Canal Navigation ;— and, Company of Proprietors of 
the Lancaster and Preston Railway, taking notice 
of the application for leave to bring in the Bolton 
and Preston Railway Bill; and praying that such 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Dame Mary Sophia Bentham, Wi- National Flost- 
dow and sole residuary Legatee of Brigadier General Conpeny Bill 
Sir Samuel Bentham, Knight of Saint George, for- 
merly Inspector General of his Majesty’s Naval 
Works, and late one of the Commissioners of the 
Navy, with the distinct duty of Civil Architect and 
Engineer, praying that the National Floating Break- 
water Company 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 Churchwardens and Representative saint Mary-le- 
Vestrymen of the parish of Saint James, Wontudiaater, bone Parish 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, ®" 

their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Saint Mary-le-bone Parish 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. 


Liebert’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Liebert’s 
time; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Saint Ann’s, Shandon, Cork ;— pauecation 
Glanworth and Rockmills ;—Brinny and Knocka- (Ireland.) 
villy ;— Youghal ; — Rathclaven; — Ballinadee ; —- 
and, Kilmeen; praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Working Men of Edinburgh, praying Education. 
the House to grant to Great Britain and Ireland a 
system of National Education, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tillicoultry ;— London ;— Tops- Corn Laws. 





Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Vou. 97, 


An ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act, 
intituled, an Act to make, alter, improve and main- 
tain certain Roads in the Counties of Stirling, Dum- 
barton, Lanark and Perth; and for making and 





ham ;—Workmen in the employ of Mr. Anthony 
Heath Garratt, Surrey ;—Regent’s Park, London ; 
—-the Metropolis ;—Saint Anne, Limehouse ;—Cray- 
ford ;—and, Stratford; praying for the repeal of the 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of John Alexander, and others, praying 
the House to adopt measures for encouraging the 
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164 


importation of Grain in preference to Flour and 
Meal, was also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the East Essex 
Agricultural Society, praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction in the protective duties on 
the importation of foreign Corn, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Ros- 
common, stating that the Petitioners are enabled to 
assure the House that so far from the present Pro- 
vision Laws being the means of increasing the com- 
forts of the small farmer, the artisan or the labourer, 
they tend more to depress them; and praying the 
House to give their effective support to Her Ma- 
jesty’s ministers in their endeavours to relieve the 
country from the operation of those laws, and to sub- 
stitute in their stead such a scale of duties as will 


protect the interest, and promote the prosperity of 
all classes, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bryan Millington, of Asgarby, in 
the county of Lincoln, Farmer and Grazier, stating 
that in the year 1831 the Petitioner contracted for 


the unexpired term of a lease, of which twenty-one 

ears were then unexpired, of a farm comprising five 
Sate acres of land; that such contract was en- 
tered into upon the faith of the Corn Laws which 
then existed being preserved inviolate and intact; 
and praying that in the Corn Importation Bill pro- 
vision may be made for affording adequate compen- 
sation to himself, and to all others holding leases 
under the same circumstances, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Devonportand Stonehouse ;—Liver- 


pool ; —Tynemouth ;—and, Manchester and Salford ; 


praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 


the duties on the import of manufactured Leather, 
and on Boots and Shoes, — were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Brails- 
ford, praying the House to withdraw every kind of 
public support from the College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Maesteg, in the county 
of Glamorgan, praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the great evils inflicted upon the labouring 
classes of the manufacturing districts by the opera- 
tion of the truck system, and to pass a Bill to en- 
force the payment of the labourers in specie, and 
not in kind, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of Seynes, and other fishing 


craft employed in the Pilchard Fishery, in the ba 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a public Meeting 
held in Dublin on the 23d March 1842, stating that 
the Petitioners have learned with indignation that 
the East India directors have refused to the accre- 
dited agent of the deposed Raja of Sattara the ne- 
cessary documents to enable him to prove his mas- 


ter’s innocence; and praying that the House wil 


interpose their authority in order that the said agent 
may be supplied with every document he requires by 
the East India Board, was presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 





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A. 1842, 


| 
| to adopt such measures as will lead to an early, a 
peaceful and a just settlement of the disturbances 
now existing in India and China, and to the imme- 
diate discontinuance of all warlike measures, was 


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


the 23d days of March last, both days 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. 


for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Montrose District of 
Burghs, in the room of Patrick Chalmers, Esquire, 
who, since his election for the said District of Burghs, 
hath accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham, in the county of Buck- 
ingham. 


Copies of the Order of January 1836, desiring re- 
spective Officers to consult with Officers in Com- 
mand in our Colonies, as to the state of the Barracks, 
and as to any Improvements which might be made 
in them :—Of the Report of the respective Officers 
from the West Indies (Barbadoes) :—And, of Ex- 
penditure in the Construction and Repair of Bar- 
racks, in each year since the transfer to the Ordnance 
Department, specifying the Sums spent in our Co- 
lonies. 














|rived from Duties of Customs, Excise and Stamps, 

and from Assessed Taxes (Drawbacks and Payments 
of the like nature deducted, but without deducting 
the Charges of Collection), the estimated Amount 
of all Taxes repealed, expired or reduced, on the 
one hand, and of new Taxes imposed on the other, 
and the actual Increase or Decrease of Revenue, to- 
gether with a Statement of the average Price of 
Wheat, from the London Gazette, in each year, from 
the 5th day of January 1815 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842. 





with Names of Localities where such were formed : 
—Of Names of Requisitionists to Lord Lieutenant ; 
Order of Lord Lieutenant authorizing formation of 
Board; Names and Numbers of Commissioners act- 


, | 7 Y |ing pursuant to said Order ; together with Dates of 
of Newquay, in the county of Cornwall, and of Mer- | gai, P r ' 


chants, Fish-curers, and others interested in the said 
Fishery, praying the House to adopt measures for 
obtainmg a reduction of the duties on British 
Pilchards imported into Naples and Venice, was pre- 


said: Requisition and said Order of Appointment, in 
each Locality respectively :—Of all Monies advanced 
from the Consolidated Fund to said Boards of Health; 
specifying the periods at which said Sums were se- 
verally applied for, and advanced :—Of all Monies 
repaid to the Consolidated Fund, in consideration of 
such Advances; specifying the periods of said Re- 
payments severally, and the Balances, if any, re- 
maining unpaid :—Of all Weekly Reports from the 
Commissioners forming such Boards, during their 
continuance of . power (as required by said Act), to 
the Lord Lieutenant, with the Names of Commis- 
sioners signing such Weekly Reports :—And, of any 
Reports or other Evidence, pursuant to which the 
Lord Lieutenant caused the powers of any such 
Boards to cease ; specifying the Date at which each 
Board consequently ceased to act, and the date of 
the Order to that effect from the Lord Lieutenant. 

The 


l 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Manchester and East India yg 
Salford Auxiliary Peace Society, praying the House China. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- PublicPetitin, 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had (Thirteeng, 
examined the Petitions presented from the 2ist to Bepo) 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Montrose 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ District of 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Barracks, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Revenue, 
Account, showing the Gross Receipt of Revenve de- Taxation, &amp;. 


Ordered That there be laid before this House, Re- Boards of 
turns of Numbers of Boards of Health established Heal (Ire 
since 1818, pursuant to the Act 58 Geo. 3,c. 47, ° 








Copyright 
Registration 
Bill 





Copyright Bill. 


xe, 


Tes 





5 Victroriz. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Copyright 
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. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1, and N° 2, agreed to. 


Cravusz, N° 3 (That the Copyright in every book 
which shall, after the passing of this Act, be pub- 
lished in the lifetime of its author, shall endure for 
the natural life of such author, and for the further 
term of Twenty-five years, commencing at the time 
of his death, and shall be the property of such author 
and his assigns: Provided always, That in no case 
shall the whole term be less than Twenty-eight 
years; and that the Copyright in every book which 
shall be published after the death of its author shall 
endure for the term of Thirty years from the first pub- 
lication thereof, and shall be the property of the pro- 
prietor of the manuscript from which such book shall 
be first published, and his assigns)——read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out the words 
“ and for the further term of Twenty-five years, com- 
“ mencing at the time of his death.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the oo Mahon, 

Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 

Tellers for the } Mr. Macaulay, 

Noes, Mr. William Evans: 


Another Amendment proposed: To insert after the 
word ‘“ author,” the words “ and for the further 
“ term of seven years, commencing at the time of his 
“ death.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Viscount Mahon, 7 

Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: § 

Tellers for the (Mr. Macaulay, 1 

Noes, Mr. William Evans : if 

Another Amendment proposed: To leave out the 
words “ Twenty-eight years,” in order to insert the 
words “ Forty-two years,” instead thereof. 

Question put, ‘That the words “ Twenty-eight 
years ” stand part of the Clause ; 

} 22. 


j 56. 
} 68. 


91. 


33. 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the fMr. Aglionby, 


Yeas, Mr. Wakley: 
Tellers for the (Viscount Mahon, } 101 
Noes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis : , 


Question, That the words “ Forty-two years ” be 
inserted instead thereof,—put, and agreed to. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Magee Mahon, } 96 


Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Wakley, 17 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby: . 


Crause, N° 4 (In cases of subsisting Copyright, 
the extended term to be enjoyed, except when it 
shall belong to an assignee for other consideration 
than natural love and affection; in which case it 
shall cease at the expiration of the present term, 
unless its extension shall be agreed to between the 
proprietor and author) ——read. 

Several Amendments made. 


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165 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Pega aes Mahon, 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis : } - 
Tellers for the {Mr. Wakley, . 
Noes, Mr. Hardy: =. 
Cuavsss, N° 5 to N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Cause, N° 9, agreed to. 
Cuavsz, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 11 to N° 14, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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 20th day of this instant April, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Houses 
reading of the Public Houses Bill ; Bin. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant April. 


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 taking into Railways Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 

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 Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Mutiny Bill. 
reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


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


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


Jovis, 7° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Mr. Greene reported the Corn Importation Bill ; Corn Importa- 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and tion Bill. 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for appointing Commissioners Forged Exche- 
to inquire as to the Issue, Receipt, Circulation and quer Bills Bill. 
Possession of certain Forged Exchequer Bills, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Passengeis Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 





Vou. 97. 


itself into the said Committee. 
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Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


West Coast of 
Africa. 


West India 
Colonies. 


Timber Siips 
Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


No. 147. 


166 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committce. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 22d day of March last, that a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire into the state of the British 
Possessions on the West Coast of Africa, more 
especially with refereice to their present relations 


with the neighbouring native tribes, might be read ; | 


and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Stanley, 
Viscount Sandon, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert 
Harry Inglis, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Forster, 
Sir Thomas Acland, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Charles Buller, 
Mr. Hutt, Captain Fitzroy, the Earl of March, 
Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Courtenay and Mr. 
George William Wood, with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 22d day of March last, that a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire into the state of the different 
West India Colonies, in reference to the existing re- 
lations between employers and labourers, the rate 
of wages, the supply of labour, the system and ex- 
pense of cultivation, and the general state of their 
rural and agricultural economy, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Stanley, 
Mr. Pakington, Viscount Howick, Mr. Godson, Sir 
Eardley Wilmot, Mr. Charles Howard, Sir Charles 
Douglas, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Emerson Tennent, 
Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Bankes, 
Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Barclay and Viscount Chel- 
sea, with Power to send for persons, papers and re- 
cords. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider of prevent- 
ing Ships clearing out from any Port in British 
North America, or in the Settlement of Honduras, 
from loading any part of their cargo of Timber upon 
deck :—-The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
for leave to bring in a Bill for preventing Ships 
clearing out from any Port in British North Ame- 
rica, or in the Settlement of Honduras, from loading 
any part of their Cargo of Timber upon deck. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee to 
make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported, That he was di- 
rected by the Committee to move the House, That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill for preventing Ships 
clearing out from any Port in British North Ame- 
rica, or in the Settlement of Honduras, from loading 
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. Gladstone, Mr. Greene and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for receiving the Report from the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means this day, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill for preventing 
Ships clearing out from any Port in British North 
America, or in the Settlement of Honduras, from 


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A. 1842. 


loading any part of their Cargo of Timber upon 
Deck : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day ; and to 
be printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to regulate the Lrish Fisheries 
Fisheries : And the same was read the first time ; (Ileland) Biy, 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday No. 148, 
next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Mak. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 149, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Mail Steam Mail Stean 
Packets, which were presented yesterday, be printed. Packets. 


No. 150, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Revising Revising 


Barristers, which was presented yesterday, be Battisters, 
printed. No. 151. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer Exchequer Bi, 
Bills (Public Works), which was presented yester- (Public Works) 
day, be printed. No. 152, 


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, 7° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 


T HE Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms attending this Great Marlow 
House, informed the House, That he had taken Flection. 
Richard Gibbons into his custody, pursuant to a War- 

rant of the Chairman of the Great Marlow Election 
Committee. 


Mr. Peck, from the Office of the Commissioners National Debi. 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament, —An Account 
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 Mone 
paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 
National Debt; and the Gross Amount of Annuities 
for Lives, and for Terms of years, which have been 
granted for the same, under the provisions of the 
Acts 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, c. 14, within 
the year ending 5th January 1842 :—An Account 
of the Gross Amount of all Sums received and paid 
by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt, on account of Banks for Savings (in- 
cluding Friendly Societies) in Great Britain and 
Ireland, from their commencement at 6th August 
1817, to the 20th November 1841, inclusive :—Also, 
an Account of all Expenses incurred by the said 
Commissioners for Salaries of Clerks or other Inci- 
dental Charges durmg the preceding year :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Warwick aud 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of eg a 
the Petition for the Warwick and Leamington Union i Sass 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Branch Railway from the London and 
Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, to communicate 
with the towns of Warwick and Leamington, in the 
county of Warwick: And that Mr. Evelyn Shirley 
and Sir John Mordaunt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee London and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the ae 
Petition of Messrs. Dyson and Hall, complaining (Grange Rost 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the Approach) 


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case of the Petition for the London and Croydon 
Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No.2.) Bill, was 
referred ; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. ; elle : 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the London and Croydon Railway Company 
to make an Approach to their Railway, in the parish 
of Saint Mary, Rotherhithe, in the county of Surrey: 
And that Mr. Kemble and Mr. Antrobus do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Victoria Park © Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
Bill, on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Victoria Park Bill, the Standing Orders had 

been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Knightsbridge Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee 

and Kensington oy Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 

Openings Bill. the Knightsbridge and Kensington Openings Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ormesby Petitions of Owners and Occupiers of tenements 
Inclosure Bill. and lands in the parish of Ormesby Saint Michael, 
in the county of Norfolk ;—and, William Manning 
Fellows, of Ormesby Saint Margaret, in the county 
of Norfolk, Farmer, the Occupier of a certain tene- 
ment and farm in the said parish, and John Clowes, 
of Ormesby Saint Margaret aforesaid, Gentleman, 
the Owner of a certain messuage and land in the 


7° Aprilis. 


167 


Petitions from Middlebie ; — Spalding ;— Hol- Cattle, Meat, 
bech ;— Babraham ;—Ickleton ;—County of Dum- *« 
fries;—and, Long Sution; praying fora continuance 
of the existing prohibition on the importation of 
Foreign Cattle, and that the duty on Meat may not 
be reduced,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Hogge, of King’s Lynn, Timber Duties. 
Timber Merchant, praying that the House will be 
pleased to grant an extension of twelve months 
before any reduction of duty on Timber and Deal 
imported from the Baltic comes into operation, to 
enable him to reduce his stock, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Commercial 
Gentry, Merchants, Manufacturers and other Inha- Reforms, &amp;c. 
bitants of the city of Norwich, praying the House 
to afford Her Majesty’s Ministers such support as 
will enable them to carry out the Commercial Re- 
forms and the Financial Measures lately introduced 
into Parliament, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of Seynes and other fishing Pilchara 
craft employed in the Pilchard Fishery in the Bay Fishery. 
of Saint Ives, in the county of Cornwall, and of 
Merchants, Fish-curers and others interested in the 
said Fishery, praying the House to adopt measures 
to obtain a reduction of the duties levied on British 





same parish; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Ormesby 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 themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Standing Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
Orders ; on Standing Orders, several Resolutions: which 
were read, as follow : 


Glasgow and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
nettle. the Glasgow and Three-Mile-House Road Bill, the 
omen’ Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 
—_ end 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
ton Rail- the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill, the Parties be 
; permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
The second Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Bolton and 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
— of the Petition for the Bolton and Preston Railway 
_ Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, might be read ; and the 

same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to facilitate the raising of Capital for the Comple- 
tion of the Bolton and Preston Railway: And that 
Mr, Wilson Patten and Mr. Ainsworth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Masnooth Petitions from Chard ;—and, Barwell-cum-Sta- 
_ pleton ; praying the House to withdraw every kind 
of public support from the College of Maynooth,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


P oor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


fA Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Wel- 
lington Union, in the counties of Somerset and Devon, 
praying the House to introduce such alteration in 
the Poor Law Amendment Act as shall as far as 
possible define the duties of commissioners and 
guardians, and that thereby such discretion may be 
vested in the board of guardians in the administra- 
tion of relief, as from their situation and rank they 
are justly entitled, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 97. 


Pilchards imported into Maples and Venice, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Newcastle-upon- Tyne;—and, South- Coals. 
ern Division of the county of Durham; praying 
that the House will not restrict and weaken the 
foreign trade in Coal, by the imposition of a duty 
on its exportation,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Taunton ;—Canterbury ;—Dovor ; Leather, &amp;c. 
— Worcester ;— Nantwich ; — Congleton ;— Aber- 
gavenny ;— and, Stafford; praying the House not 
to sanction any reduction of duty on the importation 
of manufactured Leather, and on Boots and Shoes, 
— were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ralph Salkeld, of the city of Dur- Great North 
ham, Innkeeper, praying that the Great North of of England 
England Railway Bill may not pass into a law, as Bailway Bill. 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- Northern Union 
cillors of the borough of the city of Durham, (Newcastle 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, Fonction felt 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the way Bil, 
Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junc- 
tion) 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend Two Acts relating to Cheltenbamand 
the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, Great Western 
was read the third time. oe 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ‘ 

Ordered, That Lord Worsley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Kilkenny ;— Castlepollard ;—Mill- Corn Laws. 
wrights in the employ of John Cheetham ;—Man- 
chester (three Petitions) ;—and, Hyde (Chester) ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
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Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Union with 
Ireland, 


Boroughs 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
Election. 


Gloucester City 


Election. 


Great Marlow 
Election. 


Lough Foyle 
(Lower Level) 
Drainage Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
(Upper Level) 
Drainage Bill. 


168 7° Aprilis. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Melrose and sur-| 
rounding district, praying that the Corn Importation 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killimore and Teeranasera ;—and, 
Mallow ; praying for the repeal of the Legislative 
Union of Great Britain with Ireland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Bir- 
mingham, being Commissioners for paving, lighting, 
watching, cleansing and improving the town of Bir- 
mingham, praying that the Boroughs Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, and that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 








Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Mr. Coppock, the Agent for 
William Yardley and another, who petitioned this 
House on the 7th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Shrewsbury, 
that it is not their intention to proceed with their 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a Notice from Mr. Coppock, the Agent 
for Frencis Buchanan Hoare, and another, who 
petitioned this House on the 6th day of September, 
in the last Session of Parliament, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the City of Glou- 
cester, that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition of Alexander Higginson and others, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Great Marlow ; That they had di- | 
rected him to report the following Resolutions : 

Resolved, That in the opinion of this Commit- 
tee, Richard Gibbons has been guilty of wilfully 
giving false evidence in his examination before 
them. 

Resolved, That the Chairman do, by Warrant 
under his hand, commit the said Richard Gibbons 
to the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, to await 
the pleasure of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Richard Gibbons be, for 
his said offence, committed to Her Majesty’s Gaol 
of Newgate, till this House make further Order in 
his case; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rants accordingly. 





A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of 
the Mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Lough Foyle (Lower Level) Drainage Bill, was pre- 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A_ Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of 
the Mystery of Fishmongers of the City of London, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Tough Foyle (Upper Level) Drainage Bill, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A. 1842. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Silver, Vicar Tithes, &amp;». 
|of Charlbury, praying the House to pass an Act for 


preventing the commutation of ‘Tithes without the 
consent of the owner, in cases in which they have 
been bought and sold, or have been possessed by 
an hereditary right, and that changes may not con- 
tinue to be made in Church Property without the 
consent of the convocation of the Clergy, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Longford 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Election, 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Longford, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters, and Statements, which had been 
delivered to them by either Party :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow : 

George William Wood, Esquire, Sir John Hanmer, 
Baronet, Colonel Ferguson, Henry Halford, Esquire, 
Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esquire, William Forbes, 
Esquire ; Chairman, Lord Ashley. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem 
bers were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition, Lists, and Statements 
relative to the Election and Return for the County 
of Longford, be referred to the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for that County. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- guabury 
ral Committee of Elections the names of the Mem- Election. 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Sudbury, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 
And the names of the Committee were read, as 
follow :— 

Granville Harcourt Vernon, Esquire, the Right 
honourable Richard Lalor Sheil, Thomas Dyke 
Acland, Esquire, Alexander Bannerman, Esquire, 
John Pemberton Plumptre, Esquire, Thomas Gill, 
Esquire ; Chairman, Thomas Nicholas Redington, 
Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, Thai the Petition relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Sudbury be referred 
to the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the Hour of One in the afternoon. 


to be passed in reference to the Caledonian Canal, 
provision may be made for securing the privileges 
and regulating the burgh of Inverness, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








Petitions 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Caledonian 
Council of Inverness, praying that in any measure Canal. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretaries of the Hil! Coolies- 
Belfast Anti-Slavery Society, praying the House 
not to sanction any relaxation of the law prohibit- 
ing the exportation of labourers from British India, 


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





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Marriages 
(Ireland. ) 


Coal Mines. 


Lord's Day. 


Waterlov, &amp;c, 
Bridges. 


Warrants of 
Attorney, &amp;c. 


Lord 
Corehouse. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Witts’ Estate 
Bill. 


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Petitions from Magerally ;—and, Belfast (Chair- 
man of a Meeting of the Congregation of Protestant 
Dissenters of the Independent denomination) ; pray- 
ing the House to pass an Act rendering valid all 
Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter be 
solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in Ireland, 
between parties, one of whom is a member of the 
Established Church, and the other a protestant 
dissenter,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Poynton and other places ;—Fair- 
bottom ;— Oldham ;—and, Lees; praying the House 
to adopt measures for preventing the employment 
of females in Coal Minmes,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Presbytery of Penpont, praying the House to adopt 
measures to prevent the running of trains for mails 
and passengers on the Railways in Scotland on the 
Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Residents and 
Traders of the south and south-eastern district of the 
parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, praying the House to 
adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing 
the tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall 
Bridges, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
A Return of the number of Warrants of Attorney 





and Cognovits, and Copies of Warrants of Attorney 
and Cognovits, which have been filed and registered 
under the Act 3 Geo. 4, c. 39, between the Ist day 
of January 1838 and the 31st day of December 
1841; distinguishing each year. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Correspondence respecting the Resignation of 
the late Lord Corehouse, formerly a Judge in the 
Supreme Court of Scotland, and now retired on a 
pension for life, as the same was circulated by the 
said Lord Corehouse and the late Lord Advocate for 
Scotland, and was by them sent to many Members 
of both Houses of Parliament :-— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 

and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for vesting certain Freehold Messuages, Fee Farm 
Rents, and Hereditaments, respectively situate and 
arising in the City of London, devised and settled 
by the Will of Broome Witts, Esquire, deceased, in 
Trustees, for Sale, and for laying out the Monies to 
be produced by such Sale in the Purchase of other 
Estates, to be settled in the same manner ; and also 
for enabling the Trustees, as to some of such Mes- 
suages and Hereditaments, in the meantime, and 


' until Sale thereof, to grant Leases thereof for the 


Lird 
Corehouse. 


Petitions 
‘zaiust Taxes; 


Term of Twenty-one years, or, in order that the same 
may be repaired, rebuilt, or improved, for a longer 
period ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That there 





be laid before this House, a Copy of the Corres- 
pondence respecting the Resignation of the late Lord 
Corehouse, formerly a Judge in the Supreme Court 
of Scotland, and now retired on a pension for life, 
as the same was circulated by the said Lord Core- 
house and the late Lord Advocate for Scotland, and 
was by them sent to many Members of both Houses 
of Parliament :—The said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the practice of this House which pre- 
Vou. 97. 





7°—8° Aprilis. 169 


cludes the presentation of Petitions upon the sub- 


ject of any Tax or Duty under its consideration, be 


discontinued ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby: 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 136 


Yeas, Mr. Charles Buller : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 167 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: , 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Payment of 
Maesteg, relative to the practice of paying Wages in Wages. 


Goods, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Corn Importa- 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws *™ Bill. 


for the Importation of Corn ; 

And the Question being proposed, That the Bill 
be now read the third 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 
“ inasmuch as this House has repeatedly declared, 
“ by its Votes and the Reports of its Committees, 
“ that it is beyond the power of Parliament to re- 
“ gulate the wages of labour in this country, it is 
inexpedient and unjust to pass a law to regulate, 
with a view to raise unnaturally, the prices of 
“ food,” 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 {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: ’ 
Tellers for the) Mr. Cobden, 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton : } 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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“ 


36. 
86 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

‘The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the( Mr. Henley, 

Yeas, \LMr. Blewitt : \ - 
Tellers for the{ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : } aie 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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 {Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } em. 
Tellers for theJ Dr. Bowring, 
Noes, Mr. Blewitt: } won 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 


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


Veneris, 8° die Aprilis, 1842: 


An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider, (Importation of Flour 
from any foreign country, or British possession out 
of Europe, not to commence and take effect until 
from and after the expiration of six calendar months 
from the passing of this Act):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

z And 


Australia and 
New Zealand 
Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Colonial 
Passengers Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill. 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Witts’ Estate 
Bill. 


170 


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 Foreign or Co- 
lonial Flour in bond, unfit for human food, be per- 
mitted to be taken out of bond, for use in the manu- 
facture of cotton and other goods, upon payment of 
a duty of one penny by the hundred weight) :—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, (Wheat purchased at 
less than one-third of the highest price in the mar- 
ket not to be included in the weekly returns) :— 
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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Australia and New Zealand Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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. Greene 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 Colonial Passengers Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 18th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Timber Ships Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


A Petition of John Reau, of Mark-lane, in the 
city of London, Wine Merchant, praying that he 
may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the London and Blackwall 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. 


Witts’ Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


7°-—8° Aprilis. 





fleet Hall, in the parish of Herringfleet, 





A, 1842. 











Veneris, 8° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law Gitbery, 
Commissioners, was called in, and at the bar Unions, &amp;, 


presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 22d day 


of March last, for Returns of each Parish and 


Township in England and Wales in which the Poor 


are managed under the provisions of the Act 22 
Geo. 3, c. 83, commonly called Gilbert’s Act; dis- 


tinguishing whether incorporated in any Union, or 


governed separately ; and stating the Population of 
each Parish or Township, and of each Union respec- 
tively, according to the last Census; and also 
according to the Census of 1831 :—And, of each 
Parish and Township subject to the provisions of 
any Local Act for the Management of its Poor, with 
the Amount of Population, according to the last 
Census; and also according to the Census of 1831: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Leaver, from the Office of the Six Clerks in Plymouth 
Chancery, was called in; and at the bar presented, Breakwater, 
pursuant to Order,—A Copy of Letters Patent for 
England, on the subject of the Breakwater in Ply- 
mouth Sound, granted to Joseph Needham Tayler, 
dated 4th July 1838, with the grounds on which the 


Patent was granted :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to facilitate Arrangements con- stanhope ani 
sequent upon the Dissolution of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad 
Tyne Railroad Company, and to incorporate some Company Bill. 
of the Proprietors, for the purpose of continuing the 
Working of a Part of the Railway belonging to the 
said Company, was read the third time. 

Resolved, 'That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Liddell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill was read a Forth and 
second time, and committed. Clyde Naviga- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- "™" _ 

mittee of Selection. 


The Glasgow Police (No.3.) Bill was read a second Glasgow Police 
time, and committed. (No. 3.) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The City of Glasgow Life Assurance and Rever- City of Glasgow 
sionary Company Bill was read a second time, and ps nt 
4 n Vv = 
committed. ary Company 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads Bill was Cambustang 
read a second time, and committed. and Muirkirk 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- *s Bi! 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ross and Cromarty Court Houses Bill was Ross and 


read a second time, and committed. comets 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- p31" 


mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of John Francis Leathes, of Herring- Yarmouth. 
in the and Norwich 


county of Suffolk, praying that he may be heard, by Railway Bil. 


himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Yarmouth and Norwich 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 re 

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Croyd 
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171 


Petitions from Elgin;—Clonmeesh ;—Llanfyrog ; Maynooth 
—Weyhill ; —Winsham ;— Earnley ; —Stew sf ,— College 
lan- 


ubberston ; — 
Llanfechan ;— Salisbury ;—_Dudley ;— Milford (Car- 
low) ;—Southgate ;—.Potton ;—and, Bristol; pray- 
ing the House to withdraw every kind of public 


| support from the College of Maynooth,—were pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Metropolis ;—and, Halifazx ; Leather, &amp;c. 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on the importation of curried Leather, nor on 
foreign made Boots and Shoes,--were presented, 


Petitions of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Coals. 
Navigation Company ;—and, Owners or Proprietors 
of steam shipping residing at Bristol; praying that 
in any measure to be passed for levying duty on 
Coal exported from Great Britain in British ves- 
| sels, all Coal exported in British ships for the use 
of steamers navigating under the British flag may 
| be declared exempt from duty, as heretofore,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 








A Petition of the Chairman of the East Kent Fresh Fruit. 
Fruit Growers’ Committee, praying the House not 


to sanction any reduction of duty on the importa- 
tion of Fresh Fruit, was presented, and read; and 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- poor Law 
dians of the Poor of the West Derby Union, in the Amendment 
county of Lancaster, praying for alteration of the Poor 4“ 

Law Amendment Act, so far as regards Bastardy, and 
the relief and removal of Irish paupers, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bury, and its neigh- financial 
bourhood, in the county of Lancaster, praying that Policy. 
the House will favourably entertain and carry out, 
with as little delay as possible, the Financial Policy 
of Her Majesty’s Government, was presented, and 


Petitions from Whitehaven and other places ;— timber Duties. 
Newport (Monmouth) ;—and, Bideford and Barn- 
staple; praying for an equalization of the Duties 
payable on every description of Timber imported 
into this country and the Isle of Man respectively, 
| —were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


| A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of Merchant 
South Shields, praying the House to pass an Act Seamen. 
making their wages for labour due unto them 
although their voyage should not be performed, 

ear ; ; 

‘owing to unavoidable shipwreck, over which they 

have no control, was presented, and read; and 





A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of 
| South Shields, praying the House to give instant 
effect to the Report of the Select Committee on Mer- 
chant Seamen in 1840, by passing a Bill without 
delay, in order that the payments from the Merchant 
Seamen’s Funds may be equal to the Petitioners and 
to all seamen, when the Petitioners or such seamen 
become recipients thereof, or are entitled so to be, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 








Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined (Fourteenth 
the Petitions presented from the 4th to the 6th days Report) 


if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 
- Colaton Rawley ;— Munslow ;— Abbeydore ;— 
Warrick and © Sir John Mordaunt presented a Bill for making a | gum ; — Llanelidan ; -— Terling; — 
Yeamingtot ~ Branch Railway from the London and Birmingham 
Union Railway pailway, at Coventry, to communicate with the 
- Towns of Warwick and Leamington, in the County 
of Warwick: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Jondon and Mr. Kemble presented a Bill to enable the London 
Croydon and Croydon Railway Company to make an Ap- 
Railway Road proach to their Railway in the Parish of Saint Mary, 
aa Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey: And the 
(No. 2.) Bill. same was read the first time; and ordered to be | and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
read a second time. 
Bolton and Mr. Ainsworth presented a Bill to facilitate the 
Preston Rail- yaising of Capital for the Completion of the Bolton 
wy and Preston Railway: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Inchbelly A Petition of Trustees on the Road from Glasgow, 
(Glasgow) = hy Garngad, to Provan Mill, and commonly called 
Roads Bill. the Garngad Road Trustees, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | Table. 
against certain parts of the Inchbelly (Glasgow) 
Roads 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, ordered to lie upon the Table. 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Belfast and A Petition of John Octavius Glover, of Living- 
nd Cavehill Rail- shaves, in the county of Devon, praying that the 
cad vey (Road nd Belfast and Cavehill Railway (Road and Shipping- 
Bill. Ipping-piace ; : 5 
Bill place) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Cattle, Meat, Petitions from Alexander Whyte, and others ;-— 
ke. County of Kincardine;—John Stuart Forbes and 
others ;—Leochel-Cushnie;—County of Forfar; — 
Stamford ;— Bassington ;—and, Aberdeen (twenty- 
four Petitions); praying for a continuance of the 
existing prohibition on the importation of Foreign | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
at Cattle, and that the duty on Meat and on all other 
Agricultural productions may not be reduced,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered tolieuponthe Table. 
~' Post-horse A Petition of Postmasters of Lancaster, praying 
, Duty. for a reduction of the Duty on Post Horses, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. \the Table. 
sgow Education Petitions from Ballycommon ;—Donagheady ;— 
ance (Ireland. and, Ardrahan ; praying the House to devise means 
nay for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
. nection with the Church Education Society for Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
A ne A Petition of Owners of property, Inhabitants | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
' (No. 2) Bill and Rate-payers of the parish of Edgbaston, in the 
borough of Birmingham, praying that the Boroughs 
Improvement (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
” Buildings Petitions from Edgbaston ;—William Inge ;—and, 
ge Richard Birley; praying that the Buildings Regu- 
No.2.) Bill. Jation 8 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and referred } 
- to the Select Cantiiiinn on the Bill. a 
Boroughs A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of propert 
mprov °43 ° 
( eeagell within the borough of Derby cima to the ti 
Rings rate, praying that the Boroughs Improvement (No.2.); 
(Ne. 2.) Bills and, Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bills, may not 





pass into law, as they now stand, was presented, 


and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bills. 


Vou. 97, 


of this instant April, both days 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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Hawkers’ 
Licenses. 


Straw Plait. 


Property Tax. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill, &amp;c. 


Corn Laws. 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Marriages 
(Irelanc.) 


Benefit Build- 
ing Societies. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


172 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Dur- 
ham, praying for the repeal of the duty on Hawkers’ 
Licenses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Hinds, Tuscan Straw-plait 
and Bonnet Manufacturer, Haverhill, praying the 
House not to sanction any reduction of duty on the 
importation of Tuscan Straw-plait and on manu- 
factured Hats and Bonnets, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons en- 
gaged in professions and trades in the Metropolis, 
against the Property Tax, being offered to be pre- 
sented to the House ; 

Mr. Speaker stated, that it was contrary to the 

ractice and usage of the House to receive the said 
Petition, and that the House had yesterday nega- 
tived the Question then proposed, “ That the prac- 
tice of this House, which precludes the presentation 
of Petitions upon the subject of any Tax or Duty 
under its consideration, be discontinued ;” and the 
honourable Member who had offered the Petition, 
persisting in moving, That the Petition be brought 
up ; and the said Motion being seconded ; 

Mr. Speaker proposed the Question, That the 
Petition be brought up:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 





A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in| 
the neighbourhood of Newbury, praying the House | 
to reject the Corn Importation Bill, and not to sanc- | 
tion any alteration in the Duties affecting the impor- 
tation of cattle and provisions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ribchester ;— Manchester (five Pe- 
titions) ;—and, Bishop Auckland; praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Meath ;—and, Trim; praying the 
House to adopt measures for encouraging the im- 
portation of Grain in preference to Flour and Meal, 
—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Merchants trading 
at and from the several sea-port towns of Brighton, 
Shoreham, Newhaven, Lewes, Worthing, Littlehamp- 
ton, Arundel and Chichester, praying that the House 
will repeal altogether, or cause to be reduced, the 
duty now levied on policies of Marine Insurance, 


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


Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the diocese of Dublin and 
Glandelagh, praying the House to take into consi- 
deration the uncertain state of the Marriage Laws 
as they now exist in Jrelund, and to apply a remedy, 


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


Two Petitions from South Shields, praying for the 
amendment of the Act 7 Will. 4, tor the Regulation 
of Benefit Building Societies,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


8° Aprilis. 








A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Provost, Magis- Caledonia, 
trates and Town Council of Inverness, relative to the Canal, 


Caledonian Canal, which was presented yesterday, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the Cale- 
donian Canal. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Excise ang 
Return of the Number of Licenses granted by the 5p Licens 


Excise Commissioners, or by the Commissioners of 
the Stamp Office, distinguishing the Number of 
each kind, and the Amount of Revenue derived from 
each. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising Of Adjournmex, 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Newry 
received a Notice from Mr. Charles Eiche, the Agent Fleetion, 


for Sir John Milley Doyle, who petitioned this House 
on the 6th day of September in the last Session of 
Parliament, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Newry, that it is not his 
intention to proceed with his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Ways and 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and Means 


Means ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
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, 
“ 
rity, that the deficiency of Income to meet the 
Expenditure of the country, may be estimated, 
for the years ending the 5th day of April 1842, 
“ at two million three hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds, and on the 5th day of April 1843, at two 
million five hundred and sixty-nine thousand 
“ pounds :—That this House is fully sensible of the 
evil of a continued inadequacy of the Public In- 
come to meet the Public Charges, and will take 
effectual measures for averting the same in future 
years :—That, by a judicious alteration of the 
“ Duties on Corn, by a reduction of the prohibitory 
Duty on Foreign Sugar, and an adjustment of the 
“ Duties on Timber and Coffee, the advantage of a 
moderate price to the community may be com- 
bined with an increased Revenue to the State: 
—That, in addition to those main articles of general 
consumption, the interests of trade will be pro- 
moted by the repeal or reduction of various pro- 
“ hibitory and differential Duties, and that extended 
commerce will improve the Revenue, while it gives 
employment to industry :—That the amount of 
Taxes taken off, or reduced, from the termination 
of the last war to the end of the year 1836, ex- 
clusive of the Tax on Income, may be stated in 
«“ round numbers at Twenty-three million eight hun- 

dred and seventy-three thousand pounds :—-That the 

Income Tax, having been first imposed in a period 

of extreme emergency, and during a most perilous 
“war, was repealed on the re-establishment of 

peace, and having been again imposed on the 
renewal of war, was again repealed in 1816 on the 
“ termination of hostilities :—That, considering the 
various means of supplying the present deficiency, 
“ without enhancing the price of the necessaries of 
“ life, or embarrassing trade, it is the Opinion of 
“ this House that the renewal of a Tax, inquisito- 
rial in its character, unequal in its pressure, and 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol and its vicinity, 
praying for the exclusion of Roman Catholics from 


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


Ordered, That Mr. Cresswell have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of ill health. 





“ which has hitherto been considered as the financial 
“ reserve of the Nation in time of war, is not called 
for by public necessity, and is therefore not ad-- 
‘“¢ visable,” 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 





it has been stated to this house, on official autho- 7, y ation. 





W: 


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5 Victroriz. 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day ,being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 5 

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


Supply 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Bill reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


5°—9°—11° Aprilrs. 


173 


cuting extra Works, with the Specifications and 
Statement of Prices (if any), and of any Written 
Orders for extra Works given by Mr. Wilkinson to 
the Contractor :—Of Mr. Wilkinson’s Report on the 
Castle Derg Union Workhouse to the Poor Law 
Commissioners, and of the Reports of Messrs. Lea- 
son and Ryan ; of the Account for extra Works and 
Fittings sent in by the Contractor, with the Deduc- 
tions made from it by Mr. Wilkinson; of Mr. 
Keane’s Report on the Workhouse, and of Mr. 
Wilkinson’s Observations on it, with the Reply of 
the Board of Guardians of the Castle Derg Union : 
—Of any Notice served on the Contractor by the 
Poor Law Commissioners, and of any Notice served 
on the Poor Law Commissioners by the Contractor, 
with Dates:—Of the Letter of the Chairman and 
Vice Chairman of the Castle Derg Board of Guar- 
dians of the 2d day of April £841, addressed to the 
Poor Law Commissioners, on the state of the Union 
Workhouse, with the Reply of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners of the 14th day of April 1841, and the 
subsequent Communications on the same subject 
between the Commissioners and the Guardians :— 
And, of any Memorials addressed to his Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by the Castle Derg 
Board of Guardians, on the subject of the Castle 
Derg Union Workhouse, with the Answers :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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








indemnity Bill Mr. Greene 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 Mon- 
day next. 

Timber Ships = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
-™ mittee on the Timber Ships Bill ; 


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


Population of 


Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address, 
Stockport. 


to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Evidence taken, 
and Report made by the Commissioners sent to 
inquire into the state of the Population of Stockport. 

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


Rural Police 


(Norfolk) Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 


Address to Her Majesty,—Copies ofall Letters and 


Communications that have passed between the! Ports, as compared with the 


Secretary of State for the Home Department, the | 
Chief Constable or any Magistrate of the county of 
Norfolk or city of Norwich, from October last to 
the present time, relative to the conduct of the Rural 
Police of that county in the apprehension of a man 
of the name of Smith, on a charge of Vagrancy. 

“ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 

able. 





Jacob Owen, 
Esquire. 
No. 153. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Jacob Owen, 


printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


National Debt. 
No. 154. 


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, 11° die Aprilis ;. 
Anno, 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
_ om R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
— Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of Mr. Wil- 
kinson’s Estimate for the Castle Derg Union Work- 


house, of the Contract for building it, and for exe- 
VoL. 97. 





Mr. Bailey, Curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, goane’s 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant Museum. 
to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A State- 
ment of the Funds of the Museum of the late Sir 
John Soane, on the 5th January 1842 :—And then 
he withdrew. 
| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


\ 


| 
‘and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— and Culm. 
| Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
— shipped at the several Ports of England, 
| Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
'the United Kingdom, in the year 1841 ; distin- 
| guishing the Quantity shipped at each of the said 
year 1840:—Of the 


Mr. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called in ; Coals, Cinders, 


Quantities and declared Value of Coals, Cinders 
and Culm exported from the several Ports of Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, to Foreign Countries 
and the British Settlements abroad, in the year 
1841; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same were sent, and comparing the same with the 
ear 1840; also distinguishing the Ports of the 
United Kingdom from which the same were shipped : 
—Of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the United Kingdom in the year 


Esquire, which was presented upon Monday last, be | 1841,with the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :— 
| And, of the Quantities of Coals brought Coastways 


and by Inland Navigation into the Port of London 
during the year 1841, comparing the same with the 
Quantities brought during the year 1840. 

An Account of the Quantity of Coals exported Coals. 
from the United Kingdom in each year, from the 
5th day of January 1828 to the 5th day of January 





1842; specifying the Ports of Shipment, and the 
Countries to which the Coals were sent. 

A Return of the Number of Tons of Coals shipped Cuals. 
to Foreign Countries in the year 1841; specifying 
the Quantities shipped in British Vessels, and the 
Quantities shipped in Foreign Vessels to each 
country respectively :—Also, a similar Return of 
the Quantities exported during the same period to 
the British Possessions abroad. 

Copies of the Correspondence that has taken Mail Convey. 
place between the Post-office Authorities and the °° 
Grand Junction Railway Company, relative to the 
Conveyance of the Mails from Crewe to Chester 
one Birkenhead, 

z3 





A Return 


Annuities. 


Hops. 


Hop Excisemen. 


Malt. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Sale of Beer. 


Glass. 





174 


A Return of all Terminable Annuities payable by 
Government, the Dates and Sums of such Annuities, | t é 
and the Amounts which will expire in each year ; | the United Kingdom in the two years ended the 5th 


! 


also the Number and Amounts of Annuities granted | 
and still payable on Lives. 

Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land 
in Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops, in 
the year 1841; distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish:—Of the Duty on Hops of the 
growth of the year 1841; 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 
1841 to the 5th day of January 1842; distinguish- 
ing the Countries to which the same have been ex- 
ported, 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 1841 to the 5th day of January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing the Ports where imported, and the 
Countries from whence exported. 

Return to an Order dated the 9th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Persons ap- 
pointed as Hop Excisemen and Assistants, in the 
year 1841, stating their Names, their usual Places 
of abode and Occupation, the District and County 
for which appointed, and the Total Sums of Money 
paid to each. 

An Account of the Total Number of Quarters of 
Malt made, between the 5th day of January 1841 
and the 5th day of January 1842, in the United 





11° Aprils. 





A. 1842. 


also, of the Quantities of Foreign Window Glass, 
German Sheet Glass, and Plate Glass, exported from 


day of January 1842 ; 


distinguishing the Countries 
to which sent. 


Returns of the Number of Ships laden with Fo- Corn-laden 
reign Corn entered inwards at the Ports of the Ships. 
United Kingdom, between the 5th day January 1841 
and the 5th day of January 1842; specifying the 
Kinds and Quantities of Corn, the Ports of lading 
and the Ports of discharge ; and whether in Ships of 
the United Kingdom or any other Nation, and to 
what Nation they belonged. 


Returns of the Quantities of Salted Beef and Salted 
Pork imported into and re-exported from the United Provisions. 
Kingdom, in each year, from the 5th day of January 
1834 to the 5th day of January 1842; specifying 
the Countries whence the same were imported, and 
to what Country the same were re-exported :—And, 
of the Number of Bonds passed under the Act 3 
and 4 Will. 4, c. 57, s. 42, for the Exportation of 
Salted Provisions at the various Ports of the United 
Kingdom, distinguishing the Ports; and of the Cer- 
tificates of landing at the Port of Destination of 
said Provisions. 


Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of March Imports and 
last, for a Return of the Official and Declared Value el 
of the Imports into, and the Exports from the dif- ae 
ferent Scottish Ports, from 1824 to the latest period 
at which the Accounts are made up :—And then he 
withdrew. 





Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Kingdom ; distinguishing the Quantity made in| Table. 
each Country, and the Quantity used by Brewers | 


and Victuallers and Retail Brewers. 

An Account of the Number of Persons in each 
of the several Collections in the United Kingdom 
licensed 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, particularizing 
each Class in each Collection, from the 5th day of 
January 1841 to the 5th day of January 1842. 

An Account showing the Number of Licenses 
granted for the Sale of Beer by Retail in the year 
1841, and a corresponding Account for the year 
1839 ; distinguishing Licenses granted in London 
and in the Country, and those for the Sale of Beer 
to be consumed on the Premises, and for the Sale 
of Beer not to be consumed on the Premises. 


; nee : : | 
Returns of the Quantities of Glass retained for 


Home Use, and of the Quantities exported, for each 
year, ending the 5th day of January 1841 and the 


5th day of January 1842 :—Of the Amount of Duty | 
charged and Drawback paid on each description of 
Glass in England; distinguishing the Quantities | 


and Weight, Rate of Duty and of Drawback, and 


the Amount in each year, ending the 5th day of 


January 1841 and the 5th day of January 1842; 
distinguishing the Duty paid from the 5th day of 
January 1841 to the 5th day of July 1841, from 
that paid from the 5th day of July 1841 tothe 5th 
day of January 1842:—Similar Returns for Ire- 


land :—Similar Returns for Scotland :—Returns of 


the Amount of Drawback or Allowance on Glass 
for the use of Churches, &amp;c., in each year, ending 


the 5th day of January 1841 and the 5th day of 


January 1842 :—&lt;And, of the Quantities of each kind 
of Glass exported to Ireland, in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1841 and the Sth day of Ja- 


nuary 1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper | 


No. 419, of Sess. 1839) :—And, an Account of the 
Quantities of Window Glass, German Sheet Glass, 
and Plate Glass, imported and entered for Home 
Consumption in the United Kingdom, in the two 
years ended the 5th day of January 1842, with the 
Rates and Amount of Duty received thereon ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries from which imported ; 





| Mr. Hawes, from the Select Committee appointed Wigan 


| to try and determine the matter of the Petition of Election. 
| Charles Standish, Esquire, and Charles Pascoe 
| Grenfell, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
_and Return for the Borough of Wigan, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 
That Peter Greenall, Esquire, was duly elected a 
| Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
| Borough of Wigan. 
That Thomas Bright Crosse, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Wigan. 
| That Charles Standish, Esquire, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
| Wigan. 
| Mr. Hawes also informed the House, That the 
|Committee had altered the poll taken at the last 
| Election for the said Borough, by striking off the 
/names of John Austen, Edward Beesley, Henry 
| Mawdesley, William Corless, John Stringfellow, 
Thomas Worthington, Peter Moon, Robert Ball, 
junior, John Farrimond, John Jackson, John Kirby, 
Edward Horsman, Matthew Lowe, Peter Dorning, 
Christopher Blades, John Alker, Robert Jump, 
Henry Cook, Thomas Lyon, John Dickenson, Wil- 
liam Cooper, Thomas Barton, Ellis Rigby, William 
Barlow, Robert Dickenson, John Rylance, Ralph 
Woodcock, William Sizer Barker, William Pearson, 
Joseph Harrison, William Lea, Edward Scott, Ed- 
ward Wardell, John Heyes, Richard Peck, James 
Workman, Ralph Unsworth, Thomas Gilbertson, 
| Edward Jones, John Robinson, George Rich, Peter 
| Latham, Thomas Howarth, James Sutton, John Part 
and Edward Wiswall, as not having had a right to 
_ vote at such 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 CWP toca, 
Borough of Wigan, and amend the same, by rasing _ 
out the name of Thomas Bright Crosse, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of Charles Standish, Esquire, 
instead thereof. 








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5 Vicroriz. 


Sir John Yarde Buller, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of Alexander Higginson, and others, com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Tenet of Great Marlow, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 


Great Marlow 
Election. 


11° Aprilis. 





That Sir William Robert Clayton, Baronet, was | 
not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the Borough of Great Marlow. 

That Renn Hampden, Esquire, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve | 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Great | 
Marlow. 

Sir John Yarde Buller also informed the House, 
That the Committee had altered the poll taken at 
the last Election for the said Borough, by striking 
off the names of William Barton, Samuel Barnes, 
Edward Newell, Joseph Harper, Michael Redmond, 
John Harris, James Giles, William Sharp, Thomas 
Corby, junior, Jason Povey, Peter Brown and Wil- 
liam Plumridge, as not having had a right to vote at 
such 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 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
amend Rew. Borough of Great Marlow, and amend the same by 

rasing out the name of Sir William Robert Clayton, 
Baronet, and inserting the name of Renn Hampden, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 





Clerk of the 
Crown to 








Stockton and § The Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill was 
Hartlepool += read a second time; and committed. 
Railway Bil. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Dundee and The Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill was read 
7 a second time ; and committed. 
— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Great North A Petition of John Henry Marshall, of the city 
ts ag of Durham, Attorney at Law, praying that he may 
ye 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. 
Borntisland The Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and 
ee ‘ Road Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Rood Bil Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Saltcoats The Saltcoats Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Northern Union 


: A Petition of John Harrison, of Greenwich, in the 
(Newcastle and 


Dartington COUNty of Kent, Esquire, Henry Pascoe Smith, of 
Juaction) Raile Hall Garth, in the county of Durham, Esquire, 
way Bill. 


and Sarah Elizabeth, his Wife, and William James 
Wattsford, of Greenwich aforesaid, Esquire, and 
Jane, his Wife, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Northern Union (Newcastle and Dar- 
ington 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. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of South 
Shields, praying that the said Bill may pass into 
a law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 97. 





175 


A Petition of Commissioners and Mortgagees Yarmouth 
under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed 224 Norwich 
in the fiftieth year of the reign of his Majesty King ies 
George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for building a 
Bridge over the River Wensum, in the City of Nor- 
wich, to the Hamlet of Thorpe, in the County of the 
said City, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 


‘of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Peiition 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 Philip Davies Cook, of Gwasanney, Holywell Roads 
in the county of Flint, Esquire, praying that he may B#. 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Holywell Roads Bili, was pre- 
sented, 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. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Kings- Kingsclere_ 
clere Union, in the county of Southampton, praying !closure Bill. 
that the Kingsclere Inclosure Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Paving Com- Equitable Gas 
mittee of the parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, Compary Bill. 
and Saint George, Bloomsbury, in the county of 
Middlesex, praying that he may be heard, by his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Equit- 
able Gas Company 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. 


The Aberdeenshire Roads Bill was read a second Aberdeenshire 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Carlow Road Bill was read a second time ; Carlow 
and committed. Road Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Provost, Bailies and Councillors Cambuslang 
of the royal burgh of Rutherglen ; — and, William lien ag 
Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, Trustee for the ; 
Right honourable James Alexander Stewart Mack- 
enzie, some time Governor of Ceylon, and now Go- 
vernor of the lonian Islands, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Cambuslang and Muir- 
kirk Roads 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 Inhabitants of county of Lanark, Glasgow Police 
Members of the Old Monkland, Barony, Rothwell (N° 2) Bill 
and Cadder Farming Society, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow Police (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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 








z4 A Petition 
















Piel Pier and 
Harbour Biil. 


Northern Union 
ea and 

arlington 
Junction) Rail- 
way Bill, 


Wrexham 
Road Bill. 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 


_ way (Road and Shipping-place) Bill was read a second time ; and 
Shipping-place) committed. 
Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;c. 


Corn Laws. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Leather, &amp;-. 


Dog Carts. 


Oaths, 


176 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants and Under- 
writers of the town of Liverpool, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Piel Pier and Harbour 
Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Great North of Eng- 
land Railway Bill in Session 1838, be referred to 
the Committee on the Northern Union (Newcastle 
and Darlington Junction) Railway Bill. 





The Wrexham Road Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Belfast and Cavehill Railway (Road and 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Drumbo ;—Dunsfort ; —District of 
Christ Church, in the dioceses of Down and Connor ; 
— Tempo district, in the parish of Enniskillen ;—and, 
Belfast ; praying the House to devise means for 
affording encouragement to the Schools in connec- 
tion with the Church Education Society for Ireland, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from West Wickham ;— Hildersham ;— 
Castle Camps ;—Carlton ;—Chairman of the New- 
market Farmers’ Monthly Meeting ;—Londonderry ; 
—Querndon ; — Elsenham ; — Little Sampford ;— 
Richkling ; — Wimbish ; — Helion’s Bumpstead ; — 
Great Bardfield;—Steeple Bumpstead ; — Stansted 
Mountfitchet ; —Litile Bardfield ;—Takeley ;— Ber- 
den; —Broxted ; —Hadstock ; —Wenden Lofts ;— 
Little Chesterford ;— Roscommon ;—Stockbridge ;— 
Nathaniel Eden, of Norton Grounds ;—and, Owners 
and Occupiers of land attending Faringdon Market ; 
praying that the prohibition of the importation of 
Cattle may be continued, and that no reduction 
may be made in the protecting duties heretofore 
charged on Meat and on all other agricultural pro- 
ductions,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Globe-lane, Bethnal Green ; — 
Bridport ;—and, Manchester (ten Petitions) ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers, Labourers and others re- 
siding in the parish of Kirtling, praying that the 
Corn Importation Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Greenwich ; — Woolwich ; —LZan- 
caster ;— Gloucester ;-—Saint Andrew’s, Holborn ;— 
Ashton-under-Lyne ; —Monmouth ;-—Stockport (two 
Petitions) ;—Newport (Monmouth) ;--and, Newry ; 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on the importation of manufactured Leather, 
and on Boots and Shoes,-—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and others attending Ayles- 
bury market, praying that the Act passed for the 
prevention of the use of Dog Carts in the metropolis 
and its vicinity, may be extended to the country at 


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


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 


Protestant Dissenters of the Independent denomi- 
nation at Stourbridge, praying the House to concede 


11° Aprilis. 








A. 1842. 


to all persons of the Independent, Baptist or other 
religious denominations conscientiously objecting to 
the use of Oaths, the privilege of making Affirmation, 
as at present enjoyed by Christians of the three de- 
nominations, Quakers, Moravians and Separatists, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;—and, Vale of Leven ; Commercial 
praying the House to adopt and enact with all prac- Reforms, &amp;¢. 
ticable expedition, the Commercial and Financial 
measures of Her Majesty’s government,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and Kingsclere 
houses, and other Inhabitants of the parish of Kings- Inclosure Bill, 
clere, in the county of Southampton, praying that 

they may be heard, by their counsel, against certain 

parts of the Kingsclere Inclosure 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. 


Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Gorbals Police 
on Petitions for Private Bills; and to whom the (%*?,) 
Petition of Messrs. Richardson and Connell, com- 
plaining of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, 

in the case of the Petition for the Gorbals Police 

(No. 2.) Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Orders 

had been complied with. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That leave be given to bring in a 

Bill for regulating the Police, and paving, cleansing 

and lighting the Streets of the Town or Barony of 
Gorbals, in the county of Lanark, and Grounds 
adjacent, and for other purposes relating thereto ; 

An Objection was taken to any further Proceed- 

ing, the Petition for the Bill not having been signed 

by any Parties suitors for the Bill, but only by 
persons stating themselves to be the agents for such 
Parties. 

And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving and im- Ely-place 
proving the liberty of Saffron-hill, in the county — 
of Middlesex, praying that they may be heard, by ~~ 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Ely-place Improvement Bill, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from South Shields ;—and, Sunderland ; Benefit Build- 
praying for the amendment of the Act passed in the ing Societies. 
7th year of King William the Fourth, for the regu- 

lation of Benefit Building Societies,-—-were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dublin ;-- Swansea, Neath and Coals. 
Port Talbot ;—North and South Shields ; -- and, 
Owners of Radcliffe Colliery, Warkworth; praying 
the House not to sanction any duty on the export 
of Coals,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


younger, of King’s Lynn, Timber Merchants, pray- 
ing that such an extension of time previous to any 
alteration of the Duties on Timber may be allowed 
as will enable them and others engaged in the trade 
to dispose of their present stock, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Cork, Ministers’ 
praying for the abolition of the tax called Ministers’ Money 
Money, as regards Catholics and Dissenters in Ire- 


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


(Ireland ) 








A Petition 


A Petition of Francis Hulton and Lionel Self the timber Duties 


Imp 
&amp;c. 


Lice 
Vict 
(Ire 


Ma 
Col 


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jild- 
es. 


uties 


Import Duties, 
&amp;e. 


Licensed 
Victuallers 
(Ireland.) 


Church Rates. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Property Tax. 


London and 
Dublin Com. 
munication. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Taxation. 


5 Vicrort2. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Cork,|‘ 
praying for reduction of the Import Duties on seve-| ‘ 
ral of the chief articles of food and consumption, and | ‘ 
especially for the admission of foreign flour and other | ‘ 
meat provisions, was presented, and read; and or- |‘ 
dered to lie upon the Table. ‘ 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the city of | ‘ 
Dublin, praying that Licensed Victuallers in Iredand | ‘ 


11°—19° Aprilis. 





177 


ral consumption, the interests of trade will be 
promoted by the repeal or reduction of various 
‘ prohibitory and differential Duties, and that ex- 
tended commerce will improve the Revenue, 
while it gives employment to industry :—That 
the amount of Taxes taken off or reduced from 
the termination of the last war to the end of the 
year 1836, exclusive of the Tax on Income, may 
be stated in round numbers at Twenty-three mil- 


n 


may enjoy equal rights and privileges with their|“ lion eight hundred and mig stagy: thousand 


fellow traders of England and Scotland, was pre- |‘ 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the|‘ 


pounds: — That the Income Tax, having been 
first imposed in a period of extreme emergency, 


Table. “ and during a most perilous war, was repealed on 


the re-establishment of peace, and, having been 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Truro,|“ again imposed on the renewal of war, was again 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates, was|“ repealed in 1816, on the termination of hostilities : 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the |“ —That, considering the various means of supply- 
Table. “ ing the — deficiency, without enhancing the 


price of the necessaries of life, or embarrassing 


Petitions from Ilkeston ;—Devonport (three Peti- |“ trade, it is the Opinion of this House that the re- 
tions) ;—Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd ;— Great Yeldham |“ newal of a Tax, inquisitorial in its character, 
and Stambourne ;—and, Otter Belchamp; praying |“ unequal in its pressure, and which has hitherto 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support } “ been considered as the financial reserve of the 
from the College of Maynooth,—were presented, |“ nation in time of war, is not called for by public 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That the Petition [of the there- 
undersigned Persons engaged in professions and 
trades in the Metropolis, against the Property Tax] 
be brought up ; 

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

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the fMr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, Mr. Hawes : 
Tellers for the/ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, \Mr. Henry Baring : 
So it passed in the Negative. 





hoon, 
} 222. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence or additional Report 
in explanation of the Report of the Naval Commis- 
sioners, Rear Admiral Sir James Gordon, and Cap- 
tain Beechey, r. N., dated the 14th day of January 
1840, relative to the best means of Communication 
between London and Dublin, that may have been 
received by the Board of Admiralty since that time, 
together with any Map, Plan or Diagram, that may 
be annexed thereto. 


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 Report [of the Committee of 
Ways and Means], be now brought up; and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ it has been stated to this House, on official autho- 
“ rity, that the deficiency of Income to meet the 
“« Expenditure of the country, may be estimated, 
“ for the years ending the 5th day of April 1842, at 
“ Two million three hundred and fifty thousand 
“« pounds, and on the 5th day of April 1843, at Two 
“ million five hundred and sixty-nine thousand 
“ pounds :—That this House is fully sensible of 
“‘ the evil of a continued inadequacy of the public 
“ income to meet the public charges, and will take 
“&lt; effectual measures for averting the same in future 
“ years:—That by a judicious alteration of the 

Duties on Corn, by a reduction of the prohibitory 
Duty on Foreign Sugar, and an adjustment of 
“ the Duties on Timber and Coffee, the advantage 
“ of a moderate price to the community may be 
“ combined with an increased Revenue to the State : 
«« _That, in addition to those main articles of gene- 


n 
n 


necessity, and is therefore not advisable,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 12° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Duties 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the (West Indian 
Acts relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, “ican Coloulen) 
Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into 

any of the British Possessions in America, or the 

Mauritius ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Rivers (Ire. 
into further consideration the Report on the Rivers land) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 25th day of this 

instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage 
mittee on the Drainage (Jreland) Bill ; (Treland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 

25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Fisheries (Jreland) Bill was, according to fisheries 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
25th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read for the second Australia and 
reading of the Australia and New Zealand Bill; a Zealand 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Meaus. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve 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, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Mutiny Bil. 
reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 





Vo. 97. 


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Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Commercial 
Tariffs. 


Prisons 


(Ireland. ) 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill. 


No. 155. 


Barristers 


(Ireland. ) 


Jurors (Ire- 
land.) 


Rivers (Ire- 
land.) 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 





178 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The ingrossed Bill to indemnify such Persons in 
the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify 
themselves for Offices and Employments, and to 
extend the Time limited for those Purposes respec- 
tively, 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 to extend 
the Time limited for those Purposes respectively, 
until the Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-three, and for the Relief of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs and Regula- 
tions of the several States of Europe and America, 
together with the Commercial Treaties between 
England and Foreign Countries: Part the 1Vth— 
France. 

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


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Twentieth Report of the 
Inspectors General on the general state of the Pri- 
sons of Ireland, 1841. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to continue 
Local Turnpike Acts, and to provide for the Dis- 
charge of the Mortgage Debts on Turnpike-roads 
in England: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Returns of the Number and Names of the 
Barristers appointed in the present year to be super- 
numerary prosecuting Counsel on each Circuit in 
Ireland :—Of the Number and Names of Barristers 
so appointed who have declined to act :—And, of 
the Number and Names of the Barristers who were 
employed last yearas supernumerary Crown Counsel, 
and who are not included in the foregoing Returns. 

A Copy of the Instructions given to the respective 
Crown Solicitors on each Circuit, respecting the 
challenging Jurors in Crown cases by each of the 
following Gentlemen, when filling the Office of 
Attorney General in Ireland :—Mr. Richards, now 
Baron Richards; Mr. O’ Loghlen, now Sir Michael 
O’ Loghlen, Baronet; Mr. Brady, now Chief Baron 
Brady; Mr. Pigott, late Attorney General for Ire- 
land; Mr. Blackburn, now Attorney General for 
Ireland; specifymg the Particulars in which they 
differ. 

A Return of all Applications made to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland, by Persons desirous of under- 
taking the execution of Works provided for by the 
Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, ce. 57, and the Number and 
Names of Commissions issued in conformity there- 
with by the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 
of Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That the Victoria Park Bill be read a 
second time this day. 


11°—12° Aprilis. 





A, 1842. 


Ordered, That the Knightsbridge and Kensington Knightsbridg 
Openings Bill be read a second time this day. and Kensin 
Openings Bill, 
The House was moved, That the Order made upon Post-office 
the 23d day of March last, That a Select Com- Communication, 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the Post-office 
Communication between Great Britain and Ireland, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the following Members be Members of 
the Select Committee on Post-office Communication 
between Great Britain and Ireiand, viz .:—Viscount 
Ingestre, Mr. Philip Miles, Mr. Reade, Mr. Owen 
Stanley, Sir Denham Norreys, Sir Rohert Ferguson, 
Viscount Emlyn, Mr. John Henry Vivian, Mr. Oc- 
tavius Morgan, Mr. William Johnson, Captain Dal- 
rymple, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Corry, Captain Berkeley and 
Mr. Murphy :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


‘ Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
ay. 


The Lincoln Roads Bill was read a second time 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


&gt; Lincoln Roads 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 


(Gilbert’s Unions, &amp;c.), which was presented upon (Gilbert's 
Friday last, be printed. ore a 
NOs e 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Plymouth Plymouth 
Breakwater, which was presented upon Friday last, Breakwater, 
be printed. No. 157, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the state of Population of 
the Population of Stockport, which was presented Stockport. 
upon Friday last, be printed. No. 158. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Rural Rural Police 
Police (Norfolk), which was presented upon Friday (Nerfolk.) 
last, be printed. No. 159, 


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, 12° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERs. 


P I ‘HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according wigan and 
to Order, amended the Returns forthe Boroughs Great Marlow 


of Wigan; and, Great Marlow. — 


Petitions from Warwick ;—Leamington Priors ; warwick and 
— Stratford-upon-Avon ; — Coventry ;—and, Bir- Leamington 
mingham; praying that the Warwick and Leaming- }\"\°" —— 
ton Union Railway Bill may pass into a law,— — 


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


The Warwick and Leamington Union Railway Bill Warwick and 
was read a second time ; and committed. — , 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _—_e sii 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions of the Chamber of Commerce of New- Northern Union 

castle-upon- Tyne;-- Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses (Newesstle 4 
; J Darlington 

of the borough of Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, In- jy nction) 
habitants of Tynemouth ; praying that the Northern Railway Bill 
Union (Newcastle and Darlington Junction) Railway 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road London aad 





Approach) (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time ; and ae 

committed. praia Road 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Approach) | 

mittee of Selection. (No. 2.) Bill 





Petitions 
















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Roar 









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Jnion 


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Sill. 


Road 
) 


Bill. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


Petitions of James Graham, youngest Son of the 
late Alexander Graham, of Limehills and Fereneze; 
—and, Mrs. Joanna Elizabeth Dirom, Relict of 
the late Captain Alexander Dirom, only child of the 
late General Thomas Peter, formerly of Cross- 
basket ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads 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 Bletchley Road Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Bletchley 
Road Bul. 


Yarmouth and 
Norwich : 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners and Mortgagees 
under and by virtue of an Act passed in the forty- 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “‘ An Act for building a Bridge 
over the River Wensum, between the Site where the 
Gates, called King-street Gates, formerly stood, and 
Carrow Abbey, to the Hamlet of Thorpe, in the 
County of the City of Norwich; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Yarmouth and Norwich 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 


12° Aprilis. 


179 
required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 
so far as the same relate to the present application, 
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 Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to; and Clauses were added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Wood be added to Petitions for 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Private Bills. 


A Petition’of Inhabitant Rate-payers of the south gaint Mary-le- 
side of Oxford-street, within the parish of Saint bone Parish 
Anne, Westminster, praying that the Saint Mary-le- _ 
bone Parish Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Tyne Fisheries Bill was read a second time ; Tyne Fisheries 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Coals. 
Commerce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the 
House not to sanction any duty on the exportation 
of Coals, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from North and South Shields ;—and, Attornies’ 
Plymouth; praying for the repeal of the Stamp *tificates. 
Duty on Attornies’ Certificates,—were presented, 





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. 
Belfast and A Petition of John Octavius Glover, of Living- 
Cavehill Rail- shayes, in the county of Devon, praying that he 
way (Road / = 
and Shipping- May be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
place) Bill. against certain parts of the Belfast and Cavehill 
Railway (Road and Shipping-place) Bill, was pre- 
sented, 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. 


Gorbals Police 


ren) A Petition of Commissioners of Police for the 
0, 2. 


town or barony of Gorbals, in the county of Lanark, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the Police 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lawshall;—Poslingford and Den- Maynooth 
ston ; —Wixoe ;— Bandon ;—and, Saint Ives (Corn- ©'°8* 
wall); praying the House to withdraw every kind 

of public support from the College of Maynooth,— 

were presented,—and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Okehampton ;— New Sarum ;— Leather, &amp;c. 
Hereford ;— Portsmouth and other places ;—Fins- 
bury ;—and, Tower Hamlets; praying the House 
not to sanction any reduction of the duties on the 
importation of manufactured Leather, and on Boots 
and Shoes,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Alves ;----Drainey ;—New Spynie ; Cattle, Meat, 
— Birnie ;— Buckingham ;—Whittlesford;— Isle of ®* 


and paving, cleansing and lighting the Streets of | Thanet ;-- Weston Colville ;—Pampisford ;—Horse- 
the Town or Barony of Gorbals, in the county of | heath ; —Littlebury ;—Elmdon ;—Saffron Walden; 
Lanark, and Grounds adjacent, and for other pur- |—Great Chesterford ;—Manewden ;—Arkesden ;— 
poses relating thereto, was presented, and read ;| Heydon ;—Widdington ;—Farnham ;—Wendens ;— 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions | — Hempstead ; Great Sampford ;—Lambourn ;— 


for Private Bills. 


Glasgow Potice 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Ashdon ;— Newport (Essex) ;—Ugley ;-— Depden ;— 
Radwinter ;-- Elrington ;-- Abington (Cambridge) ;— 


Petitions of John Lang, Esquire, Chairman of | and, Island of Sheppy ;—praying that the prohi- 
a Committee of Her Majesty’s Justices of the; bition of the importation of Cattle may be con- 


Peace for Lanarkshire ;— and, Owners and Occu-| tinued, and that no reduction may be made in the 
= of premises in the city of Glasgow and neigh- | protecting duties heretofore charged on Meat and 

ourhood; praying that they may be heard, by | all other agricultural productions,—were presented, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of| and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Glasgow Police (No. 2.) Bill,—were presented, 


and read. 








Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- Public Petitions 


And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred | mittee on Public Petitions; That they kad examined ——_ 


to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners | the Petitions presented on the 7th and 8th days of 


Report.) 


heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti-| this instant April; and had directed him to make 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour | a Report thereof to the House. 


of the Biil, against the said Petitions. 


counsel in support of several of the said Petitions 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill 


Mr. Dennistoun reported from the Committee on 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- re 
way Bill; and to whom severai Petitions against| and Cornelius Robins ;—John Wilkes Unett ;— (y8"3'\p 
Bill, the said Bill were referred; That they had heard | Devisees and Trustees of the estates in Birmingham 


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


Petitions of Josiah Robins; — Ebenezer Robins Buildings 
(No. 2.) Bill 





,, of Frind Gregoe Colmore, Esquire, deceased ; — 
;| Daniel Ledsam ;—and, William Harding ; praying 


that they had inquired into the several matters | that the Borough of Birmingham may be exempt 


Vo. 97. 


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Leather Gloves. 


Corn Laws, &amp;c. 


180 


from the operation of the Buildings Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill, or that the same may not pass into 
a law, in its present form,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Woodstock ;—and, Worcester ;— 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on the importation of Foreign manufactured 
Leather Gloves,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Leicestershire 
Agricultural Society, complaining of the proposed 
reduction of duties on the importation of Foreign 
Corn and Cattle, and of the disproportionate nature 


12° Aprils, 


A. 1842. 


Petitioner from further imprisonment on account of 
his said offence. 

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


city of Chester, praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Wrexham 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 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of John Pearce, of Wrexham, in the Wrexham 
county of Denbigh, and Richard Gough, of the Road Bill, 


of the Property Tax as affecting land, and praying 


The Bolton and Preston Railway Bill was read Bolon and 
the House not to sanction the same, was pre- 4 


a second time; and committed. el 
Railway Bill, 


Bonded Corn 
Bill. 


Great Marlow 
Election. 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Millers, Merchants, Ship-owners 
and Biscuit Bakers of Cove and its vicinity, praying 
that the Bonded Corn Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Gibbons, of Great Mar- 
low, Brewer, was presented, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner was a witness before the 
Select Committee on the trial of the Petition of 
Alexander Higginson and others, against the Return 
of Sir William Robert Clayton, Baronet; that the 
Petitioner, as such witness, was first examined 
before the said Select Committee on Tuesday the 
5th day of April, relative to the vote of Charles 
Gibbons ; that after his examination in chief, the 
Petitioner was subjected to severe cross-examination 
by the Counsel for the Petitioners, and in the course 
of which cross-examination the Petitioner was inci- 
dentally examined on matters relative to the canvass 
of other voters not material to the issue then before 
the said Select Committee; that in course of such 
examination the Petitioner, in the confusion of his 
mind and cross-examination, erroneously denied 
having had conversation with Jason Povey on the 
day of the poll as to his vote, and the canvass of 
which voter on another day the Petitioner admitted ; 
that the petitioner having returned home, was again 


summoned on Thursday the 7th day of April before | 


the said Select Committee by the Petitioners’ agent, 
to give evidence on the trial of the vote of the said 
Jason Povey ; that the Petitioner arrived in London 
by the Great Western Railway at ten o’clock, and 
was only hastily interrogated by the said agents a 
quarter of an hour before the Committee met, and 
was not prepared for particular examination on the 
facts of that case, and had not been referred by the 
said agents to his preceding examination ; that the 
Petitioner, in his evidence before the said Select 
Committee on the latter day, stated, as the fact was, 
that Jason Povey had been spoxen with and can- 
vassed by the Petitioner, contrary to the Petitioner’s 
erroneous statement on the 5th day of April; that 
the Petitioner is unused to examination in Courts of 
Justice, and that, in his said examination, was 
further confused between the names of Povey and 
Pusey, both which persons were voters canvassed 
by the Petitioner, and to the latter of whom the 
Petitioner conceived some of the questions referred ; 
that the Petitioner had no intention of giving 
wilful false evidence ; and that his said contradic- 
tory and erroneous testimony was given with no dis- 
honest or corrupt intent, wilfully to mislead the Com- 


.Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


be read a second time upon Tuesday next. 


time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Cora- 


nittee of Selection. 


moe ;—Bandon ;—Saint James and Dunbrody ;— 
Chapel Russell ;—Donalea and other places ;—Jn- 
niscalthra and other places ;— Killashee and Cloon- 
odonnell ; — Kinnegad ;—- Clonduff ;— Dysertegney ; 
— Lower Fahan;—and, Maghera and Kilcronaghan ; 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement to the schools in connexion with the 
Church Education Society for Ireland,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Ipswich, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto :— 


And the names of the Committee were read, as 
follow : 








John Parker, Esquire, George Darby, Esquire, 
Hugh Morgan Tuite, Esquire, Sir William Lawrence 
Young, Baronet, John Heathcoat, Esquire, the Ho- 
nourable General Lygon; Chairman, John Somerset 
Pakington, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative tothe Election 
and Return for the Borough of Ipswich, be referred 
to the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 





The New Cross Roads Bill was read a second New Cross 


Ordered, That the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill Piel Pier and 


The Mersey Conservancy Bill was read a second Mersey 


Petitions from Drumtullagh ;— Culfeighton ; — Education 
Derryheighan ; — Holywood ; — Kilbrogan ;— Kil- 4) 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Ipswich 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Election. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- Cardigan 


mittee, or to defeat the ends of justice; that the | neral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- —— 

Petitioner expresses to the House his deep regret bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and wen 

and contrition for his said error and offence ; and | determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 

praying that he may be brought before the House, | an undue Election and Double Return for the Borough 

and that the House will take the matter of this his | of Cardigan, to which they had annexed the Peti- 

Petition into lenient consideration, and release the o referred to them by the House relating thereto : 
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5 Vicroriz. 


—And the names of the Committee were read, as 
follow : 

Sir Charles Henry Coote, Baronet, Mark Blake, Es- 

uire, the Earl of Leicester, William Smith O’ Brien, 
se ay George Dodd, Esquire, Edmund Turner, 
Esquire ; Chairman, William Goodenough Hayter, 
Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over; and Mark Blake, Esquire, 
not appearing within one hour after the ineeting of 
the House ; 

The House was moved, That the 64th Section of 
the Act 4 and 5 Vic., c. 58, to amend the Law for 
the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That Mark Blake, Esquire, Member for 
the County of Mayo, having been appointed to serve 
) as one of the Members of the Select Committee to try 
: and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of the Election and Double Return for the Borough 
of Cardigan, and not having attended in his place 
within one hour after the meeting of the House this 
day, being the day appointed for the swearing of 
the said Committee, be taken into the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House. 


Wakefield 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- 
n Election. 


ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 


y of an undue Election and Return for the Borough | mand, — Co 


12° Aprilis. 


181 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Hal- Poor Law 
sted Union, praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Act, in relation to cases of bastardy, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fox House, and its Free Trade. 
vicinity, situate in the parish of Kirkburton, praying 
the House to open a free market to the people’s 
industry, and to apply principles of Free Trade to 
the whole commercial legislation of the empire, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Edinburgh 
sideration the iain which, upon the fourth day of a 
this instant April, was made from the Committee on 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 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. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade of the 
mand,—Copy of Tables, showing the Trade of the United 
United Kingdom with different Foreign Countries *8¢™ 
and British Possessions in each of the Ten years 
from 1831 to 1840. 

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








Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Emigration 
y of Despatch from the Governor- (Canada.) 


of Wakefield, to which they had annexed the Peti- | General of British North America, transmitting the 
tions referred to them by the House relating thereto,'| Annual Report of the Agents for Emigration in 
and the Lists of Voters which had been delivered | Canada for 1841. 


to them by either Party :—And the names of the | 


Copy of Papers relative to the West Indies, 1841— West Indies. 


Committee were read, as follow :— | 42: Jamaica and Barbados. 


Edward Strutt, Esquire, George Bankes, Esquire, | 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


the Honourable Robert Gore, the Honourable Wii- | Table. 


liam Gordon,Viscount Duncan, Colonel Wood of Bre- | 
con; Chairman, Henry Home Drummond, Esquire. 
Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over; and George Bankes, Esquire, 
not appearing within one hour after the meeting of 
the House ; 
The House was moved, That the 64th Section of | 


| and Sir George Rose : 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne Message from 
the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Windsor Bridge 
Act to continue and amend an Act to rebuild 8! 


Windsor Bridge, in the Borough of New Windsor, in 


the Act 4 and 5 Vic., c. 58, to amend the Law for | the County of Berks, and to improve the Avenues 


the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; | 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That George Bankes, Esquire, Member 
for the County of Dorset, having been appointed to 
serve as one of the Members of the Select Com- 
mittee to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tions complaining of the Election and Return for 
the Borough of Wakefield, and not having attended 


in his place within one hour after the meeting of the | 


House this day, being the day appointed for the 
swearing of the said Committee, be taken into the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House. 


Mail Packet 
Stations 
(Ireland. ) 


Petitions from Bandon ;—and, Fermoy; praying 
the House to take into consideration the merits of 
the Port of Cork as the Irish Mail Packet Station 
between Bristol and the South of Zreland,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Hert- 
ford, against the imposition of a Property Tax, 
being offered to be presented ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Petition be now brought 
up :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 
next. 


Property Tax. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Bandon, praying for amendment of 
the law relating to the Registration of Voters in 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


thereto, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bristol 
Act for restoring to the City and County of Bristol Boundary Bill. 
a Portion of the ancient Boundary of the same, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the 65th section of Cardigan 
the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic., c. 58, to amend the Law for the Borough 
Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read ; and ™**™ 
the same being read ; 

And Mark Blake, Esquire, not having been 
brought into the House within three hours after the 
meeting of the House, the swearing of the Commit- 
tee to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of the Election and Double Return 
for the Borough of Cardigan, was adjourned till To- 
morrow, at Four of the clock. 


The House was moved, That the 65th section of 
the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vic. c. 58, to amend the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

And George Bankes, Esquire, not having been Wakefield 
brought into the House within three hours after the Election, 
meeting of the House, the swearing of the Commit- 
tee to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of the Election and Return for the 
Borough of Wakefield, was adjourned till To-morrow, 
at Four of the clock. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Counsel. 





lie upon the Table. 
Voi. 97. 





ion That Parties attending any Committee of this 
ouse, and having liberty to appear by Counsel, do 


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Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


St. Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill, 





182 


at the first sitting deliver to the Chairman the names 
of the Counsel retained, and which shall be inserted 
in the Minutes of the Committee :—That upon no 
account shall any Counsel appear before two Com- 
mittees on the same day, unless one of them shall 
have closed its Proceedings :— 

The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, of the 3d day of January 1701, re- 
lative to the admission of Counsel to Committees, 
might be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 

“ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the 
Committee of Privileges and Elections, that 
they do admit only two Counsel of a side in 
any cause before them; and that the same be 
made a Standing Order of this House.” 

And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


The Order made upon the fourth day of this 
instant April, for committing the Drainage (reland) 
Bill to a Committee of the whole House, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Lord 
Eliot, Mr. Pigot, Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, 
Mr. Young, Mr. Morgan John O’Connell, Lord 
Claud Hamilton, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Colonel] 
Damer, Mr. William O’ Brien, Mr. Christmas, Mr. 
French, Sir Arthur Brooke, Mr. Caleb Powell, 
Viscount Newry, and Viscount Clements. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order made yesterday, for committing the 
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill to a Committee of the whole 
House, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Lord 
Eliot, Mr. Sheil, Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, 
Mr. O'Connell, Sir Edmund Hayes, Sir William 
Somerville, Mr. Young, Sir Robert Ferguson, Cap- 
tain Jones, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Viscount Courtenay, 
Mr. Alexander Murray, Viscount Adare, Mr. Pigot, 
and Mr. Redington. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to provide for the Relief of the Poor 
in the Forest of Dean and other extra-parochial 
places in and near the hundred of St. Briavel’s, in 
the county of Gloucester ; 

Sir Robert Peel, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
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 leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that the Earl of Zincoln and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to divide the Forest of . Dean, in the 
county of Gloucester, into Ecclesiastical Districts ; 

Sir Robert Peel, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
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 leave be given to bring in the Bill: | 


And that the Earl of Zinco/n and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to abolish the Court of Saint Briavel’s, 
and for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the hundred of Saint Briavel’s, in the 
county of Gloucester ; 

Sir Robert Peel, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 


12° Aprilis. . 











A. 1842. 


is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that the Earl of Lincoln and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Com Laws, 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Petitions, Memorials or 
Addresses presented to Her Majesty, from Public 
Meetings, Town Councils, Conferences or other 
Bodies for the repeal of the Corn Laws, from the 
ist day of January1841 to the present time ; speci- 
fying the Places from which they were sent, the Num- 
ber of Signatures, and the prayer of each Petition. 
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 resuming Ways and 
Means. 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Report [of the Committee of 
Ways and Means] be now brought up; and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
“ authority, that the deficiency of Income to meet 
the Expenditure of the country, may be estimated, 
for the years ending the 5th day of April 1842, 
at Two million three hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds, and on the 5th day of Apil 1843, at Two 
million five hundred and sixty-nine thousand 
pounds :—That this House is fully sensible of the 
evil of a continued inadequacy of the Public In- 
come to meet the Public Charges, and will take 
effectual measures for averting the same in future 
years :—-That, by a judicious alteration of the 
Duties on Corn, by a reduction of the prohibitory 
Duty on Foreign Sugar, and an adjustment of 
the Duties on Timber and Coffee, the advantage 
of a moderate price to the community may be 
combined with an increased Revenue to the State : 
—That in addition to those main articles of gene- 
ral consumption, the interests of trade will be pro- 
moted by the repeal or reduction of various pro- 
hibitory and differential Duties, and that extended 
commerce will improve the Revenue, while it gives 
employment to industry:—That the amount of 
Taxes taken off, or reduced from the termination 
of the last war to the end of the year 1836, exclu- 
sive of the Tax on Income, may be stated in round 
numbers at Twenty-three million eight hundred 
and seventy-three thousand pounds :—That the 
Income Tax having been first imposed in a period 
of extreme emergency, and during a most perilous 
war, was repealed on the re-establishment of peace, 
and having been again imposed on the renewai 
of war, was again repealed in 1816, on the termi- 
nation of hostilities :—That, considering the vari- 
ous means of supplying the present deficiency, 
without enhancing the price of the necessaties of 
life, or embarrassing trade, it is the Opinion of this 
House that the renewal of a Tax, inquisitorial in 
its character, unequal in its pressure, and which 
has hitherto been considered as the financial re- 
serve of the Nation in time of war, is not called 
for by public necessity, and is therefore not advi- 
sable,”’ 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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n 


n 
n 


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


Mercurii, 13° die Aprilis,1842: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, ‘That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


The 


words, “it has been stated to this House, on official] Taxation. 





Colon 
Passel 


Muti 


Mari 
Bill. 


Viet 
Bill. 


Kni 


and 


Pos 
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Colonial 
Passengers Bill. 


Mutiny Bill 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill, 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


Knightsbridge 
and Kensington 
Openings Bill. 


Post-office . 
Communication. 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


No, 160. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill, 


No. 161. 





5 Vicroriz. 12°—13° 


The House divided : | 

The Yeas were directed by Mr. Speaker to go 
forth to the New Lobby, and the Noes to the Old | 
Lobby : 

Mr. Borthwick was appointed one of the Tellers | 
for the Yeas ; but there being no other Member to | 
bea second Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Speaker declared | 
that the Noes had it. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the | 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the. 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Marine Mutiny Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Victoria Park Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Knighisbridge and Kensington Openings Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That the following Members be Members 
of the Select Committee on Post-office Communi- 
cation between Great Britain and Ireland; viz. 
Viscount Ingestre, Mr. Philip Miles, Mr. Reade, 
Mr. Owen Stanley, Sir Denham Norreys, Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Viscount Emlyn, Mr. John Henry Vivian, 
Mr. Octavius Morgan, Mr. William Johnson, Cap- 
tain Dalrymple, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Corry, Captain 
Berkeley, and Mr. Murphy ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to provide 
for the Relief of the Poor in the Forest of Dean, 
and other Extra-parochial Places in and near the 
Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, in the County of Glou- 
cester: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of a 
Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same Rules 
and Regulations. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to divide the 
Forest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester, into 
Ecclesiastical Districts: And the same was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of a 
Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same Rules 
and Regulations. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Vo. 97. 


183 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to abolish St. Briavel’s 
the Court of Saint Briavel’s, and for the more easy Small Debts 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the ®i" 
Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, in the County of Glou- Nv. 162. 
cester ; And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of a 
Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same Rules 
and Regulations. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Aprils. 


The Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms attending this Wakefield 
House, informed the House, That he had taken Mr. ection. 
Bankes into his custody. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Coals, Coals, Cinders 


Cinders and Culm, which were presented yesterday, “" ee 
be printed. ” No. 163. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Quantity of Coals Coals. 
exported from 1828 to 1842, which was presented No.163. 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Tons Coal. 
of Coal shipped to Foreign Countries in 1841, which No. 163. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Mail Convey- Mail Con- 


ance, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Y°8ynee- 
No. 164. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Annuities, Annuities. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 165. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which Hops. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which Malt. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, &amp;c., Brewers, &amp;c. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sale of Sale of Beer. 
Beer, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 166. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Corn-laden Corn-laden 


Ships, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Ships. 
No. 167. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Glass, which Glass. 
were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 168. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Imports and Imports and 
Exports (Scotland), which was presented yesterday, Exports 


: (Scotland.) 
be printed. No. 169. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Barristers Barristers 
(Ireland), which were presented yesterday, be (Ireland.) 
printed. No. 170. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Jurors (Ire- Jurors 
land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. —_ Ireland.) 
No. 171. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Rivers (Jre- Rivers 
land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. —_(Lreland.) 


. . .. No.172: 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till one of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 13° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


MEMBER informed the House, That he had Wakefield 
received a note from Mr. Bankes, stating that “lection. 
he was confined to his bed from illness. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Jackson 
attended at the door, who could give the House 
information respecting the state of Mr. Bankes’s 

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Glasgow Police 
No. 2.) Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Sudbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Wakeyhill 
Inclosure Bill. 


Saundersfoot 
Harbour Bill, 


Saundersfoot 
Railway Bill. 


184 


health, he was called in; and being sworn, informed 
the House, that he attended Mr. Bankes this morn- 
ing; that Mr. Bankes is confined to his bed from 
illness ; and he did not think that he would be capa- 
ble of attending to his duty in this House for several 
days:—And then he was directed to withdraw. 
Ordered, That George Bankes, Esquire, be dis- 
charged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending this House, without payment of his fees. 


Petitions of the Deacon, Collector and remanent 
Members of the Incorporation of Gardeners of Glas- 
gow ;-—Trustees appointed under several Acts for re- 
gulating the conversion of the statute labour within 
the barony of Gorbals, in the city of Glasgow and 
county of Lanark, and of Andrew Mitchell, Writer, 
in Glasgow, Clerk and Assessor to the said Trustees ; 
—Dean and Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow ;=- 
Provost, Bailies, Dean of Guild and Council of the 


13° Aprilis. 











burgh of Calton, and of Commissioners of Police of 
the said burgh, and of the village and lands of Mile 
End ;--and, Magistrates of the barony of Gorbals, 
and other Persons; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Glasgow Police (No. 2.) Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered tobe 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany ;--Sir William Beauchamp Proctor, Baronet, 
and others ;-—and, the Right honourable Archibald 
John Earl of Rosebery; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Yarmouth and Norwich 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 Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the city and borough of Norwich, praying that 








the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Sudbury Improvement Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Wakeyhiil 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Saundersfoot 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Saundersfoot Railway Bill; That they had inquired 





into the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the same relate 
to the present application ; 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. 








A. 1842. 


The Great North of England (Clarence and Hartle- Great Nor 
pool Junction) Railway (No. 1.) Bill was read @ oneland 
second time; and committed. ° Hartlopeal 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to. the Com- Junction) 
mittee of Selection. Railway 

(No. 1.) Bill, 

Petitions of James Roberts West, of Alscot Park, Loudon ang 
in the county of Gloucester, Esquire ;—and, John Croydon Raj. 
Etherington Welch Rolls, of the Hendre, in the Rey {Grange 
county of Monmouth, Esquire ; praying that they proach)” 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, (No. 2.) Bil 
against certain parts of the London and Croydon 
Railway (Grange Road Approach) (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. 


Mr. Bailey reported from the Committee on the Ormesby 
Ormesby Inclosure Bill ; That at the expiration of Inclosure Bit, 
one hour from the time appointed for the meeting 
of the Committee this day, only Two selected Mem- 
bers being present, Three being the Quorum of such 
selected Members, he had adjourned the Committee 
till To-morrow, at twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- 
ceed with Two selected Members. 


A Petition of Proprietors of lands in the parish Cambuslang 
of East Kilbride, praying that the Cambuslang and gy 
angie ° : ill, 
Muirkirk Roads Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 
Petitions of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of the burgh of Calton ;—and, Company of Pro- 
prietors of the Glasgow Waterworks; 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. 


A Petition of John Harrison, of Greenwich, in Great North 
the county of Kent, Esquire, Henry Pascoe Smith, of England 
of Hall Garth, in the county of Durham, Esquire, ®*""*9 "- 
and Sarah Elizabeth, his now Wife, and William 
James Watisford, of Greenwich, aforesaid, Esquire, 
and Jane his Wife, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain 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 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 Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Glasgow end 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, by Bridge Rood 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain pill. 
parts of the Glasgow and Redburn Bridge 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 William Quarton, of Wakefield, in Sheffield. 
the county of York, Inspector of Works, one of the pepe os 
Proprietors of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester 
Manchester Railway Company, praying that he may Railway Bil 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and 
Manchester Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 


Committee 











ser 


El 





ill, 
id 


ige 


ill 


Bill, 


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kirk 
I, 


rth 


Bill. 


and 


oad 


ider- 


er 
Bilt. 





Mersey Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Rochester 
Election. 


Wakefield 
Election. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Maynooth 
College. 


Leather, &amp;c. 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;e. 


Idolatry &amp;e. 
(India, 


5 Vicroriz. 


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 Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the several counties of Lancaster and Chester ad- 
joining to the River Mersey, praying that they may 
3 heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Mersey Conservancy 
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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Messrs. Parkes and Preston, 
the Agents for the Honourable William Hugh Elliot, 
commonly called Viscount Melgund ; and also, for 
George Jefferys and James Chesson, who petitioned 
this House on the 6th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the City of Roches- 
ter, that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Orders made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


The Members of the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Wakefield, being called to the Table, 


13° Aprils. 








they were informed, that the Committee was taken 
to be discharged, in consequence of the absence of 
Mr. Bankes. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Wake- 
Jield, be referred to the General Committee of Elec- 
tions. 


Petitions from Glanely ;—and, Lhancho Errigle ; 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement and assistance to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Zre- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 








185 


British functionaries in the management of Ido- 
latrous Ceremonies in Jndia, and for the abolition 
of the Pilgrim Tax, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ;—and, Preston Union with 
(Lancaster) ; praying for the repeal of the Legislative I*e!@"4- 
Union of Great Britain with Ireland,—were pre- 
a” and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Northampton ; — and, Charles Commercial 
Bradley, of Edgbaston ; stating that the Petitioners Reforms, &amp;e. 
have every confidence in the financial measures of 

Her Majesty’s Ministers, and praying that the im- 

port duties on corn, coffee, timber and other articles 

of much use and consumption, may be reduced,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of Salted 
Operative Coopers of the city of Dublin, praying Provisions. 
the House to impose such a duty on the importation 

of Salted Provisions as will protect the Jrish mer- 

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

upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Audi Cham- timber and 
ber of Commerce, praying the House to adopt mea- Coal Duties. 
sures for limiting the dimensions of Wood permitted 
to be imported, and that British steam vessels may 
have the amount returned on the stock of Coals 
consumed by them, when taken on board in foreign 
ports for the homeward voyage, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





| 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Rate-payers and Poor Stratton 

of the parish of Stratton, in the county of Corn- Charities. 
wall, stating that the Petitioners beg to draw the 
attention of the House to the Report of the Com- 
missioners for inquiring into Charities, (832d Report, 
Part I, page 495,) and from the large property there 
stated to belong to the poor of that parish, and from 
the secret manner of its application and non-produc- 
tion of accounts, they are led to believe that the 
greatest abuses exist in its er and pray- 
ing for inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Rawlins, of the borough of Buildings Re- 





upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wesleyan Methodists of Darlington, 
praying the House to withdraw every kind of public 
support from the College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers 
resident in the city of Oxford, praying the House 
not to sanction any reduction of the duties on foreign 


manufactured Leather and on Boots and Shoes, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Farmers attending Abingdon mar- 
ket ;-- Benington ; — Deskford ; — Cullen ; — and, 
Members of the Banffshire Farmers’ Club; praying 
that the prohibition of the importation of Cattle may 
be continued, and that no reduction may be made 
in the protecting duties heretofore charged on Meat 
and on all other agricultural productions,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Conference of De- 
legates of the middle and working classes of Great 
Britain, held at Birmingham, praying for the adop- 
tion of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, Vote 





Birmingham, Solicitor, Owner of considerable estates — 
|consisting of houses, buildings and lands within ‘“” iets 
the said borough, praying that the Buildings Regu- 

lation (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, as it 

now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 

to the Select Committee on the Bill. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill ; Copyright Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 27th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Serjeant at Arms attending this House, in- Cardigan 
formed the House, that he had not been able to take Borough 
Mr. Mark Blake into his custody. a 

Whereupon the other Members of the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
double Return for the Borough of Cardigan, being 
called to the Table, they were informed, that the 
Committee was taken to be discharged, in conse- 
quence of the absence of Mr. Mark Blake. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and double Return for the Borough of Cardigan, be 
referred to the General Committee of Elections. 





by Ballot, equal Electoral Districts, the Payment 
of Members, and the abolition of the Property 
Qualification for Members, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Cork, praying the House 


to adopt measures for prohibiting the interference of 


Vou. 97. 











Ordered, That Mr. Grogan and Mr. Irving be Post-ofiice 
added to the Select Committee on Post-office Com- onic 
munication. , 


Ordered, That Colonel Connolly be added to the Fisheries _ 
Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill. _ (Ireland) Bill. 
BB Ordered, 














Ships. 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Fisheries 
(Treland) Bill. 


Great Marlow 
Election, 


Barracks. 


Bonded Corn 
Bill, 


186 13° Aprils. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Ships, with their Ton- 
nage, distinguishing British from Foreign, that have 
cleared outwards in each year, from 1830 to 1841 
inclusive, from the Ports of the Tyne, including 
Blyth and Hartley, the Wear and the Tees, together 
with Seaham Harbour, and Hartlepool and the Ports 
of the Humber, with Cargoes or part Cargoes of 
Coal, for the purpose of exportation to Foreign 
Countries :—And, of the Number of Ships, with 
their Tonnage, distinguishing British from Foreign, 
that have cleared outwards, in the same period, from 
the same Ports, with Cargoes for exportation, in all 
other branches of Trade. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pigot be discharged from any 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
Drainage (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Martin be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pigot be discharged from any 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the 
Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Sir Denham Norreys be added to 
the Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Great Marlow, in the county of Bucks, 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are resident Inhabitants of the town 
and neighbourhood of Great Marlow; that they 
have been for some years well acquainted with 
Richard Gibbons, now a prisoner in Newgate, un- 
der the Warrant of the Right honourable the 
Speaker, for giving false evidence before a Select 
Committee of the House, in relation to the last 
Election for the borough of Great Marlow ; that 
the said Richard Gibbons is a native and resident 
brewer of Great Marlow, employing several work- 
men and mechanics in his trade and brewery ; that 
the said Richard Gibbons has long deservedly en- 
joyed a good character for industry and integrity as 
a tradesman, and in his social relations as a husband 
and father; that the said Richard Gibbons, in the 
opinion of the Petitioners, would not wilfully be 
guilty of perjury or false testimony; that the Peti- 
tioners have heard of his said offence to the House, 
with great regret; and praying that the House will 
be lenient to the said Richard Gibbons, and will 
take all the circumstances of his case and of his 
punishment by committal into their favourable and 
merciful consideration. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Richard Gibbons, confined in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Gaol of Newgate, be brought to the bar To- 
morrow, reprimanded by Mr. Speaker, and dis- 
charged; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rants accordingly :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of Proceedings and 
Evidence taken before the Great Marlow Election 
Committee be laid before this House. 


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to Order,— 
Copies of the Order of January 1836, desiring respec- 
tive Officers to consult with Officers in command in 
our Colonies, as to the state of the Barracks, and 
a; to any Improvements which might be made in 
them: —Of the Report of respective Officers from 
the West Indies (Barbadoes :)—And, of the Expen- 
diture in the Construction and Repair of Barracks, 
in each year since the Transfer to the Ordnance De- 
partment, specifying the Sums spent in our Colonies. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bonded Corn Bill; 














A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright 


Registration 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Bill. 


mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railways pip, 


further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- me 


mittee on the Timber Ships 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- ways ana 
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 Com- supply. 


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 resuming Ways and 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, Means. 


upon Friday last, was proposed to be made to the 
Question, That the Report [of the Committee of 
Ways and Means] be now brought up; and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That” 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“cc 


“ rity, that the deficiency of Income to meet the 


Expenditure of the country, may be estimated, 
for the years ending the 5th day of April 1842, 
at Two million three hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds, and on the 5th day of April 1843, at Two 
million five hundred and sixty-nine thousand 
pounds :—That this House is fully sensible of 
the evil of a continued inadequacy of the Public 
Income to meet the Public Charges, and will take 
effectual measures for averting the same in future 
years:—That, by a judicious alteration of the 
Duties on Corn, by a reduction of the prohibitory 
Duty on Foreign Sugar, and an adjustment of the 
Duties on Timber and Coffee, the advantage of a 
moderate price to the community may be com- 
bined with an increased Revenue to the State :— 
That, in addition to those main articles of general 
consumption, the interests of trade will be pro- 
moted by the repeal or reduction of various pro- 
hibitory and differential Duties, and that extended 
commerce will improve the Revenue, while it 
gives employment to industry :—That the amount 
of Taxes taken off, or reduced, from the termina- 
nation of the last war to the end of the year 1836, 


a fn 
nn 





exclusive of the Tax on Income, may be stated 
in round numbers at Twenty-three million eight 
hundred and seventy-three thousand pounds :— 
That the Income Tax, having been first imposed 
ina period of extreme emergency, and during a 
most perilous war, was repealed on the re-esta- 
blishment of peace, and having been again im- 
posed on the renewal of war, was again repealed 
in 1816 on the termination of hostilities :-—That, 
considering the various means of supplying the 
present deficiency, without enhancing the price 
of the necessaries of life, or embarrassing trade, 
it is the Opinion of this House, that the renewal of 
a Tax, inquisitorial in its character, unequal in its 
pressure, and which has hitherto been considered 
as the financial reserve of the nation in time of 
war, is not called for by public necessity, and is 
therefore not advisable,’ 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 


it has been stated to this House, on official autho- Taxation. 


Tnec 








Income Tax. 


Duty on 
Real Property. 


Property Tax. 


5 Vicroriz. 


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


Jovis, 14° die Aprilis, 1842: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 308 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : ; 
Tellers for they Mr. Tufnell, } 202 
Noes. { Lord Marcus Hill: i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported from the Com- 
mittee, several Resolutions. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “read,” in order 
to add the words “ re-committed with a view to 
“ consider an Amendment thereto : 

“ That towards raising the Supply granted to 
“ Her Majesty, and for the reducing,asmuch as may 
“ be practicable, the Duty now payable on Malt, 
Sugar and Tea, there shall be charged annually 


the several Rates and Duties following ; that is 
to say, 


ce 
“ 
cc 


‘¢ For and in respect of every Annuity, Pension, 
“ Stipend, Dividend, or Salary, payable out of the Public 
“ Revenue of the United Kingdom of the Annual 
« Amount of £.150 to £. 300, for every Twenty shil- 
“ lings, Sixpence ; of £.300 to £.500, for every ‘Twenty 
“ shillings, One shilling; of £.500 to £.750, for every 
“ Twenty shillings, One shilling and sixpence; of 
“ £.750 to £.1,000, for every Twenty shillings, Two 

shillings ; of £.1,000 to £.1,500, for every ‘Twenty 
shillings, Three shillings ; of £. 1,500 and upwards, for 
every Twenty shillings, Four shillings, on the value 
thereof : 

“* For and in respect of all Lands, Tenements, Here- 
ditaments, Heritages, and Real Property of every 
description, there shall be charged to every Person 
on coming into possession thereof by inheritance or 
bequest, a Duty equal in amount to the Probate and 
Legacy Duty now payable on Personal Property,” 
instead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “read” stand part of the Question :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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

And the Question being put, That the word 
“read” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Report be read :—The Reso- 
lutions of the Committee were accordingly read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there be charged annually 
during a term to be limited, the several Rates and 
Duties following, that is to say: 


a 


*. 


‘ 
« 
7 


an 


For and in respect of the Property in any 
Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, and for 
and in respect of every Annuity, Pension, or 
Stipend, payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom ; and 
for and in respect of all Interest of Money, 
Annuities, Dividends, and Shares of Annuities 
— to any person or persons, bodies 
politic or corporate, companies or societies, 
whether corporate or not corporate ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 
arising or accruing to any person or persons 
whatever, resident in Great Britain, from 
any kind of Property whatever, whether 
situate in Great Britain or elsewhere, or from 
any Annuities, Allowances, or Stipends, or 
from any Profession, Trade, or _ xo Ta 
whetlier the same shall be respectively exer- 
cised in Great Britain or elsewhere ; and for 
and in respect of the annual profits or gains 


Vou. 97. 


1$9°—14° Aprilis. 





187 


arising and accruing to any person or persons 

not resident within Great Britain, from any 

Property whatever in Great Britain, or from 

any Trade, Profession, or Vocation, exercised 

in Great Britain ; for every twenty shillings 

of the annual value oramountthereof - seven pence. 
For and in respect of the Occupation of 

any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments 

(other than a dwelling-house occupied by a 

tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for 

every twenty shillings of the annual value 

thereof - - + -  - three pence halfpenny. 


2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Su 


ly Stamp Duties 


granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the several Stamp (Ireland.) 


Duties now payable in Ireland, there shall be 
charged, levied, collected or paid, in Jreland, upon 
and in respect of every deed, writing, or other 
written or printed instrument, or in respect of any 
legacy, or succession to personal estate upon intes- 
tacy, or in respect to any other matter or thing, the 
like amount or rate of Stamp Duty as is now pay- 
able in Great Britain. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
Resolution: And that Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, and Sir George Clerk do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
Resolution: And that the same Gentlemen do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Select’ Committee on the Victoria Park Bill Victoria Park 


was nominated of the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Bill. 


Fremantle, Sir William Clay, Mr. Manners Sutton, 
Mr. Wakley, Captain Rous, Sir Matthew Wood, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Leader, Colonel Thomas 
Wood, and such Five Members as shall be added by 
the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Select Committee on the Knightsbridge and Knightsbridge 


Kensington Openings Bill was nominated of the and Kensington 
Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir William ©P™8s Bil. 


Clay, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Wakley, Captain 
Rous, Sir Matthew Wood, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Mr. Leader, Colonel Thomas Wood, and such Five 
Members as shall be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, in- Cardigan 
formed the House, That he had taken Mr. Mark Borough 


Blake into his custody. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 58, for providing equivalent Rates of Excise 
Duties, Allowances and Drawbacks on Beer and 
Malt, and on Spirits made in Scot/and or Treland, 
according to the measure of the new Imperial 
Standard Gallon, might be read ; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 and 8 
Geo. 4, c. 52, to consolidate and amend certain 
Laws relating to the Revenue of Excise on Malt 
made in the United Kingdom, and for amending 
the Laws relating to Brewers in Ireland, and to the 
Allowance in respect of the Malt Duty on Spirits 
made in Scotland and Jrelund, from Malt only, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 72, to impose countervailing Duties of 
Excise on Mixtures, Compounds, Preparations and 
Commodities made from or with Spirits removed 
from Ireland to England or Scotland, or from Scot- 
land to England, and to grant countervailing Draw- 
backs on the removal! of the same, to repeal the 
additional Duties of Excise on Licenses to Retailers 
of Spirits in the United Kingdom, and to alter the 
Laws relating to Distillers and Retailers of Spirits, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

BB2 


The 


Election, 


Excise Duties 
(Compounds 
and Roasted 


Malt.) 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Great Marlow 
Election. 


No. 174. 


Sudbury 
Election. 


188 


The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Vic. 
c. 17, for granting to Her Majesty, Duties of Cus- 
toms, Excise and Assessed Taxes, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the Excise 
Acts relating to Compounds and Roasted Malt. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


13°—14° Aprilis. 





A. 1842. 


bury should be disfranchised, and that a new Writ 
ought not to be issued for the said Borough. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 
them, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Sud- 
bury, before Saturday the 7th day of May next. 








Jovis, 14° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order, — Copies of all 
Correspondence which has taken place between the 
Poor coe Commissioners and all Guardians and 
Officers of the Basford Union, relative to the pay- 
ment out of the Poor-rates of the Costs of a Rule 
NVisi for a Criminal Information granted on the 6th 
day of May 1841, by the Court of Queen’s Bench, 
against Three of the Guardians, for an alleged Libel 
on a Magistrate of the County of Wottingham; and 
of all Resolutions passed by the Board of Guardians 
relative to the transaction previously to the Costs 
being paid:—And, a Return of the Number of| 
Guardians present and voting at the several Meet- | 
ings of the Board for and against the payment of | 


the Costs; the Names of such Guardians, in what | 


capacity they acted, and whether any of them were 
Defendants in the Action; whether the Auditor of 
the Union is a Guardian of the Union, and whether 
he was present and voted as such at any of the 
Meetings for the payment of the Costs ; and under 
what Item, in the Quarterly Abstract of Accounts, 
the Charge has been placed :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
— Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence taken before 
the Great Marlow Election Committee. 

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


Mr. Redington, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Peti- 
tion of John Warwick and Joseph Martin, Electors, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Sudbury, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Frederick Villiers and David Ochterlony 
Dyce Sombre, Esquires, were not duly elected Bur- 
gesses to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Sudbury : 

That the last Election for the Borough of Sud- 
bury was a void Election : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Redington further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 
jutions : 

That Frederick Villiers and David Ochterlony 
Dyce Sombre, Esquires, were, by their agents, 
guilty of Bribery at the last Election for the Bo- 
rough of Sudbury. 

hat the Committee are of Opinion, from the 
Evidence given before them, that gross, systematic 
and extensive Bribery prevailed at the last Elec- 
tion for the Borough of Sudbury; and they also 
consider it their duty to express to the House 
their unanimous Opinion that the Borough of Sud- 





Petitions of Inhabitants and Police and Statute Glasgow Police 
Labour Rate-payers of the barony of Gorbals, in (No.2,) Bill, 
the county of Lanark ;—Trustees on the turnpike- 
road leading from Giasgow, by Parkhouse, to the 
Three-Mile House ;—Trustees on the turnpike-road 
leading from Glasgow, by Parkhouse, to Renfrew 
Bridge ;— Trustees on the turnpike-road leading 
from Glasgow to Yoker Bridge ;—Incorporation of 
Fleshers in Glasgow, and of John Lockhart, pre- 
sent Deacon, and John Phillips, present Collector 
of the said Incorporation ;—Trustees of Statute 
Labour acting in execution of the Statute Labour 
Act for the county of Zanark within that portion of 
said county called the barony parish of Glasgow ;— 
Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and certain lands 
adjacent, Rate-payers, for the purposes of Police 
and Statute Labour therein ;—Hugh Wilson, Chair- 
man of the Board of General Commissioners of 
Police for the city of Glasgow, lands of Blythswood 
and adjacent lands ;—Heritors and Kirk Session of 








the barony parish of Glasgow ;—-Owners and Oc- 
cupiers of cotton spinning and power-loom cloth 


manufactories in the city of Glasgow and suburbs ; 
|—and, John Fisher, Writer in Glasgow; praying 
| that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow 
Police (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. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Edinburgh and 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and to grant Glasgow Rail- 
further Powers to the Company of Proprietors “*Y Bill. 
thereof, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oswald do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Glasgow, 
the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Rail- Paisley, Kil- 
way, and to grant further Powers to the Company ye 
of Proprietors thereof, was read the third time. Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Oswald do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 











Petitions of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Glasgow Police 
Common Council of the city of Glasgow ;—Deacon, (No. 3-) Bill. 
Collector and Remanent Members of the Incorpo- 
ration of Gardeners of Glasgow ;—and, Owners and 
| Occupiers of premises within the city of Glasgow 
and neighbourhood thereof; praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) 
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. 





| Petitions of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Inchbelly 
Company ;—and, Proprietors or Agents for Propri- (Cee 


,etors of lands, houses, manufactories and other tene- 
| ments 





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(New 
Darlit 
Junet 
Railv 


Wak 
Incle 


Bris 
Bou 
Bill 


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5 Vicroriz. 


ments in the north district or quarter of the royalty of 
the city of Glasgow ; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Inchbelly (Glasgow) 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 Petitions. 


NorthemUnion A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 

(Neweastle and of the city of York, praying that the Northern Union 

jou) (Newcustle and Darlington Junction) Railway Bill 

Railway Bill. may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Wakeyhill An ingrossed Bill for inclosing and dividing 
Inclosure Bille Wokeyhill Common, in the Parish of Stapleton, in 
the County of Cumberland, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Howard do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Bristol The House preceeded to take into consideration 
Boundary the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
si tituled, An Act for restoring to the City and County 
of Bristol a Portion of the Ancient Boundary of 
the same: And the same was read, as followeth: 
Pr. 6. 1. 38. After “ Sheriff” insert “ Coroner.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 








Literary and A Petition of Members and Subscribers of the 

sell Mechanics’ Institution, situated at Bradford, in the 

mm" county of York, praying the House to relieve Lite- 
rary and Scientific Institutions from all rates and 
taxes, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Maynooth 


ne A Petition of Inhabitants of Thirsk and its 
ollege. 


vicinity, praying the House to withdraw every kind 
of public support from the Coliege of Maynooth, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Corn Laws, Petitions from Corsham: — Morebattle ;—Gar- 
grave ;—John Meakin ;—Saint Mary, in the island 
of South Ronaldshay ;— Orkney ;—Leek ;— Dukin- 


14° Aprils. 189 


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. 


A Petition of Thomas Sturgis, Surgeon, of Kings- Kingsclere 
clere, in the county of Hants, praying that the Inclosure Bill. 
Kingsclere Inclosure Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Tues- Barristers 
day next the Barristers ( Zreland) Bill, was read, and (Ireland) Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


A Member informed the House, That he had been Cardigan 
requested by Mr. Mark Blake, now in custody of Borough 
the Serjeant-at-Arms, to express his sincere sorrow "!¢*4™ 
for the inconvenience he had caused to the House, 
and the Parties concerned in the Cardigan Election 
Petition ; that his absence had been occasioned by 
the steam-vessel in which he had come from JIre- 
land having arrived at Liverpool a quarter of an 
hour after the mail-train had left for London. 

Ordered,That Mark Blake, Esquire, be discharged 
out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House, upon payment of his Fees. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the united Education 
parishes of Kilcommon and Crosspatrick, praying (Ireland.) 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 
ment to the Schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for Zreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Mew Poor Law 
Windsor, praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Act, so far as regards the separation A“ 
of man and wife, bastardy, and out-door relief; and 
for introducing a clause, that no poor’s rates shall 
be legal without being made in public vestry, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Boston Agricul- Cattle, Meat, 
tural Association ;—Crowland ;— Chelmsford Far- ** 
mers’ Club (Chairman) ; — Limerick ; — Alva;— 
Rothiemay ;—and, Inverkeithney; praying that the 
prohibition of the importation of Cattle may be con- 
tinued ; and that no reduction may be made in the 
protecting duties heretofore charged on Meat, and on 





field;—and, Tonbridge; praying for the repeal ofall other agricultural productions,—were presented, 


the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Leather, &amp;c. Petitions from Cork ;—Bristol (two Petitions) ; 
—Stamford ;—and, Kirkcaldy; praying the House 
not to sanction any reduction of the duties on the 
importation of manufactured Leather, and on Boots 
and Shoes,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors, attornies’ 
residing in the city of York, praying for the repeal Certificates 
of the Stamp Duty upon the Certificates of Attor- 
nies, Solicitors and Proctors, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coal-owners of the port of Tyne, Coals. 
praying the House not to sanction any duty on the 











A Petition of Lessees and Occupiers of lands,| export of Coals, was presented, and read; and 
houses, and other premises within the town of F'leet- | ordered to lie upon the t. 

Bill, wood, in the county palatine of Lancaster, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 


able. 


A Petition of Tanners and Curriers of the town of sides and 


against certain parts of the Fleetwood Improvement | Newry, suggesting a scale of duty upon the impor- Skins, &amp;c. 


and Market Bill, was presented, and read. 


tation of Hides and Skins; and praying the House 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | to adopt the same, and to reduce the duty on Bark 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard 


, | imported from foreign countries, was presented, and 


by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if| read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour o 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill, 


A Petition of Gabriel Hamilton Dundas, some 


certain parts of the Cambuslang and Muirkirk Road 
Bill, was presented, and read. 
Vou. 97, 





f 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had st. Ives 
received a Notice from Edwin Ley, Esquire, who Election. 
-| petitioned this House on the 7th day of September, 


time of Duddington, Esquire, praying that he may | in the last Session of Parliament, complaining of an 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against | undue Election and Return for the Borough of Saint 


s | Ives, that it is not his intention to proceed with his 
Petition. 





BB3 Ordered, 













































Tipperary 
Election. 


Petitions 
against Taxes, 


Presentation 
of Public 
Petitions. 





190 14° Aprils. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a Notice from Messrs. Parratt and 
Walmisley, the Agents for Cornwallis Maude and 
William Pisani Barker, Esquires, who petitioned 
this House on the 6th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Tipperary, 
that it is not their intention to proceed with their 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying the 
House to rescind any Order or Practice which pre- 
cludes the presentation of Petitions upon the subject 
of any tax or duty under the consideration of the 
House, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Votes of the House of the 7th day of February last, 
relative to the Presentation of Public Petitions, 
might be read ; and the same was read as followeth ; 


“The Order of the day being read, for re- 
suming the adjourned Debate upon the Ques- 
tion proposed yesterday, ‘ That this House ad- 
here to the established practice with respect 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 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, with- 
out allowing any other Member to speak, or 
— any Question upon such Petition, 

efore the same shall have been read, unless 

it should appear to the Speaker, or to any 
Member, that the matter of such Petition was 
in breach of the Privilege of the House, or 
that, according to the Rules and Orders of 
the House, such Petition ought not to be re- 
ceived, 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, re- 
lative to the presentation of Public Petitions, 
might be read ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“¢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 inten- 
tion not to confine himself solely to the alle- 
gations and prayer of the Petition, but to 
enter generally into the subject, was inter- 
rupted by Mr. Speaker, who stated that such 
——— on the part of the honourable 

ember would be contrary to the rule which 
he considered had received the sanction of the 

House, “ that no Member, upon the presenta- 

tion of a Petition, should be allowed to enter 

generally into any subject,” and requested 
that he might receive the instructions of the 





A. 1842. 


House, whether this rule should be main- 

tained. 

“« ¢ Whereupona discussion took place, and 
a Motion was made, and the Question pro- 

osed,— 

““&lt;That this House adhere to the esta- 
lished practice with respect to the presenta- 
tion 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 presen- 
tation of Petitions. 

“ ¢ 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 contents of the Petition ; and is 
entitled, if he requires it, to have it read at 
the Table. 

“¢ That all Petitions complaining of per- 
sonal grievance, and requiring present re- 
dress, 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 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 Leing again proposed : 
—— House resumed the said adjourned De- 

ate : 

“ 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 | Mr. Attorney ne 183 

Yeas, Sir George Grey: ; 

“ Tellers for thef Mr. Ward, 1 

Noes, Mr. Villiers: f at 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative.” 

“ Motion made, and Question put, That the 
said Resolution be rescinded ; 

“ The House divided : 

“ Ayes 50, Noes 237.” 





And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That every Member offering to present 
a Petition to the House, not being a Petition for 


a Private Bill, or relating to a Private Bill before 
the House, do confine himself to a statement of the 


Parties from whom it comes, of the number of sig- 


natures attached to it, and of the material allega- 


tions contained in it, and to the reading of the prayer 
of such Petition ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby: 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 6, 
Yeas, U Mr. Henry Baring : — 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wallace, } 46 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That every such Petition not con- 


taining matter in breach of the Privileges of this 
House, and which, according to the Rules or usual 








Practice 


} 
§ 





Newspaper 
Stamps, &amp;c. 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


New Zealand. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Victoria Park 
es 





5 Vicroriz£. 


Practice of this House can be received, be brought 
to the Table by the direction of the Speaker, who 
shall not allow any Debate, or any Member to speak 
upon, or in relation to, such Petition, but it may be 
read by the Clerk at the Table, if required. 
Resolved, That if such Petition relate to any 
matter or subject which the Member presenting it is 
desirous of bringing before the House, and if such 
Member shall state it to be his intention to make a 
Motion thereupon, such Member may give Notice 
that he will make a Motion on some subsequent 
day, That the Petition be printed with the Votes. 
Resolved, That, in the case of such Petition 
complaining of some present personal grievance, for 
which there may be an urgent necessity for pro- 
viding an immediate remedy, the matter contained 


14° Aprilis. 


191 


Ordered, That Colonel Fox be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Litton have leave of absence Leave of 
for a month, on account of illness in his family, Absence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Notting Hill, and Metropolitan 
parts adjacent, in the parish of Saint Mary Abbott’s, ®o=4s. 
Kensington, complaining of the Commissioners of 
the Metropolitan Roads having discontinued to light 
the Uxbridge and other roads, in the said parish, 
and that divers serious accidents have occurred in 
consequence of the darkness of the roads, and the 
property of the Petitioners exposed to great danger 
from evil-disposed persons ; and praying for relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


in such Petition may be brought into discussion on 
the presentation thereof. 

Resolved, That all other such Petitions, after 
they shall have been ordered to lie on the Table, be 
referred to the Committee on Public Petitions with- 
out any Question being put. 

Resolved, That, subject to the above regula- 
tions, Petitions against any Resolution or Bill im- 
posing a Tax or Duty for the current service of the 
year, be henceforth received, and the usage under 
which the House has refused to entertain such 
Petitions be discontinued. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be Standing 
Orders of this House. 








Ordered, That there be laid before the House, a 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued to, and the 
amount of Advertisement Duty paid by, all News- 
papers of the United Kingdom, for the first three 
months of the present year; in. continuation of and | 
in the same form as the last Returns laid on the 
Table of this House. 


Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood be added to the 
Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) 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, showing in columns, the various 
Acres or Lots of Land in the Colony of Mew Zea- 
land sold by Government, with the extent of each 
lot, and the several Prices per Acre obtained for 
such Lands, since those Islands became a British 


the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Manslaughter 
to empower Coroners to take Bail in cases of Man- °"" 
slaughter: And that Captain Polhill and Mr. Wakley 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being PlO- Poor Law 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return Unions, 
of the Poor Law Unions, distinguishing the County 
of each, to which no Order has been issued by the 
Commissioners prohibiting out-door Relief to able- 
bodied Paupers ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words, 

* also, a similar Return of Unions to which such 
“ Orders have been issued by the Commissioners.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question so amended being put ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Poor Law Unions, distinguishing 
the County of each, to which no Order has been 
issued by the Commissioners prohibiting out-door 
Relief to able-bodied Paupers; also, a similar 
Return of Unions to which such Orders have been 
issued by the Commissioners. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Chureh 
regulate the exercise of Church Patronage in Sco¢- Patronage 
land: And that Mr. Alexander Campbell and Mr. — 
Plumptre do prepare, and bring it in. ' 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- p¢st-office 








Colony; distinguishing the Lands purchased on 
behalf of Non-residents, and those purchased by 
resident Emigrants :—And, Copies of Papers and 
Despatches up to the latest dates, in continuation of 
those last printed, relative to New Zealand. 
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 stating the Particulars of the sum of 
£.10,894. 11s. 2d. already assessed, and also the 
sum of £.65,071. 3s. 11d. proposed to be assessed 
on the County of Roscommon, for the Improvement 
of the Shannon Navigation :—Stating the Particu- 
lars of the sum of £.6,680. already assessed, and 
also of the sum of £. 6,812. 7s. 3d. proposed to be 
assessed upon the King’s County, for the like pur- 


pose :—Stating the Particulars of the sum of 


£, 2,963. 1s. 8d. already assessed, and also the sum 
of £. 2,944. 8s. 5d. proposed to be assessed on the 
County of Limerick, for the like purpose :—And, 
stating the Particulars of the sum of £. 1,975. 7s. 9d. 
already assessed, and also of £.1,962. 18s. 11d. 


proposed to be assessed upon the County of the 


City of Limerick for the like purpose. 


mittee on the Victoria Park Bill. 
Vou. 97. 


Ordered, That Mr. Manners Sutton be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- 


posed, That Mr. O’Connell and Mr. Ormsby Gore Communica- 
be added to the Select Committee on Post-oftice °™ 

| Communication:—And the said Motion was, with 

| leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Colonial 
into a Committee upon the Colonial Passengers Passengers 
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 upon 
Thursday next. 


The Australia and New Zealand Bill was, accord- Australia and 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed New Zealand 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 8"! 
next. 


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- west Indies. 
mand,—Copy of Papers relative to the West Indies, 
British Guiana, 1841-2. 

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





Mr. Alexander Campbell presented a Bill to regu- Church 
late the Exercise of Church Patronage in Scotland ; Patronage 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered (Scotland) Bill. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th No. 175. 
day of May next; and to be printed. 
BB4 The 



















Excise Duties 
(Compounds 
and Roasted 
Malt.) 





192 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the Excise Acts re- 
lating to Compounds and Roasted Malt. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the several countervailing Duties 
and Drawbacks now payable on the several Mix- 
tures, Compounds, Preparations and Commodities 
made from or with Spirits after enumerated, when 
removed from Ireland into England or Scotland, or 
from Scotland into England or Ireland, or from 
England into Scotland or Ireland, do cease and 
determine, and that in lieu thereof there be raised, 
levied and collected on the said several Mixtures, 
Compounds, Preparations and Commodities, when 
removed from Scotland or Ireland into England, the 
respective countervailing Duties of Excise follow- 
ing ; and that there be granted and allowed on the 


removal of the same from England to Scotland or | 


Ireland, the respective Drawbacks following ; that is 
to say ; 








Countervailing 
Duties from 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED. Scotland 
| or Ireland, to 
England, 





For every Gallon thereof removed : 


Ether - - - ws ss _ » 
Sweet Spirits of Nite - - - = 
Camphorated Spirits - - - - 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, 


| 
| 
| 
| £.8 d. 
| 
| 
being Spirits scented with Essential | 


-10 6 


Oils, Flowers, or other Ingredients - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender - 
Spirits of Rosemary - ~ 
Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Salvolatile - - - - 
Friars’ Balsam - - - 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafoetida - 
Tincture of Castor 
Tincture of Kino 
Tincture of Guiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes - - - - 3 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits 
Made Wines” - - - - - 





{ 
&gt; 
bo 





Countervailing 





Drawbacks 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED. from England 
to Scotland, or 
Ireland. 
For every Gallon thereof removed : £2. d. 
Ether-  - - - - - - -10 5 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - - - 
Camphorated Spirits - —- - -| 
Lavender Water and other Perfumes, | 
being Spirits scented with Essential 
Oils, Flowers, or other Ingredients - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender - -| 
Spirits of Rosemary - - 
Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Salvolatile - - - - 6 3 
Friars Balsam - -— - ~ ae 


Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafeetida ~ 
Tincture of Castor 
Tincture of Kino 
Tincture of Guiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes - - - - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - £ § 
Made Wines - - - = - 


Thinnpiennes 


- - 6 








14°—15° Aprilis. A. 1842. 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Barracks, Barracks, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 173. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 15° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Johnson, from the Office of the Lord Chan- Court of 
cellor’s Principal Secretary, was called in ; Chancery. 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Order of 
the Court of Chancery, dated 11th April 1842 :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Bolton and Bolton and 
Preston Railway Company, praying that they may naa Bill 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Bolton and Preston 
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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Sud- Sudbury 
bury, in the county of Suffolk, praying that provision _ 
may be made in the Sudbury Improvement Bill for” 
improving the sewerage and drainage of the town, 
and enlarging the present sewers or drains, and 
to authorize the purchase of lands or houses for 
such purpose, and for making further improvement 
in the said town and borough, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 








Petitions of Henry Beaumont Leeson, of Green- Deptford 
wich, in the county of Kent, Doctor of Medicine, and Pt 5M 
| William Taylor Prichard, of Torrington-square, in 
the county of Middlesex, Esquire ;—and, Inhabitants 
and Parishioners of the parish of Saint Nicholas, 
Deptford, and Owners and Occupiers of property 
| within the said parish, and Commissioners for better 
| paving, cleansing, lighting and watching the streets, 
lanes, and other public passages and places within 
the said parish, and for removing and preventing 
encroachments, obstructions, nuisances and annoy- 
ances therein ; praying that they may be heard, by 
theniselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Deptford Pier 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 Merchants, Millers, Farmers and Yarmouth and 
Yeomanry of the county of Norfolk, praying that a 
y . : ilway Bill. 
the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill may pass — 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


2. Resolved, That the Laws regulating the removal b = sage oo ole omaha ig ic beer 
of the said Mixtures, Compounds, Preparations and a on 


Commodities be amended. 


3. Resolved, That santo be made for regulat- 
using Roasted Malt in colour- 


ing the preparing an 
ing Beer. 
‘Resolutions to be reported. 





Lowestoft Navigation Bills in Sessions 1826 and 
1826-7, be referred to the Committee on the Yar- 
mouth and Norwich Railway Bill. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Select Sudbury 
Committees of this House, presented, pursuant to gage 
Order,—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the %®? 


Select 











Camb 


aud J 
Road 


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ill, 


ent 


1 and 


Bill. 


76. 





Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Road s Bil ] . 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Leather, &amp;c. 


Property Tax. 


Education 
(Iteland, ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Public Petitions 


(Sixteenth 
Report. ) 


5 Vicroriz£. 


Select Committee on the Sudbury Election Petition, 
together with the Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
said Committee. 

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


A Petition of William Houldsworth, and others, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Cam- 
buslang and Muirkirk Roads 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 Attornies and Solicitors, residing at 
Northallerton, praying for the repeal of the stamp 
duty on Attornies’ Certificates, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartford ;—Drogheda ;—Dublin; 
— Richmond (Surrey) ;—Plymouth and East Stone- 
house ;— Guildford ;—Lambeth ;—The Metropolis ; 
—Cricklade ;—Maldon ;—and, county of Devon ; 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
the duties on the importation of manufactured 
Leather, and on Boots and Shoes,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oakham ;— York ; — Bradford 
(York) ;— Beverley ;— Middlebie ;—County of Dum- 
fries (three Petitions) ;—President and Committee 


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193 


had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Petitions of Governors of the Free Grammar Buildings Regu- 

School of King Edward the Sixth in Birmingham ; — as 
—Commissioners for lighting and improving the — 
hamlets or liberties of Duddeston and Nechells ;— 
James Taylor ;—Joseph Frederick Ledsam ;—and, 
Kingston-upon-Hull; praying that the Buildings 
Regulation (No. 2.) Bill may not ~~ into a law, as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Commissioners for lighting, watch- Boroughs 
ing, cleansing and otherwise improving the hamlets (Noa) Bill 
or liberties of Duddeston and Nechells, in the 
parish of Aston, near Birmingham, praying that the 
Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 


read ; and referred to thr Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Swansea; —and, Carmarthen ; pray- Post-office 
ing the House not to sanction any proposition having Communica- 
for its object the transferring the point of departure ~~ 
of the Irish Mail Packets from Hobbs’ Point to 
Bristol,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Post-office Communi- 
cation. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint London and 
Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in the county of Sur- Railway 


rey, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, (Grange Road 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Approach) 





of the Birmingham Law Society ;—Society of Solici- 
tors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland ;—Composi- 
tors in the Printing-office of the Western Times 
Newspaper, printed at Exeter ; — Kingston-upon- 
Hull ;— Edinburgh (two Petitions) :—Chairman of 
a Meeting of the Police Commissioners of Man- 
chester ;—Stratford (Essex) ;—Sunderland ;— Saint 
Clement, near Eastcheap, London ;— Preses of a 
Meeting of the Society of Writers in Dundee ;—-The 
Metropolis ;—Haverhill;—Hertford ;—Great Drif- 
field ; — Kendal ;—and, Leith; praying the House 
not to sanction the proposed measure for a Tax 
upon Property,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Richard Hill, of Robert-street, 
Hoxton, praying the House to sanction the proposed 
measure for a Tax on Property, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Bath Church of 


England Lay Association ;-- Nantenan ;— Tashinney 
and Abbey Shrule ;—Kilcoe and Cape Clear ;— 
Saint Finbar, Cork; — Saint Nicholas, Cork ;— 
Cloyne ; — Committee of the _ Diocesan 
Church Education Society ; — Killyshandra ; — 
Kilcornan ;— Askeaton and Iverossa ;— Horetown, 
and other’ places;— and, Ardcolm; praying the 
House to devise means for affording encouragement 


London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Ap-(N*- 2.) Bill. 
proach) (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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Inchbelly 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, by we on 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the ° 
Inchbelly (Glasgow) 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 the Master, Wardens, Searchers, Iron. 
Assistants and Commonalty of the Company of 
Cutlers of Sheffield, praying that the House will 
grant a remission of duty on Foreign Iron, retaining 
only a very small duty for statistical purposes, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Sheffield Mechanics Literary and 


Scientific 





to the Schools in connection with the Church Educa-| 18titution, praying the House to relieve Literary and Pr vitutions. 


tion Society for Zreland,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clayton ;—North Byerley ;—Pud- 


sey ;— Shipley ;--Great Horton ;— Bowling ;—Brad- 
ford ( York) ;— Tong ;— Oakenshaw ;— Manningham; 
— Wyke ;—Idle ;— Bolton (York) ; — Cleckheaton ; 
— Denton ; —Hunsworth ;— Wilsden ;— Thornton ; 
— Heaton ;—Allerton ;— and, Calverley; praying 
for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Viscount Duncan reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented from the 11th to the 13th 
days of this instant April, both days inclusive ; and 
Vou. 97. 


Scientific Institutions from rates and taxes, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Henry Dowell Griffiths, of Win- Parish Vestries 





chester-row, Edgeware-road, praying for alteration kp 
of the Parish Vestries Act; and complaining that Partih Bill, 
at a recent meeting to consider the Saint Mary- 

le-bone Parish Bill, he was prevented moving an 
amendment on account of not being a rate-payer, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Ormskirk ;—Denton (two Peti- Corn Laws. 
tions) ;—Salford ;— Whittle-le-Wood ;—and, Man- 
chester (seven Petitions); praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
cco Petitions 








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Maynooth 
College. 


Factories. 


St. Paul’s 
Cathedral. 


Railways, 


Glasgow Police 
(No. 3-) Bill. 


Commercial 
Reforms. 


General 
Committee of 
Elections, 


Cardigan 
Borough 
Election. 


194 


Petitions from Hackney ;—and, Builth ; praying 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support 
from the College of Maynooth,— were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Devon- 
port, praying that the House will at an early period 
pass such an enactment as will greatly ameliorate 
the condition of Factory Children, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Elmes, of the City of Lon- 
don, Architect, praying that his designs for the im- 
provement of the area around, and the approaches 
to Saint Paul’s Cathedral may be laid before any 
Committee or Commission appointed or to be ap- 
pointed by the House, for the improvement of the 
metropolis, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rail- 
way Company ;—and, the Hull and Selby Railway 
Company ; praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the inequality and injustice of the present 
mode of levying the tax upon Railway Passengers, 
and suvstitute in lieu of it a per-centage of the gross 
receipts derived from passengers of all classes,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, 
and certain lands adjacent, Rate-payers, for the pur- 
poses of Police and statute labour therein, praying 
that the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners 
and other Inhabitants of the port of Liverpool, pray- 
ing that the House will, with all possible expedition, 
take into consideration a new Tariff, demonstrating 
more extended views for the promotion of Commerce, 
and pass the same into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections; ‘That having regard to 
the number of Election Committees which may be 
sitting, they had selected certain days for the ap- 
pointment of the Select Committees to try the matter 
of the Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns for the places therein mentioned. 

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

Lord Granville Somerset further reported from 
the General Committee of Elections, the amended 
Panels. 

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


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections, the names of the 
Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 
ing of an undue Election and double Return for the 
Borough of Cardigan, to which they had annexed 
the Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto:—And the names of the Committee were 
read, as follow : 

Sir Charles Henry Coote, Baronet, the Earl of 
Leicester, William Smith O’ Brien, Esquire, George 
Dodd, Esquire, Edmund Turner, Esquire, William 
James, Esquire ; Chairman, William Goodenough 
Hayter, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and double Return for the Borough of Cardigan, be 
referred to the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and double Return for that 
Borough. 


15° Aprilis. 








A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 


Members of the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Wakefield, to which they had annexed the 
Petitions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters, which had been 
delivered to them by either Party :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow : 

Edward Strutt, Esquire, Thomas Mackenzie, Es- 
a the Honourable Robert Gore, the Honourable 

illiam Gordon, Viscount Duncan, Colonel Wood ; 
Chairman, Henry Home Drummond, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for tne Borough of Wake- 
field be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of twelve at noon. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last, That the Petition [of Inhabitants 
of the Borough of Hertford, against the imposition 
of a Property Tax,] be brought up ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

The said Petition, praying the House to reject 
any measure which may now be proposed for the im- 
position of a Property Tax, was accordingly brought 
up, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 
and Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 


: 2 Wak 
neral Committee of Elections, the names of the -_ 


ection, 


Property Tax. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An west sticling. 
Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled, “ An shire Roads 


Act to make, alter, improve and maintain certain 
Roads in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, La 
nark and Perth, and for making and maintaining 
certain new Roads in connection therewith,” without 
any Amendment: And also, 


(No. 1.) Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Mieville’s 


to dissolve the Marriage of John, otherwise Jean Divorce Bill 


Louis Mieville, with Mary Ann, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses therein mentioned, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fenchurch-street, 
and its vicinity, in the city of London, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Zondon 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. 


London ané 
Blackwall ‘ 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Vestry Meeting ating of 


praying the House to enact a law requiring the land- 
lord of small Tenements, or his appointed agent, to 
pay in one sum to the several collectors in each 
parish the amount for which the whole of his property 
in that parish may be taxed for every several rate, was 





presented, 


of Parishioners of Holbrooke, in the county of Derby, Tenement 


Wate 
Bridg 







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inge 


ill. 


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jill. 





Waterloo, &amp;e. 
Bridges. 


Public Walks. 


Cattle, Meat, 
ke. 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 
(Scotland. ) 


Land Tax 
(Lancaster. ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Cheese, 


Cordage and 
Oakum, 


5 VicToRiz. 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
able. 


A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of and in 
the vicinity of Castle-street, Bridge-road, Southwark, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Resident Householders and Inha- 
bitants of the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, 
praying the House to adopt or sanction such mea- 
sures as may be necessary for affording to the Inha- 
bitants of the south side of the metropolis open 
spaces or parks for public walks for the exercise 
and recreation of its inhabitants, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Occupiers of land, in the county of 
Dumfries, praying that the prohibition of the impor- 
tation of Cattle may be continued, and that no reduc- 
tion may be made in the protecting duties hereto- 
fore charged on Meat and all other agricultural pro- 
ductions, 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 Returns made by each County 
in Scotland, for the last year, under the Rogue 
Money Assessment (Scotland) Act, 2and 3 Vic. c. 65 

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 the Amounts paid for Land Tax in the 
various Townships and Places in the County of 
Lancaster, exhibiting the whole Amount, and the 
Sum paid by each. 


Ordered, That Captain Layard have leave of 
absence, till the 1st day of May next, on account of 
illness in his family. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Exchequer Bills funded under the 
Act 5 Vic.c. 8; specifying the Acts under which 
such Exchequer Bills had been issued, and the 
Amount issued under such Acts respectively :--Of 
the yearly Interest on the Exchequer Bills so 
funded :—Of the Stock sold under the 22d Clause 
of the Act 5 Vic. c. 8, and the yearly Interest pay- 
able thereon; specifying the Date of all Sales of 
Stock, the Amount of such Sales, and the Price of 
the Stock sold, together with an Account of the 
Market-price of such Stock the day before and the 
day after every such Sale :—And, of the Exchequer 
Bills funded and of the Amount of Money subscribed 
under the Act 5 Vic. c. 8, and of the Stock created 
in consequence of the funding of Exchequer Bills, or 
Subscriptions in Money, and of the Annual Interest 
payable thereon. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Accounts. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain in each 
Month of the Years 1840 and 1841; distinguish- 
ing the European from the American Produce. 

A Return of the Quantities of Foreign Cordage 
and Oakum imported into and bonded in the United 
Kingdom ; enumerating the Ports into which such 
Articles were imported; also stating the Quantities 
of the said Articles exported from the United King- 
dom, and the Countries to which they were exported ; 
for each of the Two years ended respectively on the 
5th day of January 1840 and the 5th day of January 
1841. 


15° Aprils. 


195 


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


The ingrossed Bill for punishing Mutiny and De- Matiny Bill. 


sertion, and for the better Payment of the Army 
and their Quarters, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider, (That it shall not be 
lawful to inflict Corporal Punishment by Flogging 
during the time of peace on any Private Soldier, 
Corporal or Non-Commissioned Officer in the Army 
or Militia of the United Kingdom, save for Offences 
committed on a line of march, or for Theft) :—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 pag Bernal, L sy 
Yeas, Mr. Owen Stanley : | a 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 187 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : * Ioegiis 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares or 


British Possessions in America or the Mauritius. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That from and after a day or days to 
be named, the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares 
or Merchandize imported or brought into any of the 
British Possessions in America or the Mauritius, 
under or by virtue of the following Acts respectively, 
namely: Act 4 Geo. 3. c. 15, imposing certain Du- 
ties on Wines imported into the British Possessions 
in America; Act 6 Geo. 3. c. 52, imposing certain 
Duties on Molasses, Syrups and Pimento, imported 
into the British Possessions in America; Act 14 
Geo. 3, c. 88, imposing certain Duties on Spirits 
imported into Canada; Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 59, 
for regulating the trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad, shall cease and be repealed. 

Motion made, and Quesiion proposed, That, in 
lieu of the aforesaid Duties, there shall be payable 
upon Goods, Wares and Merchandize, not being the 
growth, production or manufacture of the United 
Kingdom, or of any of the British Possessions in 
America, or of any of the British Possessions within 
the limits of the East India pry wy, Charter, im- 
ported or brought into any of the British Posses- 
sions in America, or the Mauritius, by sea or inland 
carriage or navigation, the following Duties; that 
is to say: 

s. d. 
Wheat Flour, the barrel of 196 lbs. - - Ze 

Amendment proposed, after “ Wheat-flour,” to 
insert the words “ excepting into Canada.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f{Mr. Roebuck, lL 54. 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Buller : om 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 63. 


Noes, 





Vou. 97. 





Mr. John Young: 


cc2 2. Resolved, 


The ingrossed Bill for the Regulation of Her Ma- Marine Mutiny 
jesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore, was, Bill. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Duties 
into a Committee, to consider the Acts relating (West Indian 
ee North 
: 4 ‘ merican 
Merchandize imported or brought into any of the Colonies.) 


196 


2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the aforesaid Duties, 
there shall be payable upon Goods, Wares, and 
Merchandize, not being the growth, production, or 
manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of 
the British Possessions in America, or of any of 
the British Possessions within the limits of the Last 
India Company’s Charter, imported or brought into 
any of the British Possessions in America or the 
Mauritius, by sea or inland carriage or navigation, 
the following Duties, that is to say : 


= 


ne 


Wheat Flour, the barrel of 196 lbs. 
Fish, of Foreign taking or curing, dried 
cwt. - - + - 

Ditto - - - pickled, the barrel 
Meat, salted or cured, the cwt. 
Butter, the cwt. 
Cheese, the cwt. 
Coffee, the ewt. 
Cocoa, the ewt. 
Melasses, the cwt. - 
Sugar, unrefined, the cwt. 
Refined Sugar, the produce of and refined in 

Countries, 20 per cent. ad valorem. 


Tea, unless imported direct from China, or unless im- 
ported from the United Kingdom, or from any of 
the British Possessions, per \b. 

Spirits :— 

Rum, per gallon - 
Other Spirits, per gallon 
Glass Manufactures 
Silk Manufactures - 


Wine, whether bottled or not 
Cotton Manufactures 
Linen - - ditto 
Woollen - ditto 
Leather - ditto 
Paper - - ditto 
Hardware 
Clocks and Watches 

Manufactured Tobacco 


or salted, the 


Foreign 


Or G2 C9 Or Or C Co bo 





~ - - - l 


has per cent. ad valorem. 


J 


‘ 7 per cent. ad valorem. 





Soap ~ - 

Cake, Cordage and Oakum_~—-J 

Oil, Blubber, Fins and Skins, the 
eae of fish and creatures 
iving in the sea of Foreign 
fishing 


15 per cent. ad valorem. 


Articles not enumerated, except 
such as are comprised or re- | 
ferred to in the “aed 
Table of Exemptions - 


4 per cent. ad valorem. 


And if any of the Goods herein- 
before proposed to be charged 
with Duty, except Sugar and 
Tea,shall be imported through 
the United Kingdom (having 
been warehoused therein, and 
being exported from the ware- 
house), or the Duties thereon, 


- - Such Goods shall only 
be charged with three- 
fourths of the Duties here- 
inbefore proposed. 


15° Aprilis. 





if there e having been 
drawn back - ~ - 


And there shall be payable a Duty of 10 per cent. ad va- 
lorem upon Sugars refined in Bond in the United Kingdom, 
not being the produce of any of the British Possessions in 
America, or of any of the British Possessions within the 
limits of the East India ey Charter, imported or 
brought into any of the British Possessions in America or the 
Mauritius. 


And if in any of the British Possessions in America or the 
Mauritius any Duty be chargeable by any colonial law upon 
any articles similar to the above, but being the growth, pro- 
duce or manufacture of the United Kingdom or of the British 
Possessions in America, or of the British Possessions within 
the limits of the East India Company’s Charter, or the pro- 
duce of the British Fisheries, beyond the Duty (if any) 
chargeable by such colonial law upon similar Foreign articles, 
—The hereinbefore-mentioned Tepuaied Duty upon such 
Foreign articles shall be increased by such excess or amount 
(as the case may be) of the Duties so chargeable by such 
colenial law upon similar British articles. 


And if in any of the British Possessions in America or the 
Mauritius any Duty be chargeable by any colonial law upon 
Tea imported direct from China, or imported from the United 
Kingdom, or any of the British Possessions, beyond the Duty 
(if any) chargeable by such colonial law upon Tea not so im- 
porte »—The hereinbefore-mentioned Imperial Duty upon 
Tea not so imported shall be increased by such excess or 
amount (as the case may be) of the Duties so chargeable by 
such colonial law upon Tea imported direet from China, or 


imported from the United Kingdom, or from any of the British 
P.ssessions. 





A. 1842. 


3. Resolved, That from and after a day to be 
named, so much of the said Act for regulating the 
Trade of the British Possessions Abroad, as provides 
that any sort of craft, food and victuals, except 
spirits, and any sort of clothing and implements or 
materials fit and necessary for the British Fisheries 
in America, imported into the place at or from 
whence such Fishery is carried on, shall be Duty- 
free, be repealed, except so far as regards the fol- 
lowing articles (that is to say); Salted or Cured 
Meat, Flour, Butter, Cheese, Melasses, Corkwood, 
Cordage, Oakum, Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, 
Leather and Leather Ware, and all sorts of Fishing. 
Craft and Bait, Fishermen’s Clothing and Hosiery ; 
which articles are only to be exempted from Duty 
under such rules and regulations as shall be satis- 
factory to the principal Officer of Customs, that the 
articles are really and truly intended to be applied 
to the purpose for which the same have been entered 
as imported. 

4. Resolved, That from and after a day to be 
named, Goods the produce or manufacture of the 
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, when 
imported from such Islands into the British Pos- 
sessions in America or the Mauritius, shall be ad- 
mitied to entry upon payment of the same Duties 
as are payable upon the like Goods the produce or 
manufacture of the United Kingdom, or of any of 
the said Possessions. 


5. Resolved, That the Chairman be instructed to 
move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws 
relating to the Trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


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


reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


it was referred to consider of the Excise Acts relating ¢ 
to Compounds and Roasted Malt, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That the several Countervailing Duties 
and Drawbacks now payable on the several Mixtures, 
Compounds, Preparations and Commodities made 
from or with Spirits, after enumerated, when removed 
from Ireland into England or Scotland, or from 
Scotland into England or Ireland, or from England 
into Scotland or Ireland, do cease and determine ; 
and that in lieu thereof there be raised, levied and 
collected on the said several Mixtures, Compounds, 
Preparations and Commodities, when removed from 
Scotland or Ireland into England, the respective 
Countervailing Duties of Excise following, and that 




















there be granted and allowed on the removal of the 
same 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Turupite. 
roads Dill, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railways Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee, to whom Excise Duties 





Bill 


ties 


nds 
sted 


Salted 
Provisions. 


No, 177. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


No.178, 





5 Vicroriz. 15°— 


same from England to Scotland or Ireland, the re- 
spective Drawbacks following ; that is to say: 


18° Aprilis. 


197 


Lune, 18° die Aprilis ; 





ARTICLES ENUMERATED. 


Countervailing 
Duties from 
Scotland 
or Ireland, to 
England. 








Ether - ~ 


Sweet Spirits of Nitre - 
Camphorated Spirits - 


Lavender Water and other Pe 
being Spirits scented with essential 
Oils, Flowers or other Ingredients 

Compound Spirits of Lavender 


Spirits of Rosemary 
Spirits of Ammonia 
Salvolatile- = - 
Friars’ Balsam - 


Compound Tincture of Benzoin 


Tincture of Assafcetida 


Tincture of Castor 
Tincture of Kino 


Tincture of Guiacum 


Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes - 


Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits 


Made Wines - 


For every Gallon thereof removed : 


rfumes, 


=y 





a 


£.8. d. 
-10 5 


-42 
« § 








ARTICLES ENUMERATED. 


Countervailing 
Drawbacks 
from England 
to Scotland, or 

Ireland. 





Ether - - 


Sweet Spirits of Nitre - 


Camphorated Spirits - 
Lavender Water an 


For every Gallon thereof removed : 


d other Perfumes, 


being Spirits scented with essential 
Oils, Flowers or other Ingredients - 


Compound Spirits of Lavender 


Spirits of Rosemary 
Spirits of Ammonia 
Salvolatile- - 
Friars’ Balsam - 


Compound Tincture of Benzoin 


£. 3. d. 
-10 5 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called Post-office. 


a in; and at the bar presented,—Further Re- 
turn to an Order dated the 24th day of February 
last, for a Return in detail, of the Number of Cases 
which have occurred, from the 5th day of January 
1837 to the 5th day of January 1841, in each year, 
of Letters franked or unfranked, addressed to Per- 
sons in London, Dublin or Edinburgh, or which 
have been applied for, through the General Post- 
offices of those Cities, containing Money, Bills, 
Bank Notes, or other Property, which have been 
secreted or purloined by any Person in the Employ 

ment of the Post-office Department, or been de- 
manded therefrom by private parties, as undelivered, 
with the Amount thereof in each case, in each year, 
respectively ; also, of the Names and Situations of 
all Persons dismissed or removed from the Post- 
office Department as above, under the allegation of 
having purloined or secreted Letters franked or 
unfranked, or been concerned therein, containing 
Money, Bills, Bank Notes or other Property belong- 
ing to private parties, with the Amount in each in- 
stance ; aiso, a Return as above, of all Persons who 
have actually defrauded the Revenue Department 
of the Post-office, and been dismissed therefrom ; 
stating, in either case, if the first Offence was visited 
with removal or Dismissal, or if repeated previous 
thereto (being in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper No. 265, of Sess. 1838) :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


tition of Anthony Lefroy, Esquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Longford, informed the House, That the Committee 
had determined, 


Lord Ashley, from the Select Committee ap- Longford 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election, 


Tincture of Assafoetida - 





Tincture of Castor - 
Tincture of Kino 
Tincture of Guiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes- - - = - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated Spirits - 
Made Wines” - - - - 


8 8 8 
“a oe ee oe oe ee 


| 


4 2 
- 6 





2. Resolved, That the Laws regulating the re- 
moval of the said Mixtures, Compounds, Prepara- 
tions and Commodities, be amended. 

3. Resolved, That provision be made for regulating 
os preparing and using Roasted Malt in colouring 

eer. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
and second of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
Resolution: And that the same Gentlemen do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Salted Pro- 
visions, which were presented upon Monday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Puor Law 


Amendment Act, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 


next. 


That Luke White, Esquire, was not duly elected 
a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the County of Longford : 

That Anthony Lefroy, Esquire, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Longford. 

Lord Ashley also informed the House, That the 
Committee had altered the poll taken at the last 
Election for the said County, by striking out the 
names of the following Persons as not having had a 
right to vote at such Election, and who ought not to 
have been placed on the Register of Voters for the 
said County : 











You. 97, 

















On On Catt 
Register. Voters’ Names. Register. Voters’ Names. 
1473 | James Doherty. 1640 | Edward Mulvey. 
1791 | Francis Conlon. 2316 | Martin Mulvey. 
1690 | James Conlon. 1819 | John Moran. 
1496 | Laurence Murtagh.| 1688 | Patrick Newman (of 
1782 | James M‘Cormick. Knockskea). 
1683 | John Furey. 1636 | Michael Dooner. 
1741 | John Rooney. 1798 | Patt Dowd. 
2358 | John Cody. 2269 | Thady Dowd. 
2723 | Bryan Carney. 1691 | Michael Gilleasy. 
1738 | James Gill. 2830 | William Farrell. 
2297 | Bryan Jordan. 1804 | Thomas Farrell. 
1828 | James Leech. 1780 | Thomas Farrell (of 
2020 | James M‘Cormick. Balintubber). 
1604 | James M‘Cormick 2304 | John Ledwith. 
(of Tashiny.) 2337 | Michael Sweeny. 
1502 | Patrick Newman. 1506 | James Victory. 
1830 | Michael Reynolds. 1854 | Terence Flood. 
2022 | Michael Simonds. 1845 | Patrick Colreavy. 
1649 | John Bazter. 1656 | James Higgins. 
1764 } Patt Magrath. 1657 | William Higgins. 
2872 | John Clancy. 1720 | John Banks. 
1641 | Thomas Mulvey. 2433 | Mathew Cullum. 
cc3 161 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return, 


198 





























On On mere 
Register. Voters’ Names. Register. Voters’ Names. 
1610 | John Cullen. 1686 | Michael Mulfall. 
1844 | Patt Connor. 1684 | Patt Kenny. 
1743 | Christopher Cahiil. 1783 | Thomas Gannon. 
2778 | Bryan Conway. 1861 | William Fitzsimons. 
1847 | Patrick Donohoe. 1768 | Patt Coffee. 
1848 | Patrick Doyle. 2758 | Daniel Patridge. 
1612 | John Flood. 2570 | James Kenny. 
2059 | John Fagan. 2747 | Laurence Keane. 
2508 | James Finnen. 1761 | Peter M‘Loughlin. 
2503 | Christopher Fitzsi- | 1763 Thomas M*‘Lough- 
mons. lin. 
2048 | James Fagan. 1767 | Michael Spollen. 
1745 | Patt Flood. 2686 | Bryan Mannion. 
1728 | Patt Finnegan. 2276 | John Farrell. 
1698 | Marks Farrell. 2455 Christopher M ulloy. 
2060 | Stephen Grier. 2475 | Bernard Reilly. 
1700 | Peter Harkin. 1719 | John Victory. 
2061 | Daniel Heuny. 2602 | Bernard Newman. 
1760 | Michael Kiernan. 2369 | Patrick Casey. 
2066 | Thomas Kelly. 1794 | John Casey. 
1850 | Andrew Kilbride. 2653 | Laurence Casey. 
1537 | Patrick Kelly. 1799 | James Dowd. 
1538 | Thomas Kelly. 2285 | Patrick Farrell. 
2071 | John Macken. 2955 | Michael Quinn. 
2077 | Mathew M‘Gurk. 2879 | Simon M‘Vitty. 
2073 | Bernard M‘Guiness| 1868 | James Leavy. 
1833 | Michael Matthews. | 2648 | Patrick Heslan. 
1661 | William M*Lough- | 2957 | William Farrell. 
lin. 1853 | William Donohoe. 
1749 | Edward Nannery. 2639 | James Canavan. 
1596 | Edward O Neil. 1721 | Daniel Colreavy. 
2506 | Hugh O’ Neil. 1678 | Mathew Colreavy. 
1834 | Mathew Plunket. 2769 | William Bratton. 
1528 | Hugh Reilly. 2344 | Charles Walker. 
1837 | Thomas Rogers. 1826 | John Payne. 
1751 | James Reilly. 1814 | James Kenny. 
1617 | Dennis Sherridan. 1813 | Michael Kenny. 
1752 | Daniel Smith. 1491 | James Kenny (of 
1718 | Thomas Sherridan. Lisrevagh). 
1852 | John Simons. 2387 | Daniel Gara. 
2054 | John Sullivan. 2904 | Thomas Farrell. 
2461 | Terence M‘Cormick| 2386 | Thomas Flanagan. 
1567 | James Reynolds. 2666 | Patrick Farrell. 
2477 | John Rogers. 1807 | John Finneran. 
1673 | Peter Maguire. 1806 | John Farrell. 
2480 | Laurence Reynolds.| 1481 | Hubert Farrell. 
2068 | Patt Kiernan. 2286 | Cornelius Farrell. 
2451 | John Kiernan. 2667 | Andrew Farrell. 
2067 | William Kenny. 1805 | John Farrell. 
1706 | James Lynch. 1801 | Patt Eagen. 
2851 | James M‘Cue. 1475 | Thomas Daly. 
1682 | John Dooner. 1598 | John Chapman. 
1642 | Thomas M‘Cormick} 1793 | James Corcoran. 











And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House, To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
County of Longford, and amend the same by rasing 
out the name of Luke White, Esquire, and inserting 
the name of Anthony Lefroy, Esquire, instead thereof. 


Lord Ashley also informed the House, That the 
Committee had come to the following Resolution ; 
which they had directed him to report to the House: 

Resolved, That the Committee in virtue of the 
79th section of the Act to amend the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, desire to call the 
instant and serious attention of the House to the 
state of the law as it materially affects a very con- 
siderable portion of the Parliamentary Franchise in 
Ireland; they allude especially to the conflicting 
decisions which are so frequently given by Com- 
mittees of this House, in respect of the issue tech- 
nically termed “ the opening of the Registry,” and 
to the impracticability of affirming, with the contra- 
dictory opinions of learned judges before them, not 
only the right meaning and application of the words 
“ beneficial interest” (introduced for the first time 


into the 2d and 3d Will. 4, c. 88, s. 1), but also the | 


true interpretation under the statute of the terms 
“‘ clear yearly value” inserted into all the forms of 
Oath, in Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the Schedule (C.) 
of the same Act, required to be taken before the 
Assistant Barrister by persons claiming to be re- 
gistered as Voters; that the Committee are unani- 
mously of opinion, that without some declaratory 





18° Aprilis. 


A. 1842. 


Act on the part of the Legislature, it will be alto- 
gether impossible for future Committees to arrive at 
any consistent or satisfactory conclusions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and double Re- 
turn for the Borough of Cardigan, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Pryse Pryse, Esquire, was duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Cardigan : 

That John Scandrett Harford, Esquire, was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned 
a Burgess for the said Borough. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


this House To-morrow, with the double Return for 
the Borough of Cardigan, and amend the same by 
taking off the File the Indenture by which John 
Scandrett Harford, Esquire, is returned. 


Mr. Pakington reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition of John Cobbold and others, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Ipswich; That Obadiah Barwick Lucas had 
been guilty of wilfully giving false evidence in his 
examination before them, and that he had by war- 
rant under his hand, committed the said Obadiah 
Barwick Lucas, to the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms, to await the pleasure of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Obadiah Barwick Lucas 
be, for his said offence, committed to Her Majesty’s 
gaol of Newgate, till this House make further Order 
in his case; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrants accordingly. 


The Kington Roads Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 








Mr. Busfeild reported from the Committee on the 
Southwark Improvement (No. 1.) 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 of 
others, and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true. 

Mr. Busfeild further reported from the said Com- 
mittee ; That they had gone through several Clauses 
of the Bill, and made Amendments thereto, when it 
was stated to the Committee by the Parties pro- 
moting the Bill, that in consequence of the Amend- 
ments introduced into the Bill, and their inability 
to come to any satisfactory arrangement with some 
of the opponents of the measure, they were under the 
necessity of declining to proceed further with the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Andrew Mulholland, of Mount Col- 


and, Corporation for preserving and improving the 
Port and Harbour of Belfast; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Belfast and Cavehiil 
Railway (Road and Shipping-place) 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 city of Glasgow, Writers, and Agents for Alex- 
ander 


Mr. Hayter, from the Select Committee appointed Cardigan 
Borough 


Election. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend a . the 
rown to 
amend Return, 


Ipswick 
Election, 


Kington Roads 
Bill. 


Southwark 
Improvement 
(No. 1.) Bill, 


Belfast and 


lier, in the county of Antrim, Esquire ;— Elizabeth a we 


(Road and 


May, of Belfast, Widow ;— Robert Thomson, of Shipping-place ) 
Jennymount, in the county of Antrim, Esquire ;— Bill. 


A Petition of Messrs. Lamond and Monteith, of Glasgow Police 


(No, 3+) Bill. 








bn = ol 


— 


oat fe tet at 





and 
ce) 


lice 


ll, 





199 


of Norfolk ; praying that the prohibition of the im- 
portation of Cattle may be continued, and that no re- 
duction may be made in the protecting duties here- 


5 Victoriz. 18° Aprilis. 


ander Brown, J. and R. Cogan, Alexander Grant | 
and others, Owners and Occupiers of cotton-mills 
and power-loom weaving factories, within the city 


themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 


by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their | 


favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. | 


of Glasyow, praying that they may be heard, by | tofore charged on Meat and on all other agricultural 

productions,—-were presented, and read ; and or- 

parts of the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) dered to lie upon the Table. 

sented, and read. Me ise 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | . Petitions of Members of the Sunderland Building Benefit Build- 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | Society ;——and, Members of the South Shields ing Societies. 
uilding Society ; praying for the amendment of the 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in Act? Will. 4, forthe Regulation of Benefit Building 
| Societies,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


| to lie upon the Table. 


ill, was pre- 





Yarmouth and = =- Petitions of Inhabitants of the Borough of Great | ji 
Norwich - Yarmouth ;—Inhabitants of the city of Norwich ;— A Petition of Rate-payers of the Strabane Poor Poor Relief 
Raliway BID. and, Owners, Lessees and O ecupiers of land on the. Law Union, complaining of the proceedings of the (Ireland) Act. 
ay , -.. | Poor Law Commissioners in reference to the said 
Eno Cieney geeedns hig the Ranke Cones | Union, and praying that the correspondence “eect 
Railway Company between Great Yarmouth and | emma 8. _ ; 
Norwich, praying that the Yarmouth and Norwich | the Commissioners and the Guardians of the said 
. . . , | Union with regard to estimated expenditure of mo- 
ee oon 4 oodered « spines he Ts ac iney may be laid before the rate and that if the 
a . der ’ y l Se, 2 
™ wer a ™ sanehielatitces,. weakie ae ea __ | House shall see fit to continue the power of the Poor 
Tanesth ‘ Sir Robert Pigot reported from the Committee | Law Commissioners, the public may be permitted 
and Norwic 


Railway Bill. 


Weston-super- 
Mare Improve- 
ment and 
Market Bill. 


Mieville’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Camberwell 
and Peckham 
Lighting Bill. 


Southwark 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e, 


on the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill; That 
he was instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, That Mr. Samuel Price Edwards be ordered 
to attend the said Committee forthwith. 

Ordered, That Mr. Samuel Price Edwards do 
attend this House forthwith. 


to witness how they exercise it, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kincurran ;— Temple Martin ;— Education 
Killowen ;— Kilfaughnabeg ;--Killereran ;— Abbey (ie!) 
Knockmoy ;—Aghadowey ; — Ballysculleon ; —and, 

: Camus-juxta-Bann; praying the House to devise 

Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the! means for affording encouragement to the schools in 
Weston-super-Mare Improvement and Market Bill ; | connection with the Church Education Society for 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, | Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
and found the same to be true; and had gone} to lie upon the Table. 
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 Ahoghill;—and, Benburb; praying Marriages 
the House to pass an Act for rendering valid all Mar- (Ireland.) 
riages solemnized, or which may hereafter be solem- 
nized, by a presbyterian minister in Jreland, between 
parties, one of whom is a member of the Established 
Church and the other a protestant dissenter,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Meiville’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Camberwell and Peckham Lighting Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


enittee of Gelection. Petitions from the county of Kincardine ;--King- Property Tax. 


ston-upon-Hull ;— Chepping Wycombe ;-— Ross ( He- 
reford ) ;—Stoke-upon- Trent ;-— Gateshead ;-—Edin- 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- ; Z 
P burgh; — Staffordshire Potteries; — Durham ; — 


deration the Report which, upon the 5th day of this 


instant April, was made from the Committee on the 
Southwark Improvement (No. 2.) Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Driglington, pray- 
ing that the House will repeal the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, and restore that Act of Parliament 
commonly known and called the 43d of Elizabeth, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions of Guardians of the Bolton Union, in 
the county of Lancaster ;—and, Inhabitants within 
the Bolton Union, praying that so much of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act as relates to the appoint- 
ment and powers of the Poor Law Commissioners 
may be repealed, and that more efficient means 
may be provided for enfotcing Bastardy Orders, 
and that provision may be made for dissolving all 
Unions by consent of the Guardians of such Unions, 
and for restoring to townships the management of 
their own affairs by Guardians selected by the 
Rate-payers and uncontrolled by Commissioners,— 





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

A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Oak- 
ham Poor Law Union, praying the House not to 


pass any Bill which will continue the existence of 


the Poor Law Commission, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Baydon ;— Wallingford ;— Wick- 
hambreaux ;—and, Western division of the county 
Vou. 97. 





County of Norfolk ;—Sheriff of the county of Wor- 
thumberland ; —— Chairman of the Rutland Agricul- 
tural Society ;---Saint Austell ;— Deal ;—Northal- 
lerton ;—Littleborough ;— Stirling ;-- Farmers anid 
Graziers attending Ozford Market, and Tradesmen 
resident in and near the city ;—Attornies and Soli- 
citors practising in the Courts of Law and Equity in 
Derby ;—and, South Shields; praying the House 
to refuse their sanction to any measure having for 
its object the increase of the national revenue by a 


Tax upon Property, —were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in Leeds and the neighbourhood thereof, praying Certificates. 


that the House will wholly remit the Annual Cer- 
tificate Duty now payable by Attornies and Soli- 
citors, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Prescot ;-—and, Twyning ; praying Maynooth 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support College. 


from the College of Maynooth,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ampton;— Lincoln;— Bolton ;— Winchester ;— Read- 
ing ;—Portsmouth ;— Chatham, Rochester, Stroud 
and their vicinity ;— Ulverston ; — Port Glasgow ; 
—and, Nottingham; praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction of duties on the importation 
of manufactured Leather and on Boots and Shoes, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





cc4 A Petition 


Petitions from New Windsor and Eton ;—South- Leather, &amp;e. 


Brighton, &amp;c. 
Small Debts 
Act. 


Oaths. 


Post-office 
Communica- 
tion. 


New Houses 


of Parliament. 


Commercial 
Reforms. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions 


(Treland.) 


Corn Laws. 


Railways Bill. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


200 
A Petition of John Bell Brown, of Brighton, | 


| 


Surgeon, praying for amendment of the 51st section | 


of the Brighton, &amp;c., Small Debts Act, so that the 
Court may not have the power to issue execution 
against the body but once, and for not more than 
twenty days, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Joseph Stockdale, praying the 
House to substitute solemn declarations wholly for 
Oaths, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Magistrates of the county of Pem- 
broke ;—and, Inhabitants of Pembroke, Pembroke 
Dock, &amp;c., praying the House not to sanction any 
measure for transferring the Packet Station for the 
Trish Mails from Hobbs’ Point, to Bristol,—were 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Post-office Communication. 


A Petition of Samuel Carson, of York-street, Co- 
vent Garden, Gentleman, praying that an inquiry 
may be instituted into his plan for heating and ven- 
tilating the New Houses of Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ; — and, Rye ; 
praying the House to support Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment in carrying Commercial Reform and the 
proposed measures of Finance into effect,-—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the 
city and county of Armagh, complaining of the 
proceedings of the Law Officers of the Crown in 
Ireland on the north east circuit, at the late Assizes 
for the counties of Down and Armagh, in reference to 
certain Criminal Prosecutions, and praying for in- 
quiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from East Calder ;—and, Chippenham ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 
a. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition of Land-owners and Inhabitants of the 
parish of Batheaston, praying that the Corn Laws 
may not be repealed, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Provost of the city of Aberdeen, 
praying the House to adopt the principle of a mo- 
derate fixed duty on the importation of Foreign 
Corn, in place of a sliding or graduated scale of 
duties, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Richard Elliott Vardy, Inspector 
of Corn Returns for the town of Warminster, pray- 
ing that in the event of the Corn Importation Bill 
passing into a law, the House will be pleased either 
to continue his services or to award him compensa- 
tion for his length of service, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Guardians of the Chipping Sodbury 
Poor Law Union ;—and, Guardians of the Thorn- 
bury Union; praying that a Clause may be inserted 
in the Railways Bill, that the parishes through which 
any Railway runs may be indemnified by the Com- 
pany to which it belongs, from all charges and ex- 
penses arising from sickness or accident that may 
happen to any of the labourers employed thereon, or 
for their removal to their parochial settlements dur- 
ing the progress of the works,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of Glasgow, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads 
Bill, was presented, and read. 





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A. 1842. 


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 Masters and Journeymen Cork Goris, 
Cutters of the city of Aberdeen, praying the House 
not to sanction any reduction of duty on the impor- 
tation of manufactured Corks, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Orders, London ana 
—Copies of any Correspondence or additional Report Dublin Con. 
in explanation of the ae of the Naval Commis- "cation. 
sioners, Rear Admiral Sir James Gordon and Captain 
Beechey, x. N., dated the 14th day of January 1840, 
relative to the best means of Communication between 
London and Dublin, that may have heen received 
by the Board of Admiralty since that time, together 
with any Map, Plan or Diagram that may be an- 
nexed thereto. 

Copy of the Map or Plan of the proposed Harbour polyhead Ha:- 
at Holyhead, referred to in the Report of Rear Ad- bour. 
miral Sir James Gordon, and Captain Beechey, R.N., 
dated the 14th day of January 1840. 

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


A Petition of Land-owners, Inhabitant Household- Waterloo, &amp;c. 
ers, Merchants, Residents and Traders of the north- Bridges. 
ern district of the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Eliot presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Law Courts 
—Copy of Report of Commissioners of Inquiry into (Ireland. ) 
the Offices of the Superior Courts of Common Law 
at Dublin, dated 7th April 1842. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed to Grand Jury 
revise the several Laws under or by virtue of which Presentments 
Monies are now raised by Grand Jury Presentment !*e!™*) 
in Ireland. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Orders, Apothecaries 
— Returns of the Name of each Person, in each year (Ireland.) 
since the 25th day of March 1829, who has been 
examined by the Governor and Directors of the 
Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin, and who has received 
a Certificate of his proper Qualification to become an 
Apprentice to learn the Business of an Apothecary : 
—Of the Name of each Person, in each year since 
the 25th day of March 1829, who has been examined 
by the Governor and Directors of the Apothecaries’ 
Hall in Dublin, and who has received a Certificate 
of his proper Qualification to become an Assistant 
or Journeyman to the Business of an Apothecary : 
--Of the Name of each Person, in each year, since 
the 25th day of March 1829, who has been examined 
by, and received a Certificate from the Governor and 
Directors of the Apothecaries’ Hall in Dublin, of 
his Qualification to open a Shop, and practise as an 
Apothecary in Ireland :—And, of the Number of 
Prosecutions, the Name of the Person prosecuted, 
the Date of the Prosecution, together with the Of- 
fences committed against the Act 31 Geo. 3, from 
the 25th day of March 1829 to the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary 1842; also, the Number of Penalties, the 
Date of Recovery of said Penalty, the Name of the 
Person from whom recovered, and a Statement of 
the Time which each Individual from whom a Pe- 
nalty was recovered, had been practising as an Apo- 
thecary before any Prosecution had been commenced 
against him by the Apothecaries’ Hall. 

Copies of the Memorial of the Reverend Patrick ara) 
Morgan, Parish Priest of Drumgooland, near Castie- **"“ 
wellan, 





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es 


Hill Coolies. 


National Debt, 
&amp;e. 


Cardigan Bo- 
rough Election. 


Drainage 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


West India 
Produce, 


Army, 


Property T 
Bill. igs 


No. 179. 


5 Victoriz. 


wellan, County of Down, to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland, dated on or about the 7th day of January 
1842, on the subject of Outrages committed in the 
above Locality :—Of the Answer thereto of Edward 
Lucas, Esquire, Under Secretary, dated on or about 
the 10th day of January 1842 :—Of the Letter or 
Memorial of the same Reverend Patrick Morgan 
to the Lord Lieutenant on or about the 23d day of 
February 1842, on the subject of his former Memo- 
rial, and inclosing a Copy of a Letter from him to a 
Magistrate of the District :—And, of the Answer to 


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the Reverend Mr. Morgan’s Letter, from Edward 
Lucas, Esquire, on or about the 24th day of Febru- 
ary ; together with all further and other Communi- 
cations of the above nature, between the Reverend 
Mr. Morgan and the Magistrates, or the Irish Go- 
vernment. 


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


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Aberdeen Emancipation and Aborigines Protection 
Society, praying that no relaxation may be made in 
the restriction on the exportation of labourers from 
British India, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Robinson, Dissenting Mi- 
nister, residing in the town of Keétering, stating that 
the Petitioner’s whole property consists of his house- 
hold furniture and £.300 in money; and praying 
the House to take from him such proportion of his 
small possessions, as will discharge his share of the 
National Debt, and to tax in the same proportion 
all property in Great Britain and Ireland ; and that, 
the debts of the nation having been thus paid, the 
House will immediately proceed to the abolition of 
every monopoly, and of all import duties, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be iaid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Fees and Expenses paid by 
Mr. Mark Blake, on his discharge from the Custody 
of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House. 


Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood be added to 


the Select Committee on the Drainage (Zre/and) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Hoskins have leave of absence 
for three weeks, on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Imports into the United Kingdom of 
Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee and Cocoa, from the 
West Indies and British Guiana, distinguishing 
each Colony, for the years 1831 to 1841, both in- 
clusive, and distinguishing each year. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
Officers who have been allowed to receive their 
Half-pay, since the 1st April 1841, under the Pro- 
visions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 112, s. 21. 


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


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill for granting to 
Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, 
Professions, Trades and Offices. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the first 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 Guestion ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the Old Lobby; 

The Noes to the New Lobby. 

Vou. 97. 














201 


Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 7 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : “_ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, — 
Noes, LLord Marcus Hill: : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the first time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills Accounts, &amp;. 
raised or authorized to be raised, charged on the Preferred: 
Aids or Supplies of 1842, unprovided for, which was ee 
presented upon the 22d day of March last, be referred “"* 
to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended Civil Con- 
under the head of Civil Contingencies in the year ‘™eencies. 
1841, and the Estimate of the Amount required for 
1842, which were presented upon the 23d 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 exceeding Eigh-~ Exchequer 
teen million two hundred and ninety-three thousand Bills. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and 
discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 
1842, unprovided for. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Civil Contin- 


| thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards gencies. 


defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies for the 
year 1842. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


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


Martis, 19° die Aprilis, 1842: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin Police 

mittee on the Dublin Police Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Municipal 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations Corporations 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker =. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That No. 180. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 the Com- Timber Ships 
mittee on the Timber Ships Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Customs Duties 
it was referred to consider the Acts relating to the (West Indian 
Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares or Mer- 4\) — 
chandize imported or brought into any of the British Colonies.) 
Possessions in America or the Mauritius, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That from and after a day or days to 
be named, the Duties chargeable upon Goods, Wares 

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or Merchandize imported or brought into any of the 
British Possessions in America or the Mauritius, 
under or by virtue of the following Acts respectively, 
namely: Act 4 Geo. 3, c. 15, imposing certain 
Duties on Wines imported into the British Posses- 
sions in America; Act 6 Geo. 3, c. 52, imposing 


certain Duties on Molasses, Syrups and Pimento | 


imported into the British Possessions in America ; 
Act 14 Geo. 3, c. 88, imposing certain Duties on 
Spirits imported into Canada; Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 59, for regulating the trade of the British Posses- 
sions Abroad, shall cease and be repealed. 

2. Resolved, That, in lieu of the aforesaid Duties, 
there shall be payable upon Goods, Wares and Mer- 
chandize, not being the growth, production or manu- 
facture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the Bri- 
tish Possessions in America, or of any of the British 
Possessions within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, imported or brought into any of the 
British Possessions in America or the Mauritius, by 
sea or inland carriage or navigation, the following 
Duties ; that is to say: 

d. 


Wheat Flour, the barrel of 196 Ibs. - - - 
Fish of foreign taking or curing, dried or salted, the 
cwt. - - - - - - - - - 
Ditto - - - pickled, the barrel 
Meat. salted or cured, the ewt. - 
Butter, the cwt. - - 
Cheese, the ewt. - - 
Coffee, the ewt.  - - 
Cocoa, the ewt. = - 
Melasses, the ewt. - + 
Sugar, unrefined, the cwt. 
Refined Sugar, the produce of and refined 
Countries, 20 per cent. ad valorem. 

Tea, unless imported direct from China, or unless 
imported from the United Kingdom, or from any of 
the British Possessions, perlb. - - - - - 


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in Foreign 


SPIRITs :— 


Rum, per gallon - - - o - es 
Other Spirits, per gallon = - ~ - -1- 
Glass Manufactures - 
Silk Manufactures- - “ps per cent. ad valorem. 
Wine, whether bottled or not - 
Cotton Manufactures 
Linen - ditto - 
Woollen - ditto - 
Leather - ditto - 


Paper - - ditto 
Hardware’ - 
Clocks and Watches 
Manufactured Tobacco 
Soap - - - - 
Come, Cordage and Oakum ss -! 
Oil, Blubber, Fins and Skins. the 
ea of fish and creatures 
iving in the sea, of Foreign 
fishing - - - = 

Articles not enumerated, except 
such as are comprised or re- 4 tial 
ferred to in the subjoined { ee a 
Table of Exemptions - - 

And if any of the Goods herein- 
before proposed to be charged 
with Duty, except Sugar and 
Tea,shall beimported through 
the United Kingdom (having 
been warehoused therein, and 
being exported from the ware- 
house), or the Duties thereon, 
if there paid, having been 
drawn Reek - - - - 


| 7 per cent. ad valorem. 








li per cent. ad valorem. 


- - Such Goods shall only 
be charged with three- 
fourths of the Duties here- 
inbefore proposed. 





4 


And there shall be payable a Duty of 10 per cent. ad va- 
lorem upon Sugars refined in Bond in the United Kingdom, 
not being the produce of any of the British Possessions in 
America, or of any of the British Possessions within the 
‘imits of the East India Company’s Charter, imported or 
brought into any of the British Rasunleen in America or the 
Mauritius. 


And if in any of the British Possessions in America or the 
Mauritius any Duty be chargeable by any colonial law upon 
any articles similar to the above, but being the growth, pro- 
duce or manufacture of the United Kingdom or of the British 
Possessions in America, or of the British Possessions within 
the limits of the East India Company’s Charter, or the pro- 
duce of the British Fisheries, beyond the Duty (if any) 
chargeable by such colonial law upon similar Foreign articles, 
—The hereinbefore-mentioned | a Duty upon such 
Foreign articles shall be increased by such excess or amount 


18°—19° Aprilis. 





A. 1842. 


| (as the case may be) of the Duties so chargeable by such 
colonial law upon similar British articles. 


| And if in any of the British Possessions in America or the 
| Mauritius any Duty be chargeable by any colonial law upon 
| Tea imported direct from China, or imported from the United 
| Kingdom or any of the British Possessions, a the Duty 

(if any) chargeable by such colonial law upon Tea not so im- 

orted,—The hereinbefore-mentioned Imperial Duty upon 

ea not so imported shall be increased by such excess or 
amount (as the case may be) of the Duties so chargeable by 
such colonial law upon Tea imported direct from China, or 
imported from the United Kingdom, or from any of the British 
Possessions. 

3. Resolved, That, from and after a day to be 
named, so much of the said Act for regulating the 
Trade of the British Possessions Abroad, as provides 
that any sort of craft, food and victuals, except 
spirits, and any sort of clothing and implements or 
materials fit and necessary for the British Fisheries 
in America, imported into the place at or from 
whence such Fishery is carried on, shall be Duty- 
free, be repealed, except so far as regards the fol- 
lowing articles; (that is to say), Salted or Cured 
Meat, Flour, Butter, Cheese, Melasses, Corkwood, 
Cordage, Oakum, Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, 
Leather and Leather Ware, and all sorts of Fishing 
Craft and Bait, Fishermen’s Clothing and Hosiery ; 
which articles are only to be exempted from Dut 
under such rules and regulations as shall be satis- 
factory to the principal Officer of Customs, that the 
articles are really and truly intended to be applied 
to the purpose for which the same have been entered 
as imported. 

4. Resolved, That, from and after a day to be 
named, Goods the produce or manufacture of the 
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney or Sark, when 
imported from such Islands into the British Posses- 
sions in America or the Mauritius, shall be admitted 
to entry upon payment of the same Duties as are 
payable upon the like goods the produce or manu- 
facture of the United Kingdom, or of any of the 
said Possessions. 

5. Resolved, That the Chairman be instructed to 
move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws 
relating to the Trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Lord Stanley, Mr. Gladstone 
and Mr. Greene, do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
farther consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday 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. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to repeal the 
Countervailing Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on 
Mixtures, Compounds, Preparations and Commo- 
dities, made from or with Spirits, when removed from 
or into England, Scotland or Ireland, respectively, 
and to impose and allow other Countervailing Duties 
and Drawbacks in lieu thereof: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to provide Re- 
gulations for preparing and using Roasted Malt in 
colouring Beer: And the same was read the first 
time ; 





Turnpike-roads 
Bill, 


Railways Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Excise Duties 
Compounds 


No. 181. 


Roasted Malt 
Bill. 


No, 182. 





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time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Exche- 
i quer Bills, which were presented upon Friday last, 
No.183- be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, 








One. 184 which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
ia Ordered, That the Return relative to Cordage and 
— Oakum, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No.185. printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 

Martis, 19° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
Cardigan HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according to 
oe Order, amended the double Return for the 
Nn, 


umeamendede Borough of Cardigan; and, the Return for the 
County of Longford. 


Aprilis. 903 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Witts’ Estate 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 

the case of Witts’ Estate Bill no Standing Orders 

were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Committee on Kingsclere 
the Kingsclere Inclosure Bill ; and to whom several Inclosure Bill. 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tions; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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 leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “ Bill be re-committed,” 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. 


Glasgow and Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow and| The Noes to the new Lobby ; 
Redburn Redburn Bridge Road Bill have leave to sit this day Tellers for the f Mr. Labouchere, Lisy 
Bridge Road +i] five of the clock, during the sitting of the Yeas, Sir William Heathcote :{ °°" 
- House. Tellers for the J Mr. Godson, 16 
. Noes, Mr. Brotherton: i 
R : ‘ ie o it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Slug Road Bill. Pll! bo Road Bill was read a second time ; and Ovdund, Cink Ge femaieniin wnie Wu. te 
Guiiad That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
atten aif Gehetiia,. —The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time ; and agreed to. 
Kingsclere Petitions of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


Inclosure Bill. seers and Inhabitants of the parish of Kingsclere, 
in the county of Southampton ;— and, Labourers 
within the parish of Kingsclere; praying that the 
Kingsclere \nclosure Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Owners, Occupiers of lands and 
houses in the parish of Kingsclere, praying that the 
said Bill may be re-committed, and that the Peti- 
tioners may have a further opportunity of attending 
before the Committee, by themselves or counsel, 
and adducing further evidence against the said 
Bill, and the Preamble thereof, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


London and A Petition of Inhabitants of Reigate and the 

Cayton Ball- neighbourhood, in the county of Surrey, praying 

way (Grange f 5 

RondAp- that the London and Croydon Railway (Grange 

me) ™ Road Approach) (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, 
0, 2.) Dill. 


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


Warwick and = A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
Leamington 


Union Railway bourhood of Leamington Priors, praying that the 
Bill, Warwick and Leamington Union Railway Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of 

Aylesford and the Right honourable Lord Leigh, 

and of the Honourable Charles Bertie Percy, Sir 

John Robert Cave Brown Cave,and, Arthur Francis 

Gregory, praying that they may be heard, by them- 

selves, 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, 


ingrossed. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Blackburn 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Blackburn, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters which had been delivered to 
them by either Party :—And the names of the Com- 
mittee were read, as follow : 

Colonel Rolleston, Lord Worsley, William Cripps, 
Esquire, John Rundle, Esquire, Sir Arthur Brinsley 
Brooke, Baronet, Robert Archbold, Esquire ; Chair- 
man, Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, Baronet. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Black- 
burn, be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for that 
Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Mr. Bailey reported from the Committee on the Ormesby 
Ormesby Inclosure Bill; and to whom several Peti- Inclosure Bill. 
tions against the said Bill were referred ; That they 
had considered the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support 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 ; 








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. 
Vou. 97. 





and the Amendments were read ; and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
| ingrossed. 
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Southwark 
Improvement 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Sheffield, 
Ashton-under- 
Lyne and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Weston-super- 
Mare Improve- 
ment and 


Market Bill. 


Piel Pier and 
Harbour Bill. 


Inchbelly 
(Glasgow) 
Roads Bill. 


Elgin, &amp;e. 
Burghs, 
Election. 


Education 
( Ireland.) 


Marriages 
¢ ireland. ) 





204. 


Blackman-street, in the Parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to 
Mabterul, in the Parish of Christchurch, in 
the said County, and for improving the district called 
the Mint, in the said Parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, Southwark, was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by wav of Rider (Compensation to Church 
Lessees for loss of expectation of renewal) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up; and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time: — And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
day next. 

Ordered, That the Clause be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Sheffield, 
Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Bul be 
revived :—And that they have leave to sit and pro- 
ceed upon Thursday next. 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing, and otherwise improving the Town of 
Weston-super-Mare, and the Neighbourhood thereof, 
in the County of Somerset, and for establishing a 
Market therein, 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 paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing, and otherwise improving the Town of 
Weston-super-Mare, in the County of Somerset, and 
for establishing a Market therein. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Miles do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other 
Inhabitants of Ulverston and the neighbourhood, in 
the liberty of Furness, in the county palatine of Lan- 
caster, praying that the said 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- 
posed, That Mr. Forbes be added to the Committee 
on the Inchbelly (Glasgow) Roads Bill :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Messrs. Lyons, Barnes and 
Ellis, the Agents for Thomas Abercromby Duff, 
Esquire, who petitioned this House on the 6th day 
of September, in the last Session of Parliament, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Elgin District of Burghs, that it is not his in- 
tention to proceed with his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


Petitions from Comber ;—and, Kilmore; praying 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 


Education Society for Ireland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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An ingrossed Bill for making a New Street from | between Parties one of whom is a member of the 


Established Church, and the other a protestant dis- 
senter,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 

and Mr. Lynch : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify such Per- Indemnity pi, 
sons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes 
respectively until the Twenty-fifth day of March, 

One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, and 
for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors 
in certain cases. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Advance Public Works 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to a limited Bil. 
Amount, for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, 
and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the 
Acts authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for 
the like Purpose. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Brand- Brandling 
ling Junction Railway Company to raise a further — ‘ 
Sum of Money: And also, oy oe 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Forged Exche. 
Act for appointing Commissioners to inquire as to qer Bills Bill, 
the Issue, Receipt, Circulation and Possession of 
certain Forged Exchequer Bills, 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 Cottentam 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Cottenham, Isclosute Bill, 
in the County of Cambridge, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bradford 
Act for better supplying with Water the Town and (York) Water 
Neighbourhood of Bradford, in the West Riding of "°°" 
the County of York, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Africans, 
Return of the Numbers of Africans brought to the 
United Kingdom from the Coast of Africa in British 
Ships, for whom Bond has been given, under the 
Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 84, for the last Three years ; 
distinguishing each year, and the Number by each 
Vessel. 


Ordered, That Mr. D’Eyncourt be discharged Interment 
from any further attendance on the Select Committee of Bodies. 
on Interment of Bodies. 

Ordered, That Mr. Redhead Yorke be added to 


the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Yarmouth Yarmouth and 
and Norwich Railway Bill have leave tv proceed eee ail 
with Two selected Members. ailway Bill. 


The Clerk of the Fees presented, pursuant to Cardigan 
Order,— Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of Borough 
this instant April, fora Return of the Amount of Flection. 
Fees and Expenses paid by Mr. Mark Blake, on 
his discharge from the custody of the Serjeant-at- 

Arms attending this House. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


: Table. 
ment to the Schools in connection with the Church | 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Manufactures. 


| posed, That this House considers as highly criminal 


the conduct of any person or persons who may 


Petitions from Ballydown ;— and, Moneyrea ; | attempt to induce others to give false evidence be- 
praying the House to pass an Act for rendering valid | fore a Committee of this House, and will inflict 
all Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter | condign punishment on all such persons, and will 


be solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in Ireland, also direct them to be prosecuted : 
| 


That 








Bill, 


tks 


ill. 


chee 
Bill. 


1 
Bill, 


later. 


h and 


Bill. 


tures. 


Payment 
of Wages. 


Punishment 
of Death 
(Ireland) Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


That this House will protect and bear harmless 
every working man who gives true evidence before 
any Committee which may be appointed to inquire 
into the frauds committed by manufacturers and 
others, to the injury of the trade of this country, 
and of the labouring classes : 

That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the existence of frauds in the various manufac- 
tures of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Treland ; also, to inquire into the existence of frauds 
and oppressions, either directly or indirectly, com- 
mitted by certain manufacturers of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, upon the per- 
sons employed by them; and also by the workers 
of mines, collieries and railways, upon the labourers 
in their employment ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting, after the word “ railways,” 
the words “ and by the occupiers of land.” 


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


The House was moved, That the Sessional Reso- 
lutions respecting Witnesses might be read; and 
the same were read, as follow: 


“ Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person 
hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect 
of his evidence to be given to this House, or any 
Committee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath en- 
deavoured to deter or hinder any person from ap- 
pearing or giving evidence, the same is declared to 
be a high crime and misdemeanor ; and this House 


wili proceed with the utmost severity against such 
offender.” 


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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the two first paragraphs. 

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


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, in the third paragraph, by leaving 
out from the words “ inquire into the” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words “ opera- 
“ tion of the law which prohibits the payment of 
“ wages in goods or otherwise than in the current 
“ coin of the realm, and into the alleged violations 
“ and defects of the existing Enactments,” 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 
operation of the law which prohibits the payment 
of wages in goods or otherwise than in the current 
coin of the realm, and into the alleged violations 
and defects of the existing Enactments,” be added 
instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the law which pro- 
hibits the payment of wages in goods or otherwise 
than in the current coin of the realm, and into the 


alleged violations and defects of the existing Enact- 
ments. 


“ 
“ 
6 


‘ 


n 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
assimilate the Law in Jreland,as to the Punishment 
of Death, to the Law in England; to abolish the 
Punishment of Death in certain cases in Ireland, 
and to substitute other Punishments in lieu thereof: 
And that Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland and 
Lord Eliot do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vox. 97. 


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205 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Grinding Act. 
to consider the expediency of renewing any of the 
provisions of the Act of Geo. 4, commonly called 
the Grinding Act, and under what modifications. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lagan Navi- 
for vesting the Lagan Navigation in the Commis- 8#iou Bill. 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland: And that Lord 
Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turmpike- 
to continue the several Acts for regulating Turnpike- ies a) Bill 
roads in Ireland: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. z 


Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 Civil Bi!l 
Will. 4, c.'75, to extend the Jurisdiction and regu- ae Bill. 
late the Proceedings of the Civil Bill Courts in re 
land, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 7 Will. 

4, and 1 Vic., c. 43, to amend the Laws for the 
Recovery of Small Debts by Civil Bill in Ireland, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and explain so much of the said Acts as 
relates to the execution of Civil Bill Decrees for the 
Possession of Land in Jreland: And that Lord 
Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Exchequer 
million two hundred and ninety-three thousand Bills. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and 
discharge Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 
1842 unprovided for. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- sencies- 
wards defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies 
for the year 1842. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Punishment 
Bill to assimilate the Law in Jreland, as to the of Death - 
Punishment of Death, to the Law in England ; to teacher 
abolish the Punishment of Death in certain cases No. 186. 
in Ireland, and to substitute other Punishments in 
lieu thereof: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. ' 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend and explain Civil Bill 
so much of two Acts of the sixth and seventh years Decrees 
of his late Majesty, and of the first year of Her (lad) Bit. 
present Majesty, as relates to the Execution of Civil No- 187. 
Bill Decrees for the Possession of Land 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. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to continue the se- Tumpike-roads 
veral Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Ireland ; (reland) Bill, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No.188. 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee public Petitions 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the (Seventeenth 
Petitions presented on the 14th and 15th days of Repo) 
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. 


DD3 Ordered, 


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206 19°—20° 


Londonderry Ordered, That the Return relative to the London- 


a Work-  derry Union Workhouse, which was presented upon 


No.1is9, the 4th day of this instant April, be printed. 
























































Outrages Ordered, That the Paper relative to Outrages 
aoe (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be 
“mew = printed. 
Army. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, 
No.191. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
— Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead 








Harbour, which was presented upon the 5th day 
of this instant April, be referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Post-office Communication. 







































































a Ordered, That the Paper relative to London and 
munication, Dublin Communication, which was presented _yes- 
terday, be referred to the Select Committee on Post- 
office Communication. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercurii, 20° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
Poblie R. Bulley, from the Office of the Comptroller 
Revenue. 











General of Her Majesty’s Exchequer, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
showing the Amount of all Monies received during 
the year ending 5th April 1842 to the Account of 
Her Majesty’s Exchequer, at the Bank of England 
and of /reland, under the respective heads of Public 
Revenue, the Amount of all Royal Orders and 
Treasury Warrants received, and of the Credits and 
Transfers 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 of April 1842: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


































































































Northern Union = Mr. William Miles reported from the Committee 
a on the Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington 
Junction) Rail- Junction) Railway Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
way Bill. tions against the said Bill were referred,—That they 
had heard counsel in support of several of the said 
Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; that they had inquired into the several matters 
required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 
so far as the same relate to the present application ; 
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 Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

























































































Ipswich Mr. Pakington reported from the Select Com- 
am mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petition of John Cobbold and others, com- 
—— of an undue Election and Return for the 
orough of Ipswich ; That John Thurston had been 
guilty of wilfully giving false evidence in his exami- 
nation before them ; and that he had, by Warrant 
under his hand, committed the said John Thurston 
*o the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, to await the 
pleasure of the House. 

Ordered, That the said John Thurston be, for 
his said offence, committed to Her Majesty’s gaol 
of Newgate, till this House make further Order in his 
case ; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants 
accordingly. 










































































aor ears 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 




















Aprilis. A. 1842. 


of Cottenham, in the County of Cambridge ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 49. 1. 36. After “ Parish,” insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A). “ Provided always, that it shall 
be lawful for the churchwardens and overseers of 
this parish, with consent of the rector, from time 
to time to make rules and orders for regulating 
the use and enjoyment of the said allotment for 
exercise and recreation, and to alter and vary the 
rules and orders from time to time, as occasion 
shail require; and that such rules and orders 
shall be made in writing, and be allowed by two 
Justices of the Peace for the county of Cambridge, 
and shall be published by affixing the same on 
the principal gate of the churchyard of the said 
parish ; and the same rules and orders so made, 
allowed and published, as aforesaid, shall be 
binding and conclusive upon all persons claiming 
to use the said allotment, or to have any interest 
therein.” 
Pr. 80. 1. 10. Leave out “ as” and insert “and.” 
Pr. 94. 1.28. After “ passed” insert Clause (B.) 
Cuause (B.) “ And be it further enacted, That 
all the rights, powers and authorities whatsoever 
which are now vested in the Drainage and Navi- 
gation Commissioners, appointed under an Act 
passed in the seventh and eighth years of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
intituled, ‘ An Act for improving the Drainage of 
“ Part of the South Level of the Fens, within the 
Great Level, commonly called Bedford Level, 
and the navigation of the Rivers passing through 
“ the same, in the Counties of Cambridge, Suffolk 
“ and Norfolk, and in the Isle of Ely,’ shall be and 
remain in the said Draimage and Navigation 
Commissioners, as fully as if this Act had not 
““ passed. ” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Alliz do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Kirkintilloch 
Kirkintilloch Roads (No. 1.) Bill; That they had Roads (No. 1.) 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the Bil. 

same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the St. Austell 
Saint Austell Market (No. 2.) Bill; ‘That they had Market Bal 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the a 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on Liebert’s Nat 
Liebert’s Naturalization Bill; That they had ex- Bill. 
amined 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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Granton Pier 
Granton Pier (No. 2.) Bill; That they had ex- (No. 2.) Bill. 
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. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Drogheda 
Drogheda Harbour Bill; That they had examined Harbour Bill 
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. 





Bill. Bill, may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 





5 VicTorRiz. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Birmingham = 9 Derby Junction Railway Bill ; 
That they had inquired into the several matters 
required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 
so far as the same relate to the present application ; 
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 Amend- 
ments thereunto ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tonbridge, in the 
county of Kent, praying that the Zondon and 
n Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) 





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 better supplying with Water 
the Town and Neighbourhood of Bradford, in the 
West Riding of the County of York; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 81. 1. ult. Leave out from “ sustained ” to 
“ owing” in Pr. 82. 1. 2. 

Pr. 107. 1. 34. Leave out from “ inquiry” to 
“ and ” in 1. ult. 

Pr. 118. 1.18. Leave out from “ same” to “ pro- 
vided ”’ in 1. 19. 

Pr. 142. Is. 3 and 4. Leave out “ hereinafter ” 
and insert “ herein. ” 

Pr. 174. 1, 36. Leave out “ from the said 
spring.” 

Pr. 181. 1.14. Leave out from “ occupier” to 
“in” in 1, 15. and insert “ thereof.” 

Pr. 197. 1.31. Leave out from “ afternoon” to 
“to” in 1. 33. 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Busfeild do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them that, this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
SHIps. 


Petitions of the Brentford Gas Light Company ; 
—and, London Gas Light Company; praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Equitable Gas Company 
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 Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
osed, That the ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Kingsclere, in the County of South- 
ampton, be now oa the third time ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 


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207 


Tellers for the {Lord Worsley, 

Yeas, \Sir William Heathcote : } a 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wakley, 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 26. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 


8. 


was accordingly read the third time. 


An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 

the Bill, by way of Rider (Such parts of the Com- 

mons as shall have been inclosed within Twenty 

years last past, to be sold to the persons in receipt 

of the rents and profits, at the price the land was 

worth at the time of the inclosure, and lands in- 

closed more than Twenty years to be entitled to an 

allotment) :—And the ond 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; Mr. Godson, 45 
Yeas, (Mr. Wakley : } = 

Tellers for the f Mr. Labouchere, " 
Noes, Sir William Heathcote : } a 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 

to the Bill, by way of Rider (Allotment to Trustees 

for Charity Land):—And the said Clause was 

brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That the said Clause be now read a 

second time :—It passed in the Negative. 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider (Commissioner to allot 
to proprietor or reputed owner of cottage-houses) : 
—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. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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 Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


committed. 





to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
““ Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee 
“on the Bill be laid before this House,” 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. 
Lord Worsley, 
Tellersforthe Yeas, 5: Witham Heathcote 
Mr. Wakley, 
Tellers for theNoes,{ yyy. Cee: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main Question being put, That the Bill 


be now read the third time; 
The House divided :. 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


. 111. 


30. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


borough of Southwark, in the county of Surrey, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lon- 
don and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill, was 





The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Vou. 97. 


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





pp4 Petitions 





Viscount Palmerston reported from the Committee Liverpool 
on the Liverpool Paving and Sewerage Bill, and to Paving and 


Witts’ Estate Bill was read a second time; and witty Estate 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Baunsen’s 
Bunsen’s Naturalization Bill; That they had exa- Nat. Bill. 


ee ee a 


A Petition of the Rectors and Churchwardens of London and 
the parishes of Saint Olave and Saint John, in the Greenwich 


208 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road an 
Shipping-place) 
Bill. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Church Rates. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Act, 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Corn Laws, &amp;c. 


Vote by Ballot, 


Emigration, 


a county of Antrim ;—and, Trustees of certain turn- | 


Petitions of Members of the Grand Jury of the | 


pike-roads leading from Belfast to Antrim, and from 
Beifast to the Copeland Water ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Belfast and 
Cavehill Railway (Road and Shipping-place) 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 of Members of the Shepton Mallet 
Church of England Lay Association ;-—and, Rath- 
more and Kilteel; praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Shepton Mallet 
Church of England Lay Association, praying the 
House to resist all endeavours to deprive the Church 
of England of the full benefit and amount of Church 
Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen and other Ministers of 
the gospel, of the Bradford Union, in the county of 
York, praying for the repeal of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, and the restoration of the Act commonly 


20° Aprilis. 


A. 1842. 


Land to certain Jrish Emigrants, and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


the Legislative Union of Great Britain with Jre- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


soner in Her Majesty’s gaol of Newgate, in the cit 

of London, by virtue of a Warrant of the Right 
honourable the Speaker of the House, dated the 
eighteenth day of April instant, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was sum- 
moned to attend before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by the House to try the validity of the 
Return of Rigby Wason and George Rennie, Es- 
quires, as Burgesses to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said borough of Ipswich; that the 
Petitioner duly attended at the House in consequence 
of such summons, and has been in attendance on 
the said Committee since Tuesday the 12th day of 
April instant; that the Petitioner's wife has been 
for many months past and is now suffering from a 
severe disorder, from which she cannot recover, but 
from the effects of which the Petitioner daily expects 
to hear of her decease; that the Petitioner has 
a family of four children, the eldest of whom, a 
daughter, is aged seventeen years, left school at 
Christmas last, and the other three are now at school; 





called and known as the 43d of Elizabeth, was 


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


A Petition of Rate-payers in the rural electoral 
divisions of the Limerick Union, praying for the 
amendment of the 41st and 44th sections of the 
Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the vicinity of Cirencester, praying that the Corn 
Importation Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
others, in Bourn and the neighbourhood, stating 
that the Petitioners, viewing with extreme alarm and 
concern the alterations in the Corn Law and its 
accompanying Tariff, as proposed by Her Majesty’s 
Ministers, humbly pray that such measures may not 

ass into a law in their present form, but should the 
House think fit to enact the same, that all their 
fixed payments, viz. rents, rates, tithes and taxes 
may in future be regulated by the average price of 
agricultural produce for the preceding year, taking 
the present money payments as a maximum, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Farmers, Graziers, Owners of land 
and other Inhabitants of the town and neighbour- 
hood of Sleaford, praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed Bills for the alteration of the Corn 
Laws and of the Tariff, and for the imposition of a 
Tax upon Property, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, pray- 
ing the House to pass an Act for granting to all 
voters at Parliamentary elections the protection of 
the Ballot, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Chisholme Anstey, late of 
Van Diemen’s Land, but now of the Middle Temple, 
London, Esquire, Barrister at Law, complaining of 
the refusal of the Colonial Land and Emigration 
Commissioners to furnish a passage to Van Diemen’s 





that in consequence of the Petitioner’s absence from 
home, and of his wite’s illness and confinement to 
her bed, there is not any person to superintend his 
business ofa publican except his said eldest daughter, 
who is quite inexperienced therein ; that the Peti- 
tioner has never taken an active part in the Par- 
liamentary Elections for the said Borough of Jps- 
'wich, nor in any other public business connected 
with the said Borough, but has always devoted his 
tinfe to managing his own affairs, and providing for 
his family ; that the Petitioner was called in before 
the said Committee on Saturday last, and his exa- 
mination not being concluded at four o’clock on that 
day, was adjourned till, and continued at eleven 
o’clock on Monday last; that the Petitioner is 
totally unused to appearing before Courts of Law, 
having never but once been examined in one on any 
previous occasion, and he was therefore greatly con- 
fused by and entirely misunderstood many of the 
questions put to him by the learned counsel, and by 
the members of the Committee by whom he was 
examined ; that the Petitioner in particular entirely 
misunderstood the questions which were put to him 
respecting his knowledge of individuals; foralthough, 
upon consideration after his examination on Satur- 
day last, he recollected several of the individuals 
respecting whom he had denied all knowledge during 
his examination, yet he was so little acquainted with 
them, knowing them only by sight, that in the per- 
plexed state of his mind, arising partly from the 
Femara circumstances under which he had left 
his home, and partly from the novelty of the position 
\in which he was placed, he totally forgot that he 
was at all acquainted with the individuals of whom 
he denied his knowledge; that the Petitioner having, 
in the course of Saturday evening and Sunday, de- 
liberately considered the subject of his examination, 
and having spoken to a friend who resides in Jps- 
wich, and endeavoured to call to mind whether or 
no he was in any manner acquainted with or cog- 
nizant of the names of the individuals of whom he 
had denied knowledge, recollected that persons of 
the names mentioned lived in the town of Ipswich, 
and, in consequence of such recollection, he contra- 
dicted on Monday the answers which he had given 
on the previous Saturday ; that the Petitioner had 
not the slightest desire or intention to prevaricate 
or say that which was untrue, but that the ae 
state 














Petitions from North Shields ;—Brighton;—Louth Union with 
(Lincoln) ;—and, Derby; praying for the repeal of land. 


A Petition of Obadiah Burwick Lucas, of Ipswich, Ipswich 
in the county of Suffolk, Publican, but now a pri- Election. 








5 Vicroriz£. 


state of mind in which he has for some months been 
kept by the increasing illness of his wife, and the 
very great anxiety which he has been in since his 
arrival in London, on account of his wife and family 
and business, have produced a very prejudicial effect 
upon his mind, and disabled him from remembering 
circumstances which took place at the last Election 
for Ipswich, since which an interval of nine months 
has elapsed; that the Petitioner is most willing to 
be again examined by the said Committee, and to 
state, to the best of his remembrance, every thing 
with which he is cognizant, connected with the last 
Election for the borough of Ipswich; and praying 
the House that they will be pleased to permit him 
to be again examined before the said Committee, 
and that if his examination shall then be deemed 
satisfactory, he may be discharged by the Order of 
the House from the gaol of Newgate, in which he is 
now, as aforesaid, confined. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


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A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Meynooth 
Hambleton and Braunston, in the county of Rut- ©*l*s* 
land, praying the House to withdraw every kind of 
public support from the College of Maynooth, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Post-oftice 


its vicinity, praying the House to recommend the 
Port of Cork in preference to any other as the Jrish 
Mail Packet Station between Bristol and the South 
of Ireland, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Post-office Communi- 
cation. 





A Petition of the Chairman and Honorary Secre- Barristers 
tary of a Meeting of the Law Students of Ireland, (el4-) 
at present in London, praying for the repeal of the 
Act 33 Hen. 8, sess. 2, s. 3,¢. 8, and also of the 
Act 11 Eliz. c. 5, which obliged them to enter one 
of the English Inns of Court previous to their being 
called to the Irish Bar; and that the House will be 





Post-office A Petition of Merchants, Tradesmen and other ae Aha ae in Prcud Fg that all : — 
Cum Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Swan- should be hereafter admitted to practises as Barristers 


ing Mail Communication between South Wales and 


sea, complaining of the imperfect state of the exist- | ” Ireland, who shall have graduated at one of the 


Universities of Great Britain or Ireland, and served 


the Metropolis, &amp;c., owing to the inefficiency of the therein twelve terms, was presented, and read ; and 
means adopted for the passage of the Severn at ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Aust Terry, and praying that the route through 


Gloucester be adopted instead of that through Bris- 





A Petition of William Bailey, formerly of Holborn, Lunatics. 


tol, was presented, and read; and referred to the | Contractor, Patentee and Ironmonger, praying the 


Select Committee on Post-office Communication. 


Timber Duties. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and others interested in 


House to institute an inquiry into the general treat- 
ment, and the laws affecting the Insane, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


of the town of Cove, in the county of Cork, and Communication. 


the prosperity of the shipping interest, residing in 
the borough of Tynemouth, praying the House not 
to sanction any alteration in the duties on foreign 
Wood imported into this country, without a reduc- 
tion to the same amount on the duties on Wood 
imported from the British Colonies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rice. A Petition of Ship-owners and others interested in 
the prosperity of the shipping interest, residing in 
the borough of Tynemouth, stating that the Peti- 
tioners have observed with surprise and alarm that 
in the contemplated changes in the import duties, it 
is intended to reduce that on Rice from foreign 
countries, to an extent that will go far to preclude 
the possibility of importing Rice from the British 
possessions in the East Indies, and praying the House 
not to sanction such aa alteration with differential 
duties between East India and Carolina Rice, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 
i Meat, Petitions from Rutland ;— Brigg ;—Isle of Pur- 
beck and Wareham :--and, Callander ; praying that 
the prohibition on the importation of Cattle may 
be continued, and that no reduction may be made 
in the protecting duties heretofore charged on Meat 
and on all other agricultural productions, — were 


Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Maurice O’ Connell be added Fisheries. __ 
to the Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) (freland) Bill. 
Bill. 


Ordered, That O’Conor Don have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a month, on account of illness in his 4&gt;se"¢e- 
family. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Strabane Union. 
Copies of any Correspondence between the Poor 

Law Commissioners, and the Board of Guardians 

of the Strabane Union, relative to the presentation 

of an Accouat of the Sums paid to the Contractors 

when the House was declared to be complete; to- 

gether with an Estimate of the further Sums pro- 

posed to be levied off the said Union; and a State- 

ment of the Purposes to which they are intended to 

be applied. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Forged Exche- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, aver Bills Bill. 
intituled, An Act for appointing Commissioners to 

inquire as to the Issue, Receipt, Circulation and 
Possession of certain Forged Exchequer Bills; and 

the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 23. Leave out “ or.” 








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


Leather, &amp;c. A Petition of Persons in Braintree, Boching, and 


the villages adjacent, praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction of duty on the import of ma- 
nufactured Leather and on Boots and Shoes, raw 
Hides and Bark, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


puperty Tax Petitions from the Society of Writers to Her Ma- 


Pr. 5. 1. 29. After “ summons” insert “ provided 
that no person shall be compellable to answer 
any question, or to produce any book, paper, 
deed or writing, the answer to which or the pro- 
duction of which may criminate or tend to cri- 
minate such person, or to expose such person 
to any pains or penalties,” and also insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
missioners at their discretion, to give to any per- 
son examined before them, a certificate in writing 


iis 
“ 


“c 
“ 
“c 





jesty’s Signet practising in the supreme courts of | “ stating that such person has upon his or her exa- 


Scotland ; — Hereford; — East Dereham; — Ply- 
mouth ;—and, Wareham ; praying that the Propert 
Tax Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mination, made a true and faithful disclosure 
touching all acts or matters to which he or she has 
been so examined ; and such person so receiving 
“ such certificates, shall be and is hereby freed, 





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Hill Coolies. 
No. 192. 


Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill. 


Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill. 


210 


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indemnified and discharged of, from and against 
“ 


all penal actions, forfeitures, punishments, dis- 
abilities, incapacities, and all criminal prosecutions 
which he or she may have been or may become 
liable or subject to, or which he or she may have 
incurred, or may incur at the suit of Her Ma- 
jesty, Her heirs or successors, or any other person 


“ 
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or persons by reason or means of or in relation to 
any act, matter or thing, done or committed by 
such person in respect of any matter touching 
which he. or she shall have been examined by 
the said Commissioners.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 28. After “ her” insert “ or.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 25. In the Schedule to the Bill, in the 
sixth and seventh Columns, leave out 
« 5 | 5,000.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


iT4 
“ 
“ 
“ 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Letter from the Court of Di- 
rectors of the East India Company to the Governor 
General of India regarding Hill Coolies. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profes- 
sion, being Proprietors of provincial Lunatic Asy- 
lums, praying that the Licensed Lunatic Asylums 
Bill may not pass into a law, but that the same 
may be referred to a Select Committee of the House, 
before which the Petitioners may be allowed to 
appear, and be heard, by their counsel, against such 

arts of the provisions of the said Bill as affect their 
interests, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the President and Council of the 
British Medical Association, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, without altering the 
clause by which the supervision of Private Lunatic 
Asylums is henceforward to be delegated to two 
Barrister Commissioners, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Licensed Lunatic Asy- 
lums Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; tobe read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravusr, N° 1, (Barrister Commissioners to be 
paid by fixed salaries) ——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 2.1.3. To leave out 
the words “ each of the two Barrister Commis- 
“ sioners,’ in order to insert the words, “ two of 
“ the Commissioners.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Tellers for the f Lord Granville Somerset, } 19 

Yeas, Mr. Godson: : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, 

Question, That the words “two of the Commis- 
sioners,” be inserted instead thereof, put, and 
agreed to. 


The Committee divided ; 
: \ oo 
Noes, \Mr. Henley : ore 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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. 






A, 1842, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 3d day of May next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyright 3, 
into a Committee upon the Copyright Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Ciavuse, N° 15 (Remedy for the piracy of books, 
or ae of books, by action on the case)——read. 
everal Amendments made. 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bir’ 
The Committee divided : 
} 36. 
} 11. 


Tellers for the Yeas, —- 


j Mr. Wakley, 
? UMr. Aglionby: 
Crausss, N° 16 and N° 17, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 20, agreed to. 
CrausE, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravsess, N° 22 and N° 23, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 24, disagreed to. 
Criauszs, N° 25 to N° 32, agreed to. 
ScHEDULES, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Tellers for the Noes 





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 To-morrow. 


The Public Houses Bill was, according to Order, Public Houses 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Friday the 29th day of this 
instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright 
mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; Registration 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Barristers 
reading of the Barristers (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) 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 :—lIt 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. 


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


Jovis, 21° die Aprilis, 1842: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Australia and 
New Zealand 


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 








Bil 


ouses 


ion 


Bill. 


and 
and 


5 Vicroriz. 20°—21° 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ca mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
olve itself into the said Committee. 


closing 


211 


An — Bill for dividing, allotting and in- Ormesby 
ands in the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Inclosure Bill. 

Margaret, Ormesby Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint 

Peter and Ormesby Saint Andrew, and Scratby, 

otherwise Scroteby, in the County of Norfolk, was 


Apreles. 


Ordered, That Mr John O’ Brien be added to the | read the third time. 


Drainage ; ; 
(Ireland) Bill. Select Committee on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill. 


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, 21° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Gree- 
nock Harbours Bill have leave to sit this day, 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Greenock R 
Harbours Bill. 


Wakefield 


ee Mr. Home Drummond, from the Select Committee 
ection. 


appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petitions of several Electors of the Borough of 
Wakefield ; and, of the Honourable William Sebright 
Lascelles, severally complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said Borough, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Joseph Holdsworth, Esquire, was not duly 
returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Wakefield. 

That the Honourable William Sebright Lascelles 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 

entered in the Journals of this House. 
rom . the Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
suend Return, this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Wakefield, and amend the same by 
rasing out the name of Joseph Holdsworth, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of the Honourable William 
Sebright Lascelles, instead thereof. 


Castlerigg and = Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Derwentwater 


Jaclosure Bil, Castlerigg and Derwentwater 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 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. 


Ardrossan 


i . Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
arbour Bill, 


Ardrossan Harbour Bill; That the Resolution of the 
House of the 14th day of February last, had been 
complied with; 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. 


sor dh Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
tit Pdge Saint Philip's (Bristol) Bridge 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. 


paport Pier Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Burroughes do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Trus- Warwick and 
tees of the Coventry and Warwick Turnpike-road, Leamington 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel Ryn en” 
or agents, against certain parts of the Warwick and 
Leamington Union 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, 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Birmingham and Birmingham 
Derby Junction Railway Company to raise a further 1 ry 
Sum of Money, was read the third time. can Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Muntz do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, “ An Act for Liebert’s 
naturalizing Bernhard Willhelm Edouard Liebert,” N* Bi. 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 

Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 

House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 

ment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- Bunsen’s 
ralizing the Reverend Henry George Bunsen, was N*- Bil. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 

Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 

House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 

ment. 


Petitions of William Lockhart, Esquire, Member Forthand Clyde 
of Parliament for the county of Lanark, and one of Navigation Bill, 
the Curators of David Carrick, Robert Carrick 
Buchanan, of Drumpellier, Esquire ;--Merchants and 
Traders in Edinburgh and Leith ;—Merchants, Ship- 
pers and ‘Traders in Glasgow ;—Merchants, Cotton 
Brokers, Shippers and Traders in Glasgow ;—and, 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Forth 
and Clyde Navigation 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 Tenants and Occupiers of the lands Cambuslang 
of Newton, in the parish of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, — ag 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, **** ¥"" 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads 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 


Gosport Pier Bill; That they had examined the al- | favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


legations 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. | praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 


Vou. 97. 


A Petition of Edward Smith Bigg, Proprietor of London and 


property in Fenchurch-street, in the city of London, Bailey Bill 





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Saint Austell 
Market 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Railways. 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Boroughs 
Improvement 

( No. 2.) ; and, 
Buildings 
Regulation 


(No, 2.) Bills. 


212 


sel or agent, against certain parts of the London and 
Blackwall 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 taking down the Market- 
house in the Town of Saint Austell, in the County 
of Cornwall, and for erecting a more convenient 
Market-house instead thereof ; for providing a new 
Market-place, and for increasing and regulating the 
Markets and Fairs within the same Town, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pendarves do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


21° Aprilis. 





Petitions from Donagh ;—Lisburn, alias Blaris ;— 
and, Derryaghy; praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, praying that the House will forth- 
with revise the present system of Railway taxation, 
and in lieu of the present tax, levy the same by per- 
centage upon the aggregate amounts received for 
the conveyance of passengers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners belong- 
ing to the port of Scarborough, praying for the 
repeal of the duty on Policies of Marine Insurance, 


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


Petitions from London;—Waterhead Mill, Old- 
ham ;— Kendal ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of Gateshead ; praying for the adoption 
of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, Vote by 
Ballot, the Abolition of the Property Qualification 
for Members of Parliament, for the Payment of Mem- 
bers, and for equal Electoral Districts,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Waltham (Leicester) ;—County of 
Oxford ; —Maidstone (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Rhins district of Wigtownshire ;— Blandford ; — 
Duffus ; — Rothes ;—Urquhart ;— Saint Andrew’s 
(Elgin);—Shire of Kirkcudbright ; — and, Billing- 
ham; praying that the prohibition of the importation 
of Cattle may be continued, and that no reduction 
may be made in the protecting duties heretofore 
charged on Meat and on all other agricultural pro- 
ductions, — were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Otley ;—and, Doncaster ; praying 
for the repeal of the stamp duty on Attornies’ Certi- 
ficates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Hollingbourn 
Union, praying that owners of small Tenements may 
be rated to the Poor and Parish Rates, in lieu of the 
occupiers, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rated Inhabitants of Birmingham, 
praying that the Boroughs Improvement (No. 2.) ; 
and, Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bills, may not 
pass into law, or that if the same do pass into law, 
the powers thereby given may be materially modified, 
and when so modified, may be conferred on the 
Commissioners of the Birmingham Street Act, and 
not on the Council of the borough of Birmingham, 


was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bills. 

















A. 1842, 


Petitions from Ware ;—Ayr (two Petitions) ;— Property Ty 


Stroud; -- Bishop's Stortford ;--Kirkcudbright ;— Bil. 


Annan ;—— Royston ;-— Hammersmith ;—and, Stour- 
bridge; praying that the Property Tax Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield (Chairman of a Meeting Leather, &amp;, 


of Journeymen Cordwainers) ;— Tarporley ;—and, 
Truro; praying the House not to sanction any re- 
duction of duties on the importation of manufactured 
Leather, and on Boots and Shoes,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Smith, of the Borough of Cambridge 


Cambridge, stating, that nine sovereigns, given to 
him by Samuel Lony, to induce him to vote for the 
Honourable John jt Thomas Manners Sutton, 
at the Election for that Borough, in September 
1839, and which were produced by the Petitioner 
before the Committee on the Petition against the 
Return of Mr. Sutton, are still in the hands of the 
Clerk who attended the said Committee ; and pray- 
ing, that if no person shall, within a period to be 
named by the House, claim the said nine sovereigns, 
the same shall be given up by the Clerk of the 
Committee to be applied for the benefit of the dis- 
tressed weavers of Paisley, or for some other chari- 
table purpose, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Brook, complaining of his William Brook, 


treatment in Northallerton house of correction, and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Magistrates of Public Houses 


Chester, praymg that provision may be made in the 
Public Houses Bill for extending the Clause com- 
pelling Public Houses in the Metropolitan Police 
District to close at twelve o’clock on Saturday night, 
and preventing them from being opened until one 
o’clock on Sunday, to all cities and towns in the 
United Kingdom, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Hill Coolies. 


Bath Auxiliary Anti-Slavery Society, praying the 
House not to repeal the present law which prohibits 
the export of Hill Coolies, and other Lndian La- 
bourers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Bewdley 
received a Notice from John Henry Benbow, the Election. 


Agent for Robert Monteith, Esquire, and others, 
who petitioned this House on the 6th day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Bewdley, that it is not their intention to proceed 
with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 


had received a Notice from John William Bury, the Election 


Agent for the Honourable Charles George Noel, 
commonly called Viscount Campden, and others, 
who petitioned this House on the 27th day of 
August, in the last Session of Parliament, and also 
for Robert Hawley and John Arthur Gardner, 
esquires, who petitioned this House on the 7th day 
of September, in the last Session of Parliament, 
severally complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Rutlund, that it is not 
their intention to proceed with their Petitions. 
Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 
Petitions 


Borough 
Election, 


Bill. 


Rutland 





rty Tax 


r, &amp;e, 


idge 
h 


ne 


1 Brook, 


Houses 


lies. 


5 Vicrortz. 


Petitions from Chester ;-— Wiston and other 
places ;—and, Sapcote ; praying the House to with- 
draw every kind of public support from the College 
of Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Maynooth 
College. 


A Petition of Owners of woodland within the 
counties of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and. Bucking- 
hamshire, praying that the House will not reduce 
the present duty upon Foreign Timber, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and Congrega- 
tion of the Presbyterian Church, Lisburn, praying 
the House to pass an Act for rendering valid all Mar- 
riages solemnized, or which may hereafter be solem- 
nized, by a presbyterian minister in Ireland between 
parties, one of whom is a member of the Established 
Church, and the other a protestant dissenter, was 


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


EquitableGas_ Petitions of the Company of Proprietors of the 

Company Bille West Middlesex Waterworks ;—and, James Braid- 
ley, Chairman of a Meeting of Vestrymen of the 
parish of Saint Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
— Gas Company 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. 


Timber Duties. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Belfast and A Petition of Adam John Macrory, of Duncairn, 

Cavehiill Rail- near Belfast, in the county of Antrim, Solicitor, 

ps Airey and praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 

place) Bil. counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Bel- 
fast and Cavehill Railway (Road and Shipping- 
place) 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. 

Church of A Petition of Members of the Shepton Mallet 

Eaghnd. Church of England Lay Association, praying the 
House to adopt such measures as may appear most 
expedient for providing an adequate imcrease of 
Church Accommodation and resident Ministers, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Saundersfoot The House proceeded to take into further con- 

Harbour Bill. sideration the Report which, upon the 13th day of 
this instant April, was made from the Committee on 
the Saundersfoot Harbour Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 

sone and Petitions from Tonbridge-wells ;—- Edenbridge ;— 
&lt;a and, Penshurst ; praying that the London and 
Road gg Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) 
proach) —_—«éBill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
(No, 2.) Bill and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

sag Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- 


ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Lichfield, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters, which had been delivered to 
them by either Party :—And the names of the Com- 
mittee were read, as follow : 


Vou. 97. 


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213 


The Honourable John Charles Dundas, John 
Trotter, Esquire, William Marshall, Esquire, the 
Honourable Francis Scott, Richard Montesquieu 
Bellew, Esquire, Captain Robert Fitzroy; Chair- 
man, Edward Divett, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative 
to the Election and Return for the City of Lich- 


field be referred to the Select Committee appointed 


to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
that City. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Southampton 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Tw# Election, 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Town and 
County of the Town of Southampton; and to which 
they had annexed the said Petitions, and also the 
Petition of Electors, praying to be admitted Parties 
to defend the Return relating thereto, referred to 
them by the House, and the Lists of Voters which 
had been delivered to them by either Party :—And 
the names of the Committee were read, as follow : 

Richard Godson, Esquire, William Hutt, Esquire, 
John Hodgson Hinde, Esquire, the Honourable 
William Owen Stanley, Lewis William Buck, 
Esquire, William Wilshere, Esquire; Chairman, 
Thomas Nicholas Redington, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Town and County 
of the Town of Southampton, be referred to the 
Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for that Town. . 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of one in the afternoon. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices of 

to Her Majesty, that She wiil be graciously pleased ‘h* Pe: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
A Return of all Persons appointed to act as Justices 
of the Peace in each and every County in England 
and Wales, since the 21st day of July 1836 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 583, of 
Session 1836). 

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, shipping. 

A Statement of the Shipping employed in the Trade 
of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels that entered inwards and cleared 
outwards (including their repeated voyages), with 
the Number of their Crews, separating British from 
Foreign Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with 
each country, in the years ending the 5th day of 
January 1841 and 1842. 


Ordered, That there be Jaid before this House, Fines and 
An Account from the Chief Remembrancer of Her (Ireland) 
Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of all Ac- 
counts of Fines and Penalties levied by each Court 
or other person under the powers of the Act 1 and 
2 Vic. c. 99, in such form as he has required the 
Accounts to be made to his Office under the eleventh 
Clause of the said Act, for the years 1840 and 1841 : 

—and, a Return, from the Paymaster of Civil Ser- 


| vices, showing the sums as they have been received 


EE3 by 








Police Reward 


214, 


by him, from each Assizes, Quarter or Petty Sessions, 
&amp;e., on Account of Fines, Penalties, &amp;c., during the 
same period ; and how the same have been disposed 
of, and to whom paid, according to the same Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,— 


Fund(Ireland.) A Return of “The Police Reward Fund,” in Ireland, 


Ipswich 
Election. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Duke of 
Bedford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Wakeyhill 
Iuclosure Biil. 


Benecke’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Fierville’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Benecke’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Fierville’s 
Nat. Bill. 


constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 13, s. 49, 
commencing in the year 1836, down to the present 
time; showing the sums received, and distinguishing 
those derived from a per-centage on the Salaries of 
all persons appointed by virtue of this or any other 
Police Act, from others that have been received by 
Fines, or in any other way; and showing how the 
same have been expended. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of Obadiah Barwick 
Lucas, which was presented yesterday, praying the 
House that they will be pleased to permit him to be 
again examined before the Ipswich Election Com- 
mittee, and that if his examination shall then be 
deemed satisfactory, he may be discharged by the 
Order of the House from the gaol of Newgate, in 
which he is now confined :—The House proceeded 
to take the said Petition into consideration ; and the 
same was again read. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

osed, That the said Petition be referred to the 
elect Committee on the Ipswich Election Petition, 
with a view of the said Obadiah Barwick Lucas 
being further examined, if the Committee think fit : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Henry Fisk, of the New Cut, 
Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, Broker ;—and, 
Elizabeth Ann Cullen, of York Cottages, York- 
street, Globe-road, Mile-end, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex; praying that the House will be pleased to 
order that Obadiah Barwick Lucas may be forth- 
with discharged from the gaol of Mewgute,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
«Table. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
and Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, 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 Forces while on Shore : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for prohibiting Burying 
and Funeral Service in a Church or Chapel in the 
Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of Middle- 
sex, erected on the Estate of the Duke of Bedford : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing and divid- 
ing Wakeyhill Common, in the Parish of Stapleton, 
in the County of Cumberland: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Frederick William Beneche; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
fo- naturalizing Charles Jaques Marion Fierville ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


_ Beneckhe’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


_ Fierville’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


21° Aprilis. 





A. 1842. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand Bill; 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That whereas various Petitions have been 
presented to this House, stating to the effect, that 
under the present system of Election Laws, the 
people are not duly represented ; and that they are 
thus deprived of the acknowledged right of freemen 
to have a voice in the making of the laws by which 
they are governed, and in imposing the taxes which 
they are required to pay :—And therefore praying, 
that the right of voting may be extended to the 
adult male population of the realm, subject to no 
limitations or restrictions but such as may be neces- 
sary for the safe and correct practical exercise of 
the right itself; that votes should be taken by 
Ballot; that Election Districts should be equalised, 
to accord with the number of electors; that no 
Qualification should be demanded from Members 
but that of being duly elected by a majority of 
votes ; that Representatives should be paid for their 
services at the public expense ; and that Elections 
should be annual :—And whereas, complaint having 
been made, as above stated, that, under the present 
limitation of the Franchise and Laws of Election, 
there is not a full and free Representation of the 
People, it is therefore the duty of this House to 
take into immediate consideration the amendment 
of these laws, witha view of giving to every portion 
of the community a full, fair and free Representation 
in the Commons’ House of Parliament; and this 
House will, on an early day, resolve itself into a 
Committee of the whole House, for the purpose of 
considering the same :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That whereas various 
Petitions have been presented to this House, stating, 
to the effect, that, under the present system of 
Election Laws, the people are not duly represented ; 
and that they are thus deprived of the acknowledged 
right of freemen to have a voice in the making of 
the laws by which they are governed, and in im- 
posing the taxes which they are required to pay :-— 
And therefore praying, that the right of voting may 
be extended to the adult male population of the 
realm, subject to no limitations or restrictions but 
such as may be necessary for the safe and correct 
practical exercise of the right itself; that votes 
should be taken by Ballot; that Election Districts 
should be equalised, to accord with the number of 
electors ; that no Qualification should be demanded 
from Members but that of being duly elected by a 
majority of votes; that Representatives should be 
paid for their services at the public expense ; and 
that Elections should be annual :—And whereas, 
complaint having been made, as above stated, that, 
under the present limitation of the Franchise and 
Laws of Election, there is not a full and free Re- 
presentation of the People, it is therefore the duty 
of this House to take into immediate consideration 
the amendment of these laws, with a view of giving 
to every portion of the community a full, fair and 
free Representation in the Commons’ House of 
Parliament ; and this House will, on an early day, 
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, 
for the purpose of considering the same ; 

The House divided ; 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Sharman Crawford, 67 
Yeas, \ Mr. Wallace : } : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 556 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: _ 


So it passed in the Negative. 





And 


Australia ang 
New Zeuland 
ill. 


Reform of 
Parliament, 


Hou 














House of Com- 
mons Lighting. 


Soap Duties 
Drawback B ill. 


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


Colonial 


Passengers Bill. 


Timber Ships 
Bill, 


No. 198. 


Railways Bill, 


Copyright 
Bill, , 


No, 194. 


Lagan Navi- 
gation Bill, 


No, 195. 


5 Victoriz. 21°—29° 


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


Veneris, 22° die Aprilis, 1842: 


A Motion being made, That a Select Committee 
be appointed to inquire into the Remuneration due 
to Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, for his services in 
lighting the House of Commons ; 

Sir Robert Peel, 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. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 16, to repeal the Duties, Allowances and 
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 2 and 3 
Vic. c. 32, 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, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to continue certain of the Allowances of the Duty 
of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Regulation of the Close Time in Salmon 
Fisheries in Scotland: And that Mr. Edward Ellice 
and Mr. Thomas Mackenzie do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Colonial Passengers Bill; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Timber Ships 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill ;s 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Copyright Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Tuesday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill for vesting the Lagan 
Navigation in the Commissioners of Public Works 
in Ireland ; And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of 
a Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same 
Rules and Regulations. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Aprilis. 215 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue Soap Daties 
certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Drawback Bill. 
Soap used in Manufactures: And the same was read 

the first time; and ordered to be read a second 

time this day. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to James Fla- James 
nagan, which was presented upon the 4th day of Flanagan. 
this instant April, be printed. No. 196. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post- Post-office. 
office, which was presented upon Monday last, be No. 197. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Election Cardigan Bo- 
for the Borough of Cardigan, which was presented rough Election. 
upon Tuesday last, be printed. No. 198. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Public 


Revenue, which was presented yesterday, be printed. gene 
‘ . eal 0. 109. 
And then the House having continued to sit till 


a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Veneris, 22° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoriz Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according Wakefield 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough eel 
of Wakefield. amended. 


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 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 the de- 
sire 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 for appointing Commissioners to inquire Forged Exche- 
as to the Issue, Receipt, Circulation and Possession quer Bills Bill. 
of certain Forged Exchequer Bills : 

An Act to authorize the Advance of Money out Public Works 
of the Consolidated Fund, to a limited Amount, for Bill. 
carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, and Em- 
ployment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts au- 
thorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills for the like 
Purposes : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill. 
for the better Payment of the Army and their Quar- 
ters: 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Mutiny 
Marine Forces while on Shore: Bill. 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity Bill. 
Kingdom, as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those Purposes respectively, until the 
Twenty-fifth day of March One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-three, and for the Relief of 
Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, in certain cases. 

An Act for altering and enlarging the Powers of Midland Coun- 
the Acts reiating to the Midland Counties Railway. p&lt;) Railway 


An Act to enable the South Eastern Railway South Eastern 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to Railway Bill. 
amend the Acts relating to the said Railway : 

An Act to authorize the Brandling Junction Rail- Brandling 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money: —_Junction Rail- 





Vou. 97. 


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— 


Se 





Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Bradford 
(York) Water- 
works Bill. 


Stalybridge 
Gas Bill. 


Windsor 
Bridge Bill. 


Bristol Boun- 
dary Bill. 


Duke of 
Bedford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Manchester 
Infirmary Bill. 


West Stirling- 
shire Roads 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Clee Inclusure 
Bill. 


Wakeyhill 
Inclosure Bill. 


Cotterham 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bunsen’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Liebert’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Fire Insurance. 


Window Duty. 


Vessels. 


Poor Law 
Dnions. 





216 


Ferry, called “ Woodside Ferry,” by the Commissi- 
oners for the Improvement of the Township or Cha- 
pelry of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of 


22° Aprilis. 





A. 1842. 


An Act to authorize the Purchase of a certain | Paupers : — Also, a similar Return of Unions to 


which such Orders have been issued by the Com- 
missioners :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


Chester, and for amending the Improvement Acts | Table. 


for the said Township : 
An Act for better supplying with Water the Town | 


and Neighbourhood of Bradford, in the West Ri- 
ding of the County of York : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Staly- 
bridge, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the Coun- 
ties of Chester and Lancaster : 

An Act to continue and amend an Act to rebuild 
Windsor Bridge, in the Borough of New Windsor, 
in the County of Berks, and to improve the Avenues 
thereto : 

An Act for restoring to the City and County of 


The Haddingtonshire Roads Bill was read a se~ Haddington. 


cond time ; and committed. 


shire Roads 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®"" 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Cottenham, &amp; 
Cottenham, &amp;c. Drainage Bill; That they had exa- Drainage Bill 


mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent tothe Bili, tothe satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill,and made Amendments thereunto ; and the 





Bristol, a Portion of the Ancient Boundary of the 
same : : 
An Act for prohibiting Burying and Funeral Ser- 


Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


vice in a Church or Chapel, in the Parish of Saznt 

‘Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, erected on the | 

Estate of the Duke of Bedford : 
An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the | in respect of the Report on the Ardrossan Harbour 

forty-eighth of King George the Third, relative to | Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Dispensary and | And Notice being taken that the Bill was a Bill 

Lunatic Hospital or Asylum, and to incorporate the | of the second class ; 

Trustees thereof : Ordered, That the Proceedings upon the Report 
An Act to explain and amend an Act, intituled, | of the said Bill be null and void. 

“ Ana Act to make, alter, improve and maintain cer-| Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

tain Roads in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, 

Lanark and Perth, and for making and maintaining | 

certain new Roads in connection therewith : ” 
An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Clee, | called Zune, and for building a Quay or Wharf near 

in the County of Lincoln : \the town of Lancaster, praying that they may be 
An Act for inclosing and dividing Wakeyhill | heard, by themselves their counsel or agents, against 

Common, in the Parish of Stapleton, in the County | certain parts of the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill, was 

of Cumberland : presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Coé- | Table. 

tenham, in the County of Cambridge : A Petition of Owners and Ship-masters in Mon- 
An Act for naturalizing the Reverend Henry | trose, praying that the said Bill may not pass into a 

George Bunsen : law, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
An Act for naturalizing Bernhard Wiilhelm | lie upon the Table. 

Edouard Liebert. 








was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- 
counts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office for 
Duty by each Insurance Office in Great Britain| A Petition of Trustees on the Cambuslang and 
and Jreland on Insurance from Fire, for the Quarters | Muirkirk Roads, and Owners and Occupiers of 
ending severally the 25th day of March, 24th day | lands in the parishes of barony of Glasgow, Ruther- 
of June, 29th day of September and 25th day of | glen, Cambuslang, Blantyre, Hamilton, and others, 
December 1841 ; distinguishing the Amount of Al- {through which the said roads pass, praying that they 
lowance made to each Office for collecting the same | may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
in the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- | against certain parts of the Cambuslang and Muir- 
spectively, with the Dates of such Payments :—- | kirk Roads Bill, was presented, and read. 

And, of the Sums insured by each Office on Farming — Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Stock exempt from Duty, for the Quarters ending |Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
severally the 25th day of March, 24th day of June, | by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
29th day of September and 25th day of December | Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
1841 ; distinguishing the Amount of each Office in | vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin respec- , 

tively. Mieville’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; 

A Return of the Duty on Windows, assessed for | and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 
the twelve Towns in England which contribute the | Bills. 
largest amount. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

A Return of the Number of Vessels above Fifty | mittee, that they do hear counsel and examine wit- 
Tons burthen, and the Total Amount of their Ton- | nesses for the said Bill; and also that they do hear 
nage, registered at each of the Ports of Great Bri- | counsel and examine witnesses against the Bill, if 
tvin and Jreland, including the Channel Islands :— | the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by coun- 
And then he withdrew. sel or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the A Petition of Charles Chatfield, of Cornhill, in 
Table. ithe city of London, Gentleman, Agent for John 

Louis Mieville, Esquire, was presented, and read ; 

Mr. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law | setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in the 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar pre-| House, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage 
sented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the Poor | of John otherwise Jean Louis Mieville with Mary 
Law Unions, distinguishing the County of each, to} Ann his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
which no Order has been issued by the Commissi-' again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned ; 
oners, prohibiting Out-door Relief to able-bodied that the said Bill has been read a second time in 


the 








The House was moved, That the Eniry in the Ardrossan 
| Votes of the Proceedings of the House of yesterday, Harbour Bill 


A Petition of Trustees and Commissioners for im- Piel Pier and 
| proving the Navigation of the River Loyne, otherwise Harbour Bill 


The Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Road Bil] Ferrybridgeand 


Boroughbridge 
Road Bill. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


Mieville’s 
Divorce Bilt: 


Inc 





nd 


€ 


5 Vicroriz. 


22° Aprilis. 


the House, and Orders made that it be an In- 
struction to the Committee to hear counsel and 
examine witnesses for the Bill, and also to hear 
counsel and examine witnesses against the said Bill, 
if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel or to produce witnesses; that the said Mary 
Ann Mieville is, as the Petitioner believes, residing 
out of the United Kingdom, and was, on the fourth 
day of March last, served at Dresden with an at- 
tested Copy of the said Bill, together with the Or- 
der of the House of Lords for the second reading 
thereof in the said House; that Charles Ranken, of 
Gray’s Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, 
is the solicitor and confidential adviser of the said 
Mary Ann Mieville, and as such, instructed his 
Proctors to appear for her in the suit instituted by 


the said John Louis Mieville, against the said Ma 
Ann his Wife, in the Consistory Court of London, 


for Divorce, on the ground of criminal conversation 
and adulterous behaviour; and the Petitioner be- 
lieves that the said Charles Ranken has distinct and 
full authority in writing from the said Mary Ann 
Mieville, to act as her solicitor and agent in all mat- 


ters relating to the said divorce; that the Petitioner 


is apprehensive that the interests of the said John 


Louis Mieville may suffer by the progress of the 


said Bill being delayed, should service thereof on 


the said Mary Ann 
by the House; and praying that the service of the 


ieville in Dresden be required 


said Orders, and of an Official Copy of the said 


Bill upon Charles Ranken may be deemed good ser- 
vice, and that personal service on the said Mary 


217 


the provisions of the two Bills being consolidated 
into one Bill; 

Ordered, That the Orders made upon the 23d da 
of March last, for reading a second time the Lough 
Foyle (Upper Level) Drainage Bill; and, the Lough 
Foyle (Lower Level) Drainage Bill, be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bills be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Reports inrespect Lough Foyle 
of the Petitions for the Lough Foyle (Upper Level) Drainage Bill. 
Drainage ; and, Lough Foyle (Lower Level) Drain- 

age Bills, which, upon the 22d day of March last, 

were 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 


ry|for amending an Act passed in the second year of 


the reign of Her present Majesty, for draining and 
embanking certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough 
Foyle, in the counties of Donegal and Londonderry, 
so far as the same relates to the said Lands in Lough 
Foyle: And that Mr. Patrick Stewart and Mr. 
Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Piel Pier and 
reading of the Piel Pier and Harbour Bill ; Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Petitions from Chester ;~ Galway ;— Daventry ; Leather, &amp;c. 
—-Dublin ;— and, Carlisle; praying the House not 
to sanction any reduction of the duties on the im- 


Ann Mieville may be dispensed with, or that the | port of manufactured Leather and on Boots and 


House will be pleased to give such other relief in 


the premises as to them shall seem fit. 


Castlerigg aud 
Derwentwater 


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


Shoes,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killersherdany;—Saint Patrick’s, Education 
Dublin ;—and, Templemore; praying the House to (eland.) 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the | devise means for affording encouragement to the 
lelsure Bal, Manor of Castlerigg and Derwentwater, in the Pa-|schools in connection with the Church Education 


rish of Crosthwaite, in the County of Cumberland, | Society for Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and 
was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Marshall do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill, 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Deptford in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was read the 
Pier Bill be revived :—And that they have leave to third time. 


sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday next. 


Ellesmere and 
Chester Canal 


Bil, in the county of Chester, Esquire, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act relating to Liverpool 


j } Paving and 
the Paving and Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool, haste Bil, 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 


A Petition of William Jackson, of Birkenhead, | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Devonport ; — Sidmouth ;— and, Maynooth 


against certain parts of the Ellesmere and Chester | Edgware; praying the House to withdraw every College. 
Canal Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to | nooth,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner | lie upon the Table. 


heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 


vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


kind of public support from the College of May- 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Bovey Poor Law 


Tracey, praying for alteration of the Poor Law — 


St. Mary-lee : . Amendment Act, so far as regards cases of bastardy, 
bone Parish 7 2 ee ve aoe and that if the Poor Law Commissioners be con- 
Bill Ce ee See eee cae Se il Ge ae be subjected to the powers of 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; ’ Fen ; ae 
S . the Courts of judicature, was presented, and read 
That they had heard counsel in support of several je atic sce Pi ween Table : 
of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in P . 
support of the Preanbe of the sid BIL; Lat tat| 4 Deson of Inhabitants ofthe town of Kings Cn 
clined proceeding therewith, the Committee had di- bridge and its preemie ? PP the - — — 
rected him to report the same to the House. sanction any relaxation of the restriction on the 
Ovdeved, "Task tus Besutt de te ween the Telile exportation of labourers from British India, was 
’ : * | presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
enon and Petitions from Westerham ;—Croydon ;—Maid- Table. 
afer stone;—and, Hadlow ; praying that the Londonand | A Petition of Ship-owners of the town of Briz- Coals. 
Bal Ap.” Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) | ham, stating that the Petitioners view with anxiety 
rout) ., Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; |any measure for levying a duty of four shillings 
(Ne.2) Bill. and ordered to lie upon the Table. per ton on the export of Coal in British ships ; 
and praying that in the alteration of present duties, 
jane Foyle The House being informed, that the object of the | or in the imposition of new ones on the export of 
sheep Petitioners for the Lough Foyle (Upper Level) Drain- | Coal, the House will so legislate as to give increased 
Lough Foyle age Bill; and, the Lough Foyle (Lower Level) Drain- | facilities to the employment of British shipping, 
aba age Bill, might be more satisfactorily obtained by | and preserve the privileges the Petitioners at present 
ee = VOL. 97. 





2F enjoy, 












































Property Tax 
Bill. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


Derby 
(Southern 
Division) 
Election. 


218 22° Aprilis. 


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


Petitions from Saint Mary-le-bone (Chairman 
ofa Meeting of Vestrymen) ;—Saint Pancras (Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Vestrymen) ;—Beverl oo 
Wooler (Chairman of a Meeting); — Saint Luke, 
Chelsea (Chairman of a Meeting); — Thurso — 
Banbury ;—Modbury ;— Ripon ;—and, President 
and Vice President of the Yorkshire Law Society ; 
praying that the Property Tax Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors 
residing in the city of Lincoln, praying for the repeal 
of the stamp duty on their annual Certificates, was 

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


A Petition of Henry Sacheverell Wilmot, of Chad- 
desden, in the county of Derby, Esquire, and Chair- 
man of the Committee for supporting the late Elec- 
tion of the present sitting Members for the southern 
division of the said county, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That at the last general Election the 
representation of such southern division was con- 
tested by Edward Miller Mundy and Charles Robert 
Colvile, Esquires, the present Members for that 
division, and by Lord Waterpark and Matthew Gis- 
borne, Esquire ; that in the course of the night 


A. 1842. 


and their deputies not to admit any evidence to dis- 
prove the assertion or oath of the person claiming 
to vote, unless such Returning Officer personally 
knows him not to be the person he pretends to be, 
thus in almost every instance leaving the real voter 
with no means of recording his vote and having the 
fictitious one expunged, excepting by the great cost 
and trouble of a Petition and proof thereof to the 
House ; and the Petitioner having ascertained that 
no power exists under the Reform or any other Act, 
to apprehend persons so offending, the Petitioner 
earnestly entreats the House to devise such means 
as in their wisdom shall seem fit, toremedy so great 
an evil. 


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


(three Petitions) ;— Bridgwater ;—and, Worcester ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 


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


examined the Petitions presented from the 18th to 
the 20th days of this instant April, both days 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. 





previous to the polling, large bodies of men (strangers, 
and having no qualification to vote,) all from the 
town and neighbourhood of Wottingham, hired for 
the express purpose of personating real voters, and 
to vote in favour of Lord Waterpark and Mr. Matthew 
Gisborne, were conveyed in carriages hired for the 
occasion to seven out of eight of the several polling 

laces of that division; that such men were organ- 
ized under leaders and furnished with polling tickets 
containing the names and description of electors 
who were known or believed to be in the interest of 
Edward Miller Mundy and Charles Robert Col- 
vile, Esquires, and that such tickets were for the 
most part of the same colour and: kind as those 
which were supplied to the voters in favour of Lord 
Waterpark and Mr. Gisborne; that although from 
the measures taken by the Petitioner and his friends 
at a very considerable expense, this attempt at 
wholesale fraud and personation of voters was in a 
great degree defeated and exposed, yet in many in- 
stances it succeeded, and many electors, particularly 
those from a distance who could not be expected to 
arrive early at the poll, found on their presenting 
themselves to vote for the present Members, that 
they had been personated, and their votes recorded 
for the opposing candidates ; that a few of these 
hired persons, on the responsibility of the Peti- 
tioner, were taken into custody immediately after 
having voted, and the Petitioner has at the last 
Derby Lent Assizes prosecuted, to conviction, namely 
six for perjury and making false answers, and two 
for the latter offence ; the Petitioner has also pro- 
secuted and convicted three Nottingham men on a 
charge forconspiring to commit the above fraud upon 
the electors, by hiring and aiding these personators, 
and from what has transpired, the Petitioner believes 
these men are connected with others resident in 
Nottingham, whose business at Elections is to pro- 
vide by contract personators of voters; that the 
Petitioner kas also reason to believe, that had the 
ebove attempt at personation succeeded to the ex- 
tent intended and provided for by its authors, not 
less than five hundred fictitious votes would have 
been recorded against the present Members, in the 
names of electors who would have voted for them ; 
that the Petitioner humbly submits the above facts 
to the House, in the hope that they will take into 
consideration the means of preventing this increasing 
offence at personation, the attempt at which is greatly 
encouraged by the practice of Returning Officers 


of Essex ;—Baston ;—Greatford ;—and, Swayfield ; 
stating that the Petitioners, viewing with extreme 
alarm and concern the alteration in the Corn Laws, 
and its accompanying Tariff, pray that such mea- 
sures may not pass into a law in their present form, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of the Black 
Isle Farmers’ Society, in the county of Ross, praying 
the House not to sanction any relaxation in the scale 
of duty on Foreign Barley and Oats, and that the 
importation of Foreign Live Stock and Salt Meat 
may be prohibited, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


effect to the Report of the Select Committee of 1840, 
relative to Merchant Seamen, by passing a Bill 
without delay, in order that the payments from the 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund may be equal to the Peti- 
tioners and all Seamen when they become entitled 
to receive the same, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of 
North Shields, praying the House to pass an Act 
making the wages of Seamen due to them or their 
representatives for their labour, up to the time the 
ship may become a wreck, or be abandoned, from 
causes over which they had no control, was also 


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


any reduction of duty on the importation of French 
Paper Hangings, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


others, praying the House to pass measures which 
shall extend the Elective Franchise to every citizen 
of twenty-one years of age, untainted by crime, to 
protect the electors in the exercise of that right by 
the Vote by Ballot, and secure equal Electoral Dis- 
tricts, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





Petitions 


Petitions from Leighton Buzzard ; — Langfield Corn Laws, 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public Petitions 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ea 


Petitions from Monmouth ;—Sheriff of the county Corn Laws, &amp;, 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Seamen of Merchant 
North Shields, praying the House to give instant Seamer. 


A Petition of Operative Paper Stainers of the Paper Hang- 
city of Dublin, praying the House not to sanction '* 


A Petition of Members of the Saint Luke’s En- Universal 
franchisement and Anti-Monopoly Association, and Suffrage, &amp; 








Tobi 


Cor 
Inq 
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&amp;e, 


Ce 


Commercial 


Tobacco Pipes. 


Coroners’ 
Inquests 
(Ireland. ) 


Valuation 
(Ireland. ) 


West Indies. 


Commercial 
Reforms, &amp;c. 


Property Tax 
Bill, . 


5 Vicroriz. 


Petitions of Magistrates, Merchants, Ship-owners, 
Mill-owners, and other Inhabitants of the city of 
Saint John, in the province of New Brunswick ;— 
and, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Saint 
Andrews, New Brunswick, praying that no change 
may be made in the scale of Duties on Wood-goods, 
or other articles, so as to affect their trade with 
Great Britain or the British West Indies,—were 


resented, and read; and ordered 1o lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Tobacco Pipe Manufacturers of the 
city of Limerick, praying the House not to sanction 
any reduction of duty on the importation of Tobacco 


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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of Inquests held 
by the several Coroners cf the Counties and Coun- 
ties of Cities in Ireland, in each month, during the 


29° Aprilis. 





219 


The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } 2a 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Tufnell, 76 
Noes, Mr. Charles Buller ; } : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now ead a second 

time :—-The Bill was accordingly read a second 


time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine million Bills. 
and one hundred thousand pounds be raised by Ex- 
chequer Bills, for the service of the year 1842. 


bd 





year 1841; specifying the Date, Place, Name of 
Coroner before whom held, and finding of each 


Inquiry. 

nN — of the several Counties, Counties of 
Cities, and Counties of Towns in Ireland, of which 
the Valuation, under the Act 6 and 7 Wiil. 4, c. 84, 
has been completed ; specifying the Name of each 
Barony or Half-Barony, the Acreable Contents and 
the Valuation thereof; stating also the Sum ordered 
to be levied by the Grand Jury Warrant of Spring 
Assizes 1841, for each such Barony or Half-Barony, 
and the rate per centum which such Sum bears to 
the Valuation; also the Sum ordered to be levied 
by the Grand Jury Warrant of Summer Assizes 
1841, for each such Barony or Half-Barony, and 
the rate per centum which such Sum bears to the 
Valuation ; stating also the Name and Acreable 
Contents of each such County, County of a City, 
and County of a Town; the Annual Value thereof 
according to the Valuation under the said Act ; the 
Amount of the Expense of such Valuation ; the Cost 
per Acre of such Valuation, and the Rate which the 
Cost bears to each £.100. of the Valuation :—and, 
similar Returns for the Counties of Cavan, Down, 
Fermanagh, Louth and Meath, for the year 1840. 


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


Lord Stanley presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Papers relative to the West Indies, 
Antiqua, Trinidad, Saint Lucia, Grenada, 1841-2. 


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


Petitions from Carlisle ;— Weston-super-Mare ;— 
and, President of the Chamber of Commerce of 
Bristol; praymg the House to support the present 
Administration in their efforts to improve the Na- 
tional Finances, by the imposition of a Property Tax, 
and to enact, with the least delay possible, the 
various alterations in the Import Duties in con- 
nection therewith, which the Petitioners believe to 
be eminently calculated to relieve their distress, 
and to give increased facilities to trade and com- 
merce,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Property Tax 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 : 

Vou..97. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


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

Mr. Greene 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. 


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


The Excise Duties Compounds Bill was, accord- Excise Duties 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Compounds 


toa Committee of the whole House, for Monday ®#!!- 
next. 


The Roasted Malt Bill was, according to Order, Roasted Malt 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday the 2d day of May 


next. 





The Soap Duties Drawback Bill was, according Soap Duties 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Drawback 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. No. 200. 


A Petition of Holker Meggison, of Brambridge, Railways. 
Esquire, praying the House to inquire into and report 
the present state of Railway travelling, so far as 
regards the safety thereof, and the means of pro- 
moting the same, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railways Bill. 
Railway Company, praying that a Clause may be 
inserted in the Railways Bill, enacting, that where 
two or more Companies, whose Railways have a 
common terminus, or a portion of the same line of 





rails in common, or which form separate portions of 
one continued line of Railway communication, shall 
not be able to agree upon arrangements for con- 
ducting their joint traffic with safety and conveni- 
ence to the public, it shall be lawful for the Lords 
of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, appointed for 
Trade and Foreign Plantations, to decide the ques- 
tions in dispute between them, so far as the same 
relate to the safety or convenience of the public, 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railways Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Railways 
Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—And the House immediately. 
resolved itself into the Committee. 





2F2 (In 





Supply. 


House of Com- 
mons Lighting. 


Great Torring 
ton Market 
Bill. 





220 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
reamble postponed. 


Causes, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 5 to N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 10, agreed to. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion by leave withdrawn. 

Cravuse, N° 11 (Occupiers of land to keep gates 
of private roads erected by the side of Railways, 
shut and fastened) read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

} 103. 
} 104. 








Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Russell : 

Tellers for thef Sir William Jolliffe, 
Noes, Mr. Tatton Egerton: 


Crauses, N° 12 to N° 14, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 15 and N° 16, disagreed to. 
Crausss, N° 17 to N° 21, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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. 


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


Sabbati, 23° die Aprilis, 1842: 
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 House was moved, That the Order made yes- 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
inquire into the Remuneration due to Mr. Golds- 
worthy Gurney, for his services in Lighting the 
House of Commons ; 

A Committee was nominated, of Sir Charles Le- 
mon, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord John Russell, Sir 
George Clerk, Lord Eliot, Mr. Francis Baring, Sir 
Thomas Acland, Mr. William Hamilton, Mr. Par- 
ker, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Borthwick, Sir Frederick 
Trench, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Gally Knight, and Mr. 
Rundle; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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. 











Lune, 25° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS, 


. M® Greene reported from the Committee on 
the Great Torrington Market Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 


99°__93°-95° Aprilis. 





A. 1842, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bolton ang 
Bolton and Westhoughton Road Bill; That they had Westhoughin 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the hee: 
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 Bull, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Mieville’s 
the Petition of Charles Chatfield, the Solicitor of Divorce Bit, 
John Louis Mieville, Esquire, which was presented 
upon Friday last, praying that the service of the 
Orders of the House, and of an Official Copy of 
Mieville’s Divorce Bill, upon Charles Rankin, the 
Agent of Mary Ann Mieville, may be deemed good 
service, and that personal service on the said Mary 
Ann Mieville may be dispensed with :—And the 
same was again read. 

And the House being informed, That Joseph 
Houston, Clerk in the House of Mr. Mieville, at- 
tended at the door, he was called in; and stated 
that he was sent by him to Germany to serve a 
. Copy of the Bill of Divorce on Mrs. Mieville; went 
to Berlin, afterwards to Dresden; knew her person- 
ally ; saw her in presence of Mr. Foley; she called 
witness by his name, and told him she expected to 
go to Russia; he served her with a Copy of the Bill: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Then Charles Rankin being called in, stated, that 
he acted as the Agent of Mrs. Mieville, and is fully 
authorized to receive any Notice on her behalf :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the service of the Order of the 
House upon Mr. Charles Rankin, the Agent of Mrs. 
Mieville, and leaving an attested Copy of the said 
Bill with him, be deemed good service of the same 
upon the said Mrs. Mieville. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case 
of the said Bill:—And that Mr. Hayter do carry 
the said Message. 


Mr. Pakington, from the Select Committee ap- Ipswich 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Election. 
tition, complaining of an undue Election and Return 

for the Borough of Ipswich, informed the House, 

That the Committee had determined, 

That Righy Wason, Esquire, and George Rennie, 
Esquire, were not dulyelected Burgesses to represent 

the Borough of Jpswick, in the present Parliament. 

That the last Election for the Borough of Ipswich 

was a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Pakington also informed the House, That the 
Committee had unanimously come to the following 
Resolutions : 

That Rigby Wason, Esquire, and George Rennie, 
Esquire, were, by their agents, guilty of bribery at 
the last Election for the Borough of Ipswich. 

That this Committee are of Opinion from the evi- 
dence given before them, that extensive bribery pre- 
vailed at the last Election for the Borough of Jps- 
wich; and that the issuing of a new writ for the said 
Borough ought to be suspended until the said evi- 
dence shall have been taken into consideration by 
the House. 

That the Chairman be requested to move, That 
this Report, together with the Evidence taken be- 
fore this Committee, be printed; and that the 
Speaker do not issue his Cuma to the Clerk of 





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 Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing 
of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Jpswich, until the said Evi- 
dence shall have been printed, and submitted to the 
House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, 


Glasgow 
Redburr 
Bridge 1 
Bill. 


Dandal 
Banubr 
Road | 


Haddit 
shire E 
Bill, 






































Thar 
Doel 
way 























Bolt 
Pre 
Rai 


























































































































5 Vicrortz. 
Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 


25° Aprilis. 291 


Ordered, That Mr. Elliot Yorke do carry the Bill 


the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


them, be laid before this House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, be- 
fore Monday the 16th day of May next. 


Glasgow and Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee on the 
Redburn Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road Bill; and to 
Bridge Road hom 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 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. 


Dundalk and The Dundalk and Bannbridge Road Bill was read 
Banbridge a second time ; and committed. 
Road Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Haddington- Petitions of Inhabitants of Prestonpans ;—and, In- 
— Roads habitants of Tranent; praying that the Haddington- 
lle 


shire Roads Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, 
and others, in the eastern district of the county of 
Haddington, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against 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, 
oy 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 Chester and Birkenhead Railway Ellesmere and 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- Chester Canal 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts . 

of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal 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 fa- 

vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir. John Guest reported from the Committee on Greenock 
Greenock Harbours Bill; and to whom a Petition Harbours Bill. 
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. 


A Petition of Dame Mary Sophia Bentham, Wi- National Float- 
ham, Knight of Saint George, formerly Inspector ony es 
General of his Majesty’s Naval Works, and late one 

of the Commissioners of the Navy, with the distinct 

duty of Civil Architect and Engineer, praying that 

she may be heard, by herself, her counsel or agent, 

against certain parts of the National Floating Break- 

water Company Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

by herself, her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, 

if she think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Liverpool Health of the Town and Buildings Liverpoot 
Regulation Bill was read a second time ; and com- Health of the 


Thames Haven The Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill was | mitted. Foun ond 
wy Bll Rail- read a second time ; oan commutes. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Sieatielion 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| mittee of Selection. Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Bolton and Mr. Thornely reported from the Committee on 
ba pi, the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill; and to whom 
ya Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 

tion ; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 

Bill; That they had inquired into the several matters 

required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 

so far as the same relate to the present application ; 

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 Amend- 

ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 

and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


Warkworth The Warkworth Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
me Foyle Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending an 
tainage Bill. 


Act passed in the second year of the reign of Her 
present Majesty, for draining and embanking cer- 
tain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, so far as the 
same relates to the said Lands in Lough Foyle: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Cottenham, &amp;e, 
lnage Bill, 


An ingrossed Bill for draining certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds in the Parishes of Cottenham, 
Rampton and Willingham, in the County of Cam- 
bridge, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Vou. 97, 


Petitions from Wexford ;-—Margate ;—Warring- Leather, &amp;c. 
ton; —and, Chelmsford, Springfield and Writtle ; 

praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 

the duties on the importation of manufactured Lea- 

ther, and on Boots and Shoes,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Berwichk-on-Tweed and district of Property Tax 
Norham and Islandshire;—Arbroath (two Peti- Bill. 

tions) ;— Weymouth and Melcombe Regis ;—Rick- 
mansworth ;—and, Droitwich ; praying that the Pro- 

perty Tax Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Doncaster ;—and Barnsley; pray- Attornies’ 
ing for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Attornies Certificates. 
Certificates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Fisheries 
Traders, Boat-owners, Fishermen, and others of the (Ireland. ) 
town of Dungarvan, complaining of the unlimited 

use of trawls and trammels along the neighbouring 

coast, and praying for protection to the Hand-line 
Fishery, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill. 


A Petition of Stake-weir Owners, Renters, Land- Fisheries 


of the counties of Cork and Waterford, residing in 
the vicinity of the River Blackwater, in Munster, 
praying that the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 

2F3 A Petition 











dow of the late Brigadier General Sir Samuel Ben- ing Breakwater 


holders, Merchants, Farmers, and other Inhabitants (Ireland) Bill. 








































Steam Power, 
&amp;e. 


Lord’s Day. 


Railways Bill. 


Belgium, 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;c. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Union with 
Treland. 


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


No. 201. 


Commercial 
Reforms, &amp;c, 


Newport 
Election. 


292 


A Petition of John Barton, of Providence-row, 
Finsbury, Engineer, stating that experience has long 
since convinced the Petitioner of the expediency, 
justice and actual necessity of imposing a duty upon 
Steam or other mechanical Power, by which so large 
a proportion of manual labour has been superseded ; 
that the Petitioner has devised a plan divided into 
two parts, the one fiscal, the other protective, either 
of which might be adopted separately, or both con- 
jointly ; and that he is ready and anxious to give 
the fullest explanation to any Committee of the 
House, should the House think proper to direct an 
investigation of the subject ; and praying to be heard 
thereon, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, and other In- 


25° Aprilis. 





habitants of Runcorn, 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 the hamlet of Syden- 
ham, in the county of Kent, praying that a Clause 
may be inserted in the Railways Bill, to the effect, 
that no Railway shall be used on the Lord’s Day, 
except in cases of charity or necessity, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of British Residents and Visitors in 
Ostende ;—and, Belgian Merchants and Residents 
in Ostende ; praying that the postage and commu- 
nication of Great Britain with Belyium may be ex- 
tended and placed on the same footing with that 
which now exists with the French people,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Tenants, and others, 
in the county of Peebles, praying the House to con- 
tinue such a protection as regards live stock and 
agricultural provisions, as will fully protect agricul- 
tural interests, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Provincial Synod of Dumfries, praying for the abo- 
lition of the system of Lay Patronage in Scotland, 


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


Petitions from Killasnet ;—and, Halifax; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Legislative Union of Great 
Britain with Ireland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill for the better 
Regulation of the Close Time in Salmon Fisheries 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of the Provost, Bailies, Treasurer 
and Councillors of the town of Paisley, praying the 
House to sanction the measures of Her Majesty’s 
Ministers relative to Commercial Reforms; and 
that the Property Tax Bill may pass into a law, was 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Messrs. Parkes and Preston, 
the Agents for William John Blake and Thomas 
Gisborne, Esquires, who petitioned this House on 
the 6th day of September, in the last Session of 
Parliament, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Newport, that it is not 
their intention to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition 














A, 1842. 


to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- Ipswich 
cillors and other Inhabitants of the borough of *!&lt;ction, 
Ipswich ;—and, Persons residing within the borough 
of Ipswich ; praying for the release of Obadiah Bar- 
wick Lucas from the gaol of Newgate,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petitions be printed. 


Beneche’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Benecke’s 
time ; and committed. Nat. Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Persons and their Labourers occu- Seeds, 
pied in the cultivation of Mustard, Caraway, Canary 
and Coriander on the island of Fowlness, praying 
the House not to sanction any alteration of the duties 
on the above Seeds, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Four Petitions from Manchester, praying for the Corn Laws, 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Universal 
Munchins, in the county of the city of Limerick, Suffrage, &amp;, 
praying for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Vote 
by Ballot, short Parliaments not exceeding three 
years, the establishment of Equal Electoral Districts, 
and the abolition of the Property Qualification for 
Members, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving, cleansing, Boroughs 

lighting, watching and improving the town and !mprovement 

ee ee a, Seon (No. 2) Bill 
parishes of Gravesend and Milton, praying that all . 
the powers proposed in the Boroughs Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill may be vested in the Petitioners and 
not in the Town Council for the said borough, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Belfast, Education 
; ‘ ~~ (Treland.) 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement to the schools in connection with 
the Church Education Society for Ireland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported Made Wines. 
from Scotland and Ireland, into 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 5th day of January 
1841 to the 5th day of April 1842, both dates inclu- 
sive; stating the denomination, sort or kind, of all 
such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Com- 
pounded 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 passing 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 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 5th day of April 1842, and where bonded. 





A Message 


Message ! 
the Lords: 


Corn Imp 
tion B il l. 
Birkenhe: 
Improv en 
Bill. 


Bdinbury 
and Gla: 
Railway 


Ecclesia 
Benefice 


Ecclesi 
Reside! 
Bill, 


Ecclesi 
Corpo! 
Leasitl 










Court 
(Scot 











He 


















































Message from 
the Lords. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 
Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Foclesiastical 
Benefices Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 
Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 


Corporations 
tae Bill. 


CourtofSession Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


(Scotland.) 


Longford 
Election. 


5 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws for 
the Importation of Corn : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the Pur- 
chase of a certain Ferry called “ Woodside Ferry,” 
by the Commissioners for the Improvement of the 
Township or Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the County 
Palatine of Chester, and for amending the Improve- 
ment Acts for the said Township : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the Edixburgh and Glasgow Railway, and 
to grant further Powers to the Company of Proprie- 
tors thereof: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for better enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical 
Benefices to demise the Lands belonging to their 
Benefices on Farming Leases ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to alter and amend the Law relating to Ecclesias- 
tical Houses of Residence; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for better enabling Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Cor- 
porations, aggregate and sole, to grant building 
and repairing Leases of their Lands and Houses, 
and Leases of Watercourses and Ways, and other 
Easements, in, upon or over their Estates ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


25° Aprilis. 293 


under his hand, committed the said John Wren to 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House, to await the pleasure of the House. 

Ordered, That John Wren be brought to the bar, 
and interrogated as to whether he still persists in 
his contempt in refusing to give Evidence. 


John Wren was accordingly brought to the bar ; 
and examined, as follows : 

John Wren, were you examined as a witness be- 
fore the Southampton Election Committee ?—I was. 

In the course of that examination was any ques- 
tion put to you which you refused to answer ?—There 
was. 

Why did you refuse to answer that question ?— 
Because I considered it a question which was likely, 
if I had answered it, to criminate myself, and do 
me hereafter a serious injury. 

Do you still persist in that refusal ?—I am willing 
to bow to the decision of the House; if the House 
decide that I shall answer that question, I am willing 
to do so. 

And then he was directed to withdraw. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That John Wren be brought to the bar, and 
informed, that the legal tribunal to decide upon his 
obligation to answer questions, is the Select Com- 
mittee appointed under an Act of Parliament to try 
the matter of the Petitions ; and that, as he has de- 
clared his readiness to submit to the authority of 
the House, he be discharged; 











An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ Petitions,” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ and that Mr. Speaker do also inform him, that 
“ any objection he has to urge must be submitted 


a Return, showing, in columns, the Number of 
Causes which were enrolled for Debate before each 
Lord Ordinary in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
on the 1st day of June 1840, and which had not 
been debated at that date:—A similar Return of 
Causes enrolled for Debate between the said 1st day 
of June 1840 and the present time ; showing the 
dates of the Enrolment, and of those since debated 
and decided :—Also, a Return showing the Dates of 
Enrolment and of Debate of those Causes which 
have been debated, but remain still undecided. 














Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Longford Election Committee be laid before this 
House. 


Samuel Gordon. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Co- 


Southampton 


pies of a Letter dated the 8th day of February 1841, 
addressed by J. Corry Connellan, Esquire, Secre- 
tary to Lord Plunket, late Lord Chancellor of Jre- 
land, to Samuel Gordon, Esquire, Four Courts Mar- 
shalsea, Dublin :—Of the Two Memorials or Peti- 
tions referred to in the above-mentioned Letter, of 
the 8th day of February 1841 :—Of a Petition from 
Samuel Gordon to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 
lodged in his Secretary’s Office the 11th day of Fe- 
bruary 1841, with the Orders made on the said Pe- 
tition: —Ofa Petition dated the 15th day of Fe- 
bruary 1841, now lying in the Office of the Regis- 
trar of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, with a 
Special Return, stating whether the said Petition 
was signed by Samuel Gordon (whose signature it 
professes to bear) or not :—And, of all Papers and 
Documents, including the Attachment and the 
Orders, in form, for the execution of it, issued by 


the Court of Chancery of Ireland against Samuel | 


Gordon in 1841. 


Mr. Redington reported from the Select Com- 











“ to the Committee, and determined by them,” in- 
stead 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 


“ and that Mr. Speaker do also inform him, that any 


“* objection he has to urge must. be submitted to the 
“ Committee, and determined by them,” be added, 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That John Wren be brought to the bar, 
and informed, that the legal tribunal to decide upon 
his obligation to answer questions, is the Select 
Committee appointed under an Act of Parliament 
to try the matter of the Petitions; and that Mr. 
Speaker do also inform him, that any objection he 
has to urge must be submitted to the Committee, 
and determined by them. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That John Wren be now discharged from 
the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 
House, and directed to attend the Committee To- 
morrow 3 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words ‘* John 
“ Wren” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ having expressed his readiness to 
“ submit himself to the pleasure of the House, be 
“ now discharged from the custody of the Serjeant- 
“ at-Arms attending this House, and that he be di- 
“ rected to attend the Committee appointed to try 





“ the matter of the Southampton Election Petitions 
“ To-morrow morning,” 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 
| having expressed his readiness to submit himself 


om Elections mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of |“ to the pleasure of the House, be now discharged 


the Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 

Return for the Town of Southampton, That John 

Wren had been guilty of refusing to give Evidence 

— the Committee, and that he had, by Warrant 
ou. 97. 


“ from the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attend- 
“ ing this House, and that he be directed to attend 
“ the Committee appointed to try the matter of the 
“* Southampton Election Petitions To-morrow morn- 
2r4 ing,” 














































Mieville’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Derby (South- 
ern Division) 


Election, 


Property Tax 
B 


ill. 


224. 


ing,” be added instead thereof :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That John Wren, having expressed his 
readiness to submit himself to the pleasure of the 
House, be now discharged from the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, and that he 
be directed to attend the Committee appointed to 
try the matter of the Southampton Election Petitions 
To-morrow morning. 

Whereupon John Wren being brought to the bar, 
Mr. Speaker communicated to him the said Orders: 
—aAnd then he was directed to withdraw. 


Mr. Hayter reported, That he had carried to the 


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Lords the Message of this House of this day, re- 
questing 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 Mieville’s Divorce Bill; and that the Lords 
had communicated a printed Copy of the said Mi- 
nutes of Evidence :—And he delivered the same in 
at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Sacheverell 
Wilmot, Esquire, complaining of the personation of 
Electors at the late Election for the Southern Divi- 
sion of the county of Derby, which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Property Tax Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1, read. 

An Amendment made. 

Scuepu ce (A.) amended, and agreed to. 

ScnEDute (B.) amended, and agreed to. 

SCHEDULE (C.) amended. 


Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Schedule, to add the following words, “ save and 
“« except all such Annuities payable out of any Pub- 
lic Revenue as shall have been granted or may 
hereafter be granted for definite periods of time, 
or limited terms of years, upon all which last de- 
scribed Annuities there shall be charged the se- 
veral sums set forth in the following Table ; (that 
is to say””)— 


&amp; 


n 
n 


When the price of the 3 per cent. per annum Reduced Bank 
Annuities, as notified by the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt, for the purposes of an Act 
passed in the 10th year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George 4, c. 24, 





























ish 
Shall be 86 per cent., and Shall be 93 per cent. and above peat 
under 93 per cent., Then f fa” F 
Then for every 20s. of . nd yw sty me . (Irelan 
term Annuity, a eye 
If the same is determin- | There | If the same is determin- | There 
able in a period com- | shall able in a period com- | shall Civil Bi 
puted from the day of | be puted from the day of be Decrees 
assessment, c assessment, charged land) B 
Years. Years.|  d. Years. Years.| = d. 
- - - not exceed? 2 4 - = = not exceeds 2 3 
Exceeds 2 ai 4 1 Exceeds 2 — 5 1 ‘ 
— 4 — 7 13 — + m= 8 13 Tornpt 
— 7 — ww} 2 ]— 8 — ni 2 Roads 
— ee SEE SEE we Be land) J 
— 13 — 17 3 — il — 18 3 
— 17 — 2] 33) — 18 — 338] 33 
— 21 — 6, 4 — 3 — 28! 4 Timbe 
— 26 — 31 43 — 28 — 34 44 Bill. 
— $i — 388 5 — 34 — 42 5 
— 3 — 47| 53] — 42 — 51] 53 
— 47 -— 60 6 — 51 — 65 6 
— 6 — 81] 64] — 6 — 88} 63 
— §81l _ - 7 — 88 —_ - 7 














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Shall be 80 percent. and under, Shall be above 80 per cent., 
4 oe . and under 86 per cent. 
Phen for every 20s. of Tian tee cer Wa. of te 

term Annuity, ‘A SEY SUG. CS Vem 
: nnuity, 

If the same is determin- | There ] If the same is determin- | There 
able in a period com- | shall able in a period com- | shall 
puted from the day of be puted from the day of be 
assessment, charged assessment, charged 

Years. Years.} dd. Years, Years’| 
- - «= not exceeds 2 3 - - = not exceeds 2 . 

Exceeds 2 — 4 1 Exced?2 — 4 .- 
=i st —._ fF 23 — 4 — 6{ 1B 
— 6 — 9 2 — 6 = 9 2 
— 9 — 12} 2) — 9 — 12] 23 
am 39 — 15 3 — 12 —_— 16 3 
os a Bh 668 = DB a wi Bf 
— 18 — 22 4 —- 19 — 24 40 
- SB — Bi 465 — B&amp;B -- | 42 
a = — 33] 5 — 29 — 36/ 5 
— 3 -— 41/- 54— — 3% — 44) 53 
am» &amp; — 52 6 — 44 — 56; 6 
— 52 — 70 64 -— 8 —. Bi. 6s 
a= vO —_ * 7 — 7 — = | ie 














Question put, That those words be there added ; 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for theS Mr. Ricardo, 


Yeas, 


Mr. Vernon Smith : 


Tellers for the) Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


Noes, 


Mr. Henry Baring: 


ScnEDULE (C.), as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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. 


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


Martis, 26° die Aprilis, 18 42: 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways Ways aud 
and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as fol- Means; 
loweth : 
Resolved, That towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine million Bills. 
one hundred thousand pounds be raised by Exche- 

quer Bills, for the Service of the year 1842. 
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. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 


in. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers 

further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Zre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 9th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin Police 
into a Committee upon the Dublin Police Bill ; 8! 

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 upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the da 


further consideration the Re 
Corporations Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Turnpike- 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


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port on the Municipal — 
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Ponishment The Punishment of Death (Zreland) Bill was, 

of Death according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

(ireland) Bill. itted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Civil Bill Decrees (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 


ivil Bill ‘ : 
= s(Ire- cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
land) Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next, ' 
ornpike _ The Turnpike-roads (Ireland) Bill was, according 
Roads(Iree to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
\nd) Bill. ~~ Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
qimber Ships The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


Bill. take into further consideration the Report on 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. 


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. 
Excise Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Compounds ~~ mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 
Bill Resolved, That this House will,{ upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Soap Duties The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Drawback Bill. into a Committee upon the Soap Duties Drawback 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair: and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


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. 
Ipswich Ordered, That Henry Fisk and Elizabeth Ann 
Election, Cullen (who have petitioned this House for the dis- 
charge of Obadiah Barwick Lucas,);and the Surgeon 
of Her Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate, do attend this 
House this day. 
Customs? The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 3, 
Duties(West c. 15, for granting certain Duties in the British 
ae and Colonies and Plantations in America, for continu- 
rth American . . : 
Colonies) ing, amending and making perpetual an Act passed 
(No, 2.) in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty 


King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
better securing and encouraging the Trade of his 
Majesty’s Sugar Colonies in America ; for applying 
the produce of such Duties, and of the Duties to 
arise by virtue of the said Act, towards defraying 
the Expenses of defending, protecting, and securing 
the said Colonies and Plantations ; for explaining 
an Act made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland 
Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation 
Trade, and for altering and disallowing several 
Drawbacks on Exports from this Kingdom, and 
more effectually preventing the Clandestine Con- 
veyance of Goods to and from the said Colonies and 
Plantations, and improving and securing the Trade 
between the same and Great Britain, might be 


read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 3, 
c. 52, for repealing certain Duties in the British 
Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts 
of Parliament, and also the Duties imposed by an 
Act made in the last Session of Parliament, upon 
certain East India Goods exported from Great Bri- 
tain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof, 


Von. 97. 


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225 


and for further encouraging, re ag ge securing 


several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, 
and the British Dominions in America, might be 
read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 14 Geo. 3, 
c. 88, to establish a Fund towards further defraying 
the Charges of the Administration of Justice and 
support of the Civil Government, within the Pro- 
vince of Quebec in America, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Will. 4, 
c. 59, to regulate the Trade of British Possessions 
Abroad, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of the Customs 
Duties payable in the West Indian and North Ame- 
rican Colonies. 


A Petition of Magistrates for the county of Dur- Stockton and 

ham, attending the Petty Sessions held at Stockton- ag 
_- : ; ailway Bill. 

upon-Tees, in the said county, praying that the 

Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill may not pass 

into a law, as it now stands, was presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented,— Return to an Navy. 
Order, dated the 17th day of March last, for a Re- 

turn of Naval and Marine Officers, and of Seamen 

and Marines employed in the Civil Service of the 
Navy ; specifying their length of time in Active Ser- 
vice, and the Situations they now hold. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Fire Insu- Fire Insurance. 
rance, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 202. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Window Window Duty. 
Duty, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 203. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels, Vessels. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 204. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
Unions, which was presented upon Friday last, be sag 
printed. No. 205. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coroners’ Coroners’ 
Inquests (Ireland), which was presented upon Fri- Inquests 


Ireland. 
day last, be printed. No. 200. 


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, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India. 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 


several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of Specjal Re- 
ports from the Indian Law Commissioners. 


List, No. 115, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the therein- 
mentioned person, reduced from the Kast 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. 116, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the Family 
of a person who belonged to the late Maritime Ser- 
vice of the East India Company, 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 26th February 1835: 
—And then he withdrew, 





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226 


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


Buckland Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Inclosure Bill. Buckland 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 Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments, as far as the Amendment in P. 29. 1. 
17., was read, and agreed to. 
P. 29. 1.17., the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; ' ' 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
ut, 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. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


HuishChampe Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
flower, &amp;c., Huish Champflower, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill; That they 
Inclosure Bills 44 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 made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 

agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


Sheffield, Ash- | Mr. Zong reported from the Committee on the 
tou-under-Lyne Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Rail- 
Railwey Bill way 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 ; That they had inquired 
into the several matters required by the Standing 
Orders on Railway Bills, we as the same relate to 
the present application; 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, end agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Saundersfoot An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Saundersfoot 
Harbour Bill. Railway and Harbour Company to make a Floating 
Dock at Saundersfoot, in the County of Pembroke, 
and for extending the Provisions of the Act relating 
to the said Company, with reference to the said 
Harbour, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Richard Philipps do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sonth Metro- The South Metropolitan Gas Bill was read a se- 
politan Gas Bill. cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


London end A Petition of Inhabitants of Edenbridge and the 
eens neighbourhood, in the county of Kent, praying that 
Road Ap- the London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road 
Pie =) ae Approach) (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was 


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

A Petition of Robert Shedden Scrimgeour, of 
Threadneedle-street, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seutirwirk Petitions of Lessees or Under Lessees of church 
(No. 2.) Bill property, in the borough of Southwark, belonging to 


the see of Winchester ;—and, Lessees of church pro- 
perty in the county of Durham; praying that a 


26° Aprils. 





A. 1842, 


clause may be inserted in the Southwark Improve- 
ment (No. 2.) Bill, for compensating lessees of 
church property for loss of expectation of renewal, 
as well as for the value of their existing leases,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Ipswich 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Orders, Election, 
— Minutes of the Proceedings of the Ipswich Elec- No, 207, 
tion Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 
them. 
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Longford Longford 
Election Committee. Election, 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the No, 208, 
Table ; and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing Bolton and 
the Road from Bolton to Westhoughton, in the Westhoughtm 
County Palatine of Lancaster, was read the third oe 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to facilitate the raising of a Ca- Bolton and 
pital for the Completion of the Bolton and Preston —— 
Railway, was read the third time. sae 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bootle Wilbraham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House being informed, That the Petitioners Boston Har. 
for the Boston Harbour Bill considered that the °™ ¥! 
objects of the Bill would be best obtained by the 
introduction of two Bills ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 4th day 
of March last, for committing the said Bill, be dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Southwark 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Noe Bl 
upon Tuesday last, That the ingrossed Clause’ =” — 
[Compensation to Church Lessees for loss of ex- 
pectation of renewal], which was offered to be added 
upon the third reading of the Southwark Improve- 
ment (No. 2.) Bill, be now read a second time; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion and Clause were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and Message from 

Mr. Lynch ° the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An ee ae 
Act for granting more effectual Powers for lighting ty sale 
with Gas the Town of Nottingham, and several Pa- 
rishes and Places adjacent thereto, 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 Imperial 
to enable the Imperial Insurance Company to alter Insurance 
some of the Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, wn 
and better regulate their Proceedings and the In- 
vestment of their Funds; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Law of Mer 
to amend the Laws relating to Advances, bond fide fe nent 
made to Agents intrusted with Goods; to which Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Imperial Insurance Company Bill was read Imperial 
the first time. oan Bille 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





A Petition 


Forth: 
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5 Vicroriz. 


forthandClyde A Petition of the Company of Owners of the 
Navigation Bill. \7odern Athens Steamer, of Dundee, praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
ents, against certain parts of the Forth and 
lyde Navigation 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. 







Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Dundee and 
Arbroath Railway, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Dundee and Arbroath 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. 


on 


London and 
Blackwall 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Stuart Wortley reported from the Committee 
on the London and Blackwall Railway 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; That they had in- 
- into the several matters required by the 

tanding Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the same 
relate to the present application; 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 there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 


ile 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Fierville’s 


~~ Fierviile’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
at, DU. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


nt 
ll. 


Lichfield 


i The House being informed by the Chairman of 
Election. 


the Lichfield Election Committee, that Thomas 
Grew, a Prisoner in the custody of the Keeper of 
Her Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate, and Francis 
Sharatt, a Prisoner in the custody of the Warden 
of the Fleet Prison, are material witnesses to be 
examined before the said Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Keeper of Her Majesty’s Gaol 
of Newgate do bring Thomas Grew in safe custody 
To-morrow, to the Select Committee appointed by 
this House to try and determine the matter of the 
Lichfield Election Petition, in order to his being 
examined as a witness, and so from time to time as 
often as his attendance shall be thought necessary ; 
and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant accord- 
ingly. 

etre, That the Warden of the Fleet Prison 
do bring Francis Sharatt in safe custody To-mor- 
row, to the Select Committee appointed by this 
House to try and determine the matter of the Lich- 
field Election Petition, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness, and so from time to time as 
often as his attendance shall be thought necessary ; 
and that Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant accord- 


ingly. 


ill. 


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227 


the Petitions complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the town of Southampton; That John 
Willis Fleming, Esquire, a Member of this House, in 
the course of examination before the Committee, had 
refused to answer a question put to him by counsel, 
on the ground that “it would be a betrayal of con- 
fidence, which would be improper and dishonourable 
on his part, and degrading to him as a gentleman, 
and that he could not conceive how his answer to 
the question could, in any way, affect this investiga- 
tion” ; and that the Committee having decided, tha 
the witness could not refuse to answer the question 
on the grounds which he had thus assigned, that 
the witness still persisted in his refusal. 

Ordered, That John Willis Fleming, Esquire, a 
Member of this House, be asked by Mr. Speaker, 
whether he persists in refusing to give evidence. 

Mr. Fleming, in his place, stated, that as a man 
of honour and gentleman, he continued to object to 
answer the question which had been put to him in 
the Committee, and that the facts of the case were 
these: Upon his return from Ireland, six weeks after 
the Election, he was informed that a considerable 
sum was due to the Agent for legal expenses at the 
last Southampton Election ; that he thereupon stated 
the case to his friends, and collected a sum of mo- 
ney for what he considered the legal expenses of 
the Election; that he considers that the answer to 
the question cannot have any bearing upon the trial 
of the Election Petitions ; and that the question was 
only asked for the purpose of introducing honour- 
able names before the public to peck at and com- 
ment upon :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That John Willis Fleming, Esquire, do 
attend in his place forthwith, and be informed by Mr. 
Speaker, that the legal tribunal to decide upon his 
obligation to answer questions, is the Select Com- 
mittee appointed under an Act of Parliament to try 
the matter of the Petitions ; and that Mr. Speaker 
do also inform him, that any objection he has to 
urge must be submitted to the Committee, and de- 
termined by them. 

Mr. Fleming attended accordingly, and Mr. 
Speaker communicated to him the said Order. 


The Order of the day being read, for the attend- Ipswich Elec- 
ance of Henry Fisk, Elizabeth Ann Cullen, and the tion 
Surgeon of Newgate ; 

Elizabeth Ann Cullen was calledin; and being exa- 
mined, stated, That she is the sister of Obadiah Bar- 
wick Lucas; that in the month of April 1837, he 
became much disordered in his mind, in consequence 
of the suicide of a person with whom he was par- 
ticularly intimate :—And then she withdrew. 

Mr. Gilbert Macmurdo, Surgeon of Newgate, was 
called in ; and being examined, stated, That he had 
seen Obadiah Barwick Lucas professionally this 
morning ; that he considers him much out of health, 
and in a gloomy state of mind, and under great 
nervous excitement; and that it is quite possible 
that he should not have a correct recollection of 
events which took place six months ago:—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That Obadiah Barwick Lucas be dis- 
charged out of the custody of the Keeper of Her 
Majesty’s Gaol of Newgate; and that Mr. Speaker 
do issue his Warrants accordingly. 


Ordered, That Mr. Blackstone have leave of ab- Leave of 





The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 13th day of 
this instant April, was made from the Committee 
on the Saundersfoot Railway Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Railway Bill, 


ill. 


Southampton Mr. Redington reported from the Select Com- 


Town Election, mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 





sence till Tuesday the 10th day of May next, on Absence. 
account of the death of a near relation. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Shannon 
Returns stating the Particulars of the sum of Navigation. 
£.280. 16s. 24d. already assessed on the County of 
Sligo, and also the sum of £.4,686. 9s. '7 3d. proposed 
to be assessed on the same County, for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the Shannon :—And, stat- 
ing the Particulars of the sum of £.2,466. 11s. 103d. 
already assessed on the County of Leitrim, and also 





Vo, 97. 








262 the 








Savings’ Banks 
and Friendly 
Societies, 


228 


the sum of £.36,211. 14s. 83d. proposed to be as- 
sessed on the same County, for the Improvement of 


the Navigation of the Shannon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Depositors in Savings 
Banks, and the Number of Charitable Institutions 
and Friendly Societies, and of the Sums deposited 


26° Aprilis. 








A. 1842. 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this,House, 
Copies or Extracts from any recent Official Infor- 
mation received by Her Majesty’s Government from 
the Cape of Good Hope, respecting the present re- 
lations of the Colony with the Independent Boers 
who established themselves at Port Natal, together 
with any information as to the Treatment of the 


in Savings Banks, divided into Classes, at the close | Natives of South Africa by the said Boers :—Also, 
of the last quarter, on the 20th day of November | any Instructions that may have been sent to the 
1841:—Of the Amount of Money received from Governor of the Cape of Good Hope on these sub- 
the Trustees of Savings Banks by the Commission- | jects, by Her Majesty’s Government :—And the said 
ers for the Reduction of the National Debt, since | Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
the 6th day of August 1817; the Amount of Money, | 
Principal and Interest, due by the Commissioners | Resolved, That 
2 ‘ an humble Address be presented Cape of Goog 

- cr ng of yore — — = day to Her Majesty, that She will be neha pleased Hore. 
of November 1841, and the Value of tie “sovern- | to sive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
ment Securities standing in the names of the Com- Copies or Extracts of any Official Information re- 
missioners at the price of that day (stating such | ooiveq by Her Majesty’s Government in reference 
price), to answer the Amount due to the Depositors |;, the Emicration of the Dutch Boers from the 
for Principal and Interest on that day:—And, Show- Cape of Good Hope to the neighbourhood of Port 
Po the ee yey the —_ by the | WVaeal; in the year 1837, and to the subsequent re- 

ublic for Interest and Charges on the Sums due to | jations of those Boers with the Colony, and with the 
the Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly So-| yotive Tribes , 
cieties, and the Amount received from Dividends on | ~ Oudiwed That — ea a 
Stock or other Public Securities in which the said Her M ajesty by such Members of this House ce es 
Sums have been invested by the Commissioners for Bie.’ . . 
the Reduction of the National Debt, from the 6th of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
day of August 1817 to the 20th day of November 
1841 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Rural Police 
No. 342, of Session 1841.) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Norfolk) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | House, a Copy of a Letter from Colonel Oakes, Chief 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to | Constable of the Norfolk Constabulary, to the Chair- 
consider and report upon the state of Spiritual De- | man of Quarter Sessions, dated the Sth day of April 
stitution of the Catholic Soldiers serving in India | 1842, with Enclosures. 
and China :—And the said Motion was, with leave Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
of the House, withdrawn. Her Majesty by such Members of this a as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Catholic 
Soldiers (India 
and China.) 





Probate and 


, A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the pa- 
Legacy Duties. 


rish of Saint Martin-in-the- Fields, in the city and . ’ caer : 

liberty of Westminster, praying the House to ft ws Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for a 

measures for an equal imposition of Probate and establishing a Prison at Pentonville: And that Sir Prison Bill 

Legacy Duties upon the descent of property of every — Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, 

description, was presented, and read ; and ordered and bring it in. 

to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Parish 

the Appointment and Payment of Parish Constables: — 

And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sut-~"* 

ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Real Estates, A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That it will be expedient for this House, at 
an early period, to resolve itself into a Committee of 
the whole House, for the —— of — the 
Act 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, with the view of imposing], ie at . : 
Legacy and Probate Duties on succession to Real . The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law of Copy- Copyright Bil. 
Estates of the same amount as are now imposed by “ee. oa, gy. to Order, read the third time. 

the said Act on succession to Personal Property ; Fe —. Bill &gt; 2 vi ; ~y the Bill 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the ene Bae, Ye ees oe ay ee 
Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

“ as a substitute for those ‘Taxes which are the most P 

“ oppressive upon the people.” The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Property Tax 
And the Question being proposed, That those | ™Ittee on the Property Tax Bill; , a 

words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

And the Question being put, That it will be ex- 
pedient for this House, at an early period, to resolve | ‘The Order of the day being read, for the third Timber Ships 
itself into a Committee of the whole House, for the | reading of the Timber Ships Bill ; Bill. 
purpose of considering the Act 55 Geo. 3,c. 184,| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
with the view of imposing Legacy and Probate Du- | upon Thursday next. 
ties on succession to Real Estates of the same amount 
as are now imposed by the said Act on succession} Mr. Greene reported the Soap Duties Drawback Soap Duties 
to Personal Property ; Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Prawback Bill 

The House divided : to. 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 


Tellers for the { Mr. Elphinstone, Lay, next. 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: Bees 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Duties 


Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the (West Indian 
So it passed in the Negative. 


foo. 
: ‘ ° d North 
Customs Duties payable in the West Indian and pete 
North American Colonies ; Colonies 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘N° *) 


posed, That an humble Address be presented to |next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 








And 


Parish | 
stables 


No. 


Penton 
Prison 


No. 





Law 0 
chants 
Amen 
Bill. 








Eccle: 
Resid 


Bill. 









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Leas! 







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Corp 
Leas 






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(Sco 




















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Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


No. 209. 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill. 


No. 210. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 

No. 211. 


Ecclesiastical 
Residences 


Bill. 
No, 212. 


Incumbent’s 
Leasing Bill. 


Eeclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing Bill. 


Sheriffs Depute 


(Scotlande) 


Limerick 
Corporation, 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.9,100,000, 
Bill, ) 


Public Peti- 


tions (Nine- 


teenth Report.) 


5 Vicroriz. 


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


Mercurii, 27° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the Ap- 
pointment and Payment of Parish Constables: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for establish- 
ing a Prison at Pentonville: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


The Law of Merchants Act Amendment Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


The Ecclesiastical Residences Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Incumbents Leasing Bill was read thie first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of whatever Fees 
(if any) may have been received by the Sheriffs De- 
pute, or their Substitutes, in each County in Scot- 
land, for any Business done or Proceeding had under 
the Act 2 and 3 Vic., c. 41, other than the Fees autho- 
rized by Schedule (K.) of the said Act; stating 
the Amount of Fees in each instance, the cases in 
which, and the Parties by whom they were paid, the 
Authority on which they were received, and Date of 
Payment :—And, of whatever Fees (if any) may have 
been received by the Sheriffs Depute, or their Sub- 
stitutes, in each County in Scotland, in any Ordi- 
nary or Summary Action before him, for or on ac- 
count of any Inspection of Property, Examination 
of Witnesses, or other Business done or Proceeding 
had in such Action ; stating the Amount of Fees in 
each instance, the case in which, and the Business 
for which the same was paid, the Party by whom, 
and the Authority on which it was paid, and the 
Date of Payment. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Return from Henry Watson, Esquire, as 
late Chamberlain of the City of Limerick, appointed 
to that Office pursuant to the Act for the Regulation 
of the Corporation of Limerick, 4 Geo. 4, c. 126, of 
the Receipt and Expenditure by him, as such Cham- 
berlain, of the Rents, Issues and Profits of the 
Estates and Property of the said Corporation ; spe- 
cifying the Annual Rents of all Lands, Tenements 
and Hereditaments, and of Tolls and Customs, and 
all other sources of Revenue; and specifying also 
the Particulars of all Disbursements made by him 
thereout, pursuant to the said Act, with Copies of 
all Accounts passed by the Common Council and 
Court of D’Oyer Hundred, of such Receipts and 
Disbursements by the said Henry Watson, as such 
Chamberlain, from the date of his Acceptance of 
said Office to the 9th day of November 1841. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for raising a 
Sum by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 


the Petitions presented on the 21st and 22d days of 
Vou. 97. 


26°—-27°— 28° Aprilis. 


229 


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. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurit, 27° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


T Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were | 
not present; yet it being fourof 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. 





Jovis, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


N in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,-—Accounts of all Copper imported into the 
United Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1842; 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 1842; distinguishing each sort, from what 
Port sent, and to what Country exported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the Port of 
London, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1842 ; distinguishing each sort, and to what Country 
exported :-—Of the Quantities of Copper exported 
from the Port of Liverpool, in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1842; distinguishing each sort 
and to what Country exported :—And, of all Copper 
Ore that has been imported into the United King- 
dom without payment of Duty, for the purpose of 
exportation, in the year ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 257, of Session 1841.) 


dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1842; distinguishing from what Countries imported : 
—And, of all Tin exported from the United King- 
dom in the year ending the 5th day of January 1842 ; 
distinguishing to what Countries exported (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 257, of Ses- 
sion 1841.) 


January 1842 (in continuation of Parliameatary 
Paper, No. 266, of Session 1841.) 


ported into and exported from the United Kingdom, 
in the years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the se- 
veral sorts of Iron, and the Countries from which 
imported, and to which exported :—Of the Quantity 
of British Iron (includng Unwrought Steel) ex- . 
ported, in the years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing 
the Countries to which exported : — And, of the 
Quantity of British Hardware and Cutlery exported, 
in the years 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same were exported, and the 
declared Value thereof (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 537, of Session 1840.) 


ary last, for a Return of the Receipts of the De- 
partment of the Woods and Forests in Ireland since 

1834, and the Application thereof. 
: 263 








A Return 


HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment, 


R. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called Copper. 


Accounts of all Tin imported into the United King- Tin, 


An Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead Lead and Lead 
and Lead Ore, for the year ending the 5th day of Oe 


Accounts of the Quantity of Foreign Iron im- fron, &amp;e. 


Return to an Order dated the 28th day of Febru- Woods ena 
Forests (! res 
land.) ae 








Land Tax 
(Lancaster.) 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Lichfield 
Election. 


Blackburn 
Election. 


Granton Pier 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Buckland 
Inclosure Bill. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No, 1.) 
Bill. 


230 


A Return of the Amount paid for Land Tax in | 
the various Townships and Places in the County of 
Lancaster, exhibiting the whole Amount, and the 
Sum paid by each, in the year ended 25th March 
1841. 

Mr. Rushworth also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of War- 


rant granting Compensation for Loss of Fees to |‘ 


Thomas Fenton, Esquire, one of the Chief Examiners 
of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, for the quarter 
ended 10 April 1842 :-~And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Divett, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 
Richard Dyott, Esquire, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Lichfield, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Alfred Henry Paget, Esquire, commonly 
called Lord Alfred Henry Paget, is duly elected a 
Citizen to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City of Lichfield. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Sir Edmund Hayes, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of William Turner, Esquire, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Blackburn, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That John Hornby, Esquire, was duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Blackburn. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Breet which, upon the 20th day of 
this instant April, was made from the Committee on 
the Granton Pier (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amend- 


28° Aprilis. 





A. 1842. 


“ case there shall be any vacancy at the time of the 
“ passing of this Act.” 
Pr. 59. 1. 32. After “ preceding” insert “ yearly 
ed 
Pr. 107.1.33. After “ reasonable” insert Clause 

(A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall extend to affect, alter, 
diminish or interfere with any of the powers, 
rights, privileges and franchises vested in the 
Directors and Trustees for lighting the said town 
and county of the town of Nottingham, by virtue 
of an Act passed in the second year of the reign 
of King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
enlightening the Streets, Lanes and Passages with- 
in the Town and County of the Town of WVotting- 
ham,’ and also of an Act passed in the second 
year of the reign of King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, ‘An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Powers of an Act of the second year of his late 
Majesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act for the en- 
lightening the Streets, Lanes and Passages _ with- 
in the Town and County of the Town of Notting- 
ham,”’ any thing in this Act to the contrary not- 
withstanding.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Hobhouse do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the New Cross 
New Cross Roads Bill; That they had examined the Roads Bill, 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Great North 





ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rish of Buckland, in the County of Buckingham, 
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. 


The Wicklow Harbour Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir Robert Pigot reported from the Committee on 


Great North of England (Clarence and Harilepool of England 
Junction) Railway Bill; That they had inquired into a 
the several matters required by the Standing Orders Junction) Rail 
on Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the way Bil. 
present application; 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 Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the northern Cozl 
Northern Coal Mining Company Bill; That they Mining Com- 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found P@"y Bill. 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 




















the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway 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 fa- | 
vour of the Bill; That they had inquired into the | 
several matters required by the Standing Orders on | 
Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the present | 
application ; 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for granting more effectual Powers 
for lighting with Gas the Town of Nottingham, and | 
several Parishes and Places adjacent thereto; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 42. 1. ult. After “ aforesaid” insert “ 





in | 


ments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bull, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Traders, Merchants and Dundalk and 
Manufacturers of the town of Newry, in the counties aT 
of Down and Armagh, praying that the Dundalk — 
and Bannbridge Road Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the London and 
Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the en 
London and Blackwall Railway, was read the third ®!"*Y *™ 
time ; and an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House 


roceeded to take into further con- Kirkintilloch 
sideration the 


this Bill 


eport which, upon the 20th day of Roads (No 1.) 


Glasgov 
Redbur 
Bridge | 
Bill. 


Great’ 
ton M 
Bill. 










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flowe 
closu 
























































































































































































































th 
and 


Rail- 


oal 


I. 





5 Victoriz. 


this instant April, was made from the Committee on | 
the Kirkintilloch Roads (No. 1.) 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for maintaining and repairing 
the Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and a 
Branch Road leading therefrom, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow and 


Redburn 
Bridge 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for erecting a Market-house, 
and for regulating the Market within the Borough 
and Town of Great Torrington, in the County of 
Devon, was read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Buck do carry the Bill to the 
T.ords, and desire their concurrence. 


Great Torring- 
ton Market 
Bill. 











Huish Champ- An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the several 
aan Iu Parishes of Huish Champflower, Clatworthy and 
coure™ Brompton Ralph, in the County of Somerset, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Dickinson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Warwick and = Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
—— the Warwick and Leamington Union Railway Bill ; 
vi» and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred; That they had considered the said 
Petitions ; and had inquired into the several matters 
required by the Standing Orders on Railway Bills, 
so far as the same relate to the present application ; 
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 Amend- 


28° Aprils. 


Bill, be revived :—And that they have leave to sit 


and proceed, upon Monday next, with Two Selected Approach) 
Members. 


231 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Zondon and London and 
Croydon Kailway (Grange Road Approach) (No, 2.) Croydon 
9 Gamat Road 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of William Forbes Mackenzie, Trustee Cambuslang 


or Guardian for John Basil Hamilton Montgomery, *4 Muikitk 


of Newton, praying that he may be heard, by him- wees ae 


self, his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads 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 Pe- 
tition, if he think fit; and pei heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Bodmin ;—and, Kidlington, pray- Cattle, Meat, 
ing that the prohibition of the importation of Cattle ®* 
may be continued, and that no reduction may be 
made in the protecting duties heretofore charged on 
Meat, and on all other agricultural productions,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Yadcaster ;— Bramham ;— Church Maynooth 
Fenton ; — Sandwich ; — Mylor ; — Wilerich ; — Colleee- 
Epworth ; — Leighton Buzzard ;— Fremington ; — 
Balcombe; — Robert Briant, and others ;— Wol- 
singham ; — Saltash; — Uttoxeter; — Selby ; — 
Bridgewater ; — Ashbourne ; — Henfield ; — Horn- 
castle ; — Saint Alban’s; — Downham ;— Bacup ;— 
Canterbury; — Swaffham; — Saint George’s-in-the- 

East, Middlesex ;—Spalding ;—Croydon ;—Brack- 
ley ;— Houghton-le-Spring ; —Scarborough ;—Deal ; 
— Lewes and Kastbourn ; — Howden ; — Lough- 
borough ;— Castle Donington ;— Lowestoft ;—Ports- 
mouth ;— Andover ; — Abergavenny ;— Wigton ;— 
Bishop’s Stortford;— Chesterfield ;— King’s Lynn;— 
Members and Friends of the Protestant Association ; 
—Long Melford ;—Ipswich ;— Poole ;— Tunstall ;— 





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


Glasgow Police Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee 
(No.2) Bill. on the Glasgow Police (No. 2.) Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill, were referred ; 
That they had considered several of the said Peti- 


tions, and had heard counsel in support of some of 


them, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and were proceeding with Evidence on the 
Preamble, when the Parties stated to the Committee, 
that circumstances had occurred which rendered it 
advisable for them to withdraw the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Stokesley ; — Horsham ;— Pickering ;— Longton ;— 
Lanmartin ;—and, Sheerness; praying the House 
to withdraw every kind of public support from the 
College of Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Parish Clerks, Interment of 
: : : Bodies. 

praying that in any measure for altering the law re- 

lative to the Interment of Bodies, provision may be 

made that their rights and privileges may be pro- 

tected, was presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Interment of Bodies. 


Petitions from Youghal ;— Norwich ;—Oldham ; Leather, &amp;c. 
—and, Birmingham; praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction of the Duties on the impor- 
tation of manufactured Leather, and on Boots and 











NorthAmerican The North American Colonial Association of Zre-|Shoes,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
) neal land Bill was read a second time ; and committed. | lie upon the Table. 
‘ni, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 3 
alee oe a 1 si , pe Petitions from Swynnerton ;—and, Hutton Henry, Roman 
ee ee and other places; complaining of grievances affect- Cao 
. ing Roman Catholics; and praying that they may 
Boston Har- The House was moved, That the Report in respect | }"8 hy “a.” yg : 
- of the Petition for the Boston hen Bill wiih be placed upon a footing of perfect = ern 
upon the 28d day of February last, was made from of civil rights and enjoyments with Her Majesty's 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, subjects professing other religious penunmena— 
idee te ale: sill: Mie oaeen Resting niall» were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
&gt; ? ? , ' 
~ wy Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Table 
0, 2, ll, = 2a) ; . _ ° . 
— _ aes A ane pal a oe — pt geese * sone rg se pen gt a Lord’s Day. 
ga . lade ;— Bath ;—an nelly; praying the House 
bour of Boston; in the county of Lincoln, and amend- | ? ? ’ J? : 
ing several Acts relating te the same : ‘And that Sir | © Promote the enactment of some law which shall 
Joh Troll Mic, Cleistesl T : d Mr,|PUt.a stop to the increase of Sunday traffic and tra- 
Christ a , tsp prepare ny wl ; “yg me na velling, especially on the numerous railways, canals, 
Boston Harbour Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for | Steam boats, the me | . — — and other 
(ies) Bal. amending the several Acts relating to the Port and | panes conveyences Gu Ee Lats i 


Harbour of Boston, in the county of Lincoln: And 
that Mr. Brownrigg and Sir James Duke do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

Vo. 97. 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the ‘fable. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—Doncaster ;— attories’ 
‘and, Wetherby ; praying for the repeal of the stamp Certificates. 
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Education 
(Treland.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


a” 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


New South 
Wales. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


St. Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


York Cathedral 
Bill. 


Wrexham 
Road Bill. 





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duty on Attornies’ Certificates,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lic upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ballyphilip ;— Fethard ;— Saint 
Multose, Kinsale; — Connor; — Baltinglass; — 
Carrowdore ;—Drinagh ;— Ballynure ;—Myross ;— 
Murragh ;—Hillsborough ;— Newtownards ;—Dun- 
donald;—and, Killinkere; praying the House to 
devise means for affording encouragement to the 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor 
of the Union of Salford, praying for alteration of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, so far as relates to 
cases of Bastardy, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bridgnorth ;—John Kay ;— So- 
merset ;— Lancaster ;—and, Brighton ; praying that 
the Property Tax Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of Port 
Phillip, in the colony of New South Wales, praying 
the in to adopt measures for the entire separa- 
tion of the district of Australia Felix from the 
territory of New South Wales, and the grant of a free 
Representative Government of its own ; and that the 
House will use their constitutional influence in ob- 
taining, 1st, a responsible Government entirely 
separate and independent of Mew South Wales; 2d, 
a Representative Legislature, the majority of its 
Members to be elected by the people, thus rendering 
it in some measure a free province, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Dis- 
tricts Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Dean Forest Poor Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do he upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right worshipful William 
Cockburn, Dean of the cathedral and metropolitan 
church of Saint Peter, of York, and the Venerable 
the Chapter of the same church, praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the York Cathedral Bill for 
authorizing a sale of the reversionary interest in an 
estate at Bishop Burton, in the county of York, 
belonging to the said Dean and Chapter, and for 
providing for the application of the money arising 
therefrom, in aid of the fund proposed to be raised 
by virtue of the said Bill, and for applying the same 
in such manner as may be authorized by the said 
Bill now pending as aforesaid, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the township of 
Gwersylt, in the county of Denbigh ;—Inhabitants 
of the town of Wrexham, inthe county of Denbigh ; 
—and, Owners and Occupiers of property in the 
neighbourhood of the Wrexham and Mold Roads, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 


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their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Wrexham Road 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 Bude Light ; and praying that he may be heard 
before the Select Committee on House of Commons 
Lighting, in support of his claim, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


ton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, was 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. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Reading, and to which they had annexed the said 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto :—And the names of the Committee were 
read, as follow : 

Lord Seymour, Thomas William Bramston, Es- 
quire, the Honourable Henry Howard, William 
forbes Mackenzie, Esquire, Charles Buller, Esquire, 
William Tatton Egerton, Esquire ; Chairman, 5 te 
Weir Hogg, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over ; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Reading be referred 
to the Select Committee appointed to try and detet- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Penryn and Falmouth; and to which they had an- 
nexed the said Petition referred to them by the 
House, relating thereto:—And the names of the 
Committee were read, as follow : 

John Hardy, Esquire, Charles William Packe, 
Esquire, Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce, Esquire, 
George Poulett Scrope, Esquire, William Busfeild, 
Esquire, the Honourable Robert Otway Cave ; 
Chairman, Charles Wood, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Penryn and Fal- 
mouth, be reterred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of One in the afternoon. 


ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and for the 
protection of the Fisheries between England and 

















France, 


A Petition of Wiliiam Lielhead, of Newcastle- House oj 


upon- Tyne, Gentleman, claiming the invention of ie 
ghting, 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend some of the Sheffield, 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Sheffield, Ash- fshton-under. 


yne and 


Manchester 
Railway Bill, 


Reading 
lection. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Penryn and 


Falmouth 
Election. 


A Petition of Matthew Phillips, of the city of Corn Laws and 
New Sarum, Geographical and Civil Engineer, pray- Fisheries- 


Tithe 








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





A Petition of James Henry Scudamore Burr, u.a., 
praying the House to restore him and the clergy at 
large to the entire and unimpaired enjoyment of 
their rights, either by the total repeal of the Tithe 
Commutation Act or by such other enactments as 
to the House may seem fit, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tihes Commu- 


Inchbelly 
(Glasgow) 
Roads Bill. 


Colonel Verner reported from the Committee on 
the Inchbelly (Glasgow) Roads Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill, were referred ; 
That they had considered the said Petitions, and 
had heard counsel in support of several 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. 

Colonel Verner further reported from the Com- 
mittee; That having gone through a great part of the 
Bill, and added a Clause proposed on behalf of cer- 
tain Proprietors of Houses in Glasgow, Petitioners 
against the Bill, they were informed by the Pro- 
moters of the measure, that, in consequence of the 
introduction of that Clause, they were under the ne- 
cessity of withdrawing the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Penny Postage, A Petition of John Henderson, of Dalkeith, stating 
that the Petitioner forwarded to the Government, 
plans for carrying into effect the Penny Postage, 
and that his communication contained every thing 
which has been adopted, and that he conceives that 
he has a right to the premium offered ; and praying 
the House to take the matter into consideration, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the ‘lable. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Trustees for raising money for the repair of the 
church of Saint Mary, Whitechapel, and for other 
purposes, praying that the House will adopt such 
measures as will in future prevent Burials taking 
place in the populous towns, cities and parishes of 
this kingdom, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


, A Petition of Members of the North American 

emo Colonial Association of Ireland, praying that the 

of Ireland Bill JVorth American Colonial Association of Jreland 
Bill may not pass into a Jaw, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


A Petition of John Templer, of Lymington, Hants, 
praying the House immediately to set about equal- 
izing the Stamp Taxes generally, but particularly to 
cause to be levied on freehold property the same rate 
of Probate and Legacy Duties, as is leviable on per- 
sonal property, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Burials. 


North Ame- 


Probate and 
Legacy Duties. 


Cordage, &amp;, A Petition of Operative Rope-makers, and others 


concerned in the trade of Rope-making, of the port 
of London, praying the House not to sanction any 
reduction of duty on the importation of foreign 
manufactured Rope aad Yarn, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Commercial 
forms, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tiverton, praying 
that all restrictions on importation may be immedi- 
ately abolished, and that all foreign articles be sub- 
ject to such duties only, as are imperatively necessary 
for the support of the Revenue, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Thomas Cliffe, submitting that the 
plans recently pursued by Her Majesty’s late 


ministry, in matters of State affairs, were well calcu- | also, q 


lated to create a good and friendly feeling with our 

continental brethren, both in Eurcpe and America ; 

and praying the House to carry out the same 
Vox. 97. 


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county of York, praying the House to relieve Literary 
and Scientific Institutions from rates and taxes, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tants of Bradford, in the county of York, praying 





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to the fullest extent which the safety and welfare of 
the whole United Kingdom will permit, was also 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
































































A Petition of Members and Friends of the Bever- Literary and 


ley and East Riding Mechanics’ Institute, in the aa 
= nstitutions. 


SS 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabi- Home Colonies. 


the House to cause Home Colonies of united interest, 
as recommended by Robert Owen, late of New La- 
nark, to be established throughout these kingdoms, } 
in preference to foreign emigration, was presented, i 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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Mr. Redington reported from the Select Committee Southampton. 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the bed 
Petitions, complaining of an undue Election and ~““”™ | 
Return for the Town of Southampton; That Wil- ' 
liam Rouse Mabson had disobeyed the summons 
contained in Mr. Speaker’s Warrant, and that he 
had, by Warrant under his hand, committed the said } 
William Rouse Mabson to the custody of the Ser- | 
jeant-at-Arms, to await the pleasure of the House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- ! 
posed, That William Rouse Mabson be, for his said 
Offence, committed to Her Majesty’s Gaol of New- 
gate :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the i 
House, withdrawn. q 

Ordered, That the Clerk attending the Southamp- i 
ton Election Committee do produce Mr. Speaker’s ! 
Warrant fortheattendance of William Rouse Mabson. | 

The Committee Clerk attended accordingly, and 1 
produced the said Warrant :—And the said Warrant 
was read. | 
Ordered, That William Rouse Mabson be brought H 
to the bar. 

William Rouse Mabson was accordingly brought i 
to the Bar, and being examined, stated that he was 
served on some day in last September with the 
Speaker’s Warrant, to attend the Southampton Elec- 
tion Committee, and produce papers and documents ; 
that he had transmitted by one of the persons in his 
employment all the papers in his possession, relating 
to the last Election for Southampton, to Captain 
Ward, the Chairman of the Election Committee at 
Southampton:—And then he was directed to be 
taken from the Bar. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That William Rouse Mabson do 
stand committed to the custody of the Serjeant-at- 
Arms attending this House, and that the Serjeant 
do take the said William Rouse Mabson to the 
Southampton Election Committee as often as he shall 
be required; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant accordingly :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message from 

Mr. Lynch : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- i 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to impose an additional Spirit Duties 
Duty on Spirits, and to repeal the Allowance on (Ireland) Bill. 

Spirits made from Malt only in Ireland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for taking down the Saint Austell i 
Market-house in the Town of Saint Austell, in the Market H 
County of Cornwall, and for erecting a more conve- (N® 2+) om. 
nient Market-house instead thereof, for providing a i 
new Market-place, and for increasing and regulating 4 
the Markets and Fairs within the same Town: And Hh 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Birmingham 
Act for granting further Powers to the Company of pate ae a 
Proprietors of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junc- pi, 


2H tion 








Southampton 
Town 
Election. 


Merthyr Tidvil 
Election. 


East India. 


Interment 
of Bodies. 


Designs 
Copyright Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
Bill. 


Copyright 
Registration 
Bill. 





234, 


tion Canal Navigation, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 





And the Question being put, That the Debate be 
now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old —s - ites 

, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr Poa ing Bruce a 16 

Mr. Jervis, hive. 


Mr. Charles Buller 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That William Rouse 
Mabson do stand committed to the custody of the 
Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, and that 
the Serjeant do take the said William Rouse Mabson 
to the Southampton Election Committee as often as 
he shall be required, and that Mr. Speaker do issue 
his Warrant accordingly ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a _ : 
Mr. Thesiger, 
Mr. Ferrand: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Tellers for the N oes, 


paz. 
1 on 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 
had received a Notice from Messrs. Lyon, Barnes 
and Ellis the Agents for Edward Williams, who 
petitioned this House on the 7th day of September, 
in the last Session of Parliament, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Merthyr Tidvil, that it is not his intention to pro- 
ceed with his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


Tellers for the Noes,f 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the different Sums paid by the 
East India Company, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 85, to the Credit of the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, to “The 
Account of the Security Fund of the India Com- 
pany;” together with the Dates when such Sums 
were respectively paid, the times when and the 
manner in which such Sums, with any Interest 
thereon, were invested, and the Amount of Cash 
and of Government Annuities now standing to the 
Credit of the said Account. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Bishop of London to attend, in 
order to his being examined as a Witness before 
the Select Committee appointed by this House, to 
consider the expediency of framing some Legislative 
Enactments (due respect being paid to the rights 
of the clergy) to remedy the evils arising from the 
Interment of Bodies within the precincts of large 
towns, or of places densely peopled: And that Mr. 
Mackinnon do carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
tke 11th day of May next, resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Designs Copyright Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bonded Corn Bill be read a 


second time upon Thursday the 12th day of May 
nex, 


Resvlved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Copy- 
right Registration Bull. 


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A. 1842, 


Ordered, That the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Salmon 


(No. 2.) Bill be read a second time upon Wednes- Fisheries (So, 
day next. BD A) 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means, Means. 


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


Ordered, That the Exchequer Bills Bill be now Exchequer Bi, 
read a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read (£-9:100,000,) 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Supreme Cour 
put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to reduce (Scotland,) 
the present Number of Judges in the Supreme 
Court of Scotland from Thirteen to Nine, by abolish- 
ing one of the two Co-ordinate Courts of Review 
into which that Court is divided ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wallace, 

Yeas, LDr. Bowring : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 


22. 
} 187. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was PTO- Post-office, 
posed, That the Return showing the Applications 
which have been made to the Post- office for Letters 
which were missing, and which contained Money 
or Money’s worth, which Return was presented to 
this House upon the 4th day of March last, be 
printed :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


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


Veneris, 29° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Zealand. 
to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to order a Maritime Survey of the Coasts 
and Harbours of the Islands of Mew Zealand, when 
Vessels can be spared for that duty without incon- 
venience to 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 there be laid before this House, a Brevet_ 
Return of the Number of Officers in the Army ?t™t™ 
(Civil and Military) who have been promoted by 
Brevet, stating the Number in each Class or Rank, 
and the Amount of additional Pay and Allowances 
which the Officers in each Rank will receive in con- 
sequence of that Promotion, and the Total addi- 
tional Expense to the country by such Brevet Pro- 
motions, since the year 1832 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 286, of Session 1832) :— 

A similar Return for the Royal Artillery and Ord- 
nance Establishments :—-And, a similar Return of 
the Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fines and 
for better recording Fines and Recoveries in Wales ae ape 
and Cheshire: And that Sir James Graham, Mr. Giashire) Bill. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Records 
a Copy of a Report made by Mr. Black to the (We) 
Master of the Rolls on the Custody of Records in 
the Principality of Wales. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Cron dere 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, 











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


Colonial Mr. Greene reported the Colonial Passengers 
passengers Bills Bi). and the Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House :—And the House im- 


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four, certain of the Allowances of the Duty of Excise 
on Soap used in Manufactures. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Duties 


mediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; | intoa Committee, to consider of the Customs Duties (West Indian 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker | payable in the West Indian and North American 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


fuilways Bill. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin Police = Mr, Greene reported the Dublin Police Bill; and 
Bill the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Civil Bill 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Decrees 
(Ireland) Bill 


into a Committee upon the Civil Bill Decrees (Ire- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, 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. 


Turnpike-roads 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Turnpike-roads (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


and North Ame- 
rican Colonies) 


Colonies. (No. 2.) 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That with reference to the Resolutions 
agreed to by this House in Committee on the 
Acts relating to the Customs Duties in the West 
Indian and North American Colonies, on the 18th 
day of April, Candles which would be thereby 
chargeable as an unenumerated Article with an ad- 
valorem Duty of four per centum, be added to the 
list of enumerated Articles therein contained, and 
be chargeable as follows ; viz. 


SpermacetiCandles - fifteen per centum ad valorem ; 
“Seen a - seven per centum ad valorem ; 


And that they may be subject in all other particu- 
lars to the conditions of the said Resolutions. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported,:That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Law of Merchants Act Amendment Bill was, Law of Mer- 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- psec nao 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this pj), 


day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 29° die Apritis ; 








day next. 
ExciseDuties © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_— mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Property Tax The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Fil. mittee on the Property Tax Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for preventing Ships clearing 
out from any Port in British North America, or in 
the Settlement of Honduras, from loading any part 
of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for preventing until the first day 
of May One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
five, Ships clearing out from any Port in British 
North America, or in the Settlement of Honduras, 
from loading any part of their Cargo of Timber 
upon Deck. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Timber Ships 
Bi 


Soap Duties The ingrossed Bill to continue certain of the 
Drawback Bill. Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used in 
Manufactures, 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 July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of the Most noble Hugh, Duke Warkworth 
and Earl of Northumberland, praying that he Harbour Bill. 
may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the Warkworth Harbour 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. 


A Petition of Robert Shedden Scrimgeour, of London and 
Threadneedle-street, and of Totteridge,in the county wie — 
of Hertford, praying that the London and Croydon as he - 
Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) Bill proach) 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- (No 2.) Bill, 
sented, and read; and referred to the Committee on 


the Bill. 


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 declarmg 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 the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 





Vou. 97. 


2H 2 jesty’s 


pines E i SAA 


ee ee een et et eos 


ae 


Spirit Duties 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Corn Importa- 
tion Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Nottingham 
Gas (No. 1.) 
Biil. 


Saint Austell 


Market (No.2) 


Bill. 


Granton Pier 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill. 


Cwm Celyn 
and Blaina 
Tron Company 


Bill. 


Public Petitions 


(Twentieth 
Report.) 


Saundersfoot 
Railway Bill. 


Ardrossan 
Harbour Bill. 





236 


where a 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 to impose an additional Duty on Spirits, 
and to repeal the Allowance on Spirits made from 
Malt only in Ireland: 

An Act to amend the Laws for the Importation 
of Corn: 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway, and to grant further 
Powers to the Company of Proprietors thereof : 

An Act for granting more effectual Powers for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Nottingham, and se- 
veral Parishes and Places adjacent thereto : 

An Act for taking down the Market-house in the 
Town of Saint Austell, in the County of Cornwall, 
and for erecting a more convenient Market-house, 
instead thereof, for providing a new Market-place, 
and for increasing and regulating the Markets and 
Fairs within the same Town, 


An ingrossed Bill to extend the Provisions of an 
Act of the seventh year of the reign of King Wil- 
liam the Fourth, relative to the Pier of Granton, in 
the County of Edinburgh, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. James do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of John Michael Williams, of Scorrier, 
near Truro, in the county of Cornwall, Esquire, 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Wicklow 
Harbour 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron 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 House being informed, That other Amend- |. 


ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed. 

A Petition of John Marriott, of Liverpool, FEs- 
quire, and Edward Chippendall Milne, of Man- 
chester, Gentleman, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported from 
the Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 25th 
and 26th 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Saunders- 
foot Railway and Harbour Company to make an 
Extension of their present Railway, and also to 
make two Branches from such Railway respectively 
within the County of Pembroke, and for extending 
the Provisions of the Act relating to the said Com- 
pany, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Richard Philipps 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 21st day of 


29° Aprilis. 


jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 


A. 1842, 


this instant April, was made from the Committee on 
the Ardrossan Harbour Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


this instant April, was made from the Committee 
on the Saint Philip’s ( Bristol) Bridge Bill ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation and the Staf- 
fordshire and Worcestershire Canal Navigation, and 
for amending the several Acts relating to such first- 
mentioned Canal Navigation: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham and 
Liverpool Junction Canal Navigation ; and the same 
were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3.1. 13. After “ profit” insert “ upon their own 
canal or any other canal or river communicating 
with their own canal, either directly or by means 
of any intermediate canal or river.” 

Pr. 3.1.16. After “ and,” insert “ for that pur- 
pose.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 35. After “vessels” insert “ upon their 
own canal, or any other canal or river communi- 
cating with their own canal, either directly or by 
means of any intermediate canal or river.” 

Pr, 5.1. 24. After “ tracking” insert “ by this 
Act authorized to be taken or agreed upon.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 29. Leave out “ for or in respect of,” 
and insert “ upon.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 30. Leave out “ voyage,” and insert 
“ portion of the said canal, or of any other canal 
or river under the like circumstances.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 22. After “ party” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That tables 
of the rates and sums of money from time to time 
actually payable to or demandable by the Com- 
pany, for hauling, propelling and tracking, painted 
or printed in legible characters, shall be affixed 
and continued at the places where such rates or 
sums of money shall be respectively payable, re- 
ceived or taken, and shall be renewed as often as 
the rates or sums of money shall be altered by 
the Company, and the Company shall, and they 
are hereby required, wien and as often as such 
tables shall be removed, defaced or obliterated, to 
replace, render or repair the same (as the case 
may require), within Twenty-one days then next 
following.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 4. After 
Clause (B.) 

CravusE(B.)“ Provided always, and be it Enacted, 
‘That nothing in this Act contained, shall take 
away, diminish, alter, prejudice or affect any of 
the rights, privileges, powers or authorities vested 
in the said Company of Proprietors of the Navi- 
gation from the Trent to the Mersey, or authorize 
or empower the said Birmingham and Liverpool 
Junction Canal Company to propel boats or other 
vessels on the said 7rent and Mersey Navigation, 
or the branches and extensions thereof, by means 
of steam-power or machinery, or to do any Act 
“ by means whereof the full and free use of the 
said Trent and Mersey Navigation, or the branches 
and extensions thereof, may be obstructed or im- 
peded, or the banks, locks or other works of or 
belonging to the said navigation, or the branches 


«e 


“ notwithstanding” insert 











“cc or 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Saint Phitig, 
sideration the Report which, upon the 21st day of (Bristol) Bridge 


Mr. Ormsby Gore presented a Bill for regulating Birmingham 


the Communication between the Birmingham and and Liverpool 


unction Canal 


J 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 5" aon 
tituled, An Act for granting further Powers to the By 








— 














lip’s 
Sridge 


vanal 


5 VicTorizZ. 


“ or extensions belonging thereto, may be damaged 
“ or injured without the consent of the said Com- 
“ pany of Proprietors of the Navigation from the 
“ Trent to the Mersey, under their common seal, 
“‘ first had and obtained.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ormsby Gore do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Forth Marine Insurance Company Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Forth Marine 
Insurance 
Company Bill. 


Gorbals Police 


ea) Bill Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee 
0. 2. ° 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Gorbals Police (No. 2.) Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Police, and paving, cleansing and 
lighting the Streets of the Town or Barony of Gor- 
bals,in the County of Lanark, and Grounds adjacent; 
and for other purposes relating thereto: And that 
Mr. Oswald and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, and 
bring it in. 





Sudbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Mr. Struté reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for additional Provision in the Sudbury 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with, so far as regards the addition to the 
Schedule to the Sudbury Improvement Rill, of the 
List of names deposited in the Private Bill Office, 
cn the 24th day of February 1842, which the Par- 
ties stated to the Committee to be the sole object of 
the Petition. 

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 Report. 

Ordered, That the Petition for additional Provi- 
sion, together with the said Report, be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


New Cross 


s An inerossed Bill to alter some of the Provisions 
Roads Bill. = 


of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign 
of King George the Fourth, relating to the New 
Cross Turnpike-roads, in the Counties of Kent and 
Surrey, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Glasgow Police Mr. Z'atton Egerton reported from the Committee 
(No. 3.) Bill. on the Glasgow Police (No. 3.) Bill; That it ap- 
peared, on the Committee proceeding to the consi~ 
deration of the Bill as submitted to them by the 
Promoters thereof, that it was totally different from 
that referred to them by the House ; the allegations 
of the Preamble being essentially altered, and merely 
setting forth the expediency of continuing the powers 
and provisions of certain Acts recited therein ; 
whereas in the Bill as referred to the Committee by 
the House, it was proposed to repeal several of the 
subsisting Powers and Provisions contained in the 
said recited Acts, and to grant instead thereof, an 
Act containing amended and enlarged Powers and 
Provisions ; in addition to these essential alterations, 


29° Aprilis. 





937 


Stock Company trading under the style of “ The 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Company; ” pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Stockton and 
Hartlepool 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 Commissioners for the superin- Burntisland 
tendence and management of the Harbour and 84 Granton 
Docks of Leith, praying that they may be heard, by ey meee - 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry 
and 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. 


Petitions of Henry Home Drummond, of Blair Cambuslang 
Drummond, Esquire ;—Proprietors and Tenants of #4 Muirkirk 
lands and coal-mines in the parish of Rutherglen pepo. 
and county of Lanark ;—Inhabitants of Bridgeton ; 

—James Wallace, Bailie of the royal burgh of Ru- 

therglen, and an Inhabitant of said burgh, and of 

Charles Don, also one of the Bailies of said burgh, 

and an Inhabitant and Heritor in the burgh and pa- 

rish of Rutherglen ;—and, William Dizon, of Govan 
Colliery; praying that they may be heard, by them- 

selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 

of the Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads 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 to improve, repair and maintain Kirkintilloch 
certain Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Stirling Rods (No. 1.) 
and Dumbarton, and to make and maintain a new &gt;! 
Line of Road in connection therewith, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oswald do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Committee Holywell 
on the Holywell Roads Bill; That the Committee Roads Bill. 
met this day, pursuant to adjournment, and that 
they were unable to form the Committee, in conse- 
quence of a Member having been appointed to serve 
on an Election Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, with Four Selected Members ; and to 
sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting 
of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend, extend and en- Great North 
large the Powers and Provisions of an Act relating ys ‘ 
to the Great North of England (Clarence and Hart- Yortiepoot 
lepool Junction) Railway, in the County of Durham, Junction) Rail- 
was read the third time. way (No. 1.) 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





it appeared that every Clause in the Bill, as referred 
to the Committee by the House, was expunged from 
the Bill submitted to the Committee ; under these 
circumstances the Committee considered that it was 
not competent to them to proceed with the Bill; 
and directed him to report the facts to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Stockton and 
Hartlepoo! 
Railway Bill. Vox. 97 


Petitions of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway 
Company ;—and, Proprietors of shares in the Joint | Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- Northern Coat 
ings by or against the Northern Coal Mining Com- a 
pany, for enabling the Company to appoint one PY """ 
Board of Directors in lieu of Two Independent 
Boards, and for removing Restrictions in the Choice 
of Directors, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 


2H3 The 






































































Gosport Pier . 
Bill. 


Haddington- 
shire Roads 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 
pany Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 


pany (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Education 
(lreland.) 


Property Tax 


ill. 


Coal Mines. 


Seeds. 


Marriages 
Ireland.) 


238 29° Aprilis. A. 1842, 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 21st day of this 
instant April, was made from the Committee on the 
Gosport Pier Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions of Trustees of Turnpike-roads and Pro- 
prietors of estates in the county of Haddington; 
—and, Sir David Baird, Baronet ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Haddingtonshire 
Roads 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 House being informed, That extensive Amend- 
ments being required in the Metropolitan Patent 
Wood Paving Company Bill, it was desired to with- 
draw the same, and present another Bill; 

Ordered, That. the Order made upon the 15th day 
of March last, 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 the Metropolitan Patent Wood 
Paving Company Bill, which, upon the 14th 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 
regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the Me- 
tropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company, and for 
granting certain powers thereto: And that Mr. 
Hardy, Mr. Trotter and Mr. Bagge do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Petitions from Lurgan;—Drumcree ;—Seapatrick ; 
—Saint Mary, Shandon, Cork ;—Saint Luke Shan- 
don, Cork ;—Schull;— Kilmacabea ; — Kinneigh ; — 
Douglas (Cork) ; — Templerobin and Clonmel ;— 
Fermoy ;— Monkstown ; — Saint Faughnan Ross ;— 
Dromore ;—and, Diocese of Kilmore; praying the 
House to devise means for affording encouragement 
to the Schools in connection with the Church Edu- 
cation Society for Zreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Watford ;—Grimsby (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Charles Cordingley ;— Newport (Salop) ;— 
Saint Luke, Middlesex (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
and, counties of Roxburgh and Berwick; praying 
that the Property Tax Bill may not pass intoa law, 


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


Petitions from Pendleton ;—and, Copperas Hill, 
near Oldham ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for preventing the employment of females in Coal 
Mines,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gardeners and Seed-growers at 
Coggeshall, Halsted, Colchester and adjoining pa- 
rishes, praying the House not to sanction any reduc- 
tion of duty on the importation of Seeds, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and People of 
the congregation of Corboy, in the county of Long- 
ford, in connection with the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian Church in Ireland, praying the House 
to pass an Act for rendering valid all Marriages 
solemnized, or which may hereafter be solemnized, 
by a presbyterian minister in Ire/and, between parties, 
one of whom is a member of the Established Church, 
and the other a protestant dissenter, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 












Petitions from Bridlington and Bridlington Quay; Attorniey 
—and, Huddersfield; praying for the repeal of the Certificates, 
stamp duty on Attornies Certificates,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Saint Mary, in the Ministery 
city of Limerick, praying for the abolition of the Money 
tax called Ministers’ Money in Ireland, was _pre- “¢land.) 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Staines ;—and, Bootle; praying Maynooth 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support College. 
from the College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley ;—Kidderminster ;—and, Commercial 
Chairman of the Glasgow Conservative Operatives’ Reforms, &amp;e, 
Association ; praying the House to sanction the 
Commercial Reforms and Financial Measures of Her 
Majesty’s Ministers,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Court of 
Dublin, complaining of his arrest and imprisonment _ 
under a writ of attachment from the Court of Chan-“""""*) 
cery in Ireland, in the year 1841, and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Brighton 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 Brighton, in the 
room of Isaac Newton Wigney, 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Castletown and its Com Laws. 
vicinity, in the county of Meath, praying for the 
repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Billinboro’ ; — Irnham ; —Castle Cattic, Meat, 
Bytham ;— Thurlby ;—Swinstead ;— Kirkby Under- &amp;c- 
wood ;— Maidenhead ;— Edenham ;—and, Wantage ; 
praying that the prohibition of the importation of 
Cattle may be continued, and that no reduction may 
be made in the protecting duties heretofore charged 
on Meat, and on all other agricultural productions, 


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


Petitions from Awliscombe; — Payhembury ; — Lord’s Day. 
Honiton ;—Culmstock ;—.Broadhembury (two Peti- 
tions); and, Buckerell; 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. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—Clayton-le- Moors ;— Roman 
Great Yarmouth;— and, Cannington; complain- ©tees. 
ing of grievances affecting Roman Catholics ; and 
praying that they may be placed upon a footing of 
perfect equality in point of civil rights and enjoy- 
ments with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other 
religious persuasions,—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Guardians Municipal 
of the Poor of the city and county of the city of —- 
Chester, praying that a clause may be introduced’ 
into any Bill now before or which may be brought 
before the House, bearing either upon the Municipal 
Reform Act, the Poor Law Amendment Act or the 
Borough Rates, a clause or clauses enacting that all 
Borough Rates required for the use of Municipal 
Incorporations should in future be raised, levied and 
collected by the corporations requiring them, —_ 

rately 


Oathy 














Tit. 


Oaths. 


Coals. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Drainage 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Corporal 
Punishments, 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 


Bridges, 


Railways, 


5 Vicroriz. ° 29° Aprilis. 239 


rately and distinctly from the poor rates, so that 
the amount raised for each such purpose may be 
clearly understood by the rate-payers, and that the | 
poor rates may not any longer be encumbered with 
or apparently greatly increased by the county or 
borough rates being levied, and collected with, and 
paid out of them, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Elder and Deacons of the 
Church of God meeting at Saint John’s-square, 
Clerkenwell, and commonly known as the Tac 
thinking Christians, praying that the Petitioners 
and all other conscientious objectors, may be per- 
mitted on all occasions on which the usual forms 
of Oaths would be otherwise administered, to make, 
in lieu of the said Oaths, a simple and solemn 
Affirmation or Negation, as the case may be, was pre- 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Lilanel/y, in the Railways Bill. 
county of Carmarthen, praying for the insertion of 

a clause in the Railways Bill to the effect, that no 

Railway shall be used on the Lord’s Day, except in 

cases of charity or necessity, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Masters and Journeymen Boot and Leather, &amp;c. 
Shoe-makers of the borough of Mary-le-bone, pray- 

ing the House not to sanction any reduction of 

duties on the importation of —— Boots and 

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

upon the Table. 


Ordered, That General Johnson have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a fortnight, on account of ill health. Absence, 


The House was moved, That the Order made Court of Session 





sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Greenock, praying that in 
any measure for levying a duty on the export of 
Coal, a clause of exemption may be introduced in 
favour of Coal exported by and for the use of steam 
vessels trading under the flag of Great Britain,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Huntingdon Lite- 
rary and Scientific Institution, praying that Literary 
and Scientific Institutions may be exempted from the 
payment of all rates and taxes, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and other Inhabitants 





upon the 25th day of April last, That there be laid (Scotland. ) 
before this House, a Return showing, in columns, 
the Number of Causes which were enrolled for 
Debate before each Lord Ordinary in the Court of 
Session in Scotland, on the 1st day of June 1840, 
and which had not been debated at that date :— 
A similar Return of Causes enrolled for debate 
between the said 1st day of June 1840 and the pre- 
sent time ; showing the dates of the Enrolment, and 
of those since debated and decided :—Also, a Return 
showing the dates of Enrolment and of Debate of 
those Causes which have been debated, but remain 
still undecided, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of Session 





of the parishes of Maker and Saint John’s, in the 
counties of Devon and Cornwall, praying for the 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland. ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


repeal or modification of the Poor Law Amendment | House, a Return showing, in columns, the Number 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie | of Causes which were enrolled for Debate before 


upon the Table. 


each Lord Ordinary in the Court of Session in Scot- 
land, on the ist day of June 1840, and which had 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of the King’s County, | not been debated at that date :—A similar Return of 
interested in the improvement of the River Brusna, | Causes enrolled for Debate between the said 1st day 


praying that the Drainage (Jreland) Bill may pass| of June 1840 and the present time; showing the 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered | dates of the Enrolment, and of those since debated 


to lie upon the Table. 


and decided :—Also, a Return showing the dates of 
Enrolment and of Debate of those Causes which 


A Petition of Conrad Mifflin, Seaman, of the} have been debated, but remain still undecided. 
Merchant Service, oe of himself and Henry Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Parker having been ta 


en out of a British ship into | Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


a Dutch ship of war, and there flogged; and praying | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


the House to take the matter into consideration, 
and to cause all the papers and proceedings in the 
case, together with the reports of the legal authori- 
ties who conducted the prosecution, to be laid before 
them, and thereupon, if the law as it now stands be 
not sufficient, that the House will be pleased by a 
legislative enactment, so to amend and extend the 
provisions of the Merchant Seamen’s Act as to afford 
effectual protection to all the merchant mariners of 
England, and secure them from such practices in 


The House was moved, That the Orders made Haddington- 
upon Tuesday last, for referring the several Petitions = Roads 
against the Haddingtonshire Roads Bill to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; ; a 

And it appearing that the said Petitions were 
against the principle of the Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie upon the 





future, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie Table. 


upon the Table. 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon th 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Householders 
and Inhabitants of the central district of the borough 
of Finsbury, praying the House to adopt measures 
for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges, was 


Ordered, That Richard Gibbons, now a Prisoner Great Marlow 
in Her Majesty’s gaol of Newgate, under an Order Election. 
of this House, be forthwith brought to the bar of 
this House, and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rants accordingly. 
Ordered, That the said Richard Gibbons be re- 


°| primanded by Mr. Speaker, and discharged. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and| A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying the House to | and Mr. Senior: eiinine, 
alter the present mode of taxation on Railways, and Mr. Speaker, 
instead of a fixed rate per passenger, without re-| The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ference to the receipts of Railways for the convey- | ing, without Amendment; viz. Ren 
ance of passengers, to substitute as a duty a per- A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Birming- Birmingham 
centage on those receipts, was presented, and read; | ham and Derby Junction Railway Company to raise and Derby 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
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a further Sum of Money: ; av Bill 
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Castlerigg and 
Derwentwater 
Inclosure Bill. 


Severn Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Business of the 


House, 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


240 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
the Manor of Castlerigg and Derwentwater, in the 
Parish of Crosthwaite, in the County of Cumberland : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for improving the Navigation of the River Severn 
from the Entrance Lock of the Gloucester and | 
Berkeley Canal, and from the Entrance Lock of the | 
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, in the, 
County of Gloucester, to Gladder or Whitehouse | 
Brook, in the County of Worcester, with an Amend- | 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


29°— 30° Aprils. 





The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the (Sir Charles Napier, 
Yeas, 1 Captain Plumridge : 
Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 


ScuEpvuLe (E.) amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavse N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 3v° die Aprilis, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 


Resolved, That on Tuesday the 10th day of May | gress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 


next, and on all Tuesdays after Whitsuntide, the 
Orders of the day for the Property Tax Bill and | 


Tariff have precedence of Notices of Motions and | 


all other Orders. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Property Tax Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Scuepvute (D.) (And upon the annual profits or 
gains arising or accruing to any person residing in 
Great Britain, from any profession, trade, employ- 
ment or vocation, whether the same shall be respec- 
tively carried on in Great Britain or elsewhere, 
there shall be charged yearly for every Twenty 
shillings of the amount of such profits or gains the 
sum of )— —read. 


Proposed to fill the blank with “seven pence.” 


Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ three 
‘« pence halfpenny.” 


Question put, That the blank be filled with “ three 
“« pence halfpenny ;” 
The Committee divided : : 
Tellers for the Yeas,| i oe } 
SSir Thomas Fremantle, \ 
*LMr. Henry Baring: J 
Blank filled with “seven pence.” 
Question put, That the paragraph (And upon the 
annual profits or gains arising or accruing to any 
person residing in Great Britain from any profes- 
sion, trade, employment or vocation, whether the 
same shall be respectively carried on in Great Bri- 
tuin or elsewhere, there shall be charged yearly for 
every twenty shillings of the amount of such profits 
or gains the sum of seven pence), stand part of 


Tellers for the Noes 258 











Schedule (D.) ; 


That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


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


Richard Gibbons was, according to the Order Great Marlow 
made this day, brcught to the bar, and reprimanded Election, 


by Mr. Speaker, as follows : 

Richard Gibbons, the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Great Mar- 
low Election Petition, have reported that you gave 
false evidence before them. This is a very serious 
and grave offence. It appears that you were not 
suddenly or accidentally betrayed into this deviation 
from the truth, but that you deliberately, and whilst 
upon your oath, gave evidence before the Com- 
mittee, which on a subsequent occasion you contra- 
dicted in the most positive terms. 

It is very painful to see a person who has hitherto 
maintained a respectable character, and who has 
enjoyed the confidence of a considerable body of 
his fellow townsmen, placed in that disgraceful posi- 
tion which you now occupy. 

To a mind in any way alive te a sense of honour, 
that disgrace must be in itself the severest punish- 
ment. The House, therefore, considering the impri- 
sonment which you have suffered, considering also 


112.|the deep regret which you have expressed in your 


Petition for your misconduct, and willing to hope 


that justice in your case has at least been satisfied, 
‘and that if it now release you from further confine- 


ment, its lenity will not be misconstrued, but that 
others will be taught by your example that it is 
prepared to visit offences of this description with the 
utmost severity, and that it is determined at all 
times and under all circumstances to vindicate those 
Privileges which you have so shamelessly violated. 
I am now to acquaint you that you are discharged, 
upon payment of your fees. 

Ordered, That what has been now said by Mr. 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, aan | 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : — 
Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, 
Noes. LMr. Wallace : 


} 50. 
ScneDuce (D.), as amended, agreed to. 


ScuEpDvuLe (E.) (Upon every public office or em- 
ployment of profit, and upon every annuity, pension 
or stipend payable by Her Majesty, or out of the 
Public Revenue of the United Kingdom, except 
Annuities before charged to the Duties in Schedule 
(C.) for every twenty shillings of the annual amount 
thereof respectively, there shall be charged yearly 
the sum of )——read. 


Amendment proposed : After the words “ in Sche- 
cule (C.),” to insert the words “ and except the 
pay of all Officers under the rank of General and 
Flag Officers, whose incomes are derived solely 
from their services, and not receiving pensions 
either for wounds or good service, and are not 
paid as Queen’s Aides de Camp, be exempted ;” 


Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 


Speaker, in reprimanding the said Richard Gibbons, 
| be entered in the Journals of this House. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Houses- 
mittee on the Public Houses Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
‘next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Corporations 
| Corporations Bill ; —_ 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Turnpike-roads- 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill; Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


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The Parish Constables Bill was, according to parish Con- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a stables Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Pentonville Prison Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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. Pentonville 


Prison Bill. 








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Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Mess 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. 


Supply. 


yxchequer Bills The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(£.9:100;000-) into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill ; 
= and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Excise Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Compounds ~=-_ mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 

= Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
wd next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs Duties Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
ee ol it was referred to consider of the Customs Duties 
poe Pe payable in the West Indian and North American Co- 

(No. 2.) lonies, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 
Resolved, That with reference to the Resolutions 
agreed to by this House in Committee on the Acts 
relating to the Customs Duties in the West Indian 
and North American Colonies, on the 18th day of 
this instant April, Candles which would be thereby 
chargeable as an unenumerated Article with an ad 
valorem Duty of four per centum, be added to the 
list of enumerated Articles therein contained, and be 

chargeable as follows ; viz. 

Spermaceti Candles - fifteen per centum ad valorem ; 

Candles other than 
Spermaceti 

And that they may be subject in all other particu- 
lars to the conditions of the said Resolutions. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring ina Bill, 
pursuant to the Resolutions which upon the 18th day 
of this instant April were reported from the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
Acts relating to the Duties chargeable upon Goods, 
Wares or Merchandize imported or brought into any 
of the British Possessions in America or the Mau- 
ritius, and which Resolutions were then agreed to 
by the House, That they do make provision therein, 
pursuant to the Resolution now reported and agreed 
to by the House. 


Law of Mer- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


se mittee on the Law of Merchants Act Amendment 
as Bill : 
lil, 


\. seven per centum ad valorem ; 


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


Adjournment, A Motion being made, and the Question being 
“ams That this House will, at the rising of the 
ouse this day, adjourn till Monday next ; 

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 
“ William Rouse Mabson be discharged out of the 
3: ““ custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this 

*“* House,” instead thereof. 


Aprilis. 241 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, \s 
Yeas, Mr. Manners Sutton : =. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Thesiger, 1 
Noes, Mr. William Mackenzie: 5** 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That Sir Arthur Brooke be discharged Drainage _ 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- (/reland) Bill. 
mittee on the Drainage (Jreland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Captain Archdall be added to the 
Committee. ae 
Sir James Graham presented,—Return to an Or- Records 
der, dated the 28th day of this instant April, for a (W#les.) 
Copy of a Report made by Mr. Black to the Master 

of the Rolls on the custody of Records in the Prin- 
cipality of Wales. 

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


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for better re- Fines and 
cording Fines and Recoveries in Wales and Cheshire: Recoveries 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered oer 7 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to wn, 945, 


be printed. 


Resolved, That Mr. Speaker do take the Chair of Meeting of the 
this House, this day, at two of the clock. — 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Sheriffs Depute 
to Sheriffs Depute (Scot/and,) which was presented (Scotland. ) 
upon Tuesday last, be printed. No, 216. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Copper, Copper. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No.217. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Tin, which Tin. 
were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 217. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Lead and Lead and Lead 
Lead Ore, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. No. 217. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Iron, &amp;c., Iron, &amp;e. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 217. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Sabbati, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
ETITIONS from Alton (Stafford) ;— Chep- Roman 


stow ; — Whitehaven ;— and, Houghton ; com- Cotheties, 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics ; 

and praying that they may be placed upon a footing 

of perfect equality in point of civil rights and enjoy- 

ments with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other 
religious persuasions,— were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


its vicinity, praying that the Property Tax Bill may Bil. 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 


And the Question being put, That the words pro-| ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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 { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 67 


—— 


Ordered, That William Rouse Mabson be dis- Southampton 
charged out of the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms Tewn Election. 
attending this House. 

Ordered, That William Rouse Mabson do attend 
the Southampton Election Committee upon Monday 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Yeas, Mr. Manners Sutton: 
Tellers for the { Sir Charles Napier, lia 
Noes, L Mr. Thesiger : | nae 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Vou. 97. 





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A Petition of Inhabitants of Wooburn (Bucks),and Property Tax ) 


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Grain and 
Malt, 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Faversham 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Ardrossan 
Harbour Bill. 


Aberdeenshire 
Roads Bill. 


Cwm Celyn 


and Blaina Iron 


Company Bill. 


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Luna, 2° die Mau; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 

R. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called 

in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Statement of the Quantities of each kind of 
Grain and of Malt imported into Great Britain from 
Treland in each year, from 1800 to 1841, both in- 
clusive, divided into Septennial periods ; distinguish- 
ing the Septennial Rate of Increase upon the whole 
Quantity ; and also, distinguishing the Septennial 
Rate of Increase upon Wheat and Wheat Flour, 
Barley, including Bear or Bigg, Oats and Oatmeal, 
and Malt. 

Returns stating the Particulars of the Sum of 
£.10,894. 11s. 2d. already assessed, and also the 
Sum of £.65,071. 3s. 11d. proposed to be assessed 
on the County of Roscommon, for the Improvement 
of the Shannon Navigation :—Stating the Particu- 
lars of the Sum of £.6,680. Os. 33d. already as- 
sessed, and also of the Sum of £.6,812. 7s. 33d. 
proposed to be assessed upon the King’s County, for 
the like purpose :—Stating the Particulars of the 
Sum of £.2,963. 1s. 83d. already assessed, and also 
the Sum of £. 2,944. 8s. 54d. proposed to be as- 
sessed on the County of Limerick, for the like pur- 
pose :—And, stating the Particulars of the Sum of 
£.1,975. 7s. 93d. already assessed, and also of 
£.1,962. 18s. 113d. proposed to be assessed upon 
the County of the City of Limerick for the like 
purpose. 

Returns stating the Particulars of the Sum of 
£.280. 16s. 24d. already assessed on the County of 
Sligo, and also the Sum of £.4,686. 9s. 73d. pro- 
posed to be assessed on the same County, for the 
Improvement of the Navigation of the Shannon :— 
—And, stating the Particulars of the Sum of 
£.2,466. 11s. 103d. already assessed on the County 
of Leitrim, and also the sum of £.36,211. 14s. 83d. 
proposed to be assessed on the same County, for 
the Improvement of the Navigation of the Shannon: 
—And then he withdrew. 


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


The Faversham Navigation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for erecting a 
Harbour at Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr, and 
to provide for the Improvement of the said Harbour, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord James Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Aberdeenshire 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. 


Ordered, That the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron 
Company (re-committed) Bill be referred to the 
Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Petition of John Marriott, of 
Liverpool, Esquire, and Edward Chippendall Mitne, 
of Manchester, Gentleman, which was presented upon 
Friday last, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, be referred to the Committee 
on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, 


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A. 1842. 


if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Severn Nay; 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- "°° Bil. 
tituled, An Act for improving the Navigation of the 
River Severn from the Entrance Lock of the Glou- 
cester and Berkeley Canal, and from the Entrance 
Lock of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire 
Cana}, in the County of Gloucester, to Gladder or 
Whitehouse Brook, inthe County of Worcester ; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 102. 1. 22. After “ weirs” insert “ above 
“ Worcester Bridge.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Godson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Sir John Trollope presented a Bill for making Boston Harbour 
better Provision for effecting Improvements in the (N% 2.) Bill, 
River Welland, and part of the Port and Harbour 
of Boston, in the County of Lincoln, and amending 
several Acts relating to the same: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


An ingrossed Bill tc amend the Act relating to Saint Philip's 
the Saint Philip’s Bridge, in the City and County (Bristol) Bridge 
of Bristol, and for making additional Approaches’ 
to the said Bridge, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the Act relating to the 
Saint Philip’s Bridge, in the City and County of 
Bristol, and for widening and improving the Ap- 
proaches to the said Bridge. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wiiliam Miles do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Pier at Gosport, Gosport Pier 
in the Parish of Alverstoke, in the County of South- Bi! 
ampton, was read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fleming do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee National Float- 
on the National Floating Breakwater Company Bill; 
That at the expiration of one hour from the time ap- 
pointed for the meeting of the Committee, this day, 
only Two selected Members being present, Three 
being the Quorum of such selected Members, he 
had adjourned the Committee till To-morrow, at 
twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ing Breakwater 
Company Bill. 


Petitions from Preston (Lancashire) ;—and, Hali- Attornies’ 
fax; praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Certificates. 
Attornies’ Certificates,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Drumlease ;—Clonaslee ;— Bally- Education 
jamesduff;-—and, Hacketstown and Haroldstown; (iela4.) 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement to the Schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Zreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighton ; — Upper Chelsea ; — Railways Bill. 
Tewkesbury ;— Ottery Saint Mary ;—and, Reading; 
praying that a Clause may be inserted in the Rail- 
ways Bill, to the effect that no Railway shall be 
used on the Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity 
or necessity,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hogg, from the Select Committee appointed Reading 








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laining of an undue Election and Return for the 

Borough of Reading, informed the House, that the 
Committee had determined, 

That Charles Russell, Esquire and Henry Charles 


2° Mairi. 


243 


Walton Simpson, Fenny Stratford, Bletchley, Wough- 
ton-on-the-Green, Great Woolstone, Willen Caldecolt 
and Newport Pagnell, in the county of Bucking- 
ham, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 


Cadogan, Esquire, commonly called Viscount Chel- | their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 


sea, were duly elected Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament, for the Borough of Reading. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Roman A Petition of Roman Catholics, Inhabitants of 
Catholics. Chudleigh, and its vicinity, complaining of grievances 
affecting Roman Catholics; and praying that they 

may be placed upon a footing of perfect equality in 

oint of civil rights and enjoyments with Her Ma- 

jesty’s subjects professing other religious persuasions, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Property Tax Petitions from Arundel ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne 

Bill. and Gateshead ;— and, Merchants, Bankers and 
others; praying that the Property Tax Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were —- and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;e,, Petitions from the Central District of Saint 

Bridges. Matthew, Bethnal Green ;— Hoxton ;— Eastern Dis- 
trict of Camberwell ;—and, North District of Saint 
Leonard, Shoreditch; praying the House to adopt 
measures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 
upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Universal A Petition of the there-undersigned People of 

Suffrage, &amp;e- the United Kingdom, stating that shouid the House 
be pleased to grant them a hearing, by representa- 
tives, at the bar of the House, the Petitioners will 
be enabled to unfold a tale of wrong and suffering ; 
and praying the House to pass into a law the Docu- 
ment, entitled the People’s Charter, which embraces 
the representation of Male Adults, Vote by Ballot, 
Annual Parliaments, no Property Qualification, 
Payment of Members and Equal Electoral Districts, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Bletchley 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. Ord reported from the Committee on the Forth andClyde 
Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill; and to whom se- Navigation Bill. 
veral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 

That they had considered the said Petitions, and 

had heard counsel in support of several of them, 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. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Haddington- 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to i ae 
give leave to the Marquess of Tweeddale to attend, ~ 
in order to his being examined as a witness before 
the Committee appointed by this House on the 
Haddingtonshire Roads Bill: And that Sir Thomas 
Hepburn do carry the said Message. 


The Stourbridge Roads Bill was read a second Stourbridge 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Dudley 
received a Notice from Messrs. Parkes and Preston, Election. 
the Agents for William Adams Smith, Esquire, who 
petitioned this House on the 6th day of September, 
in the last Session of Parliament, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Dudley, that it is not his intention to proceed with 
his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 





Leather, &amp;c. A Petition of Employers and Operatives in the 
Boot and Shoe-making trade, residing in the city 
of Waterford, praying the House not to sanction 
any reduction of duty on the importation of manu- 
factured Leather and on Boots and Shoes, was pre- 


sented, aud read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copper. A Petition of Adventurers, Miners, Tradesmen 
and other Inhabitants of Llandudno, and its vicinity, 
in the county of Carnarvon, praying that the House 
will be pleased to levy a higher rate of duty upon 
the importation of foreign Copper than that con- 
templated, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Board of Guardians 
of the Warwick Poor Law Union, and county of the 
city of Coventry, praying that the landlords of small 
Tenements may be rated to the poor rates, in lieu 
of the occupiers, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


Boston Harbour Mr. Brownrigg presented a Bill for amending the 


(No. 3.) Bil. several Acts relating to the Port and Harbour of 


Boston, in the County of Lincoln: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Bletchley 
Road Bill. 


A Petition of Owners of estates and Inhabitants 
in or near the parishes of Kempston, Wootton Mar- 


Petitions from Cowbridge ;—and, Cardiff; praying Post-office _ 
the House not to sanction any measure for remov- Communication. 
ing the present packet establishment for the Zrish 
Mails from Milford, and that the House will insti- 
tute such measures for the improvement of the Aust 
or Old Passage across the River Severn, as will give 
to the Petitioners and to the inhabitants of South 
Wales, and the south of Ireland, the full benefit and 
advantage of the facilities afforded by the railway 
communication between Bristol and London,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Post-oftice Communication. 


A Petition of Heritors, and others interested in Timber Duties, 
the growth of Fir-wood, in the counties of Moray 
and Banff, praying that Norwegian Fir-wood in 
short lengths be no longer admitted duty free, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of land in the parish of Tithes Commus 

Warfield, in the county of Berks, praying the House 

to institute an inquiry into the circumstances attend- 

ing the agreement for the Commutation of the Tithes 

of the said parish, by the assistant Tithe Commis- 

sioners, and into the subsequent confirmation of the 

said agreement by the Tithe Commissioners, was 

presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwarden and Church of 


ston, Moretuine Cranfield, Hulcote, Salford, Aspley | Parishioners of the parish of Houghton, in the England, 
Guise, in the county of Bedford, and of Wavendon, | county of Norfolk, praying the House to take into 


Vou. 97. 


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Commercial 


Reforms, &amp;c. 


Agricultural 
Produce. 


Burials, 


Taxes in 
Europe. 


Bolivia, 


Bolivia. 


Turkey. 


Public Works 
{lreland.) 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


No. 218. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Stanhope and 
Tyne Railroad 
Company Bill. 


244, 


consideration the spiritual destitution of the country, 
and to adopt measures for the speedy remedy of the 
existing deficiency, and for a progressive enlarge- 
ment of the Church Establishment in England and 
Wales, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Deal and Walmer, 
in the county of Kent, praying the House to sanction 
the measures of Her Majesty’s Ministers, relative to 
Commercial Reform and Finance, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land, and 
Inhabitant Householders in the western division of 
the county of Susser, and others frequenting the 
corn and cattle market of the borough of Arundel, 
stating that the Petitioners view with alarm the 
measures contemplated by Her Majesty’s Ministers 
respecting the duties on Agricultural Produce, and 
reduction of duty on Seeds, Cattle, &amp;c., and praying 
the House not to sanction any reduction of duties 
on the importation of the articles above alluded to, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitants of Saint 

Mary, Whitechapel, relative to Burials, which was 

resented upon Thursday last, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Interment of Bodies. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 2ist day of Sep- 
tember, in the last Session of Parliament,—Returns 
of the Total Amount of Taxes levied in each of the 
different States of Europe, so far as the same can be 
obtained ; distinguishing between direct and indirect 
Taxation, and specifying the several Heads of each; 
and also distinguishing between Taxes for the Service 
of the State and those for Provincial and Local Pur- 

oses 3 and exhibiting the results in the Monies and 
Sicmeian of the diflerent countries, as well as in 
British Monies and Measures—(Part 1.) 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty 
and the Republic of Bolivia, for the Abolition of the 
Traffick in Slaves, signed at Sucre, September 25th 
1840. 

Copy of Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Naviga- 
tion between Her Majesty and the Republic of Bo- 
livia, signed at Sucre, September 29th 1840. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting the Operation 
of the Commercial Treaty with Turkey, of August 
16, 1838 (in continuation of the Papers presented 
to Parliament in August 1841.) 

Copy of the Tenth Annual Report from the Board 
of Public Works in Ireland. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to examine the Report of Captain Sir W. E. Parry, 
R. N., on the Caledonian Canal, and to report their 
Observations and Opinion thereupon to the House, 
have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Sir George Clerk reported from the said Select 
Committee ; and to whom a Petition was referred ; 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, 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 Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 
and Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to facilitate Arrangements consequent upon the 





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A. 1842. 


Dissolution of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Com- 
pany, and to incorporate some of the Proprietors, 
for the purpose of continuing the Working of a 
Part of the Railway belonging to the said Company, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ormesby 
Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in *losure Bit, 


the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 
Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby 
Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in 
the County of Norfolk, withan Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Glege’s 


to dissolve the Marriage of Johu Baskervyle Glegg, 
Esquire, the Younger, with Elizabeth Glegg, his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Divorce Bill, 


Glegg’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and Glegg’s 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Divorce Bill, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Dublin Coal 
Copy of a Minute or Memorandum made by the Meters. 


Commissioners of Customs 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, s.111; 
together with a Copy 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 said Act :—A 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 : 
—-Copies of Applications made by the Guild of 
Merchants, Dublin, the Coal Meters of Dublin, or 
any Person or Persons, to the Lords of the Treasury 
or Boards of Customs, from the year 1825 to the 
year 1838 inclusive, claiming payment of the sum 
of £.2,584. 13s. 8d. for the Metage of Coals, from 
the 5th day of January 1826 to the 1st day of March 
1831 :—And, Copies of all Orders issued by the 
Board of Customs for the government of the conduct 
of the Coal Meters, and the Answers or Communi- 
nications made by the Lords of the Treasury or 
Board of Customs to the respective applications 
made for obtaining payment of the,money so re- 
maining due and unpaid, for the duties or services 
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, an Half Pay, &amp;e. 


Account of the several Sums paid in the year 1841, 
for Half Pay and Retired Allowances, Civil and 
Military, distinguishing the Amount under separate 
Heads and Departments (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 307, of Session 1841.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Pr 


a Committee upon the Property Tax Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crausss, N° 2, te N’ 6, amended, and agreed to. 
Cxiaust, N° 7, agreed to. 
Crausss, N°8,to N°18, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausss, N° 19, and N° 20, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 21 and N°22, amended, and agreed 





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Cuiause, N° 23, agreed to. 

Cravusez, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 25 to N° 29, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 
CravuseE, N° 31, agreed to. 

CriauseE, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N° 33 and N° 34, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N°35, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 36 and N° 37, agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 38 and N° 39, amended, and agreed 





to. 
Crauses, N° 40 to N° 45, agreed to. 


Cxiauses, N° 46 and N° 47, amended, and agreed 
to. 
CravseE, N° 48, agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 49, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 50 to N° 54, agreed to. 


Maiz. 945 


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


Martis, 3° die Maii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Roasted Malt 
mittee on the Roasted Malt 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- Punishment 
mittee on the Punishment of Death (Jreland) Bill; of Death 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (Ireland) Bill. 





Crausgs, N° 55 to N° 58, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 59, agreed to. 

Cxrauszs, N° 60 to N° 68, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausss, N° 69 to N° 72, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 73, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 74, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 75, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravsts, N° 76 to N° 80, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 81, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 82 to N° 84, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 85 and N° 86, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cuausk, N° 87, Schedule (C.) (Rules for assessing 
and charging Duties under Schedule (C.) )——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 61. 1.15. After “ eight 
“ hundred and forty-two,” to insert the following 
words “ Provided always, That when any annuities, 
“« dividends or shares of annuities, shall be payable 
“ half yearly or yearly, such annuities, dividends 
“ or shares of annuities shall be apportioned, and 
“ the amount shall be chargeable only upon so 


“ much of such annuities, dividends or shares of an- 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Ecclesiastical Residences Bill was, according Ecclesiastical 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Residences 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. ” 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Incumbents 
reading of the Incumbents Leasing Bill ; Lonting 58. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Corporations 
Bill; Leasing 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- australia and 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand Bill ; New Zealand 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve B!!- 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Colonial 
further consideration the Report on the Colonial Passengers Bill. 
Passengers Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 





“ nuities as shall have accrued after the fifth day of | consideration this day. 


“* April.” 


Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided: 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, }s 4 
Yeas, \ Mr. Alderman Humphery :J- 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 159 
Noes, LM. Henry Baring: } eats 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dublin Police 
reading of the Dublin Police Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend and explain so much civil Bill 
of two Acts of the sixth and seventh years of his Decrees 
late Majesty, and of the first year of Her present “"!"4) Bill. 


Another Amendment proposed: P.62.1. 18. After | Majesty, as relates to the Execution of Civil Bill 


fourth Exemption, to add the following Exemption, 


Decrees for the Possession of Land in Ireland, was, 


“ the annuities, dividends and shares bond fide be- according to Order, read the third time. 


“ longing to any person not being a subject of Her 


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« 


” 


‘ 


wn 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 


Majesty, and not being resident in Great Britain, | third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till this 
“ or elsewhere within the dominions of Her Ma- day. 


jesty, during such time as the same shall continue 
the property of such person, and such person shall 


Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike-roads (Ireland) Turnpike-roads 


“ not be resident in Great Britain, or elsewhere | Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, (Ireland) Bill. 


“ within the dominions of Her Majesty, as aforesaid 


na 


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hereinafter mentioned.” 

Question put, That those words be there added 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers forthef Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 


Yeas, Mr. John Abel Smith : ™ 


Tellers for thes Sir Thomas Fremantle, 203 
Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring : } 


Cuiause, N° 87, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Vou. 97. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


; 


rovided that such annuities, dividends or shares | ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
shall have been bond fide the property of such 


1} The Pentonville Prison Bill was, according to Pentonville 


e duly claimed and ascertained in the manner | Order, read a second time; and committed to a Prison Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

&gt;| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; Meaus. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve 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, re- 
Solve itself into the said Committee. 
| 113 Mr. 










Exchequer Bills 
(£.9,100,000. ) 
ill, 


Excise Duties 
Compounds 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Cork ) Bill. 


Election 
Committees 
Witnesses. 


Incumbents 
Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasin 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


British Posses- 
sions Abroad 
Bill. 


No, 219. 


Incumbents 
Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 220, 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No. 2.) Bill, 


No. 221, 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


Knightsbridge 
and Kensington 
Openings Bill. 





246 


Mr. Greene reported the Exchequer Bills 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 Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itselfinto the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide for difficulties in respect of the Assess- 
ment of Grand Jury Presentments in the County of 
the City of Cork: And that Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland, Lord Eliot and Mr. Serjeant Murphy 
do prepare, and bring it in.* 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the practice of this House with regard 
to the summoning of Witnesses to attend Election 
Committees, and to report whether any and what 
alteration in the Law upon this subject is required : 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Solicitor 
General, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Thesiger, 
Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Attorney General, Viscount 
Mahon, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Pemberton, Sir George 
Grey, Viscount Howick, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. 
David Dundas, Mr. Jervis, Lord John Russell and 
Mr. Roebuck; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical 
Benefices to demise the Lands belonging to their 
Benefices on Farming Leases: And that Sir James 
Graham and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better enabling Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Cor- 
porations, aggregate and sole, to grant Building 
and repairing Leases of their Lands and Houses, 
and Leases of Watercourses and Ways, and other 
Easements in, upon or over their Estates: And that 


Sir James Graham and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws for the Regulation of the Trade of the British 
Possessions Abroad: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for better 
enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical Benefices to 
demise the Lands belonging to their Benefices on 
Farming Leases: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for better 
enabling Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Corporations, 
ageregate and sole, to grant building and repairing 
Leases of their Lands and Houses, and Leases of 
Watercourses and Ways, and other Easements in, 
upon or over their Estates: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select 
Committee on the Victoria Park 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 Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select 
Committee on the Knightsbridge and Kensington 
Openings Bill; That they had examined the alle 





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Mari. A. 1849. 


| 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 Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


| 


| Ordered, That the Return relative to Woods and Woods ang 


| Forests (Jréland), which was presented upon Thurs- a 


day last, be printed. 


| 


| be printed. 





No. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Valuation yajuat 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 22d day of (Ireland.) 


No. 229, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Records Recorg, 
(Wales), which was presented upon Friday last, (Wales.) 


0. 228, 


on 


April last, with a Comparative Account for the year No. 224, 


1840, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 3° die Maii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Income and Expenditure of the President 
‘and Governors of the Corporation for Relief of 
Seamen in the Merchant Service, their Widows 
‘and Children, at the Port of Zondon, and the various 
| Outports under their management, from 1st January 
1841 to 31st December 1841, inclusive. 

An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Trustees for the Relief of Seamen in the Mer- 
chant Service, their Widows and Children, appointed 
by the therein-mentioned Outports of the United 
Kingdom, from 1st January 1841 to 31st December 
1841 :—And then he withdrew. 


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








appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of John White Dixon, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the United Borough 
of Penryn and Falmouth, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Captain James Hanway Plumridge was duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the United Borough of Penryn and Falmouth. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they 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; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ia- 


upon the Dissolution of the Staxhope and Tyne Rail- 
road Company, and to incorporate some of the Pro- 
prietors, for the purpose of continuing the Working 
of a part of the Railway belonging to the said Com- 
pany ; and the same were read, as follow : 


r. 118. 1. 34. After “goods” insert “ coals and 
“ waggons.” 








Pr. 119. 


R. Watson, from the Corporation for the Relief Merchant 


amen, 


Mr. Charles Wood, from the Select Committee Penryn and 


‘almouth 


Election. 


Mr. Evelyn Denison reported from the Committee Equitable Gas 
on the Equitable Gas Company Bill; and to whom ©™P#"Y Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stanhope and 
Tyne ae y 
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Kington 
Roads Bill. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e. 


Fducation 
(relaud.) 


Lord’s Day. 


Mail Carriages. 


Timber, 


Maynooth 
College. 


5 Vicroriz. 


Pr. 119. 1, 2. After “ goods” insert “ coals and 
waggons.” } : 
Pr. 154. 1. 21. After “ contained ” insert Clause 
“ ( A.y’ 
Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
“ acted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ take away, alter or in any manner affect any of 
“ the provisions, covenants, stipulations or reserva- 
“ tions contained in any leases or other conveyances 
“ or assurances granted or made for the purposes 
“ of the said Railway; but the same provisions, 
“ agreements, stipulations and reservations shall 
** have the same force and effect as if this Act had 
“ not passed.” 
The said Amendments, being 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. 


“ 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Kington 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. 


Petitions fron Knaresborough ;—and, Pontefract ; 
praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Attor- 
nies’ Certificates,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Tenants of land 
in the county of Caithness, praying that the pro- 
hibition on the importation of Cattle may be con- 
tinued, and that no reduction may be made in the 
duties heretofore charged on the importation of 
Meat, and Provisions, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish 
of Castleterra, praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Jre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sidmouth ;—Northleigh ;— Gittis- 
ham ;—Feniton ;—and, Farway; 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 Trustees of the Axminster Turnpike- 
road, stating that the revenues of that and all other 
Turnpike Trusts have materially suffered by the 
opening of the Great Western Railway, which has 
diverted a considerable portion of traftic from that 
line of road, and that the revenue arising from their 
tolls suffers a material reduction by the privilege 
afforded to the Coaches which carry the Mails, of 
using the Turnpike-roads free of toll ; and praying 
the House to take the subject-matter into consider- 


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247 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Greenock _ 
deration the Report which, upon the 25th day of Harbours Bill, 
April last, was made from the Committee on the 
Greenock Harbours Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Northallerton ;—and, Westminster ; Property Tax 
praying that the Property Tax Bill may not pass Bill: 
into a Taw,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Musical String, otherwise Catlin Catlins, 
makers, residing in London and elsewhere, praying 
that the House will not make any reduction in the 
duty on Catlins imported from foreign countries, 


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


A Petition of Members of the Press Department Government 
of the Printing Business, praying the House to use Printing, &amp;c. 
the most desirable means of extending the labour of 
man, in preference to inanimate operation, and that 
the Printing of Government Works may be per- 
formed by the hand of man in lieu of steam power, 
= ‘ee and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming gouthwark 

the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of Improvement 
the ingrossed Bill for making a new Street from N° 2) Bill. 
Blackman-street, in the Parish of Saint George-the- 
Martyr, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to 
Blackfriars-road, in the Parish of Christchurch, in 
the said County, and for improving the District 
called the Mint, in the said Parish of Saint George- 
the-Martyr, Southwark :—The House resumed the 
said adjourned Proceeding. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider (Compensation to Church 
Lessees tor loss of expectation of renewal) :—And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time 





Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Thetford 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Election. 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining of 
an undue Election and double Return for the Bo- 
rough of Thetford, to which they had annexed the 
Petitions referred to them by the House relating 
thereto, and the Lists of Voters which had been de- 
livered to them by the Petitioners :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow : 

The Right honourable Joseph Planta, Sir George 
Thomas Staunton, Baronet, the Honourable George 
Rice Trevor, Sir Ralph Howard, Baronet, Rice 
Richard Clayton, Esquire, Sir Denham Jephson 
Norreys, Baronet ; Chairman, John Somerset Pak- 
ington, Esquire. 





ation at an early period, or at the time whenever 
any general measure, either for the better regulating 
the Post-office, or for the better management of 
Turnpike-roads be brought before the House, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Carpenters, Masons, and others 
concerned in building, in the town of Wexford, pray- 
ing that any Pe to reduce the Timber Duties, 
may be brought into immediate effect, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sazlingham and 
Sharrington, praying the House to withdraw every 
kind of public support from the College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Vou. 97. 


Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come tothe Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists put in by 
the Petitioners, relative to the Election and double 
Return for the Borough of Thetford, be referred to 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and double Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Nottingham 


of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Town of Wot- 

114 tingham, 





Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Tow" Election. 




















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jane eng = Po ea 













Newcastle 
under- Lyme 
Election. 


Southwark 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ormesby 
Inclozure Bill. 


248 


tingham, to which they had annexed the Petitions re- 
ferred to them by the House, relating thereto :— 
And the names of the Committee were read, as fol- 
low : 

Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir Thomas Dyhe Acland, 
Baronet, Thomas Milner Gibson, Esquire, the Ho- 
nourable Henry Fitzroy, Frederick Dundas, Esquire, 
the Honourable John Stuart Wortley ; Chairman, 
William Goodenough Hayter, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over ; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the Elec- 
tion and Return for the Town of Wottingham, be 
referred to the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for that Town. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of twelve at noon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, to which they had annexed the 
Petition referred to them by the House relating 
thereto :—And the names of the Committee were 
read, as follow : 

The Honourable Henry Thomas Liddell, Ralph 
Bernal (Weymouth), Esquire, Lord Courtenay, Sir 
Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Baronet, the Honour- 
able Sidney Herbert, George Traill, Esquire ; Chair- 
man, Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Baronet. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Newcastle-under- 
Lyme, be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for that 
Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of two in the afternoon. 


And the Question being put, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Lambton, 1187 

Yeas, Mr. Liddell : f , 

Tellers for thef Sir Robert Harry Inglis, | 4, 

Noes, UMr. Gally Knight: J ’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The said Clause was accordingly read a second, 
and third time ; and agreed to by the House, to be 
made part of the bill, by way of Rider. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 59. 1. 37., by leaving out from the word 
“‘ therein” to the word “ And” in Pr. 60. 1. 6. 


And it appearing that no Notice had been given 
of the said Amendment in the Private Bill Office ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the further Proceeding upon the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To-morrow: 
—And the said Motion and proposed Amendment 
were, severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lambton 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, 
intituled, An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
Lands in the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, 
Ormesby Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and 
Ormesby Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise 


3° Maii. 





A. 1842. 


Scroteby, in the County of Norfolk; and the same 
were read as follow : 

Pr. 46. 1.27. Leave out from “ accordingly ” to 
“ Provided,” in Pr. 47. 1. 24., and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That all en- 
croachments and inclosures which shall have been 
made by any person from or upon any part of the 
lands to be inclosed within twenty years next 
before the passing of this Act, whether any 
amerciament, annual rent, or any money payment 
or acknowledgment hath or hath not been paid 
in respect of the same, to or for the use of the 
lord of the soil or any other person, shall be 
deemed parcel of the lands to be enclosed, and 
shall be divided, allotted and enclosed accord- 
ingly : Provided always, That it shall be lawful 
for the several persons who shall be in possession 
of any such encroachment or inclosure, or in the 
receipt of the rent thereof at the time of the 
passing of this Act, to take down and remove all 
such buildings, fences and other erections, as 
shall then be thereon, and to convert the materials 
thereof to their own use.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to the said Amendment :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Wakley, Sir 
Edward Knatchbull, Viscount Duncan, Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Bailey, Mr. Wodehouse, Mr. Escoté and Mr. 
Godson :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Liverpool Borough Court Bill was read a Liverpool 
second time ; and committed. Borough Court 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil 
mittee of Selection. 


“cc 
““ 


Mr. Gill reported from the Committee on the bilesmere and 

Ellesmere and Chester Canal Bill; and to whom Chester Canal 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; ?" 
That no person appeared in support of the said Pe- 
titions ; 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 House proceeded to take into further consi- Northern Union 
deration the Report which, upon the 20th day of (Neweustle and 
April last, was made from the Committee on Sanetien) Rall 
the Northern Union (Newcastle and Darlington ae Bill. 
Junction) Railway Bill ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House being informed, That extensive Amend- Indemnity _ 
ments being required in the Indemnity Mutual — 
Marine Assurance Company Bill, it was desired to Company Bill 
withdraw the same, and present another ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 11th day 
of March last, 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 Indemnity 
of the Petition for the Indemnity Mutual Marine Mute! New 


Assurance Com 


Assurance Company Bill, which, upon the 9th day pany (No. 2) 
of March last, was made from the Select Committee Bill. 

on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and 

the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
regulating Legal Sesaslans by or against the 
Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company : 
And that Mr. Masterman, Mr. Lyall and Mr. Astell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 





Mr. 

















































































































































































































































































































5 Vicroriz. 


public Petitions Mr. George William Wood reported from the 

(Twenty-first ~=Select Committee on Public Petitions; That — 

pet) had examined the Petitions presented from the 28t 
to the 30th days of April last, both days 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. 
fademnity Mr. Astell presented a Bill for regulating Legal 


Mutual — Proceedings by or against the Indemnity Mutual Ma- 
asiNo. 2.) Tine Assurance Company: And the same was read 
erg the first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ipswich A Petition of John Thurston, of Ipswich, in the 
Bection. county of Suffolk, Tin and Iron Plate-worker, now 
a Prisoner in [fer Majesty’s gaol of Newgate, in the 
city of London, by virtue of a Warrant of the Right 
honourable the Speaker of the House, dated the 
twentieth day of April last, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was sum- 
moned to appear and give evidence before the Select 
Committee of the House, appointed to try the vali- 
dity of the Return of Rigby Wason and George 
Rennie, Esquires, to serve as Burgesses for the said 
Borough of Ipswich, in this present Parliament ; 


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249 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Jps- 
wich, praying that the House will be pleased to order 
that the said John Thurston may be forthwith dis- 
charged from custody, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Perceval, Esquire, of Kensing- Lunatics. 
ton, praying the House to appoint a Select Com- 
mittee to inquire forthwith into the present system 
of dealing with persons of unsound mind, and into 
any defects of the law, and the proper remedy of 
those defects, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Castle-street, Leicester-square ;— Corn Laws. 
Bloomsbury ;—Chichester-place, Gray’s-inn-road ;—= 
Old Compton-street, Soho ;—Grafton-street, Soho ; 
—and, Saint Clement Daxes ; praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees of the Heronsyke and Eamont Turupike-roads 
Bridge Turnpike-roads ;—and, Mortgagees of the Bill. 
Tolls on the said Turnpike-roads; praying that the 
Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


that the Petitioner accordingly attended before the | 
said Committee, and was examined on the said | 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlone 


twentieth day of April, as to his knowledge of cer-| received a Notice from John Dowde, one of the Election. 
tain matters relating to the last Election for the said | Petitioners who petitioned this House upon the 6th 
borough ; that the Petitioner was greatly confused | day of September, in the last Session of Parliament, 
at appearing for the first time in his life as a witness | complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
in a court of justice; that the Petitioner regrets to | the Borough of Athlone, that it is not his intention 


say, that on the polling day of the last Lpswich| to proceed with his Petition; which Notice Mr. 
Election, he was in so intoxicated a state as to be| Speaker read to the House, as followeth :— 


utterly unable to recollect numerous circumstances | 
which he has been informed took place on that day, | 
‘ourt and that not being able to answer satisfactorily the | 
questions relating to matters which occurred on that 
day, which were put to him in the early part of his 
examination, in consequence of his want of recol- 
and lection, he became, after a time, so completely con- 
nal fused as to be totally unable to collect h's thoughts, 
and at length he scarcely knew, and has now no re-| 
collection of what he then said; that the Petitioner | 
has read that part of his examination which relates 
to his receipt of one sovereign from Emanuel Bazter, 
on the polling day of the said Election, and the 
Petitioner positively states that he does not know of | 
| 








any reason which could have induced the said 
Emanuel Baxter to give him that sum, except that 
during the residence of the said Emanuel Baxter in 


_ Ipswich they had been very intimate, and the said 


— manuel Baxter having on that day received the 
| sum of twenty pounds for his vote gave the Peti- 
Rail. tioner one pound on account of friendship; but the 


Petitioner says, that he was so intoxicated all that 
day, that such a conversation may have passed be- 
tween him and the said Emanuel Barter as in the 
examination of the said Emanuel Baxter mentioned, 
without his having any recollection whatever of it ; 
that the Petitioner is a married man, and has two 
children and his wife, who is in the family way, en- 
Bill. tirely dependent upon him for support; that the 
Petitioner keeps a small shop in the said town of 
Ipswich, but during his absence there is not any 
person capable of attending to his business for him, | 
and consequently his wife and ae are without | 
support during his imprisonment; that the Peti- 
tioner had no desire to deviate from the truth in his 


arine 











rine examination before the said Committee, and humbly 
Com- hopes that under the circumstances before men- 
2.) tioned, the House will consider that even if he were 


on any account deserving of punishment, the im- 
prisonment which he has already suffered since the 
20th day of April, is a sufficient expiation of his 
offence ; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to order that he may be forthwith discharged from 
confinement. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 
Table. 
Vou. 97. 








In the matter of the Petition against 
the Return for the Borough of Ath- 
lone, in Ireland. 


To the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


Whereas I the undersigned, John Dowde, of 
Connaught-street, in the parish of Saint Peter’s, 
in the borough of Athlone, Innkeeper, together 
with Thomas Glynn, did sign a Petition to the 
Honourable the House of Commons, complaining 
of the Return of George de la Poer Beresford, 
Esquire, and praying that the House should ad- 
judge and declare that the Election of the said 
George de la Poer Beresford for the said Borough 
of Athlone was a void Election, and that the Re 
turn of the said George dela Poer Beresford was 
an illegal Return, which said Petition was pre- 
sented to the House of Commons on the 6th day 
of September in the year of our Lord 1841; and 
whereas I alone am tie only Petitioner that 
entered into a Recognizance for the payment of 
all costs and expenses to become payable on ac- 
count of the same: NowI, the said John Dowde, 
pursuant to the provisions of the Statute in such 
case made and provided, — in the Session 
holden in the fourth and fifth years of the reign 
of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and of all and 
every other power and authority entitling me so 
to do, do hereby give Notice to you, as Speaker 
of the House of Commons, that it is not my in- 
tention to proceed with that my Petition. Given 
under my hand, this 2d day of May in the year 
of our Lord 1842. 

John Dowde. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Botton ana 
Act to facilitate the raising of Capital for the Com- Preston Raii- 
pletion of the Bolton and Preston Railway, without **Y Bil. 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Rates’s 
for naturalizing Joskua Bates ; to which the Lords Nat. Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

K K The 















































Interment of 
Bodies, 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Children’s 
Employment, 


Election 
Committees 
Witnesses, 


Real Property. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill 


Licensed 
Lunatic 
Asylums Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c, 


Slave Trade. 


250 3°— 4° 


The Lords give leave to the Lord Bishop of Lon- 
don to attend the Select Committee appointed by 
this House to consider the expediency of framing 
some Legislative Enactments (due respect being 
paid to the rights of the clergy) to remedy the evils 
arising from the Interment of Bodies within the pre- 
cincts of large towns, or of places densely peopled : 
—aAnd then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ewart have leave of absence 
for a month, on account of illness in his family. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the First Report of the Com- 
missioners for inquiring into the condition of Chil- 
dren in Mines and Manufactures, with Appendix— 
Parts I and II. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Greene, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Est- 
court and Mr. Strutt, be added to the Select Com- 
mittee on Election Committees Witnesses. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Annual Value of Real Property 
in each County in England and Wales, assessed to 
the Poor Rates for the Year ended Lady-day 1841 ; 
distinguishing Landed Property, Dwelling-houses, 
and all other kinds of Property; also, the Total 
Amount levied for Poor Rates in that Year; and 
the Rate in the Pound of such levy on the Annual 
Value of Real Property. 


Ordered, That Mr. Redington be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Viscount Clements be added to the 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Licensed Lunatic 
Asylums Bill, was read ; and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Petition of the there-undersigned People of the 
United Kingdom, which was presented yesterday, 
stating that should the House be pleased to grant 
them a hearing, by representatives, at the bar of the 
House, the Petitioners will be enabled to unfold a 
tale of wrong and suffering ; and praying the House 
to pass into a law the Document entitled the People’s 
Charter, which embraces the Representation of Male 
Adults, Vote by Ballot, Annual Parliaments, no Pro- 
perty Qualification, Payment of Members and equal 
Electoral Districts :—And the same was again read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Petitioners who signed the Na- 
tional Petition be heard at the bar of this House, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, in support of 
the allegations in their Petition ; 

















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


Mercurii, 4° die Maiti, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Thomas Duncombe, , 
Yeas, \ Mr. Leader : \ 49. 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, bos 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : _ 

So it passed in the Negative. 


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 Vessels which 
have been adjudicated in the Courts of Mixed Com- 











Mair. A. 1842. 


mission at Sierra Leone, from the latest date in- 
cluded in the Return No. 8. of the Appendix to the 
Report of the Committee on the State of that Colony, 
printed by Order of the House in the year 1830, 
down to the latest period to which the same can be 
made up; stating the time and place of Capture, 
and the time that elapsed before the Ship arrived at 
Sierra Leone for adjudication ; the Number of Slaves 
on board at the time of Capture, and the Number 
that were landed at Sierra Leone; distinguishing 
Males from Females, and Adults from Children, so 
far as the same can be made out :—Of the Number 
of Vessels of every Class in Her Majesty’s service 
which have been employed on the West African 
Station in each year since the year 1828; specifying 
the Name, Class and Force of each, together with 
the Numbers of their respective Crews ; and stating 
the Number of Deaths in each Vessel in each year, 
distinguishing those which have occurred in action 
or by accident (in part continuation of Return os 
dered by the House to be printed, 17th February 
1830)-—-Of the Total Expense of the Naval Force 
employed in the Suppression of the Slave Trade on 
the Western Coast of Africa in each year since the 
first establishment of the Mixed Commission Courts : 
—And, of the several Powers with which Treaties 
have hitherto been concluded for the Suppression of 
the Slave Trade ; specifying those which have ad- 
mitted the “ Equipment Article,” and the Date of 
each Ratification. 

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 Order made upon 
the 19th day of April last, That a Select Committee 
be appointed, to inquire into the operation of the 
law which prohibits the Payment of Wages in 
Goods, or otherwise than in the Current Coin of the 
Realm, and into the alleged violations and defects 
of the existing Enactments, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Ferrand, Lord Ashley, Mr. Stuart 
Wortley, Mr. John Fielden, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. 
Sharman Crawford, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. Baird, 
Mr. George William Wood, the Earl of Hills- 


| borough, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Beckett, Mr. 


Villiers, Sir John Hanmer and Sir John Guest, be 
Members of the said Committee :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways 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- 
mittee on the Property Tax 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 Punishment of Death 
(Ireland) 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand 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 


. ; agers Bill 
further consideration the Report on the Colonial ee 


Passengers Bill ; 


consideration upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


Payment of 
Wages. 


Railways Bill. 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


Punishment 
of Death 


(Ireland) Bill 


Australia and 
New Zealand 
Bill. 


Colonial 


The 


Doblin J 
Bill. 


civil Bi 
Decrees 
(Irelane 


Exc 
Bil 


— a 








it of 


js Bill. 


y Tax 


nent 
h 
d) Bill. 


ia and 
saland 


1 
zers Bill. 


5 Victoriz. 


pilin Police The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Bill. reading of the Dublin Police Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
civil Bill The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Meant) pi), the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of 


the ingrossed Bill to amend and explain so much of 
two Acts of the sixth and seventh — of his late 
Majesty, and of the first year of Her present Ma- 
jesty, as relates to the Execution of Civil Bill De- 
crees for the Possession of Land in Jreland ; 

The House resumed the said adjourned Proceed- 
ing :—And an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


tumpikeeroads ‘The ingrossed Bill to continue the several Acts 


(ireland) Bill. for reculating Turnpike-roads in Ireland, was, ac- 

cording 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 July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, and to the end of the then Session of Par- 
liament, the several Acts for regulating Turnpike- 
roads in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum by Exche- 
(£.9,100000) quer Bills, for the service of the year One thousand 
me. eight hundred and Forty-two, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That thé Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Nine mil- 
lions one hundred thousand pounds by Exchequer 
Bills, for the service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-two. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Exchequer Bills 


Txcise Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


British Possese 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


wr Abroad reading of the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Victoria Park = The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
- a Committee upon the (re-committed) Victoria Park 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Knightsbridge The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
os Kensington inte a Committee upon the (re-committed) Knights- 
— bridge and Kensington Openings Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Limerick 
Church, 


3°.— 4° Maiz. 


951 


Mr. Wakley reported from the Committee ap- Ormesby _ 
pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered tothe Lords Inclosure Bill. 
at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in 
the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 
Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby 
Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in 
the County of Norfolk; That they had drawn up 
Reasons accordingly, which they had directed him 
to report ; and the same were read, as follow: 


The Commons disagree to the said Amendment, 
which is to leave out from the word “ accordingly,” 
in Pr. 46. |. 27., to the word “ provided,” in Pr. 


47. 1, 24., and insert Clause (A.) instead thereof, for 
the following Reasons : 











Because the provisions of the Clause proposed 
to be left out by Your Lordships, were in- 
serted in the Bill, with the consent of all 
parties interested in the Lands intended to 
be inclosed, and which received the approval 
of this House ; that if such Clause had not 
been introduced, a determined opposition 
would have been made to the Bill during its 
progress through this House; that the said 
Clause was accepted by the Petitioners 
against the Bill, in lieu of various other 
claims to which they considered themselves 
entitled, and that this House considers it 
would be a decided breach of faith, as regards 
the Petitioners against the Bill, to pass the 
Bill, as proposed to be amended by Your 
Lordships. 


The said Reasons being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill :--And that 


Mr. Hume do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits , 
Returns of the Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in 
each Collection of Excise, and within the Limits of 
the Head Office of Excise in England, in each year, 
from the 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th day 
of October 1841, and showing the Total Proof Gal- 
lons for each of these years :—Of the Proof Gallons 
of Spirits distilled in each Collection of Excise in 
Scotland in each year, from the 10th day of October 
1839 to the 10th day of October 1841, and showing 








SS 





the Total Proof Gallons for each of these years :— 
Of the Proof Gallons of Spirits exported from Scot- 
land to England, in each year, from the 10th day 
of October 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841, 
and the Number of Proof Gallons of these on which 
the Malt Drawback was re-paid in Scotland :—Of 
the Proof Gallons of Spirits exported from Scotland 
to Ireland, in each year, from the 10th day of Octo- 
ber 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841, and the 
Number of Proof Gallons of these Malt Drawback 
had been obtained on in Scotland ;-—-Of the Proof 
Gallons of Spirits distilled in each Collection of 
Excise in Ireland, in each year, from the 10th day 
of October 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841, 


Jand showing the Total Proof Gallons for each of 


these years :—Of the Proof Gallons of Spirits ex- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | ported from Ireland to England, in each year, from 


Copy of a Memorial from the Lord Bishop and cer- | the 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th day of 
tain Inhabitants of Limerick, respecting the building | October 1841; and the Number of Proof Gallons 
of a new Church in the Parish of Saint Michael, | of these on which the Malt Drawback was re-paid in 
in that City, presented to the Ecclesiastical Com- | Lreland :—And, of the Proof Gallons of these Spirits 


missioners in August 1836, and of the Letter of their 
Secretary of the 25th day of August in the same 
year, agreeing to grant £.1,000 towards the building 
of said Church; also the Report of the Provincial 
Architect of the Commissioners on the said Memo- 
rial ; and also of his Report of the Building of said 


Church, as approved by him. 
Vou. 97. ” 


that paid Duty for Home Consumption in each 
Kingdom, in each year, from the 10th day of Octo- 
ber 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841; what of 
these Malt Drawback of 8d. had been obtained on 
in Scotland and in Ireland, and in England, that 





Malt Drawback was re-paid on in Scotland and in 
Ireland. Mr. 


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Auswer to 
Addresses. 


Emigration. 


Crown Lands 
(Colonies.) 


Poor Law 
(Liverpool. ) 


Births and 
Deaths. 


252 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 23d day 
of March last, and the 12th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 26th 
and 29th days of April last (That Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this ~ tel 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. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty, —Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of 
March last, fora Return of the Number of Emi- 
grants who have embarked from the various Ports 
of the United Kingdom, during the year 1841, 
showing to what parts of the World they have emi- 
grated ; also, a Return of the Number who have 
been assisted to emigrate by Funds derived from 
Poor Rate ; the Number who have been assisted to 
emigrate by the Commissioners of Land and Emi- 
gration, and from what Funds such Assistance has 
been derived; the Amount of Land sold by the 
Commissioners, the Price obtained, and the Purposes 
to which the Proceeds have been applied; the 
Number who have been enabled to emigrate by 
means of Bounties payable in the Colonies; with a 
Return of the Bounty Orders registered at the Office 
of the Land and Emigration Commissioners, on the 
1st day of September 1841 and the 1st day of March 
1842; distinguishing those that were granted con- 
ditionally from those that were granted without 
condition ; with the Number of Married Couples, 
Single Men and Single Women, specified in each, 
together with a Statement of the Names of the Par- 
ties in whose favour such Bounty Orders have been 
granted ; distinguishing in the above Returns, so 
far as is practicable, the Number of Emigrants of 
each sex, and the Number of Adults from the Nume 
ber of Children ; and the Colony, or portion thereof, 
to which such Returns refer. 

A Return (in continuation of a Return ordered on 
the 31st March 1840) showing the Total Quantity 
of Crown Land (or of Land subject to the disposal 
of Commissioners appointed under Act of Parlia- 
ment) which has been sold in each of the Colonies 
of Great Britain, during the years 1839, 1840 (and 
1841, so far as can be supplied), stating the Amount 
of Money, in sterling, derived from such Sales, and 
the Purposes to which such Receipts have been ap- 
eae specifying whether such Land has been sold 

y Auction or at a fixed Price, and the Amount con- 
tracted to be paid for such Land now due on Instal- 
ment or outstanding :—Also, of the Total Quantity 
of Land granted gratuitously, or in reward of ser- 
vices, and if granted conditionally, stating the Con- 
ditions, in each of the Colonies of Great Britain 
during the above years, with a Particular Statement 
of the Circumstances under which such Land has 
in each Case been granted gratuitously :—Also, a 
Return, similar to the foregoing, applying to each 
year, since the 1st day of January 1831, for those 
Colonies from which Information had not been re- 
ceived at the time that the Return to the Order of 
the 31st day of March 1840, was presented. 

Copies of the Statement of Grounds for the ex- 
emption of the Parish of Liverpool from Adminis- 
tration by a Board of Guardians, forwarded to the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department by the 
Churchwardens and Guardians of the Parish of Li- 
verpool :—And, of the Report of Mr. Mott and of 
the Poor Law Commissioners on that Statement ; 
and of the Answer of the Churchwardens and Over- 
seers to Mr. Mott’s Statement, and of the further 
Statements, if any, of Mr. Mott. 

Returns of the Number of Births in each district 
of the under-mentioned Counties and Places, during 
the Twelve months ending the 30th day of June 
1841; distinguishing the Sexes, and of the Number 


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A. 1849. 


of Deaths in the same Districts during the same 
ps distinguishing each year of Age up to the 
ifth year inclusive, and afterwards showing the 
Number for each period of Five years; also, uni- 
formly distinguishing the Sexes, Counties and Places 
—Leeds, Parish of Swillington, Townships of Aus- 
thorpe, Churwell, Middleton, Potter Newton, Roth- 
well, Roundhay, Seacroft, Shadwell, Temple New- 
some aud Thorpe Stapleton ; Chapelries of Armley, 
Beeston, Bramley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Gilder-. 
some, Headingley-with-Burnley, Holbeck, Horse- 
forth, Hunslet and Wortley ; the Returns being given 
for each place separately and exclusively :—Also, 
the same Returns for Manchester, Salford, Tosuhinn 
of Barton, Berwick, Bradford, Broughton, Clifton, 
Grumpsall, Failsworth, Harpurhey, Great Heaton, 
Little Heaton, Haxton, Pendlebury, Pendleton, 
Prestwick, Urmstow and Worsley ; Hamlets of Car- 
dishead and Irlam; Chapelries of Blackley, Cheetham 
and Newton ; giving, as before, the Returns for each 
place separately and exclusively : — Also, for the 
Counties of Essex and Rutland, the Metropolis, the 
Cities of Chester, Norwich and Carlisle, the Towns 
of Bolton-le-Moors, Bury (Lancashire), Preston, 
Wigan, Bradford (Yorkshire), Stockport and Mac- 
clesfield ; the Returns, as before, separately and ex- 
clusively. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 







































Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain and Grain and 
Malt, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Malt. 


No. 225. 
Ordered, That the Return of the Particulars of shannon 


Assessments on the Counties of Roscommon, King’s Navigation. 
County and Limerick, for the Improvement of the No. 226. 
Shannon Navigation, which was presented yester- 

day, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of the Particulars of Shannon 
Assessments on the Counties of Sligo and Leitrim, Nevisation 
for the Improvement of the Shannon Navigation, No-226. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Taxes in Taxes in 


Europe, which was presented yesterday, be printed. ee" - 
: 0. 227. 













And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 















Mercurn, 4° die Maii; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 

















PRAYERS. 
M&amp; Hayter, from tke Select Committee appointed Nottingham 
to try anc determine the matter of the Petitions Town Election 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Town of .Vottingham, informed the House, that 
the Committee had determined, 
That the Right honourable Sir John Cam Hob- 
house, Baronet,and George Gerard de Hochepied Lar- 
pent, Esquire, now Sir George Gerard de Hochepied 
Larpent, Baronet, were duly elected to serve as Bur- 
gesses in this present Parhament for the Town of 
Nottingham. | 
And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 













































































An ingrossed Bill for completing the Railway Com- Northem Usies 
munication between the Towns of MVewcastle-on- — = 
l'yne and Darlington, by a Railway, to be called the oe Rail 
Newcastle and Harlington Junction Railway, with way Bill. 

. Branch to the City of Durham, was read the third 
time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 224. 1. 2. by leaving out from the word 
“ therewith ” to the word “ And” in Pr. 225. 1. 53. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 






























































The 





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5 Vicroriz. 


The House divided 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 

















Tellers for thef Mr. Hodgson Hinde, ee 
Tan, | Me. Sia ice 

Tellers for the! Mr. John Fielden, , 
Noes, Mr. Sharman Crawford: j N° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Thetford 


Mr. Pakington, from the Select Committee ap- 
Election. 


pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- 
titions of Sir James Flower, Baronet; and of Wil- 
liam Watts Wickes and Edward Palmer, severally 
complaining of an undue Election and double Re- 
turn for the Borough of Thetford, informed the 
House, that the Committee had determined ; 

That the Right honourable Henry Fitzroy, com- 
monly called the Earl of Euston, was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Thetford ; 

That Sir James Flower, Baronet, was duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Thetford. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the double Return for 
the Borough of Thetford, and amend the same, by ; 
rasing out the name of the Right Honourable | 
Henry Fitzroy, commonly called the Earl of Euston, 
and what relates io him in the said Return, and by 
making such other alterations as are proper in con- 
sequence thereof. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Downpatrick 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. 


received a Notice from John Thrupp, the Solicitor 
of Thomas Dizon, Esquire, and others, who peti- 
tioned this House on the 7th day of September, in 
the last Session of Parliament, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Downpatrick, that it is not their mtention to proceed 
with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


27. 


Harwich 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
Election. 


had received a Notice from Thomas Baker, the Agent 
for Sir Denis Le Marchant, Baronet ; and also for 
Sir Denis Le Marchant, Baronet, and Samuel Sher- 
man and another, who petitioned this House on the 
27th day of August, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment; and another Notice from James Coppock, the 
Agent for John Bagshaw, Esquire, who petitioned 
this House on the 7th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Har- 
wich, that it is not their intention to proceed with 
their Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Orders made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


ction. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Union 
e and 
Rails to such Petition. 
Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill, 


- 4° Mair. 


A Copy of any Recognizance or Recognizances en- 
tered into separately or conjointly by the Petitioners 
against the Return of the sitting Member for Ach- 
lone; also, the Names of the Petitioners attached 


Mr. Sheppard reported from the Committee on the 
Great North of England Railway Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of one of 
the said Petiticns, and had also heard counsel in 
favour of the Bill; That they had inquired into the 
several matters required by the Standing Orders on 
Railway Bills, so far as the same relate to the pre- 





2535 


sent application ; and that the Committee 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; and Clauses were 
added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining Kington 
several Roads leading from the Town of Kington, Roads Bill. 
and other Roads branching therefrom, in the County 

of Hereford, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bailey do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Hardy presented a Bill for regulating Legal Metropolitan 
Proceedings by or against the Metropolitan Patent Patent _ 

Wood Paving Company, and for granting certain pret gs 
Powers thereto: And the same was read the first (No. 2.) Bill. 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bristol Floating 
Bristol Floating Dock Bill; That they had exa- Dock Bill. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Witts’ witts’ Estate 
Estate Bill; That they had examined the allega- Bill. 

tions 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Charles Manners reported from the Commit- Bristol and 
tee on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Bill ; and Gloucester’ 
to whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; Railway Bil. 
That they had considered the said Petition, and had 
inquired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the same 

relate to the present application ; 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for further improving, enlarg- Greenock 
ing and maintaining the Harbours of the Town of Harbvurs Bill. 
Greenock, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wallace do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Ejlesmere and 
Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating Chester Cana 
to the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation, was 8". 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ormsby Gore do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Captain Polhill presented a Bill to empower Co- Manslaughter 
roners to take Bail in cases of Manslaughter: And Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be No, 228. 
read a second time upon Thursday the 26th day of 
this instant May ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Proprietors of lands upon the Banks Tyne Fisheries 
of the River Tyne, and other Persons resident within Bil. 
the township and neighbourhood of Hexham, in the 
county of Northumberland, praying that the Tyne 





Vou. 97. ° 














KK3 Fisheries 





254 


Fisheries Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. ' 


Roman 
Catholics. 


A Petition of Roman Catholics, Inhabitants of 
Lichfield and neighbourhood, complaining of griev- 
ances ; and praying that they may be placed upon a 
footing of perfect equality, in point of civil rights 
and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s subjects pro- 
fessing other religious persuasions, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ipswich 
Election. 


Ordered, That John Thurston, having in his Pe- 
tition to this House, expressed his contrition for his 
offence, be discharged from Her Majesty s Gaol of 
Newgate; and that Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rants accordingly. 


Post-office A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 

Communication. of Veath, in the county of Glamorgan, complaining 
of delay and loss of time occasioned in forwarding 
the Mail to South Wales from Bristol, and conse- 
quently of the Mail Packet from Hobbs’ Point; and 
praying the attention of the House to the present 
state of the Aust Ferry, with a view to the speedy 
improvement thereof, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Post-office Com- 
munication. 


Special Petty 


t The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Sessions Bill, 1 : 


reading of the Special Petty Sessions 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 :—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. 

Church The Order of the day being read, for the second 

(Sevtinrel) pi Teading of the Church Patronage (Scotland) Bill ; 
‘And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 15th day of June next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by inserting after the word “ be” the word 
“ now,’ and by leaving out the words “ upon Wed- 
nesday the 15th day of June next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 

now” be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the New Lobby ; 

The Noes to the Old Lobby. 

; , Mr. Fox Maule, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Patrick an 48. 
Mr. Campbell, }asi. 


Mr. Plumptre : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 15th day of June next. 


“ 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Copyright The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_ mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 
; Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 25th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Salmon The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill 
&lt;Sostlend) was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 


&lt;No. 2.) Bill, Committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday next. 


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A. 1849. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public House, 
into a Committee upon the Public Houses Bill; and, Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speakerresumed No. 229, 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipa 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Corporations 
Corporations Bill ; om, 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday 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 Friday 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 Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Payment of 

the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed se 
yesterday, That Mr. Ferrand, Lord Ashley, Mr. Stu- 
art Wortley, Mr. John Fielden, Viscount Jocelyn, 
Mr. Sharman Crawford, Mr. Redhead Yorke, Mr. 
Baird, Mr. George William Wood, the Earl of 
Hillsborough, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, Mr. Beckett, 
Mr. Villiers, Sir John Hanmer and Sir John Guest, 
be Members of the said Committee [Payment of 
Wages]; 

And the Question being proposed :—The House 
resumed the said adjourned Debate:— And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Ferrand be one of the Members of 
the said Committee :—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

* Gudienil That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Punishment of Death Punishment 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and of Death 
(Ireland) Bill. 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Victoria Park Bill ; and Victoria Park 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. - 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Knightsbridge and Ken- Knightsbridge 
sington Openings Bill; and the Amendments were *"4 —— 
read, and agreed to. penings Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirits, Wine, 
Return of the Quantities of Foreign Spirits seized, "4 Silk- 
year by year, from 1832 inclusive, and condemned 
for non-payment of Duty :—A_ similar Return of 
Foreign Wines so seized and condemned :—And, a 
similar Return of Foreign Silk Manufactures. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the Aberdeenshire 
Votes and Proceedings of the House of Monday Reads Bill 
last, in respect of the Report on the Aberdeenshire 
Roads Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And Notice being taken, that the Bill was a Bill 
of the second Class ; 

Ordered, 


















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Wrexham 
Road Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 
No. 230. 
Emigration. 
No. 231. 


Crown Lands. 


No. 231. 


Poor Law 
(Liverpool.) 
No, 232. 


Births and 
Deaths. 


No. 233. 


Athlone 
Election. 


Real Property. 


Thetford Re- 
turn amended. 


Kerry County 
Election, 


Great Western 


Railway, 


5 Vicroriz. 4° 5° 


Ordered, That the Proceedings upon the ee 
of the said Bill be null and void. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Wrexham 
Road Bill be revived :—And that they have leave 
to sit, and proceed, To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Merchant 
Seamen, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Emigration, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Crown Lands, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Poor Law 
(Liverpool), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Births and 
Deaths, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 5° die Maii ; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


M®: Brooksby, from the Office of the Examiner 
of Election Recognizances, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Copy of any Recognizance or Recognizances entered 
into separately or conjointly by the Petitioners 
against the Return of the Sittmg Member for Ath- 
lone; also, the Names of the Petitioners attached to 
such Petition :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar pre- 
sented,— Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of 
this instant May, for a Return showing the Annual 
Value of Real Property in each County in England 
and Wales, assessed to the Poor Rates for the year 
ended Lady Day 1841; distinguishing Landed Pro- 
perty, Dwelling Houses, and all other kinds of Pro- 
perty; also, the Total Amount levied for Poor Rates 
in that year; and the Rate in the Pound of such 
Levy on the Annual Value of Real Property :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according to 
Order, amended the double Return for the Borough 
of Thetford. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from William Stephens, the Agent 
of Arthur Blennerhasset, and others, who petitioned 
this House on the 6th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Kerry, that 
it is not their intention to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


A Petition of William Ranger, of Queen-square, 
Westminster, Civil Engineer, praying that leave may 
be given to the Short-hand Writer who attended the 
Committee on the Great Western Railway Bill in 
Session 1834, to attend and be examined as a witness 
in a suit pending in the Court of Chancery between 
the Petitioner and the Great Western Railway Com- 
pany, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the Short-hand Writer, who at- 
tended the Committee on the Great Western Rail- 
way Bill, in Session 1834, have leave to attend as a 


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witness, and be examined in the ning aay in the 
i 


lliam Ranger 


High Court of i? between 
ailway Company. 


and the Great Western 


Mr. Archbold reported from the Committee on Dundee and 
the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill; and to Arbroath 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; ®*!*y Bill 
That they had considered the said Petition, and had 

inquired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills, so far as the 

same relate to the present application; 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 granting further Powers to Bristol and 
the Bristol and Giloucester Railway Company, was rg 
read the third time. ite ee 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of Directors of the Sons of the Thames Gravesend 
London and Gravesend Steam Packet Company ;— — stead 
and, David M‘Intosh, of Bloomsbury-square, in the - 
county of Middlesex, Esquire, and William Tierney 
Clark, of Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex, 
Civil Engineer, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Gravesend Town Pier Bill,—were pre- 
sented, 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 incorporating the Equitable Equitable Gas 
Gas Light Company, and for more effectually light- Comp#ny Bill. 
ing with Gas certain Parishes and Places within the 
City and Liberty of Westminster, and the Western 
Parts of the Metropolis, and other Parishes and 
Places in the County of Middlesex, was read the 
third time ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to repeal an Act passed in the Bristol Floating 
sixteenth year of the reign of his Majesty King Dock Bill. 
George the Third, for enlarging the Floating Dock 
within the Port of Bristol, and for other Works con- 
nected therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Brewood, and other places ;— Tich- Roman 
borne ;—Sunny Side ;-—Banbury ;—and, York ; com- Catholics. 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics,and 
praying that they may be placed upon a footing of 
perfect equality in point of civil rights and enjoy- 
ments with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other 
religious persuasions,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Great Horton ;— Bradford (York) Factories. 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Halifax ; praying 
the House to pass a law to limit the labour of young 
persons employed in Factories, to ten hours a day, 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 
Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants post-office 
of the town of Macroom, praying the House to re- Communication, 





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Education 
(Ireland.) 


Lord’s Day. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, &amp;e. 


Waterlov, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Wiuduw Duty, 


Public Houses 
Bill. 


Tithes, 


Copper Ores, 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 





256 


commend the port of Cork in preference to any other, 
as the Irish Mail Packet Station, between Bristol 
and the south of Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Post-oftice 
Communication. 


Petitions from Dunganstown ; — Kilmacamogue ; 
—Kilcaskin ;—and, Ballymodan ; praying the House 
to devise means for affording encouragement to the 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for reland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Moderator of the Synod of the 
Presbyterian Church in England, in conection with 
the Church of Scotland, assembled im London ;— 
and, Moderator of the Lancashire Presbytery, in 
connection with the Church of Scotland; 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. 


Petitions from Pateley Bridge Union ;—Sedbergh ; 
— Halifax Union ;—Parr ;— Barkisland ;— Bury 
(Lancaster) Union ; — Belper Union; — Billesdon 
Union ; — Keighley ;— Barnstaple ; — Elland-cum- 
Greetland ;— Morton ;— and, Bingley; praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered tolieuponthe Table. 





A Petition of the Visitor, Deputy Visitor and 
Board of Guardians of the A lstonefield Incorporation, 
praying the House to reject any Bill to prolong or 
increase the power of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
and also to reject any Bill tending to repeal the Act 
called Gilbert’s Act, or to dissolve the incorporations 
formed under that Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the north west district of Saint 
Matthew, Bethnal Green ;— Southern district of 
Spitalfields ;-—-and, Saint Giles, Camberwell; praying 
the House to adopt measures for redeeming and ex- 
tinguishing the Tolls upon Water/oo, Southwark and 
Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Presbytery of Garioch, praying the House to grant 
exemption to Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland 
from duty on the Windows of their dwelling houses, 


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


The Order for taking into further consideration, 
upon Wednesday next, the Report on the Public 
Houses Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the ist day of June 
next, 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeacenry of Coventry, praying that Tithes and 
Tithe Rent-charges may be exempted from the pay- 
ment of parochial rates, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Adventurers, Miners, Smelters, 
Tradesmen and others, Inhabitants of Amlwch, in the 
county of Anglesea, praying the House to levy a 
protective duty of 10. per ton upon foreign Copper 


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


A Petition of John Cook, a Bank of England 
Proprietor, praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the propriety of compensating the Proprietors 
of the Bank of England for the loss of exclusive 
ee and that the questions of currency and 

anking may be early taken into the consideration 
of the House, and put upon a wise and wholesome 


5° Maiz. 


| and ordered to be read a second time. 
A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of the 


A, 1842. 


| footing for the general welfare of the empire, and 
that his rights as a tenant in common of the Bank’s 
privileges, may be referred to a Committee of the 
House, and the Petitioner heard before the same, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Persons interested Stone. 
in the trade and prosperity of the Island of Port- 
land, praying that rough block or slab of stone from 
foreign countries may be prohibited, save on the 
payment of such duties as will protect the rights 
and interests of the Petitioners, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Burntislend ang 
Council of the royal burgh of Cupar, in the county Granton Pier, 
of Fife, praying that they may be heard, by them- an ma 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts ; 
of the Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and 
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. 


Petitions of Patrick Warner, Esquire, of Ardier, Saltcoats 
one of the Partners of the Stevenston Coal Com- Harbour Bill. 
pany, and John Brown, Esquire, of Mayville, another 
of the Partners of the said Company, and Proprietors 
of lands near, and Owners of shipstrading to the port 
of Saltcoats ;—and Ship-owners, Merchants, Bankers, 
Proprietors of lands and houses, and Householders 
in the towns of Saltcoats and Stevenston, and neigh- 
bourhood thereof, in the county of Ayr; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Saltcouts 
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. 


Bates’s Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; Bates’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Petitions from Gateshead ;—and, Newcastle-upon- Borough 
Tyne ; praying the House to take such steps as will Magistrates 
induce the Secretary of State to consult the feelings 
and wishes of the boroughs of the empire, through 
the medium of the town councils, before any parties, 
of whatever creed in politics, are entrusted with Her 
Majesty’s Commission of the Peace,—-were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the President and Members of the Property Tax 
Council of the British Medical Association ;—Mal- Bill. 
don; —President and Society of Advocates in Aber- 
deen ;— Wahefield;— Newport (Isle-of-Wight);—and, 
Dewsbury, and other places; praying that the Pro- 
perty Tax Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, andread ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Magistrates of the Rating ot 
borough of Evesham, praying that the Owners of Tenements. 
Small Tenements may be rated to the poor and other 
rates, in lieu of the occupiers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Lyme Regis 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Flectio™- 
of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Lyme Regis, to which they had annexed the Petition 
referred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters which had been delivered to them 
by either Party :—And the names of the Committee 
were read, as follow : 








Thomas 




























Mieville 
Divorce 


Com ] 


Regis 
Birth 






Tu 
Bil 


































































































Mieville’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


Registration of 
Births, &amp;c. 


Turpike-roads 
Bill, 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e, 


Salmon, 


Railways Bill, 


5 Vicroriz. 


Thomas Thornely, Esquire, Viscount Barrington, 
Edward Heneage, Esquire, Charles Gray Round, 
Esquire, Benjamin Wood, Esquire, Edward Card- 
well, Esquire; Chairman, Benjamin Hawes, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Lyme 
Fiegis, be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for that 
Seegh. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on Mieville’s Divorce Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, as to the Marriage of the 
Parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving 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, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Work-people employed at the Cotton 
mills of Messrs. Joshua Crook and Son, in the bo- 
rough of Bolton, praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters and Members 
of the Bolton District Unitarian Association, stating, 
That the Petitioners feel themselves aggrieved by 
the new regulations issued by the Registrar General 
in respect to the application for certificates from the 
non-parochial registers ; that the Petitioners cannot 
obtain a certificate at a cost of less than seven shil- 
lings, nor make application for a search at a cost of 
less than five shillings, and further, that both the 
search and certificate can only be applied for through 
a London agent ; and praying that they may have 
access to their registers, without the trouble and 
expense of employing an agent in London, and also 
to reduce the charges as low as the charge for cer- 
tificates from parochial registers, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Turn- 
pike-road from Bolton-le-Moors to Blackburn ;— 
and, Trustees of the said Turnpike-road; praying 
that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into a 
law, — were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


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257 
serted in the Railways Bill, to the effect that no 
Railway shall be used on the Lord’s Day, except in 


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


A Petition of Members of the Glasgow East Emigration, 
Quarter, Calton and Mile-end Emigration Society, 
praying the House to pass a measure which may 
enable them to emigrate to Upper Canada, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Nenagh, pis of Exe 
and the surrounding country, praying the House not change Act. 
to pass during this Session of Parliament, an Act 

similar to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 83, (Bills of Ex- 

change Act), whereby the provisions of the Laws 

relating to the Loan of Money may have any further 

power, force or effect in Ireland, but that the Laws 

relating to Usury may be left as they originally were 

in Jreland, unimpaired by the sessional statutes 

therein referred to, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the di- Duchy of 
rections of an Act of Parliament.—An Account of Cornwall. 
the Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Corn- 

wall, for the year ending Michaelmas 1841 ; showing 

the Amount of Revenue which became due; the 
Monies received and paid within the year, and the 
Arrears and Balances at the close of the preceding 

and current years; with Appendixes. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- sheep and 
ders,—Accounts of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, 
Lambs’ Woo! imported into the United Kingdom in ®* 

the year 1841; specifying the Countries from which 

it came, the Quantity that paid a Duty of one penny 

per pound, and the Guantity that paid a Duty of one 
halfpenny per pound ; of the Quantity of Foreign 

Wool re-exported during the same period, and the 
Countries to which it was sent; and the Quantity 
remaining warehoused under Bond, on the 5th da 

of January 1842:-—-Of the Quantity of British Sheep 

and Lambs’ Wool, and Woollen Yarn, exported from 

the United Kingdom in the year 1841; specifying 

the Countries to which they were sent :—And, of 

the Quantity and declared Value of British Woollen 
Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom 

in the year 1841, specifying the Countries to which 

they were sent. 

Returns of the Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled Spirits. 
in each Collection of Excise, and within the Limits 

of the Head Office of Excise in England, in each 

year, from the 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th 

day of October 1841, and showing the Total Proof 
Gallons for each of these years :— Of the Proof Gal- 

lons of Spirits distilled in each Coliection of Excise 

in Scotland, in each year, from the 10th day of Oc- 

tober 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841, and 
showing the Total Proof Gallons for each of these 

years :—Of the Proof Gallons of Spirits exported 

from Scotland, to England, in each year, from the 


Petitions from the County of Aberdeen ;— Turriff ;| 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th day of Octo- 
—and, Belhelvie; praying the House to refuse their | ber 1841, and the Number of Proof Gallons of these 
sanction to any measure which would permit the| on which the Malt Drawback was re-paid in Scot- 
importation of Cattle, Meat and other foreign pro-| land :—Of the Proof Gallons of Spirits exported 


duce, except at such rates as will afford a fair and 


from Scotland to Jreland, in each year, from the 


adequate protection to the agricultural produce of| 10th day October 1839 to the 10th day of October 


that part of the country,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


1841, and the Number of Proof Gallons of these 
Malt Drawback had been obtained on in Scotland : 
—Of the Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in each 


A Petition of Proprietors and Tacksmen of Salmon | Collection of Excise in Jreland, in each year, from 
Fishings in the Rivers North and South Esk, in| the 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th day of 
Scotland, and sea coast adjacent, praying the House | October 1841, and showing the Total Proof Gallons 





not to sanction any reduction of duty on the im-| for each of these 


portation of foreign Salmon into the British market 


ears :—Of the Proof Gallons of 
,| Spirits exported from Ireland to England, in each 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon| year, from the 10th day of October 1839 to the 10th 


the Tabie. 


day of October 1841; and the Number of Proof 
Gallons of these on which the Malt Drawback was 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bristol,| repaid in Ireland:—And, of the Proof Gallons of 
and its vicinity, praying that a Clause may be in-| Spirits that paid Duty for Home Consumption in each 





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LL Kingdom, 





























































Se Sea Meme oes 























258 


Kingdom, in each year, from the 10th day of Octo- | 
ber 1839 to the 10th day of October 1841 ; what of 
these Malt Drawback of 8d. had been obtained on 
in Scotland and in Ireland, and in England, that 
Malt Drawback was repaid on in Scotland and in 
Ireland. 

Copy of a Minute or Memorandum made by the 
Commissioners of Customs 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, s. 
111; together with a Copy of the Coal Warrant 
executed and committed by the Officers of Customs 
to the Coal Meters, for their guidance, in the dis- 
charge of their Duties, as prescribed by the Board 
of Customs under said Act:—A Return of the Num- 
ber 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 :--Copies of the Applications made by the 
Guild of Merchants, Dublin, the Coal Meters of 
Dublin, or any other person or persons, to the Lords 
of the Treasury or Boards of Customs, from the 
year 1825 to the year 1838 inclusive, claiming pay- 
ment of the sum of £.2,584. 13s. 8.d. for the Metage 
of Coals, from the 5th day of January 1826 to the 
1st day of March 1831 :—And, 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 Applica- 
tions made for obtaining payment of the Money so 
remaining due and unpaid, for the Duties or Services 
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 the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Dublin Coal 
Meters. 





































































































Spirits 


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


Returns of the Number of Gallons of Spirits taken 
out for Home Consumption in each Collection in 
Ireland, in each round, since the 5th day of January 
last; and similar Returns for the corresponding pe- 



































Detections and the Number of Persons prosecuted 
for Offences in Jreland against the Laws for the 
Suppression of Illicit Distillation, smce the 5th day 
of January last; distinguishing those convicted ; 
and similar Returns for the corresponding periods 
of 1840 and 1841. 


























Tithe Commis- 
sion. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, in detail, of the manner in which the Sum 
of £.48,603. 17s. 11d. expended in Salaries and 
Expenses in the Office of the Commissioners of 
Tithes, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1842; stating the Name, Office and Amount paid 
to each Person as Salaries, and the Amount of Con- 
tingent Expenses, under separate heads :—Also, an 
Account of the Amount paid in each year in the 
Office of the Commissioners of Tithes since its esta- 
blishment, and the Aggregate Amount paid up to 
the 5th day of January 1842. 


















































Ecclesiastical Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Fstablishment Returns, in detail, of the several Persons to whom 

(West Indies.) the Sum of £.20,300 was paid as Salaries, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1842, for the Ec- 
clesiastical Establishment in the West Indies ; stat- 
ing the Rank or Office, the Name, Place of Resi- 
dence and Amount paid to each Person :—Also, the 
Amount paid in each year for that Establishment 
since the passing of the Act 6 Geo. 4, and the Ag- 
gregate Amount, to the 5th day of January 1842. 






















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riods of 1840 and 1841 :—And, of the Number of | 






A. 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Pensions, 
Account, in detail, of the Expenditure of £.87,661. 
3s. 7d.in Great Britain, and of £28,455. 9s. 11d. 
in Ireland, for Pensions on the Civil List (under 
the Act 1 and 2 Vic.); stating the Name of each 
Person, and the Date of the Grant of such Pension, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy, 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Commis- 
sioners for auditing Public Accounts and the Lords 
of the Admiralty, respecting the Accounts of Naval 
Receipt and Expenditure, and the unappropriated 
Balance, pursuant tothe Act 2 Will. 4, c. 40, s. 30, for 
the year ended the 30th day of March 1841, noticed 
in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 16, of Sess. 1842. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crown Couns 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland,) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing, in columns, the Number and 
Names of the Crown Counsel who attended the 
Judges on each Circuit respectively, in each District 
of Scotland where Assizes have been held, in each 
of the Three last years, ending the 15th day of May 
1842. 

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 Jacob Owen, 
Return from each Public Department in Treland, of Esquire. 
the Sums paid to Jacoh Owen, Esquire, Architect 
to the Board of Works, for Plans, Inspection of 
Works, Survey of Buildings, or Commission on Ex- 
penditure for each year since his Appointment, up 
to April 1842 :—A similar Return from the Treasu- 
rer in each County in Jreland :—Also, a Return of 
the Amount of Fees or Gratuities received by the 
said Jacob Owen, Esquire, for the Examination of 
Candidates for the Office of County Surveyor in 
Ireland; with a Copy of the Minute or Contract for 
his Appointment as Architect to the Board of Works, 
and a Statement showing whether his whole Services 
are required by that Department, or if he is allowed 
to engage in Private Practice. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- Sudbury Writ, 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Sudbury, 
before Saturday the 11th day of June next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Borough 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her Magistrates 








Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Circulars sent by the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department to the various Town Clerks 
or Clerks to the Magistrates, between the months 
of August and December 1841, requiring informa- 
tion as to the state of the Magistracy in the Towns 
to which such Circulars were sent, as to the Number 


of such Magistrates, and of those who had qualified * 
themselves to act; 


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


Veneris, 6° die Mati, 1842: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered, 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. 


A Petition of William Smith, of the parish of Eastboum 
Wilmington, in reference to his treatment in the ¥™™ 
Eastbourn Union Workhouse, was brought up, and 
read. 





And 





Poor 2 
Amendr 
Act, &amp;e 








Onsel 
) 


My 


rit, 


5 Vicroriz. 


proposed, That the Petition do lie upon the Table ; 


posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, &amp;¢e 


Roasted Malt 
(Excise Li- 
censes.) 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill, 


Excise Duties 
Compounds 
Bill, 


British Posses- 
sions Abroad 
Bill. 


Punishment 
of Death 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Victoria Park 
Bill, 


5°—6° 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


And the Question peg, again proposed, That the 
Petition do lie upon the ‘Table ; 

And it appearing that the Petition referred to 
something which had been said by a Member during 
a Debate in this House:—The said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn :—And the said 
Petition was not received. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number, Names and Ages of all 
Persons committed to any Prison in England or 
Wales for any Offence in an Union Workhouse esta- 
blished under the Provisions of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act; stating the Nature of the Offence, 
the Period of Punishment, the Name of the Union, 
and the Number for each Union and for each Year, 
from the 25th day of March 1835 to the 25th day 
of March 1842; with the Population of each Union, 
according to the last Census :—And, a similar Re- 
turn for Offences in Workhouses of Parishes and 
Unions governed by Guardians, Vestrymen, or Pa- 
rish Officers, under Local Acts and the Act 22 Geo. 3, 
c. 83, known as Gilbert’s Act, or not included in any 
Poor Law Union. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 





Maiz. 259 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Commissioners Knightsbridge 
of Her Majesty’s Woods to form anew Opening from ¢4 Kensington 
the Knightsbridge Road into Hyde Park, and a new Pees Bill 
Opening from AHigh-street, Kensington, into an in- 
tended new Road across the Palace Green ; and for 
annexing a piece of extra-parochial Ground in the 
Royal Garden to the respective Parishes of Saint 
Mary Abbots, Kensington, and Saint Mary, Pad- 
dington, in several Portions, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- Arms (Ireland.) 
ders,—A Return of the ae Names and De- 
scriptions of Persons whose Arms are registered in 
the County of Down, Ireland. 
A Return of the Numbers, Names and Descrip- Arms (Ireland.) 
tion of the Persons who have registered Arms in 
the several Counties of Zreland. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Nottingham 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Town Writ. 
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 Town of Nottingham, in the room 








itself into a Committee, to consider of imposing an 





Excise License Duty on Roasters of Malt and Deal- 
ers in Roasted Malt. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Merchants Act Amendment 
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 Property ‘Tax Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for improving the Dublin Po- 
lice, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill, by 
way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The British Possessions Abroad Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to assimilate the Law in Jre- 
land, as to the Punishment of Death, to the Law in 
England; to abolish the Punishment of Death in 
certain cases in Ireland, and to substitute other Pu- 
nishments in lieu thereof, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to extend an Act passed in the 
fourth and fifth years of Her present Majesty, for 
enabling Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods 
to purchase certain Lands for Victoria Park, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Vou. 97. 


of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, Ba- 
ronet, who, since his election for the said Town, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbo- 
‘rough and Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham ; 

nd a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It was 1e- 
solved in the Affirmative. 


And the House having continued to sit till one 
of the clock on Friday morning, accordingly 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 6° die Maiti ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. : 
O RDERED, That the Committee on the Had- Haddington- 
dingtonshire Roads Bill have leave to sit this shire Roads 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the “ 
House. 


Mr. Keith, from the Court of Directors of the East India. 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—A Statement exhi- 
biting the different Sums paid by the East India 
Company, pursuant to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 
to the credit of the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt, to the Account of the Security 
Fund of the India Company; together with the 
Dates when such Sums were respectively paid, the 
Times when, and the manner in which such Sums, 
with any Interest thereon, were invested, and the 
Amount of Cash and of Government Annuities now 
standing to the credit of the said Account :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Redington, from the Select Committee ap- Southampton 
pointed to try and determine the matter of the Pe- Town Election. 
tition of John Rushworth Keele, and others, Electors, 
and also of the Petition of Joseph Lankester, and 
others, Electors, severally complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Town and County of 
the Town of Southampton ; and to defend which Re- 

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turn (so far as the same relates to James Bruce, | in accordance with the spirit of the Standing Order 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Bruce, now Earl of | No. 64, which directs that no Petitioners against 
Elgin), William James Lefevre and Richard El-| any Private Bill shall be heard before the Committee 
dridge, Electors, were admitted Parties, informed | on the Bill, unless the Petition shall have been pre- 
the sen That the Committee had determined, _| sented to this House three clear days before the day 
That James Bruce, Esquire, commonly called Lord | appointed for the first meeting of such Committee, 
Bruce (now Earl of Elgin), and Charles Cecil Mar- | unless the Petitioners shall complain of any matter 
tyn, Esquire, were not duly elected Burgesses to| which may have arisen during the progress of the 
serve in this present Parliament for the Town and | Bill before the said Committee, the Order for refer- 
County of the Town of Southampton. ring the said Petition to the Committee on the re- 
That the last Election of Burgesses to serve in committed Bill ought not to be discharged. 


Salmon 





Churet 





Parliament for the said Town and County of the, 
Town, was a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Redington also acquainted the House, that | 


the Committee had come to the following Resolu- 
tions; which they had directed him to report to the 
House: 

That James Bruce, Esquire, commonly called | 
Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, Esquire, | 
were, by their Agents, guilty of bribery at the last | 
Election for the Town and County of the Town of | 
Southampton. | 

That Charles Combe Callen was bribed with £.10, | 
paid to his wife for him; That Joseph Whitmarsh | 
was promised a bribe of £.20, the whole or some | 
portion of which was afterwards paid ; That Joseph | 
Redwards was bribed with £.5; that William An- 
drews was bribed with £.3; and that Giles Paskin 
was bribed with £.3 ; each of them to vote for Lord | 
Bruce and Mr. Martyn. | 

That it has not been proved before the Committee | 
that these Acts of bribery were committed with | 


the knowledge and consent of Lord Bruce or Mr. | 
Martyn. 

That the Evidence given before the Committee 
relative to an extensive system of treating carried 
on through the means of local associations, the pay- 
ment of large sums to chairmen and colourmen, 
many of whom were voters, and the er of 
a sum of money for the purposes of the Election, 
amounting to nearly £.5,000, and therefore far ex- 
ceeding the ordinary legal charges, is deserving of 
the serious consideration of the House. 

That the Committee feel they have been prevented | 
from ascertaining the exact mode in which the whale! 
of this money was expended, by the loss or destruc- | 
tion of the vouchers and other documents connected | 
with these payments, especially in the case of Wil- 
liam Rouse Mabson, who, after having been served 
with the Speaker’s Warrant, disposed of those in 
his possession. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 
them, be laid before this House. 








Minutes 
ordered. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon Monday 


Patron 


last, for referring the said Petition to the Committee (Scotl 
/on the re-committed Bill, be discharged. 

A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Bosten Harboor 

| Witham Navigation, and of Proprietors of said Na- (No. 3.) Bill, 
_vigation, praying that the Boston Harbour (No 3.) 

| Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Merchants, Tradesmen, and other Liverpool 


Inhabitants of the town of Liverpool ;—George Ro- 


binson, of Liverpool, Brewer and Licensed Victualler; ® 


—and, Residents of Birkenhead and the neighbour- 
hood, in the county of Chester; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Liverpool Improvement 
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 the Abandonment of a Por- 
tion of the Line of the Great North of England Rail- 
way, and for altering and amending the Acts relating 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Harry Vane do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Wharf-owners, Owners and Masters 


of Vessels, Proprietors of estates, Mariners, Mer- Navigation Bill 


chants, Traders, and others, resident in Faversham 
and neighbourhood, in the county of Kent, and con- 
nected with the Navigation of Faversham Creek there, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Faversham Navigation 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. 


Petitions from Delting ;—Lerwick ;—and, Dun- 
rossness, Sandwick and Cuningsburgh ; praying the 
House to continue the prohibition of the importation 
of Live Cattle into Great Britain from foreign coun- 
tries, till the importation of foreign Grain be per- 
mitted at a nominal duty or duty-free,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers, and others, 
residing in the neighbourhood of Bury Saint Ed- 
munds, praying the House not to sanction any reduc- 
tion in the duties upon the importation of foreign 





Boston Harbour The Boston Harbour (No. 2.) Bill was read a 
(No. 2.) Bill, second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Birmingham The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal 
= see so (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
sete tu Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
(No.2.) Bill, . 
mittee of Selection. 
CwmCelynand Notice being taken by Mr. Greene, Chairman of 
Blaina Iron = the Committee on the Cwm Celyn and Blaina [ron 
Company Bill. ‘ 


Company (unopposed) Bill, that the Petition of 
John Marriott, Esquire, and Edward Chippendall 
Milne, Esquire, against the said Bill, presented 
to this House on the 29th April, and referred on 
the 2d May to the Committee on the re-committed 
Bill, was against the Preamble (which remained un- 
altered), and the Clauses of the original Bill, and 
complained of no new matter which had been intro- 
duced into the Bill when in Committee; under these 
circumstances, he submitted to the House, whether 


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


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the royal burgh of Stirling, praying for the 
repeal of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 30, so far as it limits 
the commencement of the Salmon Fishing in Scot- 
land to the 1st of February, and to declare it lawful 
to commence the same on 11th December, as for- 
merly, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition 


Improvement 
ill, 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill, 


Faversham 






Roms 
Cath 


Fac’ 

















Cattle, &amp;e. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland. ) 

















































































































































bour 
ill, 


nt 


Bill, 


Salmon. 


Church 
Patronage 
( Scotland.) 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Factories. 


Doblin 


Corporation. 


Gravesend 


Terrace Pier 


Bill, 


joyments with Her Majesty’s subjects professing 


5 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Tacksmen and others 
interested in the Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, 
praying that no alteration may be made in the 
duty on foreign Salmon, but that the House will 
grant to the Salmon Fisheries of Scotland such pro- 
tection from the competition of foreign Salmon, as 
will prevent the great deterioration of them, which 
must ensue from alteration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Moderator of the Synod of Gias- 
ow and Ayr, praying for the repeal of the Act of 
Siecee Anne, restoring Church Patronage in Scot- 
land, and to leave the Church of Scotland free to 
frame such regulations as will secure to the christian 
people of Scotland the full right to elect their own 
pastors, with the view of such regulations being ap- 
proved and thereafter ratified by the State, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shortwood and other places ;— 
Hammersmith ;— Nuneaton ;— and, Oldham; com- 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics ; 
and praying that they may be placed upon a footing 
of perfect equality in point of civil rights and en- 


other religious persuasions,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Batley ;—and, Bradford (York); 
praying the House to pass a law to limit the labour | 
of young persons employed in Factories to ten hours | 
a day for five days in the week, and eight hours on the | 
Saturday,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, stating that | 
the Petitioners, on or about the 6th day of March 
last, caused to be served on the Lord Mayor of 
Dublin, claims, in writing, to be admitted to the free- 
dom of the Corporation of Dublin, and that the 
same were served upon the said Lord Mayor, by de- 
livering them to the townclerk of the said city; that 
the said Lord Mayor fixed a day for the purpose of 
investigating such claims, and adjourned his sitting 
to another day, and no other day was then fixed 
for that purpose, in consequence of which the claims 
of the Petitioners are yet undisposed of; that in 
consequence of the repeated and prolonged absence 
of the said Lord Mayor upon other duties, several 
of the Petitioners for whom notices to register had 
been served for the past registry sessions, were pre- 
cluded from being registered as electors, and that 
in consequence of the said Lord Mayor having no 
authority to appoint a deputy or locum tenens for 
this purpose, the inconvenience and delay arising 
from the absence of the Lord Mayor cannot be ob- 


6° Maiz. 





261 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vest- Witts’ Estate 
ing certain Freehold Messuages, Fee Farm Rents 5!- 
and Hereditaments, respectively situate and arisin 
in the City of London, devised and settled by the 
Will of Broome Witts, Esquire, deceased, in Trus- 
tees for Sale, and for laying out the Monies to be 
teaseng by such Sale in the purchase of other 

states, to be settled in the same manner ; and also 
for enabling the Trustees, as to some of such Mes- 
suages and Hereditaments, in the meantime, and 
until Sale thereof, to grant Leases thereof for the 
term of Twenty-one years, or in order that the same 
may be repaired, rebuilt or improved, for a longer 
period, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Mieville’s 
solve the Marriage of John, otherwise Jean Louis Divorce Bill. 
Mieville, with Mary Ann, 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. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Glegg’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ;Glege’s __ 
= committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 

ills, 

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 coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. 

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 Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Hayter do 
carry the said Message. 


Petitions from Bisley ;— Howden Union ;—Samuel Poor Law 
Roberts ;— Bromley (Kent) ;—and, Penrith Union ; Amendment 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Law ““ 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leek ;—and, Manchester (fourteen Com Laws, 
Petitions); praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





viated ; and praying the House to devise means to 
insure to the Petitioners the exercise of their just 
rights and privileges, and to adopt such measures as 
may insure either the attendance of the said Lord 
Mayor to the several duties of his situation, or to 
invest for the future in a person to whose competence 
and impartiality there can be no exception, the ad- 
mission and registration of all claimants to the Par- 
liamentary Elective Franchise, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Watermen and Lightermen belong- 
ing to the town of Gravesend, in the county of Kent, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Gravesend Terrace Pier 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 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 

Vou. 97. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee of Lord’s Day. 
the Society for the observance of the Lord’s Day in 
Halesworth, and the vicinity, in the county of Suffolk, 
praying the House to enact that it shall not be law- 
ful to traffic or travel on Railways during any part 

|of the Lord’s Day, cases of charity and necessity 
| being excepted, was presented, and read ; and or- 
' dered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


| A Petition of Inhabitant Householders, Workmen Waterloo, &amp;c., 


‘and Residents of the west district of the parish of Bridges. 
Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, praying the House to 
adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing the 

Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vaurhall 
Bridges, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Southampton 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Sewn Wek, 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 

LL3 present 





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New Windsor 
Election. 


Public Petitions 
ee lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill. 


Double Costs 
Bill. 


No. 214. 


262 


present Parliament for the Town and County of the | 
Town of Southampton, in the room of Lord Bruce, 
now Earl of Elgin, and Charles Cecil Martyn, Es- 
quire, whose Elections have been determined to be 
void ; 

The House was moved, That the Special Report 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 

etitions, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Town and County of the Town of 
Southampton, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from James Coppock, the Agent 
for William Frederick Fergusson, ane and also 
from Charles Stuart Voules, on behalf of himself, 
and as agent for Joseph Brown, who petitioned this 
House on the 7th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of New 
Windsor, that it is not their intention to proceed 
with their Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Orders made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petitions to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from. the Se- 


examined the Petitions presented from the 2d to 
the 4th days of this instant May, both days 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. 


Petitions of Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Roads 
called the Pendleton District, the Gilda Brook 
and Irlam District, the Swinton District, and Age- 
croft District ;—Trustees of the Salford and Pendle- 
ton Roads ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Eden- 
field and Little Bolton Road ;—Samuel Walker ;— 
Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Radcliffe, Bolton 
and Bury Road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
Bolton-le-Moors and Westhoughton Road ;—Trustees 
of the Hulton Turnpike-road ;—Trustees of the Bol- 
ton and Kearsley Road ;— Trustees of the Barton 
Bridge and Farnworth Road ;—Mortgagees of the 
Tolls on the Barton Bridge and Farnworth Road ; 
—Trustees of the Bolton-le-Moors and Westhough- 
ton Road ;—Trustees of the Edenjfield and Little 
Bolton Road ;—Trustees of the Radcliffe, Bolton 
and Bury Road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
Bolton and Kearsley Road ;—Trustees of the Bolton 
and Saint Helen’s Road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls 
on the Bolton and Saint Helen’s Road ;— Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the Hulton Turnpike-road ; 
—Trustees of the Liecester and Lutterworth and 
Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road ;—Mortgagees 
of the Tolls on the Market Harborough and Lough- 
borough Turnpike-road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls 
on the Leicester and Welford Turnpike-road ;—Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the Leicester and Melton 
Mowbray Turnpike-road ;—Trustees of the Market 
Harborough and Loughborough, the Hinckley and 
Narborough, the Leicester and Melton Mowbray and 
the Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch Turnpike-road ; 
-—and, Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Leicester and 
Lutterworth Turnpike-road ; praying that the Turn- 
pike-roads Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 


stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to Double Costs, Notices of 
Action, Limitations of Actions and Pleas of the 
General Issue, under certain Acts of Parliament : 


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A. 1842. 


to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


A Petition of Henry English, of New Broad- Ores, 
street, in the city of London, Gentleman, pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on,the importation of foreign Ores, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. . 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cockermouth, pray- Oaths, 
ing that the House will be pleased to take such mea- 
sures as may lead to the abolition of all unnecessary 
Oaths, and to the extension of that liberty of con- 
science now enjoyed by some privileged classes, to 
all persons who entertain conscientious objections to 
the taking of an Oath, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Golden and Bansha ;—Cahir ;— Fisheries 
and Clogheen; praying that the Fisheries (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee National Float: 
on the National Floating Breakwater Company Bill ; ing Breakwater 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill Compay Bill. 
were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 
port of the said Petitions ; and had also heard coun- 
sel in favour of the Bill; and that they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Winterton and other places ;— Property Tax 
Edinburgh ; — Caistor ;— Glamford Briggs ; — Bil. 
and, Cirencester; praying that the Property Tax 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 
Return of Fees received by the Barrister appointed Sieties 
by the Act of 10 Geo. 4, c. 56, for certifying Rules 
of Friendly Societies in England and Wales, made 
out in a Tabular Form, stating the Amounts received 
in each year (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 381, of Session 1834.) 


Ordered, That the Petition of Roman Catholics, Roman 
Inhabitants of York, which was presented yesterday, Catholics. 
praying that Roman Catholics may be placed upon a 
footing of perfect equality in point of civil rights 
and enjoyments with Her Majesty’s subjects pro- 
fessing other religious persuasions, be printed. 


Mr. Hayter reported, That he had carried to the Glegg’s _ 
Lords the Message of this House, of this day, re- Diverce Bill. 
questing 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 Glegg’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lord- 
ships had been pleased to communicate a printed 
Copy of the said Minutes of Evidence, as desired 
by this House: And he delivered the same in at 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence 
be referred to the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Property Tax 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 5i! 
on the Property Tax Bill be now read :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

















And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


, drawn. 


A Motion 








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Election 
Proceedings. 


Property Tax 
Bill. 
No- 213. 


5 Vicroriz. G°—7° 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire whether certain charges made of corrupt pro- 
ceedings on the Trial of certain Election Petitions, 
before Election Committees lately appointed to try 
the same, and which proceedings are charged as a 
gross breach of the Privileges of this House, be 
true :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Property Tax Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cravuses, N° 88 and N° 89, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 90 and N° 91, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Ciausgs, N° 92, and N° 93, agreed to. 


Criausss, N° 94, and N° 95, amended, and agreed 
to. 

CrauseE, N° 96, Schedule (D.) First Rule (Com- 
putation of duty on trade upon amount of balance 
of the profits or gains upon a just average of 

years) ——read. 

Proposed in P. 68, 1. 30: To fill the blank with 
“ three.” 

Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with 
“ one.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ three.” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 76 


Yeas, Mr. Sidney Herbert : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, } 27 
Noes, Mr. Rundle : wii 


Cause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 97 to N° 99, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 100 to N° 103, agreed to. 


Crausess, N° 104 to N° 106, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuiavusss, N° 107 to N° 112, agreed to. 
Causes, N° 113, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 114, agreed to. 

CuauseE, N° 115, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 116 and N° 117, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 118, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusss, N° 119 to N° 121, agreed to. 


Crauses, N°122 and N° 123, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Criause, N° 124, agreed to. 


Crausss, N°125 and N°126, amended, and agreed 
to. 





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Crausses, N° 170 to N° 173, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crausss, N° 174 to N° 177, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 178, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 179, disagreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 180 to N° 184, agreed to. 
ScHEDULE (F.), amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 185, agreed to. 

ScHEDULE (G.), agreed to. 

CiausE, N° 186, amended, and agreed to. 
CiausE, N° 187, agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 188, (That the Act shall commence 
and take effect from and after the fifth day of April 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, and, to- 
gether with the Duties therein contained, shall con- 
tinue in force until and 
no longer) read. 


Proposed to fill the blank with “ the sixth day 
“ of April One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
“‘ five.” 


Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ the 
sixth day of April One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three.” 


Question put, That the blank be filled with “the 
sixth day of April One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three ;” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for — Hume, 58 
Yeas, Mr. Alderman Humphery : } - 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 174 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : : 

Blank filled with “ the sixth day of April One 

thousand eight hundred and Forty-five.” 

CLausE, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxiause, N° 189, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 


Clause (That in assessing the amount of duty to 
be annually paid by any attorney, solicitor or proctor 
in respect of the annual profits and gains received 
by him from his profession, employment or vocation, 
the Commissioners shall allow such sum as shall 
have been paid by him for duty upon his certificate) 
——brought up, and read 1°. 
Question put, That the Clause be now read 2° ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Redhead Yorke, } 18 
Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp : ' 
Tellers for thef{Sir Thomas Fremanile, } 183 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring: ’ 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 





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Crause, N° 127, agreed to. 

Curausges, N° 128 and N° 129, amended, and 
agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 130 to N° 135, agreed to. 

CravusE, N° 136, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 137, agreed to. 


Cxavusgs, N° 138 to N° 140, amended, and agreed 
to. 


CuausE, N° 141, Schedule (E.), amended, and 
agreed to. 


CrausEs, N° 142 to N° 144, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 145, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 146 to N° 155, agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 156, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausg, N° 157, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 158 to N° 162, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crausgs, N° 163 to N° 169, agreed to. 


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


Sabbati, 7° die Maiti, 1842: 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Vot. 97, 


LLu4 The 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tyrnpike.roads 
B 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Porish Con- 








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Fines aud The Fines and Recoveries (Wales and Cheshire) | 
Recoveries Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
( Wales and 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


heshire) Bill. 
_— for Monday next. 


Ecclesiastical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Residences Bill. mittee on the Ecclesiastical Residences Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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Pentonville The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Prison Bill. mittee on the Pentonville Prison Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Tucumbents The Incumbents Leasing (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- 
Leasing cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Ecclesiastical 


The Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing (No. 2.) 
Corporations 


Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 





Leasi ‘ : 

(No. 2.) Bill, and committed toa Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 

Railways Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Bill ; 

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







Australia and 
New Zealand 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Australia and New Zealand Bill ; 

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


Colonial 


_ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Passengers Bill. further consideration the Report on the Colonial 
Passengers Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 





consideration upon Monday next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
nee. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That tiis 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 Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Roasted Malt 
(Excise Li-. 
censes.) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of imposing an Excise 
License Duty on Roasters of Malt and Dealers in 
Roasted Malt. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That there be charged an annual Duty 
of Twenty Pounds on every License to be taken 


out by a Roaster of Malt; and of Ten Pounds on 


every License to be taken out by a Dealer in Roasted 
Malt. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 


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





Excise Duties 
Compounds 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; 

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








A. 1842. 


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


The House was moved, That the several Acts Customs Acts 
relating to the Duties of Customs, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Acts. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Peuryn ang 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine Falmouth 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue ©" 
Election and Return for the borough of Penryn and 
Falmouth, and of the Evidence re se before them, 
be laid before this House. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland presented a Bill Grand Jury 
to provide for Difficulties in respect of the Assess- oon 
ment of Grand Jury Presentments in the County of - — 
the City of Cork: And the same was read the first °?34 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with, as in the case of 
a Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same 
rules and regulations. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 








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Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Tithes Commu. 
Command,—Copy of Report of the Tithe Com- tation. 
missioners for England and Wales, 1842. 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Real Pro- Real Property. 
perty, which was presented yesterday, be printed. _—_ No. 235, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Lancaster, which was presented upon the 8th day Lancaster. 
of March last, be printed. No. 236. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Cornwall, which was presented yesterday, be Cornwall. 
printed. No. 236. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Sheep and Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool, &amp;c., which was presented yesterday, Lambs’ Worl, 
be printed. No. 237. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Spirits, Spirits. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No. 238. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 











Lune, 9° die Mai; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


H E Boston Harbour (No. 3.) Bill was read a Boston Harbour 
second time ; and committed. (No, 3.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The London Bridge Approaches and Royal Ex- Londox Bridge 
change Avenues Bill was read a second time ; and Approaches 


; nd Royal Ex- 
committed. ame heen 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi. 
mittee of Selection. 


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the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


The Britwell Inclosure Bill was read a second Britwell 
Inclosure Bill, 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Petitions from Ossett ;—Holbeck ;—Hunslet ;— Factories. 
Mirfield ;— Bingley ;— Keighley ;— Harden ;—Ship- 
ley ;—Lindley ;— Rossary ;— Kirkheaton ;— Black- 
burn ;—Goudhurst ; — Sittingbourne ;— Armley ;— 
Marsden;-- Wvodhouse ;--and, Leeds (four Petitions) ; 
praying the House to pass an Act to limit the labour 





hours a day for five days in the week, and eight 


Petitions from Forfarshire ;—Saint James, West- Property Tax 
minster ;— Plymouth ;— Truro ; —and, President of Bill. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Order, Friendly 


Rules of Friendly Societies in Engéand and Wales, 
made out ina Tabular Form, stating the Amounts 
received in each year (in continuation of Parlia- 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 











Colonel Rushbrooke reported from the Committee Stockton and 


into the several matters required by the Standing 

e same relate 
y | to the present application ; and that the Committee 
1- | had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Petitions from Walsall ;— Alnwick ;— Ramsgate ; Maynooth 





burn ; — Kessingland ; — Elland-cum-Greetland ; — 
Wednesfield ;—and, Crewkerne ; praying the House 


College of Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; 


Petitions from Sturminster ;—and, Forfarshire ; Cattle, Meat, 


of live and dead stock,—were presented, and read ; 





A Petition of the Reverend Sir Harcourt Lees, of 

| Blackrock House, in the county of Dublin, Baronet, 
| raying the House to exclude from the intended ta- 
a | riff all such agricultural modifications of it as do in 
| the slightest manner weaken that national protection 


all our interests, the Home Agriculture of the British 
Islands, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 


Southampton Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
Town Elections yy ittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Orders, | Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
No. 239. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Southampton 
Town Election Committee, and of the Evidence | ingrossed. 
taken before them. ~ 
Penryn and Minutes of the Proceedings of the Penryn and 
Falmouth Falmouth Election Committee, and of the Evidence | time ; and committed. 
ae taken before them. 
He. 8. Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the | mittee of Selection. 
Table ; and be printed. 
Market Har- The Market Harborough and Brampton Road 
borough and Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Fond Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Fierville’s Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Fier- | of young persons employed in Factories, to ten 
Nat. Bill. ville’s Naturalization Bill; That tlif®y had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to | hours on the Saturday,—were presented, and read ; 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and di-| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Benecke’s Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Be-|a Meeting of the Society of Attornies and Solicitors 
Nat. Bill necke’s Naturalization Bill; That they had examined | forming the West Riding of Yorkshire Law Society ; 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to | praying that the Property Tax Bill may not pass 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed | into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
him to report the same, without Amendment. to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ferrybridgeand Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the |—A Return of Fees received by the Barrister ap- Societies. 
— Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Road Bill; That | pointed bythe Act of 10 Geo. 4, c. 56, for certifying 
oad Bill, : fed J e: b ying 
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. mentary Paper, No. 381, of Session 1834.) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. Table. 
Imperial Bank Petitions of Inhabitants of the town or neighbour- 
of England Bill. hood of Ashton-under-Lyne ;—and, Inhabitants of|on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill ; and Hartlepool 
the parish of Manchester ; praying that they may|to whom several Petitions against the said 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, | were referred ; That they had heard counsel in sup- 
against the Imperial Bank of England Bill,—were | port of one of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
aga and read; and ordered to lie upon the | counsel in favour of the Bill;—That they had inquired 
able. 
Orders on Railway Bills, so far as t 
Metropolitan The Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Compan 
patent Wood (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and con 
aving Com- . 
pany (No. 2.) mitted. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | and made Amendments thereunto. 
mittee of Selection. 
and be printed. 
Landen ond The London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill 
Raley was read a second time ; and committed. } 
(No 3,) Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | —St. Keverne;— Braiseworth;— Sturton;— Slaid- College. 
mittee of Selection. 
York Cathedral The York Cathedral Bill was read a second time ; | 0 withdraw every kind of public support from the 
Bill, and committed. |! : 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | 2d ordered to lie upon the Table. 
mittee of Selection. 
. . . . &amp;ec. 
Grvesn ‘ i Or dere d, That the Commaitiens cn the Geel | Ts the House not to sanction the importation 
watier Bul. Town Pier Bill be revived :—And that they have : . 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Tuesday the - | “See parade a 
day of this instant May. 
Imperial Bank © The Imperial Bank of England Bill was read 
“England Bill. second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-' which should ever be afforded to the great basis of 
mittee of Selection. 
| 
Warkworth Mr. Tollemache reported from the Committee on | to lie upon the Table. 
arbour Bill. 


the Warkworth Harbour Bill; and towhom a Petition | 
against the said Bill was referred ; That no person 


appeared in support of the said Petition ; and that | the House to pass a law prohibiting the sale of in- 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and | toxicating liquors on the Lord’s Day, was presented, 
found the same to be true; and had gone through | and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vo. 97. 


MM A Petition 


Bill Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tewkesbury, praying Lord's Day. 






































































Local Rates. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill. 


Bates’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Southampton 
Town Writ. 


266 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Leeds, praying the House to enact 
laws to empower and direct the town councils of 
every corporate city and borough in England and 
Wales to appoint “ Local Courts Committees ” annu- 
ally, who shall superintend the levying and collecting 
of all their Local Rates; also to appoint inspectors 
and collectors of Local Rates; also to compel all local 
authorities to lay each Local Rate at stated periods, 
either quarterly or half yearly, and to have the same 
confirmed at one and the same time, so that they 
shall be collected all together, instead of separately 
as heretofore, and also to limit the time for collecting 
such Local Rates, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ardcanny ;—Annaduff ;— Temple- 
michael ; —Tomregan ; — Banagher ; —Carnew ; — 
Templecarn ;—Kinawly ;—and, Cleenish; praying 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 
ment to the Schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for [reland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard James Morrison, a Lieu- 
tenant in the Royal Navy, praying for alteration of 
the Poor Law Amendment Act, by inserting a Clause 
empowering the Crown to appoint Commissioners 
for the establishment of “ Asylum Farms,” with 
power to place any number of able-bodied poor, 
being actually supported by the poor rates, upon 
such farms, thereon to maiutain themselves by 
their own labour, by which means the poor rates 
would be reduced, as the Petitioner believes, at least 
eighty per cent. on their present amount, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Bavidge, for alteration of the 
said Act, so far as regards out-door relief, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the 
Maidstone Union, praying for alteration of the said 
Act in relation to cases of Bastardy, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Cross, Deptford;—and, Lam- 
beth; praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
deeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, 
Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees of the Worcester Turnpike 
roads ; — Trustees of the Kendal and Millthorp 
Turnpike Trust ;—-Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
said Turnpike-roads ;—Trustees of the Ambleside 
Turnpike Trust ;—and, Mortgagees of the Tolls on 
the said Turnpike-roads ; praying that the Turnpike- 
roads Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Bates’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Southampton, being 
Electors, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the there-undersigned, Electors of the town and 
county of the town of Southampton, deeply im- 
pressed with the truth of the Report which has just 
been made by the Select Committee appointed by 
the House to try the merits of the last Election for 
Southampton, by which it appears, that the freedom 
and purity of Election for that borough has been 
grossly violated, and this being the second time 
within the last nine years, when Members returned 


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tion Laws the same practices will again prevail, and 
it will be injurious, and in many cases impossible, 
for them to exercise their Parliamentary Franchise 
in a constitutional way, pray the House to suspend 
the Writ fora fresh Election until steps can be taken 
to prevent a recurrence of such demoralizing and 
unconstitutional practices, as in their wisdom they 
may deem most proper to devise. 

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


Petitions from Thurnham ;— Great Eccleston-in- Roman 
the- Fylde ; — Hinckley ;— Longton ;— Cobridge ;— Catholics, 
Wigton ;—and Follaton; complaining of grievances 
affecting Roman Catholics ; and praying that they 
may be placed upon a footing of perfect equality in 
point of civil rights and enjoyments with Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects professing other religious persuasions, 


-—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Ely-place Improvement Bill was read a se- Ely.place 
cond time ; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Clerkenwell Improvement Bill was read a Clerkenwel 
second time ; and committed. Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Colchester; — and, Worcester ; Attornies’ 
praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on Attor- Certificates. 
nies’ Certificates,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Dele- Universal 
gates from the industrious classes of the middle and Sufftage, &amp;e. 
west of Fifeshire, met at Kettle, praying for the 
adoption of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments 
and Vote by Ballot, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the town of Nottingham, Nottingham 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Town Hlection 
Petitioners are informed by the votes of the House, 
that three several Petitions from certain Electors of 
their town were presented in the last Session of 
Parliament, complaining of the existence at the last 
Election for the town of Nottingham, of gross, exten- 
sive, systematic and notorious bribery and corrup- 
tion, and other illegal practices, and that the said 
Petitions were duly referred to an Election Com- 
mittee, who have reported to the House, that the 
Members returned at the last Election were duly 
elected ; that the Petitioners also learn from the 
votes of the House, that since the Report of the 
said Committee a Motion has been made for a new 
Writ to issue for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in the present Parliament for the town of Notting- 
ham, in the room of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied 
Larpent, Baronet, he having accepted the office of 
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds; that the Peti- 











tioners are informed and believe, that the said 
Election Committee were induced to make the said 
Report in consequence of the said Petitions having 
been withdrawn from their consideration ; that the 
Petitioners are informed and believe, that the said 
Petitions were not further prosecuted in consequence 
of an arrangement between the then sitting Members 
and some of the Petitioners, and that the after accept- 
ance of the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hun- 
dreds by Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 
was in pursuance of the said arrangement; that by 
the unexpected and sudden close of the inquiry 
which the House had directed, the House has been 
prevented obtaining a disclosure of the corrupt and 


jillegal practices complained of, and which, the 


from that town to the House have been unseated, | Petitioners believe, were capable of proof, more 
their Election having been accomplished by fraudu- | especially those set forth in the Petition of Richard 
lent means, and feeling that under the present Elec-| Young Booker and Joseph Newton, Electors, who 





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claimed and had a right to vote at the last Election;| A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
that the Petitioners deeply abhor and detest the | Mr. Duckworth : the Lords, 
practice of bribery, and have never participated Mr. Speaker, 
therein, and declare that its existence and prevalence} The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow 
virtually deprives them of their electoral choice ;| ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
and praying the House to take the premises into} A Bill, intituled, An Act for preventing until the Timber Ships 
consideration, and to appoint a Select Committee to | First day of May One thousand eight hundred and Bill. 
inquire whether the practices connected with the | Forty-five, Ships clearing out from any Port in Bri- 
withdrawal of the said Petitions, be not a gross | tish North America, or in the Settlement of Hondu- 
breach of the Privileges of the House. ras, from loading any part of their Cargo of Timber 
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the | upon Deck : 
Table. A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Soap Duties 
Ae _ jend of the Session of Parliament next after the Prawback Bill. 
A Petition of George Palmer and others, praying Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred 
the House not to sanction any reduction of duty on | and Forty-four, certain of the Allowances of the 
the importation of manufactured Leather, and on Duty of Excise on Soap used in Manufactures : 


— ~ pn a aimed; der) 4 Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal Pro- Northern Coal 
; ceedings by or against the Northern Coal Mining Mining Com- 
Fisheries A Petition of Millers, Merchants and those in-| Company, for enabling the Company to appoint one iat 
(Ireland) Bill. terested in the trade of the town of Clonmel, praying | Board of Directors in lieu of two Independent 
that the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass into Boards, and for removing Restrictions in the Choice 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; of Directors : 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions Granton Pier 
of an Act of the seventh year of the reign of King (No. 2-) Bill. 
A Petition of Worshippers of the Triune God con- | William the Fourth, relative to the Pier of Granton, 
gregating in the Hall of Science, City-road, Fins- | in the County of Edinburgh : 
bury, praying that the ministry of the Established| A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend, extend Great North 
Church may be legislatively charged with the Edu- | and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act yn soul 
cation of the poor in all science, and that the tithes | relating to the Great North of England (Clarence Yartiepool 
of the produce of the land and of other property may | and Hartlepool Junction) Railway, in the County of Junction) Rail- 
be restored to the Church for the sustentation of the | Durham : Bill sities 
Poor, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie s 





Leather, &amp;e. 





Education 
and Tithes. 





upon the Table. 


Commercial 
Reforms. 


the royal burgh of Dundee, praying the House to | 
give their sanction to the proposed Tariff, more | 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend some Sheffield, 


of the Provisions of the Act relating to the Sheffield, Ashton-under- 
A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway: 


? Lyne, and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, Weston-super- 


especially as regards the importation of foreign | watching, cleansing and otherwise improving the Mare Improve- 


ment and 


Salmon, and other provisions, into the British mar- Town of Weston-super-Mare, in the County of So- vrarket Bill. 
ket, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie ,merset, and for establishing a Market therein: An 


upon the ‘Table. 


Corn Laws. 


also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Queen’s Prison 


Petitions from Thomas Barker ;—Bridgeton ;— | Act for consolidating the Queen’s Bench, Fleet and ®"- 


Kendal ;—and, Dartford; praying for the repeal of | Marshalsea Prisons, and for regulating the Queen’s 
the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and | Prison, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Anatomy Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 


to give directions, thatthere be laid before this House, | 22d Great Western Union Railway, with Amend- giy, 


Returns of the dates of the several Commissions 
appointed to inquire into the operation and working 


\the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 


And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cheltenham and 
Act to amend Two Acts relating to the Cheltenham a Western 
nion Railway 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


of the Anatomy Act, 2 and 3 Will. 4, c.75, speci-| |The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow, — 
fying the Names of the Commissioners, and the re- | Act to amend the Acts relating to the Glasgow, a 
sult of the Inquiry, if any :—Of the Number of In- | Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to grant Ay; Railway 
spectors appointed under the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4,| further Powers to the Company of Proprietors Bill. 
c. 75, commonly called “ The Anatomy Act,” and | thereof, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the District under their separate inspection, in each | the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
year, from the 1st day of January 1836 to the 31st | also, 
day of December 1841, inclusive :—Of the Amount| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow and 
of Salary paid to each Inspector, and Allowance for | Act for maintaining and repairing the Road from Redburn Bridge 
Travelling Expenses, in each year, from the 1st day | Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and a Branch Road mans Oe, 
of January 1836 to the 31st day of December 1841 | leading therefrom, with an Amendment; to which 
inclusive :—And, of the Number of Visits made by| Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
each Inspector to the several Schools of Anatomy | this House: And also, axan ie 
within his District, specifying the Name of the} The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cottenham, &amp;e, 
School, and the date of each Visit, from the 1st day | Act for draining certain Fen Lands and Low Grounds Prainage Bill. 
of January 1833 to the 31st day of December 1841| in the Parishes of Cottenham, Rampton and Wil- 
inclusive. lingham, in the County of Cambridge, with Amend- 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | concurrence of this House: And also, _ 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Buckland 

: Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Buckland, !closete Bill. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, |in the County of Buckingham, with Amendments ; 
a Return of the Amount of Land Tax redeemed in | to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
various Townships and Places in the County of| rence of this House: And also, 
Lancaster, exhibiting the whole Amount, and the| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cass’s Estate 








Land Tax 
(Lancashire, ) 


Sum redeemed in each; to complete the Return laid | to enable the Trustees of Estates held upon Cha- Bil. 

on the Table of the House under the Treasury Order | ritable Trusts, under the Will of Sir John Cass, 

of the 16th day of April 1842. 
Vou. 97. 


Knight, deceased, to make Sale of Part of the said 
MM 2 Estates ; 


















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Proceedings. 


















































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Estates ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence | 
of this House:—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


A. 1842. 


tered into for the purpose of avoiding investigation 
into gross bribery, which had been alleged to have 
been practised at the Elections for the said Towns ; 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire whether compromises have been entered 
into, and whether bribery has taken place in the 
aforesaid Towns. 


Cass’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 








Two Petitions of Electors of the Borough of | 


That the Petitioners are informed, by the Votes of perty Tax Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
the House, a Motion has been made, and the consi- | and agreed to ; and a Clause was added to the Bill. 
deration of which is adjourned, for the appointment | __ Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
of a Select Committee to inquire whether certain | Bill, (That nothing in this Act contained shall be 
practices connected with the trial of Petitions pre- | construed to restrain any person carrying on a con- 
sented to the House, against the Return of certain | cern in the nature of trade, the profits whereof are 
of its Members, be not a gross breach of its Privi- | chargeable under Schedule (D.), trom deducting any 
leges; that a Petition was presented to the House | loss sustained therein from the aggregate income for 
against the Return of Charles Russell, Esquire, and | which he shall be charged in other Schedules of 
Viscount Chelsea, for the Borough of Reading, con- | this Act):—And the said Clause was brought up, 


taining charges of gross, extensive and systematic 
bribery and corruption having been practised at the 
last Election, together with allegations that the said 
Return of the said Charles Russell, Esquire, and 
Viscount Chelsea, was procured by means of such 
bribery and corruption; that the said Petition was 
referred to a Select Committee of the House, but 
was withdrawn from the consideration of the said 
Committee, in pursuance, as the Petitioners are in- 
formed and believe, of a private arrangement, by | 
which the Privileges of the anion have been violated, | 
nd the requirements of public justice no less than 
the electoral interests of the Petitioners sacrificed ; 
that the Petitioners believe, that the charges con- 
tained in the said Election Petition were and are | 
capable of proof, and that the object of the said ar- 
rangement was to prevent the disclosure of the cor- | 
rupt practices by which the said Charles Russell and | 
Viscount Chelsea were returned to Parliament; | 
that the Petitioners have never participated in acts | 
of bribery and corruption, and that if the House fail | 
to continue or take up the inquiry which ought to 
have been prosecuted before the said Committee, 
the Petitioners will virtually be disfranchised ; and 
praying the House to appoint a Select Committee 
to prosecute such inquiries as may vindicate the 
Privileges of the House, satisfy the requirements of | 
_— justice, and secure the electoral rights of the | 
orough of Reading. 
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 





The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire whether certain charges made of corrupt | 
proceedings on the trial of certain Election Petitions, 
before Election Committees lately appointed to try 
the same, and which proceedings are charged as a 
gross breach of the Privileges of this House, be true ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And | 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- ! 
drawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire whether in the cases of the Election Petitions 
presented tu the House from Reading, Nottingham, 
Harwich, Lewes and Falmouth, there has not been 
a corrupt compromise entered into, for the purpose 
o: withdrawing from the investigation of the Com- 
mittee appointed to try the validity of these several | 
Elections, gross bribery practised at them :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

The House having been informed by a Member, 
that he had heard and believed that, in the cases of 
the Election Petitions presented from Harwich, 
Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and 
Reading, certain corrupt compromises had been en- 


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 Nves to the old Lobby. 

Tellers forthe f Mr. Benjamin Wood, ’ 66 

Yeas, Mr. Ward: J : 
Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } - 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Schedule (A.) Rule 2. P. 33., 1. 17., 
by inserting after the word “ limited,” the words 
“ Provided always, That in every case where the 
party to be assessed has a life interest only in such 
profits, the value of such life interest shall be as- 
certained, and the amount thereof be deemed to 
be so much capital ; and for the purposes of this 
Act, the profits to be assessed shall be computed 
at the rate of five pounds for every one hundred 
pounds of such capital.” 
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 f Mr. Gill, 


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Yeas, Mr. Hume: } = 
Tellers for the(Sir Thomas Fremantle, Liss 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring : ; eee 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Thea several other 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, proceeded to take Property 
Reading, were presented, and read; setting forth, | into further consideration the Report on the Pro- Bill, 








Tax 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 


mittee on the Excise Duties Compounds Bill ; C 

The House was moved, That the Act of the pre- 
sent Session, c. 15, to impose an additional Duty on 
Spirits, and to repeal the Allowance on Spirits made 
from Malt only in Jreland, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, that they have Power to 
make Provision therein to suspend, for a limited 
time, so much of the said Act as repeals the allow- 
ance on Spirits made from Malt only, in Jreland. 

Then the House, resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration 


ompounds 
ill. 


No. 241. 


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New y 
Bill. 


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5 Vicroriz. G°— 10° 


consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Australia and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Sos Zealand into a Committee upon the Australia and New Zea- 
Bill. 


land Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


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


Martis, 10° die Maiti, 1842: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking 
into further consideration the Report on the Rivers 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 20th day of this instant 
May. 


Rivers 
(Ireland) Bill. 


( 
Roasted Malt © The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Roasted Malt Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Payment of The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Las the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 


upon Wednesday last, That Mr. Ferrand be one 
of the Members of the said Committee [Payment 
of Wages] ; 

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

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Then Lord Ashley, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. John 
Fielden, Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Sharman Crawford, 
Mr. Redhead Yorke and Mr. Baird, were named 
of the Committee. 

And the name of Mr. George William Wood being 
proposed, he requested to be excused from serving 
on the said Committee, being engaged on several 
other Committees. 

Then the Earl of Hillsborough, Mr. Thomas Dun- 
combe, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Villiers, Sir John Hanmer, 
Sir John Guest, Mr. Manners Sutton and Mr. 
Cobden, were also named of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


British Possese 


a Abroad = mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; 
r Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Deable Costs The Double Costs Bill was, according to Order, 
lil, 


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 Turnpike-roads Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill, 


Parish Con- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
stables Bill. mittee on the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Itesolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Fines and The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Wales gj unto a Committee upon the Fines and Recoveries 
Cheshire) Bil. (Wales and Cheshire) 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 there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


mittee on the Pentonville Prison Bill ; 


mittee on the Incumbents Leasing (No. 2.) Bill ; 


mittee on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 


mittee of Ways and Means; 





Maiz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 


269 


into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Residences Residences Bill, 
Bill; and, after some tim 
resumed the Chair ; and 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 


nt therein, Mr. Speaker 
Greene reported, That 


a 
Yr. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pentonville 
Prison Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tnvembonts 
asing 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve iene 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
No. 2.) Bill; (No 3) Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Colonial 


further consideration the Report on the Colonial Passengers Bill. 
Passengers Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Friday the 20th day of this instant 
May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 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- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Roasted Malt 


it was referred to consider of imposing an Excise (Fxcise Li- 


License Duty on Roasters of Malt and Dealers in °"***? 


Roasted Malt, a Resolution, which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That there be charged an annual Duty 
of Twenty pounds on every License to be taken out 
by a Roaster of Malt, and of Ten pounds on every 
License to be taken out by a Dealer in Roasted 
Malt. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Roasted Malt Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


Ordered, That Mr. Shaw, Viscount Newry, the Fisheries 
Earl of Hillsborough, Mr. Serjeant Murphy, Mr, (Ireland) Bill. 
Redington, Mr. Roche, Mr. Ffolliott, Mr. Stafford 

O’ Brien and Sir Thomas Esmonde be added to the 

Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill. 


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, 10° die Maiti; 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on the Fisheries 
Fisheries (Jreland) Bill have leave to sit this (Ireland) Bill. 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing, improving and Ferrybridge ma 
maintaining the Road leading from Ferrybridge, Boroughbridge 








VoL. 97. 





MM 3 through Road Bill, 





270 


through Wetherby, to Boroughbridge, in the County 
of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lawson do carry the Billto the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ForthandClyde The House proceeded to take into further eonsi- 
Navigation Bill. deration the Report which, upon the 2d day of this 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Stourbridge 


Petitions of Trustees of the Turnpike-road leading 
Roads Bill. 


from Blake Down Pool, in the parish of Hagley, in 
the county of Worcester, to Birmingham, in the 
county of Warwick ;—and, John Bate Cardale, of 
Bedford-row, in the county of Middlesex, Gentle- 
man; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Stourbridge Roads 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. 


Indemnity _ The Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Com- 
Mutual Marine ; 


Assurance Come P2ny (No. 2.) Bill was read a second time; and 

pany (No.2.) committed. 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Medbourne 


The House being informed, that extensive Amend- 
Tnclosure Bill. 


ments being required in the Medbourne Inclosure 
Bill, it was desired to withdraw the same, and pre- 
sent another ; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 15th day 
of March last, for reading the said Bill a second 
time, be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Medbourn The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

Inclosure | =—soof the Petition for the Medbourn Inclosure Bill, 

(No, 2.) Bill. 3 
which, upon the 14th 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 ina Bill 

for inclosing Lands in the parish of Medbourn, in 
the county of Leicester: And that Mr. Halford, 
Mr. Packe and Mr. Farnham do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Holywell Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Committee 

Roads Bill. 


on the Holywell Roads Bill; and te whom several 
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 Amendments thereunto. . 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
noses tga the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Ayr Railway intituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
Bill. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, 

and to grant further Powers to the Company of 
" Prcprietors thereof. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Amendments be referred 
to the consideration of a Select Committee ; and 
that they do report to the House what they shall 
think proper to be offered to the House there- 
upon ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


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A. 1842. 


Tellers for thef{Sir John Easthope, _ . } ‘ 
Yeas, Sir Andrew Leith Hay: . 
Tellers for the Mr. Dennistoun, } a 
Noes, Lord James Stuart : a 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Committee un the said Bill be 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Tay Ferries Bill be read at 
second time upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cheitexhamang 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Great Westen 
tituled, An Act to amend two Acts relating to the — Railway 


Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway; and ~~ 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2.1.7. Leave out from “ five” to “ and,” in 
1. 28. 

Pr. 3.1, 2. After “ completing,” insert “ some 
portions of;” and in the same line leave out from 
Railway” to “and,” inl. 6. 

Pr. 12. 1. 10. After “ Act,” insert “ Provided 
that it shall not be lawful for the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway Company to enter 
upon, take or use any land which has been taken 
“ and used by the Birmingham and Gloucester 
Railway Company for the purposes of a station 
at Cheltenham, without the consent of the Bir- 
mingham and Gloucester Railway Company, under 
their common seal.” 

Pr. 13.]. 22. After “ shall,’”’ insert “ except as 
to that portion of the said Railway which lies be- 
tween the intended junction of the Bristol and 
Gloucester Railway therewith, in the parish of 
Standish, and the city of Gloucester, (and which 
last-mentioned portion shall be completed by the 
twenty-first day of June, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-six,) and except as to that portion 
of the main line of the said Railway situated he- 
tween its junction with the Great Western Rail- 
way at Swindon and the branch therefrom at 
Kemble to the town of Cirencester, and also, ex- 
cept as to the said branch Railway from Kemble 
aforesaid to the said town of Cirencester.” 

Pr. 13, 1, 31. Leave out from “ Railway” to 
shall,” in 1. penult., and in 1. penult. after “ shall,” 
insert “ except as to the aforesaid portions of the 
“ said Railway.” 

Pr. 14.1.5. After “ Act,’ insert “and with re- 
gard to that portion of the said Railway which 
hes between the said intended junction with the 
Bristol and Gloucester Railway, and the said city 
of Gloucester, the same shall be in force up to 
the said twenty-first day of June One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-six: Provided that no- 
thing in this Act contained shall empower the 
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company to re-purchase their interest in the por- 
tion of the line between the depots at Chelien- 
ham and Gloucester, otherwise than upon the con- 
ditions and within the period agreed upon between 
that Company and the Birmingham and Glou- 
cester Railway Company, and provided in their 
said secondly-recited Act,” and also insert Clauses 

(A.) (B.) and (C.) 

CuavsE (A.) “ And whereas it is expedient in 
case the said Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Company, or any other Company 
who may construct the said Railway or any part 
thereof under the provisions in this Act contained, 
shall fail to complete a continuous line of com- 
munication by Railway from the Great Western 
Railway to Gloucester, on or before the twenty- 
first day of June One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-five, but shall complete a continuous line of 
communication from the said Great Western Rail- 
way to Gloucester, at any time after the said 


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“ twenty-first day of June One thousand eight 

‘ hundred and Forty-five, that the powers conferred 

“ by the said secondly-recited Act for laying down 

“ additional rails suitable to the traffic and gauge 

adopted by the Cheltenham and Great Western | 
“ Union Railway Company should be contirmed by | 
“ this Act, and that further provision should be | 
“ made in that event for the fair and equal accom- | 
“ modation in all respects of the traffic as well of 
“ the said Cheltenham and Great Western Union 

“ Railway Company or such other Company as | 
“ aforesaid, as of the traffic of the Birmingham and 

Gloucester Railway Company, over the said por- 

tion of line between the depots aforesaid, and for 

securing a right of passage over the said portion 

of line for the Companies respectively using the 

same, so that the same may be fairly and im- 
partially used by the said Companies, and that no 
favour nor obstruction be given or occasioned to 
the one Company in preference or to the hindrance 
of the other Company, and also for determining 
the times of starting and arrival of trains, and of 
all other matters incident to the use of the said 
portion of line, for the general purposes of Rail- 
way traffic and for the convenience of the public, 
upon such terms as shall be determined in man- 
ner hereinafter mentioned: BE it therefore En- 
“ acted, That the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail- 
way Company shall, and they are hereby re- 
quired on notice in writing being given to the 
secretary or clerk of the said Company for the 
“ time being, by the said Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Company, or such other 
Company as aforesaid, to lay down additional 
rails on the said portion of line, with all ne- 
cessary crossings, sidings, switches, and other 
conveniences for the distinct traffic of the said 
“ Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company, or such other Company as aforesaid, 
and to the satisfaction of their engineer for the 
time being, and in such time as to be ready for 
the reception of the traffic of the said Cheltenham 
and Great; Western Union Railway Company or 
such other Company as aforesaid, by the period 
when they shall have so completed a line to Glou- 
cester as aforesaid, the expense of laying such 
additional rails, and of providing such other con- 
veniences to be borne and paid by the said Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Union Railway Company 
or such other Company as aforesaid, and to be 
paid within one month after the laying such rails 
shall have been completed and such conveniences 
shall have been provided, with interest thereon 
after the rate of Five pounds per centum per annum 
from the respective dates of payment, and in case 
any dispute shall arise as to the expense of laying 
such rails or otherwise in relation thereto, the 
amount of the items not disputed shall be paid 
“ by the said Cheltenham and Great Western Union 
Railway Company or such other Company as 
aforesaid, to the said Birmingham and Gloucester 
Railway Company, and the amount of all disputed 
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the names of the chairmen of the respective Com- 
panies, until such disputed items shall have been | 
settled by arbitration, in the manner provided for 
the settlement of disputed accounts between the | “ 
“ said Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- | “ to the hindrance of the other Company, and also 

way Company and the Birmingham and Glou- | “ { ing 
cester Railway Company by the said secondly re- | “ of trains, and of all other matters incident to the 
“ cited Act; and the said Cheltenham and Great |“ use of the said extended line for the general pur- 

Western Union Railway Company, upon payment | “ poses of Railway traffic, and for the convenience 
of such costs in manner herein mentioned, shall | “ of the public, upon such terms as shall be deter- 
have and enjoy full powers and authorities for |“ mined in manner hereinafter mentioned: Be it 
conveying passengers, cattle, goods, wares and | “ therefore Enacted, That the Cheltenham and 
merchandize upon the said portion of the Railway “ Great Western Union Railway Company, or such 
on payment of such annual sum, or on such terms | “ other Company as aforesaid, shall, and they are 
as shall be agreed on between the two Companies, | “ hereby required, on notice in writing being given 
or settled in case of dispute in manner hereinafter | “ to the secretary or clerk of the said Company for 
provided, and subject to the bye-laws and regula- | “ the time being, by the Birmingham and G'louces- 


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tions of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 

Company: Provided that if any dispute shall arise » 
respecting such annual sum or terms, or if the 

said Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 

way Company shall consider any bye-laws and 

regulations of the Birmingham and Gloucester 

Railway Company likely to interfere with the due 

and proper use of the said portion of Railway by 

the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 

way Company, it shall from time to time be law- 

ful for the Cheltenham and Great Western Union 

Railway Company to name and appoint two di- 

rectors on their behalf, and to require in writing 

the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com- 

pany to nominate and appoint two directors on 

their behalf, and the four directors so named and 

appointed shall jointly consider, adjust and settle 

all such disputed points; and in case the Birming- 
ham and Gloucester Railway shall fail to appoint 
two directors on their behalf within seven days of 
their being required so to do, then the authority 
to adjust and settle the matters in dispute shall 

vest in the two directors appointed by the Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Union Railway Company, 
and in case the said four directors shall not agree 
upon the matters in dispute, within seven days 
after their appointment, they shall jointly name 
an umpire who shall have et and authority to 
settle and determine all such matters in difference, 
and whose decision shall be final ; and if the said 
four directors shall not be able to agree in the 
nomination of an umpire, then the settlement of 
such matters in dispute shall be referred to the 
Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy 
Council for Trade, or to such other person or per- 
sons as shall for the time being be appointed under 
or by virtue of any Act of Parliament for the ge- 
neral regulation of Railways.” 

Ciause(B.) “ And whereas itis expedient, in case 
the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company, or any other Company, shall, under 
the powers in this Act or in the said recited Acts 
contained, construct a line of Railway extending 
nearer to the town of Cheltenham than certain 
fields in the hamlet of Adstone, in the parish of 
Cheltenham, numbered 24, 25 and 26, in the map 
or plan deposited with the clerk of the peace for 
the county of Gloucester, and referred to in the 
firstly herembefore recited Act or by any other 
Act, or under or by virtue of any consent of or 
agreement with any land-owner, any other line of 
Railway in substitution for the same, that provi- 
sion be made for laying down additional rails, 
suitable 1o the traffic and gauge adopted by the 
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, 
and for the fair and equal accommodation in all 
respects of the traffic as well of the Birmingham 
and Gloucester Railway Company as of the 
traffic of the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Company, or such other Com- 
pany as aforesaid, over the said extended line of 
Railway, and for securing a right of passage over 
the said extended line for the Companies respec- 
tively using the same, so that the same may be 
fairly and impartially used by the said Companies; 
and that no favour nor obstruction be given or 
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ter Railway Company, to lay down additional  “ 
rails, with all necessary crossings, sidings, switches ” 
and other conveniences, for the distinct traffic of | “ 
the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com-) 
pany, and to the satisfaction of their engineer for | 
the time being, the expense of laying such addi-| ‘ 
tional rails and of providing such other conve-| “ 
niences to be borne and paid by the Birmingham 
and Gloucester Railway Company, and to be paid 
within one month after the laying such rails shall | 
have been completed and such conveniences | 
shall have been provided, with interest thereon | “ 
after the rate of Five pounds per centum per an- | “ 
num from the respective dates of payment: And 
in case any dispute shall arise as to the expense 
of laying such rails or otherwise in relation, “ 
thereto, the amount of the items not disputed | “ 
shall be paid by the Birmingham and Gloucester | “ 
Railway Company to the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Company or such other | ‘ 
Company as aforesaid, and the amount of all dis-| ‘ 
puted items shall be paid into the Bank of Eng-| “ 
land in the names of the chairmen of the respec-| “ 
tive Companies until such disputed items shall 
have been settled by arbitration in the manner! ‘ 
— for the settlement of disputed accounts | ‘ 

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Gloucester Railway Company, upon payment of | “ 
such costs in manner herein mentioned, shall have | « 
and enjoy full powers and authorities for convey- | ¢ 
ing passengers, cattle, goods, wares and merchan- | “ 
dize, upon the said extended line of Railway,*on | « 


shall be agreed on between the two Companies or 
settled in case of dispute in manner hereinafter! « 
provided, and subject to the bye-laws and regu-| “ 
lations of the Cheltenham and Great Western! « 
Union Railway Company, or of such other Com-| « 
pany as aforesaid : Provided, That if any dispute | “ 
shall arise respecting such annual sum or terms, | “ 
or if the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway | “ 
Company shall consider any bye-laws and regu- | ¢ 
lations of the Cheltenham and Great Western | 
Union Railway Company, or such other Company 

as aforesaid, likely to interfere with the due and 

proper use of the said extended line of Railway by | « 
the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com-| “ 
pany, it shall from time to time be lawful for the 
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company to 
name and appoint two directors on their behatf, | « 
and to require in writing the Cheltenham and | « 
Great Western Union Railway Company, or such | « 
other Company as aforesaid, to name and appoint | « 
two directors on their behalf, and the four direc- | 
tors so named and appointed shall jointly con-| « 
sider, adjust and settle all such disputed points ; | « 
and in case the Cheltenham and Great Western | “ 
Union Railway Company, or such other Company . 
as aforesaid, shall fail to appoint two directors on | “ 
their behalf within seven days of their being re- | « 
quired so to do, then the authority to adjust and }§&lt; 
settle the matters in dispute shall vest in the two 
directors appointed by the Birmingham and Glou- | + 
cester Railway Company; and in case the said 
four directors shall not agree upon the matters in 
dispute within seven days after their appointment, 
they shall jointly name an umpire, who shall have 
power and authority to settle and determine all 
such matters in difference, and whose decision 
shall be final; and if the said four directors shall 
not be able to agree in the nomination of an um- 
pire, then the settlement of such matters in dispute 
shall be referred to the Lords of the Committee 
of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for Trade, or to 
such other person or persons as shall for the time 
being be appointed under or by virtue of an Act 
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ways, regard being had in the settlement of such 
terms to the cost of construction, and to the pro- 
—-* use by the said Cheltenham and Great 

estern Union Railway Company, or such other 
Company as aforesaid, and the Birmingham and 
_—— Railway Company, of the said extended 
ine.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the Cheltenham and Great West- 
ern Union Railway Company, or any other Com- 
pany, under the powers of the said recited Acts or 
either of them, or of any other Act, or under or 
by virtue of any consent of or agreement with any 
land-owner for forming a line in substitution of 
the said intended line, to purchase or take land 
for the purpose of a depot or station, or other 
place for the accommodation of the public nearer 
to Cheltenham than the fields numbered 24, 25 
and 26 as aforesaid, unless they shall give to the 
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company 
one calendar month’s notice in writing of their 
intention so to do; and the Birmingham and 
Gloucester Railway Company at any time before 
the expiration of such notice, may, by notice in 
writing under their common seal, require the 
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company, or such other Company as aforesaid, 
to purchase such additional quantity of land not 
exceeding one acre, as may be specified in such 
last-mentioned notice, subject to arbitration as 
hereinafter expressed ; al the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway Company, or such 
other Company as aforesaid, out of the whole 
quantity of land purchased by them, shall sell to 
the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com- 
pany, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail- 
way Company are in such case required to pur- 
chase, the quantity of land so specified as aforesaid, 
in such situation convenient for the purposes of a 
depot, and at such price as shall be agreed upon 
between the two Companies, or decided in case 
of dispute by arbitration in manner by this Act 
provided in case of dispute between the Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Union Railway Com- 
pany and the Bristol and Gloucester Railway 
Company.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 27. After “line,” insert Clause (D.) 

Crause (D.) “ And whereas the said Company 
have entered into an agreement with Richard Roy,, 
Esquire, of Great George-street, Westminster, dated 
the Twenty-second day of October One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine, for the making of 
a depdt, and all proper and necessary works and 
conveniences connected therewith, on the land 
purchased by the said Company by the said agree- 
ment, and with Pearson Thompson, of Cheltenham, 
Esquire, dated the tenth day of February One 
thousand eight hundred and forty-two, with refer- 
ence to the purchase of, and interference with his 
property : Be it Enacted, That nothing in this 
Act contained shall affect the said agreements, 
but the same shall be as valid as though they 
had been entered into subsequently to the passing 
of this Act.” 

Pr. 27. 1. ult. Leave out “ January,” and insert 
February,” and in the same line leave out “ July” 
” and also in the same line, 


after the expiration of such months respectively.” 
Pr. 28. 1. 9. Leave out “ January,” and insert 
February.’ 
Pr. 29. |. ult. Leave out “ January,” and insert 
February.” 
Pr. 34. 1. 34. After “ respectively,” insert ‘‘or.” 
Pr. 35.1. 21. Leave out the second “ and.” 
Pr. 35. 1. 22. After “assembled ” insert “ either 
ersonally or by proxy.” 
ry. 35. if walks. La out “subject to the said 


* lease.” 


Pr. 40. 1. 23. Leave out “ joint.” 
Pr. 47. 


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Pr. 47. 1. 17. After “centum” insert “ per an- 
num.” 
Pr. 53. 1. 29. After “five” insert “ pounds ; ” 


and in the same line leave out “ cent,’ and insert 


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Pr. 57. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Westminster ” to 
and ” in Pr. 58.1. 18. 


Pr. 58. 1. 19. Leave out from “said” to “to” 
1. 20, and insert “ Cheltenham and Great Western 


* Union Railway Company.” 


Pr. 58. 1. 23. After “ Company ” insert “ or to 
the Great Western Railway Company.” 

Pr, 58. 1. ult. After “ Company” insert “ and 
the said Great Western Railway Company or 
either of them.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 6. Leave out from ‘“ Company ” to 
and,” in 1. 14., and insert Clauses (E.) and (F.) 

Cuause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That any 
Company who, under the provisions of this Act, 
may become entitled to exercise the powers of 
the said Cheltenham and Great Western Union 
Railway Company, in reference to the said portion 
of line, shall, as regards the several provisions 
herein contained, with reference to the appoint- 
ment of a joint committee for the formation of 
the said portion of line, and for the redemption 
thereof and otherwise in relation thereto, stand in 
the same position in all respects, and have the 
same rights and powers, and shall be subject to 
the same liabilities as the said Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway Company.” 

Cravuse (F.) “ And whereas the Right honour- 
able John Lord Sherborne has made a certain 
contract, bearing date the sixth day of June One 
thousand eight hundred and forty, with the said 
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company, for the sale to them of certain lands, 
being parts of his estates, in the parishes of Stand- 
ish and Moreton Valence, in the county of Glou- 
cester, which lands are required for the said Rail- 
way, with the view of facilitating the formation of 
a continuous line of Railway from Cheltenham to 
London ; and whereas, in the event of the exercise 
of the power of sale or leasing hereinbefore con- 
ferred,as respects the portion of the said Railwa 
which is intended to pass through the lands of 
the said John Lord Sherborne, to the Bristol and 
Gloucester Railway Company, or to the Birming- 
ham and Gloucester Railway Company, the said 
lands may be taken and used by the last-men- 
tioned Companies, or one of them, for the forma- 
tion of a Railway from Gloucester to Bristol, or 
for other purposes than those contemplated by 
the said John Lord Sherborne at the time when he 
entered into the said contract, whereby he would 
be deprived of the benefit which the formation of 
a continuous line of Railway from Cheltenham to 
London would have conferred upon the property 
of him the said John Lord Sherborne: Be it 
therefore Enacted, That before the lands so con- 
tracted to be sold by the said John Lord Sher- 
borne shall be taken possession of by the said 
Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company or any other Company, by virtue of 
this Act, the Company so taking: possession of 
the said lands shall pay to the said John Lord 
Sherborne the price or sum mentioned in the said 
contract : provided nevertheless, that if within the 
time limited by this Act for the formation of the 
said Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 
way Company, a continuous line of Railway from 
Cheltenham to London shall not have been com- 
pleted and opened to the public, it shall be lawful 
for the said John Lord Sherborne, or other the 
owner for the time being of the estates now be- 
longing to the said John Lord Sherborne, at Stand- 
ish and Moreton Valence aforesaid, if he shall think 
fit, within two months after the expiration of such 
period, to require, by writing under his hand, that 
the value of such lands, and the compensation 

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for all injury or damage which shall have been 
or may be sustained by him in consequence of 
the formation cf a Railway through his'said estates, 
be assessed, settled and determined in the manner 
provided by the Act or Acts relating to such Com- 
pany in respect of lands taken by them for the 
purposes of such Act or Acts, and in the same 
manner as if such Company had been authorized 
to take such lands by virtue of such Act or Acts, 
and thereupon all such proceedings shall be had 
and taken as may be authorized by such Act or 
Acts, for the purpose of ascertaining the value 
and compensation of and for lands taken by them 
for the purposes of such Act or Acts, and in such 
case the contract hereinbefore mentioned shall, so 
far as relates to the value and compensation to be 
paid in respect of the said lands, be null and 
void, and the sum so to be assessed, settled and 
determined, as and for such value and compensa- 
tion as aforesaid, shall be paid by such last-men- 
tioned Company to the said John Lord Sherborne, 
or other such owner as aforesaid, in respect of 
such lands and injury and damage as aforesaid, 
and upon the receipt of such sum the said John 
Lord Sherborne, or other the owner as aforesaid, 
shall repay any money which shall have been re- 
ceived under or by virtue of the said contract to 
“9 Company who shall have paid the same to 
nm.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 


turalizmg Charles Jacques Marion Fierville, was 
read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley do carry the 


Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Petitions from Linthwaite ;— Longwood ;—and, 


West Riding of the county of York; praying the 
House to pass an Act to limit the hours of labour of 
young persons employed in Factories to ten hours 
per day for five days in the week, and eight hours 
on the Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill 
intituled, An Act for maintaining and repairing the 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


? 


Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and a 
Branch Road leading therefrom: and the same was 
read, as followeth : 


Pr. 12. 1. 20. Leave out “the” and insert “ a.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 


was agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr, Dennistoun 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 Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for draining certain Fen Lands 
and Low Grounds in the Parishes of Cottenham, 
Rampton and Willingham, in the County of Cam- 
oe and the same were read, as follow : 


“ 


r.1. 1,7. Leave out “ eighty,” and insert 
forty.” 


Pr. 1. 1. 29. Leave out “and forty.” 
Pr. 5. 1.30. Leave out “ and.” 
Pr. 5. 1.31. After “ college” insert “ the bursar 


“* of Jesus College and the bursar of King’s Col- 
“ lege.” 


NN Pr. 5. 


Fierville’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Factories. 


Glasgow and 
Redburn 
Bridge Road 
Bill. 


Cottenham, &amp;c. 
Drainage Bill. 














Tyne Fisheries 
Bill. 


Public Petitions 


(Twenty-third 
Report.) 


Warkworth 
Harbour Bill. 


Farmers’ and 
Gardeners’ 
Hail-storm 
Insurance 
Company Bill. 


Benecke’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Buckland 
Inclosure Bill, 


Argyll Road 
Bill, 


Argyll Road 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


O74. 


Pr. 5. 1. 33. After “land” insert “and the 
“ agent appointed under the common seal of any 
“ body corporate, being a proprietor of land.” — 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Redhead 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 Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, praying that the Zyne Fisheries Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Committee on the 
Bill. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 5th 
and 6th 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. 


An ingrossed Bill to explain and amend the 
Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Warkworth Harbour, in the County of Northumber- 
land, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Farmers’ and Gardeners’ Hail-storm Insur- 
ance Company Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Frederick William Benecke, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson 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 inclosing Lands in the Parish 
of Buckland, in the County of Buckingham; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1.1.15. After “ are” insert “ or claim to be.” 

Pr. 77. 1.15. After “ thereof” insert “ to such 
“ persons.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Notice being taken, That the Argyll Road Bill 
was not properly prepared, the blanks not being 
filled up in italics, as required by the Standing 
Order, No. 125; 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 18th day 
of March last, 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 the Argyll Road Bill, which, upon 
the 17th 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 making and maintaming Highways, Roads, 


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A. 1842. 


Bridges and Quays, and for regulating Ferries in 
the Shire of Argyll, and for altering and repairing 
certain Military and other Roads, Bridges and 
Quays in the said Shire: And that Mr. Campbell 
and Mr. Thomas Mackenzie do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Petitions of Trustees of the 
Road ;-—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the said Road ; 
—and, Chairman of a Meeting of Trustees of the 
Road between Blackburn and Walton Cop; pray- 
ing that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Appleby and Kendal Tq 
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ill, _ 


Petitions from Wiston;—and, Owen Owen Roberts; Poor Law 
praying for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Amendment 
Act,— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 7 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Scarborough ; — Newark-upon- 


Roman 


Trent ;— Bromsgrove ;— Wellington (Salop) ;— Bath; Catholics, 


— Garstang and Claughton ;— and, Crathie and 
Braemar ; complaining of grievances affecting 
Roman Catholics; and praying that they may be 
placed upon a footing of perfect equality in point of 
civil rights and enjoyments with Her Majesty’s sub- 
jects professing other religious persuasions,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kingsbridge ;— Bristol ;—Laun- property Tax 
ceston ;—and, Surrey (two Petitions); praying that Bill. 


the Property Tax Bill may not pass into a law,— 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city and county Railways. 


of Bristol, praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the present system of levying the Passenger 


| Tax on Railways, and to make such alterations 


therein as will encourage low fares and extended 
accommodation to the public, and at the same time 
increase both the revenues of the companies and 
the amount of the duty payable to Government, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others of B 
the city and vicinity of Bristol, praying the House 
to adopt measures for permitting the grinding of 
foreign Wheat in Bond, and manufacturing the 
same into flour and biscuit for exportation, was 


—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from the hundred of Henhurst, in the c 
county of Sussex ;—Kirk Michael and other places ; © 
—Nithsdale Agricultura! Society (Vice President 
and Chairman) ; — Chichester ;— and, Worthing ; 
praying that the prohibition of the importation of 
Cattle may be continued, and that no reduction may 
be made in the protecting duties heretofore charged 
on Meat, and on all other agricultural productions, 


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


onded Corn, 


attle, Meat, 
Ce. 


A Petition of Operatives and others living at Payment of 
Lees, in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, complain- W28° ** 


ing of Payment of Wages in goods, and of the prac- 
tice of masters forcing their workpeople to live in 
their houses at exorbitant rents, mA they exact 
at each reckoning, though their earnings should be 
no more than the amount of the rent; and praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into their grie- 
vances, with a view to their immediate removal, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Payment of Wages. 

Petitions 


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Petitions from Cornholme ;—and, James Wigan ; 

praying for the _ of the Corn Laws,—were 
resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Corn Laws. 


A Petition of Francis Redfern, of Manchester, 
Importer of Phosphorus, &amp;c., praying for the repeal 
or reduction of the duty on Phosphorus, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Phosphorus. 


Biucation A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish 

(ieland-) of Castlerahan, praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for 
Freland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


“Tiberies A Petition of Cork and Brickfield Fishermen, 
(ieland) BY. praying that the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass intoa law, as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 


Bill. 
Maynooth A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool and the 
College. neighbourhood, praying the House to take into con- 


sideration the two Acts of the Jrish Parliament 
35 and 40 Geo. 3, wherein certain duties in con- 
nection with the Coliege of Maynooth are imposed 


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upon the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor of 
Ireland, and several of the Irish Judges, especially 
the duty of Visitation ; and to relieve them saa all 
connection with the said College, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Liverpool A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Liverpool, 
Improvement praying that they may be heard, by their counsel 
= or agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool 
Improvement 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. 





Imperial Bank = A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 
of England Bill. that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Imperial Bank 

of England 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. 


Medbourn Mr. Halford presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
ag in the Parish of Medbourn, in the County of Lei- 
\o.2.) Bill. Cester: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time. 


Waterloo, &amp;e., A Petition of Householders, Workmen and In- 
Bridges. habitants of and in the vicinity of the north- 
east district of Newington, in the county of Surrey, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





275 


such measures as may be necessary for affording to 
the inhabitants of the said city and boroughs such 
open spaces or Parks for Public Walks, for exercise 
and recreation, as are essentially necessary for pro- 
moting and preserving the health and improving the 
moral and social condition of the middle and work- 
ing classes thereof, was presented and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving and im- Ely-place 
os the liberty of Saffron-hill, in the county of oe 
iddlesex, praying that they may be heard, by a 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

parts of the Ely-place Improvement 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Nottingham 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to Tow Writ. 
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 Town of Nottingham, in the room 

of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, Ba- 

ronet, who, since his election for the said Town, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty’s ‘Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 

borough and Bonenham, in the county of Bucking- 

ham :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 

House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Londonderry 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out Cu'y W" 
anew Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 

to serve in this present Parliament for the County 

of Londonderry, in the room of Sir Robert Bateson, 

Baronet, who, since his Election for the said County, 

hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 

Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the county of Buck- 

ingham. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Yarmouth 
sideration the Report which, upon the 28th day of oe 
April last, was made from the Committee on the “""' °"" 
Yarmouth and Norwich Railway 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. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Warwick and 
sideration the Report which, upon the 28th day of Leamington 
April last, was made from the Committee on the ji), 
Warwich and Leamington Union Railway Bill; and 

the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed. 


Petitions of Gentry and others of the town of Dundalk and 
Dundalk ;— and, Gentry and others of the town of ear 
Newry ; praying that the Dundalk and Bannbridge “°° ~"" 
Road Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Proprietors of lands and quarries in Stone. 
the Isle of Portland;—and, Proprietors of the Port- 
land Railway ; praying the House not to sanction 





and Shoes, was presented, and read; and ordered to | any measure for admitting foreign Stone duty free, 


Leather, &amp;e. A Petition of Master and Journeymen Boot and 
Shoe-makers of the city of London, praying the 
House not to sanction any reduction of duty on the 
importation of manufactured Leather and on Boots 
lie upon the Table. 

Public Walks, 


Lambeth, praying t 
Von. 97, ites 


A Petition of Householders, Rate-payers and 
Inhabitants of and in the vicinity of the city of 
London, and boroughs of Finsbury, Southwark and | Guardians of the Londonderry Poor Law Union, 

is House to adopt or sanction | stating that the said Board of Guardians have ex- 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upor 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Relief 











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Union Railway 


(ireland) Act, 









































































Timber, 
Duties, &amp;c. 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Ministers’ 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Cork) Bill. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions. 


Window Duty. 


Lord’s Day. 


Grinding Act. 


276 


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ie 


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A. 1842. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Sudbury pis, 
f (Ireland) Act, from the unsatisfactory state of | exclude the Borough of Sudbury from sending Bur- Fanchisemen 


the law respecting residence, arising from a want of | gesses to serve in Parliament: And that Mr. Reding- 
the definition of this term which would be of ge-| ton, Mr. Granville Vernon and Mr. Sheil do prepare, 
neral application ; and praying the House to pass an | and bring it in. 


Act to suppress vagrancy, and to define residence 
or what should constitute a right to relief, in such 
a way as will secure uniformity of practice through- 





dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Traders of the 
port of Scarborough, praying the House not to sanc- 
tion any alteration in the duties on Foreign and Co- 
lonial Timber and Rice, and that no duty be placed 


on Coals exported, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Kilokennedy;—and, Waterford ; 
praying for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, An- 
nual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, the abolition of | 
the Property Qualification for Members, and the 
establishment of equal Electoral Districts,— were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Ballyglass ;— Waterford ;— and, 
Ratoo; praying for the repeal of the Legislative 
Union of Great Britain with Ireland,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of the 
city of Waterford, praying the House to repeal the 
Act of the 17th and 18th Car. 2. c. 7, imposing the 
tax called Ministers’ Money on the inhabitants of 
cities and towns in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Cork, praying that the Grand Jury Presentments 
(Cork) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Lewes Mechanics 
Institution and others residing at Lewes, praying thie | 
House to relieve Literary and Scientific Institutions | 
from rates and taxes, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Proprietors of Schools residing in 
the borough of Lewes, praying that premises applied 
to the purposes of education may be exempted from 
the Window Duty, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of George Beacon, praying the House 
not to sanction any measure for restricting the use 
of Railroads on the Lord’s Day, but that should 
such restrictions on the means of conveyance on the 
Sabbath be adopted at all, they should be applied 
generally, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 19th day of April last, That a Select Committee 
be appointed, to consider the expediency of renew- 
ing any of the Provisions of the Act of Geo. 4, 
commonly called the Grinding Act, and under what 
modifications, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Hutt, Mr. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Canada, praying Grain, &amp;.,, 


the House to remit the duties now levied at British (Canada.) 
out the country, was — and read ; and or- ports u 


on Grain, Flour, Oatmeal, Beef, Pork, 
Butter, Peas and other of the staple products of the 
province of Canada, and that the House will be 
pleased to address Her Majesty, praying Her to in- 
struct Her Representative in that province to co- 
operate with the provincial Parliament, in imposing 
such duties as may be thought advisable upon the 
agricultural products of the United States of America, 
on importation into that province, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants of Montreal, in Canada, 
praying that the House will repeal all duties now 
levied in the United Kingdom on Beef, Pork, Cheese, 
Butter and Lard, as well as upon Wheat, Rye, 
Indian Corn, Barley, Oats, Buckwheat, Beans, 
Pease and other Grain, and the Flour or Meal made 
therefrom, and being imported from Canada, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Importers, Merchants and Dealers Timber 
in Wood, of London, and of its vicinity, praying that Duties, &amp;e. 


in any measure which may be contemplated by the 
House for altering the present mode of assessing 
import duties on Timber and other wood articles, 
measurement according to the cubical contents may 
not be universally adopted, but a system of classifica- 
tion affording the best protection to the revenue and 
the fair trader, without imposing needless cost and 
delay to the trade at large and the consumers, was 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Acts 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider the several 
Acts relating to the Duties of Customs ; 

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 
uestion, by leaving out from the word “That” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ 


“ 


Meek to the Government, relative to the importa- 
tion of Agricultural Produce, Salt Provisions, &amp;c., 
or any passage or passages which may have been 
suppressed, omitting the names of any parties from 
whom information may have been received,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion 5 


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


Mercurti, 11° die Maii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby, 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 





Gladstone, Mr. Gill, Mr. Christopher, Sir Thomas 
Colebrooke, Mr. Pusey, Lord Worsley, Mr. Miles, 
Mr. French, Sir John Miniate. Mr. Edward Buller, 
Colonel Wood, Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Bingham 
Baring and Sir Denham Norreys ; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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Noes, Lord Worsley : } oan 

' 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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in 


Tellers for the { Major Vivian, 





there be laid before this House, any additional Agricultural 
details which may have been supplied by Mr, Produce, &amp;e. 


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ment 


Ecclesiastical 
) Residences Bill. 


Fines and 
Recoveries 
(Wales and 
Cheshire) Bill. 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill. 


Incumbents’ 


Leasing 
Kc. (No. 2) Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No, 2) Bill. 


Shannon 


Acts, Navigation. 


iral 


he. Sudbury Dis- 


franchisement 
Bill, 


No. 242, 


Commissaries.” 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Borough 
Magistrates, 


5 Vicroriz. 


n the matter 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, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to alter 
and amend the Law relating to Ecclesiastical Houses 
of Residence, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Fines and Recoveries (Wales and 
Cheshire) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself! 


into a Committee upon the Pentonville Prison Bill ; | - 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Incumbents Leasing (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
20th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committce. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 
(No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
20th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Proportions of the Sum of £.10,894. 
lls. 2d., levied on the County of Roscommon for 
the Improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Shannon, payable by each of the following Baronies ; 
viz. Athlone, Ballymore, Boyle, Frenchpark, Ros- 
common and Castlerea, distinguishing the Amount 
per hundred Acres in each of these Baronies respec- 
tively. 


Mr. Redington presented a Bill to exclude the 
Borough of Sudbury from sending Burgesses to serve 
in Parliament: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 26th day of this instant May ; and 
to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Abstracts of Commissaries 
Accounts of the Receipts into, and Payments from 
the several Military Chests, during the period from 


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277 


trates, between the months of August and December 


1841, requiring Information as to the state of the 
Magistracy in the Towns to which such Circulars 


were sent, as to the Number of such Magistrates, 
and of those who had qualified themselves to act. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Police Reward 
Order,—A Return of “The Police Reward Fund,” Fund (Ireland.) 
in Ireland, constituted by the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 
13, s. 49, commencing in the year 1836, down to 
the present time; showing the Sums received, and 
distinguishing those derived from a per-centage on 
the Salaries of all Persons appointed by virtue of 
this or any other Police Act, from others that have 
been received by Fines, or in any other way, and 


showing how the same have been expended. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Table. 


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, 11° die Mai; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Greene reported from the Committee on the Liverpoot 
Liverpool Health of the Town, and Buildings Health of the 
Regulation Bill; That they had examined the allega- Buildings 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and Regulation Bill. 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Guarantee 
Guarantee Society Bill; That they had examined S*ity Bill. 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the south Metro- 
South Metropolitan Gas Bill; That the Resolution politan GasBill 
of the House of the 14th day of February 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, Sudbury 
houses and lands, within the town and borough of {mprovement 
Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, praying that the ~"* 
Sudbury Improvement 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 Landholders of the Tithes Com- 
| parish of Killesk, in the barony of Shelburn, and Muliton 














ist April 1840 to 31st March 1841. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 3d, 5th 
and 9th days of this instant May (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 ac- 
quaint this House, that She will give directions ac- 
cordingly. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,--Copies of Circulars sent 
by the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
to the various Town Clerks or Clerks to the Magis- 


county of Wexford, praying for the abolition of the aes 
Tithe or Rent-charge, or that the House will pass 

some law for their relief, either by ordering a new 
valuation of land with reference to this Tithe or Rent- 

charge generally, or in that parish in particular, and 

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


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, Timber Duties. 
of the port of Kingston-upon- Hull, praying that any 
alteration in the Duty on Timber, and otaer wood, 
may take place not later than the 5th day of July 
next and that such alterations then be final, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Electors of Brighton, in the county _ 
of Susser, alleging that bribery and intimidation “°"™ 





Vout. 97. 


prevailed at the late Election for that Borough, and 
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Property Tax 
Bill. 


Glasgow, 
Paisley, Ki!- 
marnock, and 
Ayr Railway 
Bill. 


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praying the House to — them of the privilege 
of sending Members to Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander Henry, praying that pro- 
vision may be made in the Property Tax Bill, that 
all who pay the tax shall have a vote in the Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in the Commons House of 
Parliament, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Easthope reported from the Select Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Glasgow, 
Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Bill; and 
to report to the House what they should think 
proper to be offered to the House thereupon ; That 





A. 1842. 


the Court of Session on the Bills, who his hereby 
in that case required to hear and determine the 
matters in dispute, and the decision of any of the 
said referees as to the exercise of the Company’s 
right of veto under the said first-recited Act, 
shall be final, and not subject to review by sus- 
pension, advocacy, or otherwise.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 21. The first Amendment being read a 

second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
after the word “ wilful” the words “ or culpable.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Pr. 28.1.4. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 
Pr. 28. 1. 10. The next Amendment being read 


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the Committee had considered the said Amend- 
ments, and had directed him to report to the House 
what the Committee thought proper to be offered 
to the House with respect to the said Amendments: 


To the Amendment Pr. 27.1. 21. the Committee 
propose the following Amendment : 

After the word “ wilful,” proposed to be inserted 
by the Lords, to insert the words “ or culpable.” 

To the Amendment Pr. 28. 1. 4. the Committee 
propose to agree. 

To the Amendment Pr. 28.1. 10. the Committee 
propose the following Amendments : 

In the words proposed to be inserted by the 
Lords, after the words “ across the said private 
“ Railway” to insert the word “ and ;” and after the 
words “ bridge, Provided ” to insert the words fol- 
lowing: ‘that the said additional lines of rails 
“ shall not on any pretence be used for the passage 
“* thereon of any locomotive or steam-engine by 
steam power, under a penalty, to be paid by the 
Company to any person suing for the same, not 
exceeding Ten Pounds, and ;” and at the end of 
the words so proposed to be inserted by the Lords, 
to add the words following: “ Provided further, 
“‘ that nothing herein contained shall confer any 
“« right on the said Company to the solum of Peebles- 
“ street, which they do not-now possess.” 

To the subsequent Amendments the Committee 
propose to agree. 

Then the House proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to the said 
Bill ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 27. 1. 21. After “any ” insert “ wilful.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 4. Leave out from “ Company” to 
to” in I. 5. 

Pr, 28. 1. 10. After “ same” insert “ for the 
purpose of running locomotives thereon; but it 
shall be lawful to the Company to lay down two 
additional lines of rails across the said private 
Railway, on the portion of Peebles-street, between 
the main line of the said Glasgow, Paisley, Kil- 
marnock and Ayr Railway, and the north-western 
approach to the adjoining bridge: Provided that 
in using the said additional lines they shall not 
interfere with, but give way to the traffic on the 
said private Railway, under the penalty herein- 
before provided.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 9. After “be” insert “and is hereby.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 18. Leave out “ non-acceptance” and 
insert “ refusal.” 

Pr, 29. 1. 14. Leave out “one month to pro- 
“ ceed to deceive” and insert “ two weeks to ac- 
“ cept after he is requested so to do, and after notice 
« gas been given to the other party.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 15. After the first “‘ of” insert “ the ;” 
and in the same line leave out from “ Advocates ” 
to “ And” in |. 20. and insert “ who shall also be 
“ allowed two other weeks after he is requested so 
to do, and after notice has been given to the 
other party to refuse or accept; and in case of the 
refusal or delay within the said respective periods 
of both of the said referees to receive and enter- 


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The Amendments following were made thereunto, 
viz. to insert after the words “ across the said 
“ private Railway” the word “and ;” and after the 
words “ bridge, Provided” to insert the words 
“ that the said additional lines of rails shall not on 
any pretence be used for the passage thereon of 
any locomotive or steam-engine by steam power, 
under a penalty, to be paid by the Company to 
any person suing for the same, not exceeding 
Ten Pounds, and ;” and to add at the end of the 
Amendment the words “ Provided further that 
“ nothing herein contained shall confer any right 
“ on the said Company to the solum of Peebles- 
“ street, which they do not now possess.” 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Easthope 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. 


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_ The House proceeded to take into further con- Drogheds 
sideration the Report which, upon the 20th day of Harbour Bill. 


April last, was made from the Committee on the 





Drogheda Harbour 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. 


annual Certificate Duty now payable by Attornies 
and Solicitors, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of fishing luggers em- Herrings: 


ployed in the Herring Fishery on the coasts of Nor- 
folk and Suffolk, and the Yorkshire coast, and also 
engaged in the curing of Herrings for exportation, 
complaining of the amount of duty payable on 
British Red Herrings imported into Naples, and 
praying the House to take such steps as shall secure 
to them relief from this duty, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Coffee sugar. 


House Keepers of the Metropolis, praying for a 
reduction of the duty on Foreign Sugar, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions*from Newport (Monmouth) ;—and, Chep- 
stow ; praying the House not to sanction the re- 
moval of the Jrish Mails from the present route, 
but to encourage the improvement of the Old 
Passage Ferry, and thereby expedite the present 
mail,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Post-office Communication. 





| to the number of Election Committees which may be 


tain such appeal, then to the Lord Ordinary of} sitting, they had selected certain days for the ap- 
| pointment 





A Petition of Members of the Manchester Law Attomies’ 
Association, praying the House wholly to remit the Cettificates. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- Controverted 
neral Committee of Elections; That having regard Plections- 


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Waterloo, &amp;c-, 
Bridges. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Timber Duties, 
&amp;e. 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill, 


Factories. 


Marriages 
(Ireland.) 


Corn Laws, 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


Education 
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pointment of the Select Committees to try the matter 
of the Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns for the places therein mentioned. 


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


Petitions from the Ward of Aldersgate (London) ;— 
Southwark ;— and, Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vaurhall Bridges,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chesterfield;—-and, Bury Saint 
Edmunds; complaining of grievances affecting 
Roman Catholics; and praying that they may be 
placed upon a footing of perfect equality in point of 
civil rights and enjoyments with Her Majesty’s 





subjects professing other religious persuasions,— 


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


Petitions from the county of York, in the province 
of New Brunswick ;—Miramichi, in the province of 
New Brunswick ;—and, President and acting Secre- 
tary of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Saint 
John, New Brunswick ; praying that no change may 
be made in the scale of duties on Wood or other 
articles which may affect their trade with Great 
Britain and Ireland, and with the British West 
Indies or the said province of New Brunswick or the 
North American Colonies generally,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees of the Turnpike-road from 
Boiton-le-Moors to Nightingales, in the township of 
Heath Charnock ;—and, Mortgagees of the Tolls on 
the said road ; praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Trustees of the Doncaster and Tad- 
caster Turnpike-roads ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting 
of Trustees of the Droitwich Turnpike-roads ; 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. 


Petitions from Alverthorp;—and, Berry Brow ; 
praying the House to pass an Act to limit the labour 
of young persons employed in Factories to ten hours 
a day for five days in the week, and eight hours on 
the Saturday,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and People of 
the congregation of Bellasis, in the county of Cavan, 
praying the House to pass an Act for rendering valid 
all Marriages solemnized, or which may hereafter be 
solemnized, by a presbyterian minister in Jreland, 
between parties, one of whom is a member of the Esta- 
blished Church, and the other a protestant dissenter, 


was aie and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Stanstead Mount Fitchet ;— Leek 
(two Petitions) ;—Cripplestyle;— Northwich ;—and, 
Stoke Abbott; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from 
Great Yarmouth to Norwich, in the County of Nor- 
folk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Broke Vere do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Tam- | 


laght Ard, praying the House to devise means for 
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affording encouragement to the Schools in connec- 
tion with the Church Education Society for Zreland, 


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


Petitions from Bristol ;—and, Chairman of a Property Tax 
Meeting of Delegates from various Metropolitan Bill. 
Trades assembled at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey, 
praying that the Property Tax Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Mer- nil Coolies. 
chants, Manufacturers and others, held at the King’s 
Arms, Philip-lane, in the city of London, praying 
the House not to sanction any relaxation of the 
restriction on the exportation of Hill Coolies from 
British India, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of the parish of Manches- Imperial Bank 
ter ;—and, William Marston, of Manchester, Yarn of England Bill. 
Merchant and Cork Manufacturer, late one of the 
Directors, and a registered Public Officer of the 
Joint Stock Banking Company, called the Imperial 
Bank of England, established at Manchester, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Imperial 
Bank of England 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. 


Sir John Yarde Buller, from the Select Committee Newcastle- 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the under-Lyme 
Petition of Electors, complaining of an undue Elec- E!ect 
tion and Return for the Borough of Mewcastle-under- 
Lyme, informed the House, That the Committee 
had determined, 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme : 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regarded the Return of John Quincey Harris, 
Esquire, was a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir John Yarde Buller further informed the 
House, That the Committee had come to the follow- 
ing Resolutions ; 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was, by his 
agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

That it has been proved before the Committee, 
that John Tabernor was bribed with £.5; William 
Follows with £.3; John Follows with £.3, paid to 
his wife for him ; and Joseph Follows with £.2 15 s., 
paid to his daughter for him, by Thomas Mayers. 

That Thomas Gallimore was bribed with £. 4, and 
Daniel Pickerill with £.4, by Thomas Conyers. 

That Thomas Hassell was bribed with £.8, and 
Henry Harrison with £.3, by Edward Leech. 

That such bribes were given to each of them to 
vote for Mr. Harris; and it further appeared that 
in most of these cases, a small sum by way of com- 
mission was retained out of the said sums by the 
briber. 

That no evidence was given to show that these 
acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge 
and consent of John Quincey Harris, Esquire. 

That from evidence taken before the Committee, 
it appears that a most objectionable practice has 
existed for many years and still prevails in the Bo- 
rough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, of distributing 
money under the appellation of “market money,” 


|“dinner money,” or some other local term, to the 


poorer voters after the Election. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
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oe and = An ingrossed Bill for making a Branch Railway | 

Cale Railway 0m the London and Birmingham Railway, at Co- 
y . on St “ a 

Bill. ventry, to communicate with the Towns of Warwick 


and Leamington, in the County of Warwick, was 
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 Sir John Mordaunt do carry the 
Bill tothe Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Clerks of Assize, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
oe. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Fees payable to Clerks of 
Assize in Counties of England and Wales, on the 
Trial of Misdemeanors, and on all proceedings in- 
cident thereto:—And of all Fees payable to Clerks of 
the Peace in Counties on such Trials, at the Gene- 
ral Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or any adjourn- 
ment thereof:—Returns of the same kind from the | 
Boroughs :—Returns of all Fees actually paid within | 
the last Five years to Clerks of Assize, Clerks of the | 





Peace in Counties, and Clerks of the Peace in Bo- | 

roughs ; showing, 1st. Payments on Surrender ; 2d. | 

on Pleading ; 3d. on Conviction ; 4th. on Acquittal; | 

5th. for respiting the Recognizances ; 6th. on Tra- | 

versing ; with items and dates of such Payments : 

—And, showing the maximum receivable in any 

possible case on such proceedings, supposing every | 

step to have been taken for delay which is admis- ' 

sible by the practice of the Court. 

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. | 

| 

Printing and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Stationery. Returns of the Sums paid for the Printing by Order 
of the House of Commons in each of the Five years, 

1837 to 1841, both inclusive; distinguishing the | 

Amount in each year; and specifying the Descrip- | 

tion and Amount, under separate heads, whether | 
for Journal, Votes, Bills, Reports of Committees, | 








and Accounts and Papers:—Similar Returns for 
Printing by Order of the House of Lords, for the | 
same period :—Similar Returns for printing Reports | 
of Commissioners, Accounts and Papers, under au- | 
thority of the Secretaries of State, or other Public 
Departments, whether delivered to the two Houses 
of Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, or of 
which printed Copies have been presented to either 
or both Houses of Parliament; distinguishing the | 
Amount in each year, under separate heads ; and | 
specifying the Printers’ names, and where printed : | 
—And, a Return of the Amount in Value, of Sta- | 
tionery and Stores delivered to each Public Depart- | 
ment, at Home and Abroad, in each of the Five | 





280 11° Maz. A. 1842, 


Sale of Parish Property, and to make further Pro- 
vision for the Discharge of Debts, Liabilities and 
Engagements incurred by or on behalf of Parishes, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An London ang 
Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers and Blackwall 
Provisions of the Acts relating to the London and Pilway Bill 
Blackwall Railway, 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 Kirkintilloch 
Act to improve, repair and maintain certain Roads Roads (No, 1,) 
in the Counties of Lanark, Stirling and Dumbarton, = 
and to make and maintain a new Line of Road in 
connection therewith, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Gosport Pier 
Act for making a Pier at Gosport, in the Parish of Bil. 
Alverstoke, in the County of Southampton, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords de- 


| sive the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Huish Champ. 
Act for inclosing Lands in the several Parishes of flower, &amp;c., 
Huish Champflower, Clatworthy and Brompton '*°s Bil. 
Ralph, in the County of Somerset, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the Township of Poor Law 
Sutton, in the county of Lancaster, praying for Amendment 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Poor Law 
to continue the Poor Law Commission for a time to — 
be limited, and for the further Amendment of the — 
Laws relating to the Poor in England: And that 
Sir James Graham, Sir Robert Peel and Sir Edward 
Knatchbull do prepare, and bring it it. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs Copy- 

mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill ; anaes 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 25th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Salmon 
into a Committee upon the Salmon Fisheries (Scot- Fisheries, 
land (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (No. 2.) a 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene No. 243 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the ~ “~~ 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


years, 1837 to 1841, both inclusive, and the Aggre-; Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 


gate in each year. | 


| the Report was ordered to be taken into further 


Provisions Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a essipetin pe “Ball ey Se ey 


(Greenwich Waele er ; ; ‘ 
Hospital), &amp;c. Return of the Sum expended in the purchase of. 


Fresh Meat for the use of Greenwich Hospital, in 
each of the years 1835 and 1841:—A similar Re- 
turn of the Sum expended in the purchase of Wheat, | 
Wheat Flour and Wheaten Bread :—A Return of | 
the Contract Price of Fresh Beef per ewt. for the | 
use of the Navy, in each of the years from 1835 to | 
1841, both inclusive :—And, a similar Return of the 
price of Wheat per Quarter, delivered for the use 
of the Navy at Her Majesty’s Victualling Yard at 
Deptford. 

Salt Provisions — Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 

(Navy.) Return of the Contract Prices for Salt Provisions | 


supplied to the Navy, in the years from 1835 to 
1841. 


Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
the Lords. Mr. Duckworth : 


Mr. Speaker, 


next ; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 

Sir James Graham presented a Bill to continue Poor Law 
the Poor Law Commission for a time to be limited, — 
and for the further Amendment of the Laws relating \, 944 
to the Poor in England: And the same was read — 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 23d day of this instant May; 
and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Law 
Command,—Copy of the Eighth Annual Report Amendmen! 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, with Appendices. 


| Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. : 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal ce 
Corporations Bill ; : 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 





Parish Property The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


ill, 


Act to explain and amend the Acts regulating the | 





consideration upon Friday the 20th day of this 
instant May. 


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Double Costs 
Bill. 


Ways and 
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Supply ° 


Fines and 
Recoveries 
(Wales and 
Cheshire) Bill. 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill. 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill. 





5 Victoriz. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Double Costs Bill; . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | “ 
20th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the | “ 
said Committee. é 


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 Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Fines and Recoveries 
(Wales and Cheshire) 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Pentonville Prison 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 preceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for consolidating the Queen’s 
Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regu- 
lating the Queen’s Prison; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 11. 1. 34. Leave out from “ of ” to “for,” in 
1, 35., and insert “the Royal Hospital of Bethlehem.” 

Pr. 11.1. 37. After “that” insert “ after the said 
“ removal of all the prisoners in the Fleet and Mar- 
“ shalsea Prisons to the Queen’s Prison.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 7. After “ prison” insert “ except as 
“ hereinafter provided.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 29. After “ Duty ” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Cuavse (A.) “And be it Enacted, That if any 
“ prisoner confined in the Queen’s Prison shall be- 
“ come or be found to be of unsound mind during 
his or her imprisonment, and shall be so reported 
by the marshal or keeper thereof to one of Her 
Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State, it shall 
be lawful for such Secretary of State, by warrant 
under his hand, directed to the said marshal or. 
keeper, upon the certificates of two physicians or 
surgeons that such prisoner is of unsound mind, 
*“ to order that such prisoner shall be forthwith re- 
“ moved to the Royal Hospital of Bethlehem, and 
“ the President, Treasurer and Governors of Bethle- 
“‘ hem Hospital shall be bound to receive such pri- 
“ soner, and him or her safely to keep until a war- 
“ rant of the Secretary of State shall be directed to 
them for re-delivery of such prisoner into the cus- 
“ tody of the marshal or keeper of the Queen’s 
“ Prison as hereinafter provided ; and such removal 
“ shall not be construed to be an escape, and every 
“ prisoner so removed, shall remain under confine- 
“ ment in Bethlehem Hospital, until it shall be 
“« duly certified to one of Her Majesty’s principal 
“« Secretaries of State, by two physicians or surgeons, 
“‘ that such prisoner hath become of sound mind, 
“« whereupon the Secretary of State shall issue his 
“ warrant to the President, Treasurer and Governors 
“ of Bethlehem Hospital, ordering that such prisoner 
“ be re-delivered into the custody of the marshal or 
keeper of the Queen’s Prison, for the purpose of 
“ being remanded to the Queen’s Prison, and neither 
the marshal or keeper of the Queen’s Prison, nor 
the President, Treasurer and Governors of Bethle- 
hem Hospital shall be answerable for any escape 
which such prisoner may make out of Bethlehem 
“ Hospital.” 


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Cuavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever one of Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of 
State shall deem it necessary that the prisoners 
or any of them shall be removed on account of 
any contagious or infectious disease in the prison, 
or upon any other emergency, it shall be lawful 
for the Secretary of State, by a warrent under his 
hand, directed to the marshal or keeper of the 
Queen’s Prison, to order that such prisoners shall 
be removed in the custody of the said marshal or 
keeper to such other place of imprisonment as 
the Secretary of State shall direct, such place 
having been first reported by the marshal or 
keeper of the Queen’s Prison to the Secretary of 
State, as a safe place of custody, and fit for the 

reception of such prisoners; and when such disease 
* shall have ceased, or the purposes for which the 
prisoners shall have been removed shall have 
been fulfilled, it shall be lawful for the Secretary 
of State by a like warrant, to order that such pri- 
soners be removed back to the Queen’s Prison ; 
and any place to which any prisoners shall be re- 
moved under any such warrant shall be deemed 
during their imprisonment therein to be a part of 
the Queen’s Prison, and no such removal of any 
prisoner shall be construed to be an escape.” 


Pr. 17. lL. 14. After “repealed” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That the judges of Her Majesty’s 
Courts of Queen’s Bench, Exchequer and Com- 
mon Pleas, and of Her Majesty’s high Courts of 
Chancery and Admiralty shall have and exercise 
the same powers with respect to ordering the 
marshal or keeper of the Queen’s Prison to take 
into his custody any person committed by them 
respectively, to bring before them respectively 
any prisoner in his custody which the said judges 
now have, with respect to the several keepers of 
the prisons now belonging to the said courts or 
” any of them,” and also insert Clauses (C.) and 
« (D.) 

Criause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
Queen’s Prison the male prisoners shall be sepa- 
‘“‘ rated from the female prisoners, so as to prevent 
“ all communication between them, and that the 
“« prisoners of each sex shall be divided into the 
following classes; that is to say, 1. Debtors re- 
manded by the Commissioners of the Court for the 
“ Relief of Insolvent Debtors, on the ground of fraud, 
or for refusing to file a Schedule of their property: 
“ 9, Debtors who do not maintain themselves and 
“ are not included in the first class. 3. Debtors 
“ who do maintain themselves, and are not included 
“ in the first class. 4. Prisoners committed for 
“ libel. 5. Prisoners committed for assault. 6. 
“ Prisoners committed by courts martial. 7. Pri- 
“ soners not included in any one of the foregoing 
“ classes: and that it shall be lawful for the Secre- 
“ tary of State to make separate rules for each class 
“ of prisoners, and that, as far as the construction of 
‘¢ the prison will allow thereof, the prisoners of each 
“ class shall be separated from each other, and es- 
“« pecially the debtors from the prisoners confined 
“ for other causes than for debt.” 

Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That after the 
“ passing of this Act no prisoner in the Queen’s 
“ Prison shall be allowed to send for, or to have 
“ any beer, ale, victuals or other food, or to send 
for, have or use any bedding, linen or other Te 
“ except such as shall be allowed to be brought by 
“ them respectively, under such rules to be made in 
“ the manner directed by this Act, as may be rea- 
“ sonable and expedient to prevent extravagance 
“ and luxury, and for enforcing due order and dis- 
cipline within the prison.” 
he said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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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Stones. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Net Amount of Duty on Stones not 
particularly enumerated or described, nor otherwise 
charged with Duty, for the year 1841. 

West Coast Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley, Mr. Evans, 

of Africa. 


Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Aldam, Mr. William Ha- 
milton and Mr. Mitcalfe be added to the Select 
Committee un the West Coast of Africa. 


Donegal County 
Treasurer. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Papers furnished by the Chief Re- 
membrancer of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer 
in Ireland to the Foreman of the Grand Jury of the 
County of Donegal, and to the Judge of Assize of 
the County of Donegal, respecting the Particulars 
that transpired before him on the 7th day of Janu- 
ary 1842, during his investigation into a Charge in 
the Treasurer’s Accounts of that County, for the 
sum of £.12. 3s. and which sum he disallowed. 


ante Ordered, That the Return relative to Friendly 
ecieties. ar ° 
=e Societies, which was presented upon Monday last, 


be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 12° die Maz; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


Adjournment, |e House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
S on took the Chair, and again counted the 
ouse; and Forty Members not being present :-— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 13° die Mai; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 


sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Committees, 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Duckworth : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment, viz. : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of 
Nine millions one hundred thousand Pounds, by 
Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-two: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend an Act passed 
in the fourth and fifth years of Her present Majesty, 
for enabling Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods 
to purchase certain Lands for Victoria Park: 
Knightsbridge A Bill, intituled, An Act to empower the Com- 
and oe missioners of Her Majesty’s Woods to form a New 
Openings ©" Opening from the Knightsbridge Road into Hyde 

Park; anda New Opening from High-street, Ken- 
sington, into an intended New Road across the Palace 
Creen ; and for annexing a Piece of Extra-parochial 
Ground in the Royal Garden to the respective 
Parishes of Saint Mary Abbots, Kensington, and 
Saint Mary, Paddington, in several Portions : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for erecting a Market- 
house, and for regulating the Market within the 


Fxchequer Bills 
{£.9,100,000.) 
Bill. 


Victoria Park 
Bill. 


Great Torring- 
ton Market 


=. Borough and Town of Great Torrington, in the 
County of Devon : 

Liverpool A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending an Act 

Paving and 


relating to the Paving and Sewerage of the Town of 


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ewerage Bill Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 


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A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Kingselere 
the Parish of Kingselere, in the County of South- closure Bin, 
ampton :-—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called in, Half Pay, &amp; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Account of the several Sums paid in the year 1841, 
for Half-Pay and Retired Allowances, Civil and 
Military, distinguishing the Amount under separate 
Heads and Departments (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 307, of Session 1841.) 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of April Newspaper 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps issued Stamps, &amp;, 
to, and the Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by, 
all Newspapers of the United Kingdom, for the 
first Three months of the present year ; in continu- 
ation of and in the same form as the last Returns 
laid on the Table of this House. 

Returns of the Number of Ships, with their Ton- Ships, 
nage, distinguishing British from Foreign, that have 
cleared outwards in each year, from 1830 to 1841 
inclusive, from the Ports of the Tyne, including 
Blyth and Hartley, the Wear and the Tees, toge- 
ther with Seaham Harbour, and Hartlepool and the 
Ports of the Humber, with Cargoes, or part Cargoes, 
of Coal, for the purpose of exportation to Foreign 
Countries :—And, of the Number of Ships, with 
their Tonnage, distinguishing British from Foreign, 
that have cleared outwards, in the same period, from 
the same Ports, with Cargoes for exportation, in all 
other branches of trade : 

A Statement of the Shipping employed in the Shipping. 
Trade of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered inwards 
and cleared outwards (including their repeated 
voyages), with the Number of their Crews, separa- 
ting British from Foreign Vessels, and distinguishing 
the Trade with each country, in the years ending 
the 5th day of January 1841 and 1842 :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of George John Chamberlaine, of the Mersey Con. 
city of Chester, Esquire, praying that he may be **v"-y Bill 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against cer- 
tain parts of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, was pre- 
sented, 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 proceeded to take into further consider- Aberdeenshire 
ation the Report which, upon the 2d day of this Reads Bill. 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Aberdeenshire Roads Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Leeds Improve- 


The Leeds Improvement Bill was read a second an 
men libe 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tadcaster and Otley Road Bill was read a Tadcaster and 
second time; and committed. oa Read 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


Wicklow 


Mr. Barry Baldwin reported from the Com- , 
Harbour Bill. 


mittee on the Wicklow Harbour Bill; That the 
Resolution of the House of the 14th day of February 
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. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the — 
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and 
I Naviga- 
ton Bill. 


Imperial Bank 
of Encland Bill. 


Thames Haven 
Dock and : 
Railway Bill. 


Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bill. 


Lord’s Day. 


Railways Bill, 


Factories. 


South Metropo- 
litan Gas Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


5 Vicroriz. 


An ingrossed Bill for altering and amending an 
Act of the fourth and fifth year of Her present 
Majesty, intituled, “‘ An Act to consolidate, amend, 
and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the several 
Acts relating to the Forth and Clyde Navigation ; ” 
for enlarging and making Reservoirs for better 
supplying the said Navigation with Water ; and for 
enabling the Company of Proprietors of the said 


Navigation to purchase and acquire the Forth and | 


Cart Junction Canal, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Barry Baldwin do carry the 
Bills to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying | 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Imperial 
Bank of England 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 Eastern Counties Railway 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Thames Haven Dock and 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 enabling the Dundee and 
Arbroath Railway Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, and to amend the Provisions of the 
Act relating to the said Railway, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That. Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Chippenham ;—Glasgow (Mode- 
rator of the Presbytery);— and, Chairman of a 
Meeting of the Members of the Edinburgh Associa- 
tion for opposing Sunday trains on Railways; pray- 
ing the House to adopt such measures as may effec- 
tually put a stop to railway travelling on the Lord’s 
day,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Reading ;— and, Saint Luke, 
Chelsea; praying that a Clause may be inserted in 
the Railways Bill, to the effect, that no Railway 
shall be used on the Lord’s day, except in cases of 
charity or necessity,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Factory Labourers 
of Thornhill, in the county of York, praying the 
House to pass an Act to limit the labour of all young 
persons employed in Factories to ten hours a day 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 
Saturday, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon Wednesday last, that the 
Report upon the South Metropolitan Gas Bill do lie 
upon the Table, was read, and discharged. 

The House proceeded to take the said Report into 
consideration; 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 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
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veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in _ 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 mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby au- 
thorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills: Which Bills are as follow ; 

An Act for raising the Sum of Nine millions one Exchequer Bill 
hundred thousand Pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for (£-9,100,000.) 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 3". 
and Forty-two: 

An Act te continue until the end of the Session Soap Duties 
of Parliament next after the 31st day of July One Drawback Bill. 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, certain of 
the Allowances of the Duty of Excise on Soap used 
in Manufactures : 

An Act for preventing until the First day of May Timber Ships 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, Ships Bill. 
clearing out from any Port in British North Ame- 
rica, or in the Settlement of Honduras, from loading 
any part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck : 

An Act to extend an Act passed in the fourth and Victoria Park 
fifth years of Her present Majesty, for enabling Her Bill. 
Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods to purchase cer- 
tain Lands for Victoria Park : 

An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Knightsbridge 
Majesty’s Woods to form a New Opening from the 
Knightsbridge Road into Hyde Park, and a New 
Opening from High-street, Kensington, into an in- 
tended New Road across the Palace Green, and for 
annexing a Piece of Extra-parochial Ground in the 
Royal Garden to the respective Parishes of Saint 
Mary Abbots, Kensington, and Saint Mary, Pad- 
dington, in several Portions : 

An Act to explain and amend the Acts regulating Parish Property 
the Sale of Parish Property, and to make further 8. 
Provisions for the Discharge of Debts, Liabilities 
and Engagements incurred by or on behalf of Pa- 
rishes : 

An Act to enable the Birmingham and Derby Birmingham 
Junction Railway Company to raise a further Sum 2 Derby | 

Junction Rail- 
of Money: way Bill. 
An Act to facilitate the raising of Capital for the Bolton and 
Completion of the Bolton and Preston Railway : —” 
An Act to facilitate Arrangements consequent Stanhope and 
upon the Dissolution of the Stanhope and Tyne Tyne Railroad 
Railroad Company, and to incorporate some of ‘the ©°@P#"y Bill. 
Proprietors for the purpose of continuing the working 
of a Part of the Railway belonging to the said Com- 

any: 

4 ies Act to alter and amend some of the Provisions Sheffield, 
of the Act relating to the Sheffield, Ashton-under- Ashton-under- 


é Lyne, and 
Lyne and Manchester Railway : tae 


Railway Bill. 
An Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge the Great North 
Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the a 
Great North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool (7'sycnce a4 
: ; 3 poo 
Jumection) Railway, in the County of Durham : 


and Kensington 
Openings Bill. 


Junction) 
Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill. 

An Act to amend two Acts relating to the Chel- Cheltenham and 

tenham and Great Western Union Railway : — Western 
vion Railway 
Bill. 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Glas- Glasgow, _ 
gow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway, and to P —. a 
grant further Powers to the Company of Proprietors tos idong 
thereof : Bill. 

An Act for improving the Navigation of the River Severn Naviga- 
Severn, from the Entrance Lock of the Gloucester “" 8". 
and Berkeley Canal, and from the Entrance Lock 
of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, in 


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the County of Gloucester, to Gladder or Whitehouse 
Brook, in the County of Worcester : 
An Act for granting further Powers to the Com- 
and Liverpool pany of Proprietors of the Birmingham and Liver- 
— Canal ool Junction Canal Navigation: 


Granton Pier An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the 
(No. 2.) Bill. seventh year of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
relative to the Pier of Granton, in the County of 
Edinburgh : 

An Act for erecting a Market-house, and for re- 
gulating the Market within the Borough and Town 
of Great Torrington, in the County of Devon: _ 
Weston-super- An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 
Mare Improves and otherwise improving the Town of Weston-super- 
me and = Mare, in the County of Somerset, and for establishing 

arket Bill. : 

a Market therein : 

An Act for amending an Act relating to the Pav- 
ing and Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster : 

Cottenham, &amp;c. An Act for draining certain Fen Lands and Low 
Drainage Bill. Grounds in the Parishes of Cottenham, Rampton and 
Willingham, in the County of Cambridge : 


Birmingham 


Great Torring- 
ton Market 
Bill. 


Liverpool 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


Northern Coal An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
Mining Com- against the Northern Coal Mining Company, for 
— enabling the Company to appoint one Board of Di- 
rectors, in lieu of two Independent Boards, and for 
removing Restrictions in the Choice of Directors : 
Glasgow and An Act for maintaining and repairing the Road 
Rede we from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and a Branch 


Road leading therefrom : 

An Act for vesting certain Freehold Messuages, 
Fee Farm Rents and Hereditaments, respectively 
situate and arising in the City of London, devised 
and settled by the Will of Broome Witts, Esquire, 
deceased, in Trustees, for Sale, and for laying out 
the Monies to be produced by such Sale in the pur- 
chase of other Estates to be settled in the same 
manner, and also for enabling the Trustees as to 
some of such Messuages and Hereditaments in the 
mean time, and until Sale thereof, to grant Leases 
thereof for the Term of Twenty-one Years, or, in 
order that the same may be repaired, rebuilt or im- 
proved, for alonger Period : 

Castlerigg and An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Cas- 
Derwentwater ¢lerigg and Derwentwater, in the Parish of Cros- 
Tuclosure Bill. sh eaite, in the County of Cumberland : 


Witts’ Estate 
Bill. 


Kingsclere_ An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Inclosure Bill. Kingsclere, in the County of Southampton : 
Buckland 


An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Buck- 
Inclosure Bill. Zand, in the County of Buckingham: 

Mieville’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John other- 
Divorce Bill. wise Jean Louis Mieville, with Mary Anne, his now 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes therein mentioned : 


Fierville’s An Act for naturalizing Charles Jacques Marion 
Nat. Bill, Fierville : 

Benecke’s An Act for naturalizing Frederick William Be- 
Nat. Bill. neche. 


Cattle, Meat, 


¢ A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Land and 
C. 


others, in the parish of Hitchin, in the county of 
Hertford, praying the House not to permit the im- 
portation of live stock at a less duty than twenty 
per cent., and that such duty be estimated by the 
weight of such stock, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Farmers and others, in the néigh- 
bourhood of Aylesbury, in the county of Bucking- 
ham, praying that the prohibition on the importation 
of foreign Meat, Cattle, Sheep and Swine may not 
be removed, and that no reduction may be made in 
the duty on Seeds, Starch, Tallow and Hides, was 


also riage and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Maynooth 


Me A Petition of the there-undersigned, residing in 
ollege. 


Dorchester, praying the House to withdraw every 
kind of public support from the College of May- 
nooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


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A. 1842. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the City of 
City of Glasgow Life Assurance and Reversionary = Assurance 
Company Bill; That they had examined the alle- ry ore 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; Bill, =“ 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Brentford 
Brentford Gas Bill ; That they had examined the &amp; Bil. 
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. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select York Cathedral 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Bill. 
the case of the Petition of the Dean and Chapter of 
the Cathedral of York, which was presented upon the 
28th day of April last, for additional provision in the 
York Cathedral Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 
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 prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Imperial 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in — 
the case of the Imperial Insurance Company Bill, °°"? 5" 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Cass’s Estate 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in ill. 
the case of Cass’s Estate Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
Mr. Duckworth : ete. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act passed Bristol Floating 
in the sixteenth year of the reign of his Majesty Dock Bill. 
King George the Third, for enlarging the Floating 
Dock within the Port of Bristol, and for other 
Works connected therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for authorizing the gaunderstoot 
Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company to Railway Bill. 
make an Extension of their present Railway, and 
also to make two Branches from such Railway re- 
spectively, within the County of Pembroke, and for 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
said Company: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Glasgow, _ 
by this House to the Amendments made ‘by their hime Sper 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend her thas 
the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- Bill, 
nock and Ayr Railway, and to grant further Powers 
to the Company of Proprietors thereof, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Etlesmere and 
Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers and ean Gan 
Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Elles- °"* 
mere and Chester Canal Navigation, 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 Equitable Gas 
Act for incorporating the Equitable Gas Light Com- Company Bill 
pany, and for more effectually lighting with Gas 
certain Parishes and Places within the City and 
Liberty of Westminster, and the Western Parts of 
the Metropolis, and other Parishes and Places in 
the County of Middlesex, with Amendments; to 








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Lasgo which Amendments the Lords desire the concur-|_ Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
mente rence of this House: And also, lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
oa Bribery at The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

7 Elections Bill. 


for furthering inquiry into Bribery, Corruption, and 
Intimidation at the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament; to which the Lords desire the concur- 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kirkintilloch 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Roads (No. 1.) 


rence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Mr. Montague Gore reported from the Committee 
on the Faversham Navigation 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 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. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Messrs. Lyon, Barnes and 
Ellis, the Agents for William Holmes, Esquire; and 
also, a Notice from James Coppock, the Agent for 
for William Heath, and others, who petitioned this 
House upon the 7th day of September, in the last 
Session of Parliament, severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Stafford, that it is not their intention to proceed 
with their Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Orders made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petitions 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


intituled, An Act to improve, repair and maintain “" 


certain Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Stirling 
and Dumbarton, and to make and maintain a new 
Line of Road in connection therewith; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. Leave out from “ shall” to “ pay” 
in |, 29, 

Pr. 11. 1. 32. Leave out from “ occasioned” to 
and” in |. 33., and in 1. 33. after “ and” insert 
if the said Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway 
Company shall at any time give notice in writing 
to the Clerk or Surveyor of the said Trustees, 
that such interruption or impediment exists, the 
said Trustees shall not only forthwith remove any 
such interruption or impediment as may be found 
to exist, but shall.” 

Pr. 11.1. 35. After “ Company” insert “ pay 
to the said Company in lieu of such actual dam- 
age as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 12.1.1. Leave out from “ notice” to “ given”’ 
in l. 3., and in 1. 3. leave out from “ given” to 
“ which”’ in 1. 6., and insert “ as aforesaid.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Patrick Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 


Bil their Lordships. 
ish Champ- The Ho eeded to take i i i . ; ; 
ree he ig the pa yen oe ad oe “a ow : mr —— — The House proceeded to take into consideration Londou and 
Inclosure Bill. - the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Blackwall 


| tituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the several tituled, An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Bailway Bill. 
ate 


Parishes of Huish Champflower, Clatworthy and 
Brompton Ralph, in the County of Somerset; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1. 1. penult. After ‘“ respectively” insert 
and whereas the said waste, open or common 
lands called Brendon Hill Common, situate in 
the said parish of Huish Champflower, and the 
said waste, open or common lands in the said 
several parishes of Clatworthy and Brompton 
Ralph heretofore, and until within a few years 
last past, formed one open waste or common, and 
together with other open waste, inclosed lands 
were and are known by the general name of Bren- 
don Hill, and the same several open, waste and 
uninclosed lands so forming part of Brendon Hill, 
and situate within the said several parishes of 
Huish Champflower, Clatworthy and Brompton 
Ralph, are intercommoned by the cattle and sheep 
feeding and depasturing thereon.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dickinson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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An ingrossed Bill for the Improvement of the 
Port and Harbour of Drogheda, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the 
London and Blackwall Railway ; and the same was 
read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 16. 1. 31. Leave out Clause (A.), added by 
way of Rider to the Bill. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Patrick Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


A Petition of Peter Benson Maxwell, of South- Lough Foyle 
ampton-huildings, in the county of Middlesex, Bar- Drainage Bill. 


rister-at-Law, praying that the Lough Foyle Drain- 
age 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 being pro- rough Foyle 
posed, That the Lough Foyle Drainage Bill be now Drainage Bill. 


read a second time ; 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


and Ordered, That Mr. Young do carry the Bill to| Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
inal the Lords, and desire their concurrence. —The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed. 
Lagan Navigae © Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee} Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
_— on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of | mittee of Selection. 
the Lagan Navigation Bill, the Standing Orders ; 
Gas had not been complied with, inasmuch as the Notice A Petition of William Blow Collis, of Stour- Stourbridge 


jill produced to the Committee only related to the re-| bridge, in the county of Worcester, Gentleman, Roads Bill. 


newal of a Bill of last Session, under the Resolution 
of the House of the 14th day of February last, as to 
which Bill it appeared that the Committee on Peti- 
tions of last Session had found that the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with. 

Vou. 97. 








Owner and Occupier of property upon the Stour- 
bridge Roads, praying that he may be heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Stourbridge Roads Bili, was presented, and 
read. 


003 Ordered, 














Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Gosport Pier 
Bill. 


Guarantee 
Society Bill, 


Bletchley 
Road Bill. 


Liverpool 
Health of the 
‘Town and 
Buildings Re- 
gulation Bill. 


Cordage, &amp;c. 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


286 


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. 


A Petition of Cornelius Bourne, of Staimine, in 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Fleetwood Improvement 
and Market 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 proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Pier at Gosport, in the 
Parish of Alverstoke, in the County of Southampton ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 126. 1.19. After “ reasonable” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
‘ Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
“ extend or be construed to extend to prejudice or 
derogate from any of the rights, privileges, ju- 
risdictions or authorities of the Corporation of 
“ Trinity House. of Deptford Strond.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fleming do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. — 


“ 
“ 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- 
ings by or against the Guarantee Society, and for 
granting certain Powers thereto, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Ainsworth reported from the Committee on 
the Bletchley Road 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 contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but that the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for the Promotion of the Health 
of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool, 
and the better Regulation of Buildings in the said 
Borough, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— Kingston-upon-Hull ; 
—and, Port of London; praying the House not to 
sanction any reduction of duty on the importation 
of Rope and Twine,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of mills, and others 
“nterested therein, resident in Clara, in the King’s 
County, praying that the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Most noble William Spencer, 
Duke of Devonshire, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, and that 
chartered or patent weirs and Fisheries may be ex- 
cepted from the operation thereof, or that compen- 
sation for the injury done to his Fishery may be 
awarded to him, and that he may be indemnified for 


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the future against certain annual payments to the 
lessee of the Bishop of Waterford, and to the dean 
and chapter of the cathedral church of Lismore, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


Shoe-makers of the city of Westminster, praying 
the House not to sanction any reduction of duty on 
the importation of manufactured Leather and on 
Boots and Shoes, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


and praying that they may be placed upon a footing 
of perfect equality in point of civil rights and en- 
joyments with Her Majesty’s subjects professing 
other religious persuasions,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


praying the House to adopt measures for the abo- 
lition of Slavery in British India, and the settle- 
ments of this country in the East, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law Amendment Act, more especially with re- 
gard to cases of Bastardy,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Flint, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto, and 
the Lists of Voters which had been delivered to them 
by either Party :—And the names of the Committee 
were read, as follow: 

Bickham Escott, Esquire, William Gibson Craig, 
Esquire, Samuel Irton, Esquire, Charles Baring 
Wall, Esquire, Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, Esquire, 
William Aldam, Esquire ; Chairman, Sir Edmund 
Hayes, Baronet. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the County of Flint, be 
referred to the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for that County. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Eleven in the forenoon. 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Cork, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House, relating thereto:—And 
the names of the Committee were read, as follow : 

Sir John Guest, Baronet, Andrew Lawson, Esquire, 
Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esquire, the Honourable 
Hugh Cholmondeley, William Collins, Esquire, Fran- 
cis Henry Dickinson, Esquire ; Chairman, William 
Goodenough Hayter, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over ; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. - 

Ordered, That the Petition relative to the Election 
and Return for the County of Cork, be referred to 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determie 





the 


A Petition of Masters and Journeymen Boot and Leather, &amp;¢, 


Petitions from Stourbridge ;—and, Wigan; com- Roman 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics ; Cathotics. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee Slavery 
of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, (British India.) 


Petitions from Shepton Mallet Union ;—Llan- poor Law 
fyllin Union (Chairman and Vice-Chairman) ; — Amendment 
and, Wakefield Union ; praying for alteration of the 4% 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Flint County 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- Election. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Cork County 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- £lection. 















Menc 
(Irelé 












Real 
&amp;es 













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5 Vicroriz. 


the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for that County. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at half an hour after One o’clock in the after- 
noon. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Cas- 
tlederg Poor Law Union, praying the House to enact 
a measure for the suppression of Mendicancy in Ire- 
land, and that the constabulary force may be em- 
ployed to bring it into operation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mendicancy 
(Ireland.) 


Real Property, A Petition of the Convener of the Heads of the 

Nes Fourteen Incorporated Trades of the city of Edin- 
burgh, praying the House to impose a tax upon the 
succession of Heritable Property, and to reject the 
proposition for a Property Tax, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pablic Petitions Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Select Com- 
(Twenty-fourth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
Report.) the Petitions presented from the 9th to the 11th days 
of this instant May, both days 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. 


Lord Eliot reported from the Select Committee 
on the Drainage (Jreland) 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the said Select Committee be laid before this House. 

Lord Eliot accordingly presented the said Mi- 
nutes. 

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


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 246. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Waterluo, &amp;c., 


he Petitions from Saint Andrew, Holborn ;—and, 
ridges, 


Saint Mary, Lambeth; praying the House to adopt 
measures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 
upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,— 


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


Maynooth 


oe Petitions from Blakeney ;—East Dereham ;—and, 
0 ege. 


Great Cressingham ; praying the House to institute 
an inquiry into the class books and other standard 
works used for the purpose of instruction in the 
College of Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Prisoners for Debt in the Prison 
of the Queen’s Bench, praying the House not to 
sanction certain Clauses in the Queen’s Prison Bill, 
as added thereto by the House of Lords; and to 
so far alter or modify the twelfth Clause of the said 
Bill, as to insure the imprisoned debtor the conti- 
nuance of the beneficial privilege of the term day 
rules ; and to exempt the present imprisoned debtors 
from the operation of the Clauses numbered seven- 
teen and eighteen, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Queen’s Prison 
Bill, 


Royal Free 


ae A Petition of the Governors and Managers of the 
ospital, 


Royal Free Hospital for the Destitute Sick and 
Diseased now situated in Greville-street, Hatton 
Garden, praying the House to inquire into the ne- 
cessity of providing a larger building in a more 
open space for the said Royal Free Hospital, was 
aw, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


pyupikesroads Petitions of Mortgagees of the Tolls and Cre- 


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287 


Trustees of the Wakefield and Austerlands Road; 
praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, and others Timber Duties. 
interested in the trade of the port of Bathurst, in the 

province of New Brunswick, praying that the pro- 

posed equalization of the Timber Duties may not 

receive the sanction of the House, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy in the deaneries of Powder Tithes Commu- 
and Pyder, and other deaneries in the county of tion Act. 
Cornwall and diocese of Exeter, praying for the 
amendment of the Tithes Commutation Act, was 

presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Rating of 
Guardians of the Clutton Union, in the county of Tenements. 
Somerset, praying the House to enact, that for the 

future the parochial charges on all cottage holdings 

at and under the annual rent of six pounds, shall 

be payable by and charged to the owner instead of 

the occupier of such cottage holdings, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newton, Manchester ;— Ruabon ; Com Laws. 
— Dukinfield;—and, Girvan ; praying for the repeal 

of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Warburton, Esquire, of Chel- Bridport 
sea, in the county of Middlesex, praying that the Election. 
inquiry “whether corrupt compromises have been 
entered into in the cases of Election Petitions pre- 
sented from Harwich, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, 

and Reading, for the purpose of avoiding investiga- 

tion into gross bribery alleged to have been practised 

at the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, and whether 

such bribery has really taken place,” may be ex- 
tended to the Borough of Bridport, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed with the - 
Votes, for the use of Members only. 


A Petition of David Stead, of George-street, Metropolitan 
Adelphi, Merchant, original Patentee of the Inven- Patent Wood 
tion of Wood Paving, praying that he may be heard, pany (No, 2.) 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain Bill. 
parts of the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving 
Company (No. 2.) 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. 


A Petition of Messrs. Clayton and Cookson, Agents Lough Foyle 
for the Most honourable George Augustus Marquis Drainage Bill. 
of Donegall, a Peer of Parliament, praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Fleming Thomas Roberts, of the Brighton 
Grand Parade, in the borough of Brighton, in the Election. 
county of Susser, Esquire, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner was, at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Brighton, in the 
county of Sussex, and now is, an Elector for the 
said Borough, and had and claims to have had a 
right to vote at the said Election ; that at the said 
Election the Right honourable Alfred oe com- 
monly called Lord Alfred Hervey, Summers Harford, 


- ditors of the Blackburn, Addingham and Cocking 
- ~~ ;—Trustees of the said Roads ;—and, 
OL. 97. 


Esquire, John Nicholas, Esquire, Charles Brooker, 
Esquire, and Feargus O’ Connor, Esquire, were Can- 
004+ didates 











288 


didates to represent the said Borough, and that a 

poll being demanded, the same was granted and 

proceeded with on the sixth day of May One thou- 

sand eight hundred and Forty-two, and at the close | 
of such poll the Returning Officer declared the said _ 
Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord Alfred Her- | 
vey, to be duly elected a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and re- 
turned him as such Member; that before, at and | 
during the said Election, the said Alfred Hervey, | 
commonly called Lord A/fred Hervey, was, by him- 
self, his agents, managers, friends and partisans, or 
some or one of them, guilty of many acts of bribery | 
and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and | 
did, by his agents, friends, managers and partisans, | 
and by other persons employed in his behalf, by | 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by offers of gifts, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements, 
and securities for gifts and rewards, and by threats, | 
intimidation and undue influence, and by other cor- | 
rupt and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said Election, to give their votes 
for him the said Alfred Hervey, commonly called 
Lord Alfred Hervey, or to forbear to give their said 
votes in favour of the said Summers Harford ; that 
the said Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord 


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Alfred Hervey, is, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, wholly disabled and incapacitated and | 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 


Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord Alfred Her-| 
vey, is wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive 
and systematic corruption, open and notorious bri- 
bery and treating, was practised before and at the 
said Election by divers persons, being friends, sup- 
porters and partisans of the said Alfred Hervey, 
commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey, with a view 
to the Election of the said Alfred Hervey, commonly 
called Lord A/fred Hervey; and that the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Alfred Hervey, commonly 
called Lord Alfred Hervey, were procured by means 


of such corruption, bribery and treating, and that | 


by reason thereof the said Election and Return of 
the said Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord 
Alfred Hervey, were wholly null and void ; that the 
said Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord Alfred 


Hervey, did, previous to, and at and during the said 


Election, by himself, his agents, friends and | Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


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- 
ments and provisions, and did make promises, 
agreements, obligations or engagements to give or 
allow to such persons, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision, present or reward to and for 
the use, advantage, benefit, employment, profit or 
preferment of such persons, in order to be elected 
and for being elected to serve in Parliament for the 


A. 1842. 


Return are wholly null and void, and will afford 
the Petitioner such other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant 
or warrants for such persons, papers and records as 


shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 


on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Stourbridge Insti- Literary ang 


from all Rates and Taxes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


‘tute of Popular Science and Literature, praying that ea 
| Literary and Scientific Institutions may be exempted “tions. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Newcastle. 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to "nder-Lyme 


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 Newcastle-under- 
Lyme, in the room of John Quincey Harris, Esquire, 
whose Election has been determined to be void :—- 
And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


rit. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Newcastle. 
the Select Committee on the Mewcastl2-under-Lyme ¥™4er-Lyme 


Election Petition, and of the Evidence taken before 
them, be laid before this House. 


lection, 


Ordered, That the Bonded Corn Bill be read a Bonded Com 
said Borough, and that the Return of the said|second time upon Wednesday the 25th day of this Bill. 


instant May. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Law of Mer- 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the iL, 

| Merchants Act Amendment Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Tay Ferries Bill be read a 


| second time upon Friday next. 
| 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for better re- 
| cording Fines and Recoveries in Wales and Cheshire, 
|be now read the third time:—The Bill was ac- 
| cordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
' Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Pentonville Prison Bill be read 
the third time upon Friday next. 


the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Monday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire whether compromises have been entered 
into in the cases of the Election Petitions presented 
from Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and 

| Falmouth, and Reading, for the purpose of avoiding 
investigation into gross bribery, which had been 
‘alleged to have been practised at the Elections for 


aw of chants Act 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Tay Ferries 
Bill, 


Fines and 
Recoveries 
(Wales and 


Cheshire) Bill. 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill. 


Election 
Proceedings. 


said Borough; that by reason of the premises, the | the said Towns, and whether bribery has taken place 
Election and Return of the said Alfred Hervey, |in the aforesaid Towns, might be read; and the 
commonly called Lord A/fred Hervey, were wholly | same being read ; 

null and void; that the said Alfred Hervey, com-| A Committee was nominated of Mr. Bramston, 
monly called Lord Alfred Hervey, was not at the Mr. William Miles, Mr. Sebright Lascelles, Sir 
time of his said Election and Return, nor is at the| William Heathcote, Sir William Somerville, Mr. 
present time, qualified by estate or in respect of pro- | Hawes, Mr. Strutt, Lord Worsley, and Mr. Roebuck. 
perty or otherwise, according to the provisions of a; A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
certain Act of Parliament, of the first and second | posed, That Five be the Quorum ; 

years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled,| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
“An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Quali- | Question, by leaving out the word “ Five” and in- 
fication of Members to serve in Parliament,” to be | serting the word “ Nine” instead thereof. 

elected or to serve in Parliament for the said) And the Question being proposed, That the word 
Borough, and that by reason of the premises the |“ Five” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
said. Election and Return of the said Alfred Hervey, posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey, were wholly leave of the House, withdrawn. 

null and void ; and praying that the House will take | A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
the premises into consideration, and will declare that | posed That the Committee have Power to send for 
the said Alfred Hervey, commonly called Lord | persons, papers and records ; 

Alfred Hervey, was not duly elected, and ought not! An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
to have been returned, and that his Election and ‘pene by adding at the end thereof, the words 


“and 








ll. 


Customs Acts, 


Railways Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


“* and that each Member appointed to serve on the 
“ said Select Committee shall subscribe the follow- 
“ ing Declaration, in the presence of Mr. Speaker : 

« [| —_—_———— do solemnly declare, that I never, 
“ directly or indirectly, have, to my knowledge, 
“ been guilty, by myself or agents, of any act of 
“ bribery, treating or other corruption in procuring 
a Seat in Parliament; that I never paid or pro- 
mised to pay, intend to pay, or sanctioned the 
payment of, any sum or sums of money, beyond 
“ the legal charges for procuring my Return at the 
“ last or any previous Election ; nor have I at any 
time, connived at, been privy to, or assisted in, 
any bribery, treating or other corrupt practice, at 
“ any Election for any Member or Members to 
‘¢ serve in Parliament : 


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(signed) ———:” 
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 thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 7 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley: , 
Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremanile, }i60 
Noes, Captain Boldero: . 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the several 
Acts relating to the Duties of Customs ; 

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 “ in making a new arrangement of the Cus- 
“ toms Duties, it is not expedient to impose different 
“ yates of Duty upon the same articles when im- 
“ ported from Foreign Countries or from British 
6 Fonssesioen, in any case where no such difference 
“ now exists; and that in those cases in which such 
“ a difference already exists, it is not expedient that 
‘ it should be increased,” 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, 14° die Maiti, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 

Tellers for ae Tufnell, 
Noes, Lord Marcus Hill: 

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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter to them referred; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 


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289 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Property Tax 
reading of the Property Tax Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeaed to take Excise Duties 
into further consideration the Report on the Excise Compounds 
Duties Compounds 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Australia and New Zea- Australia and 
land Bill; and the Amendments were read, and New Zealand 
ri? to; and an Amendment was made to the 

ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Roasted Malt 
into a Committee upon the Roasted Malt Bill ; Bill. 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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- British Posses- 
mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; sions Abroad 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the _ 

23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second T 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill; - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Friday next. 


urnpike-roads 
ill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parish Con- 
into a Committee upon the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 247. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 the Com- ways ang 
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 Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 3, Customs Duties 
c. 15, for granting certain Duties in the British ey — 
Colonies and Plantations in America, for continu- American 
ing, amending and making perpetual an Act passed Colonies) 

in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty (No 3) 
King George the Second, intituled, An Act for the 

better securing and encouraging the Trade of his 


Majesty’s Sugar Coloniesin America; for applying 





Resolved, Tinat this House will, upon Monday 
the 23d day of this instant May, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


the produce of such Duties, and of the Duties to 
arise by virtue of the said Act, towards defraying 
the Expenses of defending, protecting and securing 
the said Colonies and Plantations; for explaining 
an Act made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of 
King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland 
Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation 
Trade, and for altering and disallowing several 





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Raw and Waste 
Silk, 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


St. Briavel’s 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


British and 
Irish Fisheries. 


Soap. 





290 


Drawbacks on Exports from this Kingdom, and 
more effectually preventing the Clandestine Con- 
veyance of Goods to and from the said Colonies and 
Plantations, and improving and securing the Trade 
between the same and Great Britain, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 3, 
c. 52, for repealing certain Duties in the British 
Colonies and Plantations, granted by several Acts 
of Parliament, and also the Duties imposed by an 
Act made in the last Session of Parliament, upon 
certain East India Goods exported from Great Bri- 
tain, and for granting other Duties instead thereof, 
and for further encouraging, regulating and securing 
several Branches of the Trade of this Kingdom, 
and the British Dominions in America, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 14 Geo. 3, 
¢. 88, to establish a Fund towards further defraying 
the Charges of the Administration of Justice and 
support of the Civi Government within the Pro- 
vince of Quebec in America, might be read ; and 
the same was read. ; 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Will. 4, 
c. 59, to regulate the Trade of the British Possessions 
Abroad, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 


Customs Duties payable in the West Indian and 


North American Colonies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of all Raw and Waste Silk imported and 
entered for Home Consumption, in each year, from 
1814 to the 5th day of January 1842; distinguish- 
ing the Importations from the East Indies, China, 
Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope and Turkey, 
from other parts; and stating separately in each 
year, the Quantity of Raw, Thrown and Waste, in- 
cluding Knubs and Husks, and the Amount of Duty 
separately (in continuation of the Table laid before 
the Silk Committee of 1832, and printed, Appen- 
dix A. to the Report of the said Committee.) 


Ordered, Vhat the Dean Forest Poor Bill be read 
a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts 
Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount paid for the Encouragement 
ofthe British Fisheries between 1809 and 1819, 
both years inclusive, in Bounties, Expenses of Es- 
tablishment, including Salaries and all other Ex- 
penses, as well as Grants for Building Piers and 
Shelter Harbours :—The same from 1819 to 1829: 
—The same from 1829 to the present time, includ- 
ing the Amount of any Loans or Grants to poor 
Fishermen :—The Amount of Bounties and other 
Expenses of the Zrish Fishery Establishment, from 
1819 to 1830 :—And, the Amount since then paid 
for the Encouragement of the Jrish Fisheries ; sta- 
ting, in detail, the Particulars of the Purposes to 
which it was applied. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great 
Britain ; distinguishing Hard from Soft; and also 
the Quantity upon which the silicated Duty has been 
charged, from the 5th day of January 1841 to the 
5th day of January 1842 :—Of all Soap exported, 
and the Amount of Drawback paid thereon ; speci- 
fying the Port from whence shipped, from the 5th 
day of January 1841 to the 5th day of January 
1842 :—Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing 
Hard from Soft, and the Amount of all Allowances 
or Drawbacks made to the Manufacturers of Wool- 


13°—14°—920° Maiz. 


tion and Sale of the Land Tax, and for discharging 
the Incidental Expenses attending the execution of 
those Acts, from the 5th April 1841 to the 5th April 


Table. 






A, 1842, 


len, Linen, Silk and others, from the 5th day of 
January 1841 to the 5th day of January 1842 :—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 January 
1841 to the 5th day of January 1842 :—Of all Soap 
imported into Great Britain, Hard and Soft, the 
Port at which imported, and the Amount-of Duty 
paid thereon, from the 5th day of January 1841 to 
the 5th day of January 1842 :—And, of the Names 
of all Persons convicted of defrauding the Revenue 
arising from Soap, the date of Conviction, the 
Amount of the several Penalties, whether the Per- 
son so convicted had been previously convicted 
or fined, or had had Penalties compromised ; the 
Amount paid to the Seizing Officers for each Con- 
viction, and the Names, Dates and the Amount of 
Penalties paid in all cases which have been com- 
promised, or tried before the Summary Court of 
Excise, from the 5th day of January 1841 to the 5th 
day of January 1842 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper of No. 256, of Session 1841.) 


Holy 
Bill. 








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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lowtherstown, 

Copies of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the **- Unions 
Lowtherstown Board of Guardians since its forma- 
tion, so far as they relate to the Site and Building 
of the Union Workhouse :—Of all the Correspond- 
ence which has passed between the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, the Board of Guardians, and all other 
Persons, relating to the purchase of the Site, and 
building of said Workhouse :—Of all Orders issued 
by the Commissioners on same subject:—And, 
Copies extracted from the Maps of the Ordnance 
Survey of Ireland, showing the form, limits and re- 
lative position of the Lowtherstown, Enniskillen and 
Lisnaskea Unions. 





























Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin Dublin Coa 
Coal Meters, which was presented upon the 5th day Meters. 
of this instant May, be printed. No, 248. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Post-office. 
to the Post-office, which was presented upon the No.197. 
4th day of March last, be printed. 












Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented upon the 25th day of April last, No. 249. 
be printed. 







And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Friday next. 





















Veneris, 20° die Maii ; 


Anno, 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 







PRAYERS. 






R. Law, from the Treasury, was called in ; Customs Duties. 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order, 

—A Return of all Changes made since the Ist day 

of January 1831 in the Duties of Customs payable 

on Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, imported into 

the United Kingdom, showing the Dates when such 

Changes were effected, the former Duties, the pre- 

sent Duties, and the Amount received on account of 

each during the years ending the 1st day of January 

1831 and the Ist day of January 1841. 


Mr. Law also presented, pursuant to the direc- Land Tax. 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement of the 
Expenses incurred under the Acts for the Redemp- 





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1842 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 















Mr. 














5 Vicroriz#. 


Newcastle Mr. Whittam, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
under-Lyme mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
Beco. —Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
No.250- snittee on the Newcastle-under-Lyme Election Peti- 

tion, and of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 

Holywell Roads The House proceeded to take into further consi- 


Bill. deration the Report which, upon the 10th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Holywell Roads Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Medbourn Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Medbourn 
Inclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Flint County 
Election: 


Sir Edmund Hayes, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
Petition of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, 
and others, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Flint, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, Esquire, 
commonly called the Honourable Edward Mostyn 
Lloyd Mostyn, was not duly elected a Knight of 
the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of Flint: 

That Sir Stephen Richard Gilynne, Baronet, was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned a 
Knight of the Shire to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the County of Flint. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House upon Monday next, with the last Return 
for the County of Flint, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mos- 
tyn, Esquire, commonly cailed the Honourable Ed- 
ward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, and inserting the name 
of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, instead 
thereof. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return, 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way Company, for leave to present a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill for better enabling the said 
Company to extend the Line of the said Railway, 
and for amending and enlarging the powers and 

rovisions of the several Acts relating to such 

Rates, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Leeds Improve- 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
ment Bill, 


in the borough of Leeds, praying that the Leeds 
Improvement Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Leeds ;—Owners and Occupiers of 
messuages, lands, tenements and other heredita- 
ments situated in the several townships of Heading- 
ley-cum-Burley, Bramley, Farnley, a Allerton 
and Potter Newton, within the borough of Leeds ; 
—Wool, Woollen and Worsted Stuff Dyers of the 
borough of Leeds ;—Leeds Gas Light Company ;— 
and, Leeds New Gas Company; 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. 


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291 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors, 
Justices of the Peace and other Burgesses of the 
borough of Leeds, praying that provision may be 
made in the said Bill for purchasing and pro- 
viding a necessary burial ground within the said 
borough, was also presented, and read ; and referred 


—o Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


Petitions of the Bolton and Preston Railway Liverpool and 
Company ;— Boroughreeve and Constables, Com- —— 
missioners of Police, and other Inhabitants of the — 
borough of Salford ;—Company of Proprietors of 

the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation 

and Railway ;—and, Lancaster and Preston Junc- 

tion Railway Company ; taking notice of the appli- 

cation for leave to bring in the Liverpool and Man- 

chester Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill 

may pass into law,—were presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of David Stead, of George-street, Metropolitan 
Adelphi, Merchant, original Patentee of the Inven- Patent Wood 
tion of Wood Paving, praying that he may be heard, ee =) 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain Bill. 

parts of the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving 

Company (No. 2.) 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 more effectually maintaining Aberdeenshire 
and repairing certain Roads in the Counties of Roads Bill. 
Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine; and for making 
certain new Roads in the said Counties, or some of 
them, 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Gravesend 
Gravesend Terrace Pier Bill; That they had ex- Terrace Pier 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the slug Road Bill, 
Slug Road 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. ’ 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Cwm Celyn and 
Cwm Celynand Blaina Iron Company (re-committed ) Blaina Iron | 
Bill; That they had made other Amendments there- C™P™Y Bill. 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Kingstown 
Kingstown Mariners’ Church Bill; That they had Mariners’ 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the Ch" Bi 
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 Imperial Insurance Company Bill was read Imperial 
a second time ; and committed. eto ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ©°™?0y Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 





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South Metropo- 
Jitan Gas Bill. 


London and 
Croydon 
Railway 
(Grange Road 
apy 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Cattle, Meat, 
&amp;e. 


Post-office 
Communication, 


Cordage, &amp;c. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 


Maynooth 
College. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


292 


An ingrossed Bill for incorporating the South 
Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, and 
for more effectually lighting with Gas certain Places 
within the Borough of Southwark, and other Pa- 
rishes and Places in the Counties of Surrey and 
Kent, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Kemble reported from the Committee on the 
London and Croydon Railway (Grange Road Ap- 
proach) (No. 2.) Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred ; That the 
had heard counsel in support of several 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. 


A Petition of Agriculturists of the county of 


Wilts, convened at a public meeting at Devizes, 
praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
alterations in the duty on live stock and other agri- 
cultural produce, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Preses of the Wester Ross 
Farmers’ Society, praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed alterations in the duties on the im- 
portation of Cattle, Meat and Starch, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 
bourhood of Abergavenny, praying that the House 
will recommend to Her Majesty’s Government to 
take the Old Passage Ferry into their own hands, 
and spend such a sum of money on its improvement, 
as will expedite the Mail to Jreland, and enable 
it to cross without the delays to which it is at present 
subject, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Post-office Communication. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;— Warwick ;—Leicester ; 
— Portsmouth ;—Falmouth;— Gainsborough ;—and, 
Wolverhampton ; praying the House not to sanc- 
tion any reduction of duty on the importation of 
Cordage, Yarn and Twine,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cot Fishermen on the Rivers Wore 
and Barrow, in Jreland, praying the House not to 
pass any law relative to the Fisheries in Jreland, that 
may augment the present evil of illegal salmon 
weirs and stake nets, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Peckham, and its 
vicinity, in the county of Surrey, praying the House 
to withdraw every kind of public support from the 
College of Maynooth, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Berwich-upon-Tweed Union ;—and, 
Launceston Poor Law Union; praying for alteration 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act, in relation to 
cases of Bastardy,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon he Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Manchester 
Medical Society, praying that a Clause may be in- 
serted in the Poor i Amendment Bill, that a 
Medical Director may be appointed to superintend 
all matters relating to the medical relief of the 
poor, and that the system of appointing union me- 
dical officers by tender may be abolished, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Alver- 
stoke, praying that no Clause may be inserted in the 


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A. 1842. 


said Bill, so as to interfere with, or in any way repeal 
the Act called Gilbert’s Act, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the province of Ulster, by bands of armed men 
calling themselves Orangemen, and praying the 
House to address the Crown for their immediate 
disarming, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


gagees of the Tolls upon the Crossford Bridge and 
Altrincham. Road; — Trustees of the Hulme and 
Eccles Road ;—Company of Proprietors of Gains- 
burgh Bridge ; — and, Mortgagees of the Tolls 
on the Gainsburgh and East Retford Road ; pray- 
ing that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


ton ;— Carlisle ;—Cleobury Mortimer and Mamble ; 
—Southport ;—and, Richmond (York); complaining 
of grievances affecting Roman Catholics; and pray- 
ing that they may be placed upon a footing of perfect 
ge in point of civil rights and enjoyments, with 
Her Majesty’s subjects professing other religious 
persuasions,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


the will of the most noble Francis, Duke of Bridge- 
water, deceased, of the canal and estates, late of 
the said Duke of Bridgewater, praying that he may 
be heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Mersey Conservancy 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. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
tituled, An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating 
to the Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation ; 
and the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 17. 1. 22. Leave out from “ duties” to “ And” 
in Pr. 19. 1. 26. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive do carry the Bill 
tothe Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Petitions from Clongish ;—and, Waterford; pray- 
ing the House to devise means for affording en- 
couragement to the Schools in connection with the 
Church Education Society for Ireland,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


facturers and Bleachers, Mill-owners and others in 
Belfast, Lisburn, and their vicinity, praying the 
House to place the management of the Lagan Na- 


the Board of Works, was presented, and read; and 











ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition 


vigation under the control of the Commissioners of 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester and Sal- Outrages 
ford, complaining of recent Outrages committed in (Ireland. 


Petitions of Mortgagees of the Tolls upon the Tumpike-roads 
y | Crossford ay and Manchester Road ;— Mort- Bill. 


Petitions from Brough ;— Buckland ;—Hudders- Roman 
Jield ;— Midsomer Norton ;—Darlington ;—Congle- Catholics. 


A Petition of James Loch, Esquire, the Devisee Mersey Con 
and Trustee, and Superintendent appointed under setvancy Bill. 


Cass’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Cass’s Estate 
committed. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ellesmere and 
in- — Canal 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Linen Manu- Lagan Navigs 


tion. 





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Fisher 
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ad 
al 


gae 


Poor Relief 3 7s ‘ 
(Ireland) Act. other Parishioners of the parish of Lambeg, in the 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) : 
(No. 2.) Bili. 


Belgium. 


Property Tax 
Bill, 


Railways. 


House of Come 
mons Lighting. 


No. 251. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. ad 


Kinsale 
tion. 


5 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Incumbent, Churchwardens and 


county of Antrim, praying that in any revision of 

the Poor Relief (Jreland) Act, provision may be 

made for providing coffins for such destitute poor 

persons as may die out of the workhouses, was 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Order for taking into further consideration 
upon Thursday the 2d day of June next, the Report 
on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the sth day of June 
next. 


A Petition of British Merchants, and others in 
connection with Great Britain, residing at Antwerp, 
praying the House to take such measures as may 
enable Her Majesty’s Postmaster-general to esta- 
blish a direct Communication by Post every week- 
day, and to assimilate in every respect the Com- 
munication now existing by Post with Belgium, to 
the Communication now existing between Great 
Britain and France, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, residing in 
the borough of Grimsby, praying that the Property 
Tax Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard James Morrison, a Lieute- 
nant in the Royal Navy, stating that the system 
pursued of locking passengers in Railway carriages, 
with a view to prevent injuries to individuals, is 
pregnant with danger to vast numbers ; that to pre- 
vent these evils, no Railway carriage should be al- 
lowed to run without a license, which should define 
the conditions under which it should be conducted ; 
and that a Government officer should be appointed 
to grant such licenses, and control such carriages ; 


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293 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 
Petitions from Upper Eshols ;—and, Manchester Com Laws. 
(two Petitions) ; praying for the repeal of the Corn 
Laws,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Public Houses 
of the city of Chester, in council assembled, praying Bill. 

that a Clause may be inserted in the Public ees 

Bill, extending the regulation of closing Public 

Houses in the Metropolis at twelve o’clock on Satur- 

day night, and — them from being opened 

until one o’clock on Sunday, to the whole of the 

United Kingdom, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of vessels in Dundee, em- Oilsand Whale- 
a8 ed in the Davis Straits and Greenland Whale bone. 
isheries, praying the House not to sanction any 

alteration of the duties on Oils and Whalebone, the 

produce of foreign fishing, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Viscount Newry be added to the Post-office 
Select Committee on Post-office Communication, Communica- 


Ordered, That the Drainage (Jreland) Bill, as Drainage _ 
amended, be printed. (Ireland) Bill. 

No. 252. 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself supply ; 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance Civil 
dred and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and Fstablishments. 
twenty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 

for defraying 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 

Kingdom, and at the Foreign Stations, for the year 

1842-43. 





and praying the House to address Her Majesty to 
appoint such officer, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the remuneration due to Mr. Goldswor- 
thy Gurney, for his services in lighting the House of 
Commons, have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Charles Lemon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; and to whom a Petition of William Liel- 
head was 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 ; and 
an Appendix. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into 
a Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the De- 
signs Copyright Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 1st day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from Messrs. Currie and Wood- 
gate, the Agents for James Francis Comerford and 
George Dunn, who petitioned this House on the 
6th day of September, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Kinsale, that it is not their 
intention to proceed with their Petition. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Royal 
hundred and nine thousand two hundred and _ seven Engineers. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 

the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers, and 
Sappers and Miners, for the year 1842-43. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Royal Regi- 
hundred and forty-nine thousand one hundred and = 
oe tes pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for’ 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, the Royal Horse Artillery, and Riding 
House Troop, the Master Gunners, the Field Train 
Department, the Medical Establishment, and the 
Royal Military Academy, for the year 1842-43. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Barrack 
nine thousand three hundred and three pounds, be Masters. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Salaries 
to Barrack Masters, &amp;c., in the United Kingdom 
and at Foreign Stations, for the year 1842-43. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Ordnance 
dred and eight thousand seven hundred and forty- ate and 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- “™™"S*""* 
fraying the Expense of the Ordnance Surveys, Mili- 
tary and Civil Contingencies, and Army Extraordi- 
naries, transferred to the Ordnance by Treasury 
Minute, for the year 1842-43. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Ordnance 
hundred and thirty-one 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 1842-43, 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Services not 
thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight pounds, Provided for. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for tideging the Expense 
of Revcians. eulunsal by the Office of Ordnance, 
and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
1841-42, 





Vou. 97. 


PP3 8. Resolved, 
































































‘ 
a 
ed 

a 


Rs cs faces es ages Sg 


Sak 2 prac os aie 


SP Ee egies EN cee abe erger aa me 


Sieetow = 


i a pacer Te 


ap ie Be oe aI 


Superannua- 
tions. 


Commissariat. 


Dock Yards. 


Medicines. 


Naval Miscella- 
neous Services. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil - d°. 


Transports, &amp;c, 


Convicts (New 
South Wales 
and Van Die- 
men’s Land.) 


Packet Service. 





294. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-five 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, Allow- 
ances, 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 1842-43. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and nineteen thousand five hundred and 
fourteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of the Commissariat Supplies for 
the United Kingdom, for the year 1842-43. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ninety-four thousand four hundred and 
ninety-six 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 1843. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Medicines and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 


divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 

hundred and ninety-seven thousand one hundred 
and fifty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Al- 
lowances, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1843. 
14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and seventy-seven thousand and two 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 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 1843. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twenty-six thousand one hundred 
_— be granted to Her Majesty, to bay the 

reight of Ships and Transports, and other Charges, 
for the Victualling and Conveyance of Troops and 
Stores on account of the Army and Ordnance De- 
partments, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1843. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
five thousand seven hundred and ninety-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 pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1843. 


17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seven thousand five hundred and forty- 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Packet Service for the conveyance 
of Mails, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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





20° Maiz. 


A. 1842, 


Mr. Greene 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, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Colonial 
Passengers 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. 


The ingrossed Bill for establishing a Prison at 


Pentonville, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Survey and 
Sales of Land belonging to the Crown in the Aus- 
tralian Colonies and New Zealand, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Countervailing 
Duties and Drawbacks of Excise on Mixtures, Com- 
pounds, Preparations and Commodities made from 
or with Spirits, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal the present, and impose 
and allow new Countervailing Duties and Drawbacks 
of Excise on Mixtures and Preparations made with 
Spirits, when removed from or into England, Scot- 
land or Ireland respectively ; and to suspend for a 
limited time so much of an Act of the present Ses- 
sion as repeals the Allowance on Spirits made from 
Malt only in Lreland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Roasted Malt 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Incumbents Leasing (No. 2.) 
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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tions Leasing (No. 2.) 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 upon Friday 
the 3d day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of the Customs Duties 


payable in the West Indian and North American 
Colonies. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That with reference to the Resolutions 
agreed to by this House, in Committee on the Acts 
relating to the Customs Duties in the West Indian 
and North American Colonies, on the 18th and 30th 

















days of April last, and to the Bill brought in in pur- 
suance 


Colonial ; 
Passengers Bill, 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill, 


Australia and 
New Zealand 
Bill. 


Excise Duties 
Compounds 
Bill. 


Roasted Malt 
Bill. 


Incumbents 
Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No. 2-) Bill. 


Customs Duties 
(West Indian 
and North Ame- 
rican Colonies) 
(No. 3+) . 





chan 
Ame 
Bill 


























































Bil, 


nd 
ad 


Talt 


ts 


sill, 


ical 
ns 


sill. 


Duties 
dian 

Ame- 
nies) 


5 Vicroriz. 


suance thereof, intituled, “A Bill to amend the 
Laws for the Regulation of the Trade of the British 
Possessions Abroad,” Spermaceti, which (except so 
far as respects Spermaceti Candles) would be thereby 
chargeable as an unenumerated article, with an ad- 
valorem Duty of four per centum, be added to the 


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295 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dean Forest 
reading of the Dean Forest Poor Bill; Poor Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a sccond time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dean Forest 


list of the enumerated articles contained in the said | reading of the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Ec!sstical 


Resolutions and Bill, and be chargeable with a Duty 
of fifteen per centum ad valorem, and be subject in 
all other particulars to the conditions contained in 
the said Resolutions and Bill. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

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





law of Mer- The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
eel a Committee upon the Law of. Merchants Act 


Bill, Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


: Distri il. 
Bill . istricts Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second St. Briavel’s 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill; oo Debts 
Ordered, That the Bill be read asecond time upon =~ 
Friday next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, Tithes Commu- 
c. 71, for the Commutation of Tithes in England ™tion Bill. 
and Wales, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 5 Vic. 

c. 7, to continue until the Thirty-first day of Jul 

One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, oe 

Laws as may expire within a limited period, might 

be read; and the same being read ; 

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

amend the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in 
England and Wales, and to continue the Officers 
appointed under the said Acts for a.time to be li- 

mited : And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Chan- 

cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Spirit Trade 
to inquire into the effect upon the Trade in Spirits (Ireland.) 





No.253. 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 he now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 

Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
Bribery at The Bribery at Elections Bill was read the first 
Bections Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
No. 264: Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 

Rivers (Ire- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
land) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 

Municipal The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Corporations 


Bill further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
Corporations Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Double Costs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
=. mittee on the Double Costs Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Railways Bill. § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Railways Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
preety Tax The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the Property Tax Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday next. 

pimvike-roads ~The Order of the day being read, for the second 
P reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


_ eg The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
% Sul. further consideration the Report on the Parish Con- 
stables Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Com- 

mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 
yazeand 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. 


in Ireland, of the repeal of the Malt Drawback in 
that part of the United Kingdom. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend the 'Tithes Commu- 
Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in England and tation Bill. 
Wales, and to continue the Officers appointed under No. 255. 
the said Acts for a Time to be limited: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


Address to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing, in (Scotland.) 
columns, the Number and Names of the Crown 

Counsel who attended the Judges on each Circuit 
respectively, in each District of Scotland where As- 

sizes have been held, in each of the Three last years, 

ending the 15th day of May 1842. 


Orders,—Return to an Order dated the 25th day of 
April last, for Copies of a Letter dated the 8th day 
of February 1841, addressed by J. Corry Connellan, 
Esquire, Secretary to Lord Plunket, late Lord Chan- 
cellor of Ireland, to Samuel Gordon, Esquire, Four 
Courts Marshalsea, (Dublin) :—Of the two Memo- 
rials or Petitions referred to in the above-mentioned 
Letter, of the 8th day of February 1841 :—Of a 
Petition from Samuel Gordon to the Lord Chancellor 
of Ireland, lodged in his Secretary’s Office the 11th 
day of February 1841, with the Orders made on 
the said Petition :—Of a Petition, dated the 15th 
day of February 1841, now lying in the Office of 
the Registrar of the Court of Chancery in Jre/and, 
with a special Return, stating whether the said Pe- 
tition was signed by Samuel Gordon (whose signa- 
ture it professes to bear) or not :—And, of all Papers 
and Documents, including the Attachment and the 
Orders, in form, for the execution of it, issued by 
the Court of Chancery of Jreland against Samuel 
Gordon in 1841. 

Return to an Order dated the 28th day of April Brevet | 
last, for a Return of the Number of Officers in the Promotions. 
Army (Civil and Military) who have been promoted 
by Brevet, stating the Number in each Class or Rank, 
and the Amount of Additional Pay and Allowances 
which the Officers in each Rank will receive in con- 
sequence of that Promotion, and the Total Addi- 





Vou. 97. 





PP4 _tional 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an Crown Counsel 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Samuel Gordon. 


insite as es 


— EE ————— 
Pe Se Sen Ba als Sl afcap Poa av tea nt a eT A a 


Teas ee wethcnc 


we a 
dhiex 


Seer 


Navy. 


Half Pay, &amp;c. 
No. 256. 

Newspaper 

Stamps, &amp;c. 
No. 257. 


Ships. 
No. 258. 


Shipping. 
No. 259. 


Flint County 
turn 
amended. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


East India. 


Kingstown 
Mariners’ 
Church Bill. 


Cork County 
Election. 


296 


tional Expense to the Country by such Brevet Pro- 
motions, since the year 1832 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 286, of Session 1832) :— 
A similar Return for the Royal Artillery and Ord- 
nance Establishments :—-And, a similar Return of 
the Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines 
(so far as relates to the Royal Navy and Marines.) 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Com- 
missioners for auditing Public Accounts and the 
Lords of the Admiralty, respecting the Accounts of 
Naval Receipt and Expenditure, and the unappro- 
priated Balance, pursuant to Act 2 Will. 4,c.40,s. 30, 


90°—23° Maii. 





for the year ended the 30th day of March 1841, 
noticed in the Parliamentary Paper, No. 16, of Ses- 
sion 1842.! 

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


Ordered, That the Accountrelative to Half Pay, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ships, which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 23° die Mai; 
Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE Clerk of the Crown attending, according 
to Order, amended the Return for the County 
of Flint. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk Roads Bill, have leave to sit this 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 

ouse. 


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,—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. 


An ingrossed Bill for erecting and endowing a 
Church at Kingstown, in the County and Diocese 
of Dublin, and Parish of Monkstown, and for pro- 
viding for the due Celebration of Divine Service 
therein, and for assigning a District thereto, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Hayter, from the Select Committee appointed 
&lt;o try and determine the matter of the Petition of 
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esquire, and others, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Cork, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That Daniel O'Connell, Esquire, and Edmund 
Burke Roche, Esquire, were duly elected Knights 
of the Shire, to serve in this present Parliament for 
the County of Cork. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 











A. 1849, 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Acts for Slug Roag Bil, 


making, repairing and keeping in repair the Road 
from Stonehaven, through the Slug Mount to the 
Bridge on the said Road at Cobleheugh, in the 
County of Kincardine, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter and amend the Acts for 
making, repairing and keeping in repair the Road 
from Stonehaven, through the Slug Mount to the 
Bridge at Cobleheugh, in the County of Kincardine, 
Ordered, That General Arbuthnott 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 incorporating the Equitable 
Gas Light Company, and for more effectually light- 
ing with Gas certain Parishes and Places within the 
City and Liberty of Westminster, and the Western 
Parts of the Metropolis, and other Parishes and 
Places in the County of Middlesex ; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 101.1. 4. After “ pounds ” insert “and after 
“ conviction for any such offence, shall forfeit the 
“ sum of Five pounds for every day such offence 
“ shall continue after the conviction.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 11. Leave out “a” and insert “the,” 
and in the same line, leave out “ not exceeding,” 
and insert “ of.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 28. Leave out “a,” and insert “ the.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 29. Leave out “ not exceeding,” and 
insert “ of.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Petitions of the Reverend David Ruell, Clerk, 
Lecturer of Saint Benet Finck, in the city of Lon- 
don ;—and, Parishioners of the said parish; pray- 
ing that it may be provided in and by the London 
Bridge Approaches and Royal Exchange Avenues 
Bill, that due compensation shall be made to 
the Reverend David Ruell, lecturer, the Reverend 
Doctor Rogers, curate, Henry Row, parish-clerk, 
Edward Halliday, organist, and Mary Graham, 
sexton of the said parish of Saint Benet Finck, 
respectively, for the loss of the said offices, and to 
the persons possessed of or entitled to vaults, graves 
and right of sepulture in the church and burial-ground 
of Saint Benet Finck, to be charged upon and paid 
out of the money to be paid by the corporation of 
London, for the site and materials of the said parish 
church, and the burying-ground adjoining thereto, 
or upon and out of the surplus funds or monies 
vested or to be vested in the said corporation for the 
purposes of the said Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Sir Howard Douglas reported from the Committee 
on the Liverpool Improvement Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion ; 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 there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 


deration the Report which, upon the 13th dayof this NavigationBill. 


instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Faversham Navigation Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 4 
n 


Equitable Gas 
Company Bill, 


London Bridge 
Approaches and 
Royal Exchange 
Avenues Bill, 


Liverpool 


Improvement 


ul. 


Faversham 


Cwm 
and | 
Cow} 


































































Bill, 


ill, 


dge 
and 
ange 


ll 


nt 


Bill. 





Cwm Celyn 
and Blaina Iron 


Company Bill. 


Church Stretton 
and Longden 
Roads Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Leather, &amp;c. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Cordage, &amp;c. 


Straw Plait. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Distress 


(Aberdeen. ) 


Post-office 
Communica- 
tion, 





5 Vicroriz. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- 
ings by or against “The Cwm Celyn and Blaina 
Iron Company,” and for granting certain Powers 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morris do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Church Stretton and Longden Roads Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions from Coshmere and Coshbride ;—Mal- 
low ;—and, Baronies of East and West Muskerr 
(Cork); praying that the Fisheries (Zreland) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Society for the Protection of the 
Fisheries in Ireland, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was also pre- 


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297 


of the Milford and Waterford Packets from their 
present stations,—were also presented, and read; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Weston Underwood ;—and, Tam- Roman 
worth; complaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics. 
Catholics; and praying that they may be placed 
on a footing of perfect equality, in point of civil 
rights and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s subjects 
professing other religious persuasions,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Committee re- Fresh Fruit. 

presenting the Growers of Fruit and Vegetables, 
who chiefly supply the Zondon markets with those 
articles, and who occupy upwards of thirty thousand 
acres of land surrounding the Metropolis, praying 
that a larger protection may be given to them than 
the new tariff of Her Majesty’s Ministers contains, 
was —- and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





sented, and read; and referred to the said Select 
Committee, 


Petitions from Salisbury ;—and, Leicester; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on the importation of manufactured Leather 
and on Boots and Shoes,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waddington, praying 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support 
from the College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Preston (Lancaster) ;—and, Wor- Factories. 
tley; praying the House to pass an Act to limit the 
labour of young persons employed in Factories to 
ten hours a day for five days in the week, and eight 
hours on the Saturday,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fishermen and others, connected Harbours of 
with the Fishery at Vewbiggin on the coast of Nor- Refuge. 
thumberland, praying for the formation of a Harbour 
of Refuge in the bay of Newbiggin, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 














A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the united 
parishes of Killoran and Kilvarnet, in the diocese 
of Achonry, praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Coventry ;—Newcastle-wpon- Tyne; 
—and, Bristol; praying the House not to sanction 


any reduction of the duties on the importation of 


Cordage and Twine,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Male Inhabitants of Stromness, 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty upon the importation of Straw Plait, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Church 
of Scotland, residing in and connected with Gilcoms- 
ton parish, Aberdeen, praying the House to abolish 
Patronage in the Church of Scotland, and to leave 
the Church herself to regulate the appointment 
of her ministers, was presented, and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Aberdeen, praying the House to devise 
immediate measures of relief for the unemployed 
and partially employed operatives of that city, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Monmouth ;— Usk ;—and, Bridg- 
end (Chairman of a Meeting); praying the House 
to encourage the improvement of the Old Passage 
Ferry, thereby expedite the present mails, facilitate 
the travelling, and promote the convenience of the 
surrounding districts, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Post-office 


Communication. 


Petitions from Carmarthen ;—and, Carrich-on- 


Suir; praying the House not to sanction the remova 
Vou. 97. 





Petitions from Earl Shilton;— Chapel Walls (Shet- Corn Laws. 
land) ;—.Broughton and Cransley ;—and, Warkton ; 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were 


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


A Petition of rated Inhabitants of the borough Poor Law 
of Chepping Wycombe, praying the House to allow Amendment 
the parochial affairs of that borough to be no longer ““ 
under the management of the Board of Guardians, 
but permit the rate-payers to have the expending of 
their own money and the maintenance of their own 
poor, was , gai and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Manning, a Proprietor and Orlingbury 
Occupier of land residing in the parish of Orling- Cheb. 
bury, in the county of Northampton, complaining of 
the determination of a meeting of parishioners of the 
said parish to rebuild the parish church, and alleging 
that the same is capable of being repaired at a much 
smaller cost; and praying for the interference of the 
House, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the time for Committees on Private Private Bills: 
Bills to make their Reports, be enlarged till Mon- 
day the 6th day of June next. 


General Arbuthnott reported from the Committee Burntisland and 
onthe Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and Road Granton Ptr, 
Bill ; and to whom several Petitions against the said pi 
Bill were referred ; That they had considered the 
said Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of 
one of them ; 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. 


A Petition of Hop-planters of the parish of Goud- Hops. 
hurst, praying that the House will protect them, by 
continuing the present amount of duty on imported 
Hops, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
1| upon the Table. 








Qe Petitions 





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Railways Bill. 


Herriugs. 


Property Tax 
Bill, &amp;c. 


Cattle, Meat, 
Co 


Dramatic 
Art. 


Buildings 
Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bil, 
&amp;e. 


Metropolitan 
Roads. 


China, &amp;c. 


Benefit Build- 
ing Societies. 


Toll Bars 
(Scotland.) 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill. 


298 


Petitions from Carlton-in-Lindrick ;—and, Crick- 
lade (two Petitions) ; praying that a Clause may be 
inserted in the Railways Bill, to the effect that no 
Railway shall be used on the Lord’s Day, except in 
cases of charity or necessity,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of fishing luggers employed 
in the Herring Fishery, on the coasts of Worfolk 
and Suffolk, and the Yorkshire coast, and also 
engaged in the curing of Herrings for exportation, 
complaining of the amount of the duties levied on 
Herrings imported into the Neapolitan States, and 
praying the House to take such steps as shall secure 
relief from this duty, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Nichols, of Thornhill, in the 
county of Gloucester, praying the House to reject 
the Property Tax Bill and the Tariff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ministers, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Beckingham ; — Heapham ;— Vale 
of Alford;—and, Eastern Division of Cornwall ; 
praying that the prohibition of the importation of 
Cattle may be continued, and that no reduction may 
be made in the protecting duties heretofore charged 
on Meat and on all other agricultural productions, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Dramatic Authors, praying the 
House to pass such enactments as may conduce to 
the more beneficial exercise of Dramatic Art, and 
the protection of religion and morality, by making 
it lawful for the managers of all theatres duly 
authorized, to accept and produce the best Dramas 
they can obtain, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the neighbourhood 
bounded by Goswell-street, Chiswell-street, Bunhill- 
row and O/d-sireet, praying that the Buildings Re- 
gulation (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, and that 
the House will legislate for the prevention of inter- 
ments of the dead in populous places, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Hammersmith, com- 
plaining that the Commissioners of the Metropolitan 
Turnpike-roads have discontinued to light the Roads 
of the said parish, and praying the House to provide 
some remedy, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of the village of Friockheim 
and its vicinity, in the parish of Kirkden, in the 
county of Forfar, praying the House to take immedi- 
ate steps to terminate the war in China and Affghan- 
istan, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Officers of the Saint Hilda Benefit 
Building Society, resident in the borough of South 
Shields, praying for the amendment of the Act of 
7 Will. 4, for the Regulation of Benefit Building 
Societies, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scoéland, in 
General Convention assembled, praying that in any 
Act for regulating Turnpike-roads in Scotland, pro- 
vision may be made against placing Toll Bars with- 
in three miles of any royal burgh, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees and Creditors of the Turn- 
pike-road leading from the town of Burnley, in the 


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A. 1842. 


county palatine of Lancaster, to the Turnpike-road 
leading from Bury to Haslingden, at or near Eden- 
field chapel in the township of Tottington Higher 
End, in the same county, praying that the Turnpike- 
roads Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Independent Denomination worshipping in the Inde- 
enna Chapel, Waste-gardens, Sligo, praying the 

ouse to pass an Act for rendering valid all Mar- 
riages solemnized, or which may hereafter be solem- 
nized, by a presbyterian minister in Jreland, between 
parties, one of whom is a member of the Established 
Church, and the other a protestant dissenter, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


of London, Liverpool, Bristol, Greenock, Newcastle, 
Sunderland, Dublin, Cork, Waterford and Limerick 
respectively, for British North America; specifying 
the Ports thereof, from the 1st day of March to the 
latest period when it can be given, in the years 1840, 
1841 and 1842. 


for a month, on account of illness in his family. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Parishes in England and Wales, 
which have adopted the Act 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 60, 
commonly called Hobhouse’s Vestries Act; showing 
the Number of Ecclesiastical or other Districts into 
which each Parish is divided. 

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 pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, in the room 
of Rigby Wason, Esquire, and George Rennie, Es- 
quire, whose Elections have been determined to be 
void ; 

The House was moved, That the Special Report 
which, upon the 25th day of April last, was made from 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Ipswich, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ do” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ not issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, 
“to make out a new Writ for the electing of two 

Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for 

the Borough of Ipswich, before Monday the 6th 

day of June next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
roposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
he said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


“ 


n 


‘ 
“ 


Copy of the Minute of the Poor Law Commissiuners 
upon the admissibility of Scotch and Irish Medical 
Practitioners to Union Offices in England. 


into a Committee upon the Licensed Lunatic Asylums 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 








the 


A Petition of the Minister, Deacons and Members Marriages 
of the Congregation of Protestant Dissenters of the (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British North 
Return of the Number of Ships cleared at the Ports — 


Ordered, That Mr. french have leave of absence Leave of 
Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Parish Vestries 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased At 


Ipswich Writ, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 


Amendment 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Licensed 


Lunatic Asy- 
lums Bill. 


No. 260. 


Coppe 






Cust 






























































































































Copper Ores. 


Customs Acts. 


ies 


5 Vicrorif£. 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 22d day of June 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


A Petition of Directors of the Mining Company 
of Ireland, praying the House to adopt, so far as 
regards the duty on importation of Foreign Copper 
Ores, the tariffat first promulgated, by enacting that 
the proposed duty of five per cent. on importation, 
shall apply to all Foreign Copper Ores without 
exception, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts relating to the Duties of Customs ; 

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, 
“‘ in removing the prohibition to the importation of 
any article, there ought not to be charged any 
duty on the raw material which should not be 
“ charged to articles the manufacture thereof; and 
“ that so long as living animals be chargeable with 


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299 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 24° die Maii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill; mia 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time’ ~ 
upon Tuesday the 31st day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- British Posses- 
mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; sions Abroad 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday me. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- supply; 
ply, several Resolutions, which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Ordnance Civil 
dred and twenty-one thousand eight hundred and Establishments, 
twenty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Salaries of the Civil Establishments 
ef the Office of Ordnance at the Tower and Pall 
Mall, at Woolwich, at the Out Stations in the United 
Kingdom, and at the Foreign Stations, for the year 
1842-43. 





“ a fixed duty, salted provisions should be charge- 
“ able with an equivalent rate, and not removable 
“ from warehouse without payment thereof, except 
“* for exportation,” 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.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That in lieu 
of the rates of duty now payable upon the articles 
enumerated in the following Schedules, there shall be 


raised, levied and paid upon the importation of the} granted to Her Majesty, for defraying t 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Royal 
dred and nine thousand two hundred and seven Engineers. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of the Corps of Royal Engineers, and 
Sappers and Miners, for the year 1842-43. 
3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Royal Regie 
hundred and forty-nine thousand one hundred and ment of 
—— pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for A™!e- 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, the Royal Horse Artillery, and Riding 
House Troop, the Master Gunners, the Field Train 
Department, the Medical Establishment, and the 
Royal Military Academy, for the year 1842-43. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Barrack 
nine thousand three hundred and three pounds, be Masters. 

fe Salaries 


said articles into the United Kingdom, the rates of| to Barrack Masters, &amp;c., in the United Kingdom, 


duty specified in the said Schedules. 
Amendment proposed: To add the following 


and at Foreign Stations, for the year 1842-43. 
5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Ordrance 


words, “ all live stock imported from foreign coun- dred and eight thousand seven hundred and forty Go"7e¥s and 


“« tries, calculated for the purposes of food, being three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 


“ charged by weight.” 


ing the Expense of the Ordnance Surveys, Military 


Question put, That those words be there added ; and Civil Contingencies, and Army Extraordinaries, 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers forthe f Mr. William Miles, } 113 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Palmer: : 
Tellers for the J Sir Thomas Fremantle, 380 
Noes, Sir George Clerk: ais 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 
SCHEDULES OF DUTIES. 


1.—Animat.s (Livine) and Articies oF Foon: 


transferred to the Ordnance by Treasury Minute, for 
the year 1842-43. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Ordnance 
hundred and thirty-one thousand pounds, be granted *res- 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge for Stores, 
on account of Ordnance and Military Store Branch 
Services, for the year 1842-43, 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Services not 
thousand seven hundred -and eighty-eight pounds, Provided for. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of Services performed by the Office of Ordnance, 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 


Countries. | Possessions. 











Anrimats (living), viz. :— as &amp;)| Ba &amp; 
Asses - - - - - each - 2 6 - 18 
Goats - - - - - each - l-| = = 6 
Kids - - - - - each} - 1 —-] - = 6 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Vo. 97. 


and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
1841-42. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Superannua- 
dred and sixty-nine thousand eight hundred and tions. 
thirty-five 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; aiso, Allow- 
ances, Compensations and Emoluments in the nature 
of Superannuated or Retired Allowances to oo 

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Contingencies. 


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ne Be ae ee PE ee 





300 


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 1842-43. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and nineteen thousand five hundred and four- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of the Commissariat Supplies for the 
United Kingdom, for the year 1842-43. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ninety-four thousand four hundred and 
ninety-six 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 1843. 

11. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Twenty- 
nine thousand three hundred and _ seventy-five 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Medicines and Medical Stores, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 

Naval Miscella- 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 

neous Services» four thousand eight hundred and twenty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 


Commissariat. 


Dock Yards. 


Medicines. 


Military 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 

Pensions and hundred and ninety-seven thousand one hundred 

Allowances. and fifty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Al- 
lowances, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1843. 

Civil - a 14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 


hundred and seventy-seven thousand and two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, 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 1843. 

Transports, &amp;c. 15. Badinih That a sum, not exceeding ‘lwo 
hundred and twenty-six thousand one hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Freight 
of Ships and Transports, and other Charges, for the 
Victualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores 
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 1843. 


Convicts(New 16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety- 


a oe five thousand seven hundred and ninety-four — 
men’s Land.) 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 1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seven thousand five hundred and forty- 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Packet Service for the conveyance 
of Mails, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Packet Service. 


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. 


Roasted Malt = The ingrossed Bill to provide Regulations for pre- 


ou. paring and using Roasted Malt in colouring Beer, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Incumbents’ Mr. Greene reported the Incumbents Leasing 
(Noa) -_ (No. 2.) 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. 





93°—94° Mair. 











A. 1842, 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Customs Date, 
Report from the Committee to whom it was referred (West Indian 
to consider of the Customs Duties payable in the qu Not 
West Indian and North American Colonies ; Colonies) 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. (N°. 3.) 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Law of Me. 
further consideration the Report on the Law of chants Act 
Merchants Act Amendment Bill; pincudment 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further — 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bribery at 
reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; Elections Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municip 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Corporations 
Corporations Bill ; as 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Double Coss 

mittee on the Double Costs 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- Ways ana 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tithes Commu 
reading of the Tithes Commutation Bill ; tation Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Witnesses _ 
to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence be- Idemnity Bill. 
fore the Committee to be appointed by this House, 
to inquire whether corrupt Compromises have been 
entered into in the cases of Election Petitions pre- 
sented from Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn 
and Falmouth, and Reading, for the purpose of 
avoiding Investigation into gross Bribery alleged to 
have been practised at the Elections for the aforesaid 
Towns, and whether such Bribery has really taken 
place: And that Mr. Roebuck and Sir Thomas Wilde 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Newspapers to which —— 
Stamps were issued, and of the Number of Stamps jens. 
issued to Newspapers, in the years ended on the 
15th day of September 1836 and 1837 respectively, 
and in the half year ended on the 15th day of March 
1838; distinguishing the Number issued to London 
Newspapers, to English Provincial Newspapers, to 
Trish Newspapers and to Scotch Newspapers; also, of 
the Amount of Newspaper Duty received in England, 
Ireland and Scotland, during each of the above 
years ; stating the Totals for each year, and the rate 
of Duty which was then in force :—A similar Re- 
turn for each year since the 15th day of March 
1838 :—And, a Return of the Number of Advertise- 
ments inserted in the London Papers, the English 
Provincial Papers, the Zrish Papers and the Scotch 
Papers, in each of the years ended on the 10th day 
of October 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1841 
respectively ; also, of the Amount of Advertisement 
Duty received in England, Ireland and Scotland, 
during each of the above years ; stating the Totals 
for each year, and the rate of Duty which was then 
in force. 


Ordered, That there be iaid before this House, an Paper Duties. 
Account of the Quantities of the different sorts of 
Paper charged with Duty during each of the Three 
years preceding the last Reduction of Duties on 
Paper, the rate of Duty then payable on each “i 
the 


eso 





Ue 


Bill, 


ieSe 


Witnesses 
Indemnity Bill. 


No. 261. 


Savings Banks. 


Duties. Duties, which was presented upon Friday last, be 


5 Vicroriz. 


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301 


the different sorts of Paper, the Gross and Net Pro- | That they had heard counsel in support of the said 
duce of such Duties, and the Drawback on the Pa-| Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
per exported; with an Account, for each year sub-| the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
sequent to the Reduction and Equalization of the | Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
Duties, of the Rate of Duty, and of the Gross and | through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Net Amount, and Drawback ; noting the period at 
which the Penny Postage came into operation ; | 
stating the same separately for England, Scotland 
and Ireland, with a general Summary for the United 
Kingdom. 


Mr. Roebuck presented a Bill to indemnify Wit- 
nesses who may give Evidence before the Committee 
to be appointed by this House, to inquire whether 
corrupt Compromises have been entered into in the 
cases of Election Petitions presented from Harwich, 
Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and 
Reading, for the purpose of avoiding Investigation 
into gross Bribery alleged to have been practised at 
the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, and whether 
such Bribery has really taken place: 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, a 
Return of the Number of immediate and deferred 
Annuities granted through the Savings Banks in 
England, Wales and Scotland, and Ireland, up to 
the 10th day of March 1842, in accordance with the 
Act 3 Will. 4, c. 14; distinguishing the Savings 
Bank through which such Annuities were granted 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 244, of 
Session 1838.) 


| 


Customs 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Customs 


No. 262. printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 24° die Mai; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


- Wihaties S IR John Mordaunt reported from the Committee 
a on the Tyne Fisheries Bill; and to whom several 
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 Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and, with Amendments to several 
of them, agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 

Lo Ferties Ordered, That the Tay Ferries Bill be read a se- 
cond time upon Thursday next. 

eee we An ingrossed Bill for improving the Navigation 


of Faversham Creek, in the County of Kent, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumptre do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Public Petitions 
(Twenty-fifth 
Report. ) 


The Earl of Arundel and Surrey reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ;.That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 13th 
and 20th days ofthis 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. 
ttagton- _ Mr. Scarlett reported from the Committee on 
Bil, + the Haddingtonshire Roads Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 


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 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 {Sir Thomas Hepburn, 46 
Yeas, Mr. Francis Scott : } . 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hope Johnstone, } 84 
Noes, UMr. William Mackenzie: : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

“* Report be taken into further consideration upon 

“ this day six months,” be added instead thereof : 

—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 

consideration upon this day six months. 


Mr. Home Drummond reported from the Select Grand Jury 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in rc 
the case of the Grand Jury Presentments (Cor) Bill, are 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no Notices were given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Stending 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, Orders 5 
as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Lagan Navigation Lagan Navi- 
Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their gation Bill. 
Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Lagan Navigation Bill be read Lagan Navi- 
a second time upon Monday next. gation Bill. 


A Petition of the Right honourable James Thomas Leeds Improves 


Earl of Cardigan, praying that he may be heard, by ™e"* Bill. 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Leeds 
Improvement 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. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions Leeds Improve- 


for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, emt Bill. 
upon the Petition for additional provision in the 
Leeds Improvement Bill, upon Thursday next. 


An ingrossed Bill for the Improvement, Good Go- Liverpool 
vernment and Police Regulation of the Borough of — 
Liverpool, was read the third time; and Amend ~~ 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Etive do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Liverpool and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in aang 
the case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition i 
for leave to bring in the Liverpool and Manchester 
Railway Bill, the Committee recommend the House 
to grant the prayer of the Petition. ite 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 











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Lough Foyle 
Drainage Bill. 


Stockton and 
Hartlepool 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton 
Election. 


General 
Committee of 
Elections, 


Dramatic Art. 


Meath Writ. 


Juries (West. 
meath. ) 


Provisions 
(Greenwich 
Hospital, &amp;c.) 


No. 263. 


302 


Ordered, That the Petition of Messrs. Clayton 
and Cookson, of Lincoln’s Inn, Agents for the Most 
honourable George Augustus, Marquis of Donegall, 
a Peer of Parliament, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, which was 
presented upon the 13th day of this instant May, be 
referred to the Committee on the Bill ; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by 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 consi- 
deration the Report, which, upon the 9th day of this 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- 
zances, stating that the Surety to the Petition of 
Fleming Thomas Roberts, Esquire, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Brighton (being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000), 
is unobjectionable. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections; That they had ap- 
pointed Monday the 13th day of June next, at three 
o’clock, to choose from Panel No. 1, the Select Com- 
mittee to try the matter of the Brighton Election 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Dramatic Authors, 
which was presented yesterday, relative to Dra- 
matic Art, be printed with the Votes, with the names 
thereunto annexed. 


Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, being chosen to serve 
in this present Parliament as a Knight of the Shire 
for the County of Cork, and also asa Knight of the 
Shire for the County of Meath, made his election to 
serve for the County of Cork. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the County of Meath, 
in the room of the said Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Returns made by the various Collec- 
tors of Grand Jury Cess in the County of Westmeath, 
of all Persons qualified to serve on Juries for the year 
1842 :—And, of the Jurors’ Book for the County of 
Westmeath, for the year 1842, as prepared accord- 
ing to the Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 91:—A Return of the Names and Places of Re- 
sidence of all Persons summoned to serve on Juries 
in the Crown and Record Courts of Mullingar, at 
the Spring Assizes of 1842 :—Copies of the Panels 


furnished by the Sheriff of the County of Westmeath, |~ 


at the Spring Assizes 1842, in the order in which 
the Names were placed on the Panels of each Court, 
and distinguishing the Persons fined for non-attend- 
ance, or that were otherwise ascertained not to have 
been present at the Assizes :—And,a Return of the 
Gifferent Juries that served in the Crown Court of 
Mullingar during the Spring Assizes of 1842, with 
the Number of Trials allotted to each Jury, and 
the order of the Names on the Roll of each Jury. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Return of the Sum expended in the pur- 
chase of Fresh Meat for the use of Greenwich Hos- 


ital, in each of the years 1835 and 1841 :—A simi- 
ar Return of the Sum expended in the Purchase of 
Wheat, Wheat Flour and Wheaten Bread :—A Re- 





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A. 1849, 


turn of the Contract Price of Fresh Beef per cwt. for 

the use of the Navy, ineach of the years from 1835 

to 1841, both inclusive :—And, a similar Return of 

the Price of Wheat per quarter, delivered for the use 

of the Navy at Her Majesty’s Victualling Yard at 
Deptford, tor the same period. 

A Return of the Contract Prices for Salt Provi- Salt Provisions 
sions supplied to the Navy, in the years from 1835 (Navy.) 

to 1841. No. 263, 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- Liverpool ang 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for better — 
enabling the said 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, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Captain Boldero presented,—Further Return to Brevet 
an Order dated the 28th day of April last, for a Promotions. 
Return of the Number of Officers in the Army (Civil 
and Military) who have been promoted by Brevet, 
stating the Number in each Class or Rank, and the 
Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which 
the Officers in each Rank will receive in conse- 
quence of that Promotion, and the Total additional 
Expense to the Country by such Brevet Promotions, 
since the year 1832 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 286, of Session 1832) :—A similar 
Return for the Royal Artillery and Ordnance Esta- 
blishments :—And, a similar Return of the Officers 
of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines (so far as re- 
lates to the Royal Artillery and Ordnance.) 

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


Mr. Hume reported, That he had, according to Ormesby 
Order, been with the Lords to desire a Conference !¢losure Bill 
on the subject-matter of the Amendment made b 
their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby Saint 
Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter, Ormesby Saint An- 
drew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in the County 
of Norfolk : —And that their Lordships will send an 
Answer by Messengers of their own. 


A Petition of the Deacon, Convener, Collector Commercial 
and other Members of the Trades House of Glasgow, Reforms, &amp;c. 
praying the House to sanction the proposed mea- 
sures of Her Majesty’s Ministers relative: to Com- 
mercial Reforms and Finance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Customs Acts, 
a Committee, to consider of the several Acts relating 
to the Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 
Schedule, No. 1.—continued. 














Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
AnIMALs (living); viz.— £. 8. d.| £. 8. d. 
Oxen and Bulls - - - each ke =] = DW = 





Instead of “ One pound,” proposed to fill the 
blank with “ One shilling.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ One shilling” ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Villiers, 44, 





Yeas, Mr. Hume : 
Tellers for the [ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 209 
Noes, Sir George Clerk : ? 


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Schedule, No. 1.—continued. 


5 Vicroriz. Q4°—95° Maize. 303 


Schedule, No. 1.—continued. 








Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Ofand from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 








Rates of Duty. 

ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 

Foreign British 

Countries. | Possessions. 

Animals (living)—continued; viz. — £. s. d.| &amp;. 8. du 
Oxen and Bulls - ° - each i -“« 2) =—- RB = 
Cows = - = = -eah}| —-15 -| - 7 6 
Calves - - - - -each| -—-10 -|] - 5 - 

Horses, Mares, Geldings, 

Colts, Foals - - - each y= « we «= 
Mules - - - - -each} - 2 6 - 1 8 
Sheep - - - - -each| - 3 —-| - 1 6 
Lambs - - - - - each -~ 2 - -l- 
Swine and Hogs - ° i - 





Question put, That the blank be filled with “ Five 
“ shillings;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Sir George Clerk, \ 
Yeas, U Sir Thomas Fremantle:  $ 
Tellers for the f Mr. William O’ Brien, } 
Noes, UL Mr. William Miles : 


Swine and Hogs - - - each 
Pigs (sucking ) - - - each 
Poultry - - for every 1002. value 
Arrow Root - - - - the cwt. 
Capers, including the pickle - the Ib. 
Cassava Powder - - - thecwt.| — 
Caviare - - - - theewt. | - 


Chicory, or any other vegetable matter appli- 
cable to the uses of Chicory or Coffee :— 
Roasted or Ground - - - thelb | —- 
Raw, or kiln-dried - - the cwt. 1 
Comfits, dry - - - ~ the Ib. - 
Cucumbers, preserved ~ for every 1007. value | 10 
Fish, viz.— 
Anchovies - - - the lb. | — 
Eels ~ - the ship’s lading |} 13 - -|13 — 
Lobsters - - the ship’s lading 

or 1d. each, at the option of the importer | 5 - -j}] 5 — 
Turbots - - - - the ewt. - 5 


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Fish imported from Foreign Places, in other 
than fishing vessels; viz.— 
Oysters - ~ - 
Salmon - - - the ewt. | - 
Soles - - the cwt. - 
Turtle - ~ - -  thecwt. - 
Fresh, not otherwise enumerated, the cewt.| — - 
Cured, not otherwise enumerated, theewt.| - 2 -—| -— 
If imported in fishing vessels - - | Prohibited. | Prohibited. 
Of British taking and curing - - Free. Free. 


the bushel | — 6 - 


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6 


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— 
pox ono = 


Fruit, viz.— 
Raw, and not otherwise enumerated 
for every 1002. value 
Almonds, not Jordan, nor bitter, the cwt. 
— Jordan - - thecwt. 
Bitter - - the cwt. 
- Paste of, for every 100/. value | 2 
Apples, raw - - - the bushel 


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Amendment proposed: Toleave out “ the bushel,” 
and insert “ for every hundred pounds value.” 


Question put, That the words “ the bushel” stand 
part of the Schedule; 


The Committee divided : 








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Tellers for was &gt; George Clerk, Lio 
Yeas, Sir Thomas Fremantle : J ' 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wakley, } i 
: 51. 
Noes. Dr. Bowring : 
Apples, dried - - - thebushel | - 2 6| - 2 6 
Berries, unenumerated - the cewt. - 2-| —- 2 = 
Cherries, raw, for every 1002. value 5 - - 5 - - 
dried - - the lb, - - 6} - - 6 
Citron, preserved with salt 
for every 1007. value | 10 -~ -}|10 - - 
Cranbervies  - - - the gallon | - - 1] - - 1 
Currants - - - the cwt. 2 @ 2 &lt;2 
Dates - - - - the cwt. -10 —-| -10 - 
Figs ~ - - - theewt.}| -15 -; -15 - 
Grapes - - forevery 100/.value] 5 - -| 5 - —- 
Medlars - - - thebushel | - 1] -/| - - 6 
Nuts, viz. :— 
Chesnuts  - - - thebushel | - 2 -! - 2 - 
Cocoa nuts - - - the 1,200 - - - l- 
Pistachio nuts - - thecwt. 10 -|} -10 ~- 
Small nuts - - - thebushel |} - 2 -| - 2 - 
Walnuts - - - thebushel | -~ 2 -| - 2 = 
Nuts, not otherwise enumerated, ex- 
cept such as are commonly used 
for expressing oil therefrom 
for every 1001, value | 20 - -—|20 - - 








Vou. 97. 





Frult—continued: viz. :— £.sd.) £. 8. d, 
Olives - - - - thegalln | -~ 2 -— = 


Oranges and Lemons, viz. :—~ 
In chests and boxes not exceeding 

















5,000 cubicinches - thebox{| - 2 6] - 2 6 
Over 5,000 cubic inches, and not 
exceeding 7,300 - thebox| - 3 9] - 3 9 
Over 7,300 cubic inches, and not 
exceeding 14,000 - thebox| - 7 6| - 7 6 
For every 1,000 cubic inches exceed- 
ing 14,000 - - - -| - = 7} - - 
Loose - - - the1,000| -15 -| -~15 - 
Entered at value, at the option of 
the importer, forevery 1001. value} 75 ~ ~| 75 -— = 
Pears, raw - - - thebushel | - - 9/ - . 8 
——-dried - - - thebushel | - 3 9] - 3 9 
Peel, of Lemons - - theewt.| - 1 -]| - 1 = 
of Oranges = - - theewt| - 1 -]| - 1 - 
of Pomegranates - theewt,| - 1 -| - 1 - 
Plums (commonly cailed French Plums) 
and Prunelloes = - - theewt.| 1 - -| 1 - - 
dried or preserved - theewt.| 1 7 6| 1 7 G 
Pomegranates - - - the1000| - 5 -| - 5 - 
Prunes - - - - theewt.| - 7 -~| - 7 = 
Quinces - - - the1,000| - 1 -]| - 1 - 
Raisins - - - theewt.| —-15 -] - 7 6 
Tamarinds - - thelb | - - 3] - - 1 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Mercurii, 25° die Maii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for better enabling Incumbents Incumbents’ 
of Ecclesiastical Benefices to demise the Lands be- Leasing - 
longing to their Benefices on Farming Leases, was, on 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to Primrose Hill 
bring in a Bill for effecting an Exchange between Bill. 
Her Majesty and the Provost and College of Eton; 

Sir James Graham, 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. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that the Earl of Lincoln and Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Spirit Trade 

Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed (/reland. ) 
to inquire into the effect upon the Trade in Spirits 
in Ireland, of the repeal of the Malt Drawback in 
that part of the United Kingdom, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
. A Committee was nominated of Sir George Clerk, 
Mr. Young, Mr. O’ Connell, Captain Jones, Mr. G'ro- 
gan, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. William O’Brien, 
Mr. Campbell, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Hume, Mr. 
Parker, Mr. Kemble, Mr. Hawes, Mr. More O’ Ferrall 
and Sir Thomas Hepburn; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, Courts of Law 
to consider the expediency of erecting a building in and Equity. 
the neighbourhood of the Inns of Court, for the sit- 
tings of the Courts of Law and Equity, in lieu of 
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Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road 
and Shipping- 
place) Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


No. 264. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Limerick 
Church. 


Donegal 
County Tree- 
surer. 


Dovor Harbour. 


Yate Inclosure 
Bill. 





304 


the present Courts adjoining to Westminster Hall, 
with a view to the more speedy, convenient and ef- 
fectual Administration of Justice. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Octavius 
Glover, of ee in the county of Devon, 
praying that the Belfast and Cavehill Railway (Road 
and Shipping Place) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, which was presented upon the 8th day 
of April last, be referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill for effecting 
an Exchange between Her Majesty and the Provost 
and College of Eton: And the same was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do examine whether the Standing 
Orders have been complied with as in the case of a 
Petition for a Private Bill, and under the same rules 
and regulations. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Annual 
Report of the Commissioners of Education in Jre- 
land for the year ending the 25th March 1842. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,— Return to an Order dated the 3d day of 
this instant May, for Copy of a Memorial from the 
Lord Bishop and certain Inhabitants of Limerick, 
respecting the building of a new Church in the Pa- 
rish of Saint Michael's, in that City, presented to 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in August 1836, 
and of the Letter of their Secretary of the 25th day 
of August in the same year, agreeing to grant £.1,000 
towards the building of said Church ; also the Re- 
port of the Provincial Architect of the Commission- 
ers on the said Memorial ; and also of his Report 
of the building of said Church, as approved by him. 

A Copy of the Papers furnished by the Chief 
Remembrancer of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer 
in Jreland, to the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the County of Donegal, and to the Judge of Assize 
of the County of Donegal, respecting the Particulars 
that transpired before him on the 7th day of Janu- 
ary 1842, during his Investigation into a Charge in 
the Treasurer's Accounts of that County, for the 
sum of £.12. 3s. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 


clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurii, 25° die Maii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants 
of Dovor Harbour, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipt and 
Application of the Monies received by the Warden 
and Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the 
“Sounty of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1840 
to the 10th day of October 1841 :—And then he 
withdrew. 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Yate 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 





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A. 1842. 


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. Greene reported from the Committee on Bates, 
Bates’s Naturalization Bill; That they had exa-~ Nat. Bill, 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Indemnity 
Indemnity Mutual Marine Insurance Company Mutual Mating 
(No. 2.) Bill; That they had examined the allega- 8 Com. 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; Bill, ie 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the York Cathedral 
York Cathedral 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 
Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Foxcote ;—Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Roman 
—New Mills ;—and, Manchester and Salford; com- Catholics. 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics ; 
and praying that they may be placed upon a footing 
of perfect equality, in point of civil rights and enjoy- 
ments, with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other 
religious persuasions,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners resident in the borough Rice. 
of South Shields, praymg the House not to sanction 
the proposed alteration of the differential duties be- 
tween Kast India and Carolina Rice, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Governors and Superintendent of Medical 
the Ballygar ag ees ;—and, Subscribers to the Charities 
Ballina Fever Hospital and Ballina and Castle ea 
Connor Dispensaries ; praying that the House will 
not pass any measure having the object of trans- 
ferring the control or payment of such institutions 
in Jreland to the Poor Law Commissioners or 
any boards of guardians acting under them,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners of fishing vessels, built ex- Fish, 
pressly for the daily supply of the London Market 
with live Fish, praying the House not to sanction 
the proposed alteration of the duties on the impor- 
tation of Fish, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wick and Pulteneytown ;— and, Cordage, &amp;. 
Limerick ; praying the House not to sanction any 
reduction of duty on the importation of Cordage and 
Twine,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Zimerick Net Fishermen’s So- Fisheries 
ciety (President and Vice-President) ; —Fermoy ;— (Ireland) Bill 
and, Michael John Foley, and others ; praying that 
the Fisheries (Zreland) 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 county of Kerry;—and, Cork city ; 
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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Citizens Post-office _ 
of Waterford, praying for the establishment of a Communication 
daily Communication between Breendown, in the 
Bristol 













Oils at 










Mayn 
Colle; 




























































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Oils and Whale- 
bone. 


Maynooth 
College. 


‘ine 
Ome 


.) 


Tumpike-roads 
Bill. 


Landed 
Securities 
(Ireland) Act. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Cork) Bill. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates, 


Factories, 


Wool, 


Bill. 


Parish Cone 
stables Bill, 


ation. 








5 Victroriz. 


Bristol Channel, and the Port of Waterford, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Post-office Communication. 


A Petition of Owners of Vessels and others em- 
ployed in the British and Colonial Whale Fisheries, 
praying the House not to sanction any proposal for 
the reduction of duty on the importation of Oils and 
Whalebone, the produce of Foreign fishing, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkby Bedon ;— Cromer ;— Wood- 
bastwick ; — Repps-with-Bastwick ;— Gresham ; — 
Ramworth-with-Panxworth ;—Great Yarmouth ;— 
Hundred of Clavering (Norfolk) ; — Tickenhall ;— 
and, Hundred of Loddon (Norfolk); praying the 
House to appoint a Commission of Inquiry for the 
purpose of instituting an investigation into the state 
and studies of Maynooth College,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Finch- 
ingfield, praying the House to withhold all support 
from the College of Maynooth, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Trustees 
of the Tamworth Turnpike-roads ;—Mortgagees of 
the Tolls on the Roads from Liverpool to Prescot, 
Ashton and Warrington ;—Trustees of the said Turn- 
pike-roads ;—Trustees of the Wigan and Preston 
Turnpike-road, north of the Yarrow ;—and, Mortga- 
gees of the Tolls on the Marsden, Gisburne and Long 
Preston Turnpike-roads ; praying that the Turnpike- 
roads Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Vice Presidents of 
the Society of Attornies and Solicitors of Ireland, 
praying for the repeal of the Act of 4&amp;5 Will. 4, 
for facilitating the Loan of Money on Landed Se- 
curities in Ireland, was presented, and read; and 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish 
of Lismore, in the county of Waterford, praying the 
House to devise means for affording encouragement 
to the schools in connection with the Church Educa- 
tion Society for Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Denis Horgan and others, praying 
that a Clause may be inserted in the Grand Jury 
Presentments (Cork) Bill, to enable the Petitioners 
to recover the amounts expended by them in the re- 
pair of certain Roads in the County of Cork, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in 
the town of Tiverton, praying for the repeal of the 
stamp duty on their lonal Certificates, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wheatley, in the 
county of York, praying the House to pass an Act 
to limit the labour of young persons employed in 
Factories to ten hours per day for five days in the 
week, and eight hours on the Saturday, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Woollen Manufacturers of the town 
and neighbourhood of Keswick, in the parish of 
Crosthwaite, and county of Cumberland, praying 
for the repeal of the duty on the importation of Fo- 
reign Wool, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of 


Halifax, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
praying that a Clause may be inserted in the Parish 
Constables Bill to indemnify overseers from the ex- 
penses to be incurred by them in carrying into effect 
the provisions contained in the said Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Q5° Mazz. 







305 


Petitions from Huddersfield Union (Chairman) ;— Poor Law 
Shelley ;—Farnley Tyas ;—Lingards ;— Kirkburton; ——— 
— Linthwaite ; — Kirkheaton ;— Thurstonland ; — - 

and, Scammonden ; praying for the repeal of the 

Poor Law Amendment Act,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the deanery of Crew- Tithes. 
kerne, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, praying the 
House to ee measures for exempting Tithes and 
Tithe Rent-charges from parochial rates, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seven Petitions from Manchester, praying for the Corn Laws. 
repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners resident in the borough Timber Duties, 
of South Shields, praying the House not to sanction &amp;- 
a greater reduction in the duty on foreign Wood im- 
ported into this country, than can at the same time 

be made in the duties on Wood imported from the 
British colonies, in order that the present amount 
of protection to British interests may be continued, 
and that fair competition maintained which has been 
productive of a certain amount of revenue, and of 
an ample supply and at moderate prices to the con- 
sumers, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. French be discharged from Fisheries 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on (Ireland) Bill. 
the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Litton be added to the Com- 

mittee. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and People of Marriages 
the congregation of Ballyrashane, praying the he Games} 
to pass an Act for rendering valid all Marriages so- 
lemnized, or which may hereafter be solemnized, by 

a presbyterian minister in Ireland, between parties, 

one of whom is a member of the Established Church 

and the other a protestant dissenter, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented,—Further Return Brevet 
to an Order, dated 28th day of April last, for a Promotions. 
Return of the Number of Officers in the Army (Civil 
and Military) who have been promoted by Brevet, 
stating the Number in each Class or Rank, and the 
Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which 
the Officers in each Rank will receive in conse- 
quence of that Promotion, and the Total additional 
Expense to the Country by such Brevet Promotions, 
since the year 1832 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 286, of Session 1832):—A similar 
Return for the Royal Artillery and Ordnance Esta- 
blishments :—And, a similar Return of the Officers 
of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines (so far as 
relates to the Army.) 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County Lunatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased pe. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Annual Returns from County 
Lunatic Asylums which have been made to the 
Secretary of State, under the provisions of the Act 
9 Geo. 4, c. 40, s. 46, for each of the last Three years, 
omitting the names of the Patients, but giving the 
Dates of the several Returns:—Also, a Return of 
the Counties in which County Lunatic Asylums are 
established :—And, a Return of the Names of the 
County Lunatic Asylums where Reports have been 
made to the Clerk of the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy, under the provisions of the Act 
9 Geo. 4, c. 40, s. 56, and the Number of Patients 
returned as admitted, removed and remaining in 
each Asylum, in the year 1841, and the Dates of 
such Reports. 

Ordered, That the said Address be Sse to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








Vou. 97. 





The 


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“i . ’ — — — ee = 
——s —— 2 = =e 





Customs Acts, 


306 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | 
a Committee, to consider the several Acts relating to | 
the Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 
Schedule, No. 1.—continued. 




















Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
Grain, not rated as Corn or Seeds; viz.— £. s. dj £. s. d. 
Barley, Pearled . - theewt. | - 5 -] - 2 6 
Beans, kidney and French - thebushel | - - 10] - - 5 
Rice, not rough, nor in the husk, thecwt.| - 6 - a oo 
Rice, rough, and inthe husk, the quarter | - 7 -| -—- - 1 
Hay - - . - - the load -16 - - 8 - 
Honey - - - - the cwt. -10 - - 5 - 
Hops - = - - - the cwt.| 410 — 410 
Liquids ; viz.— 
Beer or Mum - - - the barrel oe 2e-- 
Spruce - ~ - - the barrel 2-- Sc = 
Ale and Beer of all sorts - thebarrel}] 2 - -}| 2 - — 
Cider - - - thetun| 1010 -]|1010 - 
Essence of Spruce, for every 100l. value} 10 - -] 10 - - 
Juice, of Lemons, Limes and Oranges 
the gallon |] - -— -}}) -~ - -} 
Mead - - - - the gallon ~ ££ -@ a = € 
Perry - ~ - - thetun| 1010 -| 1010 - 
Vinegar - - - thetun|} 1818 -]|1818 — 
Liquorice Roots - - - the ewt. = «+ a 
Juice - - - - the ewt. I1-- ~~ = 
Powder - - - - the ewt. 2 « « 110 - 
Macaroni and Vermicelli - - the Ib. a a ian 
Marmalade - - - - the Ib. - - 6 = wae 
Oil Seed Cakes - - - the ton - J e- a 
Pickles of all sorts, including the vinegar, and 
not otherwise enumerated, the gallon - § € mn» 
preserved in salt - - the gallon} - Siw = Z 
Provisions ; viz.— 
Bacon - - - the cwt. -14 - — 
Beef, salted, not being corned beef, from 
and after 10 Oct. 1842 - the cwt. - Sucka @ a 
Beef, fresh, or aed salted theecwt.}] - 8 -| - 2 - 
Butter - - - the cwt. 





Proposed to fill the blank with “one pound: 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ ten 
shillings.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “ ten 
shillings ;’ 

The Committee divided ; 

Tellers for the pM. Thomas Duncombe, 


Yeas, \ Mr. Charles Buller : } m 
Tellers for the ¢Sir Thomas Fremantle, lais 
Noes, Sir George Clerk ; alae 
Butter - - ~ - the ewt. | ts «= - 56 - 
Cheese - - - - ditto - | 


Proposed to fill the blank with “ ten shillings 
and sixpence : 





Afterwards —_— to fill the blank with “ seven 
shillings and sixpence : 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ five 
shillings ;” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “five 
shillings ;” 

The Committee divided : 











Tellersforthef Sir John Guest, } _ 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker : . 
Tellers forthe) Sir George Clerk, 1 
* ’ rp $2. 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : J 
Cheese - - - - the ewt. -10 6 2 6 
Eggs  - - - - the 120; - - 10 oe Noe 2} 
Hams of all kinds - - theewt.; -14 -|] - 3 6 
Lard  - - . - the cwt. } - 2&lt;-+| - = 6 
Pork, salted (not Hams) from and after | 
10 Oct. 1842 - - the cwt. | * 2 « o = 
Fresh - - - the cwt. - 8 a ae 
Puddings and Guage . thelb, | - - 3] - -— 1 
Tongues . - theewt.| - 10 -| -~ 2 6 
Salted or fresh sant, not otherwise 
described - - ~ the ewt. - 8 -| - 2 - 
Sago - - - - Geet) - Fa} = F = 
Succades and Confectionery, including all 
fruits and vegetables preserved in sugar 
thelb | - - 6; - - 1 
Tapioca - - - - the ewt. = 2 see x BP oe 
Truffles ~ - - + the Ib. - Bef = F x 
Vanelloes - - - - thelb. | - 5 -| - 58 
Vegetables ; viz.— 
Lentiles - - - theta] « &lt;- $|.~ « 3 j 
Onions - - - - thebushel | -~ = 6/ ~ ~ 3 

















25° Mai. 


Schedule, No. 1.—continued. 





A. 1849. 












































Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
Veget bl tinued £. s. d. £. 2s da 
Plaintains - - - theewt.] - - 2] - - 2 
Potatoes os!) « - theewt.| - - 2} - - 1 
All vegetables not enumerated or des- 
cribed, for every 1001. value - -| 5 = -7| 210 - 
Schedule 1, agreed to. 
2.—SPICEs. 
Spices ; viz.— 
Cassia Lignea - - thelb | - - 3) ~ - I 
Buds - - - the lb. - - 6}; - - 3. 
Cinnamon - - - thelb |} - - 6] - - 8 
Cloves - - - - the Ib. + - 6| - - 6 
Ginger - - - the cwt. -10 -|} - 5 - 
Ginger, ae - + thelb |] - - 6] - - 1 
Mace - - - the lb: - 26) - 2 6 
Nutmegs  - - the Ib. - 8 6| - 26 
Wild, in the shel - the lb. =~ J a= 2 a 
Pimento - - the cwt. - 6 —-| - 5&amp;5 - 
Pepper, of all —_ - thelbh | - - 6/ - - 6 
Schedule 2, agreed to. 
3.—SEEDs. 
Seeds; viz.— 
Acorns - - - thebushel | -~ 1 -]| - - 6 
Anniseed = - - - theewt.| - 5 =| - 2 6. 
Canary - - - the bushel | - 4 -| -~ 2 — 
Carraway - - &gt; theewt./ -10 -| - 5 — 
Carrot - - - theewt.| -10 -/ - 5 - 
Clover ~ - ~ - _ the ewt. -10 -| - 5 - 
Cole - - - - the quarter | - - 1} - - 1] 
Coriander - - - theewt. | - 5 -| -—- 2 6 
Cummin - - - theewt.} - 5 -| - 2 6 
Fennugreek - - - theewt.| - 5 -| - 2 6 
Flax - - - - the quarter | - - 1/ - -~ 1 
Forest - - - - theewt. | -10 -| - 5 - 
Garden, not particularly enumerated or 
described, nor otherwise charged 
with duty - - - thelb | - - 1} - -~ 1 
Grass, of all sorts, not particularly 
enumerated or otherwise charged 
with duty - - - thecwt.| - 5 - 2 6 
Hemp - - - - the quarter | - - 1/ ~ - 1 
Leek - - - - theewt.| 1 - -| -~10 - 
Lettuce - - - thequarter | - 1 -| -~ 1 - 
Linseed - ~ - the quarter | - - 1] ~ - 1 
Lucerne ~ - - the cwt. - 5 -| - 5 - 
Lupines - - - theewt. | - 5 -| - 5 - 
Maw - - - - thecwt.| - 5 -| ~ 2 6 
Millet - - ~ - the ewt. - 5 -| - 2 6. 
Mustard - - - thebushel | - 1 3| - ~ 6 
Onion - - - - theewt.| 1 - +) —~10 = 
Parsley ~ - - the ewt. -10 - - 6 - 
Poppy - - - - the quarter | - 1 -| - — 6 
Quince - - - theewt.} -10 -]| ~ 5 ~ 
Rape - . - - thequartr | - - 1/ - - 1 
Sesamum - - - the quarter | - - 1] - - 1 
Shrub or tree - - the ewt. -10 -| - 5 - 
Tares - - - - the quarter | - 5 -| + 2 6 
Trefoil - - - - theewt.| - 5 -| - 2 6 
Worm - - - - theewt. | - 5 -| - ¥ 6 
All seeds not particularly enumerated or 
described, nor otherwise charged with 
duty, commonly used for expressing 
oil therefrom = - - the quarter | - - 1} — - |} 
All other seeds not particularly enume- 
rated or described, nor otherwise 
charged with duty, 
for every JOO/. value | 10 ~ -~}| 5 -— = 
Schedule 3, agreed to. 
4.—Woops. 
Amboyna Wood - - - (tai F = .f =&lt; 8 = 
Bar Wood - - - - theton|; - 2 -| - 2 - 
Beef Wood - - - - theton| - 5 -| ~ 2 6 
Black Wood - - - - theton| 1 - ~j| - 5 = 
Box Wood - - ~ - theton|] -10 -| -~ 2 6 
Brazil Wood - - - - theton| - 5 -~| —- 2 &amp;€ 
Brazilleto Wood = - - - theton| - 5 -| -— 2 6 
Cam Wood - - - - theton| - 2 -}] - 2 - 
Cedar - - - - - theton| -10 -—~] - 2 6 
Ebony - - - - - theton| -10 -| - 2 6 
King Wood - - - - theton| -10 -—}] - 2 6 
Lignum Vite - - - - theton| - 5 —-| - 2 6 
Log Wood - - - - theton| - 2 -| - 2 - 
Mahogany - - - theton| 1 - -| - 5 = 
imported from the Bay of Hon- 
duras or the Mosquito Shore- theton | -— 5 - 5 - 
Nicaragua Wood - - - theton| - 2 -| - 2 - 
Olive Wood - - - - theton| -10 -} - 2 6 
Red or Guinea Wood - ‘= theton| — 2 -| - 2 = 
Rose Wood - - - theton| 1 - -| - 5 = 
imported from the Bay of Hon- 
duras or Mosquito Shore - theton| - 5 -| = 5 - 


5 Vicroriz. 
Schedule, No. 4.—continued. 





25°—26" Mair. 307 


Schedule, No. 5.—continued. 





ARTICLES. 


——__— 








Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





‘Woods—continued. 





Sapan Wood - - - - the ton 
Santa Maria Wood - - - the ton 
Satin Wood - - - - the ton 
Saunders, Red - - -  theton 

Yellow - - - the ton 
Speckled Wood - - - the ton 
Sweet Wood - - - - the ton 
Tulip Wood - - - - the ton 
Zebra Wood - - - - the ton 


Schedule 4, agreed to. 





Rates of Duty. 
Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
£38. dl £. @ 
- 2- - 2 
- 5 - - 2 
-10 -}| - 2 
- 2 - - 2 
- 56 - - 2 
- §-- =- 3 
- 56 + - 2 
-10 - - 2 
- 5- - 2 





ADADABARAI AAI &amp; 


5.—Ores, M1nerAzts, METALS and MANUFACTURES 


thereof. 


Antimony, Ore of - - - the ton 
—— Crude - - - the cwt. 

Regulus - - - the cwt. 
Arsenic - - - - the ewt. 
Brass, Manufactures of, for every 1002. value 
Powder of - - - the Ib. 





Brimstone - - - - the ewt. 
refined, in rolls - the cwt. 
in flour - - - the cwt. 


Bronze Manufactures : 

—— all works of art of - the cwt. 
other Manufactures of, 

for every 1007. value 

Powder of - for every 100/. value 
other Manufactures of 

for every 1001. value 

Bullion and Foreign Coin of Gold or Silver, 

and Ore of Gold or Silver, or of which 

the major part in value is Gold and Silver 











Buttons - - for every 100 J, value 
Coals, Culm and Cinders - - the ton 
Cobalt Ore - - for every 100/. value 


Copper, Ore of, viz.: 
containing not more than 10 parts 
of Copper - - - per ton of metal 








i =} «= } = 
= 2-| - —- 6 
= 6 28 = 2 = 
- 2 = - - 6 
1 - -|15 - - 
-=- 61 --86 
=~ =. Cl = = fg 
os Bef « JF = 
+ Bec eos ee ~ 
ts al FS = 
1 - -|15 - - 
156 - -{|15 - - 
5b - -|}1 - - 
free. free. 
6 - ~|/15 - - 
=~ £ al =a § 
h--J|/l-- 





Question put, That the blank be filled with 


“ One pound ten shillings ;” 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Sir George Clerk, r 
Yeas, Sir Thomas Fremantle: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Edmund Turner, \ 


Noes, UL Mr. Owen Stanley : 


Copper, Ore of, viz. : 
containing not more 
than 10 parts of Copper, 
per ton of metal 
than 15 parts, per ton of metal 
than 20 parts, per ton of metal 
than 45 parts, per ton of metal 
containing more 
than 45 parts, per ton of metal 
old, fit only to be re-manufac- 
tured - - - - the cwt. 
——_——— unwrought, viz., in bricks or 
pigs, rose Copper, and all cast Copper, 
the ewt. 
in part wrought, viz., bars, rods 
or ingots, hammered or raised _ the cwt. 
in plates and Copper coin, 
the ewt. 
Manufactures of Copper not 
otherwise enumerated or described, and 
Copper Plates engraved, 
for every 1002. value 


Copper or Brass Wire, for every 1002. value 











Copperas, blue - - - the ton 
—————green -&lt; - - the ton 
white - - - the ton 


Crystal, rough, - for every 1007. value 
cut or manufactured, except beads. 
for every 1001. value 











Beads - - - the 1,000 

Gold, leaves of - - - the 100 
Tron, ore of - - ” - the ton 
pig - - - - the ton 
—— bars unwrought - - the ton 





old, broken and old cast - the ton 
and Steel wrought, not otherwise enu- 
merated - for every 100J. value 














— bloom - - - - the ton 
chromate of - - - the ton 
slit or hammered into rods, the ton 
cast «+ « ‘ - the ton 

—— hoops - i ° - the ton 

Vot. 97. 





158. 
va 
110 -| 1 - = 
os at Be 
410 - l1-- 
6- - l-- 
710 - k= &amp; 
-~ 7 6] - 8 6 
- 8 9} - 4 - 
-10 -| - &amp; - 
-10 -j|} - 5 - 
iG =« «lM «= «= 
1210 -| 1210 - 
1 - -! ~10 = 
1 - -}] -10 - 
1 - -j{ -10 = 
5 - -}] 210 - 
15 - -~-7| 15 - - 
- 5 - 56 - 
—— — 
- 2-j| —- - 6 
2 6 3 =e 
1 - -} - 2 6 
-“ &amp; -| = i = 
5 - -|15 - - 
- 7 6 - 2 6 
- 5 -| - 2 6 
110 -]}] -15 - 
110 -j] -15 - 
110 -1 - 





Ores, Minerals, &amp;c.—continued. 
Lapis Calaminaris - - + the ton 
Latten - . - - - the ewt. 
shaven - o - the cwt. 
wire - - for every 100/. value 
Lead, ore of - - the ton 
lack - the ton 
the ton 


1 fe 
ao 
x 


£. 


' 
» 








— 

iw 

—_ 
peoltil!|oonrrr’t 


_ 
iiwt 
~ 





—— pig and sheet 
—— - - the ton 
——white - - the ton 
chromate of - - - the ton 
—— Manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
rated - for every 1007. value 
Litharge - - - - the ton 
Manganese Ore - - - the ton 
Medals of Gold and Silver - - + 
of any other sort, for every 1007. value 
Mercury, prepared - for every 1001. value 
Metal, viz. 
Bell Metal = - - - the ton 
Leaf (except Gold), 
per packet of 250 leaves} - - 2] - - 1 
Minerals and Fossils not enumerated, 
for every 1001. value} 5 - 1] 1 - = 
specimens of Minerals, Fossils or Ores 
not enumerated, and not exceeding 
14 Ibs. in weight each specimen - free - free. 
ditto, exceeding 14 Ibs, in weight, 
for every 1001. value} 5 - -j} 1 - -— 
illustrative of Natural History - free - free, 
Nickel, ore of, - for every 1001. value a, l- 
metallic, and oxide of, refined 
for every 1002. value} 10 - -|10 — - 
Ore, not particularly charged with duty, 
for every 100/. value} 2 - -—{| -—10 - 
Orsedew - - - - the cwt. -10 -}| -10 - 
Pewter, Manufactures of, 
for every 1002. value |} 15 - -|15 - - 
f’ 0- -jfl0 - - 


ceonwnottl = 
ToOriribtt ti Oat &amp; 


— 
_ 


one 





eS £22 a 
toewl | 
—_ 


— 

temo Ohta 
! 

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Coal 

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— 

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La | 
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et 
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10 - - 


to 
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to 
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Plate of Gold - for every 1002. value || together together 








silver, gilt and ungilt with the with the 
for every 1001. value \ Stamp Stamp 
Duty. Duty. 
battered - - - - - free - free. 


—— wire, gilt or plated, 





for every 1002. value | 12 10 -| 1210 - 
———- silver - for every 1007, value} 1210 -| 1210 - 
Platina, and ore of - for every 100/. value| - 10 -| -10 — 
Quicksilver - - - - thelb, |} - - 1 - - 1 
Spelter or Zinc, viz. 
Crude in cakes, and not rolled or other- 
wise manufactured - the ton l-- 1 - = 
Rolled, but not otherwise manufactured 
the ton 4c wu] Ga = 
Manufactures of, for every 1002. value} 15 —- -| 15 — 
Steel, unwrought, and Manufactures of steel 
for every 1007. value} 15 - -| 15 - - 
unwrought - - - theton| - - - 1 - 
Tale - - - - - the cwt. -10 -{| - 2 6 
Tin, Ore and Regulus of - - theton} 210 -} -10 - 
— in blocks, ingots, bars or slabs, the cwt. - 6 -j} - 8 - 
—— Manufactures of, not otherwise enume- 
merated - forevery 100/. value | 15 - -|15 - _ 








—Foil - - - Goh] - « 6] « « 
Schedule 5, 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, 26° die Maiti, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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. 


mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


reading of the Bonded Corn Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 8th day of June next. 





RR2 The 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright 


Registratiun 
Bill. 


The Order of the day — read, for the second Bonded Corn 


Bill. 








308 


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. 


Supply. 


Customs Duties Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
(West Indian jt was referred to consider of the Customs Duties 
ee payable in the West Indian and North American 
Colonies) Colonies, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 
(No. 3.) Resolved, That with reference to the Resolutions 
agreed to by this House, in Committee on the Acts 
relating to the Customs Duties in the West Indian 
and North American Colonies, on the 18th and 
30th days of April last, and to the Bill brought in 
in pursuance thereof, intituled, A Bill to amend the 
. Laws for the Regulation of the Trade of the British 
Possessions Abroad, Spermaceti, which (except so 
far as respects Spermaceti Candles) would be thereby 
chargeable as an unenumerated article, with an ad- 
valorem Duty of four per centum, be added to the 
list of the enumerated articles contained in the said 
Resolutions and Bill, and be chargeable with a Duty 
of fifteen per centum ad valorem, and be subject in 
all other particulars to the conditions contained in 

the said Resolutions and Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill, that 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the said Resolution. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Law of 
Merchants Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Ways and 
Means, 


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. 


Easingwold 
Union. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all the Correspondence relating to the 
granting of Out-door Relief, which has passed _be- 
tween the Poor Law Commissioners and the Board 
of Guardians of the Easingwold Union, in the County 
of York ; also, a Copy of the Minutes of the Board, 
relating to their Proceedings upon the Poor Law 
Commissioners having refused to allow the same. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before one of the clock 
on Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 26° die Maiti; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
Lighthouses, \ R. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called 
i in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
the Receipt and Application of all Monies received 
as Tolls for Lighthouses, &amp;c., in the year ending 
31st December 1840, by the Corporation of Trinity 
House, of Deptford Strond:—And then he withdrew. 


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


Leeds Improve- 


Mr. Walker reported from the Select Committee 
ment Bill. 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for additional provision in the Leeds 
Improvement Bill, the Standing Orders relating to 
Bills of the first class had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no Notices had been given. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


95°—296° Mair. 











A. 1849. 


The Tay Ferries Bill was, according to Order, Tay Ferrie, 

read a second time; and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. : 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Market Hy. 
Market Harborough and Brampton Road Bill; borough and 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, Rosd Bax 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Birmingham 
Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (No. 2.) and Liverpool 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the ap —. 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone* ~ stone 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Boston Harbour 
Boston Harbour (No. 3.) Bill; That they had exa (No.3,) Bill, 
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. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Toxteth Park Paving and Sewerage 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. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Liverpool ee “ 
Borough Court Bill have leave to sit this day, till pi)" 


Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating and maintaining Tyne Fisheries 
the Fisheries in the River Tyne, was read the third 8" 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the Holywell Roads 
Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the Bill. 
Holywell District of Turnpike-roads, in the County 
of Flint, and for making new Roads to communicate 
therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Allix reported from the Committee on the Dundalk and 
Dundalk and Bannbridge Road Bill ; and to whom Bambnice 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred; That —_— 
no person appeared on behalf of the said Petition ; 
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, 


A Petition of Owners of, or Persons interested in Leeds Improve 
lands, tenements and hereditaments, situate within ™e"* Bill 
the borough of Leeds, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 


parts of the Leeds Improvement Bill, was presented, 
and read. 





Ordered, 



























































Har. 
Land 
on 
ill. 


ham 
rpool 
| Canal 
) Bill, 


arbour 
Bill, 


Park 
ind 


e Bill. 


Court 


jheries 


Roads 


and 
ge 


prove- 


5 Vicroriz. 


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 Mill-owners, in the neighbourhood 
of Clonakilty, praying that the Fisheries (Zreland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Kil- 
murry and Carnavee, praying that the said Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petitions from Clonbroney ;— Killeevan ;— and, 
Clones ; praying the House to devise means for af- 
fording encouragement to the Schools in connection 
with the Church Education Society for Ireland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 





Timber Duties. A Petition of Ship-owners, Timber Merchants, 
and others concerned in the trade at the port of 
Irvine, praying the House not to sanction any alter- 
ation in the Duties on Timber and Deals, was pre- 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Captain George William Manby, 
late Barrack Master of Yarmouth, in Norfolk, pray- 
ing the House to sanction the appointment of a Se- 
lect Committee for the purpose of examining into, 
and reporting their Opinion as to the utility and 


Shipwrecks. 


26° Maiz. 


309 
A Petition of Bakers of the town of Newry, Bakers 

praying the House to pass an Act to regulate the (Iteland.) 
working hours of Bakers in Jreland, from six o’clock 

in the morning till six o’clock in the evening, and 

that the practice of working on the Sabbath Day 

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


A Petition of British subjects residing at Brussels Belgium. 

and the other parts of Belgium, praying the House 
to take such measures as will enable Her Majesty’s 
Postmaster General to establish a direct Communi- 
cation by Post every week-day, and to assimilate in 
every respect the Communication by Post with 
Belgium, to the Communication now existing be- 
tween Great Britain and France, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on the Cambuslang 
Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads Bill; and to whom and Muirkirk 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; Roads Bill. 
That they had heard counsel in support of several 
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 ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee on Giegs’s 


allegations of the Bill as to the marriage of the 








racticability of the Petitioner’s plan for saving the 
ives and property of Her Majesty’s subjects from 
loss by Shipwreck ; and that in the event of their 
approval, the House will be pleased to take steps 
towards the carrying out and execution of the said 
plan, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Maynooth 


Callege Petitions from South Petherton ;— Nantwich ;— 


Fowey;— Marston Trussell ;— Penmark ;—Great 
Chesterford ;— Littlebury ;—Stoke Golding ;--and, 
Wigan; praying the House to withdraw every kind 
of public support from the College of Maynooth,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
yo Petitions from the Chairman of the Chorley Union; 
— — Keighley Union;— Dewsbury Union ;—and, Chair- 
man of the Hereford Union ; praying for the repeal 
or alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Railways Bill. Petitions from Malpas ;—Islington ;— Renfield, 
Glasgow ;— Calton, Glasgow ;— Leamington ;— Wal- 
ton( Hertford ;)—Gorbals ;— Exton ;—Saint Enock ; 








Parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving 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, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stafford ;—and, Coventry ; com- Roman 
plaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics; Catholics. 
and praying that they may be placed upon a footing 
of perfect equality in point of civil rights and enjoy- 
ments, with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other 
religious persuasions, — were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Glasgow Church 
Church-defence and Anti-Patronage Electoral As- Patronage 
sociation, praying the House to rescind the Act (Scetiend.) 
10 Queen Anne, c. 12, restoring Patronage, and 
leave the Church of Scotland at liberty to enact 
such rules for the appointment of ministers of the 
Gospel, as are inaccordancewith the authorized stand 














Banton;—Saint Luke’s ;— Tewkesbury ;— Modera-| of the Church, and with the Word of God, and for 
tor of the Provincial Synod of Dumfries ;—Glasgow | the abolition of the system of Church Patronage in 
(Four Petitions ;) —Cumlachie ; — Osmotherley ; — | Scotland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


and, Weston-super-Mare ; praying that a Clause may 
be inserted in the Railways Bill prohibiting the use 
of Railways on the Lord’s Day,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lough Foyle 


é A Petition of John E. Davies, Secretary to the 
Drainage Bill, 


Governor and Assistants, London, of the New Plan- 
tation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ireland, com- 
monly called The Jrish Society, praying that he may 
be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Lough Foyle Drainage 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. 

Vo. 97. 


Glegg’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined the Divorce Bill. 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Sud- guabury 
bury and Ballingdon, in the county of Suffolk, pray- Borough. 
ing that before proceeding to disfranchise the said 
Borough, the House would consider if means may 
not be adopted to secure to the Petitioners and 
their fellow townsmen tke right of sending repre- 
sentatives to Parliament, and that that ancient Bo- 
rough may retain its franchise, only under the fol- 
lowing regulations :—viz. that every man twenty-one 
years of age, who has resided in the Borough six 
calendar months previously, shall have a vote in the 
election of burgesses to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, provided he be of sound mind, un- 
convicted of crime, and has not been during the 
said period of six months, a recipient of parochial 





RR38 relief, 






London and 
Greenwich 
Railway 

(No. 3.) Bill. 


Cordage &amp;c. 


Bribery at 
Elections. 


Parliament. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Railway. 


Benefit Build- 
ing Societies. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Richard 
M‘Cormick. 


Corn Laws. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Leather, &amp;c, 


310 


relief, and that to put an end to coercion, intimida- 
tion and bribery, the House would direct that all 
votes at Parliamentary Elections in that Borough, 
be taken by Ballot, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Rectors and 
Churchwardens of Saint Olave and Saint John, 
Southwark, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill, 
which was presented upon the 20th day of April last, 
be referred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners 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 Devonport and Plymouth ;—and, 
Sunderland; praying the House not to sanction any 


reduction of duty on the importation of Rope and P 


Cordage,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions fromthe County of Kildare;—and, Bath; 
we ing the House to adopt measures for preventing 

ribery, Intimidation and Coercion at the Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Bradley, of Edgbaston, in 
the Borough of Birmingham, praying that it may 
be recommended to Her Majesty to dissolve the 
present Parliament, and that a new one may be 
elected according to the constitution of these realms, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed, To- 
morrow, upon the Petition for the Liverpool and 
Manchester Railway Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Jarrow Building 
Society, in the county of Durham, praying for the 
amendment of the Act 7 Will. 4, for the Regulation 
of Benefit Building Societies, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Peckham and its 
vicinity, in the county of Surrey, praying for the 
exclusion of Roman Catholics from Parliament, was 


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


A Petition of Richard M‘Cormick, late a Private 
in the Seventeenth Lancers, alleging the existence 
of certain abuses in the Army, and praying for in- 
quiry, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wool Combers of the city of Dublin, 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Guardians of the 
Poor, of the town of Plymouth, praying that the 
Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zreland residing in 
Saint Helen’s, Lancashire, praying for the repeal of 
the Legislative Union of Great Britain with Ireland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the f able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Ayr, 
praying the House not to sanction any reduction of 
duty on the importation of manufactured Leather, 


26° Maiz. 


A. 1849, 


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


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors residing in Attornies’ 
Bury, in the county of Lancaster, praying for the C*ttificetes, 
repeal of the Stamp Duty on their annual Certifi- 
cates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hudson Ba 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Company. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Copy of the existing Charter or Grant by the 
Crown to the Hudson Bay Company; together 
with Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence 
which took place at the last renewal of the Charter 
between the Government and the Company, or of 
Individuals on behalf of the Company; also, the 
dates of all former Charters or Grants to that Com- 
any. 

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


The House was moved, That the Convention shave Trade 
between Her Majesty and the Republic of Hayti, Suppression 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, which was (#éyt). 
presented upon the 4th day of February 1841, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of the said Convention ; 

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 House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 72, for carrying into effect two Conven- 
tions with the King of the French, for suppressing 
— Trade, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 


Ordered, That the said Act be referred to the 
Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Treaty between Slave Trade 
Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for Abolition 
the abolition of the Siave Trade, which was pre- — 

! ontederation.) 
sented upon the 4th day of February 1841, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- 
sider of the said Treaty ; 

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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Sir George Rose: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gair's 

for naturalizing Samuel Stillman Gair; to which Nat- Bill. 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords do agree to a present Conference with Ormesby 

this House (pursuant to their Message of ‘Tuesday Inclosure Bill. 

last) upon the subject-matter of the Amendment 

made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 

Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands in 

the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 

Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby 

Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in 

the county of Norfolk, and have appointed the same 

to be held in their Lordships’ Committee Room 

No. 2:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 








Ordered, 


S 
= 











Ormesby 
Inclosure Bill. 


Ipswich 
Election, 


Ipswich Writ. 





5 VictTori@. 


Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a 
Conference, for disagreeing to the said Amendment, 
do manage the Conference :— And the names of Sir 
George Clerk, Sir George Grey, Colonel Rush- 
brooke, Mr. David Dundas, Mr. Christie, Mr. 
Hastie and Mr. Greene, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference ; and being 
returned ; 

Mr. Hume reported, That the Managers had been 
at the Conference, which was managed on the part 
of the Lords by the Earl of Devon; and that they 
had delivered tne Reasons for disagreeing to the 
said Amendment ; and had left the Bill, and Amend- 
ment with their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That Mr. Attorney General be directed to 
akong such persons as shall appear to him to 

ave been guilty of bribery in respect of the last 
Election for the Borough of Ipswich :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. ; 





A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, in 
the room of Rigby Wason, Esquire, and George 
Rennie, Esquire, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void:—And a Debate arising there- 
upon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Charles Buller, lior 
Yeas, Mr. Hawes : : mas 
Tellers for the; Colonel Rushbrooke, } 26 
Noes, Sir Charles Broke Vere: a 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of 
the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing 
of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Ipswich, in the room of Rigby 
Wason, Esquire, and George Rennie, Esquire, whose 
Elections have been determined to be void ; 

The House was moved, That the Special Report 
which, upon the 25th day of April last, was made 
from the Select Committee on the Ipswich Election 
Petition, might be read; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 


“That Rigby Wason, Esquire, and George 
Rennie, Esquire, were, by their agents, guilty 
of bribery at the last Election for the Borough 
of Ipswich : 

“That this Committee are of Opinion, from 
the Evidence given before them, that extensive 
bribery prevailed at the last Election for the 
Borough of Zpswich, and that the issuing of a 
new Writ for the said Borough ought to be 
suspended until the said Evidence shall have 
been taken into consideration by the House. 

“‘ That the Chairman be requested to move, 
That this Report, together with the Evidence 
taken before this Committee, be printed, and 
that the Speaker do not issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Ipswich, until the said Evidence shall have 
been printed and submitted to the House.” 


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 
Vou. 97. 


20°—97° Mazz. 


311 


“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the extent of bribery at the last Election for the 
“ Borough of Ipswich,” 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 Colonel Rushbrooke, 71 
Yeas, Sir Charles Broke Vere: J oes 
Tellers for the Mr. O’ Connell, 
Noes, Captain Berkeley : } a 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Jpswich, in 
the room of Rigby Wason, Esquire, and George 
Rennie, Esquire, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Electors’ 
to prevent Persons in England and Wales from losing emer! Bil 
their Votes at an Election by Removal after the pre- 

ceding Registration: And that Mr. Milner Gibson 

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


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


Veneris, 27° die Maii, 1842: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Newfoundland 
amending the Constitution of the Government of Pill. 
Newfoundland ; And that Lord Stanley, Mr. Attor- 

ney General and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, 

and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill New South 
for the Government of New South Wales: And that Wes Bill 
Lord Stanley, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Soli- 

citor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Cork County 
the Select Committee on the County of Cork Elec- Election. 
tion Petition, and of the Evidence taken before 

them, together with the Poll-books produced before 

the Committee, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That Sir —* Hall be added to Payment of 
the Select Committee on Payment of Wages. ages. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Courts of Law 
upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- "4 Eavity. 
pointed, to consider the expediency of erecting a 
building in the neighbourhood of the Inns of Court, 
for the sittings of the Courts of Law and Equity, in 
lieu of the present Courts adjoining to Westminster 
Hall, with a view to the more speedy, convenient 
and effectual Administration of Justice, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Thomas Wilde, 
Sir James Graham, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. So- 
licitor General, Mr. Pemberton, Sir Eardley Wilmot, 
Mr. Hayter, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Aglionby, 
Mr. Richards, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Charles Buller, 
Mr. Parker and Mr. Bernal; with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

rdered, 'That Five be the Quorum. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill for amending the Newfoundland 
Constitution of the Government of Vewfoundland : Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered No. 265. 
to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 
be printed. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill for the Government Nex South 
of New South Wales: And the same was read the Wales Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 266. 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. ~ 

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Manslaughter 
Bill. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Double Costs 
Bill. 


Witnesses 
Indemnity Bill. 


Customs Acts. 


Gair’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


No. 267. 


Brevet 
Promotions. 


No. 268. 


County 
Treasurer 


(Donegal. ) 
No. 269. 


Strabane 
Union. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Revenue, 
Taxation, &amp;c. 


312 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manslaughter Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sudbury Disfranchisement 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 Municipal 
Corporations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Double Costs Bill; 

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


The Witnesses 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 to whom it was referred to consider the seve- 
ral Acts relating to the Duties of Customs ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Gair’s Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners of Education in Jreland, which was pre- 
sented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Brevet 
Promotions, which were presented upon Friday last, 
Tuesday last, and yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the County 
Treasurer of Donegal, which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





Veneris, 27° die Maii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies of any 
Correspondence between the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners and the Board of Guardians of the Stra- 
bane Union, relative to the presentation of an Ac- 
count of the Sums paid to the Contractors when the 
House was declared to be complete ; together with 
an Estimate of the further Sums proposed to be 
levied off the said Union; and a Statement of the 
Purposes to which they are intended to be applied. 
A Copy of the Minute of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners upon the admissibility of Scotch and Irish 
Medical Practitioners to Union Offices in England : 
—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—An 
Account showing the Gross Receipt of Revenue 
derived from Duties of Customs, Excise and Stamps, 
and from Assessed Taxes (Drawbacks and Payments 
of the like nature deducted, but without deducting 
the Charges of Collection), the estimated Amount 
of all Taxes repealed, expired or reduced, on the 


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A. 1842. 


one hand, and of new Taxes imposed on the other, 
and the actual Increase or Decrease of Revenue, to- 
gether with a Statement of the Average Price of 
Wheat in the London Gazette, in each year, from 
the 5th day of January 1815 to the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842. 

A Return of the Net Amount of Duty on Stones Stones, 
not particularly enumerated or described, nor other- 
wise charged with Duty, for the year 1841. 

Accounts of the Number of Depositors in Savings Savings Banks 
Banks, and the Number of Charitable Institutions "4 Friendly 
and 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 
1841 :—-Of the Amount of Money received from the 
Trustees of Savings Banks by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, since the 
6th day of August 1817; the Amount of Money, 
Principal and Interest, due by the Commissioners to 
the Trustees of Savings Banks, on the 20th day of 
November 1841, and the Value of the Government 
Securities standing in the Names of the Commis- 
sioners, at the Price of that day (stating such Price), 
to answer the Amount due to the Depositors for 
Principal and Interest on that day :—And, showing 
the differences between the Amount paid by the 
Public for Interest and Charges on the Sums due to 
the Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly Socie- 
ties, and the Amount received from Dividends on 
Stock or other Public Securities by which the said 
Sums have been invested by the Commissioners for 
the Reduction of the National Debt, from the 6th 
day of August 1817 to the 20th day of November 
1841 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
342, of Session 1841):—And then he withdrew. 


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


The Bromyard Roads Bill was read a second Bromyard 
time ; and committed. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Biil for making better Provision BostonHarbour 
for effecting Improvements in the River Welland (N°. 3-) Bill. 
and Part of the Port and Harbour of Boston, in the 
County of Lincoln, and amending several Acts re- 
lating to the same, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brownrigg do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the Provisions of an Market Har- 
Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign borough and 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act for more pe ol 
effectually repairing and improving the Road from 
Market Harborough, in the County of Leicester, to 
Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Maunsell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Cork County 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, Election 
—Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
mittee on the County of Cork Election Petition, 
and of the Evidence taken before them; together 
with the Poll-books produced before the Com- 
mittee. 


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


Sir William Heathcote reported from the Select Liverpool and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Manchesee 
the case of the Petition for the Liverpool and Man- ®*'“*5 * 
chester Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. rl 

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5 Vicroriz. 


Stockton and An ingrossed Bill for the maintaining and better 
Hartlepool = regulating of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, 
Railway Bill. nd for incorporating the Proprietors thereof, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Octavius Duncombe do carry 
the Bill tothe Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for repairing the 
Road from Dundalk, in the County of Louth, to 
Bannbridge, in the County of Down, so far as relates 
to the Southern Division of the said Road, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dundalk and 
Bannbridge 
Road Bill. 


Reading A Petition of Inhabitants of Reading, praying 

Cemetery Bill. that the Reading Cemetery Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table.. 


Argyll Road Mr. Hope Johnstone presented a Bill for making 

(No. 2.) Bill. and maintaining Highways, Roads, Bridges and 
Quays, and for regulating Ferries,~in the Shire of 
Argyll, and for altering and repairing certain Mili- 
tary and other Roads, Bridges and Quays in the 
said Shire: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Leicester The Leicester Small Debts Bill was read a se- 
oy Debts cond time ; and committed. 
‘ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Birmingham An ingrossed Bill for regulating the Communica- 
ea a tion between the Birmingham and Liverpool Junc- 
(No.2.) Bil, tion Canal Navigation and the Staffordshire and 
Worcestershire Canai Navigation, and for amending 
the several Acts relating to such first-mentioned 
Canal Navigation, 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. 
Indemnity — An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- 
Mutual Marine ings by or against the Indemnity Mutual Marine As- 
Company surance Company, was read the third time. 
(No.2) Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lyall do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
—— Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Courtchewses 22988 and Cromarty Court Houses Bill; That they 


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. 
Cetennel . Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
BL "* Clerkenwell Improvement 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 Amendments were 

read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 

Yate Inclosure An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rish of Yate, in the County of Gloucester, was read 
the third time. 


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313 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Glege's 
solve the Marriage of John Baskervyle Glegg, Es- Divorce Bill. 
quire, the Younger, with Elizabeth Glegg 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. Wilson Patten do carry the 

Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 

House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 

ment. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Dean and York Cathedral 
Chapter of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church 8i!l. 
of Saint Peter, in York, to borrow a Sum of Money 

for the discharge of Debts, and for effecting the 
Restoration and Repair of the said Cathedral Church, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Dean and Chapter 

of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint 
Peter, in York, to raise Money for the Discharge of 
Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair 

of the said Cathedral Church. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Lowther do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Quarry-owners and Quarry-masters Stone. 
of the neighbourhood of Bath, praying the House 
not to remove any part of the present duty upon 
Stone imported from foreign countries, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish Education 
of Wicklow, praying the House to devise means for (freland.) 
affording encouragement to the Schools in connec- 

tion with the Church Education Society for Ireland, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions _ 
examined the Petitions presented from the 23d to ——” 
the 25th days of this instant May, both days 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 Holders of Lagan Canal Debentures, Lagan Navi- 
praying that the Zugan Navigation Bill may not etn Bill 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for better paving and improving 
the Streets and Highways within the Extra-parochial 
Place of Toxteth Park, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for the Sewerage of certain Parts of 
the said Place, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Tynemouth ;— and, Kensington, Roman 
Hammersmith and Fulham; complaining of griev- Catholics. 
ances affecting Roman Catholics; and praying, that 
they may be placed upon a footing of perfect equa- 
lity, in point of civil rights and enjoyments, with Her 
Majesty’s subjects professing other religious per- 
suasions,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hale do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


om fd The Surrey and Sussex Roads Bill was read a | 
Bill, += second time; and committed. 


Vou. 97. 


| Petitions of Trustees of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Sao 
Burton-upon- Trent and Tutbury Turnpike-roads ;— ” 

and, T'rustees of the Taunton Turnpike-roads ; pray- 

ing that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into 

a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 





ss 


A Bill, 


Bates’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Factories. 


Mines and 
Collieries. 


Buildings 
Regulation 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 270. 


Tay Ferries 
Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Corks, 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 





314 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- 
ralizing Joshua Bates, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens and 
Rate-payers of the parish of Belgrave, in the county 
of Leicester, praying that provision may be made in 
the Poor Law Amendment Bill, for enabling parishes 
by an act of the majority of the vestry, to subscribe 
to public hospitals out of the poor rates, independent 
of the commissioners, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Frome 
Union, suggesting certain alterations in the said 
Bill, and praying the House to introduce Clauses 
into the said Bill to give effect to the same, was also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Dewsbury;—and, Golcar ; praying 
the House to pass an Act to limit the labour of 
young persons employed in Factories to ten hours a 
day, for five days in the week, and eight hours on 
the Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Stevenson, and others ; — 
Islington ;— Thomas Dunne, and others ;— Walton 
(Hereford) ; — and, John Dinsdale, and others ; 
praying the House to pass an Act to prohibit the em- 
ployment of females in the under-ground working 
of mines and collieries,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill; 
and to whom several Petitions were referred ; 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. 


A Petition of David Dougall, of Scotscraig, in 
the parish of Ferry Port-on-Craig, and county of 
Fife, praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Tay 
Ferries 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 Market Harborough ;— Cambridge; 
—Archdeaconry of Berks ;—and, Chester ; praying 
that a Clause may be inserted in the Railways Bill, 
to the effect that no Railway shall be used on the 
Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity or necessity, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Masters and Journeymen Cork 
Cutters of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, praying the House not to sanction the 
proposed reduction of duty on the importation of 
manufactured Corks, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising 
in the town of Blackburn, praying for the repeal of 
the stamp duty on their Annual Certificates, was 

a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


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A. 1849, 


A Petition of the President and Vice Presidents Landea 
of the Society of the Attornies and Solicitors of Jre- Securities 
land, praying for the repeal of the Act 4 and 5 Will. (Hreland) Aa, 


4, for the facilitating the Loan of Money on Landed 
Securities in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of Cattle, yfex 
the parish of Broughton, in the county of Southamp- &amp;«. ; 


ton, praying the House not to sanction the proposed 
alteration in the duties hitherto imposed on the im- 
portation of Fatted Cattle and Meat, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Altar- Maynoot, 
nun, in the County of Cornwall, praying the House College. 


not to sanction any further grant of public money to 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the there under- Cork Cou 
signed Nicholas Philpot Leader, of Dromagh, in the Election, 


county of Cork, Esquire, Robert Longfield, of the 
city of Dublin, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, John 
Newman, of Ashgrove, in the said county of Cork, 
Esquire, and John Caulfield Irvine, of Grove Hill, 
in the same county, Esquire, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the County of Cork, 
which was delivered in upon the 6th day of Septem- 
ber, in the last Session of Parliament, and the 
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
said Petition, and of the Evidence taken before 
them, together with the Poll-books, which were 
presented this day, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lunatic 


Returns of the Expense of each District Lunatic 4 
(Irelaud.) 


Asylum in Ireland, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1842; showing the Total Annual Ex- 
pense ; the Annual Average Expense of each Pa- 
tient ; the Number of Patients from each County, 
and the sum charged to each County in the year :— 
Of the Number of Patients in each, on the 1st day 
of April 1841 ; the Number admitted ; the Number 
discharged, distinguishing those discharged as cured, 
as relieved, as harmless and incurable, and the Num- 
ber transferred to Workhouses; the Number who 
have died, and the Total discharged and died; the 
Number in each, on the 31st day of March 1842; 
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 the 
year ; the Total Cost per head per annum; the Ex- 
penditure in Furniture, Bedding and Linen; the 
Expenditure in Fixtures, Additions and Alterations, 
Workimen’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 an- 
num in Salaries and Servants’ Wages; the Total 
Expenditure in Food only ; the Cost per head per 
annum for Food only ; the Cost per head per week for 
Food only; the Cost per head per day for Food only;,. 
all calculated from the Average Number of Patients 
for the year:—Of the Particulars of each Salary 
and Servants’ Wages, and the Total Amount of the 
same for the year:—And, of the Number admitted 
into each Asylum between the opening and the 31st 
day of March 1842; the Number discharged as re- 
covered ; the Number discharged, or taken away by 
their Friends, as relieved, or harmless and incurable, 
or transferred to Workhouses, within that peviod ; 
the Number of relapsed cases, and the Number 
who have died within that period ; and the Total 
Number remaining in each Asylum, on the 31st 
day of March 1842 :—Similar Returns for the Cork 
Lunatic Asylum :—Also, a Return of the Number 
of Insane in each Workhouse in Jreland, on the 
25th day of March 1842, with the estimated Annual 
Expense of each Insane Person in each Workhouse. 
Ordered, 


Yeoman 







Workir 
Classes 
Letter. 













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Yeomanry- 


king 


5 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Troops or Corps or Regi- 
ments of effective Yeomanry of Great Britain and 
Treland, according to the Muster Rolls of 1840 and 
1841; stating the date of those Musters, and dis- 
tinguishing the Number of Officers and Men in each 


27° Mair. 315 


Schedule, No. 6.—continued. 














Corps or Regiment, and the expense of each Corps, 
in 1840 and 1841; showing the manner in which 
the Sums voted for Great Britain and Ireland in 
those years were expended. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


Workin . Sag a : 
oases(Queen’s to Her Majesty, that She wiil be graciously: pleased 


fetter.) 


Adjournment. 


Property Tax 
Bill. 


Coffee. 


Customs Acts. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter addressed by Order of Her Ma- 


jesty to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, 


dated the 11th day of May 1842, for a Collection 
in aid of the Subscriptions entered into for the Re- 
lief of the Working Classes in England and Scot- 
land ; together with a Copy of the Letter of the 
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to the Suffragan 
Bishops. 

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, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Property Tax Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


A Petition of Coffee-house Keepers in the borough 
of Lambeth, and the Metropolis and its neighbour- 
hood, praying for a reduction of the duty on Coffee, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee, to consider the several Acts relating 
to the Duties of Customs. 
(In the Committee.) 
6.—O1Ls, Extracts, Perrumery, kc. 


























Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
£.%. &amp; fae @ 

Aquafortis - - - - the cwt. = ak = B= 

Citric Acid - - ~ - the lb. = es = 

Essences not otherwise described, viz.— 

Extract of Cardamoms, for every 1007. value | 20 - -—|20 - — 

——- Coculus Indicus 

for every 1007. value } 20 -~ -—| 20 - - 
Guinea Grains of Paradise, 
for every 1007. value | 20 -~ - | 20 -— - 
Licorice - for every 1007. value} 20 —~ —| 20 - -— 
NuxVomica for every 1007. value | 20 — -— {20 -— - 
Opium - for every 1007. value | 20 - -—| 20 - — 
Guinea Pepper, 
for every 1007. value | 20 - -—j| 20 - - 
Peruvian or Jesuits’ bark, 
for every 1007. value |} 20 —~ -—|20 - - 
— Quassia - for every 1007. value | 20 ~ —~|20 - - 
————— Radix Rhataniz, 
for every 1007. value | 20 - —}| 20 - -— 
———— Vitriol - forevery 1007. value | 20 - -; 20 - - 
Extract or preparation of any article, not 
being particularly enumerated or described, 
nor otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1001. value | 20 —~ -—| 20 - - 
Or, and in lieu of the above duty, at 
the option of the importer thelb. | - 5 -—| - 5 - 
Nuts, or kernels thereof, not particularly 
enumerated or charged with duty, and 
commonly used for expressing oil there- 
from - - - - thet | — I = - - 6 

Oil of Almonds - - - the Ib. ae - = 9 

—— Bays - ~ 4 ~ the lb. i a &gt; fen 
Animal, raw, not otherwise enumerated 

the ewt. -» &amp;.g - 13 

—— Castor - ° - - the ewt. — wae - 1 $8 

—— Chemical, essential, or perfumed,viz.— 

—— Carraway’ - - - the Ib. a - 2- 
Cloves - « * &lt; the Ib. a Ee 3 «= 
Lavender = - - the Ib. —. a - 2 - 

—— Mint - = Ps - the lb. {| - 2 - - 2- 





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Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Ofand from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
Oils, &amp;c. &amp;c.—continued. £. 8. d. £. s. d. 
Oil of Peppermint - - - thelb | - 2 -}| - 2 - 
Spike - - - - thelb |] ~ 2 -]| - 2 - 
—— Cassia - - - - the Ib. a 1 - 
—— Bergamot - - - the lb. |] - 1 -| - 1 
—— Lemon - - - the Ib. -~ £ « - l- 
—— Otto of roses - - the Ib. -— i « -il1l- 
—— Thyme - - - the Ib. = © ue - l- 
—— All other sorts - - the Ib. =~ eS = 2 = 
—— Cocoa-nut - - - the ewt. - 1 8 - - wk 
—— Linseed ~ - - the tun G =. = l1-- 
—— Hempseed and rapes - thetun| 6 - -{| 1 - - 
—— Olive - - - - the tun 2-- l1-- 
—— Olive, imported in agship belonging 
to any of the subjects of the King of 
the Two Sicilies - - the tun «= = 
— Palm - - ~ - theewt.] - - 6] - - 6 
—— Paran - - - - the tun 2--+ 1-- 
—— Rock - - - - the ewt. - 6 =- - 38 - 
—— Seed, not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed == - - the tun = &lt;= 1-- 
Train, blubber and spermaceti, the pro- 
duce of fish or creatures living in the 
sea, taken and caught by the crews of 
British vessels, and imported direct 
from the fishery, or from any British 
possession, in a British vessel, the tun | = - - 1- 
—— Train, and blubber, the produce of fish 
or creatures living in the sea, of fo- 
reign fishing - - the tun 


After the words “ Foreign Fishing,” proposed to 
insert the words “ from and after July 5,1843:” 
Afterwards proposed to insert the words “ from 
“ and after July 5, 1844,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words “ from and after 
“ July 5, 1843,” be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 108 
Yeas, Sir George Clerk : } ; 
Tellers for the J Mr. Lyall, 41 
Noes, \ Mr. George Palmer: } ; 


Oil, Train, and blubber, the produce of 
fish or creatures living in the sea, of 
foreign fishing, from and after July 
5th, 1843 - - -  thetun 

—— Spermaceti, of Foreign fishing, from 
and after July 5th, 1843 - the tun | 1 

— Walnut - - - the ewt. 

—— or Spirit of Turpentine - the ewt. 

—— not particularly enumerated or de- 
scribed, nor otherwise charged with 
duty - for every 1002. value | 20 - -|]10 - - 

Orange-flower-water - - - the lb. - 

Perfumery not otherwise charged, 

for every 1001. value 

Pomatum—- - for every 1001. value 

Water, Cologne, the flask (30 containing not | 

more than 1 gallon) - - - Ff = fF = 


Schedule 6, agreed to. 


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Alkali, not being Barilla - - the ewt. - £ 6 - 1 6 
Alkanet Root - - - -  thecwt, - I- 1 - 
Aloes - - - - - the lb. = = &amp; - - 1 
Alum - - - - - the cwt. — ie - 2- 
Rock - - - - the ewt. - 2aj=- 2 = 
Amber, rough - * - the cwt. — ie ae a ae 
Manufactures of, not enumerated, 
for every 1002. value} 15 - -—|] 15 - —- 
Ambergris - - - - the oz. - - 8j| - - 3 
Angelica - - - - thecwt.| - 4 -| - 4 - 
Annatto, roll and flag - - the cwt. - § = - 1- 
Aristolochia - - - - the ewt. - l- - l- 
Argol - - - « - the ewt. - - 6 - - 6 
Ashes, viz. :— 
———-— Pearl and Pot - - the ewt. - - 6 free. 
- Soap Weed and Wood - __ the cwt. - - 6 free 
- not enumerated, for every 1001. value 5 - - free. 
Asphaltum = - - - - theton| - 1 -j{ - 1 - 
Balsam, Canadas - - the Ib. ee eer Of - - 1 
Capivi - - - the cwt. sp - 4 - 
Peru - - - - the Ib. - 8; - - 8 
——-— Riga - - - the Ib. io, &amp; - - i 
— and further, as Foreign Spirits, 
for every gallon : 2 ¢ a: 2 2 
Tolu - - - - the Ib. - =- 2|- -— 2 
Balm of Gilead, and all Balsams not 
otherwise enumerated or described, 
{ the Ib. - - 6] - - 6 
| ss 2 Barilla 


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Schedule, No. 7.—continued. 


27° Mai. 


Schedule, No. 7.—continued. 







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Rates of Duty. Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from Of and from ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British Foreign | British 
Countries. | Possessions. Countries. | Possessions, 
Dye Stuffs, Drugs, &amp;c. —continued. £.s. d.| £. s. d. | Dye, Stuffs, Drugs, &amp;c.—continued. 
Barilla- = - - - - the ton 5 -| - 5 - Painters’ rt it particularly £. 8. a. | £. s. d. 
Bark, Peruvian - . - thecwt.]|] - 1 -] - 1 - charged ; viz.— 
eS a m - - - = ewt. | - : -j] -1- Unmanufactured, for every 1007. value} 5 - -j| 5 - 
of other sorts - - - the cwt. - - -l- Manufactured - - ditto - -{10 - -!10 - - 
for tanners’ or dyers’ use - _ the ewt. - - 8 - - il Pink Root - - - - the Ib. oe ee 
Extract of, or other vegetable sub- Pitch, maagualy - - - theewt.| - 2 -| - 2 - 
stances to be used only for tanning Quassia - - - thecwt.. | - 10 -, -10 - 
. leather - - - the ewt. wo == J Quinine, Sulphate of - - the oz. oe ee 
Berries, Bay - - - - the cwt. - li «= om» ow 
—— Juniper - ° - the ewt. - le - I «= Radix; viz. | 
Yellow " . inom a i ae Contrayervee - - ~ the lb. - - li = =- 1 
not enumerated, commonly made use Enule Campane = - + Seem i - 3 &lt;-| + 8 © 
of in chemical processes, the ton oe ee ae x Eringii - ‘i . - theewt.) - 2 -| - 2 - 
Bitumen Judaicum - - - the ton « Fab =~ 2 io Ipecacuanhie ii e . the Ib. | - 1 = °*. 
Boraciec Acid, or Borax, unrefined thecwt.}| — - 6] -— - 6 Rhataniz , = - Soe. 8] eee 
refined - theewt.| - 5 -]}| - 5 - Senekwe - ki a tw + 2) =e 
Remitie te « A . the Ib. ss: et ‘on a Serpentarie or Snake Root the lb | - - 2) - 3 
Camphor zh in . : ioe oe se oe Rhubarb - - - thelb | - - 3) - - 38 
mnneee « . ~ toe 10 - -10 - Saccharum Saturni - - - the ewt. -10 -!| -10 - 
Canella, Alba - « « Mele 8h es ee ll Ce 8 .* 
Cantharides - - - - the Ib. - =- $ o « Saffron - _ 7 ” - the Ib. = § «5 + 5 © 
Cardamoms - - - - the lb. - - 2 - -— 2 | Sal; viz— 
Caoutchouc - - - - the ewt. - 1l1- - l1l- ; Ammoniac - - - the ewt. - l- -1l- 
Carmine - - - - the oz. - - 6 - - 6 Limonum - - - the lb. - 49 - 49 
Cassia Fistula - - - the ewt. - 56 - - 5 - Prunella - - - - the ewt. - l-j} -1- 
—- Buds - - - - the lb. - —-— © - - 8 | Salep or Salop - - - the ewt. -l1l- ~» 2 = 
Castor - ~ - - the ewt. - 2- - 2 — | Saltpetre - - - - the cwt. - - 6 - 6 
China Root - ~ - - the lb. -~ - 8 - - 8 | Sanguis Draconis - - - the ewt. - @ -j] « 4 - 
Cinnabaris Nativa - - - the cwt. —- = - 1 — |Sarsaparilla - ~ - - the lb. aa 2 - - ] 
Citrate of Lime - - the ewt. - 5 - - 5 —- | Sassafras - - - - the ewt. 6; - - 6 
Civet - - - - - the oz. - 2- - 2 — |Scammony - - - - the |b. ae fae 6 
Cobalt - bd - - - the ton - 5 - - 5 — |Senna - - - - - the Ib. ~ - § Mle } 
Coculus Indicus ° - - the cwt. - 76 7 € Shumack - - - - the ton - 1 - - 1 os 
Cochineal and Granilla - - the ewt. - l- - 1 — |! Smalts - - - - - the Ib. &gt; a &amp; &gt; - = 
— Dust - . - theewt.| - 1 -| - 1 - | Squills, dried - - - - theewt. | - 1 -| - £ - 
Colocynth = - - - - thelb | - = 1 - - 1 not dried  - - - the ewt - - 6 
Columbo Root - - - the cwt. - 1 - - 1 -— | Tartarie Acid - - - the Ib. - - 1 oa 
Cream of Tartar - - - the cwt. -l- - l- ; — 
Cabebe - is LU i" is the Ih. “. a. + i 2 Terra; viz.— 
Catch « i » a a 4 &amp; Sw Ow Japonica - - - - theton| - 5 -! - 5 - 
Tet Dizes . a A « tote io &gt; a ae Sienna - - . - theton| - 10 ~| -10 - 
Drugs not enumerated = - - the cwt. o § -h- a J = Umbra - . ‘2 - the ewt. + 2's) =) = 
Hoste &lt; i ‘a ¥ ~ oe a» 2 010 ; Verde - - - - theton| - 5 -; - 5 = 
Gelantine ‘ gs = » Geom can oe -we o Tincal - - - - - theton| - 1 -| - - 6 
Galle « . . 7 « G@emta alas &amp; « Tornsal - - - - - the ewt. - le-j}-1-&lt;- 
Gamboge Z a . iva. tates « Turmeric = - - - theton; - 5 -|} - - 1 
Gentian . . 7 - iim «&amp; alo &amp; «@ Turpentine cf Venice Scioor Cyprus, thelb. |} - - 10] -— - 10 
Ginseng - . 2 « Geen - i : Valonia - - - - theton| - 5 —~| —- &amp; = 
Glos &lt; 7 +. team i« Ss « 3 Varnish, not ctherwiae described, 
-~— Clippings, or Waste of any kind, fit only a for every 1007. value | 15 - -|15 - = 
for Glue - for every 100 /. value t « = , es ~s Verdigris = sé . ad the Ib. = ee ay =a 
Grains, Guinea, and of Paradise, the ewt. ~ }/§ - nah « Verjuice ns = ig ia the ton} 10 - -|10 - - 
Gum, viz. -— baeag w. * - - thelb | - - 3} - - 8 
redengal : ; ~ diae 7 ax, Bees’ Wax - - the ewt. = 2B =x - § «= 
— e cwt. l=-j| - 1 - in any degree bleached -  thecwt, i «=| = « 
Arabic - - ~ - the ewt. ~ FT = - 1 — |—— Myrtle Wax - tl 
Copal - - - = theent, &lt;s  e y : — - he cwt. = 2s en oe 
a . . : a pee : » 2 « | _ Sealing W =. - for every 100/. value | 15 - -|15 -— - 
Assafetida - - - the ewt. - } - oe : be — “ i" * a - = = ie So i 
Ammoniacum - - - the cwt. - l- - l- Zaffre - - - - . t] : “4 a aK Bek we 
Guaiacum - - - the ewt. + Cc aw 8 = OX S eR ee 
ie = «+ « « Canta RBedu ft Schedule 7, agreed to. 
— - - - the ewt. - l- - | te 
ragacanth == - - the ewt. - - - 
Euphorbium - - - the a - : ~ - ; - 8.—SKINS AND Furs, 
Shellac - S . ~ - the ewt. ~ J -~}| — y — | Skins, Furs, Pelts and Tails; viz.— 
Lae Dye _ ‘“ : + iep one. — = Badger, undressed - - thedozenskins | - 1 6} ~ - 9 
———- Seed - + « thee} - 3 =| — 3 — |B - - + «= the skin “es oo 
Gum, not enumerated - - the ewt. —— a a ¥ ; Beaver, eit - - - the skin - 8 - 2 
Hellebore 4 . - = the ewt. os &amp; «= _ 3 Z | Cat, undressed - - the dozen skins = 1 - - 6 
— - - és - the ewt. 276 a ie Chinchilla, undressed - the dozen skins =» ¥-s a ee 
go - ° o ° - the ewt. ar a Ge _ Coney, undressed = - - the 100 skins ie = @ - 3 
Jalap -  - - - the | - ~ 7] — — 4 | Deer, undressed - - - theskin| - - 1] -'- —} 
oe —Sticklac = - the cwt. &amp; a a a Indian, half-dressed - - the skin ~ « - - ‘y 
ee . : _ rs - - - o * ge os, x ae — tawed, or in any way 
fea haga “ (ional - b. &lt; 2 -- 2 = iq ressed = hy the skin] - - 6] - - 3 
or every 1002. value. , oe Mm am oS Dog, in the hair, not tanned, tawed, or in any 
Manna - « ° - - the Ib. - 1 = om © - way dressed - - the dune skins a Soe sae 2 
Mews: ote... og Fish, undressed - the dozen skins - = = = @ 
Lichen Islandicus - an the ton — ., ai Elk, undressed - - - the skin ~ = &amp; - - 3 
tock for Dyers’ use - - the ton - 5 - rs - miming reali - thedozen skins - =f flr Big 
Not enumerated - for every 1002. value , sm we Seine ° ~ the doen skins ak, tow + 2. 
Madler - - - - - the cwt. - - 6 a 6 | oa ore - po -2* at 
= Maet « : i ‘ak : = itch, undresse ~ - the dozen skins 2 = - - 6 
Morphia and its Salts - - ne _ 5 . “ 5 : | _ va a d ‘ : ae &lt;9 ae 
Musk - - 4 . . eg = = - = ails, undresse - : each ae - = § 
Myrrh - x - ‘ P ecg ’ ry 6 == @ Goat, raw, or undressed - thedozen skins - = 8 ~ a 
Mite: oie. —Cubie N litre a oa ; - | - a tanned, tawed, or in any way dressed 
Wax Vomiece &lt;« “i : ae ry - - oe * the dozen skins 5 -| - 2 6 
iim « 2 “ &lt; dee . &gt; — Goose, undressed = - - thedozenskins}| - 1 -| - - 6 
a - - - - - the Ib. 1 — 1 . | — ——. ° - bese 100 skins | - - 6| - - 8 
libanum ss « y 7 : Asigl gig oa Pex 2 usse, undressed = + - thedozenskins | - 3 -| - 1 6 
Orchal - ‘ L Ss : = oa si : “i alt Site. | Kangaroo, undressed - thedozenskins | - - 2] - - 1 
Orpiment “ - - « iro 1 8 ‘ ; 1 - | Kid, in the hair, undressed - the 100 skins | - - 4] - - 2 
Orris Root bad ad a - the cwt. «- § : . dressed 2 5 my the 100 skins &gt; 2 oF 2 6 
i and dyed or coloured, the 100skins} - 10 -| - 5 - 
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5 Vicroriz. 


Schedule, No. 8.—continued. 


Q7°—28° Mair. 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 


Countries. | Possessions. 


£. 





Skins and Furs—continued. 

Kolinski, undressed - - thedozen skins 
Lamb, undressed, in the wool, the 100 skins 
tanned ortawed - the 100 skins 
dyed or coloured, the 100 skins 
dressed in oil - the 100 skins 
Leopard, undressed - - the skin 
Lion, undressed - - the skin 
Lynx, undressed - - the skin 
Martin, undressed - - the skin 
tails undressed the 100 tails 
Mink, undressed = - the dozen skins 
dressed - -  theskin 
Mole, undressed - the 100 skins 
Musquash, undressed the 100 skins 
Nutrea, undressed  - the 100 skins 
Otter, undressed - - the skin 
Ounce, undressed - -  theskin 
Panther, undressed - - the skin 
Pelts of all sorts, undressed, the dozen pelts 
tanned, tawed, or in any way dressed 
the dozen pelts | — 
Racoon, undressed - - the dozen skins | — 
Sable, undressed - - - theskin | - 
tails or tips, undressed - the dozen | — 
Seal in the hair, not tanned, tawed, or in any 
way dressed - - theskin}| - 
— of British taking, imported direct from 
the Fishery or a British Possession 
the dozen skins - - 
Sheep, undressed, in the wool, the dozen skins | — 
tanned or tawed - thel0Oskins | — 
dressed in oil - the 100 skins 
Squirrel or Calabar, undressed, the 100 skins 
tawed - - the 100 skins 
tails, undressed, for every 1001. value 
Swan, undressed - - - the skin 
Tiger, undressed - the skin 
Weasel, undressed the dozen skins 
Wolf - ditto the dozen skins 
— tawed - - the skin 
Wolverings, undressed = - - theskin}| — 
Skins and Furs, or pieces of Skins and Furs, 
raw or undressed, not particularly enume- 
rated or described, nor otherwise charged 
with duty - - for every 1002. value 
Skins and Furs, or pieces of Skins and Furs, 
tanned, curried, or in any way dressed, not 
particularly enumerated or described, nor 

otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1002. value} 10 - —-| 5 - = 
Articles manufactured of Skins or Furs, 
for every 1001. value | 20 - -{10 -— - 


Schedule 8, agreed to. 


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Hides, viz. :— 

of Horse, Mare, Gelding, Buffalo, Bull, 
Cow, Ox, Calf, Kip, Swine and Hog, 
Sea-Cow, Elephant, and Eland or 
large Deer, not tanned, tawed, curried, 

or in any way dressed ; viz. 
Dry - - - theewt.] - —- 6] - -— 2 
Wet - - - the cwt. - - 8 - - 1 
—— Whether whole, cut, rounded or trimmed, 
or pieces thereof, not cut into shapes, 
tanned, but not otherwise dressed, 
the Ib. = « % - - 1 
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enamelled - - - the Ib. - - 4 = = @ 
—— If varnished, japanned or enamelled, 
the lb. - - 6 - - 8 
Losh hides - - - - the lb. - - 4 - 2 
Muscovy or Russia Hides, or pieces thereof, 
tanned, coloured, shaved or otherwise 
dressed - - - - the Ib. = «= § - - 2 


Hides, or pieces thereof, raw or undressed, 
not otherwise enumerated, 

for every 1007. value|] 5 - -—| 210 - 

Hides, or pieces thereof, tanned, tawed, 

curried or in any way dressed, not other - 

wise enumerated - for every 1002. value| 10 - -| 5 - —- 


Schedule 9, agreed to. 








10.—TimBer and Woops, not otherwise charged. 


Timber or Wood, not being Deals, Battens, ); From and after| 
Boards, Staves, Handspikes, Oars, Lath- || ae 
wood, Ufers or other Timber or Wood, iw &lt;= 
sawn, split or otherwise dressed, except - 1l- 
hewn, and not being Timber or Wood — ae 
otherwise charged with duty, Oct. 1843, 
the load of 50 cubic feet : es = 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
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317 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- priaport 
posed, That an inquiry be made into certain corrupt Borough. 
Compromises alleged to have been entered into for 
the purpose of avoiding investigation into gross Bri- 
bery which had been alleged to have been practised 
at the Election for the Borough of Bridport in June 
last, and also whether such Bribery has taken place 
in the aforesaid Town ; 


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


Sabbati, 28° die Maiti, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided ; 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Buller, } 156 
Yeas, \ Sir Thomas Wilde ; ‘ 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 37 
Noes, Mr. Escott : ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That such inquiry be referred to the Sciect 
Committee appointed to inquire whether Compro- 
mises have been entered into, and whether Bribery 
has taken place in the Towns of Harwich, Notting- 
ham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and, Reading :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Colonial __ 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Passengers Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers(Treland) 
further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Zre- Bi". 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further * 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways Bill. 
mittee on the Railways Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Turnpike-roads 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parish Con- 
mittee on the Parish Constables Bill; stables Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Dean Forest Poor Bill was, according to Dean Forest 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- Por Bill. 
lect Committee. 


The Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Bill was, Dean Forest 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Sees ae 
mitted to a Select Committee. . 


The Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill was, ac- saint Rriavel’s 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- — Debts 


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mitted to a Select Committee. 


The Tithes Commutation Bill was, according to Tithes Commue 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a tation Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

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Ways and 
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318 


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 taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Law of 
Merchants Act Amendment 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 Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
Convention between Her Majesty and the Republic 
of Hayti, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade ; 

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 to whom it was referred to consider of the 


Confederation.) Treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine 


Witnesses 


Indemnity Bill. 


Shipwrecks. 


Courts of Law 
and Equity. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill, 


East India, 


Lyme Regis 
Election, 


Confederation, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ; 
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 Witnesses Indemnity Bill ; 

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


Ordered, That the Petition of Captain George 
William Manby, relative to Shipwrecks, which was 
presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Earl of Lincoln be added 
to the Select Committee on Courts of Law and 
Equity. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 13th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Wicklow Harbour Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement showing the Imports and Exports of 
Treasure in zach of the Presidencies of India, from 
1814—15 to the latest period to which accounts have 
been received (being Account No. 2, in Appendix 
42, to Lords’ Report on the Petition of the East 
{India Company). 


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. 


Lune, 30° die Maii : 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Hawes, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Lyme Regis, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 
That William Pinney, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Lyme Regis. 
That Thomas Hussey, Esquire, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve 


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A. 1842. 


in this present Parliament for the Borough of Lyme 
Reyjis. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Hawes further informed the House, That the 
Committee had unanimously come to the following 
Resolutions : 

That the Committee think it right to inform the 
House, that although the general charge of Bribery 
alleged in the Petition has not been gone into, yet 
it has appeared in evidence in the course of the 
scrutiny that a corrupt practice has for some years 
prevailed in the Borough of Lyme, of lending money 
upon notes of hand, bills of sale, or other securities, 


|to a considerable portion of a constituency, which 


did not exceed 280 by the last Registration. 

That, in the Opinion of this Committee, a practice 
so insidiously corrupting and demoralizing is pe- 
culiarly adapted to interfere with the free and honest 
exercise of the franchise, especially in small consti- 
tuencies, that it has had this effect in the Borough 
of Lyme, and that it deserves serious attention and 
inquiry on the part of the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 


rasing out the name of William Pinney, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of Thomas Hussey, Esquire, 
instead thereof. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 
them, be laid before this House. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Carlow 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. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and inade Amendments thereunto. 

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 considera- 
“ tion To-morrow” 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 
“‘ Report be taken into further consideration’ To- 
““ morrow,” be added, instead thereof:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Railway Company, taking notice of the application 
for leave to bring in the Liverpool and Manchester 
Railway Bill, and praying that such Bill may pass 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lessees of Property situate at 
Fleetwood, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 
the Fleetwood Improvement and Market Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 





to lie upon the Table. 
A Motion 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 


Borough of Lyme Regis, and amend the same by "4 Retun. 


Minutes 
ordered. 


Carlow Road 
Bill. 


Liverpool 


Liverpool Borough Court Bill; That they had exa- ~~ Court 


ill. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham Liverpool aud 


Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 





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Road 





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5 Vicroriz. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for maintaining and 
improving certain Roads in the Counties of Lanark, 
Ayr and Renfrew; for maintaining a Bridge over 
the River Clyde at Dalmarnock; and for other Pur- 
poses connected therewith, 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 Monday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Gravesend 
Terrace Pier 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 20th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Gravesend Terrace Pier Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


London Bridge A Petition of James Bodfield and Joseph Bod- 
AP at pe Hield, of Milk-street, in the city of London, Stuff 
yrues Bill Merchants, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
oe of the London Bridge Approaches and Royal 
xchange Avenues 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. 


Tumpike-roads A Petition of John Beresford Turner, of Brock- 
Bill, manton Hall, praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions of Mortgagees and Bond Creditors of 
the Hinckley and Harborough Turnpike-road ; — 
Charles Meredith, of Leamington Priors ;—Trustees 
of the Rochdale, Halifax and Ealand Turnpike- 
road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the said Turn- 
pike-road ;—Trustees of the Birmingham and Wed- 
nesbury Turnpike-road ;—and, Mortgagees of the 
Tolls of the said Road; praying that the Turn- 
pike-roads Bill may not pass into a law,—were also 


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


Hill Coolies. 
the Ross Anti-Slavery Society ;—Durham ;—Alton 
(Hants) ;—and, Stroud; praying the House not to 
sanction any relaxation of the restriction on the ex- 
portation of labourers from British India,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Gair’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 


Guair’s 


Nat. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Captain A‘Court reported from the Committee on 
the Saltcoats Harbour Bill; and to whom several 


Saltcoats 
Harbour Bill. 


Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 


Bill. 


Captain A‘Court further reported, That on the 
Committee proceeding to examine the allegations of 
the Bill, it was sought by the Promoters to introduce 
what appeared to the Committee a very material 
alteration in the Preamble. Inthe Notices published 
in the Newspapers it was stated that the object of 
the Bill was, among other things, to transfer the ma- 
nagement of the Harbour, and all the powers under 


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319 


the existing Act, from the Trustees appointed there- 
by, and to vest the same in Robert Cunninghame, 
Esquire, his heirs and successors ; that the Preamble 
of the Bill, as submitted to the Committee, was 
drawn in conformity with the Notices above men- 
tioned ; but the counsel for the Bill im opening the 
case stated that the Parties were now anxious to 
make an alteration in the constitution of the trust 
as proposed in the Bill, and to vest the powers to 
be granted under it in Mr. Cunninghame and certain 
Commissioners to be afterwards named ; the counsel 
for the Bill submitted to the Committee an Amend- 
ment which the Parties proposed to insert in the 
Preamble, to be followed by an enacting Clause to 
carry out this object. 

That the Committee having taken the Amendment 
into their consideration, decided against its intro- 
duction, and the Parties, on this decision being an- 
nounced to them, informed the Committee that they 
did not propose to proceed further with the Bill 
during the present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and the Lagan Naviga- 
Corporation for preserving and improving the Port tien Bill. 
and Harbour of Belfast, praying that the Lagan 
Navigation Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Tadcaster and 
Tadcaster and Otley Road Bill; That they had exa- Otley Road 
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. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Provi- Clerkenwell 
sions of the Act for opening a Street to Clerkenwell 'mprovement 
Green, in the County of Middlesex, was 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. Thomas Duncombe do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Slaithwaite ; — and, Meltham ; Poor Law 
praying for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read; and = 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from the Chairman of the Committee of 


Petitions from York ,— and, Hereford Union ; Poor Law 
praying that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may Amendment 
not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- ~"" 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the borough Public Houses 
of Hull, and its vicinity, praying that no Clause Bill. 
may be inserted in the Public Houses Bill for clos- 
ing Public Houses from twelve o’clock on Saturday 
night until one o’clock on Sunday afternoon, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


of Assembly of the province of New Brunswick, in 
general assembly convened, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Legislative Council 
and Assembly of New Brunswick, during the present 
Session, have had occasion to address the House, 
praying that no alteration might take place in the 
existing duties upon Foreign and Colonial Wood 
imported into the United Kingdom, and pointed out 
the ruinous consequences that would inevitably 
ensue by the abolition of that protection, so long 
and so wisely afforded to the British Commercial 
Marine by the line of policy hitherto maintained ; 
and the Council and Assembly did hope that their 

ss4 earnest 








A Petition of the Legislative Council and House Timber Duties. 




















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earnest solicitations would be favourably considered ; 
but their anxiety on this subject has been deeply 
increased by learning that Resolutions have been re- 
cently laid upon the Table of the House by one of Her 
Majesty’s Ministers, for a revision of the Customs 
Duties, as applying to the British Colonial Posses- 
sions abroad, similar in their provisions to those in- 
troduced into the late Parliament by the Right ho- 
nourable his predecessor in office ;_ the effect of these 
Resolutions if adopted, will be to destroy the exten- 
sive and valuable trade hitherto carried on between 
Her Majesty’s North American Colonies and the 
British West Indies, to render entirely valueless the 
immense amount of tonnage and other capital and 
establishments invested in its prosecution, and to 
inflict a deadly blow on the commercial maritime 
superiority, which the British nation now enjoys. 
The Council and Assembly deem it unnecessary in 
this Address, to particularize the baneful effects 
which will be produced, because these have been 
brought most prominently under Her Majesty’s 
most gracious consideration by the Legislature and 
Chamber of Commerce of Nova Scotia, also by a Pe- 
tition from the Magistrates, Merchants, Ship-owners 
and others of the city of Saint John, the commercial 
metropolis of that province, as well as by Petitions 
from other parts thereof; the Council and Assembly 
would however beg leave specially to refer to these 
appeals to Her Majesty, and in doing so they would 
most solemnly confirm, with one voice, the position 
therein set forth, and, on behalf of that colony, 
humbly solicit the consideration of the House ; that 
a measure fraught with such ruinous consequences 
to Her Majesty’s North American Provinces could 
for a moment be entertained by Her Majesty’s pre- 
sent advisers, the Council and Assembly were not 
prepared to learn, much less to apprehend, because 
that great and influential party had hitherto, both 
in and out of office, successfully resisted those 
sweeping changes in the colonial system which the 
advocates of what is commonly called free trade 
had from time to time brought under the considera- 
tion of the Commons House of Parliament ; should 
those Resolutions be sustained by the House, and 
their provisions become law, commercial evils are 
not the only ones which the Council and Assembly 
have reason to apprehend ; they very much fear that 
the ruin of the West India trade, followed up, as they 
apprehend it will be, by a revision of the Wood Du- 
ties in the United Kingdom, would be viewed by 
the North American Colonists as such an abandon- 
ment of their interests by Her Majesty’s Councils 
as couid not fail to excite discontent, and have a 
strong tendency to shake that loyal affection which 
they have hitherto cherished with such honest zeal 
towards the parent state,—a political evil which the 
inhabitants of that province would most seriously 
deprecate as weakening those ties to that country 
which they and their fathers before them have so 
steadfastly adhered to through every change of for- 
tune, prosperous or adverse. The Council and As- 
sembly yet cherish the hope that their fears cannot 
be realized, and that the North American Colonies 
may still continue in the enjoyment of that which 
is most congenial to their habits, principles and 
feelings, a British trade and British protection ; 
consumers almost exclusively of British manufac- 
tures, rapidly extending and increasing, exchanging 
their staple commodities for goods, the produce of 
British skill and British labour, as well as for the 
prod ictions of their fellow colonists in the Wes¢ 
Indies, a trade in importance to the mother country 
second only to the coal trade, in the employment 
of so large a portion of the British Commercial 
Marine, and as a nursery for British seamen, whose 
services are always at command to maintain Bri- 
tish superiority on the boundless ocean; “ Ships, 
Colonies and Commerce”’ is the sentiment under 
which Great Britain has been exalted to her present 
proud pre-eminence among the nations of the world; 


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and the Council and Assembly assure the House 
that no indemnification which the well-known liber- 
ality and integrity of Her Majesty’s Government 
and the Imperial Parliament might suggest as an 
act of justice to the great colonial interests thus 
annihilated could possibly avert the ruin of the Bri- 
tish North American Colonies as an integral portion 
of the British Empire ; and praying the House to 
take this their humble representation into most 
favourable consideration, and adopt such measures 
as may quiet the apprehension of Her Majesty’s 
faithful and loyal subjects, the people of New 
Brunswick. 

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


A Petition of Attornies-at-Law and Solicitors, Attornies’ 
practising in the borough of Cambridge, praying for Certificates, 


the repeal of the stamp duty on their Annual Cer- 
tificates, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the united dioceses of Ferns, Education 
Leighlin and Ossory ;—Temple Michael ;—Carri-(teland.) 


galine and Barnahaly ;—and, Garvaghy ; praying 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 
ment to the schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for Ireland, — were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholics, Inhabitants of Roman 
Stockton-on-Tees, complaining of grievances affecting Cthulics. 


Roman Catholics, and praying that they may be 
placed upon a footing of perfect equality, in point 
of civil rights and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s 
subjects professing other religious persuasions, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Workmen of Maesteg, Glamorgan- payment of 
shire, praying the House to pass a Bill to put down Wages. 


the system of paying the Wages of workmen in 
goods instead of money, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Payment 
of Wages. 


Petitions of Workmen employed at the Maesteg 
Tron Works ;—and, Workmen employed under the 
Cambrian Tron and Spelter Company, at Maesteg ; 
praying that no measure may be passed to prohibit 
Payment of Wages in goods instead of money,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


A Petition of George Williams, of Little Woolton, Bribery at 
in the county of Lancaster, a Justice of the Peace Elections. 


and Deputy Lieutenant of the said County, praying 
that in any provision now contemplated by the Le- 
gislature to check Bribery at Elections, the House 
will discourage the practice of canvassing, as it is 
called, or suing for votes, which leads to it, by ac- 
knowledging the vote as a favour, was presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Frederick Coilis Barns, of Brighton 
Fox Cottage, Edward-street, Brighton, praying the Election. 


House to institute an inquiry into the proceedings 
at the last Election for the Borough of Brighton, 
and adopt measures for preventing Bribery at the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament, and 
that the votes for Members of Parliament be taken 
by ballot, and the franchise extended to the fullest 
extent, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worthing ;—and, Chichester; pray- Property Tax 
ing that the Property Tax Bill may not pass into a Bill. 


law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. oe 
A Petition 


A, 1842, 












Tithes 
(Irelans 








Rivers 
(frelan 


Tay F 
Bill. 
























































































5 Vicroriz. 


(Ireland) complaining that he has received out of the Million 
Fund voted for the relief of the Jrish clergy, only 
, twenty-five per cent. of his arrears of Tithe, instead 
of seventy-five per cent., and praying the House to 
take his case into consideration, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


30° Maiz. 


Tithes A Petition of the Reverend James William Graves, | 


Rivers A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Shop-keepers, | and 


({reland) Bill. 





321 


and Drawbacks of Excise on Mixtures and Prepa- 
rations made with Spirits when removed from or 
into England, Scotland or Ireland respectively, and 
to suspend for a limited time so much of an Act of 
the present Session as repeals the Allowance on 
Spirits made from Malt only in Ireland : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Tumpike-roads 


Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred {Mreland) Bill, 
orty-three, and to the end of the then Session 


and other Inhabitants of Ennis, praying that the | of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating Turn- 


Rivers (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, as it | pike-roads in Ireland : 


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


Tay Ferries Petitions of the Incorporation of Trustees of the 

Bill. Harbour of Dundee ;—and, Company carrying on 
business as Bankers in Dundee, under the firm of 
the Dundee Banking Company ; praying that they 
may be heard, By themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Tay Ferries 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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Notice from James Coppock, the Agent 
for Robert Budd, who petitioned this House on the 
7th day of September, in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Barnstaple, that it is not.his in- 
tention to proceed with his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That he 
had received a Notice from Thomas Baker, the Agent 
for Sir John Power, Baronet, and others, who peti- 
tioned this House on the 16th day of February last, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Dublin, that it is not their intention to 








Barnstaple 
Election. 





Dublin City 
Election. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for improving the Dub- Dublin Police 
lin Police : Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually Aberdeenshire 
maintaining and repairing certain Roads in the Roads Bill. 
Counties of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine, and 
for making certain new Roads in the said Counties, 
or some of them :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Liverpool and 
a Return of the Number of Hours occupied by the a plea 
Government Steam Packets in their Passages from ; 
Liverpool to Kingstown, and Kingstown to Liver- 
pool, each day, from the ist day of January 1838 to 
the 1st day of January 1839, with the Name of 
each Packet :—And, a similar Return of the Packets 
between Holyhead and Kingstown. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Witnesses 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker No. 274. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ward reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Ward 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 third Property Tax 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for granting to Her 








proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th day 
of February last, for referring the said Petition to 
the General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Electors’ 
Removal Bill. 


No. 273. 


Mr. Milner Gibson presented a Bill to prevent 
Persons in England and Wales from losing their 
Votes at an Election by Removal after the preceding 
Registration : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Ordered, That Sir David Roche have leave of 
absence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Southampton 


A Petition of John Wren, a Resident Burgess and 
Town Election. y. 


Elector of the Town and County of Southampton, 
and a Freeholder and Elector of the southern divi- 
sion of the county of Hants, Master Dyer, praying 
that the House will direct a further and searching 
inquiry, under the protection of witnesses by an In- 
demnity Bill, into the alleged Bribery at the late 
Election for the Town of Southampton, and that the 
House will suspend the Writ for a fresh Election 
for the said Town until it has devised some legis- 
lative means for securing the freedom and purity of 
Election, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Message from 


the Lords. A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 


and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the present, 


Excise Duties 


Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, 
Professions, Trades and Offices ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 

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 

“ as by the existing Laws a large proportion of the Parliamentary 


“ for Members of Parliament; and as it also ap- 
** pears, by the Reports of different Election Com- 
“ mittees, that corrupt practices have been used to 
“‘ an extraordinary extent in procuring the Return 
of Members to this present House of Commons; 
and as, from both these causes, this House cannot 
be considered a fair Representation of the People; 
it is therefore unfit that any system of increased 
Taxation should be imposed by Parliament, until 
all just causes of complaint with regard to the 
“ mode of electing the Members of this House shall 
“ be first redressed,” 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 [Sir Thomas Fremanile, 156 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : . 

Tellers for thef Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 21 

Noes, Mr. O'Connell: , 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

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








yompounds 


and impose and allow new Countervailing Duties 
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into a Committee upon the Witnesses Indemnity ™demnity Bill 


“ People of this realm are excluded from voting Representation. 











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322 


British Posses» The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

sions Abroad ~ynittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; 

7 Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Bribery at 


. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Elections Bill, 


reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Lagan Naviga- ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second 


on ae. reading of the Lagan Navigation Bill; 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 
New South The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Wales Bill. reading of the New South Wales Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Municipal The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Corporations further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
” Corporations Bill ; , 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 
Doite Costs § The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ill. 


mittee on the Double Costs Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Customs Acts. |The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
several Acts relating to the Duties of Customs; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ternpike-ronds. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bu. reading of the Turnpike-roads 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 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- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Slave Trade The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Suppression mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
aie Convention between Her Majesty and the Republic 
of Hayti, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Slave Trade The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
aan mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 


-\ Lreaty between Her Majesty and the A ti 
Contederation. &lt; J , : yesty rgentine 
ili onfederation, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Poor Law Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law 
ape (Zreland), which was presented upon the 4th day of 
0.274. 


April last, be printed. 


Hop Excisemen. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hop Ex- 
No. 275. cisemen, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Lighthouses. Ordered, That the Return relative to Lighthouses, 


No. 276. which was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Strabane Union. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Strabane 
No. 277. 


Union, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


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Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law Poor Lay 
Amendment Act, which was presented upon Friday Amendment 
last, be printed. ct. 


No. 278, 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Revenue, Revenye * 


Taxation, &amp;c., which was presented upon Friday Taxation, ¢, 
last, be printed. No. 279, 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Savings saving, Beak 
Banks and Friendly Societies, which were presented aud Friendly 
upon Friday last, be printed. ocieties, 


No. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. —_— 


Martis, 31° die Maiti; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 





PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according Lyme Regis 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough Retum 





of Lyme Regis. amended, 


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 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 the de- 
sire 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 Royai Assent to the said Bills: Which 
Bills are as follow: 
An Act to repeal the present and impose and Excise Duties 
allow new Countervailing Duties and Drawbacks of Compounds 
Excise on Mixtures and Preparations made with ° 

















Spirits, when removed from or into England, Scot- 
land or Ireland, respectively, and to suspend for a 
limited time so much of an Act of the present Ses- 
sion as repeals the Allowance on Spirits made from 
Malt only, in Ireland : 


An Act to alter and amend the Law relating to Ecclesiastical 
Ecclesiastical Houses of Residence : a 

An Act for consolidating the Queen’s Bench, Queen's Prison 
Fleet and Marshalsea Prisons, and for regulating the _ 
Queen’s Prison : 


An Act for improving the Dublin Police: Dublin Police 


Bill. 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of Turpike-roads 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, (Ielan¢) Bill 
and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, the several Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads 
in Ireland: 

An Act for authorizing the Saundersfoot Railway Saudersfoot 
and Harbour Company to make an Extension of ®#!9y Bil 
their present Railway, and also to make Two 
Branches from such Railway respectively, within 
the County of Pembroke, and for extending the 
Provisions of the Act relating to the said Company : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers London and 
and Provisions of the Acts relating to the London Blackwall 
and Blackwall Railway : eo 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the sixteenth Bristol Floating 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the P°* =. 
Third, for enlarging the Floating Dock within the 
Port of Bristol, and for other Works connected 
therewith : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers Ellesmere and 
and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the — om 
Ellesmere and Chester Canal Navigation: - : 

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Gospot 
Bill. 





Kirkin 
Roads 
Bill. 


Abert 
Road 


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Gosport Pier An Act for making a Pier at Gosport, in the Pa- 
Bill. rish of Alverstoke, in the County of Southampton : 
uitable Gas 

Company Bill. Company, and for more effectually lighting with 
Gas certain Parishes and Places within the City 
and Liberty of Westminster, and the Western Parts 
of the Metropolis, and other Parishes and Places 
in the County of Middlesex : 

Kirkintilloch An Act to improve, repair and maintain certain 

Roads (No- 1-) Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Stirling and Dum- 

Bill. barton, and to make and maintain a new Line of 
Road in connection therewith : 


Aberdeenshire An Act for more effectually maintaining and _re- 


Roads Bil. pairing certain Roads in the Counties of Aberdeen, 
Banff and Kincardine, and for making certain New 
Roads in the said Counties, or some of them: 

Haish ig An Act for inclosing Lands in the several Parishes 

flower, XC., 


of Huish Champflower, Clatworthy and Brompton 
Ralph, in the County of Somerset : 

Glegs’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Basker- 
Divorce Bill. yyJe Glegg, Esquire, the Younger, with Elizabeth 
Glegg, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes : 


Inclosure Bill. 





ea An Act for naturalizing Joshua Bates. 

Nat. Dill. . 

Lyme Regis Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 

— mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Or- 
der,—Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- 
mittee on the Lyme Regis Election Petition, and of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 

Table. 

Britwell Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


Inclosure Bill. 


Britwell 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 Bili, 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. 


Boston Harbour Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
(No, 2.) Bill. Boston Harbour (No. 2.) 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. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill ; 


The ingrossed Bill for maintaining and improving 
certain Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Ayr and 
Renfrew ; for maintaining a Bridge over the River 
Clyde at Dalmarnoch; and for other Purposes con- 
nected therewith, was, according to Order, read the 
third time ; and an ingrossed Clause was added, by 
way of Rider; and an Amendment was made to the 

ill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 21.1. 14, by leaving out from the 
word “ made” to the word “ Provided,” 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 f Mr. Lockhart, } 91 

Yeas, UMr. Dennistoun : bing 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, } 55 

Noes, UMr. Patrick Stewart : ° 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :— 


Belfast 
Election, 


31° Mai. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- 
ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- 


323 


of Belfast, to which they had annexed the Peti- 
tions referred to them by the House relating thereto : 


An Act for incorporating the Equitable Gas Light | —And the names of the Committee were read, as 


follow : 

William Bagge, Esquire, Henry George Ward, 
Esquire, Charles Barry Baldwin, Esquire, Sir An- 
drew Leith Hay, Baronet, Ralph Bernal, Esquire, 
(Wycombe), Frederick Polhill, Esquire ; Chairman, 
William Goodenough Hayter, Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Mem- 
bers were called over ; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the Election 
and Return for the Borough of Belfast, be referred 
to the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to Cambuslang 
the Bill, in Pr. 32. 1. 3., by leaving out the words and Muirkirk 
“ twenty-one,” and inserting the word “ five” in- Roads Bill. 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“twenty-one” stand part of the Bill; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, 103 

Yeas, Mr. Lockhart : } P 
Tellers for the f Mr. Dennistoun, } 43 

Noes, Mr. Alexander Johnston : ‘ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Johnston do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Aningrossed Bill for erecting a Pier at the Royal Gravesend 
Terrace Gardens in the Town of Gravesend, in the = Pier 
County of Kent, was 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 Viscount Marsham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which Orders; 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Leeds Improve- 
additional Provision in the Leeds Improvement Bill, ™en! Bill. 
the Parties be permitted to introduce such additional 
Provision in their Bill, but not to form any part of 
the burial-ground within Three hundred yards of 
any dwelling-house, without the consent of the owner 
or occupier thereof. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Liverpool and 
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill, the Manchester 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on ®#!4y- 
giving forthwith the Notices in some one and the 
same Newspaper published in the County of Lan- 
caster, and in the London Gazette, for three succes- 
sive weeks, and that the Committees on this and the 
preceding Bill do examine, in the first place, how 
far such Orders have been complied with; and do 
— the same to the House, on the Report of the 

ill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Grand Jury Graua Jury 
Presentments (Cork) Bill, the Standing Orders Presentments 
ought not to be dispensed with. (Cork) Bil 

The two first Resolutions of the Committee, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and improving the Tadcaster and 


bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and | Road from Tadcaster to Otley, in the West Riding Otley Road 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining | of the County of York, was read the third time. Bill. 








of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 


Vou, 97. 








Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill to: present Obligation, and to sell the Right of Presen- 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


LeedsImprovee The House was moved, That the Report in re- 

ment Bil, § gpect of the Petition for additional Provision in the 
y vers Improvement Bill, which was this day made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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 prayer of 
the said Petition. 


Burntislandand The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
Granton Pier, deration the Report which, upon the 23d day of this 
oo and Road instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
st Burntisland and Granton Pier, Ferry and Road 
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. 
London and Ordered, That the Report on the London and 
nos sheng Croydon Railway (Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) 
Roda saad Bill be take into further consideration upon Fri- 
(No. 2.) Bill, day next. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 


the Lords. = Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 
ForthandClyde The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, “An 


Navigation Bill. Act for altering and amending an Act of the fourth 
and fifth year of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
An Act to consolidate, amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the 
Forth and Clyde Navigation,” for enlarging and 
making Reservoirs; for better supplying the said 
Navigation with Water ; and for enabling the Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the said Navigation to pur- 
chase and acquire the Forth and Cart Junction 
Canal, without any Amendment: And also, 
Punishment The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
. a pin, Act to assimilate the Law in Ireland, as to the Pun- 
Clretand) ©"" ishment of Death, to the Law in England ; to abo- 
lish the Punishment of Death in certain cases in 
Ireland, and to substitute other Punishments in lien 
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 
Act to alter and amend the Acis for making, repair- 
ing and keeping in repair the Road from Stonehaven, 
through the S/ug Mount, to the Bridge at Cobleheugh, 
in the County of Kincardine, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- 

rence of this House: And also, 
Bristol and The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
eng Act for granting further Powers to the Bristol and 
wey” Gloucester Railway Company, 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 
(Neweastleaad Act for completing the Railway Communication be- 
yma Rail. tween the Towns of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Dar- 


Slug Road Bill. 


Northern Union 


way Bill, lington, by a Railway, to be called the Mewcastle 
and Darlington Junction Railway, with a Branch 
to the City of Durham, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

Greenock 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Harbours Bill. Act for further improving, enlarging and maintaining 

the Harbours of the Town of Greenock, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


Charterhouse The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
ag to enable the Governors of the Hospital of King 


James, founded in Charterhouse, to endow the Per- 

















petual Curacy of Hartland, in the County of Devon, | 


with a fixed Provision out of the Tithes of the Rec- | 


tory of Hartland aforesaid, in substitution of their 


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tation to the said Curacy and the said Rectory and 
Tithes, and also certain Lands at Hartland afore- 
said, and to invest the Monies arising from such 
Sales in the Purchase of other Lands for the Benefit 
of the said Hospital ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords desire a present Conference with this Outrage y 
House, in their Lordships’ Committee Room, No. 2, the Queen, 


upon a subject materially affecting the safety of Her 
Majesty’s sacred Person and the happiness of the 
People :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships :—And 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 said Conference :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, 
Lord Stanley, Viscount Palmerston, Sir James Gra- 
ham, Viscount Howick, Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Francis Baring, the Earl of Lincoln, 
Sir John Hobhouse, Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Ma- 
caulay, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Ellice, Sir Edward 
Knatchbull, Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir George Grey, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Thomas 
Wilde, the Lord Advocate, Lord Ashley, Lord Sey- 
mour, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Glad- 
stone, Mr. Labouchere, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir 
Thomas Acland, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir George 
Clerk, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. Sheil, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. O’ Connell, Sir 
Denham Norreys, Mr. William O’Brien, Colonel 
Connolly, Mr. Patrick Stewart, Mr. Wilson Patten, 
Sir George Cockburn, Sir Charles Napier, Sir Mat- 
thew Wood, and Mr. Greene. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Sir Robert Peel reported, That the Managers had 
met the Lords at a Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Lord President: of 
the Council; and that the Conference was to ac- 
quaint this House, that the Lords, in consequence 
of the recent most atrocious and treasonable atteinpt 
on Her Majesty’s most sacred Person, had taken 
the same into consideration; and had agreed upon 
an Address to be presented to Her Majesty there- 
upon; to which Address the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House. 

Resolved, That the Address of the Lords, com- 
municated by their Lordships at the Conference, be 
now taken into consideration; and the same was 
read, as followeth ; 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 

jects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, 
in Parliament assembled, beg leave humbly 

to approach Your Majesty’s Throne, to express our 
abhorrence of the late treasonable attempt against 
Your Majesty’s sacred Person, and our heartfelt 
congratulations to Your Majesty and to our Country 
on Your Majesty’s happy preservation from the dan- 
ger to which Your Majesty has been exposed. 

Attached to Your Majesty by every sentiment of 
loyalty, and by a sense of the benefits we derive 
from Your Majesty’s just and mild Government, we 
acknowledge with gratitude and humility the merciful 
interposition of Divine Providence, which has been 
manifested on this occasion, and we make our earn- 
est prayer to Almighty God, that He will confer on 
Your Majesty every blessing, and that he will con- 
tinue to watch over and guard a life so justly dear 
to us. 


Then the said Address being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 

doth agree with the Lords in the said Address to 

be presented to Her Majesty. a, 
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And the blank therein was filled up with the 
words “ and Commons.” 
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 


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A Bill, intituled, An Act for establishing a Prison Pentonville 
at Pentonville : And also, Prison Bill. 
~The Lords acquaint this House, That Her Ma- Queen appoints 


to acquaint their Lordships, that this House hath] jesty has appointed To-morrow, at three o’clock, at to be attended. 


agreed to the Address to which the Lords desired 
the concurrence of this House, and have filled up 
the blank with the words “ and Commons.” 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Peel do carry the said 
Message. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Liverpool and Manchester 
Railway Bill, which was this day made from the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better 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: And that Viscount Sandon and Sir 
Howard Douglas do prepare, and bring it in. 





Liverpool 
Borough Court 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report which was 
yesterday made from the Committee on the Liver- 
pool Borough Court Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, 


Liverpool 


~ The Liverpool Poor Bill was read a second time ; 
Poor Bill. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Charterhouse 
Hospital 
Estate Bill. 


The Charterhouse Hospital Estate Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Timber Duties. — 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 Communications received by 
Her Majesty’s Government, from the Governor Ge- 
neral of the North American Colonies, and the 
Lieutenant Governors of either of those Colonies, 
relating to an alteration of the Timber Duties :— 
Also, Doses of any Memorials or Representations 
received by Her Majesty’s Government from any 
Individuals or Bodies of Persons in the Colonies, 
on the same subject. 

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. 


Saint James’s Palace, to be attended with the Ad- 
dress of both Houses, and that the Lords do intend 
to be there at that time :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the Property Tax 
Bill be now read the third time :—The House re- Bill. 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby: 

Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 255 

Yeas, \Mr. Henry Baring : } 

Tellers for thef Mr. Tufnell, Laas 

Noes, \Lord Marcus Hill: J : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 105. 1. 7., by inserting after the word 
“ almshouse” the words “ or on any building the 
“ property of any Literary or Scientific Institution, 
“ used solely for the purposes of such Institution, 
“ and in which no payment is made or demanded 
“ for any instruction there afforded by lectures or 
“ otherwise ; provided also, that the said building 
“ be not occupied by any Officer of such Institution, 
“ nor by any person paying rent for the same.” 


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

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by inserting after the 
words “any building” the words “ or part of any 
“ pbuilding.” 

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 f Mr. George William Wood, 96 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hili: } ’ 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, Liss 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: ae 

So it passed in the Negative. 


And the said Amendment was agreed to; and 
other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties 
on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades 
and Offices, until the Sixth day of April One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty-five. 


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Hand-loom 
Weavers 
(Sudbury.) 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to make Selections from the Evidence reported from 
the Committee on Hand-loom Weavers, which relate 
to the state of the Borough of Sudbury. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for restming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
yesterday, That the ingrossed Bill for granting to 
Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, 
Professions, Trades and Offices, be now read the 
third time : 


Property Tax 
Bill, ’ 





Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 


the Lords, Mr. Lynch : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Roasted Mat A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide Regulations 


- preparing and using Roasted Malt in colouring 
eer. 
Von. 97. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


| Mercurii, 1° die Junii, 1842: 


The Select Committee on the Dean Forest Poor Dean Forest 

Bill was nominated of the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Poor Bill. 
Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. 
Hale, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Phillpotts, Mr. Cripps, 
Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Joseph Bailey, junior, Mr. Fox 
Maule, and Five Members to be added by the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





The Select Committee on the Dean Forest Eccle- Dean Forest 

siastical Districts Bill was nominated of the Ear] Ecclesiastical 
of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Grantley Districts Bill 
Berkeley, Mr. Hale, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Phillpotts, 
Mr. Cripps, Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Joseph Bailey, junior, 
Mr. Fox Maule, and Five Members to be added by 
the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

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St. Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Shipwrecks. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 


Amendment 
Bill, 


Witnesses 
Indemnity Bill. 


British Posses. 
sions Abroad 
Bill. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Double Costs 
Bill. 


Customs Acts. 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill, 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
(Hayti.) 


326 


The Select Committee on the Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts Bill was nominated of the Earl of 
Lincoln, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Grantley Ber- 
heley, Mr. Hale, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Phillpotts, Mr. 
Cripps, Mr. Blewitt, Mr. Joseph Bailey, junior, 
Mr. Fox Maule, and Five Members to be added by 
the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Petition of Captain George 
William Manby, praying the House to sanction the 
appointment of a Select Committee for the purpose 
of examining into and reporting their Opinion as to 
the utility and practicability of the Petitioner's plan 
for saving the lives and property of Her Majesty's 
subjects from loss by Shipwreck, which was pre- 
sented upon Thursday last, be referred to a Select 
Committee :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment 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 Railways Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Law of 
Merchants Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into futher 
consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Wit- 
nesses Indemnity 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 British Possessions Abroad Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The New South Wales Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
Corporations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Double Costs 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- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
several Acts relating to the Duties of Customs; 

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 Turnpike-roads Bill ; 

‘Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 10th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of the Convention 
between Her Majesty and the Republic of Hayti, 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 


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A. 1842. 


carrying into effect a Convention of Accession of 
the Republic of Hayti to two Conventions with the 
King of the French, for the more effectual Suppres- 
sion of the Slave Trade. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
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 
into a Committee, to consider of the Treaty between 
Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation, for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a bounty of Five pounds shall 
be paid, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for every 
Slave seized on board any British or Argentine 
Confederation Ship captured for illicit Traffic in 
Slaves; and that the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the payment 
out of the said Consolidated Fund of all costs, ex- 
penses and damages attending seizures of Ships for 
the violation of the provisions of any Act to be 
passed for carrying into effect the Treaty between 
Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made by Law for 
carrying the said Treaty into effect. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sir James Graham reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 11th, 23d, 25th, 26th 
and 27th days of May 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 accordingly, 


the Archbishop of Canterbury, dated the 11th day 
of May 1842, for a Collection in aid of the Sub- 
scriptions entered into for the Relief of the Working 
Classes in England and Scotland ; together with a 
Copy of the Letter of the Lord Archbishop of Can- 
terbury to the Suffragan Bishops. 


15th day of March last, for Returns made up to 
the latest period, of the Police established in each 
County or Division of a County, in England and 
Wales, under the Acts 3 Vic. c. 93, and 3 and 4 Vice. 
c. 88, stating, in detail, the date when the Police was 
established ; the Number of Parishes, and the Popula- 
tion of each, according to the last Census, in each 
Police District; the Number of Chief Constables or 
Superintendents appointed in each County, and the 
Amount of the Salary or other Emoluments of each ; 
the Number of Constables in each Police District of 
each County, and the Salary and other Emoluments 
received by each; the Number of Station-houses and 
Strong-rooms, and the Expense of building, furnish- 
ing, repairmg and maintaining the same, in each 
County; the Amount of the Police Rate levied, and 
the Total Expenditure for the Maintenance of the Po- 
lice under the said Acts, in each County, during the 
last year, (so far as the same can be furnished by the 
Clerks of the Peace.) 


the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac-’ 
count, in charge and discharge, of the Fees received ‘ 











by 


Slave Trade 
Abolition 
(Argentine 
Confederation.) 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- working 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Letter Classes (Queen's 
addressed by Order of Her Majesty to his Grace Letter.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Rural Police. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to County 
Treasurers 


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by the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts, under the 
Act 1 Vic. c. 54, and of the Appropriation thereof, 
for the year ending the 25th of March 1842. 

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





sicsu Tle, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

es a Return of any Seizures made by Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Customs of smuggled Straw Plait or 
Leghorn Hats or Bonnets, during the last Three 
years ; specifying the Quantities seized each time 
respectively, with the date of each Seizure. 


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publicPetitions Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Com- 

(Iwenty-se- mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 

venth Repor-) the Petitions presented on the 26th and 27th days 
of May last; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 


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Pr. 135. 1. 28. After “ be ” insert “a,” 
Pr. 148.1. 6. Leave out from “ assigns ” to “ nor,” 


in 1. 8. 


Pr, 151. 1. 18. Leave out “ or principal Sheriff 


“ Clerk.” 


Pr. 154.1. 2. After “ powers” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said Company to erect any 
building whatever upon the land belonging to 
John Allan, Esquire, in the township of Darling- 
ton, in the county of Durham, lying north of the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway, save and ex- 
cept a lodge or cottage containing not more than 
one hundred square yards in area, nor exceeding 
one story in height.” 


Pr. 168. 1. 9. Leave out “ Brandon,” and insert 
Whitwell,” and in the same line leave out “ Wes- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | “ tern,” and insert “ Quarrington.” 


and be printed. 


Pr. 168.1. penult. Leave out “ eighteen,” and 


And then the House, having continued to sit | Insert “ twenty-five.” 


till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. | ‘ 








Mercurii, 1° die Juni ; : 


Pr. 169.1. 7. After “ worked ” insert “and that 
the foundations of the said Bridge over the said 
Branch Railway shall be made of sufficient depth 
and dimensions, so that in the event of the said 
Durham and Sunderland Railway Company at 
any time hereafter determining to work the said 


Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. “ Branch Railway by means of locomotive engines, 

“ar “ the Railway under the said bridge may be lowered 
RAYERS. “ so as to admit a clear uniform height of not less 
Tue ry than fourteen feet, without endangering the same 


Adjournment. 
clock in the afternoon. 








Post Meridiem. 


Forth Marine § Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Insurance| = Forth Marine Insurance Company Bill ; That they 
Company 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 Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause was 
added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Kilmington | Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
luclosure Bill. KjJmington 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. 
Liverpool and © Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for better 
aa enabling the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 
way Bill, 


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


Northern Union ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
Junction) Rail. intituled, An Act for completing the Railway Com- 
way Bill. munication between the Towns of Newcastle-on- Tyne | 
and Darlington, by a Railway, to be called The | 

Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway, with | 

a Branch to the City of Durham; and the same 

were read, as follow : 

Pr. 33. 1.14. Leave out “ such interest,” and in 

the same line leave out “to,” and insert “‘ and such 

“ interest shall.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 2. After “ owners ” insert “ or occu- 


And then the House adjourned till Five of the | « 


by reason of any insufficiency of the foundations 
or any part thereof.” 


Pr. 224. 1. 6. After “ Mewcastle” insert “ on- 
Tyne.” 

Pr. 225. 1. 21. Leave out “ by them.” 

Pr. 226. 1.7. Leave out “ or agreement.” 

Pr. 226. 1. 12. Leave out from “ comprised ” to 
“ and ” in |. 13., and insert “ therein,” and in 1, 13. 
leave out “such demise or lease.” 

Pr. 227.1. 10. Leave out “ of,” and insert “to 
“ be appointed by.” 

Pr, 227.1. 11. Leave out “to be appointed.” 
Pr. 231. 1. 12. After ‘‘ Newcastle’ insert ‘“ on- 
“&lt; Tyne.” 

Pr. 232. 1. penult. After “ Mewcastle” insert 
on- Tyne.” 

Pr. 233.1. 37. After “‘ Newcastle” insert “ on- 
“ Tyne.” 

Pr. 233. 1. ult. Leave out from “ directors ” to 
“ or,” in Pr. 234. 1. 1. 

Pr. 236.1. 4. After “ Newcastle” insert “ on- 
“ Tyne.” 

Pr. 240. 1. 1. Leave out “ authorized,” and in- 
sert “incorporated.” 

Pr. 241. 1. 30. After “ Newcastle” insert “ on- 
« Tyne.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hodgson Hinde 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 Greenock 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Harbours Bill. 
intituled, An Act for further improving, enlarging 
and maintaining the Harbours of the Town of 
Greenock ; and the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 70. 1. 18. After “ Clyde” insert “ and if 
“ either of the said parties shall fail so to appoint 
“ an engineer, the sheriff of the said county of 
“ Renfrew shall, on the application of the other of 
“ the said parties, appoint such engineer to act on 





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Pr. 71. 1. 23. After “ parties” insert “ provided 
always, that no spoil or other materials shall be 
deposited upon the said bank, until such exami-' 
nation shall have taken place and until the deci-| 
“ sion of the said Lord High Admiral or Lords_ 
Commissioners of the Admiralty shall have been 
made, and in the event of such depositation or 
works being authorized, it shall at all times after- 
“ wards be lawful for the said Lord High Admiral 
or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, either | 
of themselves or upon the representation either 
“ of the Trustees under this Act or the said Trus- 
tees of the Clyde Navigation, that —_ is arising 
to the Harbours of Greenock, or the navigation 
of the river Clyde to Glasgow, from the opera- 
tions of the Trustees under this Act, upon the 
said sand-bank, to order such examination of the 
works in progress thereon as to the said Lord 
High Admiral or Lords Commissioners of the 
Admiralty may appear necessary, and thereafter to 
give such additional orders as they may see fit 
either to continue or alter the mode of conducting 
such works, or to suspend or to discontinue alto- 
gether the further operations on the said sand- 
bank, so that the same may not injure the Har-| 
bours of Greenock or the navigation of the river 
“ Clyde to Glasgow.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Johnston do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
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Mersey A Petition of the United Company of Proprietors 
— of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, praying that 
a they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Mersey Conservancy 
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. 
























































Public Houses 
Bill. 





Petitions from Bradford (York) ;— Sudbury ;— 
Lichfield ;— Maidstone ,— Portsmouth ;— Ashton- 
under-Lyne ;—- Oldham ;— Bristol ; — Sheffield ; — 
and, Warwick; praying the House not to sanction 
the introduction of any Clause into the Public 
Houses Bill, to compel Public Houses to remain 



































1° Juniz. 





A. 1842. 


and until their return thereto; and as may tend to 
secure the efficiency of the Royal Mail Company’s 
Steam Packets during their absence from England, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor of Poor Law 
the Union of Salford, and of Overseers of the Poor Amendment 
of the township of Salford, praying that the Poor» 
Law Amendment 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 Inhabitants and Factory Labourers Factories, 
of Leeds (East Ward), in the county of York, pray- 
ing the House to pass an Act to limit the hours of 
labour of all persons employed in Factories to fifty- 
eight hours in the week, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the Town and County of Southampton 
the Town of Southampton, praying the House to Te Writ. 
suspend the Writ for a new Election for the said 
Town until steps can be taken to prevent a recur- 
rence of the practices which prevailed at the last 
Election, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the City and County of Lichfelt 
the City of Lichfield, stating that gross bribery pre- #'ctiv- 
vailed at the last Election for the said City, and that 
the Petitioners conceive that the same demands the 
attention and consideration of the House, and should 
be considered by a Select Committee, without refer- 
ence to the political views of either party; and pray- 
ing the House to take the premises into consideration, 
and to refer the Lichfield case to the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire whether Compromises have been 
entered into, and whether Bribery has taken place in 
the towns of Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn 
and Falmouth, and Reading, and to take measures 
for preventing the like practices for the future, was 


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


A Petition of Ministers and Messengers of thirty Oaths. 
Baptist Churches, composing the southern Associa- 
tion, praying the House to extend to Members of 
the Baptist denomination the privilege of making 
an Affirmation in lieu of an Oath, was presented, 














closed from twelve o’clock on Saturday night until 
one o’clock on Sunday afternoon,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 




















Church Raiess A Petition of Ministers and Messengers of thirty 


Baptist Churches, composing the southern Associ- 
ation, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 

















and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- sudbury Dis- 
gesses of the borough of Sudbury, praying that the franchisement 
Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill may not pass into a~'* 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 








was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 

















Fisheries 


(freland) Bill. 





Petitions from Glanmire ;—and, Poole Gabbett ; 
praying that the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


the Bill. 


























Cordage, &amp;e. A Petition of Rope-makers and Twine-spinners, 


and others interested in the Hemp Trade, in the 
Lorough of Bridport, praying the House not to 
senction any reduction of duty on foreign Cordage | 


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





























Petitions of Trustees and Mortgagees of the Bir-Tumpike-toads 
mingham, Redditch and Pershore Turnpike-roads ; Bill. 
and, Mortgagees of the Leeds and Otley Turnpike- 
road; praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Gill Flight and Thomas Prescription 
Flight, of Bridport, Gentlemen, praying for amend- Act 
ment of the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 71, for shorten- 


ing the time of Prescription in certain cases, was 


aig and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Mersey Con- 











WestIndia,&amp;e., A Petition of John Christophers, of London, at 
Mail Packets» present residing at Heavitree, in the county of De- 














as may demonstrate the quickest route for conveying | 
the West India and Mexican Mails by Steam Pack- 
ets, after taking their departure from the Lizard, 














the 12th day of April last, for referring the Mersey servancy Bill. 


« | Conservancy Bill to the Committee of Selection, 
von, praying the House to institute such an inquiry | might be read ; and the same being read ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


| proposed, That the said Order be discharged :— 


| And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
| A Motion 

































































Queen’s 
Answer to 
Address, 


Hand-loom 
Weavers 
(Sudbury. ) 


Southampton 
Town Writ. 


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

And the Question being put, That the said Order 
be discharged :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Lord 
Granville Somerset, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Wilbra- 
ham, Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir 
Philip Egerton, Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Black- 
burne, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Rice, 
Captain Berkeley, O’ Conor Don, the Earl of Lincoln 
and Captain Gordon. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That all Petitions presented this Session 
in favour and against the said Bill be referred to the 
Committee. 


Mr. Speaker reported, That both Houses attended 
Her Majesty this day, with their Address, to which 
Her Majesty was pleased to give this most gracious | 
Answer : 





My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I receive with heartfelt gratification this loyal and 
dutiful Address from My two Houses of Parliament. 

I am thankful to the Almighty, whose merciful 
care has protected Me and the Prince My beloved 
Consort. 

I humbly rely on this good Providence of God, 
who is able to save Me from every danger ; and firm 
in this trust, and sincere in My desire to promote 
the happiness of My People, 1 am comforted and 
supported by the renewed assurance of your attach- 
ment to My Person and Government. 





The House was moved, That the Order made 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
make Selections from the Evidence reported from 
the Committee on Hand-loom Weavers, which relate 
to the state of the Borough of Sudbury, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Vernon, Mr. 
Sheil, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Bannerman, 
Mr. Plumptre, Mr. Gill and Mr. Redington. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Petition of Electors of the Town and County of 
the Town of Southampton, stating that a Petition 
has lately been presented to the House, purporting 
to be the Petition of certain Electors of the Borough 
of Southampton, praying the House to suspend the 
Writ for the Election of Members for that Borough, 
until steps can be taken to prevent the recurrence 
of certain alleged corrupt practices referred to by 
the said Petitioners ; that the said Petition has been 
signed by many persons who were not and are not 
electors of or on the register of electors for the 
sail Borough ; and praying that the House will be 

leased to order the issue of a new Writ for the 
lection of Members for the said Borough without 
further delay, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Petition be printed :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


1° Juniz. 


329 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Town and County of the 
Town of Southampton, in the room of James Bruce, 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Bruce (now Earl of 
Elgin), and Charles Cecil Martyn, Esquire, whose 
Elections have been determined to be void ; 

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 extent of Bribery and Treating at the last Elec- 
“ tion for the Town and County of the Town of 
“* Southampton,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
— to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were, 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House; and the House immediately 
resolved itself into the said Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
giaph. 
Preamble postponed. 
CuauseE, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 2, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
CravuseE, N° 4, agreed to. 
Cuavsz, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
- Cuause, N° 6, agreed to. 


Clause, “ And whereas, under and by virtue of 
the provisions of the above-mentioned Act, all 
persons duly licensed thereby are forbidden to 
open their houses, except for the reception of tra- 
vellers, or to permit or suffer any Beer or other 
exciseable liquor to be conveyed from or out 
of their premises during the usual hours of the 
“ morning and afternoon Divine Service in the 
“ Church or Chapel of the parish or place in which 
their houses are situate, on Sundays, Christmas- 
“ day or Good Friday, and doubts have arisen as to 
“‘ what shall be deemed to be the usual hours of 
“ Divine Service; Be it therefore declared and 
“ Enacted, That from and after the passing of this 
Act, the usual hours of Divine Service, on the 
“ respective days aforesaid, shall for the purposes 
“ of the said Act be deemed and taken to be from 
eleven o’clock in the forenoon to one o’clock in 
the afternoon, and from three o’clock in the after- 
noon until half past four o’clock in the afternoon ; 
Provided always, that nothing herein contained 
shall extend, or be taken or construed to extend, 
to alter or affect the hours during which the houses 
“ of Licensed Victuallers within the Metropolitan 
“ Police District are directed to be closed by the 
“ provisions of a certain Act passed in the second 
“ and third years of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“ &lt; An Act for further improving the Police i and 


“ near the Metropolis’: brought up and read 1°. 





A Petition of Electors of the Town and County of read 2°; 


Southampton, denying the allegations in the Petition 
of John Wren, presented upon Monday last; and 
praying the House not to defer the issue of a new 

rit for the said town, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

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


Question put, That the said Clause be now 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Benjamin Wood, } 23 
Yeas, Captain Rous: : 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Manners Sutton, 59 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : } : 
Another Clause, “ And be it Enacted, That any 
*€ Licensed Victualler or other person who shall 
“ open his house for the sale of wine, spirits, beer 
“ or other fermented liquors, or shall permit the 


A Motion was made, and the Question being |“ same to be sold therein on Sundays, Christmas 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant |“ Day or Good Friday, before the hour of one in 


OL. 97. 





UU “ the 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into fur- Public Houses 
ther consideration the Report on the Public Houses Bill. 





Designs Copye 
right Bill. 


Copyright 
Regitration 
Bill. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 


Bill. 





1°—9° 


the afternoon, shall be liable to a penalty not ex- 
“ ceeding Five pounds, to be recovered within Three 
“ calendar months after the commission of such 
“ offence, before any two Justices acting in petty 
“ sessions for the county, city or jurisdiction, with- 
“ in which such offence shall have been committed ; 
“ any portion of such penalty, not exceeding one- 
“ half, to be awarded at the discretion of such Jus- 
“ tices, to the informer, and the remainder to be 
“ paid to the treasurer of the county, city or juris- 
“ diction within which such offence shall have been 
“ committed, to be by him applied towards defray- 
“ ing the expenses of such county, city or jurisdic- 
“ tion; and if such penalty, so adjudged, shall not 
“ be forthwith paid, it shall be lawful for such Jus- 
“ tices to commit the offender to any gaol or house 
“ of correction within their jurisdiction, for any 
“ term not exceeding One calendar month, such 
“‘ imprisonment to cease if such penalty shall be 
“‘ sooner paid: Provided always, That nothing here- 
“ in contained shall extend to prevent refreshment 
“ to travellers :” brought up and read 1°. 


Question put, That the said Clause be now read 2°; 
The Committee divided : 


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Tellers for the ( Mr. Pakington, 7 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: } , 
Tellers for the J Mr. Manners Sutton, } 110 
Noes, Mr. Roebuck : ~ 


Another Clause, “ And be it Enacted, That from 
and after the passing of this Act, all houses duly 
licensed within the Metropolitan Police District, 
may be opened on Sundays, Good Friday and 
“ Christmas Day, after the hour of one of the clock 
* in the afternoon :” brought up and read 1°. 


Question put, That the said Clause be now read 2° ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thes Mr. Alderman Humphery, 


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Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : aie 
Tellers for thef Mr. Manners Sutton, 9 
Noes, Mr. Stuart Wortley: si 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 upon Fri- 
day next. 


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


Jovis, 2° die Junii, 1842: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 15th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Registration 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 Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next :—And the said Motion and original 
Question were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the Bill, and a 
Copy of the Order for reading the said Bill a second 





Juniz. A. 1842. 


time, be served upon the Returning Officer for the 
Borough of Sudbury. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Bridport 


the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Friday last, That such inquiry be referred to 
the Select Committee appointed to inquire whether 
Compromises have been entered into, and whether 
Bribery has taken place in the towns of Harwich, 
Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and 
Reading ; 

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

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 a, again proposed, That such 
inquiry be referred to the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire whether Compromises have been entered 
into, and whether Bribery has taken place in the 
towns of Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and 
Falmouth, and Reading :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

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

And the Question being put, That such inquiry 
be referred to the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire whether Compromises have been entered 
into, and whether Bribery has taken place in the 
towns of Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and 
Falmouth, and Reading ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 

Mr. Charles Buller, 

Tellers for the Yeas, i. Minaie: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mir .. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Witnesses Indemnity Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the seve- 
ral Acts relating to the Duties of Customs ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Convention between 
Her Majesty and the Republic of Hayti, for the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, a Resolution ; which 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
carrying into effect a Convention of Accession of 
the Republic of Hayti to two Conventions with the 
King of the French, for the more effectual Suppres- 
sion of the Slave Trade :—And he moved the House 
accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Nicholl and Sir George Clerk do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. 


Election, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Witnesses 
Indemnity Bill. 


Customs Acts. 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
(Hayti) Bill, 


— 










— om 





Gave Trade 
Abolition 

tine 
(federation) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bili. 


Post-office, 


ill. 





5 Victoriz. 
Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 


it was referred to consider of the Treaty between | P 


Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation, for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade, several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, .That a bounty of Five pounds shall 
be paid, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for every 
Slave seized on board any British or Argentine Con- 
federation Ship captured for illicit Traffic in Slaves ; 
and that the Hens ae eh of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury be authorized to direct the payment out of the 
said Consolidated Fund of all costs, expenses and 
damages attending seizures of Ships for the viola- 
tion of the provisions of any Act to be passed for 
carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty 
and the Argentine Confederatior. for the Abolition 
of the Slave Trade. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made by law for 
carrying the said Treaty into effect. 

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. Nicholl and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
better and more effectually carrying into effect Trea- 
ties and Conventions with Foreign States, for sup- 
pressing the Slave Trade: And that Mr. Nicholl 
and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of chargeable Letters which 
have passed through the London General Post (in- 
wards and outwards), since the first general reduc- 
tion of Postage on the 5th day of December 1839, 
dividing the time (as far as practicable) into periods 
of Four complete weeks each, and distinguishing, as 
regards each period, the Unpaid, Paid and Stamped, 
and Total Number of Letters ; also, of the estimated 
Average Number for Four weeks of the year imme- 
diately preceding the Reduction, distinguished in 
like manner :—and, of the Number of Letters which 
have passed through the London District Post (ex- 
clusive of all General Post Letters), for the same 
periods, and distinguished in the same manner as 
the last Return :—A Comparative Statement of the 
Number of Letters (including Franks, during the 
existence of the Franking Privilege) delivered in 
the United Kingdom in One week of each calendar 
month, beginning with November 1839, and ending 
with the present time :— Accounts, showing the 
Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, and the Cost 
of Management for the United Kingdom, for each 
of the years ending the 5th day of January 1839, 
1840, 1841 and 1842, excluding from the Account, 
whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Management, 
any Advances that may have been made by the 
English to the Irish Post-office, and Advances to 
the Money-order Office :—Showing, as nearly as it 
can be given, the Gross Amount of Postage Revenue 
for England and Wales (exclusive of Returns for 
Refused Letters, &amp;c.), for the month ending the 
5th day of January 1840 (during which the Four- 
penny Rate was established); and also for the month 
ending the 5th day of January 1842 :—And, of 
the Payments by the Post-office made during each 
of the years ending the 5th day of January 1839, 
1840, 1841 and 1842, for the Conveyance of the 
Mails by Railway in Great Britain; distinguishing, 
in each instance, the Payments for Work done within 
the year from Payments for Work done in previous 

eee Return of the Number and Amount of 
oney Orders issued and paid in England and 
Wales, during each Quarter, from the Quarter end- 
ing the 5th day of April 1839 to that ending the 
5th day of January 1842 inclusive :—And, a similar 
Return as regards Money Orders issued and paid 
in London. 
Vou. 97. 


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331 


Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 


apers. 
Ordered,That the said Papers do lie upon theTable, 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Numbers of Africans brought to Africans, 
the United Kingdom from the Coast of Africa in 
British Ships, for whom bond has been given, under 
the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c.84, for the last Three years ; 
distinguishing each year, and the Number by each 
Vessel. 
An Account of the Quantities of the different Paper Duties. 
sorts of Paper charged with Duty during each of 
the Three years preceding the last reduction of Du- 
ties on Paper, the Rate of Duty then payable on 
each of the different sorts of Paper, the Gross and 
Net Produce of such Duties, and the Drawback on 
the Paper exported ; with an Account for each year 
subsequent to the Reduction and Equalization of the 
Duties, of the Rate of Duty, and of the Gross and 
Net Amount, and Drawback ; noting the period at 
which the Penny Postage came into operation ; 
stating the same separately for England, Scotland 
and Jreland, with a general summary for the United 
Kingdom. 
A Return of the Number of immediate and de- Savings Banks, 
ferred Annuities granted through the Savings Banks 
in England, Wales and Scotland, and Ireland, u 
to the 10th day of March 1842, in accordance with 
the Act 3 Will. 4,c. 14; distinguishing the Savings 
Bank through which such Annuities were granted 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 244, of 
Session 1838.) 
A Return of the Amount of Land Tax redeemed Land Tax 
in various Townships and Places in the County of (Laeshire.) 
Lancaster, exhibiting the whole Amount, and the 
Sums redeemed in each; to complete the Return 
laid on the Table of the House under the Treasury 
Order of the 16th day of April 1842. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for carrying Slave Trade 

into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and Suppression 

the Republic of Hayti for the more effectual’ Sup- (##y#) Bill. 
pression of the Slave ‘Trade: And the same was read No. 281. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

this day ; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for carrying Slave Trade 
into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Abolition 
Argentine Confederation for the Abolition of the Coiederstion) 
Slave Trade: And the same was read the first time ; Bill. 

and ordered to be read a second time this day; and No, 989. 


to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for better and Slave Trade 
more effectually carrying into effect Treaties and Treaties Bill 
Conventions with Foreign States for suppressing the No. 283. 
Slave Trade : And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time this day; and 

to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Se 





Jovis, 2° die Juni ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
HE 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 counted the House; and 
Forty Members not being present :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


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Easingwold 
Union. 


Lowtherstown, 
&amp;c., Unions. 


Margate Pier. 


Ramsgate 
Harbour. 


Belfast 
Election. 


Lough Foyle 


Drainage Bill. 


Veneris, 3° die Junit ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Orders,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 25th day of May last, for a Copy of all 
the Correspondence relating to the granting of Out- 
door Relief, which has passed between the Poor 
Law Commissioners and the Board of Guardians 
of the Easingwold Union, in the County of York; 
also, a Copy of the Minutes of the Board, relating 
to their Proceedings upon the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners having refused to allow the same (so far as 
Copies of such Minutes are in the possession of the 
Commissioners.) 

Copies of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
Lowtherstown Board of Guardians since its formation, 
so far as they relate to the Site and Building of the 
Union Workhouse :—Of all the Correspondence 
which has passed between the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, the Board of Guardians, and all other Per- 
sons, relating to the Purchase of the Site and Build- 
ing of said Workhouse :—Of all Orders issued by the 
Commissioners on the same subject :—And, Copies 
extracted from the Maps of the Ordnance Survey of 
Ireland, showing the form, limits and relative posi- 
tion of the Lowtherstown, Enniskillen, and Lisnaskea 
Unions :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Cobb, from the Margate Pier and Harbour 
Company, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—An Account of the Receipt and Application of 
all Monies which have been received by the Direc- 
tors of the Margate Pier and Harbour Company, 
from the 6th day of April 1841 to the 5th day of 
April 1842, both days inclusive:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Shadwell, from the Trustees of the Royal 
Harbour of Ramsgate, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—An Account of the Revenue and Ex- 
penditure of the Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Trust, 
from the 24th June 1840 to the 24th June 1841 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Hayter, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Belfast, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That James Emerson Tennent, Esquire, and Wil- 
liam Gillilan Johnson, Esquire, were not duly elected 
to serve as Burgesses in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Belfast. 

That the last Election for the Borough of Belfast 
was a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Lough Foyle Drainage Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill 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 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. 


3° Juniz. 


A, 1842. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Lincoln Road, 
Lincoln Roads 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 
Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Brentford 
Brentford Gas (re-committed) Bill; That they had Gas Bill. 
made other Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Camberwell 
Camberwell and Peckham Lighting Bill ; That they pea 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found ighing Bil. 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on Cass’s Estate 
Cass’s Estate 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 Com- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leeds Im- Leeds Improves 
provement Bill have leave to make a special Report. ment Bill 

Mr. Gally Knight reported from the Committee 
on the said Bill, That the Committee had taken 
into consideration the matter referred to them by 
the Order of the House, made on the 31st day of 
May last, for making provision in the said Bill for 
providing additional Burial Grounds in the parish of 
Leeds, and had heard Evidence thereupon, and are 
of Opinion that there is an urgent necessity that 
powers should be forthwith granted for providing 
additional Burial Ground for the interment of the 
dead in the said parish of Leeds; but that the Com- 
mittee are of Opinion that it will be more expedient 
that powers for such purposes should be granted by 
a separate Bill, rather than by the introduction of 
such powers in the Leeds Improvement Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, That they have Power to 
make provision by a separate Bill for providing ad- 
ditional Burial Grounds in the parish of Leeds. 


Sir George Stricklund reported from the Com- Belfast and 
mittee on the Belfast and Cavehill Railway (Road Cavehil al 
and Shipping Place) Bill; That the Committee met Supping ploo:) 
this day, pursuant to their adjournment, and were Bill. 
unable to form a Quorum, in consequence of two 
of the Members of the Committee having ceased to 
be Members of the House. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Scholars of Saint London Bridge 
Mary Magdalen College, in the University of Oz- sats 
ford, praying that they may be heard, by their coun- iene OE 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the London 
Bridge Approaches and Royal Exchange Avenues 
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 it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill, That they have Power to 
entertain the said Petition, notwithstanding that it 





was 





Dep 
Bill. 


— 


















































5 Victroriz. 


was not (in consequence of the House not having 
met yesterday) presented Three clear days before the 
day appointed for the first meeting of the said Com- 
mittee. 


Deptford Pier Sir John Hanmer reported from the Committee on 
Bill. the Deptford Pier Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred ; That the 
Resolutions of the House of the 14th day of Febru- 
ary last had been complied with ; and that they had 
considered the said Petitions; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
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 the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Friday next. 


Deptford Pier = A Petition of Charles Perkins, of Mark-lane, in 
Bill the city of London, Wine Merchant, and of Matthias 
Attwood and John Twells, of Gracechurch-street, in 
the city of London, Bankers and Copartners, 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 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Thames Haven Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on 
Dock and Rail- the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Bill; and to 


3° Juniz. | 333 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Improve- Surrey and 
ment of the town and parish of Croydon, in Surrey, pi" — 
and of Inhabitants of the said town and its vicinity, ~ 
praying that the Surreyand Sussex Roads Bill ma 

not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 

and read; and referred to the Committee on the 

Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Gloucester 
tituled, An Act for granting further Powers to the 
Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 4. 1. *. After “Justices” insert “ for the 
“ county or place wherein the matter in question 
“ shall arise, in petty sessions assembled.” 


In ScHEDULE (A.) annexed to the Bill : 


Pr. 25. 1. 30. Leave out “ Bilton,” and insert 
“© Bitton.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles 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 Robert A. Wainewright, Clerk to London and 
Saint Thomas’s Hospital, praying that he may be —— 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, against nag 
certain parts of the London and Greenwich Railway 
(No. 3.) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Waterford City 





e way Bill. te ; eo Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
J whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; | of the Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
That no person appeared on behalf of the said Peti-| mine the matter of the Petitions complaining of an 
tion; and that the Committee had examined the | undue Election and Return for the City of Water- 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be ford, to which they had annexed the Petitions re- 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | ferred to them by the House relating thereto, and. 
ae ae and the Amendments were | the Lists of Voters which had been — to 
ee them by either Party :—And the names of the Com- 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be eel ee aul i : 
ingroseed. John Jervis, Fsquire, Henry George Boldero, 
; Esquire, Admiral Deans Dundas, Edward Henry 
Saint Pancras Dr. Bowring reported from the Committee onthe | 4&gt;Qourt Esquire, John Henry Vivian, Esquire 
improvement Saint Pancras Improvement Bill; and to whom se- | ‘Vj.count Pa ed Chairman, James Weir Hogg, 
- veral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; Esquire. ‘ 
That they had heard counsel in support of the said Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of the | yore called over: and Viscount Somerton not ap- 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, pearing within ene tear afer the meeting of the 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through | fyouce : 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and The — was moved, That the 64th section 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. of the Act 4 and 5 Vic., c. 58, to amend the Law 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | f, the Trial of Controverted Elections, might be 
penn. read ; and the same being read ; 
|. Bumntisland and An ingrossed Bill for constructing a Low Water h gt Ns pr nag —— Pence: aed vd 
: Granton Pier, Pier and necessary Works at Burntisland, in the |e Porough of Milton, having PP 
e) Ferry and Road ‘ eo serve as one of the Members of the Select Com- 
Bill, County of Fife, and establishing a Ferry between | °°’ “a a etiaeniae Cie enatian al Ges Pelle. 
the same and Granton, in the County of Edin- | ™!ttee to try and de ; 
i i conti tions complaining of the Election and Return for 
burgh ; and for improving the Communication be- : ; ; 
tween the said Pier and Kinghorn, was read the | the City of Waterford, and not having attended in 
pest sai 9 ; his place within one hour after the meeting of the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. House this day, being the day gine for a 
7] | swearing of the said Committee, be taken into the 
ge Ordered, That Captain Wemyss do carry the Bill ade” of te Seeembabdiiens aang Ute 
ad to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. custody of the Serj . 8 
re House. 
' Tiverpool An ingrossed Bill to restrict the vexatious Removal 
Be Court of certain Actions from the Borough Court of Liver- | _ Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Athlone 
pool, and to prevent vexatious Actions being brought | Committee of Elections, the names of the Members Election. 
in the said Court for Small Debts, was read the | of the Select a — to 7 and _ 
third time. mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the |undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Title be, An Act to restrict the vexatious Removal | Athlone, to which they had annexed the Petition 
of certain Actions from the Borough Court of Liver- | referred to them by the House, relating thereto, 
ool. and the Lists of Voters which had been delivered 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the |to them by either Party :—And the names of the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Committee were read, as follow : 
Vor. 97. uUs The 








Railway Bill. 


(No. 3.) Bill, 























































London and 
Croydon Rail- 
way (Grange 
Road Ap- . 
proach) 

(No. 2.) Bill. 




























Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 
pany (No. 2.) 
Bill. 
















Boston Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill. 










334, 


The Honourable George Cecil Forester, Sir Ben- 


jamin Hall, Baronet, Beriah Botfield, Esquire, 


George Richard Pechell, Esquire, John Hornby, 
Esquire, Sir James Duke; Chairman, Edward 
Divett, Esquire. 

And the House being informed, That Sir James 
Duke was seriously indisposed, and thereby pre- 
vented from attending his duty in the House ; 

John Nathan Bainbridge was called in ; and being 
sworn, stated that he had been in attendance on Sir 
James Duke tor three weeks, and considers him to 
be very ill, although not dangerously, and that it 
would be highly imprudent for him to leave his 
house and attend upon an Election Committee :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the attendance of Sir James Duke, 
as a Member of the said Committee, be dispensed 
with. 

Ordered, That the Committee be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Petition and Lists relative to 


* the Election and Return for the Borough of Ath- 


lone, be referred to the General Committee of Elec- 
tions. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report which, 
upon the 20th day of May last, was made from the 
Committee on the London and Croydon Railway 
(Grange Road Approach) (No. 2.) 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 three months,” 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. Robert Clive, 


Yeas, Mr. Kemble: = 
Tellers for the { Sir Edward Knatchbull, } 148 
Noes, Mr. Strutt: . 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
Report be taken into further consideration upon 
this day three months,” be added instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


“ 
€ 


” 


Lord Seymour reported from the Committee on 
the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company 
(No. 2.) Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred; That they had consi- 
dered 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 ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for making better Provision for 
efiecting Improvements in the River Welland and 
part of the Port and Harbour of Boston, in the 
County of Lincoln, and amending several Acts re- 
lating to the same, 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: And that the 
Title be, An Act for transferring to the Trustees of 
the River Welland, in the County of Lincoln, cer- 
tain Dues payable in respect of Vessels using the 
said River, part of the Port and Harbour of Boston, 


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A. 1842. 


and their Cargoes, for better effecting Improvements 
authorized by a former Act, and for amending seve- 
ral Acts relating to the same. 

Ordered, That Sir John Trollope do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Captain Jones reported from the Select Com- Charterhouse 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Hospital 
the Charterhouse Hospital Estate Bill, the Standing tte Bill. 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Buck reported from the Committee on the Ely.place 
Ely-place Improvement Bill; and to whom a Peti- Improvement 
tion against the said Bill was referred; That no 2! 
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 Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


A Petition of Trustees of the River Weaver Navi- Mersey Con. 
gation, in the county of Chester, praying that they servancy Bill. 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select 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. 


The Blackburn and Chorley Road Bill was read Blackbum 
a second time ; and committed. and Chorley 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- %0#4 Bill. 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Redington reported from the Select Committee Hand-loom 
appointed to make Selections from the Evidence re- Weavers 
ported from the Committee on Hand-loom Weavers, (Sudbury. 
which relate to the state of the Borough of Sudbury ; No. 284. 
That they had selected from the Report of James 
Mitchell, Esquire, L. L.D., all the passages relating to 
the electioneering abuses in the Borough of Sud- 
bury, as contained in the second part of the Report 
of the Assistant Hand-loom Commissioners, printed 
by Order of the House of Commons on the 4th Fe- 
bruary 1840, which they had directed him to report 
to the House. 

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


favers! 
Navig2 
Bill. 


Liverp 
Town 
Buildi 
gulatic 


South 
jitan ¢ 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and Message frow 

Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Cwm Celynand 
Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against seca 
the Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company, and for °"P*? "" 
granting certain Powers thereto, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Saint Philip’s 
Act to amend the Act relating to the Saint Philip’s — 
Bridge, in the City and County of Bristol, and for ~ 
widening and improving the Approaches to the said 
Bridge, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Saundersfoot 
Act for enabling the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour - 
Harbour Company to make a Floating Dock at 
Saundersfoot, in the County of Pembroke, and for 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
said Company, with reference to the said Harbour, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The 





Faversham 
Navigation 
Bill. 


jverpool 
ea of the 
Town and 
Buildings Re- 
gulation Bill. 


South Metropo- 
jitan Gas Bill. 


Bathurst’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ormesby 
Inclosure Bill. 


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5 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for improving the Navigation of Faversham 
Creek, in the County of Kent, 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 for the Promotion of the Health of the Inha- 
bitants of the Borough of Liverpool, and the better 
Regulation of Buildings in the said Borough, 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 mcorporating the South Metropolitan Gas’ 
Light and Coke Company, and for more effectually 
lighting with Gas certain Places within the Borough 
of Southwark, and other Parishes and Places in the 
Counties of Surrey and Kent, 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 
for carrying into effect a Partition of and other 
Arrangements respecting Estates, in the County of 
Southampton, of Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey 
Bathurst, Baronet, and Louisa Mary, his late Wife, 
and of the Honourable Charlotte Georgiana Har- 
riet Craven, Widow; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords desire another Conference with this 
House, upon the subject-matter of the Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing, allottmg and inclosing Lands in 
the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 
Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby 
Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in 
the County of Norfolk, and appoint the same to be 
held presently in their Lordships’ Committee Room 
No. 2.:—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Mr. William Owen Stanley, Mr. Hogg, 
Dr. Bowring, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Gally Knight and 
Mr. Reade were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 

Mr. Hume reported, That the Managers had met 
the Lords at a Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Marquis of Normanby, 
who acquainted them, that the Lords, having taken 
into consideration the Reasons given by the Com- 
mons at the last Conference for disagreeing to an 
Amendment made by their Lordships to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
Lands in the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, 

Ormesby Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter and 
Ormesby Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise 
Scroleby, in the County of Norfolk, do insist upon 
the Amendment to which this House hath disagreed, 
for which they gave their Reason; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment, to which 
the Commons disagree, which Amendment is, to 
leave out from “ accordingly” in Pr. 46, 1. 27. to 
“ provided” in Pr. 47.1. 24., and to insert Clause (A.), 
for the following Reason: 


Because the provisions of the Clause proposed 
to be left out by the Lords, in some instances, 
enable parties who have acquired the pos- 
session of lands by wrongful acts to pur- 
chase the same, and in other instances ab- 
solutely confirm the title to lands originally 
acquired by such acts, and in the last in- 

Vot. 97. 


3° Juniz. 


335 


stances give the possessors of those lands 
who can have no other rights than those ac- 
quired by a wrongful possession, rights which 
are not vested in them by law, and will, if 
passed into a law, establish a precedent which 
will afford great encouragement to parties 
making encroachments on other waste or 
common lands. 


Ordered, That the said Reason and Amendment 
be taken into further consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Ellis, the Agents for Cuthbert Vaur and George 
Reed, who petitioned this House on the 5th day of 
October, in the last Session of Parliament, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Sunderland, that it is not their intention 
to proceed with their Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 16th 
day of February last, for referring the said Petition 
to the General Committee of Elections, be dis- 
charged. 


the matter of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Lyme Regis, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


second time upon Wednesday next. 


Question proposed upon Tuesday last, that the Peti- 
tion of Captam George William Manby, praying the 
House to sanction the appointment of a Select Com- 


porting their Opinion as to the utility and practica- 
bility of the Petitioner’s plan for saving the lives 
and property of Her Majesty’s subjects from loss 
by Shipwreck, which was presented upon the 26th 
day of May last, be referred to a Select Committee, 
be resumed upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
—_ itself into a Committee upon the Railways 
ill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Law of Mer- 
chants Act Amendment Bill be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the British 
Possessions Abroad Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider 
the several Acts relating to the Duties of Customs. 


Ordered, That the Slave Trade Suppression ( Hayti) 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Slave Trade Abolition (Ar- 
gentine Confederation) Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Slave Trade Treaties Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

a Return of the Number of Electors registered in 

the Borough of Sudbury as Ten Pound Household- 

ers and as Freemen, distinguishing the Number re- 

gistered for both Qualifications. 
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Resolved, 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had sunderland 
received a Notice from Messrs. Lyon, Barnes and Election. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Lyme Regis 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine Election. 


No. 285. 


Ordered, That the Manslaughter Bill be read a Manslaughter 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the shipwrecks. 


mittee for the purpose of examining into and re- . 


Railways Bill. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


British Posses- 
sions Abroad 
Bill. 


Customs Acts. 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
(Hayti) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Abolition 
(Argentine 
Confederation) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill. 


Electors 
(Sudbury.) 


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y 
| 


336 3°—4° 


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 Letters Patent, whereby li- 
mited responsibility has been granted to Partners in 
Trading or other Companies, under the Acts 6 Geo. 4, 
c. 91,4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 94, and 7 Will. 4, c. 73:— 
And, of all Charters incorporating Trading or other 
Companies granted by the Crown since the passing 
of the first-mentioned Act. 

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


Trading 
Companies, 


Trading 
Companies. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Private Acts of Parliament confer- 
ring a limited responsibility on Partners in Tradin 
or other Companies since the passing of the Act 
6 Geo. 4, c. 91. 


Lancaster 
County Lunatic 
Asylum. 


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 last Report made to the Secretary of 
State for the Home Department relative to the state 
of the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum. 

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 Law 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
aud Equity. 


before the Select Committee appointed in Session 
1841, to consider the expediency of erecting a build- 
ing in the neighbourhood of the Inns of Court for 
the sittings of the Courts of Law and Equity, in 
lieu of the present Courts adjoining to Westminster 
Hall, with a view to the more speedy, convenient 
and effectual Administration of Justice, be laid be- 
fore this House. 

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

Sugar. Petitions of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures at Manchester ;—and, 
Chairman and Secretary of the Sheffield Operative 
Anti-Corn Law Association, praying that all Sugars 
Colonial and Foreign may be admitted for consump- 
tion in this country at the same rate of duty,—were 


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


Ways and 


. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
eans, 


into the Committee of Ways and Means; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had made Progress in the matter 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. 


Waterford City The Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House in- 


Election. formed the House, That he had taken Viscount 
Somerton into his custody. 
Ordered, That Viscount Somerton be discharged 
out of custody, upon payment of his fees. 
Waterford City Then the names of the Members of the Com- 
Election, 


mittee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Waterford, were called 
over, as follow: 

John Jervis, Esquire, Henry George Boldero, 
Esquire, Admiral Deans Dundas, Edward Henry 
A’Court, Esquire, John Henry Vivian, Esquire, 
Viscount Somerton; Chairman, James Weir Hogg, 
Esquire. 

And the said Members being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 


Juniz. A. 1842. 


Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the City of Waterford, 
be referred to the Select Committee appointed to 
try and determine the matter of the Petitions com- 
es of an undue Election and Return for that 
ity. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


The House, according to the Order made this Ways ana 
day, again resolved itself into the Committee of Means. 
Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That to- 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
the several Duties on Sugar and Molasses now pay- 
able shall be further continued. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, Sugar Duties 
That towards raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty, the following Duties shall be paid on the 
importation of Sugar on and from the 5th day of 
July 1842, for a time to be limited ; that is to say : 


ci “8s 
4 


d. 


Sugar, Brown or Muscovado or clayed Sugar, 
not being refined, the cwt. - - = 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Roebuck, 





lis, 


Yeas, Mr. Cobden: 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremanile, 59 
Noes, Sir Charles Douglas : } — 


Original Question again proposed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
the following Duties shall be paid on the Importa- 
tion of Sugar, on and from the 5th day of July 
1842, for a time to be limited ; that is to say; 





Sugar, Brown or Muscovado, or clayed Sugar, | £. s. d. 
not being refined, and not being the growth 
of any British Possession, the cwt. - -/ 110 -: 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the i= Tufnell, } 164 
Yeas, Lord Marcus Hill ; : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, L 245 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : : ora 


Resolved, That towards raising the Supply granted 
to Her Majesty, the several Duties on Sugar and 
Molasses now payable shall be further continued. 

Resolution to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 4° die Junit, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

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

Mr. Greene 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 receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leas- Corpe 
ing (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read for the second ecaea 
reading of the Newfoundland Bill; = 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


Colonial 
Passengers Bill. 





upon Friday next. 
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Rivers 
(Irelan 









Parish 
stables 








Tithes 
tation 



















Moni 






Oy 
Bill 








Dow 
Bill. 






Pab 
Bill, 










Cop 
Reg 
Bill, 






Sup 







Vit 
Ind 








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Pal 
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3°—4° 





5 Vicroriz. 


Rivers The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(reland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Jre- 
land) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 





Parish Con- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
gables Bill. mittee on the Parish Constables Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


Tikes Commu- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
tation Bill. ~~ into a Committee upon the Tithes Commutation 
No.286. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ge That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Lagan Naviga- © The Order of the day being read, for the second 
tin Bill. yeading of the Lagan Seslapelien Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


New South The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Wales Bill. mittee on the New South Wales Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Municipal The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
hr further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
: Corporations Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Dwble Costs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill mittee on the Double Costs Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


tiblic Houses = Mr. Greene reported the Public Houses Bill ; 
- and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wednes- 
day the 15th day of this instant June. 


Copyright The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘vation mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

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 Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Minesses ., Lhe Order of the day being read, for the third 
emits Bill. reading of the Witnesses Indemnity Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


Junie. 337 


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 Stanley presented, pursuant to an Address Timber Daties. 
to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of Communi- wo, 987, 
cations received by Her Majesty’s Government, 

from the Governor-General of the North American 
Colonies, and the Lieutenant-Governors of either 

of those Colonies, relating to an alteration of the 

Timber Duties: Also, Copies of any Memorials or 
Representations received by Her Majesty’s Govern- 

ment, from any Individuals or Bodies of persons in 

the Colonies, on the same subject. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, West India 
—An Account of the Imports into the United King- Produce. 
dom of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee and Cocoa, 

from the West Indies and British Guiana, distin- 

guishing each Colony, for the years 1831 to 1841, 

both inclusive, and distinguishing each year. 

Returns to an Order dated the 25th day of April Sweets or 
last, for Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines im- Made Wines. 
ported from Scotlandand Ireland, into England, under 

the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Wiil.4, c. 72; stating 

the Port or Place imported from, and the Port or 

Place imported into, from the 5th day of January 

1841 to the 5th day of April 1842, both dates inclu- 

sive; stating the denomination, sort or kind, of all 

such Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Com- 

pounded 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 passing 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 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 5th day of April 1842, and where bonded. 

Returns of the Number of Gallons of Spirits Spirits 
taken out for Home Consumption in each Collection (teland. ) 
in Ireland in each Round, since the 5th day of Ja- 

nuary last ; and similar Returns for the —— 
ing periods of 1840 and 1841 :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Detections and the Number of Persons pro- 
secuted for Offences in Jreland against the Laws 
for the suppression of Illicit Distillation, since the 
5th day of January last; distinguishing those con- 
victed ; and similar Returns for the corresponding 
periods of 1840 and 1841. 


and entered for Home Consumption in each year, Silk. 
from 1814 to the 5th day of January 1842 ; distin- 
guishing the Importations from the East Indies, 
China, Saint Helena, the Cape of Good Hope aud 
Turkey, from other parts; and stating, separately, 
in each year, the Quantity of Raw, Thrown and 
Waste, including Knubs and Husks, and the Amount 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; of Duty separately (in continuation of the Table laid 


” ne Ordered, That the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) 
ns (Wo-2.) Bi, Bill be re-committed to the former Committee. 
bill PubliePetitions Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
— on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 30th day of May last 
land to the 1st day of this insant June, both days inclu- 
sive ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 
and be printed. 
3 Bille Answer to 


dress, 


last (That Her Majesty would be graciously pleased 


before the Silk Committee of 1832, and printed Ap- 
pendix A. to the Report of the said Committee.) 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchebuer reported to the| Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the Postage. 
House, That their Address of the 31st day of May | directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the 


Treasury Warrant regulating the Postage of Letters 





Vo. 97. 





x xX between 





An Account of all Raw and Waste Silk imported Raw and Waste 





Cork Foundling 
Hospital. 


Incumbents’ 
Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Post-office. 


No. 288, 


Africans. 


No. 289. 


Paper Duties. 
No. 290. 


Savings Banks. 
No. 291. 


Saint Philip’s 


(Bristol) Bridge 


Bill. 


338 3°— 


between Ports in Spain and the Canary Islands, the 
Azores, the West Indies, North and South America ; 
also regulating the Postage on Newspapers con- 
veyed to and from foreign Ports. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Comparative Statement of the Number of Children 
on the Books of the Cork Foundling Hospital ; dis- 
tinguishing the Externs from the Interns, separating 
them into Classes according to their Age; vzz. under 
Five years of age, Five and under Ten, Ten and under 
Fifteen, Fifteen years and upwards; the Number 
of Officers and Servants, and the Amount of Salary 
paid to each, on the 31st day of July 1838 and the 
1st day of June 1842:—A Return of the Number 
of Children claimed, sent into Service, apprenticed, 
or who have left the Hospital, or died, between the 
dates above stated :—A Return of the Income and 
Expenditure of the Establishment for the year end- 
ing April 1838, and the year ending April 1842; 
distinguishing the Amount received from the Coal 
Tax from other sources of Income :—The Expendi- 
ture is to distinguish the Amount paid for Mainte- 
nance, Clothing, Salaries, Fuel, Apprentices’ Fees 
and Premiums, from other Expenses:—Also, a 
Statement of the Total Average Expense of each 
Child (distinguishing Externs from Interns) in each 
of these years :—And, a Statement of the Rate of 
Duty levied on Coal, Culm, &amp;c., on the 31st day of 
July 1838, in the Port of Cork, for the Benetit of 
the Foundling Hospital; and the Amount of Reduc- 
tion in the Rate of Duty which has been ordered 
by the Poor Law Commissioners, in pursuance of 
the Powers vested in them by Act 1 and 2 Vie. c. 56. 


A Petition of the Reverend Joseph Salt, m. a. Per- 
petual Curate of Penkridge, in the county of Staf- 
ford, praying that the Incumbents Leasing (No. 2.) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Post- 
office, which were presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 


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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Paper 
Duties, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 


Banks, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
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, 6° die Junii; 


Anno 5° Victorize Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


HE House proceeded to take into considera- 

tion the Amendments made by the Lords to 

the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Act relating 

to the Saint Philip’s Bridge, in the City and County 

of Bristol, and for widening and improving the Ap- 

proaches to the said Bridge; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 16. 1. 2. Leave out “ or never.” 


Pr. 16. 1. 5. Leave out from “ of” to “ interred” 
in]. 7., and insert “ such bodies as may have been,” 
and in 1. 7. leave out “ therefore.” 


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A. 1842, 


Pr. 16. 1. 8. After “Company” insert “ shall not 
“ take or enter upon the part of the said burial- 
“ ground without the consent of the Lord Bishop 
“ of the diocese and the vicar of the said parish first 
had and obtained, and if the Company take such 
part of the burial-ground, the Company.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 24. After “ therewith” insert “ and 
the Company shall construct a proper wall and 
other works to the satisfaction of the Lord Bisho 
of the diocese, and the vicar of the said parish, 
and the Company shall defray the expense there- 
of, and all other expenses attending the taking of 
the said burial-ground.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Philip Miles 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 to alter and amend an Act of Camberwell 
the fifty-fourth year of the reign of his Majesty a4 Peckham 
King George the Third, for lighting and watching “eht"s Bil. 
certain Parts of the Liberties, Hamlets or Districts 

of Camberwell and Peckham, in the County of 

Surrey, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Medboun 
Medbourn Inclosure (No. 2.) Bill; That they had Inclosure 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the (N%?» Bil 
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 there- 
unto ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the NorthAmerican 
North American Colonial Association of Zreland Colonial, 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the on 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Church Stretton 
Church Stretton and Longden Roads Bill; That snd Longin 
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. Greene reported from the Committee on the Imperial 
Imperial Insurance Company Bill; That they had Hpswane® | 
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 same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 14. 1.7. At the end of the line insert “ unless 
the majority of such joint shareholders shall no- 
tify tc the Company, in writing, their wish that 
some other of them and not the person whose 
name stands first in the register of shareholders, 
* should attend on their behalf.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 7. Leave out “ bye-laws.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 18. Leave out “ bye-laws.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


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passed in the fifth year of the reign of Her present Bill. 
Majesty, for more effectually repairing, maintaining 





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and improving certain Roads leading to and from 
the City of Lincoln, was read the third time. . 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to explain and amend an Act 

assed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of 

Her present Majesty, for more effectually repairing, 
maintaining and improving certain Roads leading 
to and from the City of Lancoln. 

Ordered, That Lord Worsley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stourbridge 
Roads Bill. 


Sir Thomas Hepburn reported from the Committee 
on the Stourbridge Roads Bill; and to whom seve- 
ral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That no person appeared on behalf of the said Peti- 
tions ; 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. 


Faresham The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Navigation Bill. +he Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for improving the Navigation of 
Faversham Creek, in the County of Kent; and the 
same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 30. 1. 1. Leave out “ payable, 
“ vested in them.” 
Pr. 55. 1. penult. Leave out from “ lands” to 
“ and,” in Pr. 56. 1. 2. 
Pr. 114. 1.8. Leave out from “‘ several” to “ such,” 
in 1. 9., and insert “ offences for which any.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumptre 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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and insert 


Gravesend Sir George Staunton reported from the Committee 
Town Pier Bilk on the Gravesend Town Pier Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 

That they had considered one of 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; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed. 


Wicklow ‘An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining 


Harbour Bill. and improving a Harbour at Wicklow, in the County 
of Wicklow, was read the third time; and an in- 
grossed Clause was added, by way of Rider; and 
an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Colonel Acton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Leeds Improve. Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 

went Bill. Leeds Improvement Bill to make their Report, be 
enlarged till Friday next. 

ering Mr. Hope Johnstone reported from the Committee 


Railway on the London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill ; 
(No.g.) Bil, and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
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 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 the Committee have leave to sit, 

and proceed, upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Robert A. Waine- 

wright, Clerk to Saint Thomas’s Hospital, praying 

that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 

agent, against certain parts of the said Bill, which 


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339 


was presented upon Friday last, 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 Cased in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Courts of Law 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, *"4 Equity. 
—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee appointed in Session 1841 to consider 

the expediency of erecting a building in the neigh- 

bourhood of the Inns of Court, for the sittings of 

the Courts of Law and Equity, in lieu of the present 

Courts adjoining to Westminster Hall, with a view 

to the more speedy, convenient and effectual admi- 

nistration of justice. 


Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 


Select Committee on Courts of Law and Equity. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending and enlarging Thames Haven 


some of the Provisions of an Act relating to the Dock and 


Thames Haven Dock and Railway, was read the ®#wsy Bill 


third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Thesiger reported from the Committee on Imperial Bank 


the Imperial Bank of England Bill; and to whom o England Bill. 


several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had considered the said Petitions, and 
had heard counsel in support of one of them, 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 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to explain an Act passed in the Saint Pancras 
fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her present Improvement 
Majesty, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and en-~" 

large some of the Powers and Provisions of the 

Acts for paving and otherwise improving certain 

Streets in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 

County of Middlesex, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Benjamin Hall do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Health of the 
intituled, An Act for the Promotion of the Health Buildings Re- 
of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool, gulation Bill. 
and the better Regulation of Buildings in the said 
Borough ; and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1.1. 7. Leave out from “ the” to “ restric- 
“ tion” in]. 11. 
Pr. 1. 1. 12. Leave out “ other” and _ insert 
* the.” 
Pr. 1.1.13, Leave out “ said” and in the same 
line after “ grounds” insert “in the said Borough.” 
Pr. 22, 1. 3. After “ Act” insert “ and also the 
several provisions of an Act passed in the third 
and fourth years of the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty, intituled ‘ An Act to provide for the Regu- 
lation of Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys,’ and 
the rules and regulations for the time being of. 
‘ the Health Committee.” 
Pr. 89. 1. 35. Leave out from “ demand” to&gt; 
‘ of,” in 1. 37. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas 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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Mersey Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Chorley 
Road Bill. 


Fleetwood 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Tay Ferries 
Bill. 


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Cavehill Rail- 


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Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be added 


to the Select Committee on the Mersey Conservancy 
Bill. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the townships of Wheelton, Whittle-le-Woods, 
Heapey and Chorley, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Blackburn and Chorley 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. Peers Williams reported from the Committee 
on the Fleetwood Improvement and Market Bill; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
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 gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
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. 


Mr. Barneby reported from the Committee on 
the Tay Ferries Bill; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred; That no 
person appeared on behalf of the said Petitions; 
and that the Agent for the Bill had informed the 
Committee, that it was not the intention of the pro- 
moters of the Bill to proceed further with the Bill, 
in the present Session. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Committee on the Belfast and 


way (Road and Cavehill Railway (Road and Shipping-place) Bill 
or have leave to sit, and proceed, with Four Members, 


Ely-place 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Sudbury 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Brentford Gas 
Bill. 


upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
said Bill to make their Report, be enlarged till 
Wednesday the 15th day of this instant June. 


An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing and improving Ely-place and Ely-mews, 
in the Liberty of Saffron-hill, Hatton Garden and 
Ely Rents, in the County of Middlesex, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing and improving Ely-place and Ely-mews, 
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex. 

Ordered, That Mr. Masterman do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Stephen Glynne reported from the Committee 
on the Sudbury Improvement Bill; and to whom a 
Petition against the said Bill, and a Petition for ad- 
ditional provision, and the Report of the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills thereupon, 
were severally referred ; and who were instructed 
to make provision therein, pursuant to the said 
Report; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had made provision therein, pursuant to the said 
Report ; and had gone 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, be printed 
at the expense of the Parties, distinguishing by 
different type the Amendments made in the ed 
mittee from the original Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the 
Powers of an Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for 


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A, 1842, 


supplying the Towns of Old and New Brentford, 
and other Places therein mentioned, in the County 
of Middlesex, with Gas, and to raise a further Sum 
of Money for carrying on the said Undertaking, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers 
of an Act passed in the second year of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for supply- 
ing the Towns of Old and New Brentford, in the 
County of Middlesex, and other Places therein men- 
tioned, with Gas, and to raise a further Sum of 
Money for carrying on the said Undertaking. 

Ordered, That Mr. Byng do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for amending an Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of Her pre~ 
sent Majesty, for draming and embanking certain 
Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegal and Londonderry, so far as 
the same relates to the said Lands in Lough Foyle, 
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. Patrick Stewart, 

Yeas, Mr. Litton: } =. 

Tellers for ie Captain Jones, ls 

Noes, Colonel Verner : f .. 

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. Patrick Stewart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lough Foyle 
Drainage Bill, 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Cass’s Estate 
the Trustees of Estates held upon Charitable Trusts, 8" 


under the Will of Sir John Cass, Knight, deceased, 
to make Sale of Part of the said Estates, 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. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saundersfoot 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Harbour Bill 


tituled, An Act for enabling the Saundersfoot Rail- 
way and Harbour Company to make a Floating 
Dock at Saundersfoot, in the County of Pembroke, 
and for extending the Provisions of the Act relating 
to the said Company, with reference to the said Har- 
bour; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 1.1. 25. Leave out from “ whereas” to “ for” 
in 1, 26., and insert “an Act has been passed in the 
“ present Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


Bathurst’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Reason offered by the 
Lords at the Conference held upon Friday last, for 
insisting on the Amendment made by their Lordships 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for dividing, sage 

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and inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Ormesby Saint 
Margaret, Ormesby Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint 
Peter,and Ormesby Saint Andrew, and Scratby other- 
wise Scroteby, in the County of Norfolk ;—And 
the said Reason and Amendment were again read. 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
their disagreement to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships to the said Bill. 

Then the said Amendment was read; and the 
Amendments following were made thereunto; viz. 

Cuause (A.) Is. 1. and 2. Leave out “ all en- 
“ croachments and inclosures ” and insert “ no en- 
“* croachment or inclosure.” 

L. 4. Leave out from “ the” to “ shall” in 
].12., and insert “ said commons, commonable lands, 
“* heaths or waste lands hereinbefore mentioned, 
“ before the First day of January 1842.” 

I . L. 13. Leave out from “ be” to “ divided” in 
. 14, 

L. 14. Leave out “ and ” and insert “ or.” 

L. 15. Leave out “ accordingly ” and insert “ un- 
“ der this Act,” and leave out from “ under this 
** Act” to the end of the Clause. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hume do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist upon their disagreement to the Amend- 
ment made by their Lordships to the said Bill, but 
— to the same, with certain Amendments, to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 





City ofGlasgow An ingrossed Bill to enable the City of Glasgow 
Life Assurance Life Assurance and Reversionary Company, to sue 
and Reversion- 544 be sued, and for other Purposes relating to the 
ary Company é B Urpos s 
Bill. said Society, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the City of Glasgow Life 
Assurance and Reversionary Company to sue and 
be sued, and for other Purposes relating to the said 
Company. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wallace do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Forth Marine In- 
surance Company to sue and be sued, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wallace do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


2 Forth Marine 
Insurance 
Company Bill. 


piptord Pier ~—A. Petition of Commissioners for paving, cleans- 
F ing, lighting and watching the Streets, Lanes and 
other Public Passages or Places within the Parish 

4 of Saint Nicholas, Deptford, in the county of Kent, 
and for removing and preventing encroachments, 

obstructions, nuisances and annoyances therein, 

praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 

counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Dept- 

‘ord 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 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


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Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Liverpool 
Liverpool Poor Bill to make their Report, be en- Poor Bill. 
larged till Friday the 17th day of this instant June. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Mersey Con. 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation, praying that they *vn¢y Bill. 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, 

was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Select 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 Peter Stephen Cropper, of Ann- Belfast 
street, in the town and borough of Belfast, Inn- P!ection. 
keeper, an Elector of the said borough, alleging 

that a compromise has been entered into for the 
purpose of avoiding investigation into the allega- 
tions of the Petitions complaining of the late Elec- 

tion for the Borough of Belfast; and praying that 

the House will direct a further and full inquiry, by 

a Select Committee authorized to examine witnesses 

on indemnity, into the matter ; and will in the mean- 
while suspend the Writ for a fresh Election for the 

said Borough, 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 Shipping. 

Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels 

registered at each of the Ports of Great Britain and 

Ireland, including the Channel Islands; distinguish- 

ing those under from those above Fifty Tons Ra 

ter, on the 31st day of December 1841 :—A similar 

Return of Steam Vessels and Tonnage :—A Return 

of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that entered 

and cleared Coastwise, at each of the Ports of Great 

Britain and Ireland and Channel Islands (including 

their repeated Voyages), with the Number of their 

Crews ; distinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels, 

between the 31st day of December 1840 and the 

31st day of December 1841 :—The like Return from 

and to the Colonies :—And, the like Return from 

and to Foreign Ports ; distinguishing British from 

Foreign Vessels. , 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a China. 

Return of all Monies repaid by Her Majesty’s Go- 

vernment to the Kast India Company, on account 

of the War in China, since the commencement of 

the War until the present time. 


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 follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating the Com- Birmingham 
munication between the Birmingham and Liverpool m4 Liverpool 
Junction Canal Navigation, and the Staffordshire (No. 2.) Bill, 
and WorcestershireCanal Navigation, and for amend- 
ing the several Acts relating to such first-mentioned 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter some of the Pro- New Cross 


London and A Petition of Commissioners for paving, cleans-| Canal Navigation: 
Railwer ing, lighting and watching, opening, widening and 
(No, 3.) Bill, 


better regulating the Streets, Lanes and Places with-| visions of an Act passed in the seventh year of the Roads Bill. 


in the east division of the town and borough of| reign of King George the Fourth, relating to the 


ances therein, praying that they may be heard, by 


themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain| the Parish of Yate, in the County of 
parts of the London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.)| And also, 


” Bill, was presented, and read. 


Southwark, and certain parts adjacent, inthe county| Mew Cross Turnpike-roads, in the Counties of Kent 
of Surrey, and for preventing nuisances and annoy-| and Surrey: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Yate Inclosure 
loucester ; Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Incumbents’ 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the] Act for better enabling Incumbents of Ecclesiastical (Neg) Bill. 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard,| Benefices to demise the Lands belonging to their 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their} Benefices on Farming Leases, with Amendments ; 





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to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
om Act for making a Branch Railway from the London 
“9 and Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, to commu- 
nicate with the Towns of Warwick and Leamington, 
in the County of Warwick, 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 for regulating and maintaining the Fisheries 
in the River Tyne, 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 improving the Law of Evidence ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 


Warwick and 
Leamington 
Union 
Bill. 


Tyne Fisheries 
Bill. 


Law of Evidence 
Bill. 


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then the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions from Ulverstone Union (Vice Chairman) ; 
—and, Fylde Union (Chairman) ; praying for alter- 
ation of the Poor Law Amendment Act, with relation 
to cases of Bastardy,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Railways. 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 Communication from the 
Board of Trade to the Railway Companies, and of 
the Replies on the part of any of the same, in refer- 
ence to the practice of locking both the Doors of 
the Railway Carriages, or otherwise confining the 
Passengers travelling thereby. 

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. 
Yeomanry. Sir Henry Hardinge presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 27th day of May last, for a Return 
of the Number of Troops or Corps or Regiments of 
effective Yeomanry of Great Britain and Jreland, 
according to the Muster Rolls of 1840 and 1841; 
stating the Date of those Musters, and distinguish- 
ing the Number of Officers and Men in each Corps 
or Regiment, and the Expense of each Corps, in 
1840 and 1841; showing the manner in which the 
Sums voted for Great Britain and Ireland in those 
years were expended. 

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


Newcastlee 
under-Lyme 
Writ. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, 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 Par- 
liament for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 
in the room of John Quincey Harris, Esquire, whose 
Election has been determined to be void ; 

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 extent of Bribery and corrupt practices at the 
“ last Election for the Borough of Newcastle-under- 
“« Lyme,” 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. 

i Mr. Adderley, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Lid dell’. 
Mr. O’ Connell, 

Mr. Hume: 


\ias. 


Tellers for the Noes, } 97. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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 Newcastle-under- 





A. 1842. 


Lyme, in the room of John Quincey Harris, Esquire, 
aia Election has been determined to be void. 





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


for the better discovery of Bribery in the Election of 
Members of Parliament: And that Lord John Rus- 
sell and Sir Thomas Wilde do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Elections 


‘No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of Master and Journeymen Boot and Leather, &amp;¢, 


Shoemakers of the borough of Southwark, praying 
the House not to sanction any reduction of duty on 
the importation of manufactured Leather, and on 
Boots and Shoes, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Legislative Council and As- 
sembly of Her Majesty’s Island of Prince Edward, 
in Colonial Parliament convened, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners and 
their fellow subjects in that island are entirely de- 
pendent for their ane on a market for the sale 
of agricultural produce. Having no coal or minerals, 
or other raw material, their pursuits are necessarily 
confined to the cultivation of the soil, and that cul- 
tivation is much circumscribed by the length of the 
winter season in that climate, which prevents their 
keeping such a stock of horned cattle and sheep as 
their farms require; it is thus more particularly on 
the growth of Corn, that their dependence rests. 
The Petitioners therefore pray, that the duties on 
the importation of colonial Corn, namely, Wheat, 
Barley, Oats, Rye, Pease and Beans, W heat-meal 
or Flour, Oatmeal, Maize, Indian Corn, Buck-wheat, 
Bear or Bigg, and on all salted Provisions may 
cease. Whilst exertions are making in England to 
get rid of her crowded population by means of emi- 
gration, it appears to the Petitioners that the main 
engine to be employed to render such a measure 
successful, must be the finding profitable employ- 
ment for those who may be thereby induced to leave 
their native country, and it is the deliberate opinion 
of the Petitioners, that to grant their prayer would 
have more permanent results in inducing emigration 
than can be afforded by any the most profuse 
monied grants in aid of such a purpose. The Pe- 
titioners disclaim any desire to derive advantage 
from the difficulties of their agricultural brethren in 














Great Britain, conceiving as they do, that they are 
all members of the same family; nor have they any 
thing to do with the question of the policy of opening 
the ports of Great Britain to foreign Corn ; their 
desire is to obtain an exemption from duty in favour 
of Colonial Corn, on the ground of the extensive im- 
portation of British manufactures into the colonies, 
which importation it is obvious would be greatly in- 
creased, could the inhabitants of that island be re- 
lieved from the necessity of remitting specie, which 
they are now under, because they do not find a 
market for their agricultural produce in Great Bri- 
tain, and thus a process would begin by which ad- 
ditional employment would be found for the British 
manufacturer; nor should it be forgotten, that whilst 
the importation to England of continental Corn is 
commonly paid for in specie, that for that which 
would be introduced by the Petitioners, her manu- 
factures would be required in exchange; it should be 
considered likewise, that Great Britain derives great 
benefit from the asylum that is there offered to that 
surplus population, which would otherwise become 
an increasing charge on the expenses of British cul- 
tivation, a benefit which the Petitioners consider of 
such value, that they do not entertain the smallest 
doubt that if their prayer were granted, and hereafter 
if a balance were struck between the amount of the 
monied value of the relief thus afforded to the British 
grower of Corn by increasing colonization, and the 








amount of loss he would sustain by the admission of 
colonial Grain into free competition with his own, 
that such balance would be extensively in his er ; 
the 


Colonial Corn 
and Provisions, 





Cordage, &amp;c. 


Sugar. 


Coffee and 
Sugar. 


Customs Acts. 


5 VicrortizZ. 


the Petitioners further consider that the repeal in 
their favour of the dutieson the importation into Great 
Britain of colonial Corn, and other produce, appears 
founded ona just and fair system of reciprocity, and 
that its results would be highly advantageous to 
Great Britain, as well as to her colonies. 

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


Petitions from Leith ;—and, Liverpool; praying 
the House not to sanction any reduction of duty on 
the importation of Cordage and Twine,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufactu- 
rers, and other Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 
the House to take into immediate consideration the 
duty on foreign Sugars, with a view of admitting 
them on the same terms as Sugars the growth of 
our own Possessions, and of eventually reducing the 
duty on both to such an amount as may harmonize 
the interests of the consumer with the requirements 
of the Revenue, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Prescot ;—and, Liverpool; praying 
the House to take into immediate consideration the 
duties on Coffee and Sugar, with a view to their re- 
duction,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts relat- 
ing to the Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 
Schedule, No. 10.—continued. 





Rates of Duty. 
Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 





ARTICLES. Of and from 
British 


Possessions. 





Timber and Woods, not otherwise charged— £. sd.) £. 8. d. 


. From and after 
continued. the 10th of 
Deals, Battens, Boards, Staves, Ufers or ge 


other Timber or Wood, sawn or split, 





and not otherwise charged with duty, From and after o 
the load of 50 cubic «| the 10th of 
Oct. 1843. 
1iz . 
—— Staves - the load of 50 cubic feet 112 -}| - 2 - 
Birch, hewn, not exceeding 3 feet in 
length, nor exceeding 8 inches square, im- 
ported for the sole purpose of making her- 
ring barrels for the use of the Fisheries, 
the load of 50 feet - Il - - i- 
—— Firewood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet -10 - free, 
—— Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in 
ength - - - the120} 1 - -}| - - 6 





exceeding 7 feet in length, 
feet &amp; « =) @ 
——= Hoops, not exceeding 7} feet in length, 



































thel,000] - 2 -]| - - 4 
——_——— not exceeding 9 feet in length, 
the 1,000 - 38 - - = 6 
exceeding 9 feet in length, 
the 1,000 - 5 - - l« 
Knees, under 5 inches square, the 120 ~ Oo -«-- @ 
5 inches, and under 8 inches 
square - - - - thel200{| 2 - -j] - 1 - 
Lathwood, the fathom of 216 cubic feet ee ee ee 
Oars - - - - the 120] 710 -{ - 3 9 
Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length, and 
under 4 inches in diameter - the 120 I = af = = 6 
22 feet in Jength and upwards, 
and under 4 inches in diameter - the 120] 2 - -}] - 1 - 
of all lengths, 4 inches, and 
under 6 inches in diameter - the120} 4 - -~] - 2 ~- 
Spokes for Wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in 
length - - - - the 1,000 2-- mn ow 
exceeding 2 feet in length, 
the 1,000 | 4 - -]| - 2 - 
Teake - - the load of 50 cubic feet |} - 10 -}| - 1 
Wastewood ; viz. Billet-wood, or Brush-wood, 
used for the purposes of stowage, 
, for every 1002. value | 5 - -q{ - 5 = 


Schedule 10, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Vou. 97. 


6°—7° Juniz. 








343 


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


Martis, 7° die Junii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means, a Resolution, which was read, as fol- Mesns. 
loweth : 

Resolved, That towards raising the Supply granted Sugar Duties. 
to Her Majesty, the several Duties on Sugar and 
Molasses now payable, shall 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. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Electors’ _ 
reading of the Electors’ Removal Bill ; Semoeel OM. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Shipwrecks. 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Tuesday last,,.That the Petition of Captain 
George William Manby, praying the House to sanc- 
tion the appointment of a Select Committee for 
the purpose of examining into and reporting their 
Opinion as to the utility and practicability of the 
Petitioner’s plan for saving the lives and property 
of Her Majesty’s subjects from loss by Shipwreck, 
which was presented upon the 26th day of May last, 
be referred to a Select Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourne 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Law of Mer- 
further consideration the Report on the Law of chants Act 
Merchants Act Amendment Bill ; erate 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further ~ 
consideration this day. 


The Slave Trade Suppression (Hayti) Bill was, Slave Trade 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- yoo hae 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Hey!) Bill 
this day. 


The Slave Trade Abolition (Argentine Confedera- Slave Trade 
tion) Bill was, according to Order, read a second Abolition 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole Soriedoretion) 
House, for this day. i 


The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was, according to Slave Trade 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Treaties Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


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- 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 third Witnesses’ 
reading of the Witnesses’ Indemnity Bill ; Indemnity Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


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Emigration. 


Emigration. 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


Boroughs. 


Shannon 
Navigation, 


Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 


pany (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Treland.) 


No. 297. 
Easingwold 
DVaion. 


No. 292, 


344 


Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to several Ad- 
dresses to Her Majesty,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March 
last, for a Return of the Number of Emigrants who 
have embarked from the various Ports of the United 
Kingdom, during the year 1841, showing to what 
parts of the world they have emigrated ; also, a Re- 
turn of the Number who have been assisted to emi- 
grate by Funds derived from Poor Rate; the Num- 
ber who have been assisted to emigrate by the 
Commissioners of Land and Emigration, and from 
what Funds such assistance has been derived; the 
Amount of Land sold by the Commissioners, the 
Price obtained, and the Purposes to which the Pro- 
ceeds have been applied; the Number who have 
been enabled to emigrate by means of Bounties 
— in the Colonies; with a Return of the 
Bounty Orders registered at the Office of the Land 
and Emigration Commissioners, on the Ist day of 
September 1841 and the 1st day of March 1842 ; 
distinguishing those that were granted conditionally 
from those that were granted without condition ; 
with the Number of Married Couples, Single Men, 
and Single Women, specified in each, together with 
a Statement of the &gt; ss of the Parties in whose 
favour such Bounty Orders have been granted ; 
distinguishing in the above Returns, so far as is 
practicable, the Number of Emigrants of each Sex, 
and the Number of Adults from the Number of 
Children ; and the Colony, or portion thereof, to 
which such Returns refer. 

Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence rela- 
tive to Emigration, which has.taken place between 
the Colonial Office and the Authorities in the Colo- 
nies, or the Commissioners of Land and Emigration, 
since the Date of the last Despatches which were 
laid befcre Parliament, for each of the Colonies re- 
spectively. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Tables showing the Number 
of Criminal Offenders in England and Wales in the 
year 1841. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of several Acts of Parliament,—An 
Abstract of the Statements of Monies received and 
expended on account of certain Boroughs in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the year 1840-1841. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Return of the proportions of the Sum of 
£.10,894. 11s. 2d., levied on the County of Ros- 
common for the Improvement of the Navigation of 
the River Shannon, payable by each of the following 
Baronies, viz. Athlone, Ballymore, Boyle, French- 
park, Roscommon and Castlerea, distinguishing the 
Amount per hundred Acres in each of these Baro- 
nies respectively. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for regulating Legal Proceed- 
ings by or against the Metropolitan Patent Wood 
Paving Company, and for granting certain Powers 
thereto, was read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to County 
Treasurers (Ireland), which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Easing- 
wold Union, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 


6°—7° Juniz. 





A. 1849. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to West India west tnaia 
Produce, which was presented upon Friday last, be Produce, 
printed. No, 293, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Sweets or Sweets or 
Made Wines, which were presented upon Friday Made Wines, 
last, be printed. No. 294. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Zre- Spirits 
land), which was presented upon Friday last, be (lreland.) 
printed. No. 295. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Raw and Raw and Waste 
Waste Silk, which was presented upon Friday last, Si. 
be printed. No. 296. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
two of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Martis, '7° die Junii; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That the Committee on the Zon- 
don Bridge Approaches and Royal Exchange 
Avenues Bill, have leave to sit this day, till five of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 
Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
said Bill to make their Report, be enlarged till 
Monday next. 


London Bridge 
Approaches 
and Royal Ex. 
change Avenues 
Bill. 


Mr. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called Taxes, 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of all Taxes repealed, reduced, expired 
and imposed in Great Britain and Ireland respec- 
tively, from the year 1834, inclusive, to the present 
time (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
190, of Session 1834.) 

A Return of all Additions to the National Debt National Debt 
of Ireland, since the Union, and all Redemptions of (Ireland.) 
any Portion of the same ; stating from what sources 
the Funds were supplied for such Redemption ; 
made up to the latest period to which the Return 
can be prepared. 

An Account of the Balance arising from the Re- Remittance of 
mittance of Public Money to and from the Zrish Public Money. 
and British Exchequers, from 1833 (in continuation 
of the Return, No. 1, in Parliamentary Paper, No. 

659, of Session 1833.) 

A Return, showing the Total present Expenditure Expenditure of 
of Ireland, including Debt, Army, Pensions, Civil Ireland. 
List, Miscellaneous Estimates, and all Disburse- 
ments payable out of the Public Revenue (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 659, of Ses- 
sion 1833.) 

A Return of the Tonnage of the Zrish Ports, in Tonnage 
the year 1841 (in continuation of Parliamentary caanes) 
Paper, No. 659, of Session 1833.) 

A Statement (so far as the same can be made out), Exports 
of the Nature and Quantity of all Articles of Foreign (eland-) 
and Colonial Produce and Manufacture exported to 
Ireland from Great Britain since the Union; dis- 
tinguishing the Principal Articles, with the Rates 
and Amount of Duty paid on each; and also, stating 
in which of the Countries such Duties were paid. 

A Return, in detail (so far as the same can be Public Works. 
prepared), of all Sums of Money, from whatever 
source, and under whatever description, voted or 
applied, either by way of Loan or Grant, in aid of 
Public Works in England and Scotland respectively, 
since 1800, including the Expense of all Commis- 
sions and Surveys, and all Sums advanced for Roads, 
and for Employment of the Poor in Fisheries, or 
otherwise. ; a 

A Return of the Quantities of Foreign Spirits Spirits, Wine 
seized, year by year, from 1832 to 1841 ——) and Silk. 

an 








ie 


Pensions. 


Ecclesiastical 


Establishment the Sum of £.20,300 was paid as Salaries, in the 
(West Indies. ) 


Straw Plait, &amp;c. 


Public Expen- 


diture. 


Spirits, 


5 Vicroriz. 


and condemned for Non-payment of Duty:—A 
similar Return of Foreign Wines so seized and con- 
demned :—And, a similar Return of Foreign Silk 
Manufactures. 

An Account, in detail, of the Expenditure of 
£.87,661. 3s. 7d. in Great Britain, and of 
£.28,455. 9s. 11d. in Ireland, for Pensions on the 
Civil List (under the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic.); stating the 
Name of each Person, and the Date of the Grant of 
such Pension. 

Returns, in detail, of the several Persons to whom 


year ended the 5th day of January 1842, for the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment in the West Indies ; 
stating the Rank or Office, the Name, Place of Re- 
sidence, and Amount paid to each Person :—Also, 
the Amount paid in each year for that Establishment 
since the passing of the Act 6 Geo. 4,c. 88, and the 
~~ Ageregate Amount, to the 5th day of January 1842. 

A Return of any Seizures made by Officers of 
Her Majesty’s Customs of smuggled Straw Plait or 
Leghorn Hats or Bonnets, during the last Three 
years ; specifying the Quantities seized each time 
respectively, with the Date of each Seizure. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for an Account of the Public Expendi- 
ture of the United Kingdom in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1840, 1841 and 1842; 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 
Terminabie Annuities being also valued by Esti- 
mate), for the Expenses of the Civil Government, 
the Allowances to the Royal Family, and to his 
Majesty the King of the Belgians; the Establish- 
ment of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland; the Ex- 
penses of the two Houses of Parliament, and the 
Civil Departments; the other Pensions on the Con- 
solidated Fund, on the Gross Revenue and the Civil 
List :—Also, the Payments for the Administration 
of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, and the Payments 
on account of the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, 
Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services :—Also, Pub- 
lic Works, Bounties, Post-office, the Quarantine 


and Warehousing 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. 


Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof Spirits 
distilled 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 


1842 :—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 1842 :—Showing, under separate 
heads, the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, dis- 
tinguishing the Materials from which made, im- 
ported 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 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 1842 :—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 England, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1842; also, the 
Stocks remaining in the hands of English Distillers 
on the 5th day of January 1842 :—And, of the Total 


7° Juniz. 345 


Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, 
and all other Spirits that paid Duty in each Kingdom, 
from the 5th day of January 1841 to the 5th day of 
January 1842; 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 Gal- 
lons 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 
1841 to the 5th day of January 1842. 

An Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Foreign Wine. 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and the 
Quantities exported ; also, the Quantities retained 
for Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount 
exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for 
the year ended the sth day of January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian, and other 
Sorts ; together with the Quantities of each Sort 
remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1842 ; 
distinguishing London from the Country. 


An Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits. 
Rum, distinguishing West India, East India and 
Foreign ; also, of Brandy, Geneva, and other Fo- 
reign, 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 
1842; together with the Quantities of each Sort re- 
maining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1842 ; 
distinguishing London from the Country : — And 
then he withdrew. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Court of Chancery Imperial Bank 


the Co-partnership of Bankers lately carrying on 
Business under the Firm of “ The Imperial Bank of 
England,” in lieu of the Public Officer, and to vest 
the Estate of such Co-partnership in the Person so 
to be appointed, and to enable the Receiver ap- 
pointed by the said Court to enter into Agreements 
or Compositions with the Persons returned as Mem- 
bers of the same Co-partnersbip, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act toenable the Court of Chancery to 
appoint a Person or Persons to sue on behalf of the 


to appoint a Person or Persons to sue on behalf of of England Bill. 





Co-partnership of Bankers lately carrying on Busi- 
ness under the Firm of “The Imperial Bank of 
England,” in lieu of the Public Officer. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Medbourn 
rish of Medbourn, in the County of Leicester, was ime a&gt; 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grimsditch do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Henry Beaumont Deptford Pier 
Leeson, of Greenwich, in the County of Kent, Doctor Bill. 


of Medicine, and William Taylor Prichard, of Tor- 
i mes in the county of Middleser, Esquire, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Dept- 
ford Pier Bill, which was presented upon the 15th 
day of April last, be referred to the Committee to 
whom the said Bill is re-committed ; and the Peti- 
tioners heard in regard to any alteration or Amend- 
ments which may be proposed to such Bill in the 





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Ross and Cro- 
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Houses Bill, 


Warwick and 
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Union Railway 
Bill. 


Tyne Fisheries 
Bill. 


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An ingrossed Bill to enable the Sheriffdom of 
Ross and Cromarty to provide proper Court-house 
Accommodations, and for other Purposes relative 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Mackenzie 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, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Branch Railway from 
the London and Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, 
to communicate with the Towns of Warwick and 
Leamington, in the County of Warwick; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 130. 1. 38. After “ Lord” insert “ high.” 

Pr. 132. 1. 27. Leave out from “ Account” to 
“ and,” in 1. 28. 

Pr. 132.1. 29. Leave out “ amounts,” and insert 
“ amount.” 

Pr. 132. 1. 37. Leave out “ amounts,” and insert 
“ amount.” 

Pr, 132. 1. 38. Leave out “ grants,” and insert 
“ grant.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Mordaunt 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, in- 
tituled, An Act for better regulating and maintain- 
ing the Fisheries in the River Tyne; and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 23. After “ waters” insert “ and all.” 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out “ Bates’s,” and insert 
“ Bates.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Act” to “ be,” in 
1, 15., and insert “ having respectively an estate for 
“ twenty-one years, or other greater estate either 
legal or equitable, and who shall, for the time 
being.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 26. Leave out “ Fisheries,” and insert 

“ Fishery.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 34. Leave out “ or sending or qualify- 
°. 

Pr. 2.1. 35. Leave out from ‘ Commissioner ” 
to “if,” in]. 36. 

Pr. 3.1. 22. Leave out “a,” and insert “his,” 
and in the same line leave out “ for.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 23. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 24. Leave out “the,” and insert “ his,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ representative ” 
to “ which,” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 3.1.31. Leave out “each,” and insert “such.” 

Pr. 4.1, 32. Leave out “hath,” and insert “had.” 

Pr. 5.1.16. Leave out “ of,” and insert “ in.” 

Pr. 5.1. 27. Leave out “ counties,” and insert 
county.” 

Pr. 5.1. 28. After “or” insert “ of.” 

Pr. 5.1. 35, Leave out “or the major part of 
them.” 

Pr. 6. 1. ult. After “ delivered ” insert “ at.” 

P. 7. 1. 7. Leave out “counties,” and insert 
+ al and in the same line after “ or” insert 
“ re) tay 


Pr. 8.1.38. After ‘‘ executed ” insert “ only.” 
?r. 9. 1. penult. Leave out “may,” and insert 


“ mn 


Pr. 13. 1. 36. Leave out “ accounts,” and insert 
account.” 


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Pr. 13. 1. penult. Leave out “accounts,” and in- | 


sert “ account.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 36. Leave out “ accounts,” and insert 
** account.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 26. Leave out “ extend to or.” 


Pr. 21. 1. 36. Leave out from “ fishing” to 
“ » 5 ” 
and,” im Pr, 22.1. 8. 






Pr. 22. 1. 15. After “stake” insert “‘ bag.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 16. After “anchored” insert “or 
“ splash or hang.” 

Pr, 22. 1. 23. After “the” insert “ taking or.” 

Pr. 24.1. 35. Leave out from “ taking” to “ he,” 
in |. 36., and insert “ sprats or eels between the fif- 
“ teenth day of March and the twenty-fifth day of 
May, in any year.” 

Pr. 27.1. 37. After “ fishery ” insert “ or of any 

“ Jands.” 
Pr, 28. 1. 24. After “who” insert “not being 


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“ such owner or occupier as aforesaid.” ~ 
Pr. 28. 1. 25. Leave out “ title.” in 
Pr. 30. 1. 14. After “ kind” insert “or salmon of] 

“ Gy.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 38. After “ kind ” insert “ or salmon 

“ fry.” 

Pr. 31.1. 2. Leave out “summons,” and insert 

‘* summon.” 

Pr. 31. 1.18. After “kind” insert “or salmon in 
ee fr Pie Iu 
br. 31.1. ult. Leave out from “use” to “and,” Ce 


in Pr. 32. 1. 15., and insert “ within the limits of 
“ this Act, any stake-bag fixed stationary or an- 
chored, net or splash, or hang-net capable of or 
adapted for the taking or destruction of fish of 
the salmon kind, or by which any fish of the sal- 
mon kind shall be obstructed, impeded or prevented 
from entering the River Tyne, other than and ex- 
cept the splash or hang-nets heretofore accustom- 
ably used by the fishermen of Cullercoats, so only 
that such splash or hang-nets be not used of a 
larger size, or ina different manner or way than | 
such nets have been heretofore accustomably used ) 
by them, and that such splash or hang-nets be 
not used within one half mile of the bar-at the 
mouth or entrance of the River Tyne.” 

Pr. 33.1. 31. After “any” insert “ hot.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 28. After the first “ provided” insert 
and that the making such alterations, or making, 
constructing and placing such openings, escapes 
or stairs as aforesaid, shall not prejudice or injure 
the going or working of the mills worked or driven 
by the water of such dams.” 

Pr. 58.1. 32. After “ waters ” insert “and all.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 25. Leave out “‘ mean extend to and.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 6, Leave out from “ quakers” to “de. 
claration,” in 1. 7., and insert “ and any.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ord 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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Ordered, That the time for Committees on Turn- Turnpike-road 
pike-road Bills to make their Reports, be enlarged Bills. 
till Friday the 8th day of July next. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill for Fleetwood 
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise ee 
improving the Town of Fleetwood, and the neigh- 3") Must 
bourhood thereof, in the County Palatine of Lancas- 
ter, and for establishing a Market therein, be now 
read the third time ; 

Lord Granville Somerset, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, 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. 

Then 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 desire their concurrence. 





Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence, and London and 
the Proceedings of the Committee on the London — 
and Greenwich Railway (No. 1,) Bill, in the present (No, 3°) Bill. 
Session, be referred to the Committee on the London 
jand Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) Bill. 





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Reading Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 

Cemetery Bill. Reading Cemetery Bill to make their Report, be 
enlarged till Monday the 27th day of this instant 
June. 


Gravesend _ An ingrossed Bill for amending the Acts relating 
Town Pier Bill. +, the Gravesend Town Quay and Pier, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Edmund Filmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


North Ame- An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for incorporat- 
eet — ing and granting certain Powers to the North Ame- 


of Ireland Bil. 72can Colonial Association of Ireland, and for ex- 
plaining, altering and enlarging the Provisions 
thereof, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Imperial A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
on pil. the Imperial Insurance Company to alter some of 
se the Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and 
better regulate their Proceedings and the Investment 

of their Funds, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble 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. 


South Metropo- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
lian Gas Bill. +he Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for incorporating the South Metro- 
politan Gas Light and Coke Company, and for more 
effectually lighting with Gas certain Places within 
the Borough of Southwark, and other Parishes and 
Places in the Counties of Surrey and Kent; and the 
same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 132. 1. 22. After “ made” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That nothing in this Act contained, shall 
in any manner alter, vary, take away, lessen, 
abridge, interfere with, or prejudice the powers, 
rights or authorities of the Commissioners acting 
under or by virtue of a certain Act of Parliament, 
made and passed in the fifty-second year of the 
reign of his Majesty King George the Third, in- 
tituled, ‘An Act for paving the Foot-paths, and 
for lighting and watching that Part of the Kent- 
street-road, which leads from Kent-street End, 
unto the Bridge next immediately below the Green 
“ Man Turnpike, situated within the Parish of Saint 
George-the-Martyr, Southwark, in the County of 
Surrey, and certain Public Streets, Squares, 
Lanes, Passages and Places communicating there- 
with respectively, situated within the said Parish, 
or within the Parishes of Saint Mary Magdalen, 
Bermondsey, and Saint Mary, Newington, adjoin- 
ing thereto, and for removing and preventing En- 
croachments and Annoyances therein ;’ but that 
all and every the rights, powers and authorities 
of, under, or in relation to the said last-mentioned 
Act, shall remain, continue and be in full force 
and effect, to all intents and purposes as if this 
“ Act had not been made.” 
Pr. 133. 1. 7. After “ place” insert Clause (B.) 
Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That this 
Act shall continue in force for such term only as 
is limited for the continuance of the South Metro- 
pelitan Gas Light and Coke Company by the 
“ said deed of the Twentieth day of February One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-four.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 

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347 


The Charterhouse Hospital Estate Bill was read Charterhouse 
a second time ; and committed. Hospital | 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- =*t#*¢ Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for maintaining certain Roads Church Stretton 
in the County of Salop, called “The Church Stret- and Longden 
ton and Longden Roads,” was read the third time. "#4 Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Tomline. do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill was Liverpool and 
read a second time ; and committed. nie 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ° 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Roman Catholics, Inhabitants of Roman 
the borough of Macclesfield, complaining of griey- ©**blics 
ances, and praying that they may be placed upon a 
fuoting of perfect equality, in point of civil rights 
and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s subjects pro- 
fessing other religious persuasions, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from York;— Redcar ;— Martley ; — Railways Bill. 
Liskeard ;— Hadlow ;— London ;— Tenbury ;— Tron 
Parish ;— Aberdeen Sabbath Observance Commit- 
tee (Preses) ; —— Penshurst; —— Moderator of the 
Provincial Synod of Caithness and Sutherland ;— 
Glasgow (four Petitions) ;—Great Ayton;—Mars 
worth ;— Dunstable ;— Islington ;—Clapham ;—and, 
Shelton ; praying that a Clause may be inserted in 
the Railways Bill, to the effect that no Railway shall 
be used on the Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity 
or necessity,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Provincial Lord’s Day. 
Synod of Caithness and Sutherland, praying the 
House to adopt measures for securing the better 
observance of the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holbeton ;— Brixton (Devon) ;— Turnpike-roads 
Plymstock ;— Yealmpton ;—Trustees of the Mod- Bill. 
bury Turnpike-road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on 
the Lincoln and Peterborough Turnpike-road ;— 
Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Sleaford and 
Taitershall Turnpike-road ;—Trustees of the War- 
wick and Coventry Turnpike-roads ;—Trustees and 
Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Brandlesome Moss 
Gate, and Blackburn Roads ;—Trustees and Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the Bury and Little Bolton 
Road ;—Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls of the 
Rotherham and Swinton Road ;—Trustees and Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls of the Leeds and Otley Road ;— 
Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Rochdale and Halifax 
and Kaland Road ;—Trustees of the said Road ;— 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Ealand 
and Leeds Road ;—Trusiees of the Todmorden and 
Littleborough Road ;—Trustees and Mortgagees of 
the Tolls on the Tinsley and Doncaster Road ;— 
Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Go- 
mersal and Dewsbury Road ;—-Trustees and Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the Holme Land End and 
Hechmondwike Road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on 
the Glossup and Marple Bridge Road ; —Trustees of 
the said Road ; —Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
Todmorden Roads ;—Trustees of the Chapel-en-le- 
Frith and Enterclough Bridge Roads;—and, Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls on the said Roads ; praying that 
the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery Marriages 
of Caithness, praying the House to pass an Act for (Ireland. ) 
rendering valid all Marriages solemnized or which 

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348 7° Junii. 


may hereafter be solemnized, by a presbyterian mi- 
nister in Ireland, between parties, one of whom is a 
member of the Established Church and the other a 
protestant dissenter, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A. 1842, 


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


Petitions from Plymouth ;—and, Evesham; pray- 1 iter, 
ing that Literary and Scientific Institutions may be Scientific 
exempted from Rates and Taxes,—were presented, Institutions, 


and 


Puor Law 





Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Shipping. 


Railways Bill, 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Sugar and 
Coffee, 


Petitions from Gainsborough Union ;— Wolstanton 
and Burslem Union ;—South Crossland ;—and, Not- 
tingham; praying for alteration of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act with relation to cases of Bastardy, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Truro ;—York Union ;—Leicester 
Union ;—Saint Leonard, Shoreditch (Chairman of 
a Meeting of Trustees of the Poor) ;—and, Christ 
Church, Spitalfields; praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Sutton Union (Sussex) ;-- and, 
Chichester ; praying the House not to sanction any 
Clause in the said Bill which shall authorize the 
dissolution of Gilbert’s Unions without the consent 
of a majority of the guardians of the several pa- 
rishes composing the same, to such dissolution,— 
were also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners resident in Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, North and South Shields, Sunderland, 
Stockton-upon-Tees, Hartley and Blyth and other 
places, praying that the House will appoint a Com- 
mittee to inquire into the cause and extent of the 
distress under which the shipping interest is labour- 
ing, and particularly into the effect that has been 
produced on the trade and navigation of the United 
Kingdom by the operation of the treaties of reci- 
procity with foreign nations, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of the Port of New- 
castle, praying the House not to sanction any duty 
on the export of Coal, or any attempt to take away 
the little protection which still remains to the British 
ship-owner, against vessels of foreign countries not 
in reciprocity with this, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rees Price, of Tyne Hall, Great 
Ilford, in the county of Essex, praying that in the 
Bill now before the House for the better Regulation 
of Railways, the 16th section of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vice. 
c. 97, relating to Trespasses on Railways, may be 
repealed, and one more explanatory introduced, and 


that persons occupying lands on both sides of a Rail- | 


way, Or possessing any occupation-way, may not be 
considered trespassers, except they commit any wil- 
ful or negligent injury to such Railway, and that 
Railway Companies may be compelled to construct 
and erect proper bridges or foot-crossings between 
all intersected ways, whether public or private, was 
=” and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the pa- 
rish of Donoughmore, praying the House to devise 
means for affording encouragement to the Schools 
in connection with the Church Education Society 
for Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the President and Secretary of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Dublin ;—and, Millers of 
Carlow; praying that the Fisheries (Zre/and) Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers of 
Saint Helen’s, praying for a reduction of the duties 








and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General Athlone 
Committee of Elections, the names of the Members lection. 


of the Select Committee appointed to try and de- 
termine the matter of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Athlone, to which they had annexed the Petition 
relating thereto, and the Lists of Voters which had 
been delivered to them by either Party :—And the 
names of the Committee were read, as follow : 

_ The Honourable Eliot Thomas Yorke,Sir Benjamin 
Hall, Baronet, Beriah Botfield, Esquire, Sir John 
Easthope, Baronet, John Hornby, Esquire, Edward 
Royd Rice, Esquire; Chairman, Edward Divett, 
Esquire. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That. the Petition and Lists relative to 
the Election and Return for the Borough of Athlone, 
be referred to the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complain- 


ing of an undue Election and Return for that Bo- 
rough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee Rooms of the 
House, at the hour of one in the afternoon. 


A Petition of Land-holders and Rate-payers of Metropolitan 
the parish of Berley, in the county of Kent, stating Police. 


that the Petitioners are most heavily burthened by 
the extension of the Metropolitan Police to their 
parish, and praying the House to take into considera- 
tion the injustice of taxing their landed property and 
fields at the same rate as house property in the me- 
tropolis, and grant them relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Clergy of the Arch- Tithes Commu- 
deaconry of Totness and Diocese of Exeter, pray- tio Ac 


ing the House to devise an arrangement whereby 
the promise held out to the Petitioners when they 
acquiesced in a Commutation of their Tithes may be 
fulfilled, and that at the same time all questions 
between them and their parishioners regarding their 
respective liabilities to parochial and other rates 
may be for ever sct at rest, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Property Tex 
in the town of Denbigh, praying that the Property 
Tax Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Directors of the Bristol and Exeter Post-oftice 
Railway Company, praying the House to instruct Commumeso™ 


the Select Committee on Post-office Communication 
to consider of the importance and desirableness of 
establishing a direct line of Communication between 
the West of England and the South of Ireland, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Post-office Communication. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Duncannon, Arthurs- 
town, Fethard and adjoining neighbourhood, in the 
county of Wexford, praying the House to take into 
consideration the advantages of making the Ports of 
Bristol and Waterford the Stations of the Post- 
office Packets, and to adopt this line of communi- 
cation in preference to any other, thereby affording 
a most expeditious and convenient intercourse with 
England, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the said Select Committee. 

Petitions 





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Factories. 


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Petitions from Manchester ;—and, West Riding of 
the County of York (two Petitions); praying the 
House to pass an Act for limiting the hours of 
labour of young persons employed in Factories, to 
ten hours a day for five days in the week, and eight 
hours on the Saturday, —were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Quarter Sessions Grand Juries, 


sions (Dublin.) of the city of Dublin, for Trinity and Michaelmas 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Oaths. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland. ) 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


China and 
Affghanistan. 


Public Houses 
Bill, 


Terms 1841, and Hilary and Easter Terms 1842, 
stating that the Petitioners in the discharge of their 
duties as Grand Jurors of the City Quarter Sessions 
were forcibly struck with the number of petty cases 
of crime brought before them, and with the enormous 
expenses connected with these trifling and most 
frequently unnecessary prosecutions, and that many 
of the petty cases brought into the Sessions Court 
may with great advantage to the interests of justice 
be disposed of summarily before the magistrates, 
and all the more important cases be reserved for 
the Recorder’s Court, and the four sittings of the 
Judges at Commission ; that by this simple altera- 
tion of the criminal jurisdiction of that court, the 
citizens of Dublin would be relieved from a heavy 
item of taxation, from most vexatious trespasses 
upon their time, and from a system which spreads 
demoralization and multiplies criminals amongst 
them ; and praying the House to take the premises 
into consideration, with a view to regulate the cri- 
minal business of that court, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Operatives of Manchester (being natives of Ireland), 
praying that provision may be made in the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill to give to the long resident and 
deserving Irish and other poor, a legal claim to pa- 
rochial relief in that place where they have worked 
longest, and have most contributed to increase the 
general wealth, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Turner, of Chapel-street, 
Ardwick, near Manchester, praymg the House to 
adopt measures for substituting Affirmations in lieu 
of Oaths, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners residing in 
the county and city of Cork, praying that the House 
will place the control and management of the Me- 
dical Institutions of Zreland in the hands of the 
Executive, under such medical supervision as the 
House may deem necessary, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Gains- 
borough Union, in the counties of Lincoln and Not- 
tingham, praying that the proprietors of all houses 
and rateable property assessed at not more than five 
pounds per annum, be made chargeable with all 
rates, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, convened on 
requisition by the mayor of the city and borough of 
Worcester, at the Guildhall of the said city, stating 
that the Petitioners have viewed with deep regret 
the warlike measures now pursuing by Great Bri- 
tain and her dependencies in China and Affghan- 
istan, and praying that the House, as far as in it 
lies, will take prompt measures to reconcile by pa- 
cific negotiation all existing differences, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the city and 
borough of Worcester, praying the House not to 
sanction the introduction of a Clause in the Public 

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349 


Houses Bill, compelling the Petitioners to close 
their houses on Saturday night, and to keep them 
closed till one of the clock on Sunday afternoon, wes 


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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Distress 


Members of the Provisional Chamber of Commerce, Curiae 


Mincing-lane, in the city of London, praying the 
House, without loss of time, to adopt measures for 
relieving the Distress in the Manufacturing Districts, 


was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Lubbenham ;— Edmonton ;—We- Maynooth 
therby ;—and, Shrewsbury; praying the House to College. 


withdraw every kind of public support from the Col- 
lege of Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses Quay Wall Tax 


and premises situated on the Qays, east of Carlisle (Dublin.) 


Bridge, in the city of Dublin, and now subject to a 
certain frontage rate, called the Quay Wall Tax, 
praying for the abolition of the said rate, and all 
arrears thereof, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for granting to Sugar Duties 
Her Majesty certain Duties on Sugar imported into Bill. 


the United Kingdom for the service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-two: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Hundred of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Babergh 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of inhabited Houses in the 
several Parishes included within the Hundred of 
Babergh, in the County of Suffolk, with the Amount 
of Population, taken from the last Census. 
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. 


(Suffolk.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Co- Depwade 
pies of a Correspondence between the Board of Union. 


Guardians of the Depwade Union and the Poor Law 
Commissioners, which took place in May 1841 or 
about that time, relating to the case of a widow 
named Booty, who was then residing at Eaton, near 
Norwich. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Vessels, 


Returns of the Number of Sailing Vessels employed 
in the Coasting Trade, with their Tonnage ; speci- 
fying the Number of Mates, Seamen, Apprentices 
and Servants, separately :—And of Steam Vessels, 
with their Tonnage; specifying the Number of 
Mates, Servants, Seamen, Apprentices, Engineers, 
Stokers, and their Apprentices : — And, similar 
Returns for the Foreign Trade, and for the Colonial 
Trade. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Registration 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, stating the Sums which have been annu- 
ally received from the year 1832 up to the present 
time, under the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 45, s. 56, for the Re- 
gistration of Voters in each of the Metropolitan Bo- 
roughs, by the Overseers of the Poor; specifying 
the Amounts received in each Borough for each 
year, and the manner in which the same have been 
applied. 

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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of Voters 
( Metropolis.) 








Public Debt, 
&amp;e. 


Tonian States, 


East India. 


Mines and 
Collieries, 


Mines and 


Collieries Bill. 


Customs Acts. 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts, showing, in columns, the Total Amount 
of the Funded and Unfunded Unredeemed Public 
Debt of the United Kingdom, both as to Capital 
and Charge, as it stood on the 1st day of February 
or the 5th day of January in each year, from 1797 
to 1842, both inclusive ; showing the Increase or 
Decrease in each period of Five years during that 
time :—Also, the Average Price of Gold and of 3 
per cent. Consols during each year and each period 
above mentioned :—And, of the Circulation, Depo- 
sits and Securities of the Bank of England, and of 
its Stock of Bullion, for each year and for each of 
the periods above mentioned. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quarterly Payments made to the 
Treasury from the contribution of £.35,000 per an- 
num, payable to Great Britain for Military Pro- 
tection of the Jonian States, from the year 1823 in- 
clusive ; the Dates of these respective Payments to 
be given, and the periods for which they were paid. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Gross Revenue derived from Land, 
Customs, Stamps, Salt, Opium, Post-office, Excise 
and other sources, in each of the Presidencies of 
Bengal, Madras, Bombay and Agra, during the 
years 1809-10, 1819-20, 1829-30, 1839-40 ; show- 
ing the Cost of Collection and per-centage in pro- 
portion to the Receipt ; the Amount of the Indian 
Debt and the Interest thereon; and the Charges, 
in each of the above-mentioned years, of the Go- 
vernment, under its several heads. 


Petitions from Greenwich ;—Islington;—The Me- 
tropolis ;—and, Cheltenham ; praying the House to 
pass a law to prohibit the employment of women 





Junii. A. 1842. 


Schedule, No. 11.—continued. 























Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Ofand from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 
Boots, Shoes and Calashes—continued. 
if trimmed or lined with fur or &amp;+.4) 60 @ 
any other trimming, the dozen pairs | ~ 12 -—]}| -12 - 
— Shoes of silk, satin, jean, or other 
stuffs, kid, morocco or other leather 
the dozen pairs | - 9 -}| - 9 ~ 
if trimmed or lined with fur or any 
other trimming - thedozenpairs| - 10 - | -10 -— 
Girls’ Boots, Shoes and Calashes, not 
exceeding seven inches in length, to 
be charged with two-thirds of the 
above duties. 
Men’s Boots - - thedozen pairs| 1 8 -{ 1 8 — 
Shoes - - the dozen pairs | -14 -| -14 ~- 





Boys’ Boots and Shoes, not exceeding 
seven inches in length, to be charged 
with two-thirds of the above duties. 


Leather; viz.— 
Boot fronts, not exceeding nine inches 





inheight - - the dozen pairs; - 3 6] - 8 6 
exceeding nine inches in height 
the dozen pairs| - 5 6] - 5 6 


Leather cut into shapes, or any article 
made of Leather, or any manufacture 
whereof Leather is the most valuable 
part, not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed - for every 1001. value | 15 - 


Gloves of Leather; viz.— 
Habit Mitts - - 





1 - - 


- the dozen pairs | — 
Habit Gloves - - the dozen pairs | — 
Men’s Gloves . - the dozen pairs | — 
Women’s Gloves, or Mitts, the dozen pairs 





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Parchment 
Vellum - - is o 


the dozen sheets | - 
+ the skin | —- 


Schedule 11, agreed to. 





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12. Corron, Hair, Linen, Woot, and 
Manvuractures thereof. 





and children in Mines and Collieries,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to prohibit the Employment of Women and Girls in 
Mines and Collieries, to regulate the Employment 
of Boys, and make Provisions for the safety of Per- 
sons working therein: And that Lord Ashley, Mr. 


Cotton, Hair, Linen, Wool, &amp;c. viz. 
Bandstring, twist - thedozen knots, 
each containing 32 yards | — 
Candlewick - - - the ewt. - 
Cotton, Manufacturesof - for every 
100 7. value 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 


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Fox Maule and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and| 


bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts rela- 
ting tothe Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 


Schedule, No. 11.—Manuractures of LEATHER. 





Rates of Duty. 





Of and from 


ARTICLES. Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 








Boots, Shoes and Calashes; viz.-— 
Women’s Boots and Calashes, 
the dozen pairs 
Proposed to fill the blank with “ twelve shillings.” 
Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with “ one 
“ pound.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ twelve shillings ;” 
The Committee divided : 








Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : aot 

Tellers for they Mr. George Palmer, } - 
Noes, Mr. Benjamin Wood : on 


Women’s Boots and Calashes, 





the dozen pairs ~ B- - 12 
——— iflined or trimmed with fur or other 
trimming = - - the dozen pairs | -15 -]| -15 - 
Shoes, with cork or double soles, 
quilted shoes and clogs, the dozen pairs} - 10 — - 10 











The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Brotherton, 


Yeas, Mr. Cobden : _ 
Tellers for the = Thomas Fremantle, ., 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : cae 


Question proposed, That the blank be filled with 57. 

Whereupon Motion made and Question, That 
the Chairman do leave the Chair put, and Ne- 
gatived. 

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 Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 8° die Junii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Friday next. 


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further consideration the Report on the Tithes Com- 
mutation Bill ; 
i , Ordered, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tithes Commu- 


tation Bill. 














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Shipwrecks, 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon ‘Tuesday last, That the Petition of Captain 

eorge William Manby, praying the House to 
sanction the appointment of a Select Committee for 
the purpose of examining into and reporting their 
Opinion as to the utility and practicability of the 
Petitioner’s plan for saving the lives and property 
of Her Majesty’s subjects from loss by Shipwreck, 
which was presented upon the 26th day of May last, 
be referred to a Select Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Law of 
Merchants Act Amendment Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 9. Leave out “ faith’ and insert “ secu- 
* way.” 

Pr. 4.1.8. Leave out from “the” to “of” in 
1, 5., and insert “ security.” 

Pr. 7.1. 8. Leave out from “to” to “upon” in 
1. 9., and insert “be respectively pledges of and 
“ liens.” 

Pr. 7.1. 16. Leave out from “behalf” to “and” 
in 1. 34., and insert “and where any loan or advance 
«* shall be bond fide made to any agent entrusted 
“ with and in possession of any such goods or do- 
“ cuments of title as aforesaid, on the faith of any 
“ contract or agreement to consign, deposit, trans- 
“ fer or deliver such goods or documents of title as 


“ aforesaid, and such goods or documents of title 
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shall actually be received by the person making 
“ such loan or advance without notice that such 
“‘ agent was not authorized to make such pledge or 
“ security, every such loan or advance shail be 
“ deemed and taken to be a loan or advance on 
““ security of such goods or documents of title 
“¢ within the meaning of this Act, though such goods 
or documents of title shall not actually be re- 
ceived by the person making such loan or ad- 
vance, till the period subsequent thereto.” 
Pr. 8.1.11. Leave out from “ evidence” to “ pro- 
“ vided” in |. 13. 
Pr. 8. ls. 21. and 22. Leave out from “ aforesaid” 
to “ Provided” in Pr. 9. 1. 6., and insert Clause (A.) 
CiauseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That if any agent entrusted as aforesaid 
shall, contrary to or without the authority of his 
“ principal in that behalf, for his own benefit, and 


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as and by way of a pledge, lien or security, or 
shall, contrary to or without such authority, for 
his own benefit, and in violation of good faith, 
“ accept any advance on the faith of any contract 
“ or agreement to consign, deposit, transfer or de- 
“ liver such goods or documents of title as aforesaid, 
every such agent shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be 
sentenced to transportation for any term not ex- 
ceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, 
or to suffer such other punishment by fine or im- 
prisonment, or by both, as the court shall award ; 
and every clerk or other person who shall know- 
ingly and wilfully act and assist in making any 
such consignment, deposit, transfer or delivery, 
or in accepting or procuring such advance as 
aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
“ meanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be 
“ liable at the discretion of the court to any of the 
“« punishments which the court shall award as here- 
inbefore last mentioned: Provided nevertheless, 
That no such agent shdll be liable to any prose- 
cution for consigning, depositing, transferrmg or 
delivering any such goods or documents of title, 
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« in case the same shall not be made a security for 
“ or subject to the payment of any greater sum of 
money than the amount which at the time of such 
consignment, deposit, transfer or delivery was 
justly due and owing to such agent from his 
principal, together with the amount of any bills 
of exchange drawn by or on account of such 
principal, and accepted by such agent: Provided 
also, That the conviction of any such agent so 
convicted as aforesaid, shall not be received in 
evidence in any action at law or suit in equity, 
against him, and no agent entrusted as aforesaid, 
shall be liable to be convicted by any evidence 
whatsoever in respect of any act done by him, if 
he shall at any time previously to his being in- 
dicted for such offence have disclosed such act 
on oath, in consequence of any compulsory pro- 
cess of any court of law or equity, in any action, 
suit or proceeding which shall have been bond 
fide instituted by any party aggrieved, or if he 
shall have disclosed the same in any examination 
or exposition before any commissioner of bank- 
* rupt.” 

The Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 7.1. 16., being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 7. 1.16., The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by inserting 
after the word “ agreement” the words “ in writing.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(giving validity to contracts or other things done 
before the passing of the Act.) 

And the said Clause was brought up, and thrice 
read, and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, and 
is as followeth ; viz. 

“ Provided also, and be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to give validity 
to or in anywise to affect any contract, agreement, 
lien, pledge or other act, matter or thing, made 
or done before the passing of this Act.” 

Then the Amendments following were made to 
the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 3.1. 30. After “agent” insert “who shall 
“ thereafter be.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 23. Leave out “ evidencing” and insert 
used in the ordinary course of business as proof of.” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trade 


into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Suppres- 
sion (Haytt) 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 Slave Trade 


into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Abolition 
(Argentine Confederation) Bill; and, after some time 


spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Bill. 


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 into Slave ‘Trade 
a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties Bill ; Treaties Bill. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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. 


reading of the Witnesses’ Indemnity Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 





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Punishment 
of Death 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


No. 298, 


Syria. 
No. 299. 


Yeomanry, 


No. 300. 


Emigration. 


No. 301. 


Boroughs. 
No. 302. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


No, 303. 


352 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to assimilate the Law in Jre- 
land, as to the Punishment of Death, to the Law in 
England ; to abolish the Punishment of Death, in 
certain cases in Jreland, and to substitute other 
Punishments in lieu thereof ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

Pr. 2. 1. 30. After “ years” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
alter or in anywise affect the Provisions of an 
Act passed in the third and fourth years of the 
reien of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to repeal certain penal 
Enactments made in the Parliament of Ireland, 
against Roman Catholic Clergymen for celebrat- 
ing Marriages contrary to the Provisions of cer- 
tain Acts made in the Parliament of Ireland.’” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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 Order for reading a second time, this day, 
the Bonded Corn Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of this instant June. 


The Select Committee on the Parish Constables 
Bill was nominated of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. 
Packe, Lord Seymour, Mr. Pakington, Lord Harry 
Vane, Mr. Henley, Mr. Charles Howard, Mr. Bar- 
neby, Mr. Childers, Mr. Darby, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 
Mr. Burroughes, Lord Worsley, Mr. Manners Sutton 
and Mr. Charles Wood. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lord Ashley presented a Bill to prohibit the Em- 
ployment of Women and Girls in Mines and Col- 
lieries, to regulate the Employment of Boys, and 
make Provisions for the safety of Persons working 
therein: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
the 15th day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to 
enable Her Majesty to grant a Gratuity to the Offi- 
cers, Seamen, Royal Marines and Military Officers 
lately employed on the Coast of Syria; to be dis- 
tributed in such manner as Her Majesty in Council 
shall direct. 

Mr. Sidney Herbert also presented, — Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of March 
last, for a Return of Naval and Marine Officers, and 
of Seamen and Marines, employed in the Civil Ser- 
vice of the Navy; specifying their Length of Time 
in Active Service, and the Situations they now hold. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Estimate relative to Syria be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Yeo- 
manry, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies or Extracts of Corre- 
spondence between the Colonial Office and the 
Authorities in the Colonies relative to Emigration, 
wh ich were presented yesterday, be printed. 


‘Ordered, That the Paper relative to Boroughs, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Shannon 


Navigation, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


7°—8° Junie. 





A. 1842, 
Mercurii, 8° die Junii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Strutt reported from the Select Committee Bathurst's 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Estate Bill. 
case of Bathurst’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 

were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Struti reported from the Select Committee on Primrose iI) 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the Bill. 
Primrose Hill Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as power is proposed 
to be taken to enable Her Majesty to purchase the 
remainder of the Lease of John Spicer Hulbert, and 
it does not appear that the name of the said Lessee 
has been deposited in the Private Bill Office. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Electors of the Town and Borough Nottingham 
of Nottingham, praying the House to discontinue Town Writ. 
the suspension of the Writ for the said Town, and 
to facilitate to the Petitioners the means of exer- 
cising the right to which they are by law entitled— 
the right of returning to the House another Burgess 
to serve them in the present Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed, together 
with the number of signatures attached. 


Petitions from Salford ;— and, Macclesfield ; 
praying the House to pass an Act to limit the hours 
of labour of young persons employed in Factories 
to ten hours a day, for five days in the week, and 
eight hours on the Saturday,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Factories. 


Petitions from Belfast, Lisburn, and their vicinity ; Fisheries _ 
—and, Kildare; praying that the Fisheries (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
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 of Governors and Governesses of the Medical 
Glasslough Fever Hospital ;— and, Subscribers to soar 
the Athboy Dispensary; praying the House to make — 
such alteration in the law, as may render the Medical 
Charities of Ireland efficient, and regulate their ad- 
ministration, and that they shall not be subject to 
the control or government of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners,— were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the First Presbyterian Church 
Congregation, Londonderry, praying the House to aa 
relieve the Church of Scotland from the law of Pa- S*t"*? 
tronage by its immediate and final abolition, and to 
protect the church courts in the enjoyment of their 
spiritual jurisdiction, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor of Down, praying Lagan Navi- 
that provision may be made in the Lagan Navigation gation Bill. 
Bill to secure for the benefit of a charitable fund for 
widows of the clergy of the diocese of Down, the 
re-payment of the sums advanced out of the monies 
of the said fund to the Lagan Navigation Company, 
with interest thereon, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Seaford (Chairman of a Meeting) ; Poor Law 
— and, Coventry; praying that the Poor Law Amendment 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now se 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Guardians of the Poor Law 
Holsworthy Poor Law Union, in the counties of De- — 
von and Cornwall, praying for alteration of the Poor a 
Law Amendment Act, with relation to cases of bas- 

tardy, 





Leeds Improve- 


ment Bill. 


Leeds Improve- 


ment Bill. 


Leeds Burial 
Grounds Bill. 


Roman 
Catholics. 


Boots and 
Shoes, 


Limerick 
Church: 


Charles 
Southwell, 


Literary and 
Scientific 
lnstitutions, 


Waterloo, &amp; 
Bridges, » XC, 


5 Vicroriz. 


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


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the borough of Leeds, praying that the Leeds Im- 
provement’ Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Beckett reported from the Committee on the 
Leeds Improvement Bill ; and to whom several Peti- 
tions against the said Bill were referred ; and who 
were empowered to make provision by a separate Bill 
for providing additional Burial Grounds in the Parish 
of Leeds, in the West Riding of the County of York ; 
That they had considered several of the said Peti- 
tions, and had heard counsel in support of one of 
them, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and that the Committee had, pursuant to the 
power given them by the House, made provision 
by a separate Bill for providing additional Burial 
Grounds in the said Parish of Leeds ; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill referred to them, 
for better lighting, cleansing, sewering and improv- 
ing the Borough of Leeds, in the County of York, 
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 Bull, as amended, be printed 
at the expense of the parties ; distinguishing, in dif- 
ferent type, the Amendments made by the Committee 
from the original Bill. 

Mr. Beckett also reported from the said Com- 
mittee, That they had examined the allegations of 
the other of the said Bills, for providing additional 
Burial Grounds in the said Parish of Leeds, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed, at the expense 
of the parties. 


Petitions from Hampstead ;— Clitheroe ;— and, 
Ashton-under-Lyne, and other places; complaining 
of grievances aftecting Roman Catholics ; and pray- 
ing that they may be placed upon a footing of per- 
fect equality, in point of civil rights and enjoyments, 
with Her Majesty’s subjects professing other reli- 
gious persuasions,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Boot and Shoe-makers, and other 
Inhabitants of Clonmel, praying the House not to 
reduce the present duty on foreign-made Boots and 
Shoes, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter, bearing date the 8th day of Octo- 
ber 1836, signed by the Reverend J. Wilson, gua- 
ranteeing the Payment by the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners, of £.1,000 towards the Expenditure on 
the New Church, in the Parish of Saint Michael’s, 
Limerick, when the Body and Interior of such 
Church, excepting the Spire, shall be approved of, 
as executed by the Provincial Architect. 


A Petition of Advocates for unlimited Free Inquiry, 
praying the House to adopt such measures as will 
free Charles Southwell, imprisoned at Bristol, for 
publishing alleged blasphemous opinions, from fine 
and imprisonment, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Leicester Mecha- 
nics Institute ;—and, Members of the London Me- 
chanics Institution; praying the House to exempt 
Literary and Scientific Institutions from all rates 
and taxes,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders, Workmen and In- 
habitants of and in the vicinity of the western district 
of Spitalfields, praying the House to adopt measures 


for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Vou, 97. 


8° Juniz. 





353 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauvhall Bridges, was 


i and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in Cockermouth, praying for the repeal of the Stamp Certificates. 
duty on their Annual Certificates, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Letters of 
Orders,—A Return of the Number of Letters of Marque. 
Marque granted by the Admiralty during the Wars 
which commenced in 1798 and 1808, and of all 
Abuses and Outrages committed by Vessels sailing 
under such Licenses during the years 1793 to 1797, 
and the years 1803 to 1807, inclusive, and which 
Abuses and Outrages have been reported to the 
Admiralty. 

A Return of the Number of Hours occupied by Liverpool and 
the Government Steam Packets in their Passages Kingstown, &amp;c., 
from Liverpool to Kingstown, and Kingstown to sianeeaes 
Liverpool, each day, from the 1st day of January 
1838 to the 1st day of January 1839, with the 
Name of each Packet:—And, a similar Return of 
the Packets between Holyhead and Kingstown. 


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


Petitions of John Joseph Robinson ;—Thomas Salmon 
Robertson ;—and, William Martin; praying that ae 
the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 1.) Bill may Ne 1.) Bill 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply, Heritors Salmon 
and Justices of the Peace of the county of Inver- (Sentland) 
ness, praying that the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Non orn 
(No. 1.) Bill may not pass into a law ; and, that the Bills. 
Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Tenants of Salmon Salmon 
Fishings on the Rivers Dee and Don, and sea-coast (hootiond) 
in the vicinity thereof, praying that the Salmon (No, 2.) Bill. 
Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors of the Salmon FisLings 
on the River Vess, and its tributaries, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into galmon 
further consideration the Report on the Salmon Fisheries 
Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill; eae a.) Bill 

And a Motion being made, and the Question’ ““*  ~ 
being proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

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 
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 thef Mr. Edward Ellice, 


+ 
Yeas, U Mr. Fox Maule : f ates 
Tellers for they Mr. William Mackenzie, \ , 0 
Noes, \ Mr. Forbes: , esa 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resulved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solved itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to beread 2°, paragraphby paragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 
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Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Manslaughter 
Bill. 


Copyright 
Registration 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill, 


Customs Acts, 


354. 


Cravse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravszs, N° 3 to N° 8, agreed to. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 upon Fri- 
day next. 


The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednes- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manslaughter Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas were directed by Mr. Speaker to go forth 
to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Captain Polhill was appointed one of the Tellers 
for the Yeas; and there being no Member to be the 
second Teller for the Yeas, Mr. Speaker declared 
that the Noes had it. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 

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 Friday 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 Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Sugar Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the several Acts 
relating to the Duties of Customs. 

(In the Committee.) 

Schedule, No. 12.—continued. 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from |Of a nd from 


Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





Cotton, Hair, Linen, Wool, &amp;c.—continued. 
Cotton, Manufactures of - - for every 
1002, value - ° e 


Question again proposed, That the blank be filled 
with “ Five pounds.” 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the blank be filled with “ Three pounds ten shil- 
“ lings” ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Mangles, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Hume : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Noes, Mr. Pringle : 

Question, That the blank be filled 

““ pounds,”"——put, and agreed to. 


Cotton, Manufacturesof - - for every | 
1001. value - - | 


- - -| 5 

Yarn - for every 1001. value | 10 

Articles, or Manufactures of | 
Cotton, wholly or in part made up, not 

otherwise charged with duty - - for | 

every 100/. value . = | 

Flax and Tow, or Codilla of Hemp or Flax, 

whether dressed or undressed - the ewt. | 

Floks- - - - = theewt. | 

Gauze of Thread - for every 100/. value | 


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8° Juniz. 


Schedule, No. 12.—continued. 


A, 1842, 





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Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. 


Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Of and from 


British 


Possessions. 








Cotton, Hair, Linen, Wool, &amp;e.—continued. 
Hair, viz. 
Camel’s Hair or Wool - 
Cow, Ox, Bull or Elk Hair 
Goat’s Hair (see Wool. ) 
Horse Hair - - - the cwt. 
Not otherwise enumerated or described, 
for every 100 l. value 
Manufactures of Hair or Goats’ Wool, 
or of Hair or Goats’ Wool and any 
other material, and articles of such 
Manufacture wholly or in part made 
up, not particularly enumerated or 
otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1001. value 
Inkle, unwrought - - - the lb. 
wrought - - - the Ib. 


the lb. 
the cwt. 





Linen, or Linen and Cotton, viz. 

Cambrics and Lawns, commonly called 
French Lawns, the piece not exceed- 
ing eight yards in length, and not 
exceeding seven-eighths of a yard in 
breadth, and so in proportion for any 
greater or less quantity : 

Plain - - - - the piece 

Bordered Handkerchiefs - the piece 

Lawns of any other sort, not French, 

for every 1001. value 

Lace, Thread - for every 100/. value 

—— made by the hand, commonly 
called Cushion or Pillow Lace, whe- 
ther of Linen, Cotton or Silken 
Thread - for every 1001. value 

Damasks - - the square yard 

Damask Diaper - the square yard 

Plain Linens and Diaper, not otherwise 
enumerated or described, and whether 
chequered or striped with dyed Yarn 
or not - for every 1002. value 

Sails - - for every 1007. value 

in actual use of a British ship, and 
fit and necessary for such ship, and 
not otherwise disposed of - - 

Sails, if and when otherwise disposed of, 

for every 1007. value 

Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen 
mixed with Cotton or with Wool, not 
particularly enumerated or otherwise 
charged with duty, for every 100. 
value - - ~ - - - 

Thread, not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed - for every 1007. value 





Wool; viz. 
Alpaca and the Llama tribe - 
Beaver - - - - 
cut and combed. - the Ib. 
Coney - + - - the Ib. 
Cotton, or Waste of Cotton Wool, 
the ewt. 


the ewt. 
the lb. 








£. s. d. 


15 


15 
12 


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Question proposed, That the blank be filled with 

“ Two shillings and eleven pence.” 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the blank be filled with “ One penny” ; 


The Committee divided : 


Sir Thomas Fremanile, 


Tellers for the { Dr. Bowring, 

Yeas, Mr. Mark Philips $ 
Tellers for the 

Noes, Mr. Pringle : 


} 44. 
| } 97. 


Question, That the blank be filled with “Two 


“ shillings and eleven pence,”——put, and agreed 
to. 
Cotton, or Waste of Cotton Wool, 
the ewt. - 211 - - 4 
Goats’, or Hair - - the ewt. =- £8 free. 
Hares’ - ~ - - the lb. - = | free. 


Sheep or Lambs’ Wool; viz. 
not being of the value of 1s. the 








Ib. thereof - - - the lb. 





Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the rate of Duty upon the importation of Sheep and 
Lambs’ Wool, of or from Foreign Countries, be, 


the ewt. one shilling ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Beckett, 
Yeas, 


Noes, 


Mr. Charles Wood : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
L Mr. Pringle : 


65. 


J 
} 122. 


Motion 


5 Vicroriz. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the rate of 
Duty upon the importation of Sheep or Lambs’ 
Wool, not being of the value of one shilling the 
pound thereof, of or from Foreign Countries, be, 
the ewt. one shilling ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. George William em a” 

Yeas, Mr. Stuart Wortley : ; 

Tellers for theJ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 96 

Noes, Mr. Pringle : ° 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 


Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





Cotton, Hair, Linen, Wool, &amp;c.—continued. 


Sheep or Lambs’ Wool; viz. 
not being of the value of 1s. the 


£. 3s. d.| £. 8. d. 








Ib. thereof - -  - - thelb | - — 3) free. 
being of the value of 1s. the lb. 
orupwards - - - thelb | - - 1 free. 
Woollens ; viz. 


Manufactures of Wool, not being Goats’ 
Wool, or of Wool mixed with Cotton, 
not particularly enumerated or de- 
scribed, nor otherwise charged with 
duty - - forevery 1001. value} 15 - -| 5 

Articles of manufactures of Wool, not 
Goats’ Wool, or of Wool mixed with 
Cotton, wholly or in part made up, 
not otherwise charged with duty, 

for every 100/. value | 20 

Yarn, raw linen - - - thecwt.] —- 
Worsted - - - - the lb. 
Camel or Mohair, - -  thelb. 


Schedule 12, agreed to. 


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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, 9° die Junii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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. 


TithesCommue ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
‘win Bil, ~~ take into further consideration the Report on the 
Tithes Commutation Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; anda Clause was added ; 
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 resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon the 31st day of May last, That the Petition of 
Captain George William Manby, praying the House 
to sanction the appointment of a Select Committee 
for the purpose of examining into and reporting 
their Opinion as to the utility and practicability of 
the Petitioner’s plan for saving the lives and pro- 
perty of Her Majesty’s subjects from loss by Ship- 
wreck, which was presented upon the 26th day of 
| last, be referred to a Select Committee ; 


rdered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Shipwrecks, 


Law of Mere 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
— of the Law of Merchants Act Amendment 

ill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 
gute Trade Mr. Greene reported the Slave Trade Suppression 
(Heyti) Bil (Hayti) 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. 
Vou. 97. 





8°-—9° Junie. 355 


A 
Mr. Greene reported the Slave Trade Abolition Slave Trade 
(Argentine Confederation) Bill; and the Amend- Abolition 
ments were read, and agreed to. Catsdenetion) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Slave Trade Treaties Bill; Slave Trade 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to.‘ T*eaties Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Police Police Reward 
Reward Fund (Jreland), which was presented upon Fund (Ireland-) 
the 10th day of May last, be printed. No. 304. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Taxes, which Taxes. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the National National Debt 
Debt (Zreland), which was presented yesterday, be (eland-) 
printed. No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Remittance ren of 
of Public Money, which was presented yesterday, Public Maney. 
be printed. No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Expen- Expenditure of 
diture of Ireland, which was presented yesterday, be '!#"*- 
printed, No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tonnage Tonnage 
(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. (Ielan4.) 


No. 305. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports (Ire- Exports 


land), which was presented yesterday, be printed. —_(Ire!aud.) 
No. 305, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Works. 
Works, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 305. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Wine Spirits, Wine 
and Silk, which was presented yesterday, be printed. gee 
oO. e 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Pensions, Pensions. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 307. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- ——— 
siastical Establishment (West Indies), which was ~y.iu 1.4 


‘ West Indies.) 
presented yesterday, be printed. ’ No. 308. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Straw Plait, Straw Plait, &amp;. 


&amp;c., which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 309. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public Public Expen- 
Expenditure, which was presented yesterday, be “‘t" 
printed. No. 310. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits Spirits. 
distilled, Duty on Spirits removed to and from each No.311. 
Country, Duty on Foreign and British Spirits, &amp;c., 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign Foreign Wine. 
Wine, which was presented yesterday, be printed, Nv.311. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Spirits Spirits. 
imported, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No.311. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 312. 


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. 


2. 





Jovis, 9° die Junk ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


' 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 counted the 
~ sc and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 
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East India, 


East India. 


China. 


Waterford City 
Election ; 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Election may 
be questioned. 


10° Juniz. 


* 
Veneris, 10° diz Junii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


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 
several Acts of Parliament,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury 
of the East India Company, from the 1st May 1841 
to the 30th April 1842 :—2. Estimate of the Receipts 
and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the East 
India Company, from the 1st May 1842 to the 30th 
April 1843:--3. An Account of the Debts and Credits 
in England of the Government of India on the 1st 
May 1842 :—4. A List of the several Establishments 
of the Zast India Company in England, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court of 
Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st May 1842: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, Esta- 
blishments or Pensions payable in Great Britain, 
granted or created between Ist May 1841 and Ist 
May 1842 :—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 
1 May 1841 and 1 May 1842:—7. to 10. Compensa- 
tions granted between the 1st May 1841 and the 1st 
May 1842, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, s. 7. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Statement showing the Imports and Exports of 
Treasure, ineach of the Presidencies of India, from 
1814-15 to the latest period to which Accounts have 
been received, (being Account No. 2, in Appendix 
42., to Lords’ Report on the Petition of the East 
India Company.) 

A Return of all Monies repaid by Her Majesty’s 
Government to the East India Company, on account 
of the War in China, since the commencement of 
the War until the present time :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Hogg, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Waterford, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That William Christmas and William Morris 
Reade, Esquires, were not duly returned as Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the 
County of the City of Waterford. 

That Henry Winston Barron, Esquire, now Sir 
Henry Winston Barron, Baronet, and Thomas Wyse, 
Esquire, ought to have been returned as Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of the City of Waterford. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Hogg also informed the House, That the 
Committee had come to the following Resolution : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That William Christmas and William 
Morris Reade, Esquires, and all other persons en- 
titled so to do, be at liberty to question the Election 
within Fourteen days. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House upon Monday next, with the last Return 
for the City of Waterford, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the names of William Christmas and Wil- 
liam Morris Reade, Esquires, and inserting the 
names of Sir Henry Winston Barron, Baronet, and 
Thomas Wyse, Esquire, instead thereof. 

Ordered, That William Christmas and William 
Morris Reade, Esquires, and all other persons en- 
titled so to do, be at liberty to question the Election 
of the said Sir Henry Winston Barron, Baronet, and 
Thomas Wyse, Esquire, within Fourteen days next. 





A. 1849. 


Mr. Diveté, from the Select Committee appointed Athlone 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of lection 
Thomas Glynn and John Dowde, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Ath- 
lone, informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, was 
not duly returned a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Athlone. 

That Daniel Henry Farrell, Esquire, ought to 
have been returned a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Athlone. 

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 upon Monday next, with the last Return Crown to 
for the Borough of Athlone, and amend the same “4 «tum, 
by rasing out the name of George De la Poer Be- 
resford, Esquire, and inserting the name of Daniel 
Henry Farrell, Esquire, instead thereof. 

Ordered, That George De la Poer Beresford, Es- Blection may 
quire, and all other persons entitled so to do, be at be questioned, 
liberty to question the Election of the said Daniel 
Henry Farrell, Esquire, within Fourteen days next. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Kilmington 
rish of Kilmington, in the County of Devon, was !"closure Bill, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Sir John Yarde Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Three Petitions of Owners of coal mines situate Dean Forest 
within the extra-parochial parts of the Forest of ®o Bill 
Dean, praying that the Dean Forest Poor 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. 


Mr. Pendarves reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, Orders; 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Primrose Hill Primrose Hill 
Bill, the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
Bill, on depositing forthwith in the Private Bill 
Office the List of Lessees ; 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. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Bathurst’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Bathurst’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Britwell 
rishes of Britwell Salome and Britwell Prior, in lclosure Bill 
the County of Oxford, was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for taking into further consideration Sudbury 
upon Monday next, the Report on the Sudbury -— 
Improvement Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Petitions from Ermington ;—Mortgagees of the Turnpike-roads 
Tolls on the Melton Mowbray and Grantham Turn- Bill. 
pike-roads ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls on the said 
Grantham and Nottingham Turnpike-roads ;—Mort- 
gagees of the Tolls of the Foston Bridge and Witham 
Common Turnpike-road ;—Trustees of the Skipton 
and Clitheroe Turnpike-road ; — Trustees of the 
Skipton and Otley Turnpike-road ; — Trustees _ 

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the Worksop and Attercliffe Turnpike-road ;—and, 
Trustees of the Barnby Moor and Rotherham Turn- 
pike-road; praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Bromyard 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bromyard 
Roads Bill. 


Petitions from Honley ;—Foulstone ; —Golcar ;— 
Shepley ; — Almondbury ; — Cumberworth ; — and, 
Newton Heath; praying that the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act may be forthwith repealed, and the relief 
of the poor be administered as it was before the 
passing of that Act,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Nant- 
wich Union, in the county of Chester, praying 
for alteration of the said Act, with relation to cases 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


10° Junie. 





357 


the Irish Mails from Milford and Waterford, was 

also presented, and read; and referred to the said 

Select Committee. 

A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Bankers, Merchants 

and Inhabitants of the town of Wexford, stating that 

the Petitioners have heard with the deepest alarm, 

that it is in the contemplation of Her Majesty’s Go- 

vernment to remove the point of Post Communication 
between the south of Ireland and England and 
Wales, from its present station to that of Cork; and 
praying that the Packet Station at Waterford, which 
as existed upwards of fifty years, with manifest 
advantage to the commercial and agricultural inter- 
ests of the south of Ireland, may not be disturbed, 
was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough and 
neighbourhood of Brecknock, praying the House not 
sanction the removal of the Jrish Mail from the 
present route, but to encourage the improvement of 
the Old Passage Ferry, and thereby effect a national 
improvement, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


of Bastardy, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


ill, Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of Rate- 
payers of Saint Michael, and the Holy Trinity, in 
the city of Coventry ;— Todmorden ;—Chairman of 
the Ross (Hereford) Union ;—and, Wakefield; pray- 
ing that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ash, Puttenham, Seal and Long 
Sutton ;—Ash (Surrey) ;—and, Farnborough ; pray- 
ing the House not to sanction the repeal of the 
Act 22 Geo. 3, c.83, commonly called Gilbert’s Act, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Merchants, Bur- 
gesses and Citizens of the borough of Dublin, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Act, so far as the borough of Dublin is 
affected thereby, was presented, and read ; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Unions (Gil- 
bert’s Act.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Act. 


Education 


Petitions from Dromdaleague ; — Killaloe ; — 
(Ireland, ) 


Knochbride ;—Taghmon and other places ;—Bally- 
macward ;— Kilcolgan and Kinvara, &amp;c.;— and, 
Aughrim and other a praying the House to 
devise means for affording encouragement to the 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Zreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Oaths, A Petition of Inhabitants of Frome Selwood, pray- 

ing the House to provide a general form of solemn 

ill Affirmation for all christians, of whatever sect or de- 
nomination, who cannot conscientiously swear, was 

presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Bristol, 
praying the House to institute an inquiry into the 
nature of the instruction given in the College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Posteoffice 
Communication. 


Petitions of the President of the Bristol Chamber 
of Commerce ;—and, Great Western Railway Com- 
pany; praying for the removal of the Mail Packet 
roads Station for the south of Lreland, from Hobbs’ Point, 
near Pembroke, to Kingroad, within the port of Bris- 
tol,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Post-office Communication. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Justices of the Peace for the county of Brecon, as- 
sembled in Quarter Sessions, praying the House not 
to sanction the removal of the packet station for 


— Royton ;— Lees ; — Horwich ; — 


Petitions from Oldham ;—Chorley ;—Stockport ; Factories. 
arrington ; — 
Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; — Todmorden ; — Little- 
borough ; — Wigan ; — Manchester (thirteen Peti- 
tions) ;— Little Bolton ;— Crompton ;—Darlington ; 
— Ovenden (three Petitions) ; — Little Horton ;— 
East Bowling ;— Upper Warley ;— Huddersfield ;— 
Idle ;— North Bierley ;—Skercoat;— West Bowling ; 
—Bolton Brow ; — Heckmondwike ; — Wheatley 
( York) ;—Marsh ;— Newton (Lancaster) ;— Warley ; 
— Mount Pellon ;—Mossley ;—Mixenden ;—North- 
owram ;— Birkenshaw ; — Birstal ;—Shelf ;—Wils- 
den ; — Allerton; — Clayton West; — Crossland ;— 
and, Newton Heath; praying the House to adopt 
measures for limiting the hours of labour of young 
persons employed in Factories, to ten hours a day 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 
Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shefford ;—and, Newport (Isle of Roman 
Wight); complaining of grievances affecting Roman Catholics. 
Catholics, and praying that they may be placed 

upon a footing of perfect equality, in point of civil 

rights and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s subjects 
professing other religious persuasions,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and other Inhabitants of church 

the Rural Deanery of Arllechwed, in the county of Establishment 
Carnarvon, and diocese of Bangor, praying for the (¥*'*) 
repeal of so much of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, as 

provides for the union of the Sees of Bangor and 

Saint Asaph, and the appropriation of the surplus 

revenues, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, praying the Arrestment 
House to pass a legislative enactment protecting of Wages 
A 5 “4 (Scotland. ) 
and exempting Wages from the diligence of Arrest- 
ment in Scotland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Birkenhead ;— and, Wendover ; Railways Bill. 
praying for the insertion of a Clause in the Railways 
Bill, to the effect that no Railway shall be used 
on the Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity or ne- 
cessity,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Saint Newfoundland. 
John’s, in Her Majesty’s Island of Mewfoundland, 
stating that by an informality in issuing the Writs 
for a general Election, without the Great Seal, in 
1836, the Executive declared the Elections invalid, 
and complaining that the convention of the legisla- 





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ture has been retarded to this late period, which, un- 
der the regular operation of the constitution, should 
be now in Session ; and praying that the Inhabitants 
of Newfoundland may be permitted to enjoy unin- 
terruptedly that constitution to which they are at- 
tached, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 
Blackburn A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
a Canal Navigation from Leeds to Liverpool, praying 


that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Blackburn 
and Chorley 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. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords, with re- 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Toxteth Park 
Paving and Sewerage Bill, and to make Report 
thereof to the House :—And a Committee was ap- 

ointed of Viscount Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, 
Mr. Shaw, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Henley: And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Public Petitions Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Select Com- 
— mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented from the 3d to the 
7th days of this instant June, both days 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. 


East India Sik. A Petition of Members of the Bengal Chamber 
of Commerce, and others resident in Calcutta, pray- 
ing for a reduction of duty on the importation of 
the Silk Manufactures of the East Indies into Great 
Britain, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Neweastle- A Petition of Freemen and Widows of deceased 
upon-Tyne P T ss " 3 : 
Hospital. Freemen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the 


House to take such steps that the Town Council of the 
said borough may be called on to keep and maintain 
the hospital at the Westgate, at its full complement, 
and that the freemen and widows of freemen may 
have the full benefit and advantage thereof, accord- 
ing to the intention of the legislature in introducing 
and passing the second section of the Municipal 
Corporations Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 


a A Petition of Inhabitant Householders, Traders, 
Bridges. 


Operatives and Residents of the southern district of 
the parish of Saint Leonard’s, Shoreditch, praying 
the House to adopt measures for redeeming and ex- 
tinguishing the Tolls upon Water/oo, Southwark and 
Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill. 


Sir Howard Douglas reported from the Committee 
appointed to inspect the Journals of the House of 
Lords, with relation to any Proceedings upon the 
Torteth Park Paving and Sewerage 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 same were read, as follow : 


“ Die Jovis, 9° Junij, 1842: 
“The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the 
Lords’ Commiitees, to whom the Bill, intituled, ‘ An 


Act for better paving and improving the Streets and 
Highways within the Extra-parochial Place of 7o2- 


« Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage Bill.” 





A. 1849, 


teth Park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for the Sewerage of certain Parts of the said Place,’ 
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 Amendment 
thereto ; 

“ Which Amendment was read by the Clerk, as 
follows (viz.) : 

“ Pr. 107. 1. 4. After ‘same’ insert Clause (A.) 

“ Crause (A.) ‘ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners shall and may, and they are 
hereby authorized and empowered to proceed for 
the recovery of any rate, which was duly made in 
the said extra-parochial place, under and by virtue 
of the Act passed in the fifth and sixth years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to Highways in that part 
of Great Britain called England,” and which still 
remains unpaid, and for that purpose shall have 
the same powers and authorities as the board of 
surveyors within the said extra-parochial place 
had for the recovery thereof immediately before 
the passing of this Act, and shall apply the money 
which they may so recover, after deducting the 
costs and expenses of such recovery, to the payment 
and discharge of any debts which may be legally 
due and owing from the board of surveyors under 
the said Act, and the overplus, if any, in like 
manner as the paving rate hereby authorized to be 
‘ levied is directed to be applied.’ 

“ Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken 
into further consideration on this day six months.” 


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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Toxteth Park 
of the Petition for the Torteth Park Paving and Paving and 
Sewerage Bill, which, upon the 9th day of March (Nos 35 Bil 
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 better paving and improving the Streets and 
Highways within the extra-parochial place of Toz- 
teth Park, in the county palatine of Lancaster, and 
for the Sewerage of certain parts of the said place: 

And that Viscount Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Law of Evidence Bill was read the first time ; Law of Evi- 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday deuce Bill. 


next. No. 313, 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the borough pablic Houses 
and Foreign of Walsall, praying the House not to Bill. 
sanction the insertion of a clause in the Public 
Houses Bill, for closing public houses from twelve 
o’clock on Saturday night to one o’clock on the 
Sunday afternoon, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Knight, of Galway, an Rivers (Ire- 
Officer on half pay of Her Majesty’s 28th Regiment !aad) Bill. 
of Foot, praying that the Rivers (Jreland) Bull may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Earl of Fingall and_ others, Belgium. 

praying that the international communication between 
Great Britain and Belgium may be every week-day, 
and that letters may or may not be paid for to and 
from Belyium and Great Britain, as now is the case 
with letters from Great Britain to France, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Occupiers residing Cattle, Meat, 
within the three hundreds of Newport, in the a &amp;e, 
o 





Lice 
nati 
Bill, 


Tith 
tati 








Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation Bill. 


Sugar and 
Coffee. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland. ) 


Law of Settle- 
ment, 


Rating of 
Tenements, 


Judicial 
Establishment 
(Scotland, ) 


5 Vicroriz. 


of Buckingham, praying that the prohibition of the 
importation of Cattle may be continued, and that no 
reduction may be made in the protecting duties 
heretofore charged on Meat, and on all other agri- 
cultural productions, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Beall, Proprietor of a private 
Lunatic Asylum, in the parish of Nun Keeling, in 
the county of York, praying that provision may be 
made in the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill, that 
licensed houses in England and Wales may be placed 
under the same inspection as the County Lunatic 
Asylums, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Elisha William Hood, m.a., Incum- 
bent of the vicarage of Nasing, in the county of 
York, praying that the Tithes Commutation Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 


= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Grocers and 
Coffee Dealers of Ormskirk, praying for a reduction 
of the Duties on Sugar and Coffee, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Governors and Governesses of the 
Glasslough and Emyvale Dispensary, praying the 
House to make such alteration in the law as may 
render the Medical Charities of Jreland efficient, 
and regulate their administration, and that they 
shall not be subjected to the control or government 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor 
of the Wakefield Union, praying the House to insti- 
tute an inquiry into the i of Settlement, with a 
view of making amendments therein, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Vice Chairman 
of the Board of Guardians of the poor of the Saint 
Germans Union, in the counties of Cornwall and 
Devon, praying that landlords may be held rateable 
for all Tenements the annual value of which does not 
exceed five pounds, 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, showing, in columns, an Abstract of the 
whole Expenditure, in the year 1841, of the Judicial 
Establishment in Scotland, whether provided for by 
Issues from the Revenues of Customs, Excise, by 
Grant of Parliament, or from any other source, and 
distinguishing under the following heads; viz. 


Courts of Session and Justiciary in Edinburgh :— 


1. The Number of Judges in the Court of Session, 
with the Amount of their Salaries as such, and as 
Judges in Justiciary, if any. 

2. The Amount of Allowances paid to the Judges 
when going Circuit ; with the Total Amount of the 
Cost of Circuits; and the Names and Number of 
Judges who are liable to go on Circuit. 

3. The Names and Number of Towns in which 
Assizes are held in Scotland. 

4. The Number of Private Clerks supplied to the 
Judges, with the Amount of the Salaries, Perquisites 
and Emoluments of these Private Clerks. 

_ 5. The Number of Clerks of Session, Jury, Jus- 
ticiary and Teinds, attached to or connected with 
these Courts, including the Register Office ; with 
the Amount of their Salaries, Perquisites and Emolu- 
ments. 

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6. The Amount of all other Charges arising out 
of or connected with the aforesaid Courts respec- 
tively, in Edinburgh. 

The Return to show the Amount of Charge under 
each head ; and the whole Amount in one sum for 
the above Courts and Offices connected with them. 


Lord Advocate’s Department; the Expense of 
the Office of Lord Advocate, and also of the 
Criminal Prosecutions at the instance of the 
Lord Advocate:— 


1. The Salary of the Lord Advocate. 

2. The Fees in Crown cases, with all Perquisites 
and Allowances otherwise paid by the Public to the 
person holding the Office of Lord Advocate; the 
Fees in Crown cases to be separately stated. 

3. The Salary of the Crown Agent. 

4. The Fees, Perquisites, Allowances and other- 
wise paid by the Public to the Crown Agent. 

5. The Number of Depute Advocates appointed 
by the Lord Advocate. 

6. The Salaries, Fees and whole Emoluments of 
the Depute Advocates. 

This Return to show the whole Amount to be 
charged to the country, on account of and under 
Authority of the Lord Advocate’s Department. 


County Courts :— 


1. The Number of County Courts in Scotland 
having Stipendiary Judges paid by the Public. 

2. The Number of Stipendiary County Judges 
= to the above Courts, and who are called 
Sheriffs. 

3. The Amount of the Salaries of these Judges. 
4. The Amount of Fees, Travelling Charges, and 
all other Expenses charged to the Country by these 
Judges, for attending Registration Courts, and other- 
wise. 

5. The Amount of all other Charges made by 
these Judges against the Public. 

6. The Number of Stipendiary Deputies who have 
been appointed by the aforesaid County Judges, 
which Deputies are commonly called “ Sheriff Sub- 
stitutes.” 

7. The Amount of the Salaries of these Deputy 
Judges. 

8. The Amount of all Fees and Emoluments, if 
any, payable to these Deputy Judges, over and above 
their Net Salary. 

9. All other Charges which are borne by the 

Public for the Maintenance of the County Courts in 
Scotland, so as to show the Total Cost of these 
Courts in one sum. 
The Estimate to include all other Charges what- 
ever, usually made in any of the above Departments, 
so as to show the actual bond fide Cost of each, as 
well as the actual bond fide whole Amount of the 
Judicial Establishments of Scotland, as chargeable 
against the Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, 
the Consolidated Fund, the Civil List, or otherwise : 
—The Return to show also, whether the said Charges 
are usually paid from the Hereditary Revenue of 
Scotland, the Consolidated Fund, the Civil List, or 
from what other source. 


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. 


dental Expenses for the Commissions established 
on the part of Her Majesty under the Treaties with 
Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traftic in Slaves, 
in pursuance of the several Acts of the Legislature 
for carrying those Treaties into effect; stating the 
several Stations where Commissions have been or are 
established, and the Amount paid for each Commis- 
sion in each year, up to January 1842 :—Also, a 
Return of the Number of Persons now receiving 
Pensions for service in the said Commissions, stat- 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a slave Trade 
Return of the Amount paid for Salaries and Inci- Commissions. 














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Annuities. 


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


Rent-chargers 
(Ireland. ) 


Lagan Naviga- 


tion, 


Navy. 
No. 314. 


Gold Coin, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Civil Bill 
Decrees 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Liverpool 
Borough :Cyurt 
Bill. 


Gravesend 
Terrace Pier 
Bill. 


Dundalk and 
Bananbridge 
Road Bill. 


Warkworth 
Harbour Bill. 


Drogheda 
Harbour Bill. 


360 


ing the Name, Number of Years’ Service, Amount 
of Pension, and the date of the same when first 
granted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the perpetual Annuity, which is equi- 
valent to the whole of the Terminable Annuities, 
which existed as part of the Public Debt of the 
dates under mentioned (in continuation of Accounts 
in Appendix 16 of the 4th Report of the Finance 
Committee in 1828), viz.:—5th January 1835, 
£.3,653,922. 12s. 53d., in Parliamentary Paper 
No. 59 of Session 1835: — 5th January 1842, 
£. 4,076,775. 12s. 10d., in Parliamentary Paper 
No. 135 of Session 1842. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Newfoundland Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of all Persons registered as 
Rent-chargers in any County, City, Town or Bo- 
rough in Jreland, together with the date of such 
Registration, and describing the nature and situation 
of the Property out of which such Rent-charge is 
derived. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of a Report (February 1834) from the Board 
of Public Works in Jreland, on the Lagan Naviga- 
tion, made to the Right honourable LE. J. Littleton, 
and signed J. F. Burgoyne, Brook T. Ottley, 
J. Radcliff :-—Of a Letter dated April 1840, ad- 
dressed to Robert Gordon, Esquire, Secretary to the 
Treasury, by Messrs. Freshfield, containmg Obser- 
vations on the Report (February 1834) of the Board 
of Public Works, on the Lagan Navigation :—And, 
of the Proceedings and Judgment (1837) of the 
Court of Exchequer in Jreland, in an Information 
filed by the Attorney General in 1834, against the 
Corporation of the Lagan Navigation. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Navy, 
which was presented upon the 20th day of May 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Statement of the Amount of Gold Coin tendered at 
the Bank of England and its Branches in the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1841, together 
with the Amount rejected as light. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 
and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and explain so 
much of two Acts of the sixth and seventh years of 
his late Majesty, and of the first year of Her present 
Majesty, as relates to the Execution of Civil Bill 
Decrees for the Possession of Land in Ireland: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to restrict the vexatious 
Removal of certain Actions from the Borough Court 
of Liverpool ; 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for erecting a Pier at the 
Royal Terrace Gardens in the Town of Gravesend, 
in the County of Kent: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, for repairing 
the Road from Dundalk, in the County of Louth, 
to Bumnbridge, in the County of Down, so far as 
relates’ to the Southern Division of the said Road : 
A Bull, intituled, An Act to explain and amend 
the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the 
Warkworth Harbour, in the County of Northumber- 
land : 
A Bill, invituled, An Act for the Improvement of 
the Port and Harbour of Drogheda : 





10° Juni. | A. 1842. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend the Clerkenwell 


Provisions of the Act for opening a Street to Clerk- Improvement 
enwell Green, in the County of Middlesex ; And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Imperial 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to en- + een 
able the Imperial Insurance Company to alter some ~"?""Y ™ 
of the Provisions of their Deed of Settlement, and 

better regulate their Proceedings and the Invest- 

ment of their Funds, without any Amendment : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Ormesby 

by this House to the Amendment made by their [nclosure Bilt, 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for divid- 

ing, allotting and inclosing Lands in the Parishes 

of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby Saint Michael, 

Ormesby Saint Peter and Ormesby Saint Andrew, 

and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in the County of 

Norfolk, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Australia ana 
Act for regulating the Survey and Sales of Land New Zealand 
belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies 

and New Zealand, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fines and 
Act for better recording Fines and Recoveries in tae 
Wales and Cheshire, with Amendments; to which Cheshire) Bill 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 

this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Kingstown 
Act for erecting and endowing a Church at Kings- Mariners’ 
town, in the County and Diocese of Dublin, and ©™ Bil. 
Parish of Monkstown, and for providing for the due 
celebration of Divine Service therein, and for as- 

signing a District 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 Dundee and 
Act for enabling the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Arbroath Rail- 
Company to raisea further Sum of Money, and io “*Y BY! 
amend the Provisions of the Act relating to the said 
Railway, with an Amendment; towhich Amendment 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Yarmouth 
Act for making a Railway from Great Yarmouth to 24 Norwich 
Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, with Amend- ®*!vy Bil 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Indemnity 
Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against Mutual —— 
the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company, sae &lt;¥ 
with Amendments; towhich Amendments the Lords Rill: 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Justices’ Juris- 
to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and diction Bill 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ashton’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Ashton, Esquire, Dre 3 
with Anne Jane, otherwise Jane Anne, 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 Roumas’ 
for naturalizing Pierre Lambert Flavian Rouma, Nat. Bill. 
and others ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lesbazeilles’ 
for naturalizing Jean Baptiste Lesbazeilles, and N*- Bill. 
others ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Duke of Argyl!’s 
to alter and amend two Acts of the eleventh of King Fst Bill. 
George the Fourth, and seventh of his late Majesty, 
in regard to the Estates of Argyll, and to enable 
John Douglas Edward Henry, the — Duke of 
Argyll, to borrow a further Sum of Money, and to 
make the same a Charge on the said Estates, and 





for 








Ashton 
Divorce 


Rouma 
Nat. B 
Nat. E 


Duke « 
Estate 


Justic 
dictio 


Adjo 


Urug 


Nott 
Tow 


Tn 






























Ashton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Roumas’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Lesbazeilles’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Duke of Argyll’s 
Estate Bill. 


Justices’ Juris- 
diction Bill. 
No. 315. 


Adjournment. 


Uruguay. 


Nottingham 
Town Writ. 


Witnesses? 
Indemnity Bill. 


Customs Acts, 


5 Vicroriz. 


for other Purposes; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Ashion’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Roumas’ Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lesbazeilles’ Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Duke of Argyli’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Justices Jurisdiction Bill was read the first 


10° Junie. 








(In the Committee.) 


13.—G.ass, EarTHENWARE and Porcenatn. 


361 





ARTICLES. 


Rates of Duty. 





Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Of and from 
British 
Possessions. 








time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


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


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty and 
the Oriental Republick of the Uruguay, for the Abo- 
lition of the Traffick in Slaves, signed at Monte 
Video, July 13, 1839. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk 
of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Town of Nottingham, in the room of Sir 
George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Town, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbo- 
rough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the New Lobby ; 

The Noes to the Old Lobby. 


Tellers for thee Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 41 
Yeas, Mr. Gally Knight: : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremanile, 4 36 
Noes, Mr. Tufnell : : ineias 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The ingrossed Bill to indemnify Witnesses who 
may give Evidence before the Committee to be ap- 
pointed by this House, to inquire whether corrupt 
Compromises have been entered into in the cases of 
Election Petitions presented from Harwich, Not- 
tingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and Reading, 
for the purpose of avoiding Investigation into Gross 
Bribery alleged to have been practised at the Elec- 
tions for the aforesaid Towns, and whether such 
Bribery has really taken place, 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 indemnify Wises who may 
give Evidence before the Committee appointed by 
the House of Commons to inquire whether corrupt 
Compromises have been entered into in the cases of 
Election Petitions presented from Harwich, Not- 
tingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, Bridport, 
and Reading, for the purpose of avoiding Investiga- 
tion into Gross Bribery alleged to have been prac- 
tised at the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, and 
whether such Bribery has really taken place. 





Glass, Earthenware and Porcelain, viz. — 
Beads and Bugles of Glass - the Ib. 

» Bottles of earth or stone, and empty, 
the dozen 
of Glass covered with wicker, 
not being flint or cut Glass, or of green 
or common Glass - - the ewt. 
And further, on account of 
the excise duty - the cwt. 
of Glass not otherwise enume- 
rated or described - the ewt. 
And further, on account of 
the excise duty - the cwt. 














China or Porcelain Ware, viz.— 
Plain - - for every 1001. value 
Painted, gilt or ornamented, 
for every 1001. value 
Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or 
described - for every 100/. value 
Enamel - - - - the Ib. 


Glass, viz.— 

Crown Glass, or any kind of window 
Glass not exceeding one-ninth of an 
inch in thickness, and not being plate 
Glass or German sheet Glass, the cwt. 

And further, on account of 
the excise duty - the cwt. 

Flint Glass - for every 1007. value 
And further, on account of 
the excise duty - the cwt. 
German sheet Glass, white or coloured, 
not exceeding one-ninth of an inch in 
thickness, and shades - the ewt. 
And further, on account of 
the excise duty - the ewt. 


All Glass exceeding one-ninth of an 
inch in thickness; all silvered or 
polished Glass, of whatever thickness, 
and plate Glass, however small each 
pane, plate or sheet, superficial mea- 
sure, viz.— 

Not containing more than 

9 square feet - the square foot 

Containing more than 9 

square feet and not more than 

14 square feet, the square foot 

Containing more than 14 

square feet and not more than 

36 square feet, the square foot 

Containing more than 36 

square feet - the square foot 

Manufactures not otherwise enumerated 
or described, and old broken Glass, 
fit only to be re-manufactured, 

: the ewt. 

And further, on account of 

the excise duty - the ewt. 


Paintings on Glass - for every 1002. value 
And further, on account of 
the excise duty, 

the superficial foot 


Schedule 13, agreed to. 
































i. B 


1 - 


20 - 


d. 


3 
6 





15 


20 


10 


. &amp; 


14.—Siik, and Manuracturges of Sixx. 


Silk; viz.— 
Knubs, or husks of Silk, and waste Silk, 
the cwt. 


Raw Silk - - - the lb. 
Thrown Silk, not dyed; viz.— 


Singles - - - - the lb. 


- 1 


1 


o of 


_— oO 


Proposed to fill the blank with “ one shilling.” 


Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “one 


“ shilling and sixpence.” 


Question put, That the blank be filled with “one 


“ shilling ;” 
The Committee divided : 


Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts re- 
lating to the Duties of Customs. 

Vou. 97. 





Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle : } om. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Brocklehurst : 1 
Noes, \Mr. Grimsditch, | has 
Thrown Silk, not dyed; viz.— 
—Singlks - - -thelb | - 1 -] - - 6 


BA Schedule 



















































Oe 


——— Sa 


Sree 





ams ree 


362 


Schedule, No. 14.—continued. 


10°—11° Junie. 





ARTICLES. 


Rates of Duty. 





Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





Silk, and Manufactures of Silk—continued. 


Thrown Silk, not dyed—continued. 
Tram ~ - - the lb. 
Organzine and crape Silk, the lb. 

Thrown Silk, dyed ; viz.— 

Singles, or Tram - the lb. 
Organzine, or crape Silk, the lb. 


Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed 
with any other material, the produce 
of Europe; viz.— 

Silk or Satin, plain - - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1001. value 
figured or brocaded - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1001. value 
Gauze, plain - . - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 /. value 
—— striped, figured or brocaded 
the lb. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1007. value 
Crape, plain - - - the lb. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1007. value 
figured - - - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 J. value 
Velvet, plain - - - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 l. value 
figured - - - the lb. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1007. value 
Ribbons, embossed, or figured with 
velvet - - - the lb. 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 1. value 
and further, if mixed with 
gold, silver, or other metal, in 
uddition to the above rates, when 
the duty is not charged accord- 
ing to value - - the lb. 
Fancy Silk Net, or Tricot, 
the Ib. 
Plain Silk Lace, or Net, called Tulle 
the square yard 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk 
mixed with any other material, 
not particularly enumerated nor 
otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 100 (. value 


Millinery of Silk, or of which the greater 
part of the materials is of Silk ; viz.— 
Turbans or caps - each 
Hats or bonnets - each 
Dresses - - - each 
or, and at the option of the 
Officers of the Customs, 

for every 100 2. value 
Articles of Manufactures of Silk, or of 
Silk and any other material, or arti- 
cles of the same, wholly or in part 
made up, not particularly enumerated 

or otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1007. value 








Silkworm gut - for every 100 7. value 


Schedule 14, agreed to. 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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





A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tumpike. 
reading of the Turnpike-roads Bill ; roads Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railways Bill 
mittee on the Railways 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- British Posses. 
mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill; sions Abroad 

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


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Ecclesiastical 
Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Corporations 
(No. 2.) Bill; (No) Bi 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Colonial 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Passengers Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers (Ire- 
further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Jre- land) Bill, 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lagan Navige. 
reading of the Lagan Navigation Bill ; tion Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New South 
mittee on the New South Wales Bill; Wales Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Municipal 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal Corporations 
Corporations Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to Bl" 

a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Doubie Costs 
into a Committee upon the Double Costs Bill ; Bil! 
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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Electors’ 
reading of the Electors’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
Reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill; _ —_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Salmon 
the Report on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Fisheries 
¢ si]. (Scotland) 
(No. 2.) Bill &gt; (No. 2.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene} Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress | resolve itself into the said Committee. 
in the matter to them referred ; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave} |The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
to sit again. mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. | resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sabbati, 11° die Junii, 18 42: 


AE ss 


oe ee, ee 


Sk 








The 








Sagar Duties 
Bill. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation Bill. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 


(Hayti) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Abolition 
(Argentine 
Confederation ) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill. 


Sudbury Writ. 


Perth Prison 
Bill, 


Tucumbents 
Leasing 


(No. 2.) Bill, 





5 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Sugar Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Tithes Commutation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
oe of the Law of Merchants Act Amendment 

ill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention between Her Majesty and the Republic of 
Hayti, for the more effectual Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect the 
Treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine 
Confederation for the Abolition of the Siave Trade, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


10°—11° Junzz. 


363 


and insert 


&gt; 


Pr. 7. 1. 27, Leave out “ expensive,’ 
“ extensive.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 3. Leave out from “ demised ” to 
“ may” in 1. 10., and insert “a copy of or an ex- 
“ tract from such map or plan.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 25. Leave out “such,” and insert 
“ the,” and in the same line after “ counterpart ” 
insert “or lease (as the case may be.)” 
Pr. 13. 1. 26. Leave out from “executed ” to 
“ copy” inl. 28., and insert “by the lessee, and 
“ also in all cases where there shall be only one 
“ part of such lease that the attested.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 12. Leave out “ office, dignity, prefer- 
“ ment or.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 9. After “lease” insert “ granted 
“¢ under this Act.” 
Pr, 22. 1. 13. Leave out the first ‘‘ lease,’ and 
in the same line leave out from the second “ lease” 
to “this,” in]. 15., and insert “an attested copy 
“ thereof, and every surrender to be made under.” 
Pr. 22.1. 19. After “ plan” insert “ or copy of 
“&lt;i extract from a map or plan (as the case may 
“ be.)” 
Pr. 22. 1. 26. After the first “of” insert “ one 
“ of, and in the same line leave out “ registrar,” 
and insert “registrars.” 
Pr, 23.1. 5. After “lease” insert “ or attested 
“ copy.” 

Pr. 23.1. 32. After “lessee” insert “ if there 
shall be any counterpart.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


“ 


iT4 





Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for better and more effectually 
carrying into effect Treaties and Conventions with 
Foreign States for suppressing the Slave Trade, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Sudbury, 
before Saturday the 9th day of July next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for the better regulating the Number of Prisoners 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the better Perth Prison 
regulating the Number of Prisoners admitted to the Bill. 
General Prison at Perth: And the same was read No. 316. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 

! House, That their several Addresses of the 3d, 6th Addresses. 
and 7th days of this instant June (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. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to several Wages. 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of all the Con- 


admitted to the General Prison at Perth: And that} victions in the Counties of York and Lancaster by 
the Lord Advocate and Sir George Clerk do prepare, Magistrates in Petty Sessions assembled, of Persons 


and bring it in. 


who have been guilty of illegally paying the Wages 
of their Workpeople in Goods instead of the Current 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | Coin of the Realm, since the 1st day of January 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in-| 1835, contrary to the Provisions of the Act 1 and 2 
tituled, An Act for better enabling Incumbents of| Will. 4, c. 37. 


Ecclesiastical Benefices to demise the Lands belong- 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Rural Police 


ing to their Benefices on Farming Leases; and the | 26th day of April last, for a Copy of a Letter from (Norfolk.) 


same were read, as follow : 


Colonel Oakes, Chief Constable of the Norfolk Con- 


Pr. 3.1. ult. After “ situated ” insert “so far as|stabulary, to the Chairman of Quarter Sessions, 


“ 


“ express stipulation to be contained in such lease.’ 


Pr. 5.1. 6. After “ provided ” insert “ and.” 





such system may not be inconsistent with any} dated the 8th day of April 1842, with Enclosures. 


?; A Return of the Number of inhabited Houses in pundred of 
the several Parishes included within the Hundred Babergh 





Pr. 5.1.7. Leave out “that there shall be in-|of Babergh, in the County of Suffolk, with the a) 


“ serted.” 


_ _Pr. 5. 1.24. Leave out from “ effects’ to “ or,’ 
in 1. 30. 


Amount of Population taken from the last Census. 
’ Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Jacob Owen, 
Order,—A Return from each Public Department in Fsavire. 


Pr. 5.1. 36. After “execute” insert “the same | Jreland, of the Sums paid to Jacob Owen, Esquire, 


+ oor 


“ 


| 


Architect to the Board of Works, for Plans, Inspec- 


Pr. 7. 1.12. After “fences” insert “ Provided | tion of Works, Survey of Buildings, or Commission 
also, that the custom of the country as to out-|on Expenditure, for each year since his Appointment, 


“ going tenants, shall apply to each iease to be | up to April 1842 :-—A similar Return from the Trea- 


“ 


** trary.” 
Vou. 97. 





“ granted under this Act, except so far as the lease | surer in each County in Ireland :—Also, a Return of 
shall contain any express stipulation to the con-|the Amount of Fees or Gratuities received by the 


lsaid Jacob Owen, Esquire, for the Examination of 
3a 2 Candidates 
































364 


Candidates for the Office of County Surveyor in 
Ireland, with a Copy of the Minute or Contract for 
his Appointment as Architect to the Board of Works, 
and a Statement, showing whether his whole Services 
are required by that Department, or if he is allowed 
to engage in Private Practice. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Statement 
of the Amount of Constabulary Force employed in 
each County, County of a City and County of a 
Town in Ireland, on the 1st January 1842. 

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


Constabulary 
Ireland.) 


Liverpool and 
Kingstown, 
Packets. 


No. 317. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Liverpool 
&amp;¢» and Kingstown, &amp;c., Packets, which was presented 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Luna, 13° die Junii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
Dean Forest OF DERED, That the Select Committee on the 
ws Oe. Dean Forest Poor Bill have leave to sit this 
day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Waterford City ; 
and, Athlone 
Returns 
amended. 


The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to 
Order, amended the Returns for the City of Water- 
ford; and, the Borough of Athlone. 


Slug Road 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 Acts for 
making, repairing and keeping in repair the Road 
from Stonehaven, through the Slug Mount, to the 
Bridge at Cobleheugh, in the County of Kincardine ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 9.1. 11. Leave out “ inclusive.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That General Arbuthnott do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Dundee and 
Arbroath 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


tituled, An Act for enabling the Dundee and Ar- 
broath Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and to amend the Provisions of the Act re- 
lating to the said Railway; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 
Pr. 17. 1. 2. After “ Dundee” insert Clause (A.) 
Criauss (A.) “ And whereas the Commissioners 


of Northern Light-houses have, on a piece of | 


ground belonging to them, situated to the west- 
ward of the Harbour of Arbroath, and adjoining 
the aforesaid Railway, erected certain buildings in 
connection with the Bell Rock Light-house, and 
among others a Signal Tower for the purpose of 
communicating by signal with the said Light- 
house: BE it Enacted, That nothing in the said 
recited Act or this Act contained, shall be held or 
construed to authorize the said Company, without 
the consent of the said Commissioners, to erect 
or maintain any work or manufactory, for produc- 
ing coke, making bricks or other works of a si- 
milar nature producing or emitting smoke or ex- 
halations, or to do any thing in any way to inter- 
rupt or affect the view between the said Signal 
Tower and Light-house, and the said Compan 

and the officers and servants acting under them, 


10°—11°— 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 


| any instalment upon.” 


13° Junie. A. 1842. 


shall and they are hereby required at all times to 

take care that nothing is done to occasion any in- 

terruption to the free view between the said Signal 

Tower and the Bell Rock Light-house.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Gairs 
Gair’s Naturalization Bill; That they had examined Nat. Bill, 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingstown 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- a 
tituled, An Act for erecting and endowing a Church “""“ - 
at Kingstown, in the County and Diocese of Dublin, 
and Parish of Monkstown, and for providing for the 
due Celebration of Divine Service therein, and for 
assigning a District thereto; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. 1. 5. Leave out “ is held.” 

Pr. 4.1. 16. After “ whereas” insert “ by cer- 
“ tain articles of agreement and declaration of trust 
“ bearing date.” 

Pr, 4.1. penult. Leave out “ did associate them- 
“ selves,” and insert “ were associated together.” 

Pr. 5.1. 16. Leave out “ and their Trustees.” 

Pr. 5.1.17. Leave out from “ Carter” to “and” 
in |. 18. 

Pr. 5. 1. 32. After “ confirm” insert “ if they 
“ shall think fit so to do.” 

Pr. 7.1.28. After “hereditaments” insert “ and 
“ the rent reserved and made payable in or by an 
“ such grant, lease or conveyance as last es 
shall remain, continue and be, whole and unap- 
“ portioned.” 

Pr, 8.1. 10. After “ body” insert “ or others.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. After “ Forty” insert “ or their 
“ nominees.” 

In the Title of the Bill: 

L. 1. Leave out “ erecting and endowing,” and 
insert “ authorizing the conveyance of a piece of 
“ Jand upon which.” 

L. 3. After “ Monkstown” insert “ has been 
“ erected.” 

L. 4. Leave out “ therein” and insert “ in the 
“ said Church.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw 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. Francis Baring reported from the Committee London Bridge 
on the London Bridge Approaches and Royal Ex- Approaches, 

; : - and Royal Ex- 
change Avenues Bill; and to whom several Peti- change Avenues 
tions against the said Bill were referred; That they Bill. 
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 ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Indemnity 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Mutual Marine 
tituled, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by soi 
or against the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance (No, 2.) Bill. 
Company ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 26. Leave out from “ shareholder” to 


“ any” in 1. 28., and insert “ for or in respect of 





Pr. 6. 





Wat 
Bric 








Waterloo, &amp;e. ? 
Bridges. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Yarmouth 
and Norwich 
Railway Bill. 


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wes 


rine 





5 Victroriz. 


Pr. 6. 1. 36. Leave out “ an” and insert “ mo- 
“ nies due in respect of any.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lyall do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Petition of Land-owners and other Inhabitants 
of the Ward of Coleman-street, in the city of Lon- 
don, praying the House to adopt measures for re- 
deeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, 
Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holmfirth ;— and, James Usher ; 
praying for the repeal or modification of the Poor 

aw Amendment Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
Colchester Union, praying that the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 


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, in- 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Great 
Yarmouth to Norwich, in the County of Norfolk ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 17. 1. ult. Leave out from “ which” to 
“ that” in Pr. 18. 1.1. 

Pr. 35. 1. penult. Leave out “ meeting” and in- 
sert “ writing.” 

Pr. 145. 1. 9. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
“ plans.” 

Pr. 148. 1. 5. Leave out “ book” and insert 
“ books.” 

Pr. 148. 1. 16. Leave out “ book” and insert 
“ books,’’ and in the same line after “ reference” 
insert Clauses (A.) and (B.) 

Cuauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in con- 
structing the said Railway, it shall not be lawful 
for the said Company to deviate on the river or 
south side of the line thereof marked upon the 
plan deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the 
county of Norfolk as aforesaid, where the same 
passes through the property of Robert King, in 
the parish of Thorpe, in the said county of Nor- 
folk, more than ten yards, nor on the other side 


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365 


“ plans,” and in the same line leave out “ section” 
and insert “ sections.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 1. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
“ plans,” and in the same line leave out “ section” 
and insert “ sections.” 

Pr. 150.1. 17. Leave out “ to be.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 4. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
“ plans.” 

Pr. 151. 1. 5. Leave out “ Clerk” and insert 
Clerks,” and in the same line leave out from 
peace” to “ unless” in I. 6. 

Pr. 151. 1. 15. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
plans.” 

Pr. 154. 1. 16. Leave out “ said” interlined. 

Pr. 157. 1. 3. Leave out “ in width.” 

Pr. 160. 1. 3. After “ thereof” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 160. 1.20. After “ navigation” insert “ there- 
of.” 

Pr. 190. 1.2. Leave out “ 107,” and insert 
ae 

Pr. 190. 1. 6. After “ Earl” insert “ of Rose- 
bery.” 

In Schedule (T.) annexed to the Bill: 

Pr. 251.1. 11. After “in” insert “ witness.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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ce 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Deptford Deptford Pier 
Pier (re-committed) Bill, be revived :—And that Bill. 
they have leave to sit, and proceed, To-morrow, 
with one selected Member. 


A Petition of Coal-owners of the counties of Mines and 
Northumberland and Durham, praying the House to Collieries. 
pass an Act to prohibit the employment of females 
in the underground working of Mines, was pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Queen’s County Medical 
Infirmary, praying that the House will not sanction Charities 
any measure having the object of transferring the {*el4-) 
control or payment of such institutions in Ireland to 
the Poor Law Commissioners or any Boards of 
Guardians acting under them, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





of the line more than seven yards, or to take more 
of the land of the said Robert King than will be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying the said 
Railway across the said property, without the con- 
sent in writing of the said Robert King, or the 
owner for the time being of the said property, for 
all or either of such purposes first had and ob- 
tained.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
Company shall, and they are hereby required to 
provide a good and proper communication across 
the said Railway, in such manner as they may de- 
termine sufficient for the free passage of cattle 
and carts, at all times, from one part of the said 
lands of the said Robert King to the other part 
thereof, and to the River Yare.” 

Pr. 148. 1. 17. Leave out “ further.” 

Pr. 148.1. 24. Leave out “ section” and insert 
sections,” and in the same line leave out from 
so” to “and” in |. 25., and insert “ deposited 
as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 149. 1. 16. Leave out “ section” and insert 
sections.” 

Pr. 149. 1. 23. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
plans,” and in the same line leave out “ section” 
and insert “ sections.” 

Pr. 149. 1, 26. Leave out “ plan” and insert 
Vox. 97. 


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A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Church Rates. 
Protestant Dissenters and occasional attendants at 
the Meeting-house of Frenchay, in the county of 
Gloucester, praying for the abolitionof Church Rates, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Roman 
Bristol, complaining of grievances, and praying Catholics. 
that they may be placed on a footing of perfect 
equality, in point of civil rights and enjoyments, with 
Her Majesty’s subjects professing other religious 
persuasions, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Staines ;—and, Winchester ; pray- Railways Bill 
ing that a clause may be inserted in the Railways 
Bill, to the effect that no Railway shall be used 
on the Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity or 
necessity,—-were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the Minister and other Inhabitants Maynooth 
of the district of Christ Church, commonly called College. 
Trent Church, in the parish of Enfield, and its vici- 
nity, praying the House to withdraw every kind of 
public support from the College of Maynooth, was 

3A3 presented, 





West Middlesex 
Waterworks 
Company. 


Oaths. 


Turnpike-roads 
Bill. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Southampton 
Town Election, 


Fisheries 
(ireland) Bill, 


366 


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


A Petition of Henry Edward Fawcett, of Camp- 
den Hill, Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, 
Barrister-at-Law, complaining of the conduct of 
the West Middlesex Waterworks Company, in 
charging the tenant of any house within the district 
to which they supply water, with all rates and ar- 
rears of rates due to them from the former tenant, 
and, upon non-payment thereof, cutting off the supply 
of water or distraining upon the goods and chattels 
of defaulters, and praying for redress, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Charles E. Mudie, and others ;— 
Salford;— William Trimmer and others ;—Stebbing ; 
—and, Roger Fenton, and others; praying the 
House to extend to persons of the Baptist denomi- 
nation the privilege of making an affirmation or 
declaration in lieu of an oath,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Petitions of Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls 
on the Doncaster and Balne Croft Road ;—Trustees 
and Mortgagees of the Tolls on the Bawtry and 
Selby Road ;—and, Mortgagees of the Tolls on the 
Bawtry Bridge and Hainton Turnpike-roads ; pray- 
ing that the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Howard Douglas presented a Bill for better 
paving and improving the Streets and Highways 
within the Extra-parochial Place of Toxteth Park, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for the 
Sewerage of certain Parts of the said Place: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 





A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters in the 
Presbytery of Nairn, praying the House to pass | 
such legislative enactments as will ameliorate the | 
condition of the burgh and parochial Schoolmasters 








13° Juniz. 


A. 18492. 


A Petition of the Reverend ae Philpot, Tithes Commu 
Rector of Cressingham-magna-cum-Bodney, in the tation. 


county of Norfolk, complaining of delay in the com- 
pletion of the apportionment of Tithes in the said 
parish, and in the parish of Westhall, in the county 
of Suffolk, of which the Petitioner is lessee, and 
praying for redress, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Brighton 
received a Notice from James Coppock, the Agent Election, 


for Colonel Fleming Thomas Roberts, who petitioned 
this House on the 13th day of May last, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Brighton, that it is not his intention to 
proceed with his Petition. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 13th day 
of May last, for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
Accounts showing the Surplus or Deficiency of the "4 Expendi- 


Net Income of the United Kingdom, compared with : 
the Expenditure thereof (exclusive of the Charge 
for a fixed Sinking Fund, while such was imposed 
by Law), in each of the Two years preceding the 5th 
day of January 1842 :—Showing the Total Amount 
of the Funded and Unfunded Debt created, and 
also of the Funded and Unfunded Debt extinguished, 
in each of the Two years ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1842; distinguishing the Stock created in 
lieu of the Exchequer Bills cancelled, being the 
produce of Monies invested by Savings Banks :— 
Of the Total Amount of the Unfunded Debt out- 
standing on the 5th day of January, the 5th day of 
April, the 5th day of July and the 10th day of Oc- 
tober in each of the years 1840 and 1841; stating 
the Rate of Interest on Exchequer Bills issued in or 
about the same periods, the current Rates of Pre- 
mium or Discount on the same in the Public Mar- 
ket, and the Prices of the Three per cent. Consoli- 
dated Annuities:—Of the Total Net Income and 
Expenditure of the United Kingdom, in each of the 
years between the 5th day of January 1840 and the 


of Scotland, and render a religious, moral and useful | 5th day of January 1842 (in continuation of the 
education still more accessible to the humblest in-| Account annexed to the Fourth Report of the Com- 


dividual over the length and breadth of the land, | 


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


| 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, pray- | 
mg that a clause may be inserted in the Municipal 
Corporations Bill for conferring on the town councils 
of all boroughs, which are counties of themselves, 
all such powers as justices of the quarter sessions | 
have or can exercise in their respective counties, | 
relative to the erection and regulation of County | 
Lunatic Asylums in England, and for the making, | 
levying and mortgaging of special county rates for | 
such purposes, except so far as regards the power of 
hearing or determining any appeal, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Abraham Abraham, of the town and | 
county of the town of Southampton, Sheriff, and also | 
one of the Councillors for the said town ;—and, Wil- | 
liam Henry Mackey, of the said town and county of | 
the town, Solicitor; praying that the House will be 
pleased to afford the Petitioners an opportunity of | 
refuting, on oath, the evidence given by John Wren | 
before the Select Committee on the Southampton | 


| 
| 


Town Election,—were presented, and read ; and or- | 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petitions be printed. 


A Petition of Richard Smyth, of Ballynatray, | 
in the county of Waterford, Esquire, praying that 
the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


t 


mittee on Finance in 1828, wherein the same is ex- 


hibited from the year 1792, and of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 149, of Session 1840) :—And, showing 
the Total Sums expended for the Service of the 
Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous, in each 
of the Two years between the 5th day of January 
1840 and the 5th day of January 1842. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Belfast and Cavehill Railway (Road and 
Shipping Place) Bill; and to whom several Petitions 
a 
considered the said Petitions, and that on proceed- 
ing to the consideration of the Bill, the Parties 
promoting the same stated that they did not pro- 
pose to proceed further with the Bill during the 
present Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


ure, 


Belfast and 
Cavehill Rail- 
way (Road and 
: : : ‘ Shipping-place) 
gaimst the said Bill were referred; That they had Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Mexico. 


Return of the Quantities of Merchandize imported 
from Mexico into the United Kingdom; of the 
Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize 
exported to Mexico from the United Kingdom ; of 
the Quantities and declared Value of British and 
Trish Produce and Manufactures exported to 
Mexico; and of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels entered and cleared in Trade with Mexico, from 
the year 1820 to the latest account. 


into a Committee, to consider the several Acts re- 
lating to the Duties of Customs. 








(In 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Acts. 








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cts. 








5 Vicroriz. 


(In the Committee.) 


15.—NavaL Srores. 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. OF or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 


Countries. | Possessions. 





£. sd.|&amp;. 8. a. 
Bast Ropes, Twines and Strands theewt.| - 5 -—| -— 2 6 
Cables (not being Iron Cables,) tarred or 


untarred  - ~ - - the ewt. 








Proposed to fill the blank with “ six shillings :” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with 
“ eight shillings.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with “six 
** shillings ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers forthef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Mitchell, 
Noes, \Mr. Aaron Chapman : 


163. 


35. 


Cables (not being Iron Cables), tarred or 
untarred - - - - thecwt.| - 6 -! - 8 - 
not being Iron Cables in actual use of 
a British ship, and being fit and necessary 
for such ship, and not or until otherwise 
disposed of - - - - - - free. free. 
—— if and when otherwise disposed of, 
for every 1001. value | 10 - 
Coir Rope, Twine and Strands - thecwt.| - 2 6 
Cordage, tarred or untarred (standing or 
running rigging in useexcepted) theewt.| - 6 -| - 3 - 
in actual use of a British ship, and 
being fit and necessary for such ship, and 
not or until otherwise disposed of - - free. free. 
if, and when otherwise disposed of, 
for every 1007. value 
Hemp, dressed - - - theewt.| - 4 -]| - 2 - 
rough or undressed, or any other 
vegetable substance of the nature and 
quality of undressed Hemp, and applicable 





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to the same purposes  - - thecewt. | - - 1!) - - 1 
Oakum - - - - theewt. | - - 1] - - 1 
Pitch - - - ” - the ewt. - - 6}; --1 
Rosin - - - - - theewt. | - 2 -| - 1 - 
Ships to be broken up with their tackle, 

apparel and furniture (except sails) ; viz. 

Foreign Ships or Vessels, 

for every 1001. value | 25 - -|25 - -— 
Foreign Ships broken up, 

for every 1001. value} 10 ~ ~|{10 - —- 


British Ships or Vessels entitled to be 
registered as such, and not having 
been built in the United Kingdom, 




















for every 1001. value | - - 5 - - 
Tar, the last, containing 12 barrels, each 
barrel not exceeding 314 gallons - -| - 2 - - 6 
Turpentine, viz. 
not being of greater value than 9s. 
percwt.  - “ - the ewt. - - lj - - 1 
from 9s. to 15s. value per ewt., 
the cwt. - l-}| - - 8 
above 155. value per cewt. - the cwt. - 5 -| - 2 6 
Twine - - - - - theewt.}| - 10 - 5 - 
Yarn, Cable Yarn - - - the ewt. - 6 - - 3 - 
Schedule 15, agreed to. 
16.—Stones, Bricks and TiLEs. 
Bricks or Clinkers (Dutch) - the 1,000} -10 -| - 5 ~- 
other sorts - - - the 1,000 -15 - - 76 
Chalk, unmanufactured, and not otherwise 
enumerated - forevery 100/. value} 5 - - 210 - 
— prepared or manufactured, and not 
otherwise enumerated, 
for every 1001. value} 10 ~ -]| 5 -— - 
Gypsum - . - - the ton 111] 8} - 1 8 
Plaster of Paris - - - theton}] 11 -j) 1 =- = 
Stone, viz.— 
in lumps not in any manner hewn, Slate 
and Marble in rough blocks or slabs ; 
Lime Stone; Flint Stones; Felspar 
and Stones for potters’ use; Pebble 
Stones; Stone to be used for the 
purpose of lithography - - - free. free. 
Stone in blocks shaped or rough scapied, 
theton| - 2 -}] - -— 6 
Stone and Slate, hewn - theton| -10 -] - 1 - 
Marble, hewn, in slabs or otherwise, 
theton| - 3 -/| - 1 6 
Tiles - - - forevery 1001. value] 10 —= -| 5 - — 
Schedule 16, agreed to. 


Vou. 97. 





13° Junie. 367 


17.—Corrre, Cocoa, TEA and Tosacco. 





Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 


Countries. | Possessions. 








fa &amp;| Ze a, 





Coffee - - - - - the lb. 


Question proposed, That the blank be filled with 
“ eight pence :” 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the blank be filled with “ seven pence ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hawes, 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: 
Tellers for the f{ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, UMr. Pringle: 


Question, That the blank be filled with “ eight 
“ pence,” put, and agreed to. 

Cofle - - - - - thelb| - - 8] - - 4 
Proposed to insert in the Schedule : 


Coffee, imported from any British Possession 
within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, not being the produce 
thereof, being now in bond, or to arrive 
before the first day of August next -| - - - - 7 


} 48. 


a 
y Sl 


Question put, That the proposed words and duty 
be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Viscount Sandon, 














i a 
Yeas, LMr. Mark Philips : f 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, Rte 
. 133. 
Noes, UMr. Pringle: j 
Coffee - - - - - thelb| - - 8] - - 4 
Cocoa - - - - - the lb. | - —- 4 - 1 
Husks and shells - - the lb. - lj - - -$ 
Cocoa-paste and Choculate - thelb | - - 6] - - 2 
Tea - - - - - the Ib. =~ £2 Pi=-2 1 
Tobacco; viz.— 
Unmanufactured = - - the lb. - 3 -| - 8 - 
Snuff - - - - thelb | - 6 -| - 6 - 
Manufactured, or Cigars - thelb | - 9 -; - 9 = 
Stalks and Flour of - - - | prohibited. | prohibited. 
(Manufactured in the United 
Kingdom, at or within two miles 
of any port into which Tobacco 
may be imported, made into Shag, 
Roll or Carrot Tobacco, drawback 
upon exportation, the lb. 2s. 73d.) 





Schedule 17, agreed to. 


18.—MIscELLANEOUS. 


Agates or Cornelians, for every 1007. value 
Set - - for every 1007. value 
Barbadoes Tar - - - the ewt. 
Basket. Rods, peeled, not exceeding three 
feet in circumference at the band, 

the bundle - - 

Basket Rods, unpeeled = - - the bundle - - 
Baskets - - forevery 1002. value} 10 - 
Beads, Arango -  forevery 1007. value} 15 - 
— Coral - for every 1007. value | 15 —- 15 - - 
Jet - -  forevery 1001. value | 15 -— - | 15 
not otherwise enumerated or described, 
for every 1002. value | 15 

Birds; viz.—Singing Birds - thedozen| - 8 - 
- - 1 - 


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= 
1 oc 
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Blacking - - the ewt. 
Bladders - - - - the dozen 
Books; viz.— 
being of editions printed prior to the 
year 1801, bound or unbound, 
theewt.} 1 - - Bs ee 
being of editions printed in or since 
the year 1801, bound or unbound, | 
the cwt. 
being of editions in the foreign living | 
languages, printed in or since the | 
year 1801, bound or unbound, 
the ewt. 210 - 210 &lt; 
Note-—For the descriptions of 
Books prohibited to be im- 
ported, see the Act for the 
Regulation of the Customs, 
and Acts for securing Copy- 
rights. 
Bones of Cattle and other animals, and of 
Fish (except Whale fins), whether burnt 
or not, or asanimal Charcoal - theton} - — 6 


11 @l 
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368 


Schedule 18.—continued. 









13° Juniz. 


Schedule 18.—continued. 





A. 1849. 





ARTICLES. 





Rates of Duty. 





Of or from 
Foreign 


Countries. 


Of and from 


British 


Possessions. 











Rates of Duty. 








ARTICLES. 





Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 





Of and from 
British 
Possessions. 





Miscellaneous—continued. 


Boxes of all sorts, excepting those made 
wholly or partly of Glass, on which the 
proper Glass duty will be levied, 

for every 1007. value 

Bristles, rough, and in the tufts, and not in 
any way sorted - - - the ewt. 

Bristles in any way sorted, or arranged in 
colours, and not pana rough and in the 
tufts - - the Ib. 

Brocade of Gold or Silver, 

for every 1002. value 


Bullrushes  - - - - the ton 

Candles : : 
Spermaceti - - - the lb. 
Stearine - ~ - the lb. 
Tallow - - - - the cwt. 
Wax - - - - the lb. 

Canes :— 
Bamboo - ° - - the 1,000 
Rattans, not ground - - the 1,000 
Reed Canes’ - - - the 1,000 


Walking Canes or Sticks, mounted, 
painted or otherwise ornamented, 
for every 1002. value 
or Sticks, unenumerated - the 1,000 
Cards; viz.— 
Playing Cards - - the dozen packs 
Carriages of all sorts - for every 100/. value 
Casks (empty) - - forevery 1007. value 
Casts of Busts, Statues or Figures - the ewt. 
Catlings, the gross, containing 12 doz. knots 
Chip, of Willow, for platting - the ewt. 
Clocks - - - - for every 1001. value 
- or Watches, of any metal, impressed 
with any mark or stamp, appearing to be 
or to represent any legal British assay 
mark or stamp, or purporting, by any mark 
or appearance, to be of the manufacture of 
the United Kingdom - 

Cork (from and after July 5, 1843) the ous 

Corks, ready made (from and after July 5, 
1843) - - - - the lb. 

Corks, squared for rounding - - ae 








£.%. ad 
10 - - 
« § «@ 
a 
20 - - 
oO = 
- — 6 
— 
-10 - 
- - 4 
o wg 
= *# &lt; 
— 
20 - - 
Se ss 
Aone, Se 
20 - = 
2 - - 
= Hes 
a, Be 
se 
20 - 
prohibited. 
Sa ae 
= «.¥ 








£. s.° &amp; 
ee 
- 26 
- - 8 
20 - - 
- 6 = 
- - 6 
- - 2 
a 
- - 4 
- - 6 
= x 
=o § «= 
0 w= = 
— 
4=«. «= 
20 - - 
Ss - - 
- 26 
= ae Ss 
--1 
20 - « 
prohibited. 
ae eee 
- - 8 


Question proposed, to fill the blank with “ the 


“ ewt. sixteen shillings :” 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the blank be filled with “the ton, one shilling ;” 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas 


Tellers for the Noes, 


f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

*\Mr. Benjamin Wood: 
Sir Thomas Fremantle, 137 

Mr. Henry Baring: } . 


81. 


Question, That the blank be filled with “the 
** ewt. sixteen shillings,” put, and agreed to. 





Corks, squared for rounding - the ewt. 
Fishermen’s - - the ewt. 
Coral; viz.— 
in fragments - - - the Ib. 
whole, polished - - the Ib. 
unpolished - - the Ib. 
Crayons - - ee: every 1001. value 
Diamonds” - - - - 
Dice - - . - - the pais 
Down - - - - . the lb. 


Embroidery and Needlework, 
for every 100 l. value 
Feathers for beds, in beds or otherwise, 





the ewt. 
Ostrich, dressed - - the lb. 
undressed - the Ib. 





not otherwise enumerated or de- 
scribed ; viz.— 

dressed - for every 1001. value 
undressed - for every 1001. value 
Paddy bird - - the Ib. 
Fl wer Roots - - for every 1001. value 
Flowers, artificial, not made of Silk, 

for every 1001. value 
Frames for Pictures, Prints or Drawings, 
for every 1001. value 














Garnets - - - - the Ib. 
cut - - - - the Ib. 
Grease - - - - - the ewt. 
Greaves fordogs  - - - the ewt. 
Gunpowder - the ewt. 


Gun Stocks in the rough, of Walnut or other 
the ewt. 
the ton 


woods - - * es 
Guano - - - - - 


— 
Iiac 


or 





2 
Ao 


16 
2 


_ 
1 owi 


1atw 


wr 





— ae 
e 9 «= 
- =- 1 
- — 6 
- 6 
1 - - 

free. 
:¢ 2 
--% 
20 - - 
PS 
-10 - 
ee 
10 - - 
os = 
a ae 
ke i 
2% - - 
10 - 

ier 2 
= a 
- - 8 
a 9 a 
eek es 
- —- 6 
a a 





Miscellaneous—continued. 


Hair, human - - ° - the lb. 

Harp Strings or Lute Strings silvered, 

for every 1001. value 

Hats or Bonnets ; viz.— 

of Chip - - - the Ib. 

Bast, Cane or Horsehair Hats or Bon- 
nets, each Hat or Bonnet not exceed- 
ing 22 inches in diameter, the doz. 

Hats or Bonnets; viz.— 

each Hat or Bonnet exceeding 22 inches 


in diameter - - - the doz. 
Straw Hats or Bonnets - the lb. 
Felt, Hair, Wool or Beaver, each 


made of Silk or Silk Shag, laid upon 


Felt, Linen or other material, each 
Heath, for Brushes - - - the ewt. 
Hones - - - - - the 100 


Hoofs of Cattle - for every 1001. value 
Horns, Horn Tips and Pieces of Horn, 

the ton 
Horse Grease. See Oil, “ Animal.” 
Japanned or Lacquered Ware, 

for every 100 /. value 
Jet - - - the Ib. 
Jewels, Seen Rubies, and all other pre- 
cious Stones (except Diamonds), and 
Pearls, unset - for every 100/. value 
set - - for every 100/. value 
Ink for Printers - - - the ewt. 
Lamp Black - . - - the ewt. 
Magna Grecia Ware, for every 100 l. value 
Manures, not otherwise enumerated orcharged 





with duty - - - - the ton 
Manuscripts - - - - the lb. 
Maps or Charts, or ~~ thereof, plain or 
coloured = - - - - each 


Mats and Matting - fer every 100 J. value 
Mattresses - for tied 100 /. value 
Mill Boards - - the cwt. 
Models, of Cork or Wood, 
for every 100 1, value 
Mother-of-Pearl Shells, for every 1001. value 
Musical Instruments, for every 1001. value 
Mustard Flower - - - the ewt. 
Palmetto Thatch - - - the ewt. 
— Manufactures of ditto, 

for every 100 lL. value 





Paper ; viz.— 

Brown, made of old rope or cordage 
only, without separating or extracting 
the pitch or tar therefrom, and with- 
out any mixture of other materials 
therewith - - - the Ib. 

Printed, painted or stained Paper, or 
Paper-hangings or Flock Paper, 

the square yard 

Waste, unless printed on in the English 
language, or Paper of any other sort 
not particularly enumerated or de- 
scribed, nor otherwise charged with 
duty - - the Ib. 

Printed on in the English language - 











Pasteboards - - - - the ewt. 
Pencils - - - for every 100/. value 
of Slate - for every 1001. value 

Pens - - - for every 100 l. value 
Percussion Caps - - - the 1,000 
Phosphorus - - for every 1001. value 
Pictures - - - - - each 
and further - the square foot 

above 200 square feet - - each 

Plants, Shrubs and Trees, alive - - 


Platting or other manufactures to be used in, 


or proper for, making Hats or Bonnets ; 
viz.— 





of Bast, Cane or Horse-hair, the Ib. 

of Chip - - - - the Ib. 

of Straw - - - the Ib. 
Pots, melting pots for goldsmiths, the 100 

of Stone - for every 100 l. value 
Powder ; viz.— 

Hair Powder - - - the ewt. 

Perfumed - - - the ewt. 


Powder not otherwise enumerated or 
described, that will serve for the same 





uses as Starch - - the ewt. 

Prints and nr plain or coloured, 

single - - - - each 
bound or sewn, 

the doz. 

Quills, Goose - - o - the 1,000 


Swan - - - 





- the 1,000 























£.. 8. d 
a * « 
20 - - 
a iy 
-10 - 
=~ = 
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- 38 6 
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10 —- 
110 - 
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prohibited. 
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15 - 
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prohibited. 
110 - 
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- - 4 
10 - - 
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10 = - 
free. 
— 
- 2 6 
- 7 6 
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- l 6 












14° June. 369 


5 Victoriz. 








































































Schedule 18.—continued. Schedule 19.—continued. 
Rates of Duty. Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. * or from - and “~. ARTICLES. Of or from } Ofand from 
oreign ritis Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. Countries. | Possessions. 
Miscell ontinued er ee Spirits and Wines—continued. iz dkhai«d 
Rags; viz.— Rum-Shrub, however sweetened, the 
Old Woollen Rags, fit only for manure, produce of and imported from such 
perton{/ - —- 6} - - 6 Possessions, in regard to which the 
Old Rags, old Ropes or Junk, or old conditions of the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have, 
Fishing-nets, fit only for making or shall have been fulfilled, the gallon | . a ~- 9 = 
paper or pasteboard - perton| —- —- 6; - —- 6 Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce 
Pulp of Rags - - - pertn| - 5 -/] - 5 = of any British Possession within the 
Salt - - - - - - - free. free. limits of the East India Company's 
Scaleboards  - - - - the ewt. 110 - 110 — Charter, in regard to which the con- 
Soap, hard - - - - thecwt.| 110 -7 1 - - ditions of the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, shall 
Soap, =. . - - - the cwt. l- -| -15 - not have been fulfilled, not being 
aples - - - - theewt. | 216 -}|] 216 - sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed 
Spa Ware - - for every 1001. value | 15 - -|15 - - asaforesaid - a . - the gallon a &lt;i ae 
Spermaceti, fine - forevery 1001. value | 25 - -—| 25 - -— Spirits, Cordials or Strong Waters, not 
Sponge - - - - - thelb | - - 6] - - 1 being the produce of auy British Pos- 
Starch - s - " s - “¥ cewt. - 10 -} - 5 = session in America, or of any British 
Gum of, torrified or calcined, com- Possession within the limits of the 
monly called British Gum - theewt.| -15 -| -15 - East India Company’s Charter, in 
Straw or Grass, for py - ewt./ - - 1] - - 1 regard to which the conditions of the 
Stavesacre - ~ - the ewt. - 4- - 4- Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have, or shall have 
Sulphur Impressions, forevery 1001. value} 5 - -}| 5 - = been fulfilled, sweetened or mixed with 
* e any article, so that the degree of 
Tallow - 35 7 i ~ _, the cwt. $3 a strength thereof cannot be exactly 
Tarras - - - - - thebushel | - 1 3} - 1 8 ; ae 
ascertained by Sykes’s hydrometer, 
Teasles - . - - thel000}/ - - 3] - - 8 onl wntensl Gale be eek 
Teeth, Elephants’, Sea Cow, Sea Horse or pe seas ag 4 
perfumery only = - - the gallon 110 - 
Sea Morse - “ - - thecwt.} - 1 -[ - 1 - Genlitie, ox Grace Wee t bei 
Telescopes - - forevery 1001. value} 15 - -}15 - ~- th on i British Po ing 
Tobacco Pipes of Clay, forevery 100/.value| 15 - -—~|15 - ~- rage oe o ee * Bei ti h poet 
Tortoiseshell or Turtleshell, unmanufactured, : fed. " on ‘4 nsteroeene” 
ant o * ate wt sion = ifie - oresaid, sweetened 
Toys, excepting Toy and Hand-mirrors, on a oe ay See &lt; — 
which the Plate Glass Doty will be levied, —OOti—i—O=—_—,:, “~~ 
for every 1001. value} 10 - -—|10 - - i ee re all 
Turnery, not otherwise described, _—— t b f ™ — th 7 slit dl 
for every 1001. value] 15 -. -] 15 - - pone Daath of oak ae Sykes’ s 
Vases, ancient, not of Stone or Marble, hydrometer - - - the gallon o in « = 
for every 100/. value} 1 - -}- 1 - — Being of greater strength, by Sykes’s 
Wafers - - - - - thelb | - - 3] - - 38 hydrometer - - - the gallon | ~ ° -18 6 
Washing Balls - - - thelb| - - 61 - -~ 6 [wii i 
Watches of Gold or Silver, or other Metal. aE 
for every 1001. value 10 - ~j|10 - - bee gree sie gpg whi —_ m4 
Water ; viz.—Mineral Water - the gallon | ~- - 1}; -— - 1 di : ee ee 
and imported directly from thence, 
Whipcord - - - thelb | - - 6) - 6 a" - 
Whale Fins, British taking, and imported F e gallon - 29 
rench - - - - the gallon | - 5 6 
direct from the fishery or from any British Cc 
“ie: ae : anary - : - - thegalln | - 5 6 
Possession, in a British ship - theton | - - l1-- Madei 
re eira - - - - the gallon | - 5 6 
otherwise taken, for every 1001. Tantennd Z a Gna 5 6 
value - (from and after 5 July 1843) | 20 - -{|20 - - Rhenth a A i aa pr — oo 
Goods, Wares and Merchandize, being either Spanish - - ~ - thegallon| - 5 6 
in part or wholly manufactured, and not Other sorts - - the gallon | - 5 6 
being enumerated or described, nor other- (The full duties on : Wine are drawn 
wise charged with duty, and not prohibited back upon re-exportation ). 
to be imported into or used in Great Lees, subject to the same duty as Wine, 
Britain or Ireland, for every 1001. value | 20 -— - }| 20 - - but no drawback is allowed on the 
Goods, Wares and Merchandize, not being Lees of Wine exported. 
either in part or wholly manufactured, and = P 
not being enumerated or described, nor To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
otherwise charged with duty, and not pro- fei 
hibited to beimported into or used in Great ° P — 
Britain or Ireland, for every 1001. value | 5 “ - And the House having continued to sit till after 
rye dt twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
chedule 18, agreed to. s ‘ a 
Martis, 14° die Junii, 1842: 
19.—Spirits and WINEs. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
Spirits or Strong Waters, of all sorts; viz — reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
For every gallon of such Spirits or Strong in the matter to them referred ; 3; and that he was 
Waters of any strength, not exeeeding directed to move, That the Committee may have 
the strength of proof by Sykes’s hydro- l to sit ac , 
meter, and so in proportion for any eave to sit again. 
greater or less strength than the strength Resolved, That this House will, this day, ag ain re- 
: — se a4 any greater or less solve itself into the said Committee. 
uanti y than agalion ; v7z.— 
Being Spirits or Strong Waters, not the 
a of ~~ — aaa Mr. Greene reported the Sugar Duties Bill ; and sugar Duties 
wah oe oe i — te Ge the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ill, 
degree of strength thereof cannot be ‘ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
—— ascertained by ~~ — be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
meter - - - - the gallon 
Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of 
~~ a = ie The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers (Ire« 
no ing swee ne’ pir S, or pirits f, 
“aman «teiei. - 1+ «1 ther consideration the Report on the Rivers (Lre- land) Bill, 
Run, the produce of any British Pos- land) Bill; 
—— ~ — une Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
ia Company ; : ; y 
pete x Aapeer-ane: Depew consideration upon Monday next. 
as aforesaid, in regard to which the 
— &lt; - oe 8 The Lagan Navigation Bill was, according to Or- Lagan Navigae 
i iacaianate the galion| - - | - 9 - |der, read a second time ; and committed to a Select —— 
Committee. 
Vou. 97, 3B Mr. 











Double Costs 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation Bill. 


Law of Mer- 
chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


Lowtherstown, 
&amp;c., Unions. 


Charitable 
Institutions 
(Dublin.) 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Business of the 
House. 


Assessed Taxes 
Bill. 


Fines and 
Recoveries 
(Wales and 
Cheshire) Bill, 


370 


Mr. Greene reported the Double Costs 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 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 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 third 
reading of the Tithes Commutation 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 Law of Merchants Act Amendment 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That the Primrose Hill Bill be read a 


second time upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of ali Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween Her Majesty’s late Government and the Poor 
Law Commissioners for Jreland, relative to the 
formation of the Unions of Lowtherstown, Ennis- 
killen and Lisnaskea, in the County of Fermanagh 
(in addition to the Papers presented on the 3d day 
of this instant June.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter from Edward Lucas, Esquire, 
Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
to the Commissioners appointed by his Excel- 
lency to report on certain Charitable Institutions, 
in Dublin, receiving Grants from the Public Funds, 
dated Dublin Castle, the 5th day of February 
1842; and a Copy of the Warrant appointing the 
said Commissioners; also, a Copy of the General 
Report of the said Commissioners, submitted to 
the Lord Lieutenant ; together with Copies of their 
Reports on the following Institutions and Grants, 
viz. Female Orphan House, Westmoreland Lock 
Hospital, Lying-in-Hospital, Doctor Stevens’ Hos- 
pital, Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Hospital for 
Incurables, Meath Hospital and County Dublin 
Infirmary, Cow Pock Institution, Shelter for Fe- 
males discharged from Prison, and Liberty Foun- 
tains. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Grand Juries at the ensuing Summer and 
Spring Assizes to make certain Presentments in 
Counties of Cities and Towns in Jreland, and to 
remove doubts as to the jurisdiction of Justices of 
the Peace in places recently annexed to Counties at 
large in Ireland: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. So- 
licitor General for Zreland do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Resolved, That Orders of the Day have precedence | 
of Notices of Motions on Tuesdays. 


13°-—14° Juniz. 








Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and | 
vo amend the Laws relating to the Land and Assessed | 
Taxes: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer | 
and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. | 

| 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in-| 
tituled, An Act for better recording Fines and Re-| 
coveries in Wales and Cheshire ; and the same were | 
read, as follow: 


| 


A, 1849. 


Pr. 1. 1. 7. After “were” insert “in many 
“ cases.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 17. Leave out from “and” to “ Be” 
in 1. 19., and insert “ that the lands intended to be 
“ thereby assured, are sufficiently described in the 
“ proceedings upon such fines and recoveries.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 15. Leave out “clerk” and insert 
“ clerks.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 33. After “and” insert “ shall.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath ‘agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue 
Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend the 
Laws relating to the Land and Assessed Taxes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


Assessed T, 
Bill. ” 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select Com= pean Fores 

mittee on the Dean Forest Poor Bill; and to whom Poor Bill, 
several Petitions against the said Bill 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 gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select pean Forest 
Committee on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Dis- Ecclesiastical 
tricts Bill ; That they had examined the allegations Districts Bil. 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select Com- Saint Briavel’s 
mittee on the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill ; Small Debts 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 2" 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill; and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to enable Grand Grand Jury 
Juries at the ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to Presentuets 
make certain Presentments in Counties of Cities —— 
and Towns in Jreland, and to remove Doubts as to io. 
the Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Places 
recently annexed to Counties at large in Ireland: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday next ; and to 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ejectments 
Return of the Number of Cases of Ejectment entered (Ireland.) 
for Trial, and of the Number actually tried at Quar- 
ter Sessions before the Assistant Barristers of the 
several Counties in Ireland, and before the Chairman 
of the Sessions for the County, and the Recorder of 


; the City of Dublin, or in any other Local Courts 


which possess Jurisdiction in Actions of Ejectment, 
during each of the last Five years; distinguishing 
the Number in which Judgment passed for the 
Plaintiff, and the Number in which Judgment passed 
for the Defendant :—Also, a similar Return from 
the Superior Courts in Jreland ; distinguishing the 
Number of Ejectments tried at the Assizes held in 
the several Counties of Zreland respectively ; with a 
Summary of the foregoing Returns for the whole of 
Ireland for each year. 


Ordered, That the Home Accounts relative to the East India. 
East India Company, which were presented upon No. 319 
Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, 








axes 


est 
tical 
Bill. 


iavel’s 
bts 


ury 
nents 


) Bill 
18. 


nts 


l.) 


dia. 


319. 





5 Vicroriz. 


East India. 


No.320. Exports of ‘Treasure, in each of the Presidencies of 
India, from 1814-15, which were presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


China. 


No.321. was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Rural Police 


(Norfolks) Police (Norfolk), which was presented upon Friday 
No. 322. Jast, be printed. 


Jacob Owen, Ordered, That the Return relative to Jacob Owen, 
Esquire. Esquire, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No.323. printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hundred 
Hundred of 


Babergh of Babergh (Suffolk), which was presented upon 
(Suffolk. ) Friday last, be printed. 


No. 324. 
Constabulary 


(ireand.)  (Zreland), which was presented upon Friday last, be 
No.325. printed. 


Buildings Re- 
gulation and 
Improvement 
of Boroughs. 


East Indie. 


Duke of Argyll’s 
Estate Bill, 


Liverpool 
Poor Bill, 


Sudbury 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Gair’s 


Nat. Bill, 





Ordered, That the Statements of Imports and 


Ordered, That the Return relative to China, which 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Rural 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Constabulary 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on 

Buildings Regulation and Improvement of Bo- 
roughs, have leave to sit this day, till five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


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 an Act of 
Parliament,— List, No. 117, specifying the Particu- 
Jars of the Compensation proposed to be granted to 
the Widow of a person who belonged to the late 
Maritime Service of the East India Company, 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 26th 
February 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lieupon the Table. 


Mr. Mackenzie reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Duke of Argyll’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Liverpool Poor 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. 

Mr. Greene also acquainted the House, That the 
Bill contains no Clause whereby the general law 
of settlement of the Poor shall be departed from, 
or any power of corporal punishment given to any 
persons employed in the management of the Poor ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report which, upon 
the 6th day of this instant June, was made from the 
Committee on the Sudbury Improvement Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Samuel Stillman Gir, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


13°—14° Junzz. 371 


Roumas’ Naturalization Bill was read a second Roumas’ 
time; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Lesbazeilles’ Naturalization Bill was read a second Lesbazeilles’ 
time ; and committed. Nat. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- stourbridge 
deration the Report which, upon the 6th day of this Roads Bill. 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Stourbridge Roads Bill ; and the Amendments were 

read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Toxteth Park Paving and Sewerage (No. 2.) Toxteth Park 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Paving and 
and committed. (No 25 Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-* ©” — 
mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Parties have leave to proceed 

with the Bill, on giving Notices in the usual local 
Newspapers, of the provisions of the Bill; and that 

such Notices be proved in the Committee on the 

Bill; and that such Committee shall sit on or after 

Monday the 27th day of this instant June. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Sefton, in the Church Rates. 
county of Lancaster, praying for the abolition of 

Church Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Attornies and Solicitors practising Attornies’ 
in the borough of Clitheroe;—and, Attornies and Certificates. 
Solicitors of the borough of Wolverhampton ; praying 

for the repeal of the stamp duty on their Annual 
Certificates,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Sean-owners and Fish- Tithe on Fish. 
ermen, being Proprietors of boats and nets employed 

in the Pilchard fishery, within the bay of Saint Ives, 

praying the House to adopt measures for the aboli- 

tion of the Tithe on Fish, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derby ;—Spondon ;— Newhall ;— Maynooth 
Repton;— Dalbury and Trussley ;— Breadsall ; — College, &amp;c. 
and, Ockbrook; praying the House to institute an 
investigation into the state and studies at the College 

of Maynooth, with the view to the withdrawal of the 

annual grant, should it appear that the College is 
unworthy of support, and also that the House would 

adopt such measures as may serve to enforce and 

carry into effect the protective and restrictive clauses 

of the Roman Catholic Relief Act,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pentonville ;—Ward of Farringdon waterloo, &amp;c., 
Within, in the city of London ;—Richmond, in the Bridges. 
county of Surrey;—Southern district of the borough 
of Finsbury;—and, Ward of Portsoken, in the city 
of London; praying the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, 

Southwark and Vaurhall Bridges,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Mechanics’ Institu- Literary and 
tion for Brentford, and the vicinity, praying the Scientific 
House to relieve Literary and Scientific Institutions 4 
from all rates and taxes, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cheetham ;—Ashton-under- Lyne ; Factories. 
— Hyde ;—Staleybridge ;—Ardwick ;—and, Mixzen- 
den; praying the House to pass a Bill to limit the 
labour of all young persons employed in Factories, 
to ten hours a day for five days in the week, and 
eight hours on the Saturday,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








Vou. 97. 

















3 B2 Petitions 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Slavery. 


Carlow 
Road Bill. 


Public Houses 
Bill. 


Corn Laws. 


Athlone 
Electiun. 


372 

Petitions of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Hexham Union ;—and, Board of Guar- 
dians of the Poor of the Greenwich Union ; praying 
that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass 


into a law, as it now stands—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of 7. S. Tickell, and others ;—and, 
the Secretary to the Cornwall Medical Association ; 
praying for an alteration of the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act, so far as relates to the appointment 
and remuneration of Medical Officers, and the system 
of tender for Medical Relief in Poor Law Unions,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Driffield, in 
the East Riding of the county of York, complaining 
of the continuance of Slavery in the East India 
Company’s Possessions, and in the British Colony 
of Ceylon, and praying the House to pass a law 
declaring every human being who treads upon any 
part of the British dominions to be free, and in full 
possession of his own person, uncontrolled by any 
power but that of the moral and civil laws, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
first and second years of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for repairing the Road 
from the Town of Athy, in the County of Kildare, 
through the Town of Castlecomer, in the County of 
Kilkenny, to the City of Kilkenny, and from the 
Town of Castlecomer to the Town of Leighlin Bridge, 
in the County of Carlow, and from the Town of 
Carlow to the said Town of Castlecomer, so far as 
relates to the second Division of the said Road, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Taylor do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the borough 
of Wolverhampton, praying that no clause may be 
introduced into the Public Houses Bill for the pur- 
pose of closing their houses from twelve o’clock on 
Saturday night until one o’clock on Sunday after- 
noon, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wokingham ;—Manchester (fifteen 
Petitions) ;—and, Gruelthorpe ; praying for the re- 
peal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Lynch and Patrick Kelly, 
was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That the 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, in the coun- 
ties of Roscommon and Westmeath, was held in the 
month of July last; that Cuthbert Fetherston H., 
Esquire, acted as Returning Officer thereat, and 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esqaire, and George De la 
Poer Beresford, Esquire, were Candidates thereat 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was com- 
menced on the sixth day of July, and proceeded in 
from day to day until the following Thursday, the 
eighth day of July, when the same was finally closed, 
and the said George De la Poer Beresford was de- 
clared to have been duly elected, and was accord- 
ingly returned as having been duly elected and 
cnosen a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough; that a Petition was there- 
upon presented to the House, by Thomas Glynn 
and John Dowde, complaining of an undue Return 
at the said Election, and praying the House to ad- 
judge and declare that the said Return was illegal, 
and ought to be amended ; that a Committee of the 
House, to whom the said Petition was referred, 
having on the tenth day of this present month of 
June, informed the House that George De la Poer 
Beresford, Esquire, was not duly returned a Burgess 








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A. 1842. 


to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 


of Athlone, and that Daniel Henry Ferrall, Es- 
quire, ought to have been returned a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Athlone, the Return was amended accord- 
ingly, by rasing out the name of George De la Poer 
Beresford, Esquire, and inserting the name of Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, Esquire, instead thereof; that it 
was ordered on the day last aforesaid, by the House, 
that George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, and all 
other persons entitled so to do, be at liberty to 
question the Election of the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, Esquire, within fourteen days then next; 
that the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election for the said Borough of Athlone, and now 
are, Electors for the said Borough, and had, and 
claim to have had, a right to vote, and did vote, for 
a Member to serve in Parliament at the said last 
Election for the said Borough ; that the said Peti- 
tioners allege that the said Cuthbert Fetherston H. 
was not the proper Returning Officer by and before 
whom an Election for the Borough of Athlone ought 
to have been holden, and that he could not legally 
hold such Election ; that the said Election was not 
held by virtue of any lawful or sufficient precept 
for holding the same; that no sufficient notice or 
proclamation of the said Election was made prior 
to the same being holden, as required by law ; that 
neither the said Cuthbert Fetherston H., although 
assuming to act as the Returning Officer for the 
said Borough, nor any other person in that behalf, 
did cause to be affixed in the usual public place in 
the said Borough, or other place, any notice or no- 
tices, under his or their hands, of the time and place 
of holding the said Election, four days at the least 
preceding the day of Election, nor was any such 
notice given or published before the holding of the 
said Election ; that many persons were admitted to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall who were not entitled to vote 
thereat, and that the votes of many persons who 
tendered the same for the said George De la Poer 
Beresford, and whose votes ought to have been 
received in favour of the said George De la Poer 
Beresford, were rejected ; that many persons were 
permitted to poll for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, 
whose alleged respective rights to vote at the said 
Election were not derived from any holding or oc- 
cupation within the said Borough as tenants or 
owners of any house, warehouse, counting-house or 
shop, which either separately or jointly with any 
land within the said Borough occupied therewith by 
them respectively as tenants under the same land- 
lord, or occupied by them respectively as owners, 
were of the bond fide clear yearly value of ten 
pounds, but on the contrary were respectively below 
the clear yearly value of ten pounds; that many 
other persons were permitted to poll for the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall who had registered as house- 
holders, but whose qualifications as such registered 
voters had, prior to the said Election, ceased to exist ; 
that many other persons were permitted to poll for 
the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, by whom more than 
one half year’s grand jury or municipal cesses, rates 
or taxes were due and payable in respect of the pre- 
mises in their several certificates or affidavits of re- 
gistry mentioned ; that other persons were permitted 
to poll for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who were 
severally disabled and disqualified from voting by 
the laws now in force in Ireland, by reason of dig- 
nity, office or employment; that the votes of various 
other persons were received, who were not qualified 
or entitled by law to vote, but who had personated 
other registered electors, the said last-mentioned 
electors being either dead, or not having voted, or 
having abandoned the registered premises, or quitted 
the said Borough and ceased to reside therein at the 
time of the said Election ; that at the Election divers 
persons were permitted to vote, and did vote for the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall who were not duly re- 
gistered 


5 Vicroriz. 


gistered as electors for the said Borough, and who 
were not entitled to be registered as voters for the 
said Borough, or to vote at the said Election ; that 
divers other persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, who had not, at the time of their voting 
thereat, the same qualification for which they were 
originally registered, they, at the time of such Elec- 
tion, having ceased to possess and occupy the whole 
or part of the qualifying premises, or having other- 
wise ceased, at the time of the said Election, to 
have the qualification for which they were originally 
registered, or have otherwise ceased to be entitled 
to vote at the said Election; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote at the said 
Election for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who 
were registered as electors for the said Borough, but 
had become disqualified to vote at such Election 
subsequently to the time of their being so registered, 
and previously to the time of their so voting, by re- 
ceiving alms or parochial relief, or by not residing, 
or having ceased to reside, within the said Borough, 
or within the distance by law prescribed in that be- 
half, or by other legal or personal disqualifications 
or incapacities; that divers other persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election in 
favour of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who were 
disabled or disqualified from or incapable of voting 
at the said Election by reason of their being at the 
time of their so voting, or having been previous to 
the said Election, employed in the charging, collect- 
ing, levying or managing the Duties of Customs or 
Excise, or by or under the Post-Master General, or 
his deputy, in receiving, collecting or managing the 
revenue of the Post-ottice, or some part thereof, or 
in some other disabling oftice or employment ; that 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election in favour of the said Daniel 








Henry Ferrall who were, or had been, either during 


such Election, or within six calendar months pre- | 


vious to such Election, or within fourteen days after 
it was completed, employed at such Election as 
counsel, agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flagman, 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 Candidate, 
or from some other person, for or in consideration 
of or with reference to such employment, a sum or 
sums of money, or a retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, or promises or securities for a sum or 
sums of money, or retaining fee, office, place or 
employment, and whose votes were therefore wholly 
void, and ought to be struck from the poll; that 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote 
at the said Election for the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, who had asked, received or 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, or had been bribed to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, ov to refuse or forbear to give 
their votes for the said George De la Poer Beresford ; 
and’ divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election for the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, who, by themselves, or by persons employed 
by him, did, by gifts or rewards, or by promises, 
agreements or securities for gifts or rewards, corrupt, 
. bribe or attempt to corrupt, procure and 
ribe persons having voices at the said Election in 
favour of the Dantel Henry Ferrall, or to forbear 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
George Dela Poer Beresford, and whose votes ought 
to be struck from the poll; that divers other persons 
having voices and votes at the said Election were 
admitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election 
for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who had, after 
the teste or issuing out or ordering of the Writ of 
Election upon the calling or summoning of the pre- 
sent Parliament, and after the said Borough and the 


Representation thereof had become vacant by the 
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14° Juniz. 373 


dissolution of the late Parliament, and before the 
said Election for the said Borough, received, ac- 
cepted or taken from the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, 
or otherwise, on his behalf, at his charge, before his 
Election, respectively, certain sums of money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, or certain pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations or engagements for 
the gift or allowance of certain sums of money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards or enter- 
tainments to them the said voters, or each of them 
the said voters respectively, for their own use, be- 
nefit, employment, profit or preferment, in order to 
vote, and for voting in favour of the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, or in order to forbear to vote in fa- 
vour of the said George De la Poer Beresford, and 
in order to cause him the said Daniel Henry Ferrall 
to be elected, and for his being elected for the said 
Borough, and that the votes of such voters were 
thereby rendered invalid, void and illegal, and ought 
to be struck off the poll; that divers electors of the 
said Borough were treated in order to procure the 
Election of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall for the said 
Borough, and were, nevertheless, admitted to vote, 
and did vote in favour of the said Daniel Henry Fer- 
rall, although their votes were by such treating ren- 
dered void, illegal and invalid, and ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that the votes of divers 
persons have been counted as upon the poll of the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who had no sufficient 
affidavits or certificates of registry entitling them to 
vote at the Election ; that divers other persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election 
in favour of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who 
were for various reasons different from those herein- 
before mentioned incapable of voting thereat, and 
who laboured. under personal disabilities to vote 
thereat different from those which have been herein- 
before mentioned, and whose votes ought to be struck 
off the poll; that divers votes were otherwise im- 
properly or erroneously admitted and reckoned upon 
the poll in favour of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall ; 
that both before and after the teste and issuing out 
of the Writ for the said Election, and at and during 
the said Election, the said Daniel Henry Ferrall 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
by divers ways and means, at his charge and on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly, give, present and 
allow to persons being voters at such Election, mo- 
ney, meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, provision 
and reward, and did make presents, gifts, rewards 
and promises, agreements, obligations, and engage- 
ments to give money, meat, drink, provision, presents, 
reward and entertainment to and for persons being 
voters as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, in order that the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall might be elected, and for being elected to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; that be- 
fore and during the said Election the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall was, by himself and his agents, ma- 
nagers and friends, guilty of divers acts of bribery 
and corruption, in order to compel and procure, and 
did, by himself and his agents, friends, managers 
and other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money, rewards and promises, and agree- 
ments, and securities for money, gifts, employment 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, 
undue influence and other corrupt, illegal or im- 
proper practices, acts and means, corrupt and pro- 








cure divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, to give their votes in 
favour of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, and to 
forbear to give them in favour of the said George 
De la Poer Beresford ; that before, at and during 
such election, numerous electors in the interest of 
the said George dela Poer Beresford were forcibly 
and violently seized and carried away by persons in 
the interest of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, and 
were forcibly and violently imprisoned and detained 
until such Election was closed, and such persons 





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were thereby prevented from recording their votes | 
in favour of the said George de la Poer Beresford, | 
as they otherwise would have done ; that previous | 
to and during the said Election, riots of the most | 
alarming, tumultuous and violent description took 
place in the said Borough, by means of which riots | 
the electors in the interest of the said George de la | 
Poer Beresford were greatly interrupted, — 
and assaulted, as well in going to as in returning 
from the said polling place, and were severely | 
beaten, illtreated, bruised and wounded, and divers | 
of the said electors who would otherwise have voted 
for the said George de la Poer Beresford, were, in | 
consequence thereof, deterred and prevented from so | 
doing, and others were influenced by fear, threats and 
violence to vote for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall ; | 
that the said riots were countenanced and encouraged | 
by the partisans and friends of the said Duda’ 
Henry Ferrall, and by divers persons in their in- 
terest, for the purpose of intimidating electors from 
voting for the said George de la Poer Beresford, or 
of compelling them to vote for the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall; and that during such riots, tumults 
and excesses, divers electors in the interest of the 
said George de la Poer Beresford were prevented 
gaining access to the poll, when free access was 
allowed to the voters in the interest of the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall; that the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall was not at the said Election seised or en- 
titled, for his own use and benefit, of and to an 
estate, legal or equitable, in any lands, tenements 
or hereditaments, situate, lying or being, within the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or 
in the rents and profits of any such lands, tenements 
or hereditaments, for his own life, or the life or lives 
of any other person or persons then living, or for a 
term of years, either absolute or determinable on his 
own life, or the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years was then unexpired, such estate being 
of the clear yearly value of not less than three hun- 


14° Juniz. 








dred pounds over and above all incumbrances affect- 
ing the same, nor was he at the said Election pos- 
sessed or entitled, for his own use and benefit, at 
law or in equity, for his own life or for the life or 
lives of any other person or persons then living, or 
for any term of years either absolute or determinable 
on his own life, or for the life or lives of any other 
person or persons then living, of which term not less 
than thirteen years was at the time of his Election 
unexpired, of or to personal estates or effects of any 
nature or kind whatsoever, situate within the said 
United Kingdom, or the interest, dividends or annual 
proceeds of any such personal estate or effects, such 
personal estate or effects, interest, dividends or 
annual proceeds, actually producing the clear yearly 
income of not less than three hundred pounds over 
and above all incumbrances affecting the same, nor 
did he at the time of the said Election possess more 
than one of the said several kinds of qualification, 
they being jointly of sufficient value to qualify him 
as a Member to serve in Parliament for any bo- 
rough; that the Petitioners further allege that the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall was not at the said elec- 
tion qualified, in respect of estate or property, to 
be elected thereat, and is thereby incapable to sit 
in Parliament as Member for the said Borough ; 
and praying the House to take the premises into 


consideration, and to declare the said Daniel Henry 


Ferrall was not duly elected, and that the said 
Gecrge de la Poer Beresford was duly elected to 


serve in this present Parliament, at the last Election | 
for the Borough of Athlone, and that the Return be | 
amended accordingly, or to declare the said Election | 


and Return for the said Borough to have been null 
and void, or that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioners such further and other relief in the premises 
as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 











A. 1842. 


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





A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Ebenezer Tho. 
Stockport, praying the House to grant a Committee ™s Tallentine, 


to inquire into the conduct of the police authorities, 
and other circumstances connected with the coro- 
ners’ inquest, held on the 19th day of April 1842, on 
the body of Ebenezer Thomas Tallentine, of Stock- 
port, who was found dead and mutilated in the 
police lock-ups of Stockport, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the East India Afghanistan, 


Committee of the Colonial Society, praying for the 
production of such public documents as may enable 
them, and all other subjects of Her Majesty, to 
understand by what authority the War in Affghan- 
istan was proclaimed, and for what object it was 
undertaken, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Trustees and Commissioners of the Turnpike-toads 


Turnpike-roads in the division of Bridgwater ;— 
and, Creditors of the Bridgwater Turnpike Trust ; 
praying that the Turnpike-roads 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 the Chairman, Vice Chairman and 


Bill. 


Rating of 


Guardians of the Isle of Thanet Union; praying Tenements. 


that the Owners of small Tenements may be assessed 
to the poor’s rate, in lieu of the Occupiers, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ashton’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

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 coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. 

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 Minutes 
of Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Sir John Yarde 
Buller do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider the expediency of framing some legisla- 
tive enactment (due respect being paid to the rights 
of the Clergy) to remedy the evils arising from the 
Interment of Bodies within the precincts of large 
towns or of places densely peopled, have Power to 
report their Observations and Opinion thereupon 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Mackinnon reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had considered the matters re- 
ferred to them ; and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow : | 

1. Resolved, That the practice of Interment within 
the precincts of large towns is injurious to the health 
of the inhabitants thereof, and frequently offensive 
to public decency. 





2. Resolved, That in order to prevent or to di- 
‘minish the evil of this practice, it is expedient to 
pass an Actof Parliament. 

3. Resolved, That legislation upon the subject be, 
in the first instance, confined to the Metropolis and to 


| certain other towns or places, the population of which 


_respectively at the last Census exceeded 50,000. 

4. Resolved, That burials be absolutely prohibited 
after a certain date, within the limits of such towns 
| or places, except in the case of family vaults already 
| existing 


Ashton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Interment of 
Bodies. 


No. 327. 








Courtof Session Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


(Scotland.) 


5 Vicroriz. 


existing, the same partaking of the nature of private 
property, and being of limited extent. 

5. Resolved, That certain exceptions as applying to 
eminent public characters, be likewise admitted with 
regard to Westminster Abbey and to Saint Paul's. 

6. Resolved, That certain exceptions be likewise 
admitted with regard to some cemeteries of recent 
construction, according to special local circum- 
stances, to be hereafter determined. 

7. Resolved, That within the dates which may be 
specified, the parochial authorities in such towns or 
places be empowered and required to impose a rate 
for the purpose of forming cemeteries at a certain 
distance from the same. 

8. Resolved, That a power be given to the paro- 
chial authorities of two or more parishes or town- 
ships of the same town to combine, if they think 
proper, for the same cemetery. 

9. Resolved, That a minzimum of distance be fixed 
for such cemeteries, from the same motive that leads 
to their establishment—the public health ; and that 
a maximum of distance be likewise fixed, so as to 
secure the lower classes, as far as possible, from the 
hardship of loss of time, or weariness, in proceeding 
toa great distance to attend the funerals of their 
relatives. 

10. Resolved, That the parochial authorities be 
responsible for the due and decent administration of 
each burial within the new cemeteries, in the same 
manner as they now are within the present church- 
yards; and that, on the other hand, they be entitled 
to the same amount of fees on each burial as they 
at present receive. 

11. Resolved, That due provision be made for the 
perpetual possession by the parishes or townships of 
the ground on which the cemeteries shall be made. 

12. Resolved, That due space be reserved, with- 
out consecration, and within the limits of the in- 
tended cemeteries, for the separate burials of such 
persons or classes of persons as may be desirous of 
such separation. 

13. Resolved, That no fees from any such burials 
in unconsecrated ground be payable to any minis- 
ters of the Church of England. 

14. Resolved, That, subject to the conditions ex- 
pressed in the 10th and 13th Resolutions, arrange- 
ments be made to equalise as far as possible the 
total amount of fees payable on burials within the 
same cemetery, whether in the consecrated or the 
unconsecrated ground. 

15. Resolved, That considering the difficulty of 
fixing the same date for the prohibition of burials 
within the limits of different towns, or the same dis- 
tance for the construction of the new cemeteries, 
and the importance of having reference to various 
local circumstances, it does not appear desirable to 
observe in all cases an uniform rule in these respects, 
but that the time and manner of applying the prin- 
ciples set forth in the foregoing Resolutions should 
be entrusted either to some department of the Go- 
vernment, or to a Board of Superintendence, to be 
constituted by the Act of Parliament. 

16. Resolved, That the duty of framing and in- 
troducing a Bill on the principles set forth in the 
foregoing Resolutions, would be most efficiently dis- 
charged by Her Majesty’s Government, and that it is 
earnestly recommended to them by the Committee. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, to show, in columns, an Abstract 
of the extent of Business which has been done in 
the Court of Session, since the year 1789, up to the 
period when the last Returns were made to Parlia- 
ment, and as follows: 1. The Number of Causes 
that were brought into Court in each year, and in a 
series of Seven years respectively, from 1780 down 
to the time when the Court was divided into two 


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Chambers or Courts of Review: 2. The Number of 
Causes which were decided in each year, and in a 
series of Seven years respectively, before the Lords 
Ordinary, and by the Inner House, from 1780 to the 
time that the Court was divided into two Chambers 
or Courts of Review: 3. A similar Return for the 
Business of the aforesaid Courts, trom the time the 
Court was divided into two Chambers :—This Return 
to mention the Dates when the Court of Admiralty, 
the Commissary Court, and the Jury Court were 
added to the Court of Session; distinguishing the 
Causes decided under these Jurisdictions since their 
amalgamation with the Court of Session ; so that 
the whole Causes of every kind which have been 
decided in the latter period may appear in this Re- 
turn, and be placed in contrast with those, in each 
series of Seven years, as in the Return for the first 
period; the Returns for the years at the end of each 
period not amounting to Seven, to be given as they 
have been returned to Parliament :—The above Re- 
turns to be furnished from those made to Parliament, 
or which have been given in to Commissioners, or 
to Parliamentary Committees, and to be so con- 
structed as to show clearly, in the most compact 
form, the Increase and Decrease of each kind of 
Causes, in each series of Seven years. 

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


county of Somerset ;—and, Ewan ftichards, of Car- 
narvon ; taking notice of the Petition of Peter Ste- 
phen Cropper, which was presented upon the 6th day 
of this instant June, relative to the Belfast Election ; 
and praying that the House will exercise due caution 
in extending its belief to any assertion made by the 
said Stephen Cropper, and will refrain from institut- 
ing upon his authority, any proceedings involving 
the interests of others, or the rights and privileges 
of the people of Belfast, without first ascertaining 
the truth of the charges in circulation regarding 
him, and which, if true, would render any statement 
made by him utterly disentitled to credit,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the 
Slerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Belfast, 
in the room of James Emerson Tennent, Esquire, 
and William Gillilan Johnson, Esquire, whose Elec- 
tions have been determined to be void ; 

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 


* into, for the purpose of avoiding investigation into 
“ oross and extensive Bribery, and gross and corrupt 
“‘ personation of Voters, and consequent Perjury, 
“ alleged to have been practised at the late Election 
“ for Belfast,” 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 ; Mr. Shaw, } 73 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: J °"* 
Tellers for the (Mr. O’ Connell, 
Noes, Sir Henry Winston Barron : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words “ a 
“ Select Committee be appointed to inquire whether 
“ a corrupt Compromise has been entered into for 
“ the purpose of avoiding investigation into gross 
“ and extensive Bribery, and gross and corrupt per- 


170. 





Vou. 97, 


“ sonation of Voters,and consequent Perjury, alleged 
3B4 “ to 


wonaennephii tre &lt; tome i 


moe i 2 at er * 
&gt; an al Re 


Petitions of George Johnston, Esquire, formerly of Belfast 
Carnarvon, but now of Camden-place, Bath, in the lection. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Belfast Writ. 


words “a Select Committee be appointed to inquire Belfast 
“‘ whether a corrupt Compromise has been entered Flection. 






























































oa ae 


ct et EE 
saa minaret an Pac eran mene 


3 Se 





oe eR ae anmmnamerects = : 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Brentford Gas 
Bill. 


Boston Harbour 


(No. 3.) Bill. 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


Hawkes’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Ashton’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Hawkes’s 
Divorce Biil. 


Customs Acts, 








376 


“ to have been practised at the late Election for 


14° Junie. 





A. 1842. 


2. Resolved, That in lieu of all Duties of Customs 


. ao gy be added instead thereof :—It was re-| payable on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, being 


solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; | 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire whether a corrupt Compromise has been 
entered into for the purpose of avoiding investigation 
into gross and extensive Bribery, and gross and cor- 
rupt personation of Voters, and consequent Perjury, 
alleged to have been practised at the late Election 
for Belfast. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Lynch: 
‘Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for supplying the Towns 
of Old and New Brentford, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, and other Places therein mentioned, with Gas, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money for carrying on 
the said Undertaking, without any Amendment: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An' 
Act for making better Provision for effecting Im- | 
provements in the River Welland and Part of the | 
Port and Harbour of Boston, in the County of Lin- | 
coln, and amending several Acts relating to the same, | 
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 the Abandonment of a Portion of the Line 
of the Great North of England Railway, and for 
altering and 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 
to dissolve the Marriage of John Hawkes, with 
Fanny, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 











Sir John Yarde Buller reported, That he had car- | 
ried to the Lords the Message of this House of yes- | 
terday, 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 Ashton’s Divorce Bill; and 
that their Lordships had been pleased to communi- 
cate the said Minutes of Evidence; and request that 
the same may be returned to them :—And he de- | 
livered the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Hawhkes’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the several Acts re- 
lating to the Duties of Customs. 

(In the Committee.) 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That in 
lieu of all Duties of Customs payable on Goods, 
Wares and Merchandize, being the growth, produce 
or manufacture of the United Kingdom, exported 
from the United Kingdom to Foreign Countries, there 
shall be levied the following Duties outwards ; viz. 


| ae @ 
Coal, Culm or Cinders, ina foreign ship - theton|! - 4 - 
Coal, in a British Ship; viz.— 

Not being small Coal - - - - theton| - 2 - 


Question put, That the proposed words and duties 
stand part of the Schedule ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for ther Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1, 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle : ina 


the growth, produce or manufacture of the United 
Kingdom, exported from the United Kingdom to. 
Foreign Countries, there shall be levied the following 
Duties outwards; viz. 


£. s. d, 
Coal, Culm or Cinders, in a foreign ship - theton| - 4 - 
Coal, in a British ship; viz.— 
Not being small Coal - - - - theton | - 2 —- 
Small Coal ; that is to say, Coals which shall have 
been screened through a riddle or screen, the bars 

of which are not in any part thereof more than 


five-eighth parts of an inch asunder, and Culm, 


Clay and China Stone - 


the ton - 1 


- the cwt. 








Tellers for thef Mr. Hutt, 
Noes, \U Mr. Lambton : 


} a, 


Cement Stone and Flint (except for Ballast) ground and 
unground - - - - - - the cwt. - - 
Wools and Skins - - - - - theewt.} - 1 
Manufactures or pretended Manufactures, slightly wrought 
up, so as that the same may be reduced to and made use 
of as Wool again; Mattresses or Beds stuffed with 

combed Wool, or Wool fit for combing or carding, 
theewt.| - 1 - 


Additional Schedule to be inserted in Schedule 
No. 10. 
After ‘“‘ Deals, Battens, Boards or other Timber 
“ or Wood sawn or split, and not otherwise charged 
“ with duty, the load of fifty cubic feet” :— 


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Suga 
Bill. 












5 Victroriz. 


3. Resolved, That the Duties imposed in the fore- 
going Schedules on Articles other than Spirits and 
Timber, shall be respectively subject to the charge 
of 5 per cent., imposed by an Act passed in the 3d 
year of Her present Majesty, c. 17; and the Duties 
imposed in the foregoing Schedules on Spirits shall 
be subject to the additional rated charge laid on 
Spirits by the said Act ; and the Duties imposed in 
the foregoing Schedules on Timber to the additional 
charge of 5 per cent. 

4. Resolved, That provision be made for the better 
collection and management of the Duties of Customs. 


Resolutions to be reported. 








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


Mercurii, 15° die Junii, 1842: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 


14°—..15° Junii. 


7 


377 


Acts for a time to be limited, was, according to Or- 
der, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Assessed Taxes Bill was, according to Order, Assessed Taxes 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. No. 326. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Dean Forest 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of — 
authorizing the Advance of Money out of the Land y Sema 
Revenues of the Crown for the Endowments and Money.] 
the Repair and Maintenance of certain Chapels, in 
Her Majesty’s Forest of Dean; 

Sir Robert Peel, 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. 


Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sugar Duties § The ingrossed Bill for granting to Her Majesty 
Bill certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United 
Kingdom, for the service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and Forty-two, was, according to 
Order, 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-three, certain Duties on Sugar imported 
into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Law of Mer- The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
sc amend the Laws relating to Advances bond fide 


Bill, made to Agents intrusted with Goods, was, accord- 

ing to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

. Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 
British Possese The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Rill, Abroad mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Passengers Bill. reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


rhe The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘esBill. mittee on the New South Wales Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
od Law The Order of the day being read, for the second 
mendment 


Bill, reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


oy Prison The Perth Prison Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 

Dubie Costs The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relating to 


Double Costs, Notices of Action, Limitations of 
Actions, and Pleas of the General Issue, under cer- 
tain Acts of Parliament, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts for the 
Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales, and 
to continue the Officers appointed under the said 


Tithes Comma- 
tation Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Drainage (Ireland) Bill be re- Drainage 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for (te!#"4) Bill. 
Wednesday next. 


Sir Robert Peel presented,—Return to an Address Slave Trade. 


to Her Majesty, datea the 3d day of May last, for 
Returns of the Number of Vessels which have been 
adjudicated in the Courts of Mixed Commission at 


Sterra Leone, from the latest date included in the 

Return No. 8, of the Appendix to the Report of the 

Committee on the State of that Colony, printed by 

Order of the House in the year 1830, down to the 

latest period to which the same can be made up ; 

stating the time and place of Capture, and the time 

that elapsed before the Ship arrived at Sierra Leone 
for adjudication ; the Number of Slaves on board at 
the time of Capture, and the Number that were 
landed at Sierra Leone; distinguishing Males from 
Females, and Adults from Children, so far as the 
same can be made out :—Of the Number of Vessels 
of every class in Her Majesty’s Service which have 
been employed on the West African Station in each 
year since the year 1828; specifying the Name, 
Class and Force of each, together with the Numbers 
of their respective Crews ; and stating the Number 
of Deaths in each Vessel in each year, distinguish- 
ing those which have occurred in action or by ac- 
cident, (in part continuation of the Return ordered 
by the House to be printed, 17th February 1830) :— 
Of the Total Expense of the Naval Force employed 
in the Suppression of the Slave ‘Trade on the West- 
ern Coast of Africa, in each year since the first 
establishment of the Mixed Commission Courts :— 
And, of the several Powers with which Treaties have 
hitherto been concluded for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade; specifying those which have admitted 
the Equipment Article, and the date of each Ra- 
tification, (so far as the same can be made out at 
the Foreign Office). 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill to allow Writs of Error 
of a Writ of Error in any case of a Judgment of the Bil. 

Court of Queen’s Bench, upon an application fora Ne. 328. 
Mandamus: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 

next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. William Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Railways. 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of any Communi- No. 329. 
cation from the Board of Trade to the Railway Com- 
panies, and of the Replies on the part of any of the 
same, in reference to the practice of locking both the 
doors of the Railway Carriages, or otherwise con- 
fining the Passengers travelling thereby. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to the Lighthouses 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account ("eland.) 





Vou. 97. 


3c of 





















































































of all Monies received and applied by the Corpora- 
tion for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, 
on account of Lighthouses, for the year ending 31st 
December 1841. 

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


Public Petitions Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
(Thistieth on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
es Petitions presented from the 8th to the 10th days 
of this instant June, both days 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. 


Malt Draw- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— a Return of the Total Amount paid to Distillers in 
the United Kingdom, as Drawback, on Malt used, or 
on Spirits made from Malt, under the Acts 1 &amp; 2 
Geo. 4, c. 82, 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, 6 Geo. 4, c. 58, and 

























































































378 14°—15° Juni. A. 1842, 


heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Pe- 
tition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leicester Leicester 
Small Debts Bill be revived:—And that they have $™ 


leave to sit, and proceed, upon Friday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Boston Harboy 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (XN 3+) Bill 


tituled, An Act for making better Provision for effect- 
ing Improvements in the River Welland and Part of 
the Port and Harbour of Boston, in the County of 
Lincoln, and amending several Acts relating to the 
same; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 30. 1. 28. After “ Acts” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 
Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 


“ acted, That nothing herein contained shall extend 


ce 











2 Will. 4, c. 29, up to the 5th day of January 1842, 
and showing also the Amount for each Kingdom. 














And then the House, having continued to sit 








clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 























Mercurit, 15° die Juniz; 











Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 














PRAYERS. 
Printed Papers. R. Speaker informed the House, That the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House, had re- 
ceived a subpoena to attend the trial of Thomas 
































and others, defendants, in an action of trespass, on 
the part of the said defendants. 























action. 

Mr. Speaker also informed the House, That Mr. 
Gudge, the Clerk of the Journals, had received a 
subpeena to attend the trial of Thomas Burton 
Howard, plaintiff, and Ralph Allen Gossett and 
others, defendants, in an action of trespass, on the 
part of the said defendants. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gudge have leave to attend 
























































this House, at the trial of the said action. 











Sudbury Ordered, That the Sudbury Improvement Bill be 


—_—* read the third time To-morrow. 


























Roads Bill. 


























cester, Stafford and Salop, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Barneby do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





























Duke ofArgyll’s The Duke of Argyli’s Estate Bill was read a se- 
Estate Bill. = Gond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


























Liverpool An ingrossed Bill for the Administration of the 
Poor Bill. Laws relating to the Poor in the Parish of Liverpool, 
in the County of Lancaster, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Viscount Sandon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mersey Con- A Petition of the Right honourable Charles Wil- 
servancy Bille iam Earl of Sefton, praying that he may be heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, was presented, 

and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
















































































“ 
i 


Burton Howard, plaintiff, and Ralph Allen Gossett | 


{ 
Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms have leave | 
to attend and give evidence on the trial of the said | 


and give evidence, and to produce the Journal of 


Stourbridge An ingrossed Bill for repairing the several Roads | 
leading toand from the Market-house in Stourbridge, | 
in the County of Worcester, and several other Roads | 
connected with the said Roads, in the Counties of Wor- | 


or be construed to extend, to prejudice, obstruct, 
prevent, impede or defeat any works made or 
executed, or to be made or executed by, or to in- 
validate, lessen, alter or take away any of the 


“ 
“ 


till a quarter of an hour before two of the |“ rights, powers or authorities vested in the Com- 


|“ pany of Proprietors of the Witham Navigation, 


“ acting under an Act of Parliament passed in the 
_“€ fifty-second year of the reign of his late Majesty 
|“ King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for ren- 
| dering moreeffectual an Act of his present Majesty, 
for draining Lands lying on both Sides of the 
River Witham, in the County of Lincoln, and for 
restoring the Navigation of the said River, and 
for repealing another Act of his present Majesty, 
in relation to the said Drainage and Navigation.’ ” 

Criavse (B.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall ex- 
tend or be construed to extend, to prejudice, ob- 
struct, prevent, impede or defeat any works made 
or executed, or to be made or executed in pursu- 
ance of an Act made in the fifth year of the reign 
of King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act for 
draining and improving certain Low Marsh and 
Fen Lands lying between Boston Haven and 
Bourn, in the Parts of Kesteven and Holland, in 
the County of Lincoln, and in pursuance of an 
Act made in the tenth year of the reign of his 
said Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
‘ An Act for amending and rendering more effec- 
tual an Act made in the fifth year of the reign of 
his present Majesty, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act for drain- 
|“ ing and improving certain Low Marsh and Fen 
|“ Lands lying between Boston Haven and Bourn, 
\“ in the Parts of Kesteven and Holland, in the 
County of Lincoln, and for improving the Naviga- 
tion through the said Lands,” or to empower the 
said mayor and burgesses, or their successors, to 
intermeddle with, or to charge with any additional 
tonnage, rate or duty, any boats or vessels laden 
or unladen with any goods or merchandize what- 
ever navigating any of the drains already made 
or to be made in or through the said low marsh 
or fen lands lying between Boston Haven or Bourn 
aforesaid, in pursuance of the said two last-men- 
tioned Acts, or otherwise to invalidate, lessen, alter 
or take away any of the rights, powers, privileges 
or authorities which by the two last-mentioned 
Acts are vested in the Commissioners acting 
under the said Acts, but that the same shall be 
and continue as fully to all intents and purposes, 
as if this Act had never been made, anything here 
contained to the contrary thereof, in anywise not- 
withstanding.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brownrigg 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 London ;— Woolhampton ;—Mor- Rowan 
peth;—and, Leicester; complaining of grievances Catholics 


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Waterloo, &amp;c. 
Bridges. 


Cape of Good 
Hope. 


Factories. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Sudbury Dis- 
frauchisement 


Bill, 


Great North 
of England 
Railway Bill. 


5 Vicroriz£. 


affecting Roman Catholics ; and praying that they 
may be placed upon a footing of perfect equality, 
in point of civil rights and enjoyments, with Her 
Majesty’s subjects professing other religious per- 
suasions,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clerkenwell ;—and, Ward of Wail- 
brook, London ; praying the House to adopt measures 
for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon 
Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cape Town, and its 
vicinity, praying that the government of the colony 
of the Cape of Good Hope may, as speedily as pos- 
sible, be assimilated in principle and form to that of 
Great Britain, and that it may be composed of a 
governor appointed by the Crown, an executive coun- 
cil also appointed by the Crown, and a legislative 
assembly composed of representatives freely elected 
by the people, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Causeway Head (York) ;—Man- 
ningham ;— Calverley ; — Gomersal ; — Clayton ; — 
Thornton ;—and, Wike; praying the House to pass 
a Bill to limit the hours of labour of young persons 
employed in Factories, to ten hours a day for five 
days in the week, and eight hours on the Saturday, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Chaw- 
leigh, in the county of Devon, praying that the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Electors and Sons of Freemen, 
above fourteen years of age, of the borough of Sud- 
bury, praying that the Sudbury Disfranchisement 
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 the Abandonment of a Portion 
of the Line of the Great North of England Railway, 
and for altering and amending the Acts relating 
thereto ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. Leave out “ larger” and insert 

longer.” 

Pr. 8.1. 9. After “ enjoyed” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for the said Company to erect any 
“ building whatever upon the land belonging to 
“ John Allan, Esquire, in the township of Darling- 
“ ton, in the county of Durham, lying north of the 
“ Stockton and Darlington Railway, save and ex- 
“ cept a lodge or cottage, which shall not contain 
more than one hundred square yards in area, nor 
exceed one story in height. 

Pr. 9. 1. 20. After “ Bill,” insert “ if passed 
into a law.” 

Pr. 9.1. 34. After “ aforesaid” insert “ for the 
“ purposes of that part of the said Railway hereby 
authorized to be abandoned.” 

Pr.10.1.13. After“ by” insert “ or payable to.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 15. Leave out from “ and” to “ the,” 
in 1. 23., and insert “the sum agreed to be paid for 
“ such repurchase shall be paid accordingly to the 
said Company out of the money so to be received 
“ by or payable to the said Dean and Chapter, at 
“ any time after such money shall have been paid 
“ into the Court of Chancery, under the provisions 
“ of the said intended Act (notwithstanding any 
“ thing in the said Act to be contained as to the 
application of purchase or compensation monies 
to be payable thereunder), and for which payment 


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the said Court of Chancery shall make an order 
in a summary way, upon the joint Petition for 
that purpose of the said Dean and Chapter and 
the said Great North of England Railway Com- 
pany, but at the sole costs and expense of the 
said Great North of England Railway Company, 
who shall bear and pay the costs, charges and ex- 
penses attending such applications to the said 
Court of Chancery as may from time to time 
be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and upon 
“payment to the said Great North of England 
Railway Company, with or out of such money as 
aforesaid, of the sum which the said Dean and 
Chapter may have consented or agreed or may 
consent or agree to pay for such repurchase as 
aforesaid, or at the expiration of six calendar 
months after the passing of this Act, in case such 
payment shall not have been previously made, 
(but nevertheless without prejudice to the agree- 
ment for any such payment as aforesaid).” 

_ _Pr. 10. 1. 30. Leave out from “ of” to “ in” 
in |. 34., and insert “ that portion of the said Rail- 
‘‘ way hereby authorized to be abandoned, (except 
such part of the said last-mentioned portion as 
shall or may be repurchased by the said Dean 
and Chapter, under the powers contained).” 

Pr. 11. 1. 1. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 

“¢ shall,” in 1. 5. ' 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr, Scholefield 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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A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Church Rates. 
Protestant Dissenters assembling in the Abbey-lane 

Chapel in Saffron Walden, praying for the abolition 

of Church Rates, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Martin be added to the Fisheries __ 
Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, Fishermen fisheries 

and Inhabitants of the Borough of Limerick, and (ireland) Bill. 
counties of Limerick and Clare, resident in and 

upon the banks of the River Shannon, praying that 

the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, 

as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 

ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
reading of the Church Patronage (Scotland) Bill; Patronage 

And notice being taken that the interest of the 
Crown was concerned in the right of presentation 
to Churches in Scotland, and Her Majesty’s Re- 
commendation not having been signified thereto ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Designs Copy- 
mittee on the Designs Copyright Bill; right Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Transfer of Licenses paptic Houses 
and Regulation of Public Houses, was, according Bill. 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Captain Rous do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The’Mines and Collieries Bill was, according to Mines and_ 
Order, read a second time; and com mitted to a Com- Collieries Bill. 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sudbury Dis- 
into a Committee upon the Sudbury Disfranchise- ‘renchisement 
302 ment ~" 





Vou. 97. 





(Scotland) Bill. 














Copyright 
Registration 
Bill. 


Newfoundland 
Bill, 


Justices’ Juris- 
diction Bill. 


Electors’ 
Removal Bill. 


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


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


380 15° Juniz- A. 1849, 


ment 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 an Amendment thereunto. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; 

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


The Newfoundland Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Wednesday the 29th day 
of this instant June. 


The Justices Jurisdiction Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Electors’ Removal 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 new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Milner Gibson, lioe 

Yeas, UL Mr. Hawes : _— 

Tellers for the J) Mr. Richard Hodgson, lane 

Noes, Sir Charles Douglas : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“upon this day three months,” be added at the 
end of the Question ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words 
“ three months” in order to add the word “ week,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ three months” stand part of the said proposed 
Amendment ; 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Richard Hodgson, li01 
Yeas, L Sir Charles Douglas : ra 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Foa Maule, 1 99 
Noes, \ Mr. Hawes: . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months”’ be added to the ori- 
ginal 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Salmon Fisheries (Scot- 
land) (No. 2.) 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 Friday 
next. 


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 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 Dean Forest 
into a Committee upon the Dean Forest Poor Bill ; Poor Bil 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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- Deay Fores 
mittee on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Bill ; Ecclesiastical 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Saint Briavel’s 
into a Committee upon the Saint Briavel’s Small hag Dedis 
Debts Bill; and, atter 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 To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Customs Acts, 
it was referred to consider the several Acts relating to 
the Duties of Customs, several Resolutions; and the 
same were read. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider further of 
the said Resolutions :—The House, accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Schedules amended, as follow : 


Schedule 1. Of or from Of and from 


Lobsters— Foreign British 
Countries. Possessions. 


Leave out “the ship’s| £. s a |f£ 8 d. 
“lading - - - -| 5 - -|5 - -” 
and insert - - -| “free free” 
Leave out “ Or one penny each, at the option of 
“the Importer.” 
Fish of British taking and curing— 
Leave out “and curing,” and insert “ fresh or 
“cured.” 
Apples, dried, the bushel, | 
Leave out - - - 
and insert - . - 
Pears, raw, the bushel— 
Leave out - ~ - 
and insert . - - 


Pears, dried, the bushel— 
Leave out - - - 
and insert - - - 








Spruce, the barrel— 
Leave out - - 
and insert - - “yy 


After 


“ Liquorice Roots, the cwt.| 1 
insert 
“c 





-- Paste, the cwt. 1 
—- Juice, the cwt. 1 


Leave out - ~ - 
and insert - - -| “3 
Liquorice Powder, the ewt. | 

Leave out - - -{“3 - 
and insert - - - 

Schedule 2. 

Spices, viz. 


After “ Nutmegs,” insert “ from and after July 5 
“1843.” 


Schedule 3. 


Leave out “ Maw, thecwt. - &amp; |: 2 6” 
and insert “Maw, theqr.}] - 1 -|- - 6 


After “Onion,” insert “ from and after July 5 
“1843,” 


“ 





Schedule 4. 








5 Victroriz£. 

















Of or from Of and from 
Foreign British 
Schedule 4. Countries. Possessions, 
Brazil Wood, the ton— £.s d|£% d. 
Leave out - - -|“- 5 -|- 2 6” 
and insert - - often @ a Te “| oi 
Brazilleto Wood, the ton— 
Leave out - - -|“- 56 - | =~ ¢ © 
and insert ~ - -|“- 2 -}- 2 ~-” 
After“Tulip Wood,theton| - 10 -|- 2 6” 
insert “ Walnut Wood, 
the ton - 56 -/|- 1 -” 
Schedule 5. 
Coes. Ore of, viz. 
eave out “ containing 
“not more than 10 parts of 
“Copper - pertonofmetal}] 110 -j;1 - ~” 


After “ containing,” leave out “ not,” and in the 
same line leave out “ 15” and insert “ 20.” 

Leave out “ containing 
“more than 45 parts of 
“&lt; Copper, per ton of metal 





7 10 : 1- —” 
Spelter or Zinc, viz. 


Crude, in cakes, and not rolled or otherwise 
manufactured, the ton— 

_ a 1 aie wre 
1 a. 1 9 


Leave out 
Rolled, but not otherwise manufactured, the ton— 


cy 


“ 





and insert - - - _ 





Leave out - - -|“4 —- -)4 = ~” 
and insert - - -|“210 -|210 ~” 

Schedule 6. 

Oil of Cloves, the lb.— 

Leave out - - -|“- 2 - | - 2 -” 
and insert - - wis, @ aha 4 
Orpiment, the cwt.— 

Leave out - - -|“1 8 6{1 8 -” 
and insert - - -|}“- 1 - | - 1-” 


Painters’ Colours not particularly charged, viz. 
Unmanufactured, for every 100/. value— 

Leave out - “5 - - | 
and insert - ~? 


5 
1 





Sal Limonium, the Ib.— 
Leave out “ lb.” and insert “ cwt.” 


Leave out - - - 
and insert - - - 


Schedule 10. 
Timber or Wood, &amp;c.— 


Leave out “ Ufers.” 
Staves, the ioad of 50 cubic feet— 
Leave out - - -!|“1 10 
and insert - “4 38 


After “ Wastewood, viz. | 

“billetwood, or brush- | 

“‘ wood, used for the pur- 

“‘ poses of stowage, 

“ for every 100/. value | 

Insert “ Wood planed, or 

“otherwise dressed or 

| 

“prepared for use, and (6d. r of 

“ not particularly enume- | Fea 

“yated, nor otherwise | —— 
“charged with duty 


|| value, 
-|4o 
Schedule 12. 
Camels’ HairorWool,thelb. | -~ - 1|]- - 1 


Leave out “1d.” of and from British Possessions, 
and insert “ free.” 


Schedule 13. 


Bottles of earth and stone, 
and empty, the dozen 





” 


5 


(Si } 


| (6d. per foot of 


For every 100/. 
value, 


5 








awk = «+ +e « CRs oe 
and insert - . el so side Qa ders 
Vou. 97. 


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381 


Schedule 15. 











Of or from Of and from 

British ships or vessels en- | herein, | British 

titled to be registered as 

such, and not having been £-0°@ §@.&gt; aired 

built in the United King- 

dom, forevery100/.value} - - |5 - - 

Leave out “5 /.,” and insert “ free.” 

Schedule 18. 
Feathers, &amp;c.— 
— Ostrich, dressed, the Ib. | | 

Leave out - - -!“-10 -|-10 -” 
and insert - - - | “110 —/1 10. -” 
Undressed - the Ib. | | 

Leave out - - -|“- - 38]- - 8” 
and insert - - -]“- = 1J- = 1” 


Rags, viz. 
Old Woollen Rags, fit only for manure, per ton— 
Leave out the words “ fit only for manure.” 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 


reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Perth Prison Bill; and, ® 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr, Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Assessed Taxes Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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 Commit- 
tee to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing 
the Advance of Money out of the Land Revenues of 
the Crown for the Endowments and the repair and 
maintenance of certain Chapels in Her Majesty’s 
Forest of Dean ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, 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, a Return, to show the Number of Causes, 
with the date of the commencement of each, which 
are at present pending in the Court of Session, re- 
specting the exercise of Patronage in the Church of 
Scotland, the said Return to distinguish those Causes 
which have arisen in consequence of what are com- 
monly called “ Quoad Sacra,’ Clergymen having 
been admitted as Members of the Church Courts ; 
also, to distinguish the Cases under litigation of 
Presentations by the Crown from those of other Pa- 
trons, and to show the Number of each Kind. 

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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—A Copy of a Letter from Edward Lucas, Es- 
quire, Under Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of 
freland, to the Commissioners appointed by his Ex- 
cellency to report on certain Charitable Institutions 
in Dublin, receiving Grants from the Public Funds, 
dated Dublin Castle, the 5th day of February 1842 ; 
and a Copy of the Warrant appointing the said 
Commissioners ; also, a Copy of the General Report 
of the said Commissioners, submitted to the Lord 
Lieutenant ; together with Copies of their Reports 
on the following Institutions and Grants ; viz. Fe- 
male Orphan House, Westmoreland Lock Hospital, 

3c3 Lying- 


Perth Prison 
ill. 


Assessed Taxes 


Bill. 


Dean Forest 


Ecclesiastical 


Districts 
[Advance of 
Money. ] 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Charitable 
Institutions 


(Dublin. ) 





382 


Electors 
(Sudbury.) 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wages, | 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


Wages. 
No.330. 


Lighthouses 
(Treland.) 


No. 331. 


Pilotage. 


the Borough of Sudburyas Ten Pounds Householders 
and as Freemen, distinguishing the Number regis- 
tered for both Qualifications. 


ever | 
ath | 
blin Infirmary, Cow Pock | 
Females discharged from 

Fountains. 

A Return of the Number of Electors registered in | 


| 


| 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Lighthouses 


(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 16° die Junii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called 

in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Receipt and Appropriation of the Pilots’ 
Fund of the Corporation of Trinity House, of Dept- 


ford Strond, in the year ending 31st December 


Rogue Money 
Assessment 
(Scotland, ) 


Fines and 
Penalties 
(Ireland. ) 


Newspaper 
Stamps and 
Advertisements. 


1841 :—And then he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Rushworth, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of April last, for 
Copies of the Returns made by each County in 
Scotland, for the last year, under the Rogue Money 
Assessment (Scotland) Act, 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 65. 

Mr. Rushworth also presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of April 
last, for an Account from the Chief Remembrancer 
of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of 
all Accounts of Fines and Penalties levied by each 
Court or other Person under the Powers of the Act 
1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 99, im such form as he has required 
the Accounts to be made to his Office under the 
eleventh Clause of the said Act, for the years 1840 
and 1841 :—And, a Return from the Paymaster of 
Civil Services, showing the sums as they have been 
received by him, from each Assizes, Quarter or Petty 
Sessions, &amp;c., on account of Fines, Penalties, &amp;c., 
during the same period, and how the same have 
been disposed of, and to whom paid, according to 
the same Act (so far as the same relates tothe Pay- 
master of Civil Services). 

A Return of the Number of Newspapers to which 
Stamps were issued, and of the Number of Stamps 
issued to Newspapers, in the years ended on the 
15th day cf September 1836 and 1837 respectively, 
and in the half year ended on the 15th day of March 
1838 ; distinguishing the Number issued to London 
Newspapers, to English Provincial Newspapers, to 
Irish Newspapers, and to Scotch Newspapers ; also, 
of the Amount of Newspaper Duty received in Eng- 
land, Ireland and Scotland, during each of the above 
years ; stating the Totals for each year, and the Rate 


of Duty which was then in force :—A similar Ac- | 


ccunt for each year since the 15th day of March 
1838 :—And, a Return of the Number of Advertise- 
ments inserted in the London Papers, the English 
Provincial Papers, the Irish Papers, and the Scotch 


Papers, in each of the years ended on the 10th day | 
of October 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840 and 1841 
respectively ; also, of the Amount of Advertisement 
Duty received in England, Ireland and Scotland, 
during each of the above years; stating the Totals 
for each year, and the Rate of Duty which was then 
in force. 





15°—16° Juniz. 


Lying-in-Hospital, Doctor Steven’s Hospital, F 
Hospital, Cork-street, Hospital for Incurables, Me 
~ Hospital and County Du 
Institution, Shelter for 
Prison, and Liberty 








A. 1842. 


A Return of the Quarterly Payments made to the Ionian States, 
Treasury from the Contribution of £.35,000 per an- 
num, payable to Great Britain for Military Protec- 
tion of the Jonian States, from the year 1823 inclu- 
sive; the Dates of these respective Payments, and 
the periods for which they were paid. 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great Soap. 
Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft; and also 
the Quantity upon which the silicated Duty has 


| been charged, from the 5th day of January 1841 to 
| the 5th day of January 1842 :—Of all Soap exported, 


‘and the Amount of Drawback paid thereon ; speci- 
fying the Port from whence shipped, from the 5th 
\day of January 1841 to the 5th day of January 
|1842:—Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing 
Hard from Soft, and the Amount of all Allowances 
and Drawbacks made to the Manufacturers of 
Woollen, Linen, Silk, and others, from the 5th day 
of January 1841 to the 5th day of January 1842 :— 
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 January 
/1841 to the 5th day of January 1842 :—Of all Soap 
imported into Great Britain, Hard and Soft, the 
Port at which imported, and the Amount of Duty 
paid thereon, from 5th day of January 1841 to the 
5th day of January 1842 :—And, of the Names of 
all Persons convicted of defrauding the Revenue 
arising from Soap, the Date of Conviction, the 
Amount of the several Penalties, whether the Person 
so convicted had been previously convicted or fined, 
or had had Penalties compromised ; the Amount 
paid to the Seizing Officers for each Conviction, and 
the Names, Dates and the Amount of Penalties 
paid in all cases which have been compromised, or 
tried before the Summary Court of Excise, from the 
5th day of January 1841 to the 5th day of January 
1842 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
256, of Session 1841) :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- Depwade 

| missioners, was called in; and at the bar presented, Union. 
| pursuant to Order,—A Copy of the Correspond- | 

ence between the Board of Guardians of the Dep- 
| wade Union and the Poor Law Commissioners, which 
| took place in May 1841, or about that time, relating 
| to the case of a Widow named Booty, who was then 
|residing at Eaton, near Norwich :—And then he 
withdrew. 


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











| 
| 
| 


| Mr. Hope Johnstone reported from the Committee London and 
|on the London and Greenwich Railway (No. 3.) (re- — 

; . ‘ Ae ailway 
;committed) Bill; and to whom several Petitions (No. 3.) Bill. 
against the said Bill were referred ; That they had con- 
sidered the said Petitions, and had made other Amend- 
ments to 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 
| inerossed. 











A Petition of Ambrose Lace and Joshua Lace, Mersey Con- 
|Gentlemen, John Tomkinson, Stone Mason, and servancy Bill 
| Samuel Holme and James Holme, Builders, all of 

| Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, praying that 

they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 

agents, against certain parts of the Mersey Conser- 

'vancy Bill, was presented, and read. 

| Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Select 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 Select Committee appointed to Grinding Act. 

| consider the expediency of renewing any of the pro- No, 333. 

visions of the Act of Geo. 4, commonly called the 
Grinding Act, and under what modifications, have 

| Power to report their Opinion thereupon to the 
House, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
| taken before them. 

Mr. 


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Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Railways Bill. 


Charitable 
Lunatic 
Asylums. 


China and 
Affghanistan. 








5 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Hutt reported from the said Select Committee, 
That they had considered the matters to them re- 
ferred, and had come to several Resolutions; which 
thev 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 the enactment of some measure 
which would enable this country to participate with 
other nations in the Fresh Flour and Biscuit Trade, 
would greatly conduce to the advantage of commerce 
and of other national interests ; but that it is expe- 
dient that such measure should be so framed as not 
to infringe the law for regulating the Duty on the 
importation of Foreign Grain. . 

2. Resolved, That an opportunity, free from all 
exception, would be afforded to this country of en-| 
gaging in the Fresh Flour and Biscuit Trade, if leave 
were given to substitute, under certain regulations 
and restrictions, equivalents in Flour or in Biscuit 
for Wheat deposited in bonded warehouses. 

3. Resolved, That the chief regulations which 
should be observed in making this exchange of 
equivalents, are as follow; viz. 1stly. The deposit 
in bond of the Flour or Biscuit, and the due exami- 
nation thereof by Officers of the Customs prior to 
the release of the Wheat for which it is to be sub- 
stituted. 2dly. Not less than 78 lbs. of Fine Flour 
to be deposited in lieu of 96 lbs. of kiln-dried Wheat, 
or of 100 lbs. of Wheat not being kiln-dried. 3dly. 
Not less than 68 lbs. of Captains’ Biscuit, and not less 
than 80 lbs. of Biscuit of the standard of that supplied 
to Her Majesty’s Navy, and not less than 118 lbs. of 
common Ship-biscuit respectively, to be deposited in 
bond in lieu of the aforesaid quantities of Wheat. 

4. Resolved, That the operations of the exporting 
Merchant would be facilitated, if he were permitted 
to receive from the Custom-house a certificate of any 
deposit he had made, such certificate being available 
for releasing an equivalent in Wheat from any bonded 
warehouse in the United Kingdom, provided it were 
presented for such purpose at some period not ex- 
ceeding six weeks from the time of its date. 

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


Petitions from Andover ;—and, Weyhill; praying 
for the repeal or alteration of the Poor Law Amend- 


ment Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull; praying 


that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Teston and Nettlestead ;— Kingston; 
— Glasgow ;—Cumbernauld ; — Kilsyth ;— Church 
and Chapel Brampton ; — Tonbridge ; —Sandbach ; 
— Marlborough ; — Saint John’s, Glasgow ;— and, 
Milton, Glasgow; praying for the insertion of a 
Clause in the Railways Bill, to the effect that no 
Railway shall be used on the Lord’s Day, except 
in cases of charity or necessity,—were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Trustees, Patron, President, 
Vice Presidents, and others, the Governors of and 
Subscribers to a Charitable Lunatic Asylum, called 
“ The Radcliff Asylum,” situated in the parish of 
Headington, in the county of Oxford, praying that 
there may be extended to all Charitable Lunatic 
Asylums, the benefit of the Clause of exemption, 
which by the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 40, s. 29, relieves 
County Lunatic Asylums from being rated to the 
poors-rate of a parish at a higher value, or upon a 
more improved rent, than that upon which the land 
or ground was rated at the time of purchase, was pre- 
; A Petition of Subscribers to the Local Dispensary, Medical 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table 


Petitions of the there-undersigned, belonging to the 
Working Man’s Church meeting at Dockhead, and 


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383 


others ;—and, Members and Friends of the Society 
for the Promotion of permanent and universal Peace, 
praying the House to address Her Majesty to exercise 
Her prerogative in ordering a discontinuance of the 
War in China and Affghanistan,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North Shields, and Landlord 

its vicinity, praying the House to take into consi- om —— 
deration the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, eaicieaenn.. 
with a view to its final adjustment, and to enact 

that henceforth juries may be chosen half catholics 

and half protestants on all trials where there is dan- 

ger to be apprehended from religious feeling, was pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 


Petitions from the Ward of Cripplegate ;—Ward Bridges. 


of Farringdon Without ;—Ward of Tower (London) ; 
—and, North District of Saint Luke’s, Finsbury ; 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeeming 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Ship-owners, Merchant 
Mariners, and other Inhabitants of the borough of menue 
Tynemouth, in the county of Northumberland, pray- 

ing the House to pass a law to secure to Seamen 

the payment of their wages in the event of the total 

loss of ship, cargo and freight, up to the time of 

such loss, provided the Seamen have done their duty, 

or legalize the insurance of their wages, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Smith, of the parish of Fastbourne 
Wilmington, in the Eastbourne Poor Law Union, in ¥"™- 
the county of Sussex, Agricultural Labourer, com- 
plaining of the treatment he received while in the 
workhouse of the said Union, and praying for an 
investigation into the conduct of the Guardians of 

the said Union, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Droi¢- Poor Law 

wich Union, in the county of Worcester, praying \™um"* 
that Boards of Guardians may be invested witha —~ 
discretionary power of affording relief to all paupers 
whilst residing out of their respective unions ; and 
that the owners of all cottages assessed to the poor- 
rate at a less sum than Five pounds, shall be liable 
to pay such rates instead of the occupiers, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters, assembling at Church Rates. 
Lewins Mead Meeting House, in the city of Bristol, 
praying for the abolition of Church Rates, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ormskirk, praying sugar. 
the House to take into consideration the duty on 
foreign Sugars, with a view of admitting them on the 
same terms as Sugars the growth of our own pos- 
sessions, and of eventually reducing the duty on 
both to such an amount as may best harmonize the 
interests of the consumer with the requirements of 
the revenue, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend, alter and enlarge sudbury 
the Powers and Provisions of an Act for paving, Improvement 
lighting, cleansing, watching, watering and improv- ®#- 
ing the Town and Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
of Suffolk, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and ingrossed Clauses were added by way of 
Riders ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


established at Kilworth, in the county of Cork, Charities 
praying that the control of the Medical Institutions (Ireland. 
in Ireland may be placed in the hands of the Execu- 





Vot. 97. 


3c4 tive, 


) 
\ 





Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


London and 
Dublin Com. 
munication. 


Exports 
(Colonies. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Belfast 
Election. 


Bribery at 
Elections 
(No. 3.) Bill. 


No. 334. 


Southampton 
‘Town Election, 


384 


tive, under such medical supervision as the House 
may deem necessary, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Millers, Merchants, and those in- 
terested in the trade of the city of Limerick, and the 
counties of Limerick and Clare, praying that the 
Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Lords of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty, referred tu in a Letter 
dated Admiralty, the 2d day of December 1839, 
signed J. Barrow, and directed to Rear Admiral 
Sir James Alexander Gordon, kK. c. B., &amp;c., &amp;e., &amp;e., 
contained in a Return to an Address of the House 
of Commons, dated the 7th day of August 1840. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantities and the Value of Fish, 
Lumber and Provisions exported from Nova Scotia, 
New Brunswick and Canada respectively, to the 
British West Indies, in the year 1840. 


The House being informed, That the Copy of the 
Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill, and the Order of the 
House for the second reading of the said Bill, had 
not been served on the present Returning Officer, 
but on Thomas Jones, who was the Returning Offi- 
cer at the last Election ; 

John Hall, Messenger, was called in, and being 
examined, stated, that he served a Copy of the Bill, 
and the Order for the second reading, on Thomas 
Jones, at Sudbury, who stated he was the Returning 
Officer, and gave a receipt for the same :--And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Order for receiving the Report 
on the said Bill, To-morrow, be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the Bill, and a 
Copy of the Order for receiving the Report of the 
said Bill on Wednesday next, be served on the pre- 
sent Returning Officer for the Borough of Sudbury. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 


upon Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be ap- | 
pointed to inquire whether a corrupt Compromise | 


has been entered into, for the purpose of avoiding 


investigation into gross and extensive Bribery, and | 


gross and corrupt Personation of Voters, and con- 
sequent Perjury, alleged to have been practised at 
the late Election for Belfast, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. O’ Connell, 
Mr. Shaw, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Cripps, Mr. 
East, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Pro- 
theroe and Sir Benjamin Hall. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the said 
Committee, that they do also inquire whether such 
Bribery and Personation have really taken place. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for the better 
Discovery of Bribery in the Election of Members of 
Parliament : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesda 
next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Special Report 
wh.ch, upon the 6th day of May last, was made from 
the Select Committee on the Southampton Town 
Election Petitions, might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“ That James Bruce, Esquire, commonly called 
Lord Bruce, and Charles Cecil Martyn, Esquire, 
were, by their agents, guilty of Bribery at the last 
Election for the Town and County of the Town of 
Southampton : ? 

That Charles Combe Callan was bribed with £. 10, 
paid to his wife for him; that Joseph Whitmarsh 


16° Junie. 


A. 1842, 


was promised a bribe of £.20, the whole or some 
portion of which was afterwards paid ; that Joseph 
Redwards was bribed with £.5; that William An- 
drews was bribed with £.3; and that Giles Paskin 
was bribed with £.3 ; each of them to vote for Lord 
Bruce and Mr. Martyn: 

That it has not been proved before the Committee 
that these acts of Bribery were committed with the 
knowledge and consent of Lord Bruce or Mr. Martyn. 

That the Evidence given before the Committee 
relative to an extensive system of treating carried 
on through the means of local associations, the pay- 
ment of large sums to chairmen and colourmen, 
|many of whom were voters, and the expenditure of 
_asum of money for the purposes of the Election, 
| amounting to nearly £.5,000, and therefore far ex- 
| ceeding the ordinary legal charges, is deserving of 
| the serious consideration of the House. 

That the Committee feel they have been prevented 
| from ascertaining the exact mode in which the whole 
| of this money was expended, by the loss or destruc- 
| tion of the vouchers and other documents connected 
with these payments, especially in the case of Wil- 
‘liam Rouse Mabson, who, after having been served 
with the Speaker’s Warrant, disposed of those in 
_ his possession.” 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Special Report of the Select Com- 
/mnittee appointed to try the matter of the Petitions 
/ complaining of the last Southampton Election; and 
| to inquire into the matters contained in the several 
| Petitions hereinafter mentioned, viz.; the Petitions 
of the Electors of Southampton, presented on the 
9th day of May and the 1st day of June; the Peti- 
tion of John Sadler Moody, and other Electors of 
| Southampton, presented on the ist day of June; 
‘the Petition of William Hooke Steere, and other 
Electors of Southampton, presented on the 1st day 
_of June; the Petition of John Wren, presented, and 
printed with the Votes, on the 30th day of May; 
and, the Petitions of Abraham Abrahamand William 
Henry Mackey, presented, and printed with the 
Votes, on the 13th day of June, and to report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House. 








A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to indemnify Witnesses 


who may give Evidence before the Committee ap- Indenmity Bill. 


pointed by the House of Commons, to inquire whe- 
ther corrupt Compromises have been entered into 
|in the cases of Election Petitions presented from 
| Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, 
Bridport, and eading, for the purpose of avoiding 
| Investigation into gross Bribery alleged to have been 
| practised at the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, 
/and whether such Bribery has really taken place. 


| A Bill, intituled, An Act for transferring to the Boston Harbour 


Trustees of the River Welland, in the County of 
| Lincoln, certain Dues payable in respect of Vessels 
| using the said River, part of the Port and Harbour 


| 
| 


‘of Boston, and their Cargoes, for better effecting 


| Improvements authorized by a former Act, and for 


| amending several Acts relating to the same : 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Witnesses’ 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


| A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend an Camberwell 


jesty King George the Third, for lighting and watch- 
ing certain parts of the Liberties, Hamlets or Dis- 
tricts of Camberwell and Peckham, in the County of 
Surrey : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, 
watching, cleansing and improving Ely-place and 
Ely-mews, Holborn, in the County of Middlesex : 


passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to alter, 
amend and enlarge some of the Powers and Pro- 
visions 





| Act of the fifty-fourth year of the reign of his Ma- and Peckham 


Lighting Bill. 


Ely-place 
Improvement 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain an Act Saint Pancras 


Improvement 
ill. 














Ardr 
Harb 


Brew 
Esta' 


Man 
Esta 


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Lincoln — 
Roads Bill. 


Ardrossan 
Harbour Bill. 


Brewood School 


Estate Bill. 


Manners’s 
fstate Bill. 


Church Rates. 


Slave Vessels, 


5 Vicroriz. 


visions of the Acts for paving and otherwise im- 
proving certain Streets in the Parish of Saint Pan- 
cras, in the County of Middlesex : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend 
an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, for more effectually 
repairing, maintaining and improving certain Roads 
leading to and from the City of Lincoln: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act for erecting a Harbour at 
Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr, and to provide 
for the Improvement of the said Harbour, 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 empowering the Trustees of Brewood Grammar 
School, in the County of Stafford, to make Sales, 
and to grant Mining Leases of certain Parts of the 
Estates belonging to the said School, 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 for vesting certain Estates appointed and de- 
vised by the Will of George Manners, Esquire, de- 
ceased, and purchased under the Trusts thereof, in 
Trustees to sell the same, and to invest the Monies 
thence arising 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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill to abolish 
Church Rates, and make other Provisions for the 
maintenance of Churches and Chapels in England 
and Wales ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir John Easthope, 

Yeas, Mr. Mark Philips: 

Tellers for thef Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 

Noes, UMr. Gally Knight: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


} 80. 


Lies 
j 162. 


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 Slave Vessels brought before the 
several Courts of Mixed Commission, or before 
any British Vice Admiralty Court, for adjudication, 
between the 1st day of January 1840, and the 31st 
day of December 1841, with the Name of the cap- 
turing Ship and the Commander thereof, describing 
the Flag under which each Vessel was seized ; dis- 
tinguishing those under the late Treaty with Spain 
and under the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 73, the registered 
Tonnage of each Vessel as well as that by British | 
admeasurement ; and if Slaves on Board, stating 
the Number at the time of Seizure ; the date of the 


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585 
Restitution, with the Amount of Proceeds of Sale or 
of Costs awarded, the Expenses of Condemnation 
and of breaking up of each Vessel, the Period when 
the Proceeds for Distribution were paid into the Re- 
gistry of the High Court of Admiralty, and when the 
same was paid to the Captors:—Also, an Account of 
all Claims for the several Bounties or Tonnage be- 
tween the Ist day of January 1840 and the 31st day of 
December 1841, and of all Slave Vessels that have 
been taken into Her Majesty’s Service, under the 
Provisions of the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 73; stating 
the appraised or estimated Value of the same, the 
registered Tonnage as well as that by British ad- 
measurement, and the Sums which the Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty have deemed a proper Price 
for the same. 

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, Distress 


That this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve 
itself into a Committee for the purpose of taking 
into consideration the following Resolution :—That. 
it is the Opinion of this House, that immediate 
measures be taken to alleviate the deplorable dis- 
tress and destitution which now afflict many of the 
working classes in the manufacturing districts ; and 
that an Address be presented to Her Majesty, be- 
seeching Her Majesty to employ for their temporary 
relief a sum of money not exceeding One million 
sterling, and that this House will provide for the 
same ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Ferrand, L« 
Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: f 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 106 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: } , 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Manufacturing 


istricts, ) 


The Select Committee on the Lagan Navigation Lagan Naviga- 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Vernon, Sir tion Bill. 


John Walsh, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Pringle, Captain 
Carnegie, Mr. Dickinson, Captain Jones, Mr. Charles 
Wood, Mr Sharman Crawford, Mr. Serjeant Mur- 
phy, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Redington 
and Mr. Patrick Stewart. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Castoms Acts. 


it was referred to consider the several Acts relating 
to the Duties of Customs, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That ia lieu of the Rates of Duty 
now payable upon the Articles enumerated in the 


following Schedules, there shall be raised, levied and . 


paid upon the importation of the said Articles into 
the United Kingdom, the Rates of Duty specified 














decretal part of the Sentence, whether Forfeiture or 


in the said Schedules. 






















SCHEDULES OF DUTIES. 
Rates of Duty, Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from Of and from ARTICLES. Of or from |Of and from 
Foreign | British Foreign | British 
Countries. | Possessions. | Countries. | Possessions. 
sideline Zeca. | | 
1— ANIMALS (Livine) anp ARTICLES £. sd. | £. 5. de 1.—AniMats (Livre) and Arrictes or Foop—continued.; £. s. d. | £. 8. de 
; a or Foon. | Animals (living )—continued. 

Animals (living) ; viz. : Sheep - ° - * = = = each - 2 aa © Sam 
ll ech| - 26) - 1 8 lee «© © »© «© © « Ss as &gt;| &lt;a 
Goats 4 = - - - ech| - 1 -| - - 6 Swine and Hogs - - - - - - ech; = 5 -| - 2 6 
Kids - ~ - - - - - each | ~ 1 - | - - 6 Pigs (sucking) - - - - - = ami =- £ «| - 3 = 
Oxen and Bulls - , sh - i 2 EN es eee, ee Poultry - e “ - - for every 1007. value} 5 = -| 210 - 

; _ - - - - - - - each |} -— 15 - - 7 6 || Arrow Root - - - - - - - theewt.| - 5 -| - 1 - 
_— ee = - - - - each | - 10 —| -— 5 ~ || Capers, including the pickle - - - - thelb, | - - 6/ - - 8 
— Mares, Geldings, Colts, Foals - - each | 1 — - | - 10 — || Cassava Powder - - - - - - theewt.| - 5 - | - 1 - 
Mules - - - - - - - each - 2 6 | = 1 3 | Caviare - - - - - - - theewt.| - 5 - | - 56 a 
| 
Vou. 97. 3D Chicory, 




















































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16° Juniz. A. 1849 








=. 
Rates of Duty, 


if SRS i 

ARTICLES, Of or from | Ofand from | ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British Foreign British 
Countries, | Possessions. Countries. | Possession, 


Rates of Duty. 











ee 
1.—Animats (tivine) and ArticLes or Foop— a a 


1.—ANIMALs (LIVING) and ArtIcLEs or Foop— £ 
continued. 


. © &amp; d. 
continued. 
Chicory, or any other vegetable matter applicable to the uses Liquorice Roots - - - the ewt. 
of Chicory or Coffee ;— Paste - - - the ewt. 
Roasted or ground - - - - - the Ib. Juice - - - the ewt. 
Raw or kiln-dried - - . - - the ewt. Powder - - - the cwt. 


Cate « . ‘ , c Aint, &lt; Macaroni and Vermicelli ~ the Ib. 
Cucumbers preserved = - for every 1001. value £ Marmalade i bi ¥ the Ib. 
a Oil Seed Cakes - - - the ton 
Fish; viz. Pickles of all sorts, nein ‘the Vieoger, and not otherwise 
Anchovies - - - - the lb. enumerated = - - - - - the gallon 
Eels - ° - the ship’s lading Pickles preserved in salt - - - - the gallon 
Lobsters ¥ ~ i SHS Provisions ; viz. 
Turbots  - a ~ - theewt. . Bacon ; the ewt. 
Fish imported from Foreign Places in other than fishing Beef, salted, net being — Beet, heme and after 10th 
vessels ; viz. October 1842 - - - the ewt. 
Oysters © - - - the bushel Beef, fresh, or “4 elias the cwt. 
Salmon « - - - the ewt. Butter - - the ewt. 
Soles - - - - the cwt. Cheese - - - + the ewt. 
Turtle - - - - the cwt. Eggs - " 5 the 120 
Fresh, not otherwise enumerated the ewt. Hams of all kinds o - the cwt. 
Cured, not otherwise enumerated the cwt. 2 Lard Fe - - the ewt. 
If imported in fishing vessels - prohibited | prohibited Pork, salted (not Hams), from ond after 10th October 
Fish of British taking, fresh or cured free free 1842 - the cwt. 
ti a Pork, fresh - - - - the ewt. 
Fruit ; viz. Pudd; is he Ib 
Raw, and not otherwise enumerated, for every 1002. value | &lt; : Tor ae ae — - i M oe 
Almonds, not Jordan, nor bitter - - the ewt. = es, ae fr is hh ail rib a a ont, 
Snedan e e : ‘. ~ thes aited or fresh meat, — otherwise described- _ the ewt. 
—— Bitter “ - ~ ee - - the ewt. Sago - = - ~ - the ewt. 
—— Paste of - for every 1002, value Suceades and Confectionery, imslading all Fruits and Vege- 
Apples, raw - - - - the bushel tables preserved in Sugar - - - - the Ib. 


dried - - - ~ the bushel Tapioca - - - - - - - the ewt. 
Berries, unenumerated - - - the ewt. 2 Truffles - - - - - - - the lb, 


Cherries, raw - + for every 100 1. value Vanelloes - a = ‘s ~ = Z the Ib. 
dried - - - - the lb. z P 
Citron, preserved with salt for every 1007. value \ egetables ; viz. 
Cranberries - - - the gallon 1 Lentiles a * - " the bushel 
Currants - - - the ewt. 2 2 { Onions - - = - the bushel 
Dates - - - the ewt. - Plaintains ie = is the ewt. 
Figs - . . aa peg _* Potatoes - the ewt. 
Grapes - for every 1007. value | 5 All Vegetables not enemerted or » described, 
Medlars_ - - - the bushel for every 1001. value 
Nuts ; viz. 
Chesnuts - the bushel 
Cocoa nuts - the 1,200 
Pistachio nuts - the ewt. 
Small nuts - - - - the bushel 
Walnuts - - - - the bushel 
Nuts, not otherwise enumerated, except such as are com- 
monly used for expressing oil therefrom, Pr esiggbaces 
for every 1001. value preserved ~ - 4 “ 
Olives - - - - - - - the gallon 2 9 | Mace o - » . . the Ib. 
Oranges and Lemons ; viz. Nutmegs, from and after 5th July 1843 the lb. 
In chests and boxes not exceeding 5,000 cubic inches, wild, in the shell - - the Ib 
the box : j Pimento - - - - the cwt. 
Over 5,000 cubic inches, and not exceeding 7,300, Pepper, of all sorts - ~ the lb. 
the box 
Over 7,300 enbic inches, and not exceeding 14,000, 
the box 3 . 3.—SEEDs. 
For every 1,000 cubic inches exceeding 14,000 - = 
Loose - - - - - - - the 1,000 
Entered at value, at the option of the importer, 


— 


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2.—SPIcEs. 

Spices ; viz. 
Cassia Lignea the Ib. 
Buds the lb. 
Cinnamon the lb. 
Cloves - the Ib. 
Ginger - 


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| Seeds; viz. 
Acorns the bushel 
Aniseed the ewt, 
for every 1002. value Canary the bushel 
Pears, raw - - - - - - the bushel : Carraway the ewt. 
dried - - - - - - the bushel $ § | Carrot the cwt. 
Peel of Lemons - - - - - the ewt. Clover - the ewt. 


e - the quarter 
Coriander - the ewt. 


Cummin - the ewt. 





oS or or ps to i 


—— of Oranges - - - - the ewt. Cole 
—— of Pomegranates - - - the ewt. 
Plums, commonly called French . and Prunelloes, 
the ewt. 
dried or preserved - the ewt. 
Pomegranates - - - the 1,000 
Prunes - - ~ - the ewt. 
Quinces - - - - the 1,000 
Raisins - - - - the cwt. 
Tamarinds - - - the Ib. 





Fennugreek - the cwt. 
Flax - - the quarter 
Forest - - - - - the ewt. 
Garden, not particularly enumerated or described, nor 
otherwise charged with duty - - - the lb. 
Grass, of all sorts, not particularly enumerated, or other- 
wise charged with duty = - - - - the ewt. 
Grain, not rated as Corn or Seeds ; vis. Hemp " ‘s - the quarter 
Barley, pearled - - - - - the ewt. § 2 6 Leek - the ewt. 
Beans, Kidney and French - - - the bushel - 5 | Lettuce - the quarter 
Rice, not rough, nor in the husk - - the ewt. j ; || Linseed ; ~ the quarter 
rough, and in the husk - the quarter | Lacerne ~ the ewt. 
Hay - - “ - - - the load j | Lape ~ _ the cvt. 
Honey - : . . ? - the ewt. ; Maw - the quarter 
Hops - 7 " mn . ~ avo | Millet the ewt. 
Mustard - - - - the bushel 
Liquids ; viz. Onion, from g 5 , the ewt. 
Beer or Mum - - the barrel Parsley - the ewt. 
Spruce - - the barrel Poppy - the quarter 
Ale and Beer, of all sorts - the barrel | 4 Quince - the cwt. 
Cider - - - ~ . - the ton Rape - the quarter 
eis of Spruce - - - for every 100 l. value Sesamum - the quarter 
Juice of Lemons, Limes, and Oranges’ - - the gallon Shrub or Tree the ewt. 
Mead = = ~ ~ - - - the gallon Tares - the quarter 


Perry «- - - - - - - the tun Trefoil - the ewt. 
Vinegar - ° - - - the tun Worm P the ewt. 


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a —= 
—=—=:! 
ty. r Rates of Duty. Rates of Duty. 
D4. ARTICLES Of or from |Of and from 
nd from P Foreign British ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
ritish 3 : Foreign British 
sessions, ty ee Countries. | Possessions. Countries. | Possessions. 
—, Oe ee | oe Pe ee ag ere 2 . . 
3.—Sreps—continued. 5.—Ones, Minerats, Merats, and 
a 4 Seeds ; vis £. sd.) £. s. d. TURES gape te _—— £. sd | £. s d. 
All Seeds not particularly enumerated or described, nor : 
0 . otherwise charged with duty, commonly used for express- Iron and Steel, wrought, not otherwise enumerated, 
ce. ing oil therefrom = - - - the quarter} - - 1 - - il for every 100/. value | 15 —~ -~|]15 -- ~— 
10 . All other Seeds not partionlasly sania or described, Bloom . * = = - theton| - 7 6] - 2 6 
1b. nor otherwise charged with duty - for every 1007. value | 10 - -|} 5 - — —— Chromate of = = * - thetn| - 5 -| = 2 6 
ye —— Slit, or hammered into Rods - - - &gt; theton | 120 =| - 25 ~— 
te —Castt- - - + + + + theton] 110 -]|] -15 - 
is 4.—W oops. Hoops - - - = - «= theton| 110 -| -15 - 
, Woods; vit. . Lapis Calaminaris - - - - ~ Gettin = &lt;8... Bee 
- 3 inn We ena Saar eee Te ne 
Beef Wood ws - &gt; - - - theton| - 5 - 2 6 a iz ~ = - fi + Som, + 2) 
Re Black Wood % : q % 2 . a «ware ire - - - - for every 1007. value} 12 10 -| 1210 = 
Box Wood - - - - - - theton| -10 —]| -— 2 6 Lead, Ore of - - - - - - the ton See Oe ae 
2. Brazil Wood - - ~ ~ ~ - the ton ——— i - 2 - Black - - - - - - the ton ee ns ere 
2. Brazilleto Wood - - - - - - theton| - 2 -| - 2 —— Pig and Sheet - - - = =: Wipe) ae Ss ee 
Si... Cam Wood - - - - - - theton| - 2 - - 2 - Red - - - - - a - the ton 36) 24) 6 
2 &amp; G@lr - - - - - - theton| -—10 -| - 2 6 —— White a ee - + theton] 2 5 -| 1 2 6 
~ a Ebony - - - - - - - theton| -10 -| - 2 6 —— Chromate of - - - theton] 5 alt a. 
36 King “Wood e yy a S E * theton | -10 —| —- 2 6 Manufactures of, not areas enumerated 
ie Lignum Vite — - - - - - - theton| - 5 -| - 2 6 ; for every 1001. value | 15 ~ -—|15 -— — 
Log Wood - - - - - - - t*Hetm!-. 2 =} =. 2 - Litharge - - - - - - - ‘theta © « &lt;1 ate x 
. Mahogany - - - - - theton| 1 - —~] - 5 - Manganese Ore - - - - - ‘Htetet . 2. «1. «. #-&lt; 
o .. — imported from the Bay of Honduras or the Mosquito Medals of Gold and Silver a free free 
aut Shore - - - - - - - theton| - 5 -| - 5 -— of any other sort - - - forevery 100l.value| 5 —~ —~| 5 - — 
26 Nicaragua Wood - ~ - - - - theton|] - 2 -| - 2 - Mercury, prepared - - forevery 100/.value| 10 - —~|10 — — 
» « Olive Wood ° - - - - - the ton - 10 — - 2 6 Metal, viz. 
1 Red or Guinea Wood - - - - - the ton - 2 - ce we Bell Metal . . + Stes “ " 
% Rose Wood - - theton| 1 - -/| - 5 - &gt; fe sa : ames tes je 
— imported from the lita of Hondores, or the Mosquito Pn! mee, —_ - per pot fetes} - - tf) - = 1 
oe “eae i zi ‘ . ent o &amp; oko oe Minerals and Fossils, not enumerated - for every 1007. value | 5 — — oe 
een gene Weed 5 rE s r - 5 antes eo eee Specimens of Minerals, Fossils or Ores, not enumerated, 
Pe on Moria Wood 7 . z aoe « &amp; ee 9 6 and not exceeding 14 Ibs. in weight each specimen - free free 
5. Sutin Wood ‘ x ¥ s i ec ae . ee ditto, exceeding 14]bs. in weight, for every 1007. value : a "eee 
eta ? ji 7 . ioe. © a oe ae of Natural History sewage — - ; free free 
- ns 2 _ _ ze on 7 - ’ " = F Pa = aad . 1e - - ane a 
- i ote z 2 7 : F 7 ys a P : : Metallic and Oxide of, refined, for every 1007. vale | 10 ~ ~!|10 — — 
e : Pte Woo — ae nadir: ato the ai ae ee Ore, not particularly charged with duty, 
4 Tulip Wood - - - - - - theton}] -10 -| ~ 2 6 Orsedew  - « - - ~— ae : 10 . f ~s x 
, W ms i ‘~ ae - . fe = a ve ‘i : ~~ “3 - = 
. ts _ : : m a D 8 a ~ : a &amp; : é Pewter, nite of . - for every 100/. value] 15 - —~|15 -— — 
eo “se i ee 
Plate of Gold _-¢ - - for every 1007. value \ecdiog f coed 
Silver gilt and ungilt - - for every 1001. value — the i= the 
5.—Orzs, MINERALS, MerALs AND ee ~— Duty.| — Duty 
- - - - ~ - - - ree ree 
' MANUFACTURES THEREOF. —— Wire, gilt or plated - for every 1007. value | 12 10 - | 12 10 
= ‘ - Silver - - - for every 1001. value | 12 10 - | 12 10 
- 3 Antimony, Ore of - - - - - the ton = | «= - 1- = a : ‘ : - « 
a. — Crude ~ - “ ” - Geewk | = @ =f = = rsece et Ore - - - for every 100/. : alue — ae a 2 
- 6 — Regulus ~ - ~ - - - the ewt. —- #£ &lt; a = ig - - . the Ib. a on Ne 
5 - Arsenic = - - - - thecewt.| - 1 -| - - 6 Spelter or Zine ;_ viz. 
aag Brass, Manufactures of - - - for every 1007. value | 15 - -|15 -— - Crude in cakes, and not rolled or otherwise manufac- 
2 6 — Powder of - - - - - - thelb. | - - 6{ —- - 6 tured - - - - - - - thetm]|] - 1 -] - j = 
2 6 Brimstone - - 7 - - - the ewt. ~~ =- &amp; ae SB Rolled, but not otherwise manufactured - the ton ae = 236 =&lt; 
1 - — Refined, in Rolls - - - ~ - the ewt. &gt;» £ «= a Manufactures of - - - forevery 1001. value} 10 - —~|10 — - 
I vnc mma | - - - - - the ewt. = 2 &lt;= a 2 «= Steel, unwrought, and Manufactures of Steel, 
- 6 for every 1001. value} 15 -—- —~|15 - — 
Bronze Manufactures :— os : y 5 5 
All works of Art of - - - - - the ewt. 1 - - lh =— = ig sous ——- f c : i é in 2 10 a a : 6 
Other Manufactures of = - - for every 1001. value} 15 - -|15 — - Tin, Ore and Regulus of - - - - theton| 3 10 a 10 
Powder of - - = - forevery 1007. value} 15 - - | 15 ss in blocks, ingots, bars or slabs the ew s # re cs 
; Other Manufactures of - forevery 100/. value} 15 - ~|15 - - ie: =A ot an eect ‘ % t a ee) = Sat ~~ ee 
sai Bullion and Foreign Coin of Gold or Silver, and Ore of ii sii : ‘aean . 1 1 3 
26 Gold or Silver, or of which the aad - in value, is Foil - . , or every 100 a. 5 - -|15 - - 
-* Gold and Silvers - - - - free free - ¥ : 7 —— a oe. 2 
es Buttons + - - - for every 1001. value} 15 - -]| 15 - - 
= Coals, Culm and Cinde rs - - - - theton|] - 1 -| - - 6 = 
a Cobalt Ore - = «+ « forevery 1001. vale} 1 - -| 1 — - 6.—Ous, Extracts, Perrumery, &amp;c. 
2 6 Copper, Ore of; viz. Oils, Extracts, Perfumery, &amp;e. ; vis. 
2 6 Containing not more than 15 parts of Copper, Aquafortis - - . - - . - tet!) — 6 .t-= a2 
26 per ton of metal] 3 —-. - Ie = Citric Acid - - - - - - the Ib. me as ee 
és © than 20 f . . ‘ 
. . Containing not more than 20 parts o = 1 jus) ae 8 2 « ~ Essences not otherwise described ; viz. 
Containing more than 20 parts of Copper, per ton of metal] 6 - — l1- - a &gt; —— sf 3 for every 209 : value} 20 - -|20 — - 
acl Old, fit only to be re-manufactured = - - the ewt. -— F Che Fs 6 a wy —m - - peters 100 1, value 20 = =e) ae 
Unwrought, vis. in bricks or Pigs, Rose Copper and all juinea Grains of Paradise for every 100 i value | 20 ~ -|20 - — 
2 6 pee Copper a " a . Cues see a et — Liquorice 2... 9 - - for every 1001. value | 20 ~ —~| 99 — _ 
Pa In part wrought, viz. bars, rods or ingots, hammered or Nux Vomica - = - for every 1001. value | 20 - =|20 ~ - 
oie sated is cs 5 i 2 - Gamer oie — oe — Opium = - - - for every 1001. value | 20 - —~|99 ~ _ 
t &amp; In plates and Copper Coin - . - - thecwt.}] -~10 -]| - 5 - - sens neil res ‘wi for every 1001. value | 20 - ~| 20 - - 
so Manufactures of Copper, not otherwise enumerated or ( cece Jesuits’ Bark for every 1001. valae 20 -— ©) PP = 
5 = described, and Copper-plates engraved, Quassia - = ss - for every 100/. value | 20 - —~|90 _ ~- 
5 - for every 1002. value} 15 - -|15 - - — Radix Rhatanie - - for every 1001. value | 20 ~ —~|99 ~ _ 
=¢ Copper or Brass Wire - - - forevery 1002. value} 1210 —~|]1210 - Views ‘ a = we for every 300 L. value} 20 - -|20 - - 
2 6 Copperas, Blue - 5 z r 3 PI Nearer ee _ . Extract or Preparation of any article, not being particu- 
~ Cie : 5 a uk = «&gt;i eae, Se: ae larly enumerated or described, nor otherwise charged 
~ 2 White E : A a by a the ton re beer ee withduty - - - - for every 1001. value| 20 ~ —~|90 ~ — 
1 in lieu of the above duty, at the option of the 
ects Crystal, rough = - - - for every 1007. value oS = ie — Or anc = y» P 
aig —— cut or manufactured, except Beads, —— * i Z ae s thelb,| - 5 -| - 5 ~ 
ag Sn ecore 1008. 0 Bi i ag RE Nuts, or Kernels thereof, not particularly enumerated or 
. J teh ” harged with duty, and ly used for expressi 
el Beads : cs s f Z - Pied « 8 ak eS charged with duty, and commonly used for expressing 
si AR tenesief = % E é Z - the 100 — a’ ae oil therefrom - - - - - - the ton SS Se ete 
a Tron, Ore of - - - - - - the ton - 2 —-}| —- — 6 |] Oil of Almonds - - - - - - thet | = SF aon eS 
2 6 — Pig - - - ~ . - - the ton ee: a eer EE ae Bays - - - the lb. on, ear NP a ee 
2 6 —— Bars, unwrought - - ~ - - the ton 1 - - - 2 6 | — Animal, raw, not ohne a - the ewt. -}f.3f fs 
2 b — Old, broken and old cast - - - the ton Bie = } «x | Castor - - - - - - the ewt. | -~ 2-3 as a ae 
Vou. 97. 3D2 Oils, 





16° Juniz. 


























ARTICLES. 















































Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from | Ofand from 
Foreign British 
Countries, | Possessions. 
6.—O11s, Extracts, PerrumMery, &amp;c.—continued. Cg ES. a 2 
Oils—continued. 
Oils, Chemical, Essential or Perfumed ; viz 
Carraway ° - - - - - the Ib. - § = - 2 
Cloves - - - ~ - - - the lb. - 4-] - 4 
Lavender - - - - - - thelb. | = 2 -{ - 2 
Mint - - - - - - - the Ib. - 2 -j| - 2 
Peppermint - - - - - - thelb}| - 2 -| = 2 
Spike - - - - - - - thelb | - 2 -{ - 2 
Cassia - - - - - - - the Ib. - 1 - - 1 
Bergamot - - - - ° - the lb. - le - 1 
Lemon - es - ~ = ° - the lb. - l -| - 1 
Otto of Roses ~ - - - - the Ib. ~ 2 eae 2 
Thyme - - - - - - ~ the Ib. - l - - 1 
all other sorts - - - - - - the lb. —— ae - | 
Cocoa Nut - - - - - - the cwt. - § §$ ae ne 
Linseed - . - - - thetun| 6 = - _ 
Hempseed and Rapeseed - - - - thetun| 6 - -}]| 1 - 
Olive - - - the tun . a , 
Olive imported in a ship blenging to any of “the subjects 
of the King of the Two Sicilies - - thetun| 4 - - 
Palm - - - - - - - the cwt. ae aoe me. i 
Paran - - - - - - - the tun © - 2a - = 
Rock - - - - the ewt. «- @ «=f «= §$ 
Seed, not otherwise enumiul or p deserted, - thetun| 6 — - 1 - 
Train, Blubber and Spermaceti, the produce of fish or 
creatures living in the sea, taken and caught by the 
crews of British vessels, and imported direct from the 
fishery, or from ad British Possession in a British 
vessel - . - - the tun - - - 1 
Train and Blubber, the produce of fish or creatures living 
in the sea, of antes tied (from and after 5 July 
1843) - - - the tun O wert 
Spermaceti, of foreign fishing (irom and after 5 July 
1843) - - - - - - thetun{|15 - — 
Walnut - - - - - - the cwt, - 6 - a a 
Or Spirit of Tarpentine - - - the ewt. =- G&amp;S «| =. § ¢€ 
Not particularly enumerated or deribed, nor otherwise 
charged with duty - - for every 100/. value | 20 —- —| 10 — 
Orange Flower Water - - - - - thelb, | -— - 1 —— 
Perfumery, not otherwise charged - for every 1001, value | 20 - -{20 ~ ~— 
Pomatum - - - - - for every 100/. value | 20 ~ -—| 20 — 
Water, Cologne - the flask (30 containing not more than 
Igallon)| - 1 -] = 1 - 
7.—Dye Sturrs, Drvas, Rests, &amp;e. 
Dye Stuffs, Drugs, Resins, &amp;e. ; viz. 
Alkali, not being Barilla - - - - the ewt. - 16 = 2s 
Alkanet Root - - - - - the ewt. ~ &amp; w cm a * ab 
Aloes - - - - - - - the lb. ~ « &amp; i: &lt;i. 
Alum - - - - + - - the ewt. a —. 
Rock - ” - - - - the ewt. - 2- — oa 
Amber, rough - - - - - - the ewt. a &amp; « « 
Manufactures of, not enumerated, 
for nie 100/. value] 15 - -] 15 - - 
Ambergris - - ~ - - - the oz. — — 
Angelica - - - - - - the cwt. a A me « &amp; 
Annatto, roll and flag - - - ~ - the ewt. — « hm 
Aristolochia - - - - - - the ewt. a: a m &amp; 
Argol . - - - . - - the ewt, - —- 6 - = © 
Ashes; viz. 
Pearl and Pot - - - - - - the ewt, - = 6 free 
Soap Weed and Wood - - - the cwt. - - 6 free 
Not enumerated - - - for every 1001. value 5 - - free 
Asphaltum - - - - - the ton ——— au 2 
Balsam, Canada - - + - - - the Ib. a «= J a eS 
Capivi - - - - ~ - the ewt. ~ £m ime 
— Peru . - - - ~ ~ Mw -— Sf aa gy 
—— Riga . - - - - the Ib. «= J — 
and further, as Foreign acai for every gallon | 1 2 6 : 2 6 
— Tolu - - the Ib. om OS) a = Si 
Balm of Gilead, pee all Rikees not otherwise enu- | 
merated or described - - - - - thelb | - - 6] —~ -~ 6 
Barilla - - - - - - - theton| - 5 -| -~ 5 - 
Bark, Peruvian - - - - - ~ tQHhent.| = 2 =] = 3 
Cascarilla - ° - - - - the ewt. =~ 2 = &lt;&lt; 2 ws 
of other sorts - - - « - the ewt. l= 2 « we ht &amp; 
— for tanners’ or dyers’ use = - ~ Gea) -« a. GF «. =. Y 
Extract of, or other vegetable substances to be used 
only for tanning leather - . - - the ewt. -l1l- o“ «- J 
Berries, Bay - ~ - ~ ~ - the ewt. i om a 
Juniper - - - - - - the cwt. - l- - l- 
Yellow 8 - - - the ewt. a ae — a 
not enumerated, commonly sine use of in chemical | 
processes - - ~ - ~ - tema; —~ } = - } 
Bitumen Judaicum - - - - - the ton | — 1 - — a 
Boracie Acid, or Borax unrefined = - - - thecwt.| - — 6 Bas a 
Borax, refined - - - * - - the ewt. ae ae 
Camomile Flowers - ° - - - mem) -« « | = = @ 
Camphor - - - - - - - the ewt. &lt; 2 iw  - -S 
refined - - . - - - thecewt.) —~10 — -~ 10 - 
Canella, Alba - - - . - - tmelk i .« . } ae 
Cantharides - - - : - - at = co Sls — g 
Cardamoms - - - - - ~ the lb. | — 9 os 9 
Caoutchouc - ~ - + - the ewt. a ae a 2 w 








Dye Stuffs, 








7,.—Dye Srurrs, Drugs, Resins, &amp;c.—continued. 


Carmine - 
Cassia Fistula 
Buds 
Castor - 
China Root 





Cinnabaris Natiy 


Citrate of Lime 
Civet - 
Cobalt - 
Coculus Indicus 


&amp;c.—continued. 


Cochineal and Granilla 


Dust - 
Colocynth - 
Columbo Root 
Cream of Tartar 
Cubebs - 
Cutch - 
Divi Divi - 





Drugs not enumerated 


Fustic ~ 
Gelatine - 
Galls - 
Gamboge - 
Gentian - 
Ginseng - 
Glue - 
Clippings, o 





Grains, Guinea, and of Paradise 


Gum ; viz. 
Senegal - 
Arabic - 
Copal - 
Animi - 
Assafetida 
Ammoniacum 
Guaiacum 
Kino - 
Mastic - 
Tragacanth 


Euphorbium 
Shellac - 


Lac Dye - 
Seed - 





Gum not enumerated 


Hellebore - 
Isinglass  - 
Indigo - 
Jalap - 


Lac; viz. Sticklac 
Lavender Flowers 


Leaves of Roses 
Leeches - 


Manna - - 


Moss; viz. 
Lichen Islandi 


cus 


Rock for dyers’ use 
Not enumerated 


Madder - - 


Root 





Morphia and its Salts - 


Mask - 
Myrrh - 
Nitre; vis. 
Nux Vomica 
Ochre - 
Opium - 
Olibanum - 
Orchal - 
Orpiment - 
Orris Root 


Cubic Nitre 


the oz. - 
the cwt. es 
the lb. - 
the cwt. ies 
the lb. ss 
the cwt. “ 
the cwt. a6 
the oz. - 
the ton - 
the cwt. = 


the cwt. = 
the cewt. re 
the lb. - 
the cwt. © 
the cwt. i 
the lb. ne 
the ton ro 
the ton pa 
the cwt. - 
the ton es 
the cwt. = 
the ewt. ws 
the ewt. - 
the ton - 
the ton = 
the cwt. - 
or wut of - kind, fit only for Glue, 


‘for every 1001. value | 1 


- for every 100 /. value 
the lb. - 


- for every 100/. value | 1 


Painters’ Colours not particularly charged , viz. 
- forevery 1001. value | 1 


Unmanufactur 
Manufactured 


Pink Root 
Pitch, mapeety. 


Quassia- 


ed 


Quinine, Sulphate of, 


Radix ; vis. 
Contrayerve 


Enule Campane 


Eringii 
Ipecacuanhe 
Rhatanie 
Seneke - 


Serpentarie, or Snake Root 


Rhubarb - 


Saccharum Saturni 


Safflower - 
Saffron - 


- for every 1001. value 


the cwt. - 


the ewt. ais 


the cwt. - 


the ewt: ds 
the ewt. ‘ed 
the ewt. = 
the ewt. - 
the ewt. ei 
the cwt. - 
the cwt. - 
the ewt. ss 


the ewt. - 
the ewt. - 


the cwt. - 
the ewt. - 


the ewt. 
the ewt. 
the ewt. 
the ewt. 

the lb. 
the ewt. 


the lb. | — 


the lb. 


the ton - 


the ton 


the cwt. rs 
the cwt. - 
the lb. - 
the oz. - 
the ewt. = 


the cwt. = 


the cwt. a 
the cwt. - 


thelb. | —- 


the cwt. a 


the ewt. | - 


the ewt. - 


the cwt. - 


the lb. | —- 
the cwt. - 
the ewt. - 
the oz. - 


the Ib. - 
the ewt. - 


the cwt. “ 
the Ib. a 
the lb. _ 
the Ib. - 
the Ib. - 


the Ib. - 
the cwt. - 
the ewt. a 


the Jb - 





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Rates of Duty. 























































































































Rates of Duty. 
ARTICLES. Of or from Of and from ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions, Countries. | Possessions. 

—_——— 
7.—Dve Srurrs, Drucs, Resins, &amp;¢.—continued. Ret) Be 2 8.—Sxins and Furs—continued. Za dhe at 

Dye Stuffs, &amp;c.—continued. Skins, Furs, Pelts and Tails—continued. 

* Sal; vic. Mink, undressed - - - - - the dozenskins| - 1 —-| —- —~ 6 
— OS hUhlUh 2 el So ~dressed - - - - - - theskin}|] - - 6] - - 38 
Limonum - ~ - - - - the cwt. - l- eo 
Prunella - po - - * e - the cwt. oe Shae = Mole, undressed - - - - - thel00skins} ~ 3 -| - 1 6 

Salep, or Salop - - = o e - the ewt. &gt; 8 te we = Musquash, undressed - - - - the 100skins} - 1 —~} - - 6 
Saltpetre - - - - - - - theewt.| - - 6] - - 6 Nutrea, undressed - - - - the 100skins} - 1 -| - —- 6 
Sanguis —" * = rs ‘i _ = a ef) = o&gt; Otter, undressed - - © - - - theskin| - 1 —/] —- - 6 
i - - - - - ~ t le - = —_ = . 
Sarsaparilla ° : : Ounce, undressed - - - - - theskin| - - 2] = - 1 
Sassafras - * - - - - - the ewt. ~ - 6 - - 6 . 
Scammony a “s e x m - Wh). «+ Cla we Panther, undressed = - - - - - theskin{| - - 2] «= - 1 
Senna - - - - - - - the lb. | - - 1 Sy im Pelts of all sorts, undressed - - - thedozenpelts| - 1 -| - - 6 
Shumack - - - - - - - theton}; - 1 -/}/ ~ 1 - —— tanned, tawed, or in any way dressed - the dozen pelts} - 5 -| — 6 
Smalts - - - ~ - - - the Ib. - fi = =&lt; g Racoon, undressed - - - - thedozenskins| - 1 6] - - 9 
uills, dried - ~ - - - - the ewt. - l- ee ee m ‘ - e Bs 
cote dried - - - - - - the ewt. - - 6] - 6 eatin poser cs a . ji e . Rage : ‘ . 9 
Senie hth - 7 ‘i ? : a the Ib. i a oe " ils or IPS undresse - ~ - the dozen 
; Seal, in the hair, not tanned, tawed or in any way dressed, 
7 i ects — 5 the skin - - 4 - -4 
— . Ps a of British taking, imported direct from the Fishery or 
Sienna - ~ nh 5 re ¥ er i sii [spidies 2 re a British possession - - - - the dozen skins | - - - - 
7 . zs = - ba - “ ‘te - - it = 
“0 yen oa 5 Sheep, undressed, in the wool - - the dozen skins - —- 6 - - 3 
© tanned or tawed - - - the 100 skins | - 12 - - 6 - 
sl - 7 ai = a re i a ton] - : or 6 dressed in oil = - - - - the 100skins{| 1 - -| _19 - 
- = = = + = «= theewt. | - -| - ~ 
= 2 “dei Squirrel or Calabar, undressed - - thel00skins| - 3 -| _ 1] 6 
Turmeric - - - - - - - the ton - 5 -| - - 1 soaiih jam a am 
Turpentine of Venice, Scio, or Cyprus - - the lb. | - -—10] - - 10 aa , = er 8 “0 ; = § ¢ 
6 pe a A : » eee « &amp; w . ails, undressed, for every . value 210 - 
Varnish not otherwise described - for every 1001.value| 15 - -| 15 - - Swan, undressed - - - - - «+ the skin} - - 3/ _ - 2 
Verdigris - = = - 2 - - thelb}| - - 1) - - 1 Tiger, undressed - a - - «+ theskin}] - 1 6) _ _ 9 
Verjuice  - = ‘s " i * - thetun| 10 - -|10 - - Weazel, undressed - - - - thedozenskins| - ~ 38 - - 2 
Vermilion - - - - - - - the Ib. - - 8} - - 8 Je; aes 
| Wolf, undressed - - - - - the dozen skins = % 
Wax, Bees’ Wax - - - - - - theewt.} - 2 -| - 1 - onal ant» 2 = 2 6 
—inany degree bleached- - - - theewt.}| 1 - - | sae = age ys oe — i. 
— Myrtle Wax - - - - theewt.}] - 2 -!| - 1 - Wolverings, undressed - - - - - theskin| - - 3] ~ — @Q 
~—= Seal ave Son, Pea Ee a ae 
ing Wen for ¢ every 1001. value | 15 — . Skins and Furs, or pieces of Skins and Furs, raw or undressed, 
Woad ' : ¥ ‘= 7 : - @Geeet- 9S -)i * = (not particularly enumerated or described, nor otherwise 
Weld - - - - - - - theton| - 5 -| - 5 - charged with duty) - - - forevery 1002. value 5 - - 210 - 
Zaffre - - - ~ - - - the ewt. + tai“ t= Skins and Furs, or pieces of Skins and Furs, tanned, curried, 
or in any way dressed (not particularly enumerated or 
described, nor otherwise charged with duty) 
8.—Sxins anp Fours. for every 1002. value | 10 - -} 5 -— - 
" . 2 ' Articles manufactured of Skins or Furs, 
Skins, Furs, Pelts and Tails ; viz. | for every 1001. value; 20 - -|10 - - 
Badger, undressed - - - - the dozen skins a cr =+-= 9 
Bear - - - - - - - - the skin = Sah = | @ 
Beaver, undressed - © «-« «© + theskin| - ~. 8] - - 2 9.—Hinves, Raw anp Tannep. 
Cat, undressed + - - - - the dozen skins ae - - 6 ‘ 2 
Chinchilla, undressed the dozen ski i papers gt 
i ; whe “a i i ba v4 pee yon &lt;a _ ‘ Of horse, mare, gelding, buffalo, bull, cow, ox, calf, kip, 
ney, undresse * m e ae - - 6 = swine and hog, sea-cow, elephant, and eland or large deer : 
Deer, undressed - - - - = the skin a a a -} 
—— Indian, half- —_ - - - - theskin|] —~ —~ 2] - 1 Not tanned, tawed, curried or in any way dressed, viz. | 
a tanned, tawed, or inany way dressed- theskin| -~ ~ 6] - - 38 Dry - - e - ¥ » thet | &lt;&lt; € | on 
Dog, in the hair, not tanned, tawed, or in wt ya — Wet - a ms . e - the ewt. ay Saat ———e 
the cosen © a -~« &amp; “yy Whether whole, cut, rounded or trimmed, or pieces thereof, 
Dog-fish, undressed = - - - the dozen skins - 1 - - - 1 not cut into shapes, tanned, but not otherwise dressed, 
Elk, undressed 9 - - - - ° - the skin oo a @ - - 8 the lb. - —- 2 - =f 
Ermine, undressed - ~ - - the dozen skins - - 6) - - 38 Tawed, curried, or in any way dressed, not being var- 

- dressed  - - - - - thedozenskins | - 2 -| - 1 - nished, japanned or enamelled - - - thelbb | - - 4] - - 
Fisher, undressed &gt; . 7 - Goda chins i oe * 2 « if varnished, japanned or enamelled = = - tel | - —~ 6} =&lt; = 
Fitch, undressed - Ps “ - - the dozen skins =« &amp; = o &amp; © 
Fox, undressed - - e ~ - the skin ~ = © se, 2 Losh Hides - - - - - - the Ib. - —- 4 am a 
—— tails, undressed - - - - - on = = £7 a= FT 
Goat, raw or undressed - - thedozenskins | ~ —~ 3] -— — 2 Muscovy or Russia Hides, or pieces thereof, tanned, coloured, 

—— tanned, tawed or in any way dnd - the dozen skins ~ wane. Se shaved or otherwise dressed ‘4 - [ the Ib. -- £4) «-% 
Goose, undressed si - ‘ - ted ckine “? o3 + + &amp; Hides, or pieces thereof, raw or undressed, not otherwise enu- 
Hare, undressed - © - - - thel00skins| - - 6] - - 8 merated - &gt; : - - for every 1007. value 5 - -| 210 - 
Husse, undressed - - - - - the dozen skins - 3 = - ££ § ‘ " 
Kangaroo, undressed - 5 : &lt; tQtdowe | &lt; = St a a 3 Hides, or pieces thereof, tanned, tawed, curried, or in any way 
ene se i i ye E --&lt; a 
Tk ln Releks, ene’ « " ~« tal « «61s. « dressed, not otherwise enumerated, for every 1002. value | 10 5 
—- dressed « ~ - - the 100 skins - 5 - 2 6 
— dressed, and dyed or oct - - the 100 skins -10 -/| - 5 - 
Kolinski, undremed - - - = thedosenskins | - 1 -| - - 6 10.—Timser anp Woops, NOT OTHERWISE. 4 
Lamb, undressed, in the wool - - the 100skins; - - 4] —- - 2 3 ~ — 
——— tanned or tawed - - - - the 100skins| - 5 -|] — 2 6 CHARGED. snd 

t ki = a an oe : ; * 

Fs cn _ dy ae oun ps = ba — 9 = 1 ” Timber or Wood, not being Deals, Battens, Boards, Staves, || Oct. 1842 
L . ; - ae Handspikes, Oars, Lathwood, or other Timber or Wood, |} 1 10 - 

Niel ard, undressed * . = =: - theskin| - 1 6/ - - 9 sawn, split or otherwise dressed, except hewn, and not ——— ee 
Lion, undressed - = a f ~ - theskin| - - 6] - - 8 being Timber or Wood otherwise charged with duty, after the 
Lynx, undressed - " : e " : ae) = of = = 3 the load of 50 cubic feet 10th of 
Marten, undressed ° - = theskin] - - 4] - — 2 Oct, 1843 
—— tails, undressed - - - the 100 tails - 2 6 - 1 8 41 5 -1|) 
i Deals, 
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Rates of Duty. Rates of Duty. 


- a ,,..__- 
Of or from |Of and from ARTICLES. Of or from Of and from 
Foreign British Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. Countries. | Possessions, 








£. 8. d.|£&amp;. 8. d. 


10.—TimpBer and Woops, not otherwise charged— | ¢ From and 
continued. | after the || 
’ : | Timber—conti 5 
Timber—continued. | 10th of | | imaher—continned 

tis _. | | Oct. 1842, 
Deals, Battens, Boards or other Timber or Wood, sawn | | | 

: i F : Pe 

or split, and not otherwise charged with duty, 


10.—Timser and Woops, not otherwise charged— Be i HS 
continued. 








Oars - - - - - - - the 120 


| 
. amend / Spars or Poles, under 22 feet in length, and under 4 inches 
the load of 50 cubic feet iene | | in diameter - 7 - - - - the 120 
10th of | - ——— 22 feet in length and upwards, and under 4 
Oct. 1843 inches in diameter - - a ys the 120 
112 — 1 J - of all lengths, 4 inches, and under 6 inches 
Ss . in diameter - - - - - - the 120 
Spokes for wheels, not exceeding 2 feet in length, the 1,000 
exceeding 2 feet in length - the 1,000 


Teake - - - - the load of 50 cubic feet 


Waste-wood; viz. billetwood or brushwood, used for the 
purposes of stowage - - - for every 1007. value 


ms 


vy, of 


d 
pe 
7 
5 
2 
2 


418 10 





eo the first entr 

above 2# in thickness. 
8. 

A bove 1} inch, and not 


above 33 in thickness. 


of cubic con- 

Wood planed, or otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and || tents; and || For every 

eae ticular! ted disealin al 4 with further, for | /100/. value, 
particularly enumerated, nor otherwise charged wi every 100 |( 5 — 

duty - - - - - - - - - || value, 


10 - 





6d. per foot | 


ssing 


, according to the following dimensions, viz +— 


5 
1 


thickness. 
9 


thickness. 
2 


3 14 


11.—ManvuFactures OF LEATHER. 


From and after the 10th of October 1843. 


Leather Manufactures ; viz.— 
Boots, Shoes and Calashes ; viz. 
Women’s Boots and Calashes - - the dozen pairs 
if lined or trimmed with fur or other trimming, 
the dozen pairs 
—— Shoes, with cork or double soles, quilted Shoes and 
Clogs ~ - - - - the dozen pairs 
—— if trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming, 
the dozen pairs 
Women’s Shoes of silk, satin, jean or other stuffs, kid, 
morocco or other leather - - the dozen pairs 
if trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming, 
the dozen pairs 
Girls’ Boots, Shoes and Calashes, not exceeding 7 inches 
in length, to be charged with two-thirds of the above 
duties. 
Men’s Boots - - - - - the dozen pairs 
Shoes - - - - - the dozen pairs 
Boys’ Boots and Shoes, not exceeding 7 inches in length, 
to be charged with two-thirds of the above duties. 


ption, at the time of pa 


d. 
9 


ch,and not Not above 1} inch in 


in 
above 34 in thickness, 
17 4 


dinch, and not | Not above 1} inch in | Above 14 inch, and not 


5 
7 
5 
8 16 


£. 








ter may have the o 
above 2 in thickness. | 
s. 

3138 32 
9 
6 4 





impor 


h in | Above 1 


inc 
d, 

Pe 

4 

2 


1 inch in | Above 14 


thickness, 
.8 
1 16 
2 1410 
3 13 
2 


c content, the 
thickness. 


i 


y tale, if of or from Foreign Countries 


: 








From and after the 10th of October 1842. 


Not above 1} 
Not above 1 


| 
| 


1 


Leather ; viz. 
Boot-fronts, not exceeding 9 inches in height, 


the dozen pairs 
exceeding 9 inches in height - the dozen pairs 


1 
2 


= 
= 
s 
Lv 
eg 
= 

&lt;= 
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~ 
en 


Leather cut into shapes, or any article made of Leather, or 
any Manufacture whereof Leather is the most valuable 
part, not otherwise enumerated or described, 

for every 1001. value 


in width, 


ot above 94 inches 
in width 
Above 9} inches, 
and not above 11 


in width 


Not above 7 inches 


J 
iL 


| 
| 
| 


Gloves of Leather; viz. 
Habit Mitts - - 
Habit Gloves - - the dozen pairs | 
Men’s Gloves ~ - - the dozen pairs | 
Women’s Gloves, or Mitts the dozen pairs 

Parchment - - the dozen sheets 


Vellum - the skin 


eal Ends and Plank, b 


the dozen pairs 


8; 
the 120 | 


1 

the 120 
the 120 
the 120 | 
the 120 | 
the 120 
the 120 


n Wood by the load, accordin: 


9 feet in length 
and not above 12 feet in length 


Above 12, and not above 15 feet in length 


9 feet in length 


12.—Corton, Harr, Linen, Woot, anp 
MANUFACTURES THEREOF. 


before imposed upo 


feet in length 


and not above 12 feet in length 
5 
»nd not above 18 feet in length 


in 


Cotton, Hair, Linen, Wool, &amp;c. ; viz. 
Bandstring, Twist, 
the dozen knots, each containing 32 yards 
Candlewick - - - - - ~ the cwt. 
Cotton, Manufactures of - - for every 1002. value 
———w Se - - - - for every 1001. value 
Articles, or Manufactures of cotton, wholly or in part 
made up, not otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1007. value 
Flax and Tow, or Codilla of Hemp or Flax, whether dressed 
or undressed - - - - - - the cwt. 
Flocks - - - - - - - the ewt. 
Gauze of Thread - - - forevery 100 J. value 
Staves ~ - - - the load of 50 cubic feet Hair; viz. 
Birch, hewn, not exceeding 3 feet in length, nor exceeding Camel’s Hair or Wool 


e 21 feet in length 


nd not above 9 feet in length 
above 12 feet in length 


9, and not 


Above 12, and not above 15 feet in length 


and not above 1 


6, and not above 


9, 


entering Battens, Batten Ends, Boards, Dea 


9, 
6, a 








eu of the duties here 





Above 15, and not above 18 feet in length 
Above 18, and not above 21 feet in length 


Not above 6 feet in length 


Above 
Not above 6 feet in length 


Above 6, and not above 
‘ 
Above 18, and not abov 


Not above 6 feet in length 
Above 


Above 12, 
Above 15, 


Above 
Above 18, and not above 21 feet in length 


Above 15, and not above 18 feet in length 


Or, in 1] 
Above 
Above 





Boards, Deals, Deal Ends and Plank: 


Battens and Batten Ends 


- the Ib. 
8 inches square, imported for the sole purpose of making Cow, Ox, Bull, or Elk Hair the cwt. 


herring barrels for the use of the fisheries, | Goat’s Hair (See Wool.) 
the load of 50 feet Horse Hair 

Firewood - - . - the fathom of 216 cubic feet 
Handspikes, not exceeding 7 feet in length - the 120 
exceeding 7 feet in length ~- - the 120 

Hoops, not exceeding 7} feet in length  - - the 1,000 
not exceeding 9 feet in length = - - the 1,000 

oe exceeding 9 feet in length - - - the 1,000 
Knees, under 5 inches square - - - the 120 
— 5 inches, and under 8 inches square - the 120 
Lathwood - . - the fathom of 216 cubic feet 








r= - - - - the cwt. 
Not otherwise enumerated or described, 
for every 100 /. value 
Manufactures of Hair or Goat’s Wool, or of Hair or 
Goats’ Wool and any other material, and articles of 
such Manufacture wholly or in part made up, not par- 
ticularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty, 
for every 1002. value 
Inkle, unwrought - - the Ib. 
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ARTICLES. 





12.--Corron, Hair, Linen, Woot, and Manufactures 
thereof—continued. 


Linen, or Linen and Cotton ; viz. 

Cambrics and Lawns, commonly called French Lawns, 
the piece not exceeding eight yards in length, and 
not exceeding seven-eighths of a yard in breadth, and 
so in ie eeu for any 8 greater or less quantity : 

Plain - .c - - the piece 
Bordered Handkerchiefs - - ~ - the piece 
Lawns of any other sort, not French, 
for every 1001. value 
Lace, thread - - - - for every 1007. value 
—— made by the hand, commonly called Cushion or 
Pillow Lace, whether of Linen, Cotton or Silken Thread 
for every 100 /. value 

Damasks - - - - - the square yard 

Damask Diaper - - - - the square yard 

Plain Linens and Diaper, not otherwise enumerated or 

described, and whether chequered or striped with dyed 
yarn or not - - - - forevery 1007. value 

Sails - - - - forevery 1007. value 

—— in actual use of a British ship, and fit and necessary 

for such ship, and not otherwise disposed of = - - 

Sails, if and when otherwise disposed of 

for every 100 1. value 

Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen mixed with Cotton or 
with Wool, not particularly enumerated or otherwise 
charged with duty - - for every 100/. value 

Thread, not otherwise enumerated or described, 

for every 1001. value 
Wool; viz. 





Alpaca and the Llama tribe - - - the ewt. 
Beaver - - ~ - - ~ - the lb. 

cut and combed - - - - the Ib. 
Coney - - = - - - - the Ib. 
Cotton, or waste of Cotton Wool - - the ewt. 
Goats’, or Hair - - - - - the ewt. 
Hares’ - - - ~ - - - the Ib. 

Sheep or Lambs’ Wool ; viz. 

Not being of the value of ‘1s. the lb. thereof, the Ib. 


Being of the value of is. the lb., or upwards, 
the Ib. 
Woollens; viz. 

Manufacturers of Wool, not being Goats’ Wool, or of 
Wool mixed with Cotton, not particularly enumerated or 
described, nor otherwise charged with duty, 

for every 1001, value 

Articles of Manufactures of Wool, not Goats’ Wool, 
or of Wool mixed with Cotton, wholly or in part made 
up, not otherwise charged with Duty, 

for every 100/. value 








Yarn, Raw Linen - - - - - the ewt. 
Worsted - - - - - the Ib. 
Camel or Mohair - - - - the Ib. 
13.—Gass, EARTHENWARE AND 

Porcenarn. 
Glass, Earthenware, and Porcelain; viz. 
Beads and Bugles of Glass - - - the lb. 
Bottles of Earth or Stone, and empty - - the dozen 


of Glass, covered with Wicker, not being Flint or 
Cut Glass, or of green or common Glass - the cwt. 
and further, on account of the Excise duty, 
the ewt. 
—— of Glass not otherwise enumerated or described, 
the ewt. 
—— and further, on account of the Excise duty, 








the ewt. 

China or Porcelain Ware; viz. 
Plain - - - - - for every 1002. value 
Painted, gilt or ornamented - for every 1001. value 


Earthenware, not otherwise enumerated or described, 
for lesa 100 /. value 
Enamel - - - - - - the Ib, 


Glass; viz. 
Crown Glass, or any kind of Window Glass not exceeding 
one-ninth of an inch in thickness, and not being Plate 





Glass or German Sheet Glass - - - the cwt. 
and further, on avcount of the Excise duty, 

the ewt. 

Flint Glass - - - - for every 1001. value 





and further, on account of the Excise duty, 
the ewt. 
German Sheet Glass, white or coloured, not exceeding 

one-ninth of an inch in thickness, and Shades, 
the ent. 

and further, on account of the Excise duty, 
the ewt. 
All Glass exceeding one-ninth of an inch in thickness, all 
silvered or polished Glass, of whatever thickness, and 
Plate Glass, however small each Pane, Plate or Sheet, 

superficial measure ; viz. 

Not containing more than 9 square feet, the square foot 
Containing more than 9 square feet and not more than 
14 square feet - - - - the square foot 


Vo. 97. 








Rates of Duty. 





Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Ofand from 
British 
Possesions. 


ARTICLES. 


Rates of Duty. 








Of or from 
Foreign 
Countries. 


Of and from 
British 
Possessions. 








fi « €&amp; 


1210 - 


1210 - 


hen 
or or 
1 
| 


free 


~ 
i) 
| 
! 


onl —! we 
— 
Ome 1 OD 


15 
15 


15 


15 
20 








£. 2. 


free 


- I 


10 


10 


co 


d, 


mm OOD 


_ 














13.—G.uass, EAnrHENWARE, and PorcELais—continued. 


Glass, silvered, polished, &amp;c.—continued. 
Containing more than 14 square feet and not more than 
36 square feet - - - - the square foot 
Containing more than 36 squarefeet - the square foot 
Manufactures not otherwise enumerated or described, and old 
broken Glass, fit only to be re-manufactured the cwt. 
and further, on account of the Excise duty, the ewt. 
Paintings on Glass - - - for every 1007. value 

and further, on account of the Excise duty, 

the superficial foot 





14.—Siik, and Manvuracrures of S1ix. 


Silk; vis. 


the ewt. 
the lb. 


Knubs, or husks of Silk, and waste Silk - 
Raw Silk - pa = = = * 


Thrown Silk, not dyed; vis. 
Singles - - - - - - - 
Tram - - - - - - - 
Organzine and crape Silk ~ - - 
Thrown Silk, dyed ; vis. 
Singles, or Tram - - ~ - - 
Organzine, or crape Silk - - - - 


the Ib. 
the Ib. 
the Ib. 


the lb. 
the Ib. 


Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed with any other 
material, the produce of Saye 3 viz. 

Silk or Satin, plain - - the Ib. 
—— or, and at the option of man Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100. value 

—- figured or brocaded - - - - the Ib. 
—-— or, and at the option of the Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1001. value 

Gauze, plain - - - - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the Officers of the 
Customs - - for every 100 J. value 
striped, figured or Weecnded - - the Ib. 
——— or, and at the option of the Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1002. value 

Crape, plain - - - - the Ib. 
or, and at the nies of the Officers of the Customs, 
for every 1001. value 

figured - - - - the Ib. 
or, and at the option of the Officws of the Customs, 
for every 1002. value 

Velvet, plain - - the lb. 
— or, and at the option of the Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 L, value 

—-——-— figured - - - - ~ the lb. 
— or, and at the option of the Officers of the Customs, 
for every 100 1. value 

Ribbons, embossed, or figured with velvet - the Ib. 
—or, and at the “ of the Officers of the 
Customs - - for every 1007. value 
— and itn, if walneal with gold, silver, or other 
metal, in addition to the above rates, when the duty is 
not charged according to value - - the Ib. 
Fancy Silk Net, or Tricot - - - the lb. 
Plain Silk Lace, or Net, called Tulle - the square yard 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed with any other 
material, not particularly enumerated nor otherwise 
charged with duty - - for every 100 /, value 





























Millinery of Silk, or of which the greater part of the 
materials is of Silk; viz. 
Turbans or caps” - - - - - - 
Hats or bonnets = - - - - - - each 
Dresses - - - - each 
or, and at t the option of the Officers of the 
Customs - - for every 1001. value 
Articles of a of Silk, or of Silk and any other 
material, or articles of the same, wholly or in part 
made up, not particularly enumerated or otherwise 
charged with duty - - for every 10072. value 
Silkworm gut - - - for every 1007. value 


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15.— Nava. SrTores. 


Bast Ropes, Twines and Strands - - - the ewt. 
Cables (not being iron Cables), tarred or untarred, the ewt, 
not being i iron Cables in actual use of a British ship, 
and being fit “and necessary for such ~~ and not or until 
otherwise » disposed of - - 
— if and when otherwise disposed of, for every 1001. value 
Coir Rope, Twine and Strands) - - - the ewt, 
Cordage, tarred or untarred aie or running rigging in 
use excepted ) - - - the cwt. 
in actual use of a British ship, and being fit and 
necessary for such ship, and not or until otherwise dis- 
posed of - - - - - - - - 
if, and when otherwise disposed of, 
for every 1007. value 
Hemp, dressed - - - - - the ewt. 
rough, or undressed, or ow other vegetable sub- 
stance of “the nature and quality of undressed Hemp, and 
applicable to the same purposes - - - the cwt. 
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ARTICLES. Of or from Of and inaies ARTICLES. Of or from 
Foreign British Foreign 
Countries. | Possessions. Countries, 
15.—Navat Stores—continued, Se dhe sn &amp; 18.—MiscELLanEous—continued. £ad 
Pitch ~ ‘ = ° - - - the ewt. - - 6} - - 1 Brocade of Gold or Silver - - for every 1001. value | 20 - 
Resin - - - - - - - theewt.} -— 2 -| - 1 - Bullrushes - - - - - - - theton}] -10 -— 
Ships to be broken up with their tackle, apparel and fur- Candles ; viz. 
niture (except sails); viz. . " Spermaceti - - - - - - the lb. | - - 6 
Foreign ships or vessels - - for every 1001, value | 25 - - | 25 - Stearine - - - - - ~ - thelb. |] - ~ 2} 
Foreign ships broken up - - for every 100/. value | 10 - -|10 - - Tallow - - - - - - - theewt. | - 10 - 
British ships or vessels entitled to be registered as such, Wax - - - - - - - thelb. | - -— 4 
and not having been built in the United Kingdom, Dek 
- for every 1001. value] * = = aaa y &gt; le 
Tar, the last, containing 12 barrels, each barrel not ex- + &amp; ah» ‘ Rattans, not ground - A &amp; % - the 1,000 a eee 
ceeding - = 4 i . 31 } gallons ~ Reed Canes ~ - - - the 1,000 - 56 - 
Turpentine; viz. Walking Canes or Sticks, meunted, painted or otherwise 
Not being of greater value than 9s. percwt. theewt.| -~ ~ 1] - - 1 ornamented- = - - - for every 1007. value} 20 - - 
From 9s. to 15s. value per cwt. ~ - theewt. | - I -}| - = 8 or Sticks, unenumerated - - - - the 1,000] - as 
Above 15 s. value per ewt. - - - the ewt. a, oe 2 a 
Twine - a _ ? = . : &gt; - a Y pt Ce : FY Playing Cards - - - - the dozen packs | 4 - 
Yarn, cable yarn - ‘ ‘ i. - See Carriages of all sorts - ~ - for every 100/. value | 20 - - 
Casks (empty) - - - - for every 1001. value | 25 - - 
16.—Srones, Bricks and Tis. Casts of Busts, Statues or Figures - - - theewt. | —- : 6 
Bricks or clinkers (Dutch) - - - - the 1,000 -10 - - 5 - a Willow, for at _ prea —— a 
other sorts - - . - - thel1,000| -15 ~| - 7 6 Clocks Salis P a - for every 1001. value | 20 - - 
Chalk, unmanufactured, and not otherwise enumerated, ‘ ae Watches, of any metal, impressed with any mark or 
for every 1001. value] 5 - -| 210 - stamp, appearing to be or to represent any legal British 
prepared or manufactured, and not otherwise enume- assay mark or stamp, or purporting, by any mark or ap- 
rated - - + + = forevery 1007 value] 10 —- -| 5 - - pearance, to be of the manufacture of the United Kingdom | prohibited 
Gypsum - —- + = - . - theton} 111 8] -— 1 8 Cork - - the ton (from and after July 5, 1843) | —- - 
Plaster of Paris . - sa ° theta) 2 - -| it - - Corks, ready made the Ib. (from and after July 5, 1843) | - - 8 
Stone ; viz. squared for rounding - - - - theewt. | - 16 - 
Stone, in lumps not in any manner hewn, Slate and Fishermen’s - - - - - thecwt.| - 2 - 
Marble, in rough blocks or slabs; Limestone ; Flint ae 
Stones; Felspar and Stones for potters’ use; Pebble cn fra smeaiatie a 7 = . i ~ the Ib. ss - @ 
Stones; Stone to be used for the purpose of lithography free free Wh og olished = . . i " the Th. oo es 
Stone in blocks shaped or rough — - the ton - | wm - — 6 Un lished = a" : . a Ge th. _— 
Stone and Slate, hewn =~ . + ome ee) «2s Cra: &lt;0 - - - - - for every 1007. value | 15 - - 
Marble, hewn, in slabs or inci - - theton|/ - 3 -|{ - 1 6 fico ie iM . iu . a y free 
Tiles - « - - - for every 1002. value| 10 — -| 5 - - Dice - oe % % - - is the see 16 2 
Down - - - - - thelb, | - 1 8 
17.—Correr, Cocoa, Tra AND Embroidery and Noesdlowesk: - - for every 1002. value | 20 - - 
Tosacco. Feathers for beds, in beds or otherwise &lt;- - the ewt. l1-- 
Ostrich, dressed - = - - - the lb, | 110 - 
Coffee ‘i - * - - 4 ? the Ib. = = ¢ --&amp; undressed - - - - the Ib. - 1- 
Cocoa - - - - - - - the lb. ~ = 4 - - il : ' ? 
Husks and Shells im . a % the Ib. “, 1| - - -3 Feathers not otherwise enumerated or described ;_ viz. 
Cocoa Paste and Chocolate - - - -  thelb | ~ ~ 6| - —- 2 Dressed - = = = = for every 1001. value ” a 
Tee « ct 2 a; ss “ . ‘i the lb. = @ 4 « | I Undressed - - - - forevery 1001. value} 29 - - 
: Paddy Bird - - - - - ene) = Ff = 
Tobacco; vis. Flower Roots = - - - for every 1002. value} 5 - —- 
U nmanufactured - : &gt; - ” the Ib. - 3 - oe Flowers, artificial, not made of silk, for every 1001, value 25 - - 
Snuff - % . “ _ . the Ib. - 6 - + %. = Frames for pictures, prints or drawings, 
Manufactured, or Cigars - - - - the Ib. ae as 9 - for every 1007. value | 10 - - 
Stalks and Flour of - - - - - - - | prohibited | prohibited Garnets - e &gt; i » ai S the Ib. - &amp;5 - 
(Manufactured in the United Kingdom, at or within cut - id im - . o &gt; the Ib. ao Th 
two miles of any port into which Tobacco may be Grease e ' io 4 &lt;4 oo - the ewt. - 1 8 
imporied, made into Shag, Roll or Carrot Tobacco, Greaves for dogs - é a a - the ewt. - 2 - 
drawback upon exportation, the lb., 2s. 74d.) Gunpowder ms fa - the cut. l1-- 
Gun Stocks in the veugh, of W chat or ethan Woods, 
18.—MIscELLaNEous. theewt. | - ~ 6 
Guano - - - - - - - theton {| - 1 - 
Agates or Cornelians - - - forevery 100/.value{| 5 - -~| 5 - — Hair, humans - the lb. | - 1 - 
set - - - - - forevery 1007. value} 125 ~ -|15 -— — Harp strings or Lute strings ailv ered, fe every 100/. value | 20 - - 
Barbadoes Tar - - - - - - the ewt. «— § Ss « § 6 H RB oe 
Basket Rods, peeled, not exceeding three feet in circum- ats or hi onnets ; viz 3 Be 
ference at the band - - - - - thebundle | - -~ 6] - -— 6 Of Chip % ~ a the Ib. 
Pi cecseinaiameomeer a a i «titans sag — Bast, Cane or es Hats or + Renate each Hat or 
Baskets i eee ar Bonnet not exceeding 22 inches in diameter, the dozen | - 10 - 
$ - - - - - y 1001. value| 10 - -|10 -— — Each Hi: B ee lien toa I 
Beads, Arango - . is - for every 1001 value} 15 ~ —/15 _ — ac at or Bonnet exceeding 22 inches in diameter, i 
Coral - - - - for every 1002. value | 15 -— ~|15 — — the dozen x; 
Jet rsaliente A 3 ‘ Straw Hats or Bonnets’ - - - - the Ib. - 8 6 
—_— - ~ ~ - ” y 1002. value} 15 —~ —~|]15 —-— — 9 
not otherwise enumerated or described, — Felt, Hair, Wool or Beaver Bi * ai &gt; 
: e m : Silk she laid upon Fatt, Linen or other 
for every 100l. value} 15 - ~|15 -— - Made of Silk or a P 3 6 
Birds ; viz.—Singing Birds - - - - CpG « 6 af =« @ &lt; —am es - each | + ie 
Blacking - . z . ¥ _ « ioe. . ea Heath, for Brushes - - - - - the cwt. = - 
7 ‘ Hones - - - - - - - theloo}| 1 - 
. — y ‘ 7 = ~ Se, o 8) a8 Hoofs of Cattle - - - - for every 1002. value| 1 - — 
Books; viz. Horns, Horn Tips and piecesof Horn - - the ton a 
Being of editions printed saceaih to the year 1801, bound Horse Grease. See Oil, “* Animal,” 
or unbound - - - - - the ewt. l-- D te ae Japanned or apne Ware - - for every 1007. value =" = 
Being of editions printed in or since the year 1801, bound ae a - = - me the lb. - - 1 
or unbound - - - - - the cwt. 5 - - Go we Jewels, Sandie Rubies, ona all other precious Stones 
Being of editions in the foreign livi ing languages, printed (except Diamonds) and Pearls, unset, 
in or since the year 1801, bound or unbound, the ewt. $30 « 210 — for every 100 1, value -10 - 
Note.—For the descriptions of Books prohibited to be set - - - - - for every 100 J. value y= - 
imported, see the Act for the Regulation of the Ink for Printers - - - és ° - the ewt. -10 - 
Customs, and Acts for securing Copy: rights. Lamp Black - - in o - the ewt. 2 “22 
Bones of Cattle and other animals, and of Fish (except Magna Grecia Ware - - - for every 100 /. value aa 
Whale fins), whether burnt or not, or as animal charcoal, Manures, not otherwise enumerated or charged with duty, 
G@emmi- «. 6} .-.6 theton| - - 6 
Boxes of all sorts, excepting those made wholly or partly of Manuscripts - * - the lb. - - 2 
Glass, on which the proper Glass Duty will be levied, Maps or Charts, or sete deneil, plain orcoloured, each} - - !} 
for every 100l. value | 10 ~ -| 5 ~— — Mats and Matting - - - for every 100/. value eas 
Bristles, rough, and in the tufts, and not in any way sorted, Mattresses - - “ = - forevery 1007. value = - 
theewt. | ~ 2 6| —~ 2 6 Millboards -  - - = = aie 7 See 
in any way sorted, or arranged in colours, and not Models, of Cork or Woe ood - for every 100 l. value oe = a 
entirely rough and in the tufts - - - the Ib. —— a eras Mother-of-Peart Shells é - for every 100, value tes 


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Rates of Duty. 





ARTICLES. Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





ARTICLES. 











Foreign 





18.—MiscELLANEous—continued. £. s. d.| £8. d. 
Musical Instruments - - = forevery 1001 value} 15 - -|15 - - 
8 Si ad adi 
Palmetto Thatch = - = - - - - theewt. | - - -- 1 
__— Manufactures of ditto = - - for every 100/. value | - - 5 - - 


Paper 3 vis. 


Brown, made of old rope or cordage only, without separat- 
ing or extracting the pitch or tar therefrom, and 
without any mixture of other materials therewith, 


Printed, painted or stained Paper, or Paper Hangings or 
Flock Paper - - - the square yard | - 1 -{ - 1 - 


Waste, unless 


Paper of any other sort not particularly enumerated 


thelb.|} - - 3] - - 8 


printed on in the English language, or 





Whale Fins, British taking, and imported direct from the 





Goods, Wares and Merchandize, being either in part or 


Goods, Wares and Merchandize, not being either in part 


Spirits, or Strong Waters, of all sorts; vis. 
For every gallon of such Spirits or Strong Waters of any 








Spirits, Cordials, or Strong Waters, not being the produce 


Cordials, or Strong Waters, not being the produce of any 


Rum-Shrub, however sweetened - - - the gallon 
Liquors, not being of greater strength than the strength of 





18.—MisceLLaNnrous—continued. 


fishery, or from any British possession, in a British ship, 
the ton 
otherwise taken - for every 1007. value (from and 
after July 5, 1843) 


wholly manufactured, and not being enumerated or de- 
scribed, nor otherwise charged with duty, and not pro- 
hibited to be imported into or used in Great Britain or 
Ireland - - - - for every 1001, value 


or wholly manufactured, and not being enumerated or 
described, nor otherwise charged with duty, and not pro- 
hibited to be imported into or used in Great Britain or 
Ireland - - ~ - - for every 1007. value 


19.—Spirits anp WINEs. 


strength, not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes’s 
hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less 
strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater 
or less quantity than a gallon; vis. 

Being Spirits or Strong Waters, not the produce of 
any British Possession, and not being sweetened 
Spirits, or Spirits mixed with any article, so that the 
degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascer- 
tained by such hydrometer - - - the gallon 

Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any British 
Possession in Americz, not being sweetened Spirits, 
or Spirits so mixed as aforesaid - - the gallon 

Rum, the produce of any British Possession within 
the limits of the East India Company’s Charter, not 
being sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as afore- 
said, in regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vict. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled, 

the gallon 

Rum-Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of and 
imported from such Possessions, in regard to which 
the conditions of the Act 4 Vict. c. 8, have or shall 
have been fulfilled = - - - - the gallon 

Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any British 
Possession within the limits of the East India Com- 
pany’s Charter, in regard to which the conditions of 
the Act 4 Vict. c. 8, shall not have been fulfilled, 
not being sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as 
aforesaid - - - - - the gallon 


of any British Possession in America, or of any British 
Possession within the limits of the East India Company’s 
Charter, in regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vict. c. 8, nave or shall have been fulfilled, sweetened 
or mixed with any article, so that the degree of strength 
thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by Sykes’s hydro- 
meter, and perfumed Spirits to be used as perfumery 
only = - - - the gallon 


British Possession in America, or of any British Posses- 
sion qualified as aforesaid, sweetened or mixed with any 
article as aforesaid - - - - the gallon 


proof, by Sykes’s hydrometer - - - the gallon 
being of greater strength, by Sykes’s hydrometer, 











Wine; viz. 


French - - - - - - 
Canary - - - - - - 
Madeira - - - - - - 
Portugal - - - - - - 
Rhenish - - - - - - 
Spanish - - - - - - 
Other sorts - - - - - 


allowed on the Lees of Wine exported. 








Coal in a British Ship—continued. 


The produce of the Cape of Good Hope, or the territories 
or dependencies thereof, and imported directly from thence, 


the gallon 


the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 
- the gallon 


(The full duties on Wine are drawn back upon re-exportation.) 
Lees, subject to the same duty as Wine, but no drawback is 








Small Coal, that is to say, Coals which shall have been 


screened through a riddle or screen, the bars of which 

are not in any part thereof more than parts of an 
inch asunder, and Culm - - - the ton 
Clay and China Stone - - - - the cwt. 
Cement Stone and Flint (except for ballast) ground and 
unground, - - - ~ - - the cwt. 
Wools and Skins - ~ - - - the ewt. 
Manufactures, or pretended Manufactures, slightly wrought 


or described, nor otherwise charged with duty, the Ib. - - 4 - &gt; 4} 
Printed on in the English language - - - - | prohibited | prohibited 
Pasteboards - - - - - theewt.| 110 -j| 110 - 
Pencils  - + . - forevery 1001. value} 15 - -|]15 - - 
_— of Slate - - - - for every 1001. value | 15 - -| 15 - - 
Pens ~ = - - forevery 1002. value} 15 - -~|15 - - 
Percussion Caps - - - - - - the 1000 | - - 4] - - 4 
Phosphorus - - - - for every 1001. value | 10 - -—|10 - - 
Pictures - - - - - - - -eah| - 1 -} - 1 - 
__— and further - - - the square foot | - 1 - l1l- 
_— above 200 square feet - - . - re = ses = 
Plants, Shrubs and Trees, alive - - - a te free free 
Platting or other Manufactures to be used in, or proper for, 
making Hats or Bonnets ; viz. 
Of Bast, Cane or Horse-hair = - - a the lb. ot = Ee 
Of Chip-  _- - - - - - thelb. | - 2 6] - 2 6 
Of Straw - - - - - : thelb. | - 7 6 7 6 
Pots, melting Pots for Goldsmiths - - - the 100 - 8 2 - 8 2 
— of Stone - - . - for every 1001. value | 20 - -| 20 - - 
Powder; viz. 
Hair Powder - . - - - - the ewt. 1 -- i: == 
; Perfumed - - ~ - - - the ewt. le--jle-- 
Powder not otherwise enumerated or described, that will 
serve for the same uses as Starch - - the cwt. -10 -j} -10 - 
F) Prints and Drawings, plain or coloured, single - each | - - 1) - = 1 
: —_—_—_—_——— bound or sewn - - thedozn | - - 3] - - 38 
Quills, Goose = = - - ~ - - the 1,000 - - 6 - - 8 
‘ — Swan - - - - - - the 1,000 - 3 -| - 1 6 
Rags; viz. 
Old Woollen Rags - - - - - pertn}; - ~ 6} - - 6 
i Old Rags, old Ropes or Junk or old Fishing-nets, fit only 
é for making Paper or Pasteboard - - perton| - - 6/ - - 6 
ss Pulp of Rags - - - - - - per ton - 56 - -~ &amp;§ = 
- a “ &lt; ‘s = “ ~ free free 
is Scaleboards - - - - - - the ewt. 110 - 110 - 
Soap, hard - - - - - - theewt.| 110 -j| 1 - - 
6 — soft - - - . - - - the ewt. }- -| -15 - 
— Naples - - - - - - the ewt. 216 -| 216 - 
a Spa Ware - - - - - forevery 1001, value | 15 - -| 15 - - 
3 Spermaceti, fine - - - - for every 1007. value | 25 - -—| 25 - - 
3 Sponge = - - - - - - thelb. | - - 6) - - 1 
Starch = - - - - - - the ewt. ~10 -} - 5 - 
F — Gum of, torrified or calcined, commonly called British 
. Gum - - ~ - - - - the ewt. -15 -| -15 - 
= Straw or Grass, for platting - - - - thecwt.|] - - 1] - - 1 
os Stavesacre - - - - - - - the ewt. - 4- - 4- 
bi Sulphur Impressions - - - for every 1002. value | 5 - -| 5 - - 
Tallow = - - - - - - - theewt.| - 3 2) - - 8 
_ Tarras + - - - - - - the bushel |] - 1 3] - 1 8 
Teasles  - - - - - - - thel000 |} - - 3; - - 8 
= Teeth, Elephants’, Sea Cow, Sea Horse or Sea Morse, 
; theewt. |] - 1 -| - 1 - 
- Telescopes - = - ~ - for every 100/. value | 15 - -|15 -— - 
6 Tobacco Pipes of Clay - - - for every 1001. value | 15 - --|15 - - 
6 Tortoiseshell or Turtleshell, unmanufactured = - the Ib. - l-| -- 1 
Toys, excepting Toy and Hand mirrors, on which the Plate 
6 Glass duty will be levied = - - for every 1001. value |} 10 - -|10 - - 
~ Turnery, not otherwise described - for every 1001. value |} 15 - -| 18 - - 
- Vases, ancient, not of Stone or Marble, 
3 for every 1001. value} 1 - -| 1 - - 
= Wafers = - - ~ - - - - the lb. - - 3] - 3 
Washing Balls - ~ - « - - the Ib. = Gta = @ 
= Watches of Gold or Silver or other Metal, 
1 for every 1002. value |} 10 - -|}10 -— - 
Water ; viz. Mineral Water - - - - thegalln | - - 1] - - 1 
a eee eee ee eee ee ee lee | ee 
= 2. Resolved, That in lieu of all Duties of Customs 
és payable on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, being 
the growth, produce or manufacture of the United 
: Kingdom, exported from the United Kingdom to 
i Foreign Countries, there shall be levied the following | 
- Duties outwards ; viz. 
a £. « &amp; 
= Coal, Culm, or Cinders, ina Foreign Ship - the ton - 4 - 
oe Coal, in a British Ship; viz. 
Not being Small Coal - - - - theton{| - 2 - 
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3. Resolved, 




















Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts 
[Advance of 
Money.] 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
Bill. 


394 


3. Resolved, That the Duties imposed in the fore- 
oing Schedules on Articles other than Spirits and 
Timber, shall be respectively subject to the charge 
of 5 per cent., imposed by an Act passed in the 3d 
year of Her present Majesty, c. 17; and the Duties 
imposed in the foregoing Schedules on Spirits shall 
be subject to the additional rated charge laid on 
Spirits by the said Act; and the Duties imposed in 
the foregoing Schedules on Timber to the additional 
charge of 5 per cent. 

4. Resolved, That provision be made for the better 
collection and management of the Duties of Customs. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. William Gladstone 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Order of day for the House to resolve itself 
into a Committee to consider of authorizing the 
Advance of Money out of the Land Revenues of 
the Crown for the Endowments and the Repair and 
Maintenance of certain Chapels, in Her Majesty’s 
Forest of Dean, be now read ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby, 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


} 101 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 25 
Noes, Mr. Hawes : re 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And the 
Order of the day being read accordingly ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 101 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: } , 
Tellers for the J Mr. Hume, \ 13 
Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: { ~“* 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative: —The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of Her 
Majesty’s Land Revenues, for the endowment, re- 
pair and maintenance of certain Chapels in Her 
Majesty’s Forest of Dean. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Dean Forest Poor 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. Greene reported the Saint Briavel’s Small 
Debts Bil!; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday the 
24th day of this instant June. 


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


Veneris, 17° die Junii, 1842: 


Mr. Greene reported the Assessed Taxes Bill ; 
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 ; and read the third time this day. 





16°— 17° Juniz. 


| 
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A. 1842. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in columns, of all Fees, if any, 
received by the Sheriff Depute of Lanarkshire or 
his Substitutes, for or on account of any Valuation 
of Property, Inspection of Property, Examination 
of Witnesses, Trial, Proceedings with regard to Trial, 
or any other business done or proceedings had in 
any Action or Application whatever, under any local 
or personal Act, stating, 1st, the Name of the Case; 
2dly, under what Act tried ; 3dly, the Business for 
which the Fee was paid ; 4thly, the Party by whom 
paid; 5thly, the Authority on which Payment was 
made and received; 6thly, the Date of Payment ; 
7thly, the Amount of Payment; sthly, the Party 
to whom Payment was made; such Return to in- 
clude all such Fees received from the 1st day of 
December 1835 to the present date :—An amended 
Return from the Sheriff Depute of Lanarkshire and 
his Substitutes, stating the Amount of Fees, speci- 
fying each Fee, as well as the Total Amount received 
in any ordinary or summary Action before them, 
for or on account of any Inspection of Property, 
Examination of Witnesses, or other business done 
or proceeding had in such Action; stating, in sepa- 
rate columns, 1st, the Case in which each Fee was 
paid; 2dly, the precise business for which it was 
paid ; 3dly, the Names of the Party or Parties by 
whom it was paid; 4thly, the Authority on which 
Payment was made or received ; 5thly, the Date of 
Payment; such Return to include all such Fees 
from the 1st day of December 1835 to this date : 
—-And,a Copy of a Circular Letterrecently addressed 
by the Lord Advocate of Scotland to the Sheriffs, 
relative to the Payment of Fees for business done 
or proceedings had under local or personal Acts, 
and the Answers or Returns made thereto by the 
several Sheriffs. 

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. 








Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s china. 
Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to No, 335. 


be voted in the year 1842, on account of the Ex- 
penses of the Expedition to China. 


Estimate of Expenses of the Service consequent Canada. 
upon the late Insurrection in Canada, for the year No, 336. 


ending 31st March 1843. 


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


in detail, of the manner in which the Sum of 
£.48,603.17s.11d. was expended in Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Office of the Commissioners of Tithes, 
in the year ended the 5th day of January 1842; 
| stating the Name, Office and Amount paid to each 
Person as Salaries, and the Amount of Contingent 
_ Expenses, under separate heads :—Also, an Account 
|of the Amount paid in each year in the Office of 
| the Commissioners of Tithes since its establishment, 
/and the Aggregate Amount paid up to the 5th day 
of January 1842. 


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





of Land belonging to the Crown in the Australian 
Colonies and New Zealand; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 32. After “ enjoyment” insert “ and 
provided also that nothing in this Act contained 
shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent 
Her Majesty or any person or persons acting on 
her behalf, or under the authority of Her Ma- 


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“« jesty 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriff of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lauatk, &amp;, 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented,-—Return to an Tithe Commis 
Order, dated the 5th day of May last, for An Account, sion 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Australia ond 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- New Zealan 


tituled, An Act for regulating the Survey and Sales _ 























330. 


336. 


ommis- 


jia and 
ealand 





Police Super- 
annuation Fund 
(Ireland. ) 


Manners’s 
Estate Bill, 


Brewood School 
Estate Bill. 


Charitable 
Institutions 


(Dublin.) 
No. 337. 


Electors 
(Sudbury.) 


No. 332. 


Deptford Pier 
Bill, 


Ardrossan 
Harbour Bill, 


5 Victoriz. 


“ 
‘ 
“ 


jesty from fulfilling any promise or engagement 
made, or hereafter to be made, by or on behalf of 
Her Majesty, in favour of any military or naval 
settlers in the said Colonies respectively, in pur- 
suance of any regulations made by Her Majesty’s 
authority, in favour or for the benefit of any such 
“ settlers.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 11. Leave out “ within” and insert 

*&lt; 

Pr. 15. 1. 13. After “ contract” insert “ or to 
prevent the fulfilment of any promise or engage- 
ment.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 17. After “ contracts” insert “ pro- 
mises or engagements.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 1. Leave out from “the” to “ land” in 1.2., 
and insert “ sale of waste.” 
L. 3. Leave out ‘* and New Zealand.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Police Superannuation Fund in Ire- 
land, constituted by the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, 
c. 13, s. 46, commencing in the year 1836 down to 
the present time, showing the Sums received, and 
distinguishing those derived from a per-centage on 
the Salaries of all Persons appointed by virtue of 
this or any other Police Act, from others that may 
have been received from any other source, and show- 
ing how the same have been expended. 


Manzners’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Brewood School Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Charitable 
Institutions (Dublin), which was presented yester- 
day, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electors (Sud- 
bury), which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 


Veneris, 17° die Junii ; 


Anno 5° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


Si John Hanmer reported from the Committee 
on the Deptford Pier (re-committed) 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 Petition ; and had made other Amendments to 
the Bill; 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 to amend an Act for erecting a Har- 
bour at Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr, and to 
provide for the Improvement of the said Harbour ; 


and the same were read, as follow : 
VoL. 97. 


16°—17° Junizz. 


395 


Pr. 14. 1. 16. Leave out from “ in” to “ Sir,” in 
1.17. 


Pr. 14, l. 18. Leave out from “ baronet” to 
and,” in |. 19. 


Pr. 5. 1. 34. Leave out “deeds” and insert 
“ deed.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 34. After “same” insert “ Provided 
always, That upon payment or consignation by the 
said Trustees, of the amount of such debts in any 
bank in Scotland, established by Act of Parlia- 
ment or Royal Charter, the shareholder or share- 
holders, or his, her or their respective legal repre- 
sentatives or assignees, shall thereupon be bound 
forthwith to assign and convey his, her or their 
respective share or shares to the said trustees.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 18. After “be” insert “ ranked as and 
“ held to be.” 

Pr, 10. 1. 29. Leave out from “ works” to 
and,” in |. 32., and insert “and for no other 
purpose whatever.” 

Pr. 15. 1.615. After “harbour” insert “ or.” 


Pr. 22. 1. 18. After “ master” insert “ or dock 
master.” 


Pr. 22. 
rates.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 12. After “ manner” insert “ as here- 
inafter mentioned.” 

Pr, 35. 1.17. After “ said” insert “ first,” and 
in the same line leave out “ Acts” and insert “ Act.” 
Pr. 36. 1. 26. Leave out from “ whomsoever” 
to “and,” in Pr. 37.1. 31. 


Pr. 38. 1. 33. After “ this” insert “ or the said 
“ first recited.” 


Pr. 40. 1. 14. After “ pounds” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.) and (C.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said trustees, company or heir of 
entail (as the case may be), to erect any light- 
house within the limits of the said Harbour, and 
also to exhibit a light therein, of such description 
or power as the Commissioners of Northern Light 
Houses shall by writing under the hand of their 
secretary prescribe.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said trustees, company or heir 
of entail (as the case may be) to erect within the 
limits of the said Harbour, beacons for the gui- 
dance of vessels, of such character, and to be ex- 
hibited in such mode, and to lay down buoys of 
such description and in such situation, within the 
limits of the said Harbour, as _ shall from time to 
time be prescribed by the said Commissioners of 

Northern Light Houses, signified in writing under 
the hand of their secretary for the time being.” 

Ciause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
not be lawful for the said trustees, company or 
heir of entail (as the case may be), to exhibit or 
alter, or to permit to be exhibited or altered any 
light, beacon or sea-mark, without the sanction 
in writing of the said Commissioners of Northern 
Light Houses, signified under the hand of their 
secretary, first having been obtained in that behalf; 
and if any such light, beacon or sea-mark shall 
be exhibited or altered, with such sanction as 
aforesaid, the same shall be of such power, des- 
cription and character, and shall be from time to 
time discontinued or altered, as the said Commis- 
sioners of Northern Light Houses shall from time 
to time direct, by due notice to the said trustees, 
company or heir of entail (as the case may be).” 

Pr. 41. 1, 2. Leave out “justice” and insert 
two or more justices.” 

Pr. 44, 1.25. After “or” insert “ with.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 6. Leave out “ hereby,” and insert 
“ thereby.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord James Stuart do carry the 

Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


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396 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


8 — Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
( Ms an i to inquire into the effect upon the Trade in Spirits 
0. . 


in Ireland, of the repeal of the Malt Drawback in 
that part of the United Knigdom, have Power to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 


F | 
Mr. Young reported from the said Select Com- 


mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them; and the Resolution of the Committee 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, Vhat the repeal of the Malt Drawback 
in Jreland will not be prejudicial either to the Trade 
in Spirits or to the Revenue in that country. 

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


Public Petitions 
(Thirty-first 
Report.) 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 13th and 
14th 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. 


London aud An ingrossed Rill for amending some of the 


eesti Powers of the Acts relating to the London and Grreen- 
(No. ms pill, wich Railway, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Kemble do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
_ a Petitions from Tamworth Union 3;— Honiton s—| 
Aa Derby ;—and, Atherstone Union ; praying for alter- 
ation of the Poor Law Amendment Act,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Poor Law A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
on dians of the Hollingbourn Union, in the county of 


Kent, praying that provision maybe made in the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill, for the payment by the owners 
of property of one-half of the expenses of emigra- 
tion of poor persons, having settlements in parishes 
and willing to emigrate, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochdale Union ; — Whitechapel | 


Union (Chairman) ;-- Brighton (three Petitions) ; 
—Kingston-upon-Hull ;—-Saint Pancras (Middle- 
sex) (three Petitions);— West Ham Union ;—Saint 
George-the-Martyr, Southwark; — Saint James, 
Westminster ;—and, Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensing- 
ton; praying that the said Bill may not pass into a 
law, as it now stands, — were alsu presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Borwick and other places ;—Brink- 
low ; — Bedworth ;-— Stapleton ;— Hartshill ;— Sib- 
son ; —Higham-on-the-Hill ;— Wolvey ;— Ratcliffe 
Caley ; and, Sutton Cheney; praying the House to 
expunge from the said Bill so much thereof as re- 
lates to the dissolution of the Unions established 
under the Act 22 Geo. 3, commonly called Gilbert’s 
‘Jnions,—were also presented, and read; and or- 
aered to lie up on the Table. 


Railways Bill, 
of Kent, praying for the introduction of a Clause in 
the Railways Bill to the effect that no Railway shall 
be used on the Lord’s Day, except in cases of charity 
or necessity, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord’s Day. 


measures for securing the due observance of the 


17° Juniz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zetgh, in the county 





A. 1849, 


Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Traders, Householders and Inha- 
bitants of the parish of Saint John, Clerkenwell, 
praying the House to adopt measures for redeemin 
and extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, South- 
wark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and 
| read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Waterloo, &amp;e., 
Bridges, 





| «A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of guts, 

| Warrington, praying the House to pass some general 
measure of relief, by which all persons who con- 

| Scientiously object to the taking of an oath, may be 
relieved from incurring the various legal and moral 
responsibilities to which, on refusal, they are now 
liable, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

| upon the Table. 

| 

| A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the parish Education 
|of Rathdrum, praying the House to devise means (Ireland.) 
| for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 

| nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 

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

upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Union of Midle- Coals and Culm 
ton, in the county of Cork, praying that the said (Cork.) 
| union may be exempted from the duty of one shil- 
ling per ton raised upon Coals and Culm imported 
for the support of the Foundling Hospital of Cork, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 





Petitions from Yetholm;—and, Ministers and Church 
Elders of the General Assembly of the Church of Patronage 
Scotland, met at Edinburgh, on the 30th day of aaa 
May 1842, praying for the abolition of the system 
of Church Patronage in Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Mer- Mersey Con- 
sey Conservancy Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, *¥™s Bil 
| upon Wednesday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
| before the Committee on the Mersey Conservancy 
| Bill, in the Session of 1837, and the Minutes of 
|the Evidence taken before the Committee on the 
/Grand Junction Railway Bill, in the Session of 
1838, be referred to the said Select Commiitee. 

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Petitions of Trustees of the Dudley Hill, Kil- Turmyike-rads. 
| linghall and Harrogate Turnpike-roads (Chairman) ; - 
—— Trustees of the Leeds and Halifax Turn- 
| pike-road (Chairman); praying that the Turnpike- 
jroads Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
| Table. 
| 
Petitions from Sheepridge ;— Rochdale ;— Hulme ; Factories. 
—and, Great Bolton ; praying the House to pass 
an Act for limiting the hours of labour of young 
persons employed in Factories to ten hours a day 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 
Saturday,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


| 


Petitions from Amberley ;— Stockwell ;— Lambeth ; + a, 
—and, Exeter Hall, Strand, London; praying the ~°"* 
| House to withdraw every kind of public support 
| from the College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Hoaspaper 
| Return of the Aggregate Number of Stamps issued 
A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of| for Newspapers in Great Britain, in each year, from 
the parish of Lambeth, praying the House to adopt | the 1st day of January 1827 till the 1st day of Ja- 
2, distinguishing the Number of each in 


England 


tamps. 


| nuary 184 





Hl. 


vads. 


Distress. 


Church Patrons 
age (Scotland. ) 


Bonded Corn 
(No. 2.) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Church Stretton 
and Longden 
Roads Bill. 


Guarantee 
Society Bill, 


Market Har- 
borough aud 
Brampton 


Road Bill. 


Bolton and 
Westhoughton 
Road Bill, 


Hinchley 
Roads Bill. 


Leicester and 
Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Road 
Bill. 


Holywell 
Roads Bill. 


Kington 
Roads Bill. 


5 Vicroriz. 


England and Wales, and in Scotland; also, the 
Aggregate Number of Stamps issued for Newspapers 


in Ireland during the same period (in continuation | to sue and be sued, and for other P 
of Parliamentary Paper No. 530, of Session 1827.) | to the said Company: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return, to show the Amount of Grants or of Loans | 
of Public Money, with the Amount and the Date of | 
each, which may have been made in aid of the Dis- | 
tressed in any part of Great Britain since 1825, and | 
whether made as a Grant or a Loan, and in the latter | 
case to state if the same has been repaid ; also, the 
Authority under which these were made, and whe- 
ther the Grant or Loan, as the case may be, has | 
been communicated to Parliament, or to either | 
House thereof. 


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, showing the Number of the Clergymen of 
the Church of Scotland who have been deposed by the 
Church Courts in that country since the Act, com- 
monly called the Veto Act, was passed by the Ge- 
neral Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1834 ; 
stating the Name, Place of Residence and the Crime 
or Offence for which each Clergyman was deposed, 
with the Dates of the respective Depositions :—And, 
a similar Return of Clergymen deposed by the 
Church Courts from the year 1800 to the year 1834. 

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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the expe- 
diency of permitting Foreign Wheat to be delivered 
under certain regulations, from the Warehouse, or 
from the Ship, Duty free, upon the substitution into 
the Warehouse, or the delivery for Exportation, of 
equivalent quantities of Flour and Biscuit. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for maintaining certain 
Roads in the County of Salop, called “ The Church 
Stretton and Longden Roads :” 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating Legal 
Proceedings by or against “The Guarantee Society,” 
and for granting certain Powers thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Provisions 
of an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for 
more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
from Market Harborough, in the County of Leicester, 
to Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing the Road from Bolton to West Houghton, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing the Roads from the Borough of Leicester to 
Narborough, and from the said Borough of Leicester 
to Earl Shilton, and from Earl Shilton to Hinckley, 
all in the County of Leicester : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing the Road from the Borough of Leicester, in 
the County of Leicester, to the Town of Ashby-de- 
la-Zouch, in the said County : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and en- 
large the Powers and Provisions of an Act relating 
to the Holywell District of Turnpike-roads, in the 
County of Flint, and for making new Roads to com- 


17°—18° Junzz. 


'in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for esta- 
_blishing a Market therein : 














municate therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
taining several Roads leading from the Town of 
Kington, and other Roads branching therefrom, in 
the County of Hereford: 

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397 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the City of City of Glasgow 


Glasgow Life Assurance and Reversionary Company Life Assurance 


° d Reversion- 
urposes relating ne Gagey 


Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Medboum 
the Parish of Medbourn, in the County of Leicester ; !nclosure 
(No. 2.) Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, Fleetwood 
watching, cleansing and otherwise improving the Improvement 


Town of Fleetwood, and the Neighbourhood thereof, jij M*rket 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending the Acts Gravesend 


relating to the Gravesend Town Quay and Pier ; Town Pier Bill. 


And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Metropolitan 
Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against ner 
the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Company, ae ens 


: : Company 
and for granting certain Powers thereto, with Amend- (No. 2.) Bill. 


/ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 


concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- southampton 
terday, That a Select Committee be appointed to Town Election. 
inquire into the Special Report of the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try the matter of the Petitions 
complaining of the last Southampton Election ; and 
to inquire into the matters contained in the several 
Petitions hereinafter mentioned ; viz. the Petitions 
of the Electors of Southampton, presented on the 
9th day of May and the 1st day of June; the Pe- 
tition of John Sadler Moody and other Electors of 
Southampton, presented on the 1st day of June; the 
Petition of William Hooke Steere, and other Electors 
of Southampton, presented on the 1st day of June ; 
the Petition of John Wren, presented, and printed 
with the Votes on the 30th day of May; and the 
Petitions of Abraham Abraham and William Henry 
Mackey, presented, and printed with the Votes on 
the 13th day of June, and to report their Opinion 
thereupon tu the House, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Pendarves, 
Mr. Sheil, Viscount Marsham, Viscount Barrington, 
Mr. Evans, Mr. Vesey and Mr. Stuart Wortley, with 


Power to send for persons, papers and records. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being i 

roposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
““ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon 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 Thomas Fremantle, , 60 

Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring :  doyesiaeg 

Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, 6 

Noes, \ Captain Pechell : Ci 

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. 


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


Sabbati, 18° die Junii, 1842: 


The ingrossed Bill to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes 
Assessed Taxes, and to amend the Laws relating to Bill. 
the Land and Assessed Taxes, 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 fifth day of 
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398 


April One thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, 

Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend the 

Laws relating to the Land and Assessed Taxes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Law of Evidence Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Feclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next, 

Municipal 


Corporations 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill; 

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


Primrose Hill 


The Primrose Hill Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. 


read a second time ; and committed toa Select Com- 

mittee. ; 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 

day. 

Grand Jury 


Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


British Posses- 
sions Abroad 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; 


_ Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Passengers Bill. reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


New South 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Wales Bill. ; = 


mittee on the New South Wales Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Writs of Error 


Bil The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ill. . c 


reading of the Writs of Error Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Justices’ Juris 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
diction Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Justices’ Jurisdiction Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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. 
Salmon The ingrossed Bill for the better Regulation of the 
(Seutiand) Close Time in Salmon Fisheries in Scoéland, was, 
(No. 2.) Bill, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Decision of 
Commissioners to be final) :-~And the said Clause 
was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed to by 


17°—18° Juniz. 


A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dean Forest 
mittee on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Feclesiastical 
Bill ; Districts Bill. 

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


Mr. Greene reported the Perth Prison Bill; and Perth Prison 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Bill. 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Dean Forest 
it was referred to consider of authorizing the Advance nel 
of Money out of the Land Revenues of the Crown [Advance i 
for the Endowments and the Repair and Mainte- Money, 
nance of certain Chapels, in Her Majesty’s Forest 
of Dean, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That provision be made out of Her 
Majesty’s Land Revenues for the Endowment, Re- 
pair and Maintenance of certain Chapels in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forest of Dean. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts 
Bill, that they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dean Forest 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to provide for the Relief Por Bill. 
of the Poor in the Forest of Dean, and other Extra- 
parochial Places in and near the Hundred of Saint 
Briavel’s, in the County of Gloucester ; 

Anda 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 :—Anda Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

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

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 Sir Thomas Fremantle, ge 
Yeas, \ Sir George Clerk: wai 

Tellers for thef Mr. Grantley Berkeley, - 
Noes, L Mr. Craven Berkeley : } ai 

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. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and desire their concurrence. 


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the House, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. | lating to the Duties of Customs might be read; and 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| the same being read ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice do carry the | 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider the said Acts. 


Mr. William Gladstone presented a Bill to amend Customs Bill. 
the Laws relating to the Customs: And the same No. 339. 


Resolved, ‘That. tris House will, upon Monday | was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


ag The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
=e. mittee of Ways and Means; 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 





| second time this day; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 
Return of the Ships of the Royal Navy in Commis- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | sion on the 1st day of December in the years 1839, 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


1840 and 1841; witha Return of the Number of 
Officers 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- Customs Acts. 
&gt; 





Newspaper 
Stamps and 
Advertisements. 


No. 340. 
Tonian States. 


No. 341. 


Soap. 
No. 342. 


Depwade 
Union. 


No. 343. 


Tithe Commis- 
sion. 


No, 344. 


Rural Police. 
No. 345. 


Annuities. 


Exports 
(Colonies, ) 


Blackburn 
and Chorle 
Road Bill. 


Charterhouse 
Hospital 
Estate Bill, 


5 Victroriz. 


Officers and Men allowed in the Complements of 
the Ships in the same years (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 66, of Session 1839) :—And, 
a Statement of the Number of Ships of War of all 
Classes in the Mediterranean Seas, on the 1st day of 
December in each of the years 1839, 1840 and 1841 ; 
stating the Number of Guns, and the Number of 
Men at those dates ; stating also the largest Amount 
of Force in those Seas in each of those years, and 
in what months respectively. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps and Advertisements, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jonian 
States, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Soap, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Depwade 
Union, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to the Tithe 


Commission, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Rural 
Police, which were presented upon the 31st day of 
May last, be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before one of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 18° die Junii ; 


17°—18° Junie. 





Anno 5° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 
instant June, for a Statement of the perpetual An- 





nuity, which is equivalent to the whole of the ter- 
minable Annuities, which existed as part of the | 
Public Debt of the Dates undermentioned (in con- | 
tinuation of Accounts in Appendix 16 of the 4th: 
Report of the Finance Committee in 1828), viz.: | 
— 5th January 1835, £.3,653,922. 12s. 53d. in| 
Parliamentary Paper No. 59 of Session 1835: —_ 
And, 5th January 1842, £.4,076,775. 12s. 10d. in| 
Parliamentary Paper No. 135 of Session 1842. | 

An Account of the Quantities and the Value of | 
Fish, Lumber and Provisions exported from Nova | 
Scotia, New Brunswick and Canada, respectively, 
to the British West Indies, in the year 1840 :—And | 
then he withdrew. | 


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


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee on 
the Blackkurn and Chorley Road Bill; and to 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petitions; and that the Committee 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. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Charterhouse Hospital 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 satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Vou. 97. 


399 


Hawhkes’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; Hawkes’s _ 
and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill 


Bills. 

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 coun- 
sel or produce Witnesses. 

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 Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Sir John Yarde 
Buller do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of Holders of Lagan Canal Deben- Lagan Naviga- 


tures, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lagan 
Navigation Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select 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 Attornies and Solicitors resident in Attomies’ 
the city of Hereford, praying for the repeal of the Certificates. 


stamp duty on their Annual Certificates, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Persons mterested in the Pilchard Tithe on Fish. 


Fishery, at several fishing coves near Falmouth 
Harbour, praying for the abolition of the Tithe on 
Fish, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Railways Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Railways Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause offered, (That it may be lawful for any Rail- 
way Company to affix a printed list of rates and tolls 
in a conspicuous situation within every station-house 
or cther building where such rates or tolls are col- 
lected, instead of affixing a table of rates and tolls, 
painted on boards, to the toll-house or building ; and 
that such rates or tolls shall be payable, and may 
be demanded and taken during the time in which 
such printed lists are affixed as aforesaid, in the 
same manner as they are authorized to be demanded 
and taken during the time that such boards shall 
remain so affixed.) 

Question put, That the said Clause be now 
brought up; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hodgson Hinde, } 


Yeas, \ Lord Robert Grosvenor : ” 
Tellers for thef Mr. Charles Russell, t 107 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : p 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 


and Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Sugar Duties 
Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth day Bi" 


of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the 
United Kingdom, for the Service of the year One 

3E4 thousand 





Railways Bill. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


Roasted Malt 
Bill. 


Pentonville 
Prison Bill. 


Incumbents’ 
Leasing 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Witnesses’ 
Indemnity Bill. 


Fines and 
Recoveries 
(Wales and 
Cheshire) Bill. 


Punishment 
ot Death 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Civil Bil 
Decrees 


(Ireland) Bill, 


400 


thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, without any | 
Amendment: — And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, 
again resolved itself into a Committee upon the 
Railways Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause offered, (That it shall not be lawful to lock 
the door of any Railway Carriages on the side 
nearest to those stations at which the trains shall 
stop, to which such Carriages belong.) 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentle- 

man Usher 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 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 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 
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 
Fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-three, certain Duties on Sugar imported into 
the United Kingdom, for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two: 


An Act to provide Regulations for preparing and 
using Roasted Malt in colouring Beer : 


An Act for establishing a Prison at Pentonville : 


An Act for better enabling Incumbents of Eccle- 
siastical Benefices to demise the Lands belonging 
to their Benefices on Farming Leases : 

An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give 
Evidence before the Committee appointed by the 
House of Commons to inquire “ whether corrupt 
Compromises have been entered into in the cases of 
Election Petitions presented from Harwich, Notting- 
ham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, Bridport and 
Reading, for the purpose of avoiding Investigation 
into Gross Bribery alleged to have been practised at 
the Elections for the aforesaid Towns, and whether 
such Bribery has really taken place :” 


An Act for better recording Fines and Recoveries 
in Wales and Cheshire : 


Av Act to assimilate the Law in Jreland as to the 
Punishment of Death to the Law in England, to 
abolish the Punishment of Death in certain cases in 
Ireland, and to substitute other Punishments in lieu 
thereof : 

An Act to amend and explain so much of Two 
Acts of the sixth and seventh years of his late Ma- 
jesty, and of the first year of Her present Majesty, 
as relates to the Execution of Civil Bill Decrees, 
for the Possession of Land in Jreland: 


18° Juniz. 











A. 1849, 


An Act for authorizing the Conveyance of a Piece Kingstown 
of Land upon which a Church at iain, in the Mariners’ 
County and Diocese of Dublin, and Parish of Church Bill, 
Monkstown, has been erected, and for providing for 

the due Celebration of Divine Service in the said 

Church, and for assigning a District thereto : 


An Act for completing the Railway Communica- Northern Union 
tion between the Towns of Newcastle-on-Tyne and (Newcastle and 
Darlington, by a Railway, to be called the Mewcas- titel , 
tle and Darlington Junction Railway, with a Branch way Bil. - 
to the City of Durham: 


An Act for granting further Powers to the Bristol Bristol ana 
and Gloucester Railway Company : Gloucester 
Railway Bill, 
An Act for making a Branch Railway from the Warwick ana 
London and Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, to Leamington 
communicate with the Towns of Warwick and Lea- — Railway 
mington, in the County of Warwick : ; 


An Act for making a Railway from Great Yar- Yarmouth aud 


mouth to Norwich, in the County of Norfolk : Norwich 
‘ Railway Bill, 


An Act for enabling the Dundee and Arbroath Dundee ana 
Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, Arbroath 
and to amend the Provisions of the Act relating to ®#!y Bill. 
the said Railway : 


An Act for the Abandonment of a Portion of the Great North 
Line of the Great North of England Railway, and of England 
for altering and amending the Acts relating thereto : ¥#!!way Bill. 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Sain¢ gaint Philip’s 
Philip’s Bridge, in the City and County of Bristol, (Bristol) 
and for widening and improving the Approaches to Brise Bill 
the said Bridge : 


An Act for altering and amending an Act of the Forth andClyde 
fourth and fifth year of Her present Majesty, inti- Navigation Bill. 
tuled, “ An Act to consolidate, amend and enlarge 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to the Forth and Clyde Navigation,” for en- 
larging and making Reservoirs for better supplying 
the said Navigation with Water, and for enabling 
the Company of Proprietors of the said Navigation 
to purchase and acquire the Forth and Cart Junction 
Canal : 

An Act for improving the Navigation of Faver- Faversham 
sham Creek, in the County of Kent: Navigation Bill, 
An Act for regulating the Communication between Birmingham 
the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal Na- and Liverpool 
vigation, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire (New) Bil. 
Canal Navigation, and for amending the several‘ ~~“ ~ 
Acts relating to such first-mentioned Canal Navi- 

gation : 

An Act for further improving, enlarging and main- Greenock 
taining the Harbours of the Town of Greenock; —_ Harbours Bill. 
An Act for enabling the Saundersfoot Railway Saundersfoot 
and Harbour Company to make a Floating Dock at Harbour Bill. 

Saundersfoot, in the County of Pembroke, and for 
extending the Provisions of the Act relating to the 
said Company, with reference to the said Harbour : 

An Act for the Improvement of the Port and Drogheda 
Harbour of Drogheda : Harbour Bill. 
An Act to explain and amend the Powers and Warkworth 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Warkworth Harbour Bill. 

Harbour, in the County of Northumberland : 

An Act for transferring to the Trustees of the Boston Harbour 
River Welland, in the County of Lincoln, certain (N»- 2+) Bill 
Dues payable in respect of Vessels using the said 
River, part of the Port and Harbour of Boston, and 
their Cargoes, for better effecting Improvements 
authorized by a former Act, and for amending several 
Acts relating to the same: 


An Act for amending the several Acts relating to Boston Harbour 


the Port and Harbour of Boston, in the County of (No. 3.) Bill. 
Lincoln: 


An Act to amend an Act for erecting a Harbour Ardrossan 
at Ardrossan, in the County of Ayr, and to provide Harbour Bill. 
for the Improvement of the said Harbour: 
An Act for incorporating the South Metropolitan South Metsope- 
Gas Light and Coke Company, and for more = a 
‘ually 








ur 


O- 


5 Vicroriz. 


tually lighting with Gas certain Places within the 
Borough of Southwark, and other Parishes and 
Places in the Counties of Surrey and Kent: 

Brentford Gas An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an 

Bill. Act passed in the second year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for supplying the 
Towns of Old and New Brentford, in the County of 
Middlesex, and other Places therein mentioned, with 
Gas, and to raise a further Sum of Money for carry- 
ing on the said Undertaking : 

Camberwell An Act to alter and amend an Act of the fifty- 

and — fourth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 

Lighting *" the Third, for lighting and watching certain Parts 
of the Liberties, Hamlets or Districts of Camberwell 
and Peckham, in the County of Surrey : 


Clerkenwell An Act to alter and amend the Provisions of the 
{mprovement Act for opening a Street to Clerkenwell Green, in 
al the County of Middlesex : 

Ely-place An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 
Improvement and improving Ely-place and Ely-mews, Holborn, in 
™ the County of Middlesez : 

Fleetwood An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 


Improvement and otherwise improving the Town of Fleetwood, 
and Market ~~ and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County Pa- 


= latine of Lancaster, and for establishing a Market 
therein : 
Saint Pancras An Act to explain an Act passed in the fourth 


Improvement and fifth years of the reign of Her present Ma- 

™ jesty, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and enlarge 
some of the Powers and Provisions of the Acts for 
paving and otherwise improving certain Streets, in 
the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of 
Middlesex : 

Liverpoo! An Act for the Promotion of the Health of 

Health of the the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liverpool, and 

Tom and the better Regulation of Buildings in the said 

uildings =) 

Regulation Bill. Borough : 


Liverpool An Act to restrict the vexatious Removal of 

ae Court certain Actions from the Borough Court of Liver- 
pool: 

Gravesend An Act for erecting a Pier at the Royal Terrace 

a Pier Gardens, in the Town of Gravesend, in the County 
; of Kent: 

Gravesend An Act for amending the Acts relating to the 


Town Pier Bill. Gravesend Town Quay and Pier : 
Tyne Fisheries An Act for regulating and maintaining the Fisheries 
ma. in the River Tyne : 
Guarantee An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
Society Bill. against the Guarantee Society, and for granting 

certain Powers thereto : 
ag An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
Company Bi, against the Cwm Ce/yn and Blaina tron Company, 

and for granting certain Powers thereto : 
ol An Act to enable the Imperial Insurance Com- 


18° Junie. . 401 


An Act to alter and amend the Acts for making, siug Road Bill. 
repairing and keeping in Repair the Road from 
Stonehaven, dunce the Slug Mount, to the Bridge 

at Cobleheugh, in the County of Kincardine : 


An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in Lincoln 
the fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her pre- Roads Bill. 
sent Majesty, for more effectually repairing, main- 

taining and improving certain Roads leading to and 

from the City of Lincoln: 


An Act for repairing and maintaining several Kington Roads 
Roads leading from the Town of Kington, and other Bill. 

Roads branching therefrom, in the County of Here- 

ford: 


An Act for maintaining certain Roads in the Church Stretton 
County of Salop, called “The Church Stretton and and Longden 
Longden Roads :” Roads Bill. 


An Act to amend the Provisions of an Act passed Market Har- 
in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her borough and 
present Majesty, intituled, An Act for more effec- PPR 
tually repairing and improving the Road from Mar- 

ket Harborough, in the County of Leicester, to 
Brampton, in the County of Huntingdon: 


An Act for more effectually repairing the Road Bolton and 
from Bolton to Westhoughton, in the County Pa- ae 
latine of Lancaster : —— 


An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads Hinckley 
from the Borough of Leicester to Narborough, and Road Bill. 
from the said Borough of Leicester to Earl Shilton, 

and from Earl Shilton to Hinckley, all in the County 

of Leicester : 


An Act for more effectually repairing the Road Leicester and 
from the Borough of Leicester, in the County of me pnt 
Leicester, to the ‘Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the — 
said County : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the Powers Holywell 
and Provisions of an Act relating to the Holywell Roads Bill. 
District of Turnpike-roads, in the County of Flint, 
and for making new Roads to communicate there- 
with : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of Estates held Cass’s Estate 
upon Charitable Trusts, under the Will of Sir John Pi" 

Cass, Knight, deceased, to make Sale of a Part of 
the said Estates : 


An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Yate, Yate Inclosure 
in the County of Gloucester : Bill. 


An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Lands Ormesby _ 
in the Parishes of Ormesby Saint Margaret, Ormesby 1*loure Bill. 
Saint Michael, Ormesby Saint Peter, and Ormesby 
Saint Andrew, and Scratby otherwise Scroteby, in 
the County of Norfolk : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Med- pletboum 
bourn, in the County of Leicester : (No. 2.) Bill. 


An Act for naturalizing Samuel Stillman Gair. Geir's, , 
‘ Vat. Bill. 


The House, according to the Order made this Railways Bill. 





Company Bill, Pany to alter some of the Provisions of their Deed 
of Settlement, and better regulate their Proceed- 
ings and the Investment of their Funds: 


Tudemnit y 
Mutual Marine 


pany (No. 2.) Company: 
rh ) iit 


An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
Assurance Com. against the Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance 





day, again resolved itself into a Committee upon 
the Railways Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Clause (That it shall not be lawful to lock the - 
door of any Railway Carriages on the side nearest 
to those stations at which the trains shall stop, to 


City of Glasgow An Act to enable the City of Glasgow Life As- which such Carriages belong)——brought up, and 


ife Assurance 


and Reversing, SUFance and Reversionary Company to sue and be 
ary Company sued, and for other Purposes relating to the said 
il 


Company : 
New Cross An Act to alter some of the Provisions of an Act 
Roads Bill. : ” : 
passed in the seventh year of the reign of King 
George the Fourth, relating to the New Cross Yeas, 
Turnpike-roads, in the Counties of Kent and 
Surrey : 
Dundalk and ; 


a George the Fourth, for repairing the 


An Act to amend an Act of his late Majesty King 
Hoa from | any part of the Lord’s Day: Provided always, That 


read the first time. 
Question put, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Stafford O’ Brien, 69 
Mr. Mark Philips : j 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Manners Sutton, 
Noes, Captain Layard: 
Clause offered, (That no Railway shall be used on 


f 92. 


Dundalk, in the County of Louth, to Bannbridge, | nothing in this Act contained shall extend to pro- 
in the County of Down, so far as relates to the | hibit the use of any Railway on the Lord’s Day in 


Southern Division of the said Road : 
Vo. 97. 








cases of charity or necessity) : 
3F Question 













































































Bonded Corn 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


402 18°— 


20° Junie. 


A. 1842, 


Question put, That the Clause be now brought up; | and Five Members to be added by the Committee 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Plumptre, } g 
Yeas, \U Mr. Hardy : ; 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 105 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 


Clause (That when two or more Railway Com- 
panies whose Railways have a common terminus, 
or a portion of the same line of rails in common, 
or which form separate portions of one continued 
line of Railway Communication, shall not be able 
to agree upon arrangements for conducting their 
joint traffic with convenience to the public, so far 
as the same relates to the booking of passengers, 
the running of carriages, or the removal of lug- 
gage and passengers, it shall be lawful for the 
Lords of the said Committee, upon the application 
of any of the parties, to take cognizance of the 
questions in dispute ; and if they shall find that any 
one of the said Companies has granted to any other 
of the said Companies any accommodation in regard 
to the booking of passengers, the running of car- 
riages or the removal of luggage and passengers, and 
has refused to grant the same accommodation on 
the same terms, as nearly as circumstances will 
permit, to any other such Company, it shall be law- 
ful for the Lords of the said Committee to order the 
same to be granted to the Company complaining of 
such refusal, and to order and determine whether 
the whole or what proportion of the expenses at- 
tending on such arrangements shall be borne by 
either of the parties — and if any Rail- 
way Company shall refuse or wilfully neglect to 
obey any such order made upon or against such 
Company by the Lords of the said Committee, 
pursuant to this provision, such Company shall 
forfeit to Her Majesty the sum of Twenty pounds 
per day, for every day during which such refusal 
or neglect shall continue ; and every such penalty 
may be recovered in any of Her Majesty’s Courts 
of Record) brought up, and read the first 
time. 

Question put, That the said Clause be now read 
a second time ; 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Lord Robert Grosvenor, _ }. 40 
Yeas, Mr. Tatton Egerton : ore 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 41 
Noes, Mr. Darby : } y 


Several Clauses added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the ex- 
pediency of permitting Foreign Wheat to be de- 
livered under certain regulations, from the Ware- 
house, or from the Ship, Duty free, upon the 
rubstitution into the Warehouse, or the delivery 
for Exportation, of equivalent quantities of Flour 
and Biscuit. 

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


The Select Committee on the Primrose Hill Bill 
was nominated of the Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Lord John Russell, Mr. Wakley, Captain 
Rous, Sir Charles Napier, Mr. Scott Murray, Co- 





of Selection. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Justicey 
reading of the Justices Jurisdiction Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


t Juris. 
diction Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs Acts, 
into a Committee to consider the several Acts relat- 
ing to the Duties of Customs. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duty on Wood planed, or 
otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and not par- 
ticularly enumerated nor otherwise charged with 
Duty, of or from Foreign Countries, shall be 9d. per 
cubic foot of the contents, and 10 per cent. ad va- 
lorem additional, for one year, from the 10th day of 
October 1842; and thereafter shall be 73d. per 
cubic foot, together with 10 per cent. ad valorem, 
instead of 6d. per cubic foot, together with 10 per 
cent. ad valorem. 

2. Resolved, That Cut Glass, other than Flint 
Glass, shall be chargeable with the Duty of 30 per 
cent. ad valorem, and further with 11. per cwt. on 
account of the Excise Duty. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read Customs Bil. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 20° die Junii; 


Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration Metropolitan 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Patent Wood 
intituled, An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings sm, ape 
by or against the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving Bill, 
Company, and for granting certain Powers thereto ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 7. 1. 11. Leave out from “ authority ” to 
“ shall” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 7.1. 21. Leave out “ hereafter” and insert 
“ thereafter.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 31. Leave out from “authority” to 
“ shall” in 1. 34. 

Pr. 8. 1. ult. Leave out from “notwithstanding ” 
to “and” in Pr. 9.1. 15. 

Pr. 8.1. 29. Leave out “ hereafter” and insert 
“ thereafter.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Charterhouse 
the Governors of the Hospital of King James, founded eg 
in Charterhouse, to endow the Perpetual Curacy of ™ 
Hartland, in the County of Devon, with a fixed Pro- 
vision out of the Tithes of the Rectory of Hartland 
aforesaid, in substitution of their present Obligation, 
and to sell the Right of Presentation to the said 


lonel Thomas Wood, Mr. Neville, Sir Benjamin Hall, | Curacy and the said Rectory and Tithes, and also 


‘ 


certain 








Deptford Pier 
Bill. 


Bromyard 
Roads Bill. 


Mersey Con- 
servancy Bill. 


Factories, 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
Ireland.) 


Poor Law 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Leather, &amp;c. 


Mines and 


Collieries Bill. 


Mr. Grove, 


6 Vicroriz. 


certain Lands at Hartland aforesaid, and to invest | 
the Monies arising from such Sales in the Purchase | 
of other Lands for the benefit of the said Hospital, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis do ca 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this | 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Powers 
and Provisions of the Acts relating to the making 
and maintaining of a Pier and other Works at Dept- 
ford, in the County of Kent, 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 further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 10th day of this 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Bromyard Roads Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Matthias Attwood be added 
to the Select Committee on the Mersey Conservancy 
Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Factory Labourers 
of Bury, in the county of Lancaster, praying the 
House to pass a law to limit the labour of all young 
persons employed in Factories to ten hours a day 
for five days in the week, and eight hours on the 
Saturday, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


20° Juniz. 


403 


——— A § i and Council of the Church 
royal burgh of Rothesay, praying the House to re- Patronage 
scind the Act 10 Queen ‘ik c. 12, restoring Pa- aaa 
tronage, and leave the Church of Scotland at liberty 

to enact such rules for the appointment of ministers 


try | of the gospel, as are in accordance with the autho- 


rized stand of the Church and with the word of 
God, and for the abolition of the system of Church 
Patronage in Scotland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rees Price, of Tyne Hall, Great Railways Act. 
Iiford, in the county of Essex, praying for amend- 
ment of the sixteenth section of the Act 3 and 4 Vic. 
c. 97, for regulating Railways, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Subscribers to the Roscrea Fever Medical 
Hospital and Dispensary ;—and, Medical Attend- (ireland) 
ants of the Dublin General Dispensary ; praying ’ 
that the House will not pass any Medical Charities 
Bill, having the object of transferring the control or 
payment of such institutions in Jredand to the Poor 
Law Commissioners or any Boards of Guardians 
acting under them,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grand Jurors, Magistrates and Grand Jury 


House to take the Grand Jury Laws of Ireland into 
consideration, with a view to their amendment, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. : 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Tox- Maynooth 





A Petition of Clergy of Ireland, of the diocese 
of Elphin, complaining of grievances in regard to 
their temporalities, and praying for redress, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the diocese of Elphin ;—and, Pa- 
rishes of Tuam, Kilconly, Kilbannon, Kilclare, Lis- 
heavy and Adragoole, praying the House to devise 
means for affording encouragement to the Schools 
in connection with the Church Education Society 
for Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the city and borough 
of Canterbury, praying that the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Heworth ; — Greenwich ; —Fails- 


worth ;—and, Deputies from the several Congrega- 
tions of Protestant Dissenters of the three denomi- 
nations, Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist, in 
and within twelve miles of London, appointed to 
protect their civil rights, praying 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. 


A Petition of Tanners and Manufacturers of Lea- 
ther of the town of Coleraine, in the county of Lon- 
donderry, praying the House not to sanction any 
reduction of duties on the importation of manufac- 
tured Leather, and on Boots and Shoes, was pre- 
sented and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


teth Park Protestant Operative Association, praying ©*!!*se- 
the House to take into consideration certain duties 
in connection with the College of Maynooth, which 
by two Acts of the Zrish Parliament, 35 and 40 Geo. 
8, are imposed upon the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord 
Chancellor of Jreland, and several of the Judges, 
especially the duty of visitation, and to relieve them 
from all connection with the said College, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cor. 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions for the Publication Week , in the 
London Gazette, of the Total Quantities of each 
kind of Corn, distinguishing Foreign and Colonial, 
imported into the principal Ports of Great Britain, 
with the Quantities entered therein for Home Con- 
sumption, the Rates and Amount of Duty thereon, 
and the Average Prices regulating the Duty, in 
each week from the present time. 


Cess-payers of the county of Westmeath, praying the ©&amp;"* (Ireland) 


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 Viscount Marsham be discharged Southampton 
from any further attendance on the Select Committee Tow" Flection. 
on the Southampton Town Election. 

Ordered, That Sir John Hanmer be added to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Pringle be discharged from Lagan Navigae 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on tion Bill. 
the Lagan Navigation Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Young be added to the Com- 








Petitions from Whitley Lower and Kirkheaton ;— 
Thornhill ;—and, Ledsham; praying thatthe Mines 


and Collieries Bill may not pass into a law as}, 
it now stands, — were presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon Table. 














mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Trinity House 
eturn of the whole Receipts and Revenue of the (Deptford 
Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond; Strond. ) 
distinguishing the particular sources from which the 


A Petition of Michael Drury, of Deptford, in the | same are derived, together with a particular and 
county of Kent, Surgeon, complaining of the magis- | detailed Account of the Appropriation of the same, 
terial conduct of Mr. Grove, of the Greenwich Police | for each of the years 1838 to 1840, both inclusive 
Court, and praying for inquiry, was presented, and (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 203, 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Vout. 97. 





| of Session 1839.) 


3F2 Ordered, 










































































404. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report by Mr. Mott, the Assistant 
Poor Law Commissioner, of the Proceedings of the 
Board of Guardians of the Keighley Union, and of 


20°—21° Junie. 


A. 1849. 


drink, entertainment, provision, present or reward, 
to and for the use, advantage, benefit, employment, 
profit or preferment of such persons, in order to be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 


the Magistrates’ interference therewith. for the said Borough ; and praying, That the House 


will take the premises into consideration, and will 
Mr. William Gladstone presented, by Her Ma-| declare the said Election and Return of the said 
jesty’s Command,—An Account showing the Quan- John Otway O’Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart and 
tities of Corn, Grain, Meal and Flour of the several, Zhomas Gladstone, Esquire, to be null and void, 
sorts, (distinguishing Foreign from Colonial) entered ; and will grant to the Petitioners such relief as to the 
for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom, House shall seem meet. a‘ 
from 29th April 1842, (the date of the passing of; _ Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
the Act 5 Vic. c. 14,) to 5th June 1842, with the |General Committee of Elections. 
Rates of Duty payable, and Amount of Duty col-_ Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
lected on such Corn during the same period, and/or Warrants for such persons, papers and records 
the Quantities remaining in Warehouse at the ter- as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
mination thereof. ,on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. | 





__ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt, 

| Returns of the Quantities of Malt on which Duty 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of | has been charged for the Two years ending the 5th 

the Borough of Jpswich, in the county of Suffolk, |day of April 1841 and the 5th day of April 1842: 

was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That the |—And, of the Quantities of Malt used by Brewers 
Petitioners were at and during the last Election of |and Distillers, for the same periods respectively. 

Members to serve in this present Parliament for the a : ; 

Borough of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, and! | A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha~ Poor Law 
now are electors for the said Borough, and had and | bitants of Failsworth, near Manchester, praying the {mendment 
hereby claim to have had a right to vote, and did | House to abandon the Poor Law Amendment Act, 

vote at such Election; that at the said Election,| and allow the law of Elizabeth, relating to the 
Thomas Gisborne, the younger, Esquire, George | Poor, to be acted upon, was presented, and read ; 

Moffat, Esquire, the Right honourable John Otway and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

O’ Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart, John Nicholson, | 
Esquire, and Thomas Gladstone, Esquire, were Can- | 


Tpswich 
Election. 


A Petition of the Preses of 2 Meeting of Paro- Schoolmasters 


didates to represent the said Borough in the present 
Parliament; that a poll being demanded, the same 


_chial Schoolmasters of Easter Ross, praying the (Scetland) 
'House to place the Parochial Schoolmasters of 


was granted, and at the close thereof, the said Right | Scotland on a footing as respectable in regard to 
honourable John Otway O’Connor Cuffe Earl of | emoluments and accommodation as their labours are 
Desart and Thomas G'ladstone, Esquire, were declared | necessary and useful to the virtue and happiness 


duly elected as Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough; that before, and at 
and during the said Election, the said Right ho- 
nourable John Otway O’ Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart 
and Thomas Gladstone, Esquire, were, by themselves, 
their agents, managers, friends and partisans, and 
by other parties on their behalf, guilty of bribery 
and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and 
did, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by offers 
of gifts, money and rewards, and by promises, agree- 
ments and securities for gifts and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation and undue influence, and by 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons, having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes for them, the said Right honourable John O¢- 
way O'Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart and Thomas 
Gladstone, Esquire, or to forbear to give their said 
votes in favour of the said Thomas Gisborne, the 
younger, and George Moffat ; that gross, extensive 
and systematic corruption, and open and notorious 
bribery was practised at the said Election by divers 


persons, being friends, supporters and partisans of 


the said Right honourable John Otway O’ Connor 
Cuffe Earl of Desart and Thomas Gladstone, with a 
view to the election of the said Right honourable 
John Otway O’Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart and 
Thomas Gladstone, and the said Election and Return 
of the said Right honourable John Otway O’ Connor 
Cuffe Earl of Desart and Thomas Gladstone, was 
procured by means of such bribery and corruption ; 
that the said Right honourable John Otway O’ Con- 
vor Cuffe Earl of Desart and Thomas Gladstone, 
cid, after the teste of the writ for holding the said 
Election, and previous to, and at, and during the 
said Election, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and managers, and others, by divers ways and 
means, give and allow to divers persons, electors, or 
claiming to be electors of the said Borough, money, 
meat, drink, entertainments and provisions, and 
make promises, agreements, obligations or engage- 
ments to give or allow to such persons money, meat, 


both of individuals and of the community at large, 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being ae 
| 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 fSir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, {ar Henry Baring: 
Tellers for the fColonel Sibthorp, 
Noes, Mr. Wakley: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question’ 
being proposed, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


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





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Martis, 21° die Junii, 1842: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Nues to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Ferrand, 

Yeas, (Mr. John Fielden : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, \UMr. Henry Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 





Ordered, 





Rivers (Ire- 
jand) Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Biil. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Writs of Error 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Deen Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


Perth Prison 
Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
(No. 2.) 


Justices’ Juris. 
diction Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 


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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committtee 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 Rivers 
(Ireland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


20°—21° Junzz. 





The Law of Evidence Bill was, according to | 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations 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 
——* of the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) 

ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Writs of Error Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 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- 
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 on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Perth Prison Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Railways 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the a 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the expe- | 
diency of permitting Foreign Wheat to be delivered, | 
under certain regulations, from the Warehouse, or | 
from the Ship, Duty free, upon the substitution into | 
the Warehouse, or the delivery for Exportation, of 
equivalent quantities of Flour and Biscuit ; | 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to de- 
fine the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and the Amendments 
following were made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 2. 1. 8. Leave out from “ making” to the 
end of 1. 10. and insert “ or suborning any other 
“« person to make a false oath, affirmation or de- 


“ claration, punishable as perjury, or as a misde- 
“« meanor.” 


VoL. 97. 








405 

Pr. 2. 1. 36. After “ person” insert “ 17, steal- 
ing or fraudulently taking, or injuring or destroy- 
ing records or documents belonging to any Court 
of Law or Equity, or relating to any proceeding 
therein; 18, stealing or fraudulently destroying 
or concealing wills or testamentary papers or any 
documents or written instrument, being or con- 
taining evidence of the title to any real estate, 
or any interest in lands, tenements or heredita- 
ments.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 16. After “ direct” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And whereas it is expedient to 
enlarge the powers of Justices of the Peace, for 
dividing their several Courts of Sessions of the 
Peace: BE it Enacted, That whenever any Court 
of General or Quarter Session or adjourned Ses- 
sion of the Peace shall be assembled for the dis- 
patch of business thereunto belonging, and there 
shall be any order of the Court in force for the 
appointment of a permanent chairman and de- 
puty chairman of the said Court, it shall be law- 
ful for the Justices then present, if it shall appear 
to them advisable, having regard to the business 
to be disposed of, to appoint Two or more Jus- 
tices, one of whom shall be such deputy chair- 
man, to set apart in some convenient place in or 
near the Court, there to hear and determine such 
business as shall be referred to them, whilst others 
of the Justices, one of whom shall be the said 
chairman, are at the same time proceeding in the 
dispatch of the other business of the same Court, 
and that the proceedings so had, by and before 
the Justices so setting apart, shall be as good and 
effectual in the law as if the same were had before 
the Court assembled and sitting as usual in its 
ordinary place of sitting, and shall be inrolled 
and recorded accordingly ; and that the several 
provisions of an Act of the 59th year of the 
reign of King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An 
Act to empower Magistrates to divide the Court 
of Quarter Sessions,’ shall, so far as may be; ex- 
tend and be applicable to the second Court, so to 
be holden as aeonia.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 


nx 
n 


wn 
n 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Customs Act. 


it was referred to consider the several Acts relat- 
ing to the Duties of Customs, several Resolutions 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Duty on Wood planed, or 
otherwise dressed or prepared for use, and not par- 
ticularly enumerated nor otherwise charged with 
Duty, of or from Foreign Countries, shall be 9d. per 
cubic foot of the contents, and 10 per cent. ad valorem 
additional, for one year, from the 10th day of Oc- 
tober 1842; and thereafter shall be 73d. per cubic 
foot, together with 10 per cent. ad valorem, instead 
of 6d. per cubic foot, together with 10 per cent. ad 
valorem. 

2. Resolved, That Cut Glass, other than Flint 
Glass, shall be chargeable with the Duty of 30 per 
cent. ad valorem, and further with 11, per ewt. on 
account of the Excise Duty. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Bill, that they have Power to 


make provision therein, pursuant to the said Reso- 
lutions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs Bill. 


mittee on the Customs Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


| itself into the said Committee. 


8F3 Ordered, 








406 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Copy of the Report of Sir John Walsham to the 
No. 347. Poor Law Commissioners relating to the Keighley | 
Union. 

Sir James Graham accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Keighley 
Union, 


Annuities. Ordered, That the Statement relative to Annuities, 
No. 348. which was presented upon Saturday last, be printed. 
Exports Ordered, That the Account relative to Exports 
soap (Colonies), which was presented upon Saturday last, 
0.349. 


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 


20°—21° Juniz. 





A. 1842. 


limit the labour of young persons employed in Fac- 
tories to fifty-eight hours in the week, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Freeholders, Land-owners, Farmers, Waterloo, &amp;e., 
Graziers, Agriculturists and Market Gardeners in Bridges. 
the vicinity of the southern side of the Metro- 
polis ;—and, Merchants, Traders and others of the 
borough of Lambeth; praying the House to adopt 
measures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 
upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Undertakers of the Drainage 
Grand Canal, praying that the Drainage (Zreland) “eland) Bill 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





day. 








Martis, 21° die Junii; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


Petitions for OF DERED, That Sub-Committee No. 4, of 

ee 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. 


Leicester Small 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Debts Bill. 


Leicester Small Debts Bill to make their Report be 
enlarged till Thursday next. 


Leicester Small 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Debts Bill. 


Leicester Small Debts 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 Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 


A Petition of William Witham, of Gray’s-Inn- Newfoundland 
square, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, pray- 
ing that the Newfoundland Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further consider- Leeds Improve. 
ation the Report which, upon the 8th day of this ™e™* Bill 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Leeds Improvement Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Leeds Burial 
deration the Report which, upon the 8th day of this Grounds Bill. 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Leeds Burial Grounds 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. 





Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Bromyard 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
Roads Bill. ; 


several Roads leading from the Town of Bromyard, 
in the County of Hereford, and other Roads ad- 
joining thereto, in the said County, and in the 
County of Worcester, aud for making several new 
Lines of Road connected therewith, in the same 
Counties, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barneby do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Education 


Petitions from Macroom;—Doneraile and Tem ple- 
(Ireland. ) 


roan ;—and, Abbeymahon, Templequinlan and Don- 
noughmore ; praying the House to devise means for 
affording encouragement to the Schools in connection 
with the Church Education Society for Lreland,— 


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


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Treland) Act, 


A Petition of Land-owners and other Inhabitants 
of that portion of the liberties of the city of Cork 
not included in the borough of Cork, praying for 
amendment of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Zondon- 
derry, praying the House to abolish Patronage in 
the Church of Scotland, and to leave the church her- 
self to regulate the appointment of her ministers, 


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


Factories, 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Factory Labourers 
of Paddock, praying the House to pass an Act to 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Committee have leave to sit, and 
proceed, To-morrow :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Select Committee Mamners’s 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Estate Bill. 
of Manners’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were 
applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Parker reported from the Select Committee Brewood Schoo! 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Estate Bill 
of the Brewood School Estate Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of the city of Westminster titerary and 
Literary,Scientific and Mechanics’ Institution, pray- Scientific 
ing the House to consider the expediency of exempt- ™“0™ 
ing that Institution from taxes, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law 
Stourbridge Union, in the counties of Worcester, — 
Stafford and Salop, praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment 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 Guardians of the Poor in the Wal- 
sall Union, praying for the insertion of a clause 
in the said Bill to permit the Guardians of the seve- 
ral unions in the country, to purchase the Wheat 
and Flour required for their in and out-door paupers 
out of bond, without paying duty, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkburton;—and, Swansea; pray- Mines and 
ing that the Mines and Collieries Bill may not pass Collieries Bil 


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into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief A Petition of the presiding Chairman of the 

(Irland) Act- Board of Guardians of the Londonderry Union, 
praying for amendment of the Poor Relief (Jreland) 
Act, was "aa and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Fisheries A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Mills and 


(ireland) Bill. Factories worked by water-power in the county of 
Cork, praying that the Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


Bonded Corn The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Bill the Bonded Corn Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


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 Revenue derived from the 
Crown Lands in the Island of Portland during the 
last year ; specifying the Sum received in Rent for 
the Demesnes, and the Sum received in Duty on 
Stone raised, at the rate of 12d. per ton; also, the 
Name of the Lessee, and the Term of the Lease 
and Date of its expiry. 

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 Valuation of the Crown De- 
mesne Lands and Quarries made by the County 
Rate Committee of the Magistrates of the County 
of Dorset, in 1841. 

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. 


Crown Lands 
(Isle of _ 
Portland. ) 


Crown Lands 
(Dorset.) 


Poor Relief 


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, a Return of the Number of the Population 
ineach Parish of the Counties of Argyll, Inverness, 
Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, at the last Census : 
—a Return for each year, from 1836 to 1841, both 
inclusive, stating in each of the aforesaid Parishes, 
1. Whether there is a Legal or a Voluntary Assess- 
ment of Heritors for the Relief of the Poor :--2. 
The Annual Amount of such Assessment :—3. The 
Annual Amount of Collections made at the Kirk 
door :—4. The Annual Amount of Funds from any 
other sources which may have passed through the 
hands of the Kirk Session for the purposes of Relief 
to the Poor :--5. The Number of Impotent Persons 
on the Books of the Kirk Session, legally entitled to 
Relief :—6. The Annual Amount of Relief which has 
been divided by the Kirk Session among such Per- 
sons :—7. The Annual Amount of Relief distributed 
by the Kirk Sessions among needy Persons other 
than the impotent. 

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


llighland Roads 
and Bridges, 


21°—92° Junie. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of the Commissioners of 
Highland Roads and Bridges, with the Dates of their 


407 


sioners on each occasion, and the Places at which 
such Meetings have been held :—And, stating whe- 
ther the Annual Reports made to Parliament by 
the Commissioners, have been submitted, in each of 
the aforesaid years, to a general meeting of the 
Board, and showing the attendance of Commis- 
sioners on such occasions. 


Ordered, That Mr. Edward Ellice be discharged Belfast 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- Flection. 
mittee on the Belfast Election. 

Ordered, That Viscount Ebrington be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education 
Returns of all Schools towards the erection of which (!teland.) 
Aid has been granted by the Commissioners of Na- 
tional Education in Ireland, specifying the Name of 
each School (designating those which are agricul- 
tural, or to which land has been attached for agri- 
cultural purposes); the Parish in which it is situ- 
ated ; the Names of the Clerical Applicants for aid, 
distinguishing them, as belonging to the Established 
Church, the Presbyterians or Roman Catholics ; the 
Sum granted to each School; the Amount of Local 
Contribution towards the Building ; and the Date at 
which the Grant was made:—And, of the Work- 
house Schools in Jreland which have been placed 
under the Superintendence, or taken into connection 
with the Board of National Education in Ireland ; 
stating the Name of the Union to which such School 
is attached, and the Date at which the Connection 
took place, or the Superintendence or other Assist- 
ance was granted. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Couvictea 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Prisoners. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Convicted Per- 
sons who died in each year 1840 and 1841, before 
the expiration of their Sentences, in Prisons, Hos- 
pitals, and all other places used for the reception of 
Convicted Persons in England, Ireland and Scot- 
land, stating the Age of each Person at the time of 
his or her death ; also, whether the Conviction was 
for Felony, Misdemeanor or other Offences, distin- 
guishing each Class of Crimes under separate heads. 

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 Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) Bill was, ac- Bribery at 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Elections 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Tues- (We. 2.) me. 
day next. 





Petitions from Weymouth and Melcombe Regis; Vote by Ballot. 
—Saint James, Westminster ;— Bristol;—and, Liver- 
pool; praying the House to pass an Act for grant- 
ing to all Voters at Parliamentary Elections the 
protection of the Ballot,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Vote by Ballot. 
That in all future Elections for Members of Par- 
liament, the Votes be taken by way of Ballot ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Ward, 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Berkeley : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


}is7. 
hooo. 


Noes, 


several Appointments, and the Places of their usual 
Residences :—A similar Return with regard to the 
Officers of the Board, and their respective Salaries : 
—Returns of the several Meetings of the Board of 
Commissioners (exclusive of any general meeting 
for the purpose of considering their Annual Parlia- 
mentary Report) in each year, from 1831 to 1841 
inclusive, specifying the Attendance of Commis- 
Vou. 97. 








Mr. Henry Baring ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 22° die Junti, 1842: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- British Poses. 
mittee on the British Possessions Abroad Bill ; mo Abroad 
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Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
_.. pil, Lhe Order of the day being read, for the third 
" ‘reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


oo The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the New South Wales Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ose sa The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_— mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Railways Bill. The ingrossed Bill for the better Regulation of 
Railways was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Fri- 
day next. 

Customs Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

No. 350. intoa Committee upon the Customs Bill ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair ; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


Licensed Lu- The Order for taking into further consideration 
natic Asylums 5 


Bill. this day, the Report on the Licensed Lunatic Asy- 
lums Bill, was read; and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Wednesday the 6th day of July 
next. 


Right of Voting ~The House was moved, That the Act2&amp;3 Will. 4, 
tn y c. 88, to amend the Representation of the People 
of Ireland, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act, in respect of the Right of Vot- 
mg in the University of Dublin: And that Mr. 
Shaw and Mr. Serjeant Stock do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Election Ordered, That Mr. William Miles and Sir Wil- 
Proceedings» diam Heathcote, be discharged from any further at- 
tendance on the Select Committee on Election Pro- 
ceedings. 
Ordered, That Mr. Eliot Yorke and Mr. Wilson 
Patten be added to the Committee. 


Municipal The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. 
(irdend) Bi'l c. 108, for the Regulation of Municipal Corpora- 
tions in reland, might be read: and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Lord Eliot and Mr. 
Solicitor General for Ireland do prepare, and bring 
it mm. 


County 
Treasurers. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the 
Abstracts of the Accounts of the several County 
Treasurers in England and Wales, for the years 
ending Michaelmas 1840 and Michaelmas 1841. 
Discharged A Return of the Sums paid by the Treasurers of 


Prisoners. 


Counties in England and Wales, in the year 1841, 
to the Overseers of the Parishes in their respective 
Counties as Repayment of Monies advanced by such 
Overseers, on production of Passes to Discharged 
Prisoners, to enable them to return io their places 

















of Settlement, under the Acts 5 Geo. 4, c. 85, s. 22, 
23, 24 and 25, also 5 Geo. 4, c. 83, s. 15. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Limerick 
Order,—A Copy of a Letter bearing date the 8th Church. 


day of October 1836, signed by the Reverend 
J. Wilson, guaranteeing the Payment by the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners of £.1,000 towards the Ex- 
penditure on the New Church in the Parish of Saint 
Michael, Limerick, when the body and interior of 
such Church, excepting the Spire, shall be approved 
of, as executed by the Provincial Architect. 

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


A Petition of John Campbell Colquhoun, of Put- Newcastic. 
ney Heath, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, a Can- under-Lyme 


didate at the last Election of a Member to serve in 
the present Parliament for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, in the county of Stafford, was 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the 
Election of Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Mewcastle-under- 
Lyme, which took place in the month of June, in 
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-one, Edmund Buckley, Esquire, and John 
Quincey Harris, Esquire, and William Henry Miller, 
Esquire, were Candidates, aud the said Edmund 
Buckley and John Quincey Harris were returned as 
Members elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough; that before and after the teste 
and issuing out of the Writ for the said last-men- 
tioned Election, the said John Quincey Harris did 
by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
by divers ways and means, at his charge and on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly give, present and al- 
low to persons having votes at the said last-men- 
tioned Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements to give money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, reward and entertainment to and _ 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order that the 
said John Quincey Harris might be elected, and for 
being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that before and during the said last-men- 
tioned Election, the said John Quincey Harris was, 
by himself and by his agents, managers and friends, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did by himself 
and his agents, friends, managers and other persons 
employed on his behalf, by gifts, money, rewards 
and promises, and agreements and securities for 
money, gifts and rewards, and by promises and other 
corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at such Election, to give their 
votes in favour of the said John Quincey Harris, 
and to forbear to give their votes for the said Ed- 
mund Buckley and the said William Henry Miller, 
or for one of them, at such Election; and that the 
said John Quincey Harris, by reason of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, became and was wholly 
disabled and incapacitated to be elected and returned 
at such Election as a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and became and was 
wholly disqualified and ineligible to be elected or 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
on any vacancy which might thereafter occur on the 
avoiding or setting aside of the said Election and 
Return of him the said John Quincey Harris ; that 
after the said Return of the said John Quincey 
Harris, a humble Petition of certain electors of the 
said Borough was presented to the House, com- 
plaining of the said Election and Return of the said 
John » Seo Harris, and showing, amongst other 
things, that at the said Election which took place in 
the month of June, in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-one, as aforesaid, the said Wil- 
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6 Vicroriz. 


liam Henry Miller, Edmund Buckley and John 
Quincey Harris were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament, and that the said Ed- 
mund Buckley and John Quincey Harris were re- 
turned as duly elected, and that both before and 
after the teste and issuing out of the Writ for the 
said last-mentioned Election, the said John Quincey 
Harris did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, by divers ways and means, at his charge 
and on his behalf, directly and indirectly give, pre- 
sent, and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertain- 
ment, provision and reward, and did make presents, 
gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, obligations 
and engagements to give money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, presents, reward and entertainment, to and 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order that the 
said John Quincey Harris might be elected, and for 
being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, and that before and during the said last- 
mentioned Election the said John ae Harris 
was, by himself and by his agents, managers and 
friends, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did by 
himself and his agents, friends, managers and other 
persons —— in his behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards and promises, and agreements, and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by pro- 
mises and by gross intimidation, threats of violence, 
and actual violence, undue influence, and other cor- 
rupt, illegal or improper practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at such Election, to give their 
votes in favour of the said John Quincey Harris, 
and to forbear to give them in favour of the said 
William Henry Miller; and that the said John 
Quincey Harris, by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, was wholly disabled and incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said eens, and that the Return of the said John 
Quincey Harris was wholly null and void ; that ex- 
tensive, systematic, and open and notorious bribery 
and corruption, and gross intimidation and great 
violence were practised and carried on at such Elec- 
tion, by divers persons being friends, supporters and 
partisans of the said John Quincey Harris, with a 
view to the Election of the said John Quincey Har- 
ris; and that the said Election and Return of the 
said John Quincey Harris were procured by means 
of such bribery, corruption, intimidation and vio- 
lence ; that by reason of the premises the Election 
and Return of the said John Quincey Harris were 
wholly null and void ; and the said Petitioners there- 
upon prayed that the House would take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and would declare that the 
said John Quincey Harris was not duly elected and 
ought not to have been returned, and that the said 


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409 


said Borough, as far as regarded the Return of the 
said John Quincey Harris, was a void Election ; 
and the said Committee further resolved, that the 
said John Quincey Harris was, by his agents, guilty 
of bribery at the last Election for the Borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme; that it had been proved 
before the Committee, that John Tabbernor was 
bribed with five pounds, William Follows with three 
pounds, John Follows with three pounds, paid to his 
wife for him, and Joseph Follows with two pounds 
fifteen shillings, paid to his daughter for him, by 
Thomas Mayer ; that Thomas Gallimore was bribed 
with four pounds, and Daniel Pickerill with four 
pounds, by Thomas Conyers; that Thomas Hassell 
was bribed with eight pounds, and Henry Harrison 
with three pounds, by Edward Leech; that such 
bribes were given to each of them to vote for the 
said John Quincey Harris; and that it further ap- 
peared, that in most of these cases a small sum by 
way of commission was retained out of the said 
sums by the briber; that no evidence was given to 
show that these acts of bribery were committed with 
the knowledge and consent of the said John Quincey 
Harris; that the said Resolutions of the said Com- 
mittee were duly reported to the House, and were 
ordered to be entered upon the Journals of the 
House, and were accordingly entered thereon, in the 
words and figures, or to the effect following :— 

“ Sir John Yarde Buller, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition of Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Newcaséle- 
under-Lyme, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme : 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regarded the Return of John Quincey Harris, 
Esquire, was a void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir John Yarde Buller further informed the House, 
That the Committee had come to the following Re- 
solutions : 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was, by his 
agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

That it has been proved before the Committee, 
that John Tabernor was bribed with five pounds, 
William Follows with three pounds, John Follows 
with three pounds, paid to his wife for him, and 
Joseph Follows with two pounds fifteen shillings, 
paid to his daughter for him, by Thomas Mayers. 

That Thomas Gallimore was bribed with four 
pounds, and Daniel Pickerill with four pounds, by 
Thomas Conyers. 

That Thomas Hassell was bribed with eight 








Election and Return were wholly null and void, and 
would grant to the Petitioners such other and further 
relief as to the House should seem meet ; that after 
the presenting of the said Petition a Select Com- 
mittee was duly appointed by the House to hear 
and determine the matter thereof, and to report upon 
the same to the House, and the said Petition came 
on in due course to be heard and tried before the 
said Select Committee; that at the hearing of the 


said Petition before the said Committee evidence | 


was adduced on behalf of the said Petitioners of 
divers acts of bribery committed by certain persons 
being agents of the said John Quincey Harris, at 
the said last-mentioned Election ; and that the said 
Committee, after duly considering the same, and 
hearing counsel on behalf of the said John Quincey 
Harris, came to certain Resolutions, which are, in 
substance, as follows: That John Quincey Harris, 
Esquire, was not duly elected a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme ; that the last Election for the 
Vou. 97. 


pounds, and Henry Harrison with three pounds, by 
Edward Leech. 

That such bribes were given to each of them to 
vote for Mr. Harris; and it further appeared that 
in most of these cases, a small sum by way of com- 
mission was retained out of the said sums by the 
briber. 

That no Evidence was given to show that these 
acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge 
and consent of John Quincey Harris, Esquire. 





That from evidence taken before the Committee, 
|it appears that a most objectionable practice has 
| existed for many years, and still prevails in the Bo- 
| Tough of Newcastle-under- Lyme, of distributing mo- 
| ney under the appellation of “ market money,” “ din- 
| ner money,” or some other local term, to the poorer 
| voters after the Election.” 
| That a new Writ was afterwards ordered by the 
| House to be issued for the Election of some other 
person as a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, in the room of the said John Guincin Harris, 
whose Election had been determined to be void as 
| 3G aforesaid ; 

































































Se 






410 


aforesaid ; that by reason of the premises the said 
John Quincey Harris became and was wholly inca- 
pacitated, disqualified and ineligible to be elected 
and returned, or to sit in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, on the vacancy occasioned by: 
the setting aside of his said former Election and 


21°—92° Juniz. 





Return, and the issuing of the writ for a new Elec- 
tion as aforesaid; that by virtue of the said last-men- 
tioned writ, an Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, in the room of the 
said John Quincey Harris, was held by and before 
William Upton Lester, Esquire, the Returning Officer 
for the said Borough, on the thirteenth day of June 
now instant ; that at the said last-mentioned Elec- 
tion the said John Quincey Harris, notwithstanding 
his incapacity to be returned or to sit in Parliament, 
on the said vacancy, became a candidate to represent 
the said Borough, as well as the said Petitioner, 
who was also a candidate for the said Borough at 
the said last-mentioned Election ; that immediately 
upon the Petitioner and the said John Quincey Har- 
ris being nominated as such candidates, and before 
a show of hands was called for, a notice and protest 
under the hands of certain electors of the said Bo- 
rough, was, on behalf of such electors, publicly de- 

-livered to the said Returning Officer, and the same, 
together with the Report annexed, was publicly read 
in the presence and hearing of the said John Quincey 
Harris and of the electors present at the said nom- 
ination, which said notice and protest was in the 
words, or to the purport and effect following ; that 
is to say, 

“To William Upton Lester, Esquire, the Return- 
ing Officer of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 
We, the undersigned Electors of the Borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, do hereby give you notice, 
that the Select Committee of the House of Commons, 
duly appointed to try the matter of the Petition of 
certain electors of the said Borough, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough at 
the last Election for the said Borough, so far as the 
same concerned John Quincey Harris, Esquire, one 
of the persons so returned, did, on the eleventh day of 
May 1842, make their Report to the House of Com- 
mons, a copy of which said Report, duly attested, is 
hereunto annexed. And we do hereby give you further 
notice, that the said John Quincey Harris, having 
been by the said Committee found guilty of bribery at 
the said last Election for the said Borough as afore- 
said, is incapable of being elected in the present va- 
cancy to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and therefore we, the undersigned, do ac- 
cordingly object to and protest against the nomina- 
tion of the said John Quincey Harris as a candidate, 
and against the Election and Return of the said 
John Quincey Harris, as a Member to represent the 
said Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme at the present 
Election ; and we do give you further notice, that all 
votes given in favour of the said John Quincey Har- 
ris at this present Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, will, on account 
of the ineligibility of the said John Quincey Harris, 
be of no effect, but entirely lost and thrown away ; 
dated this 13th day of June 1842. 

George Heath. 

John Mycock.” 
That, nevertheless, the said John Quincey Harris 
was, by the said Returning Officer, put in nomina- 
t.on, and a show of hands having taken place, the 
said Returning Officer declared the show of hands 
to be in favour of the said John Quincey Harris ; 


that a poll was thereupon demanded on behalf of | 








A. 1842. 


serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough; 
that at the said last-mentioned Election the incapa- 
city and ineligibility of the said John Quincey Harris 
was a matter of notoriety both before, at and dur- 
ing the poll, and was well known to the electors 
of the said Borough who gave their votes for the 
said John Quincey Harris, who had also full notice 
of the same at the time of their voting for the said 
John Quincey Harris ; that, in addition to the public 
notice of such incapacity of the said John Quincey 
Harris, so given in the presence and hearing of the 
said Returning Officer, at the time of the nomination 
of the candidates at the said last-mentioned Election, 
ublic notice of the incapacity, disqualification and 
ineligibility of the said John Quincey Harris to 
be elected and returned to serve in Parliament at 
the said last-mentioned Election, and to sit and 
vote as Member for the said Borough, and that all 
votes given in his favour at such Election would, 
on account of such his incapacity, be of no effect, 
but entirely lost and thrown away, was likewise 
given before, at and during such Election by the 
posting and distribution of printed placards and 
notices, signed by certain electors of the said Bo- 
rough; that after the delivery of the precept for 
holding the said last-mentioned Election, and before, 
at and during the poll, notice of the said incapacity, 
disqualification and ineligibility of the said Tohn 
Quincey Harris to be elected and returned to serve 
in Parliament at the said Election, and that all votes 
given in favour of the said John Quincey Harris at 
such Election would, on account of the ineligibility 
of the said John Quincey Harris, be of no effect, but 
entirely lost and thrown away, was, by or on behalf 
of certain electors of the said Borough, given per- 
sonally to the electors of the said Borough, both 
before and at the time of their voting at the said 
last-mentioned Election in favour of the said John 
Quincey Harris; that the said Petitioner humbly 
submits that the votes of all persons who voted for 
the said John Quincey Harris, having notice of his 
incapacity and disqualification to be elected as afore- 




















said, were and are lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, 
and ought not to have been received, and should 
now be struck from the poll; that the number of 
persons (if any) who voted for the said John Quincey 
Harris at the said last-mentioned Election, to whom 
the incapacity and disqualification of the said John 
Quincey Harris were unknown at the time of their 
so voting as aforesaid, is much less than the number 
of good and valid voters, whose votes were given at 
such Election for the said Petitioner, and the said 
Petitioner ought, by reason of the premises, to have 
been returned as duly elected at such Election to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that both before and after the teste and issuing out of 
the writ for the said last Election, and before and dur- 
ing the said Election, the said John Quincey Harris 
did, by himself and his agents, friends and partisans, 
by divers ways and means, at his charge and on his 
behalf, directly and indirectly, give, present and allow 
to persons having votes at such Election, money, 
meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, provision and 
reward, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and pro- 


|mises, agreements, obligations and engagements to 
| give money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 


and entertainments to and for persons having votes 
as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, bene- 
fit, enjoyment, profit and preferment of such persons, 
in order that he the said John Quincey Harris might 
be elected, and for being elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment. for the said Borough ; that before, and during 
the said last Election the said John Quincey Harris 


the Petitioner, and took place accordingly on the | was, by himself, and by his agents, managers and 
following day, being the fourteenth of June One | friends, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; that at the | tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, by 
close of the said poll the said John Quincey Harris | himself, and by his agents, friends and managers, 
was, by the said Returning Officer, declared to have | and by other persons employed on his behalf, by gifts, 
had a majority of votes thereat, and he was there- | money, rewards and promises, and by agreements 
upon declared to be duly elected and returned to | and securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by 





other 





6 VictorizZ. 


other corrupt, improper and illegal practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons, having or 
claiming to have votes at the said last Election, to 
give their votes thereat in his favour, and to forbear 
to give them in favour of the Petitioner ; and pray- 
ing, That the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and will declare that the said John 
Quincey Harris was not duly elected at the said last 
Election for the said Borough, and ought not to have 
been returned thereat, but that the Petitioner was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned, and 
that the House will direct the Return to be amended 
accordingly, by the substitution therein of the Peti- 
tioner’s name, in lieu of the name of the said John 
Quincey Harris, or that the House will declare the 
said last Election for the said Borough to have been 
wholly null and void, and that the Rens will give 
0 the Petitioner such further and other relief as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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. 


Right of Voting 
(Dublin Uni- 
versity) Bill. 


No. 351. 


Mr. Shaw presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the second and third years of his late Majesty, “to 
amend the Representation of the People of Ireland,” 
in respect of the Right of Voting in the University 
of Dublin: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, 
for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and 
to be printed. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 352. 


Ordered, 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 Janu- 
ary 1839, stating the rate per cent. of Interest paid 
to the Bank on the same, and the Aggregate Amount 
of Interest paid for such Deficiency Bills, in each 
of the Three years ended the 5th day of January 
1840, 1841 and 1842 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 260 of Session 1839). 


Deficiency 
Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Total Amount of Exchequer Bills out- 
standing and unprovided for on the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary and the 5th day of July, in the years 1839, 
1840, 1841 and 1842; stating also the rate of In- 
terest per diem on Exchequer Bills, at each of those 

eriods (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 260 of Session 1839) :—And, a Statement of the 
Rate of Premium at which Exchequer Bills were sold 
in the Market at each of the above periods. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


Castle Derg 
Union Work- 
house, 


No. 353. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Castle Derg 
Union Workhouse, which was presented upon the 
11th day of April last, be printed. 


Crown Counsel Ordered, That the Return relative to Crown Coun- 
(Scotland.) se] (Scotland), which was presented upon the 20th 
No. 354. day of May last, be printed. 


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


21°—99° Juniz. 


411 


Mercurii, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
A MESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Duckh- Message from 


worth and Mr. Russell : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment, viz. : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting to Her Property Tax 
Majesty Duties on Profits arising from Property, ®*" 
Professions, Trades and Offices, until the Sixth 
day of April One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 

ve: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Kilmington 
the Parish of Kilmington, in the County of Devon ; closure Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Britwell 
the Parishes of Britwell Salome and Britwell Prior, !closure Bill. 
in the County of Oxford: 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, improving Ferrybridge and 
and maintaining the Road leading from Ferrybridge, Boroughbridge 
through Wetherby, to Boroughbridge, in the County sian 
of York: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Davidson’s 
to enable Duncan Davidson, Esquire, of Tulloch, Ete Bill. 
to execute a new Entail of his Lands and Estates 
of Tulloch, for the purpose of rectifying a Mistake 
in a former Entail thereof, and for vesting Parts of 
those Lands and Estates in Trustees, for relieving 
the said Duncan Davidson of Sums laid out in im- 
proving the same, and for certain other Uses and 
Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Paterson’s 
for selling the entailed Estate of Monkwood, in the Este Bill. 
County of Ayr, belonging to William Paterson, 
Esquire, and investing the Price in the Purchase of 
other Lands, to be entailed in lieu thereof; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Vere’s _ 
to dissolve the Marriage of Joseph Vere with Ellen Yiverce Bill. 
Sarah, 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 Coward's 
to dissolve the Marriage of George William Henry Divorce Bill. 
Coward, with Ann Coward, his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other Purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


A 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 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 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 mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby au- 
thorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills : Which Bills are as follow ; 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties on Property Tax 
Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades Bill. 
and Offices, untilthe Sixth day of April One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty-five : 


3G2 An 





Vou, 97. 





Australia and 
New Zealand 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Patent Wood 
Paving Com- 
pany (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Ferrybridge and ; 
Boroaghbridge the Road leading from 


Road Bill. 


Charterhouse 
Hospital 
Estate Bill. 


Britwell 
Inclosure Bill. 


Kilmington 
Inclosure Bill. 


London 
Corporation. 





London Bridge, 
&amp;e. 


Coal Market. 


Blackfriars 
Bridge. 


412 





An Act for regulating the Sales of Waste Land 
belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies: 
An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or 
against the Metropolitan Patent Wood Paving 
Company, and for granting certain Powers thereto : 
An Act for repairing, improving and maintaining 
j natrs. a through We- 
therby to Boroughbridge, in the County of York : 

An Act to enable the Governors of the Hospital 
of King James, founded in Charterhouse, to endow 
the perpetual Curacy of Hartland, in the County of 
Devon, with a fixed Provision out of the Tithes of 
the Rectory of Hartland aforesaid, in substitution 
of their present obligation, and to sell the right of 
Presentation to the said Curacy, and the said Rectory 
and Tithes, and also certain Lands at Hartland 
aforesaid, and to invest the Monies arising from such 
Salesin the Purchase of other Lands for the benefit 
of the said Hospital :, 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of 
Britwell Salome and Britwell Prior, in the County 
of Oxford: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Kil- 
mington, in the County of Devon. 


Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain of 
the City of London, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account of Monies received 
and paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London 
between the 6th January 1841 and the 20th January 
1842, 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 Expenses of making the Ap- 
proaches to London Bridge, and the Removal of 
Fleet Market, and also of the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vie. c. 100, 
for improving the Site of the Royal Exchange, in the 
City of London, and the Avenues adjoining thereto, 
and of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 101, for continuing 
the Act of the 1st and 2d Will. 4, for regulating the 
Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London 
and Westminster, &amp;c., in respect of the year ending 
the 5th January 1842. 

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, and the 1 and 2 Vic., 
c. 100, for making and improving the Approaches 
to London Bridge, &amp;c., for the year ending 5th Ja- 
nuary 1842, 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, in pursuance 
of the several Acts of Parliament of 4 Geo. 4, c. 50, 
7 Geo. 4,c. 40, 10 Geo. 4, c. 136, 1 Will. 4, c. 3, 
2 Will. 4, c. 33, 4 Will. 4, c. 13, and 2 and 8 Vic., 
c. 107, for rebuilding London Bridge, and for im- 
proving and making suitable Approaches thereto, 
for the year ending the 31st December 1841. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondoz, in relation to the 
Market established for the Sale of Coals, &amp;c., pur- 
suant to the Act of Parliament, 1 and 2 Will. 4, 
c. 76, for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals 
within the Cities of London and Westminster, and 
m certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, &amp;c., and also the Act of 1 and 2 Vic. c. 101, 
“or continuing for Seven years the aforesaid Act of 
i and 2 Will. 4, for One year, ending on the 31st 
of December 1841. 

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, intituled, An Act for raising 
a Sum of Money for the Repair of Blackfriars 
Bridge, from the 14th of August 1840 to the 14th 
of August 1841. 





22° Juniz. 





A. 1842. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for lighting, 
watching,cleansing and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, 
pursuant to the Acts 7 Geo. 3, c. 37, 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 183, and 4 Will. 4, c. 118, for the year ending 
the 14th August 1841. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Royal 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, in pursuance Exchange, 


of the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 100, for improving the 
Site of the Royal Exchange, in the City of London, 
and the Avenues adjoining thereto, from the 31st 


day of December 1840 to the 31st day of December 
1841. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by Sir London City 
James Shaw, Baronet, Chamberlain of the City of Police. 


London, in pursuance of the Act of the 2d and 3d 
Vic., c. 94, intituled, An Act for regulating the 
Police of the City of London, in respect of the year 
ending Christmas 1841. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by Sir 
James Shaw, Baronet, Chamberlain of London, 
pursuant to the Act of the 2d and 3d Vic. c. 94, for 
regulating the Police of the City of London, in re- 
— of the City Police Superannuation Fund, for 
the Payment of Superannuated or Retiring Allow- 
ances, for the year ending 31st December 1841. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Mooring 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon for defraying Chains, &amp;e, 


the Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c., 
the Mooring Chains in the River Thames, and of pay- 
ing the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters and 
other Expenses of the Harbour Service, on account 
of the year ending the 25th of July 1841, pursuant 
to the Act 39 Geo. 3, c. 69, intituled, An Act for 
rendering more commodious, and for better regu- 
lating the Port of Zondon, and the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c. 32, for reducing the Tonnage Rates pay- 
able in the Port of London. 

A Statement ofthe Receipt and Application of 
the Surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House 
Estates (after deducting the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), pur- 
suant to the directions of the Acts 4 Geo. 4, c. 150, 
7 Geo. 4, c.40,and 4 Will.4, c.118, from the 14th 
August 1840 tothe 14th August 1841. 


(River Thames,) 


Bridge House 
Estates, 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Thames 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, in pursuance Navigation. 


of an Act of Parliament, 54 Geo. 3, intituled, An 
Act for altering, amending and enlarging the Powers 
of three Acts of his said Majesty, for improving 
the Navigation of the River Thames, westward of 
London Bridge, within the Liberties of the said City, 
and for further improving the said Navigation, for 
One year, ending 29th September 1841. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Sewers. 


Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for making, 
maintaining, enlarging, repairing and cleansing the 
Vaults, Drains and Sewers within the said City and 
Liberties, pursuant to the several Acts of Parlia- 
ment of 11 Geo. 3, c. 29,18 Geo. 3,c. 66, and 33 
Geo. 3, c. 77, for one year, ending on the 29th of 
September 1841. 


An Account of Monies received and paid by the Paving, 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, Class: 


cleansing and lighting the said City and Liberties, 
pursuant to the several Acts of Parliament of 11 
Geo. 3, c. 29,33 Geo.3,c. 75, 57 Geo. 3, c. 29, and 
4 Geo. 4, c. 114, for one year, ending the 29th day 
of September 1841 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


and Lighting. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed tu Belfast 


inquire whether a corrupt Compromise has been en- 
tered into, for the purpose of avoiding investigation 
into gross and extensive Bribery, and gross and cor- 
rupt Personation of Voters, and consequent Perjury, 
alleged to have been practised at the late Election 
for Belfast; and who were instructed to inquire 





|whether such Bribery and Personation have really 


taken 


Election. 





et hes 


cs) 


Bathurst’s 
Estate Bill. 


Vere’s 
Divorce Bill. 


6 VictToRiz. 


taken place, have Power to report their Opinion 
thereupon from time to time to the House. 

Mr. O’Connell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had come to a Reso- 
lution ; which they had directed him to report to 
the House ; and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Chairman do apply to the 
House, that the Committee may be at liberty to ap- 
point an Agent on each side, to assist them in the 
inquiry into the matters to them referred. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Belfast Election Committee be 
at liberty to appoint an Agent on each side to assist 
them in the inquiry into the matters to them re- 
ferred :—And a Delete arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till half 
an hour after four of the clock this day. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Bathurst'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 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made an Amendment there- 
unto; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 21. 1. 19. After “ first” insert “ part of the 
“ first.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





Vere’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


22° Junie. 


413 


Flockton (three Petitions) ;— Wakefield (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Gildersome (five Petitions) ;— Bierley Iron 
Works ;— Bradford (York) ;—Dunkenhalgh Park, 
near Blackburn ;—Messrs. Briggs and Morton;— 
Drighlington (five Petitions) ;—LZepton (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Emley ;— John Haigh; — Jo. Haigh ;— 
Whitley Lower and Thornhill ;— Thurstonland (two 
Petitions) ;—Silkstone (three Petitions) ;—Shelly ; 
— Thornhill ;— Silkstone and Dodworth ;—Joshua 
Smithson ;— Morley (three Petitions) ; — Churwell 
(two Petitions);—George Armitage Haigh ;—Simp- 
son, Rostrow and Co.;—.Dodworth;—and, Bowling; 
praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Coat Bridge (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;—Dodworth ;—and, Barnsley (three Petitions) ; 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Roberts, of the city of Lon- anatomy Act. 


don, Drysalter, stating that the Petitioner has dis- 
covered an antiseptic process, complete in itself, and 
fully capable of keeping subjects intended for anato- 
mical purposes in a fresh and inoffensive condition 
for many months, at only a trifling account ; and 
praying the House to appoint a Committee to take 
into consideration the working of the Act for regu- 
lating Schools of Anatomy, with a view to its amend- 
ment ; and that the House will give him an opportu- 
nity of substantiating the allegations contained in 
his Petition, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Lime- Grand Jury 
rick, praying the House to pass an Act to provide Presentments 
for the fair and equal taxation of all parts of the Limerick.) 
borough of Limerick, without exception, by a rate 
computed according to the valuation under the Act 
for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor 
in Ireland, and not as heretofore by an acreable rate, 
which is no longer applicable to the borough, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brewood School 


The Brewood School Estate Bill was read a second 
Estate Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Manners’s 


Manzners’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill. 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Coward’s 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor poor Law 
Divorce Bill. 


of the Union of Basford, in the counties of Notting- Amendment 
ham and Derby, praying for alteration of the Poor 4% 

Law Amendment Act, so far as relates to cases of 
bastardy, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Coward’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Leicester Small 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the 
Debts Bill. 


Powers of two Acts passed for the more easy Reco- 
very of Small Debts within the Borough of Leices- 
ter, and other Parishes in the County of Leicester ; 
and to extend the power of recovering Debts to any 
Sum not exceeding Fifteen Pounds, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That. Mr. Halford do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Governor, Poor Law 
Deputy Governor, Assistants and Guardians of the Amendment 
Poor of the city of Bristol, praying that the Poor Bi 
Law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

















Reading Mr. Plumptre reported from the Committee on 
Cemetery Bill. the Reading Cemetery Bill; and to whom a Peti- 
tion against the said Bill was referred; That they had 
| heard counsel in support of the said Petition ; and 
ing. had examined the Sesion 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 Inhabitants of Paisley, complaining Distress in 
of distress and destitution, and praying the House Paisley. 
to take their grievances forthwith into consideration, 
with the view of promptly procuring for them a suf- 
ficient allowance in cash to sustain them and their 
families now exposed to all the horrors of starvation, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the House of Assembly of Prince Prince Eaward’s 





, , , . Edward’s Island, was presented, and read ; setting Island. 

“aay Bill. Paterson’s Estate Bill was read the first var | forth, That in 1840 and 1841, the Petitioners applied 
a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select | to the House for the redress of heavy grievances 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. affecting the cultivators of land in that colony, in 
Deviden’s Davidson's Estate Bill was read the firsttime. _ | consequence . be sot soil = a 
Estate Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select |!» townships, o — ousand acres, to in oe - s 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. whose management has proved most prejudicial to 
ithe interests of the colony, as an appendage of 

Mines and 


Petitions from Alverthorpe-cum-Thomes (five Peti- | Britain, and most oppressive to the farmers; printed 
Collieries Bill. tions) ;— Ossett-cum-Cawthorpe ;—Farnley Tyas ;— | copies of applications made in past time to the Privy 
Vo. 97. | 3a38 Council, 





Rating of 
Tenemeuts. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Attornies’ 
Certificates. 


Lord 
Chancellor. 


44 22° Junii. 


Council, and of sundry other documents in proof of 
the statements of the Petitioners, were last year 
forwarded to Joseph Hume, Esquire, and Resolutions 
explanatory of the present state of the colony are 
herewith forwarded; the Petiticners are aware of 
the many important and difficult questions, which 
relating directly to their own constituents, have a 
preferable claim to the attention of the House, but 
they earnestly entreat, that by means of a Com- 
mittee, or in whatever way to the House may seem 
meet, some steps may be taken this Sesison towards 
the redress of the heavy grievances which have long 
oppressed that Island; the Petitioners have further 
to submit, that the land on the sea-coast of that Island 
was not granted by the Crown on the same terms as 
the rest, but was reserved part in the Crown, and 
part for a free fishery for all British subjects; that 
said reserved land has in many instances been sold 
or leased by the grantees of townships; that Lord 
Glenelg by despatches, dated in 1838, signified Her 
Majesty’s pleasure, that the same should be thrown 
open as originally intended, and required the Lieu- 
tenant Governor to recommend to the legislature to 
pass a law for the regulation of those reserves ; that 
the Petitioners and the Legislative Council entertain 
views so different, as to the intent of the reservation 
and the meaning of the despatches, as to have been 
unable to agree on some principal sections of the 
Bill, which passed the House of Assembly, though 
by means of Amendments, communications have 
been held on this subject between the two bodies, 
during the three previous sessions, and that there 
seems no prospect of the Legislative Council agree- 
ing to such a Bill as the Petitioners must pass to 
do justice to their constituents, and under these 
circumstances the Petitioners are under the necessity 
of praying the House to take such measures for 
their relief in the matter also, as in their wisdom 
they may deem meet. 

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




















A Petition of Magistrates acting in and for the 
division of Framlingham, in the county of Suffolk, 
praying that the owners of all cottages and heredi- 
taments of the value of 6.1. per annum., and under, 
may be rated to the poor’s-rates, in lieu of the occu- 
piers, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Hundred of Humbleyard ;-— 
Hundred of Tunstead ;—Hundred of Walsham ;— 
Hundred of West Flegg ;—Hundred of Clavering ; 
—Hundred of South Erpingham;— Hundred of 
Forehoe ;—Hundred of Blofield ;—and, Hundred of 
Happing, m the county of Norfolk; praying the 
House to recommend to Her Majesty, that the class 
books and other standard works, together with the 
general system of teaching adopted in the College 
of Maynooth, be forthwith strictly examined and 
reported upon,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of New Buckenham and 
its neighbourhood, in the county of Norfolk, praying 
the House to withdraw any countenance heretofore 
given to the College of Maynooth, either expressly 
or by implication, in any existing Acts of Parliament, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Attornies and Solicitors, resident in 
the county of Oxford, Members of the Oxfordshire 
Law Society, praying for the repeal of so much of 
the Act 56 Geo. 3, c. 56, as imposes a stamp duty 
on the Annual Certificate of an Attorney and Solici- 


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


A Petition of Michael Drury, of Deptford, in the 
wsunty of Kent, Surgeon, praying the House to ad- 
dress Iler Majesty to cancel the appointment of the 








A. 1849. 


Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, and dismiss him from 
Her Counsels, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Coal Coal Miners, 


Miners, assembled near Coat Bridge, in Lanark- 
shire, praying the House to bring into operation such 
a measure as will enable the Petitioners to see what 
weight they are giving, and to be paid for whatever 
quantity of clean Coals they may put out, whether 
they be great Coals or small Coals, which can con- 
veniently be done to all parties concerned by placin 
the weights in the pit-bottom, instead of on the hill 
or pit-heads, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgesses of the city of Limerick, Limerick 
and Inhabitants of the said city, rated for the relief C»poration. 


of the poor, praying the House to pass a Bill to 
establish the validity of the proceedings regarding the 
last Election of Mayor of that City, under the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Canada. 


Returns or Estimates, in detail, of the manner in 
which the Sum of £. 108,000, as per Estimate before 
the House, is to be expended in Canada, stating the 
Number of Corps of Militia and of Volunteers, and 
the Number of Men and Officers, and where situated, 
the Charge for Pay and Allowances of each Corps, 
and the Expense of Clothing, the Rate of Charge 
for Clothing, and other Articles to be supplied by 
that Amount :—And, of the Total Expenses defrayed 
by Great Britain, for the Civil, Military and Naval 
Establishments, and other Contingent Charges in 
Canada, in the year ended January 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 


Accounts of the Total Gross and Net Revenues, and 
of the Total Ordinary and Extraordinary Charges of 
each Presidency of British India, and of the Charges 
on account of the Territories, defrayed in England, 
in each year, from the 1st day of May 1814, to the 
| latest date to which the same can be made out; dis- 
| tinguishing the Land Revenue from other sources of 
Revenue, and showing the Net Surplus or Deficiency 
in each year; the whole to be stated in British 
Money at the usual Parliamentary Rate of 2s. per 
Sicca Rupee ; also, specifying the several Districts 
comprised within the Sovereignty of the East India 
Company at the commencement of the said period, 
and the several Acquisitions which have taken place 
during its continuance, with the Date of each Acqui- 
sition: —And of the Total Amount of the Registered 
Debt of India at each Presidency, within the same 
period, showing the Sums contracted, and the Sums 
redeemed, in each year; and stating the Rate ‘of 
Interest per annum, in each case, together with any 
Increase or Reduction therein; the whole to be 
stated after the like manner in British Money :-— 
And, a Statement of the Charges defrayed in Eng- 
land on account of the Indian Territory, since the 
1st day of May 1834, and of the Average Rate of 
Exchange at which remittances have been made by 
the Governments of India, for such Payments in 
each year from that date ; showing the Balance ei- 
ther for or against the said Governments in each case, 
as compared with a remittance at the calculated par 
of Exchange between Jndia and Great Britain. 





| 








May 1842, addressed by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners to the Guardians of certain Unions in the 
Coal Mining Districts, on the subject of apprenticing 
Poor Children to work in a Coal Mine; together 
with Copies of the Answers returned thereto. 








| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office. 
| Return of the Expense incurred by the Post-office 
in 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Copy of a Circular Letter, dated the 26th day of ee 





poe 


6 VictToRIiz. 


in conveying the Mail to and from Shetland, Orkney, 
Stornaway, Skye, Harris, Islay, Arran, or other 
Scottish Islands, to which a Mail is dispatched ; 
specifying separately for each place the frequency 
of the Communication in the week, the Annual 
Charge to the Post-office, the Average Number of 
Letters to and from by each Mail, and the Sums, if 
any, contributed in any case by the Inhabitants to- 
wards the Post Communication Expenses :—A like 
Return as respects the Isle of Man ;—A like Return 
as respects the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey :— 
And, a Copy of the Rules and Regulations observed 
by the Post-office in the Establishment of Money 
Order Post-offices, and of the Limitations as to the 


circumstances of Places under which that privilege 
is restricted. 


22° Junie. 


to. 


to. 


415 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavusss, N° 1 and N°2, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 4 to N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 10, agreed to. 


Crauszs, N° 11 and N° 12, amended, and agreed 


Crause, N° 13, agreed to. 
Criausss, N° 14 and N° 15, amended, and agreed 


Cuavuses, N° 16 and N° 17, agreed to. 
ScHEDULE amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses added. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Belfast 
Elections 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed ee sewn 
this day, That the Belfast Election Committee be| yy. gp oak d , 

; : . . ; the Chair ; and Mr. G 
at liberty to appoint an Agent on each side, to assist ae PeThat the Siete Sek vos. thea 
them in the inquiry into the matters to them referred ; | 4, Bill’ and made Amen Ry Mae he 

And the Question being again proposed :—The Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
—— dM = the — eae — Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
oe ee Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 


sideration upon Friday next; and the Bill,as amended, 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | to be printed. 


a Committee upon the Drainage (Jreland) Bill. 





Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Copyright 
mittee on the Copyright Registration Bill ; Registration 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Ciauses, N° 1 to N° 110, agreed to. 


Cuauses, N° 111 and N° 112, amended, and 


agreed to. proposed, That the Report be now read ; 
Crauses, N° 113 to N° 115, agreed to. Q An ata ar was —— to Ps = to a 
‘ ° ° uestion, by leaving out from the words at the’ 
t on N° 126 to 3 119, amended, and agrees to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
; . 7 “ Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 
Crauses, N°120 to N° 122, amended, andagreed| And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
to. posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
Criauszs, N° 123 to N° 145, agreed to. 


The House divided : 
Causes, N° 146 to N°157, amended, and agreed The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


to. The Noes to the new Lobby. 
ee 7 ie pans oA — , Tellers for the Yeas,{ qr a ii } 48. 
LAuUSES, N° 159 to N° 161, amended, and agree Mr. Blackstone, } 
to. Tellers for the Noes, Colonel Reskbroche: | 2% 
ScHEDULE agreed to. So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Clause added. Ordered, That the Report be now read :—The 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Report was accordingly read; and the Amendment 
: was agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendment, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wednes- 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene day next. 

reported, That the Committee had gone through the 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of Lands Rivers 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | on the borders of the Lake and River Corrib, in the (Ireland) Bill 


county and county of the town of Galway, praying 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself) that the Rivers (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
into a Committee upon the Designs Copyright Bill ; 


; : law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- | ordered to lie upon the Table. 
sumed the Chair; and, Mr. Greene reported, That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 











Mr. Greene reported the Sudbury Disfranchise- guabury Dis- 
ment Bill. frauchisement 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being Bill. 








Designs 
Copyright Bill. 
No. 355. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers 

: further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Zre- (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. land) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed toa Com- No.357. 
Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and | mittee of the whole House:—And the House im- 

the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- mediately resolved itself into the Committee. 

sideration upon Wednesday the 6th day of July 


next ; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. (In the Committee.) 


: Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself | oraph, 


— a Committee upon the Mines and Collieries | 
ill. 





Mines and 
Coilieries Bill. 


No. 356. Preamble postponed. 


Crausss, N° 1 and N° 2, disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 3 and N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuses, N°’ 5 ind N° 6, agreed to. 
3a4 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- | 
graph. | 
Vou. 97. CLAUSE, 





Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


No. 358. 


Perth Prison 
Bill. 


Bonded Cornu 
(No. 2.) 


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


416 


Cxause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N°8, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuavuse, N° 10, (Meeting of landholders to be 
convened to appoint a valuator in certain cases)—— 
read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bin ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Myr Princie: 7} 


f 33. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr Marte, Biake 3 ” 


29°—93° Junie. 





Cxravse, N° 11, disagreed to. 
Clause added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


The Order of the day being read, for the secon4 
reading of the Grand Jury Presentments (Zreland) 
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 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 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 a Committee upon the Dean Forest Ecclesias- 
tical Districts 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 the third 
reading of the Perth Prison Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the expe- 
diency of permitting Foreign Wheat to be delivered 
under certain regulations, from the Warehouse, or 
from the Ship, Duty free, upon the substitution into 
the Warehouse, or the delivery for Exportation, of 
equivalent quantities of Flour and Biscuit. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon Wednesday next, upon the New- 
foundland Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 6th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A. 1842. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented, by Her Majesty’s news, 
Command,—Papers relating to the proposed Changes aaa 
in the Constitution of Newfoundland. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charitabic 
to remove Doubts touching the Law relating to Pawn Ofiices 
Charitable Pawn or Deposit Offices in Jreland ; (ieland) Bill 
And that Lord Courtenay, Mr. Young and Mr. 

William O’ Brien do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to Order, Keighley 
—A Copy of the Report by Mr. Mott, the Assistant Union, 
Poor Law Commissioner, of the Proceedings of the No.359, 
Board of Guardians of the Keighley Union, and of 
the Magistrates’ interference therewith. 

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


Lord Courtenay presented a Bill to remove Charitable 
Doubts touching the Law relating to Charitable a Offices 
Pawn or Deposit Offices in Jreland: And the same (Ireland) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 360. 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Discharged 
to Discharged Prisoners, which was presented yes- Prisoners. 
terday, be printed. No. 361. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














Jovis, 23° die Juni; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


P ETITIONS from Kensington Union ;— Great Poor Law 
Preston ;— Kippax ;—and, Garforth ; praying Amendment 


that the Poor Law Amendment 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 Members of the Hammersmith In- Literary and 
stitution, praying that Literary and Scientific Insti- 0s 

: : nstitutions. 
tutions may be relieved from rates and taxes, was 


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


Petitions from Liversedge;— Thomas Wooffendale ; Mines and_ 
—Shitlington (two Petitions) ; —Charles Stockwell ; Collieries Bill. 
— Elland (two Petitions) ;—Northowram (six Peti- 
tions); —Joseph Stocks ;—and, Windy Banks Tun- 
nels or Mines in the West Riding of Yorkshire ; 
praying that the Mines and Collieries 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 Protestant Inhabitants of the pa- Education 
rish of Ashfield, praying the House to devise means (Ireland 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Jre- 


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


upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Marquis of Hertford ;—and, the Lagan Navige- 
Marquis of Donegall; praying that they may be tion Bill 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Zagan Navigation Bill,—were presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners 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. 


An ingrossed Bill for better lighting, cleansing, atl 
sewering and improving the Borough of —_— — 
the 














6 Vicroriz. 


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. Beckett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That so much of the Standing Orders 
of this House as obliges Promoters of Railway Bills 
to give their Notices, and to deposit their Plans and 
Sections, in the months of February and March, 
instead of the months of October and November, 
be repealed. 


Railway Bills. 


Blasphemy. A Petition of Charles Bradley, of Edgbaston, in 
the borough of Birmingham, praying that a law 
may be enacted, declaring it Blasphemy in any one 
who shall teach any thing contrary to sound doc- 
trine, whereby the sacred name of the Deity is blas- 
phemed, and the mind of man debased, and his 
reasonable faculties prostrated, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Belfast A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
Election osed, That the Select Committee on the Belfast 
lection be at liberty to appoint an Agent on each 
side, to assist them in the inquiry into the matters 
to them referred :— And the said Motion was, with 

leave of the House, withdrawn. 


93°—94° Junie. 








417 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Afghanistan: 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Correspondence of Sir Alexander Burnes with 
the Governor General of India, during his Mission 
to Cabool, in the years 1837 and 1838 :— Also, 
Copies of the Correspondence of the Governor Ge- 
neral of India with the President of the Board of 
Control, and with the Secret Committee of the East 
India Company, from the Ist day of September 
1837 to the 1st day of October 1839, relative to the 
Expedition to Affghanistan ; 


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


Veneris, 24° die Junii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Henry Baillie, 6 
Yeas, Mr. Disraeli : j 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, "5 
Noes, Mr. Pringle: } os 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ecclesiastical 
Account of all Monies received by the Commission- — and 
ers appointed by the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will, 4, c. 77, and oe 
subsequent Act, to carry into effect, with Modifica- 





Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
the Lords, 


and Mr. Russell: 

Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act passed in the first and second 
- years of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for repairing the Road from the Town of 
Athy, in the County of Kildare, through the Town 
of Castlecomer, in the County of Kilkenny, to the 
City of Kilkenny, and from the Town of Castlecomer, 
to the Town of Leighlin Bridge, in the County of 
Carlow, and from the Town of Carlow to the said 
Town of Castlecomer, so far as relates to the second 
Division of the said Road, without any Amendment : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
qauts Act by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 
Bill, the Law relating to Advances bond fide made to 
Agents intrusted with Goods, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


Carlow Road 
Bill. 


Law of Mer- 


Justices’ Juris- 


diction Bill. hy this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to define 
the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

Burntisland The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

aig Sag q Act for constructing a Low Water Pier and necessary 

Road Bil» Works at Burntis/and, in the County of Fife, and 
establishing a Ferry between the same and Granton, 
in the County of Edinburgh ; and for improving the 
Communication between the said Pier and King- 
horn, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Duke of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

+ yh to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke 

* of Cleveland to grant Mining, Building and other 

Leases, of the Trust Estates in the County of Dur- 
ham, devised by the Will of the Duke of Cleveland, 
and to sell or exchange Parts of the same Estates ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Viscount 

ag for granting further Power to lease Parts of the 


and the Neighbourhood thereof, and for authorizing 
the Sale of certain Fee Farm and other Rents also 
devised by that Will; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Estates devised by the Will of Richard late Viscount 
Fitzwilliam, deceased, situate in the City of Dublin 


tions, the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of 
Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues, stating the se- 
veral Sums received by the said Commissioners, and 
from what sources received, in each year since the 
passing of the Act; also, an Account of all Pay- 
ments made by the said Commissioners in each 
year, stating to whom paid, and for what purpose to 
be applied, in each year, up to the 1st day of Janu- 
ary 1842, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public 
Return from the Keeper of the Public Records, of ®ecords 
the Names and Titles of the several Works which 
were partially prepared for Publication, but left un- 
finished, by the late Record Commissioners ; stating 

the Names of the Editors of such Works, and the 
estimated Cost of publishing the same, either in a 
complete or incomplete state; together with an 
accurate Catalogue of the various MSS. and Copies 

of Records made at the Public Expense, or by order 

of the late Record Commissioners, and not prepared 

for Publication ; stating the present place of deposit 

of the said MSS. and the use allowed to be made of 
them :—Also,a Return of the Number of Printed 
Books collected by the late Record Commissioners ; 
stating their present place of deposit, and the use 
allowed to be made of them ; and the Titles of the 
Works published by the late Record Commissions, 

and the Number of Copies of each Work remaining 
undistributed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Prisons Bill. 
to amend the Laws concerning Prisons: And that 
Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill District Courts 
to encourage the Establishment of District Courts 34 wenn 
and Prisons: And that Sir James Graham and Mr. 
Manzers Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Stock in Trade 
to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants of Pa- Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | rishes, T ownships and Villages from liability to be 


rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other 
Property to the relief of the Poor: And that Sir 
James Grehein and Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
Ordered, That leave be given ‘to bring in a Bill Manchester, 


ji . _ Birmingham 
to amend and continue the Acts regulating the Po cal ine 





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lice of Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton: And Poiice gill, 
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Customs Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
(No, 2.) 


Stock in Trade 


Bill. 
No. 363. 


District Courts 


and Prisons 


Bill. 
No . 364. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


No. 365. 


Bathurst’s 
Estate Bill. 


418 


a3°—-94° Junie. 


A. 1842. 


that Sir James Graham and Mr. Manners Sutton do | Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Customs 
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. Greene reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


The Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Drainage (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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider the expediency of | 
permitting Foreign Wheat to be delivered, under 
certain regulations, from the Warehouse, or from the | 
Ship, Duty free, upon the substitution into the | 


of their Lordships. 





A Petition of John Campbell Colquhoun, of Putney Newcastle. 


Heath, in the county of Surrey, 
date at the last Election of a Member to serve in 
the present Parliament for the Borough of Newcastle- 
under- Lyme, in the county of Stafford, was delivered 
in, and read ; setting forth, That at the Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which took 
place in the month of June, in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, Edmund 
Buckley, Esquire,and John Quincey Harris, Esquire, 
and William Henry Miller, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates, and the said Edmund Buckley and John 
Quincey Harris were returned as Members elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that before and after the teste and issuing 
out of the Writ for the said last-mentioned Election, 
the said John Quincey Harris did, by himself and 
his agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, at his charge and on his behalf, directly 
and indirectly give, present, and allow to persons 
having votes at the said last-mentioned Election, 
money, meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, pro- 
vision, and reward, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards, and promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements to give money, meat, drink, provision, 
presents, reward and entertainment to and for per- 


Warehouse, or the delivery for Exportation, of | Sons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the 


equivalent quantities of Flour and Biscuit. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to permit Foreign 
Wheat to be delivered under certain regulations, 
from the Warehouse, or from the Ship, Duty free, 
upon the substitution into the Warehouse, or the 
delivery for Exportation, of equivalent quantities of 
Flour and Biscuit. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- | 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit, and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that the said John 
Quincey Harris might be elected, and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that before and during the said last-mentioned 
Election, the said John Quincey Harris was, by 
himself and by his agents, managers and friends, 
guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in 
order to corrupt and procure, and did by himself 
and his agents, friends, managers, and other persons 
employed on his behalf, by gifts, money, rewards, 
and promises, and agreements and securities for 
money, gifts and rewards, and by promises and 
other corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 


| or claiming to have votes at such Election, to give 
their votes in favour of the said John Quincey Harris, 
| and to forbear to give their votes for the said Ed- 
|mund Buckley and the said William Henry Miller, 


. . “3. 7 | ‘ i 
illages, from Liability to be rated as such | oy for one of them, at such Election ; and that the 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to continue 
the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Town- 
ships and 


in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to | 
Relief of the Poor: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to encourage 
the Establishment of District Courts and Prisons: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend and 
continue the Acts regulating the Police of Man- 
chester, Birmingham and Bolton: And the same 


said John Quincey Harris, by reason of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, became and was 
wholly disabled and incapacitated to be elected and 
returned at such Election as a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, and became and 
was wholly disqualified and ineligible to be elected 
or returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough on any vacancy which might thereafter 
occur on the avoiding or setting aside of the said 
Election and Return of him the said John Quincey 
Harris; that after the said Return of the. said 
John Quincey Harris, a humble Petition of certain 
Electors of the said Borough was presented to the 





was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for car- 
rying into effect a Partition of and other Arrange- 
ments respecting Estates, in the County of South- 
ampton, of Sir Frederick Hutchinson Hervey Ba- 
thurst, Baronet, and Louisa Mary, his late Wife, and 


of the Honourable Charlotte Georgina Harriet | 


Craven, Widow, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 
do eon 


rdered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


House, complaining of the said Election and Return 
of the said John Quincey Harris, and showing, 
amongst other things, that at the said Election, 
which took place in the month of June, in the year 
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, as afore- 
said, the said William Henry Miller, Edmund 
Buckley and John Quincey Harris were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament, and 
that the said Edmund Buckley and John Quincey 
Harris were returned as duly elected, and that both 
before and after the teste and issuing out of the 
Writ for the said last-mentioned Election, the said 
John Quincey Harris did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, by divers ways and means, at 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | his charge and on his behalf, directly and indirectly 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 





| give, present, and allow to persons having votes at 
such 


squire, a Candi- »nder-Lyme 


ection, 


6 VicrorizZ. 


such Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give money, meat, 
drink, provision, presents, reward and entertainment, 
to and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, in order that 
the said John Quincey Harris might be elected, 
and for being elected to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, and that before and during the said 
last-mentioned Election the said John Quincey 
Harris was, by himself and by his agents, managers, 
and friends, guilty of divers acts of bribery and cor- 
ruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, 
by himself and his agents, friends, managers, and 
other persons employed in his behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money, rewards and promises, and agree- 
ments and securities for money, gifts and rewards, 
and by promises, and by gross intimidation, threats 
of violence, and actual violence, undue influence, 
and other corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at such Election, 
to give their votes in favour of the said John Quincey 
Harris, and to forbear to give them in favour of the 
said William Henry Miller, and that the said John 
Quincey Harris, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, was wholly disabled and incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and that the Return of the said 
John Quincey Harris was wholly null and void ; 
that extensive, systematic, and open and notorious 
bribery and corruption, and gross intimidation and 
great violence, were practised and carried on at such 
Election, by divers persons being friends, supporters, 
and partisans of the said John Quincey Harris, with 
a view to the Election of the said John Quincey 
Harris, and that the said Election and Return 
of the said John Quincey Harris were procured 
by means of such bribery, corruption, intimida- 
tion, and violence; that by reason of the pre- 
mises the Election and Return of the said John 
Quincey Harris were wholly null and void, and 
the said Petitioners thereupon prayed that the 
House would take the premises into considera- 
tion, and would declare that the said John Quincey 
Harris was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned, and that the said Election and Return 
were wholly null and void, and would grant to the 
Petitioners such other and further relief as to the 


House should seem meet ; that after the presenting of 
the said Petition a Select Committee was duly ap- 


pointed by the House to hear and determine the 
matters thereof, and to report upon the same to the 
House, and the said Petition came on in due course 
to be heard and tried before the said Select Com- 
mittee ; that at the hearing of the said Petition be- 
fore the said Committee, evidence was adduced on 
behalf of the said Petitioners, of divers acts of 
bribery committed by certain persons, being agents 
of the said John Quincey Harris at the said last- 
mentioned Election, and that the said Committee, 
after duly considering the same, and hearing counsel 
on behalf of the said John Quincey Harris, came to 
certain Resolutions, which are, in substance, as fol- 
low: That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme ; 
that the last Election for the said Borough, as far 
as regarded the Return of the said John Quincey 
Harris, was a void Election; and the said Com- 
mittee further resolved, that the said John Quincey 
Harris was, by his agents, guilty of bribery at the 
last Election for the Borough of Newcastle-under- 
Lyme; that it had been proved before the Committee, 
that John Tabbernor was bribed with five pounds ; 
William Follows with three pounds; John Follows 
with three pounds, paid to his wife for him, and 
Joseph Follows with two pounds fifteen shillings, 








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paid to his daughter for him, by Thomas Mayer ; 
that Thomas Gallimore was bribed with four pounds, 
and Daniel Pickerill with four pounds, by Thomas 
Conyers; that Thomas Hassell was bribed with eight 
pounds, and Henry Harrison with three see 
Edward Leech; that such bribes were given to eac 
of them to vote for the said John Quincey Harris ; 
and that it further appeared, that in most of these 
cases, a small sum by way of commission, was re- 
tained out of the said sums by the briber; that no 
evidence was given to show that these acts of bribery 
were committed with the knowledge and consent of 
the said John Quincey Harris ; that the said Reso- 
lutions of the said Committee were duly reported to 
the House, and were ordered to be entered upon the 
Journals of the House, and were accordingly entered 
thereon, in the words and figures, or to the effect 
following :— 


“ Sir John Yarde Buller, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the matter of 
the Petition of Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Newcastle- 
under- Lyme, informed the House, that the Commit- 
tee had determined, 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme : 

That the last Election for the said Borough, so 
far as regarded the Return of John Quincey Harris, 
Esquire, was avoid Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir John Yarde Buller further informed the House, 
That the Committee had come to the following Re- 
solutions : 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was, by his 
agents, guilty of bribery at the last Election for the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

That it has been proved before the Committee, 
that John Tabernor was bribed with five pounds ; 
William Follows with three pounds; John Follows 
with three pounds, paid to his wife for him, and 
Joseph Follows with two pounds fifteen shillings, 
paid to his daughter for him, by Thomas Mayers. 
That Thomas Gallimore was bribed with four 
pounds, and Daniel Pickerill with four pounds, by 
Thomas Conyers. 

That Thomas Hassell was bribed with eight 
pounds, and Henry Harrison with three pounds, by 
Edward Leech. 

That such bribes were given to each of them to 
vote for Mr. Harris ; and it further appeared, that 
in most of these cases, a small sum, by way of com 
mission, was retained out of the said sums by the 
briber. 


That no evidence was given to show that these 
acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge 
and consent of John Quincey Harris, Esquire. 

That from evidence taken before the Committee, 
it appears that a most objectionable practice has 
existed for many years, and still prevails in the Bo- 
rough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, of distributing mo- 
ney under the appellation of “market money,” 
“dinner money,” or some other local term, to the 
poorer voters after the Election.” 


That a new Writ was afterwards ordered by the 
House to be issued for the Election of some other 
person as a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, in the room of the said John Quincey Harris, 
whose Election had been determined to be void as 
aforesaid ; that by reasonof the premises the said 
John Quincey Harris became and was wholly inca- 
pacitated, disqualified and ineligible to be elected 
and returned, or to sit in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, on the vacancy occasioned by 
the setting aside of his said former Election and 
Return, and the issuing of the writ for a new Elec- 
tion as aforesaid; that by virtue of the said Jast- 
mentioned writ, an Election of a Member to serve 








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in Parliament for the said Borough, in the room of | full notice of the same at the time of their voting for 
the said John Quincey Harris, was held by and be- | the said John Quincey Harris; that in addition to 
fore William Upton Lester, Esquire, the Returning | the public notice of such incapacity of the said John 
Officer for the said Borough, on the thirteenth day | Quincey Harris, so given in the presence and hear- 
of June now instant; that at the said last-mentioned | ing of the said Returning Officer, at the time of the 
Election the said John Quincey Harris, notwith- | nomination of the Candidates at the said last-men- 
standing his incapacity to be returned or to sit in| tioned Election, public notice of the incapacity, the 
Parliament, on the said vacancy became a Candidate | disqualification, and ineligibility of the said John 
to represent the said Borough, as well as the said | Quincey Harris to be elected and returned to serve 
Petitioner, who was also a Candidate for the said | in Parliament at the said last-mentioned Election, 
Borough at the said last-mentioned Election ; that | and to sit and vote as Member for the said Borough, 
immediately upon the Petitioner and the said John | and that all votes given in his favour at the said 
Quincey Harris being nominated as such Candidates, last-mentioned Election would, on account of such 
and before a show of hands was called for, a notice | his incapacity, be of no effect, but entirely lost and 
and protest, under the hands of certain electors of | thrown away, was likewise given before, at and 
the said Borough, was, on behalf of such electors, | during the said Election by the posting and distri- 
publicly delivered to the said Returning Officer, and | bution of printed placards and notices, signed by 
the same, together with the Report annexed, was | certain Electors of the said Borough ; that after the 
publicly read in the presence and hearing of the | delivery of the precept for holding the said last- 
electors present at the said nomination; which said | mentioned Election, and before, at and during the 
notice and protest was in the words or tothe purport | poll, notice of the said incapacity, disqualification, 
and effect following ; that is to say: and ineligibility of the said John Quincey Harris 


neat ; , to be elected and returned to serve in Parliament 
“ To William Upton Lester, Esquire, the Returning | 9¢ the said Election, and that all votes given in 


Officer of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. favour of the said John Quincey Harris at the said 
We, the undersigned electors of the Borough of New- Election would, on account of the ineligibility of 
castle-under-Lyme, do hereby give you notice that! the said John Quincey Harris, be of no effect, but 
the Select Committee of the House of Commons, duly entirely lost and throwa away, was, by or on behalf 
appointed to try the matter of the Petition of certain | of certain electors of the said Borough, given per- 
Electors of the said Borough, complaining of an |sonally to the electors of the said Borough, both 
undue Election and Return of Members to serve | before and at the time of their votine at the said 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough at | last-mentioned Election in favour of the said John 
the last Election for the said Borough, so far as the | 








same concerned John Quincey Harris, Esquire, one 
of the persons so returned, did, on the eleventh day 


make their Report to the House of Commons, a 
copy of which said Report, duly attested, is here- 
unto annexed. 
notice, that the said John Quincey Harris, having 
been by the said Committee found guilty of bribery 
at the said last Election for the said Borough as 
aforesaid, is incapable of being elected in the present 
vacancy to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and therefore we, the undersigned, 
do accordingly object to and protest against the 
nomination of the said John Quincey Harris as a 
Candidate, and against the Election and Return of 
the said John Quincey Harris, as a Member to re- 
present the said Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme 


of May One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, | ne 


| incapacity and disqualification to be elected as afore- 
| said, were and are lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, 


° | ¢ d 4 ; i d 
And we do hereby give you further, and ought not to have been received, and should 


| the incapacity and disqualification of the said John 


| Quincey Harris were unknown at the time of their 
| So voting as aforesaid, is much less than the number 


| of good 
such Election for the said Petitioner, and the said 


Ib 


| Quincey Harris; that the said Petitioner humbly 


submits that the votes of all persons who voted for 
said John Quincey Harris, having notice of his 


now be struck from the poll; that the number of 
persons (if any) who voted for the said John Quincey 
| Harris at the said last-mentioned Election, to whom 


and valid voters whose votes were given at 
Petitioner ought, by reason of the premises, to have 


een returned as duly elected at such Election to 
_ serve in the present Parliament for the said Borough; 


ease tha h &gt; an he teste and issui 
at the present Election; and we do give you further | a ek nee aie Sines Se ae oe a ae 


notice, that all votes given in favour of the said 


‘of the Writ for the said last Election, and before 


John Quincey Harris, at this present Election of a| cat Caney the outd Eivetion, She nate fie See 


Mewber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
will, on account of the ineligibility of the said John 
Quincey Harris, be of no effect, but entirely lost 
and thrown away. 
“ Dated this 15th day of June 1842. 
“ George Heath. 
“ John Mycock.” 


That, nevertheless, the said John Quincey Harris | 


was, by the said Returning Officer, put in nomina- 
tion, and a show of hands having taken place, the 
said Returning Officer declared the show of hands 
to be in favour of the said John Quincey Harris; 
that a poll was thereupon demanded on behalf of 
the Petitioner, and took place accordingly on the 
following day, being the fourteenth of June One 


_ Harris did, by himself and his agents, friends and 
partisans, by divers ways and means, at his charge 


| and on his behalf, directiy and indirectly give, pre- 


sent and allow to persons having votes at the said 
last Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, enter- 
| tainment, provision and reward, and did make pre- 
| sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, obli- 
|gations and engagements to give money, meat, 
drink, provision, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for persons having votes as aforesaid, 
and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoy- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
that he the said John Quincey Harris might be 
elected, and for being elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough ; that before and during 





the said last Election the said John Quincey Harris 


thousand eight hundred and forty-two ; that at the | was, by himself, and by his agents, managers and 
close of the said poll the said John Quincey Harris | friends, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
was, by the said Keturning Officer, declared to have | tion, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, by 
had a majority of votes thereat, and he was there-! himself, and by his agents, friends and managers, 


upon declared to be duly elected and returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that at the said last-mentioned Election the 
incapacity and ineligibility of the said John Quincey 
Harris was a matter of notoriety both before, at 
and during the poll, and was well known to the, 
electors of the said Borough who gave their votes | 
for the said Jokn Quincey Harris, who had also | 


and by other persons employed on his behalf, by 
gifts, money, rewards and promises, and by agree- 
‘ments and securities for money, gifts and rewards, 


and by other corrupt, improper and illegal practices, 
acts and means, corrupt and procure divers persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said last 
Election, to give their votes thereat in his favour, 
and to forbear to give them in favour of the Peti- 

is tioner ; 








Tobacco Regu- 
lations Act. 


Duke of 
Cleveland’s 
Estate Bill. 


Viscount 
Fitzwilliam’s 


Estate Bill. 


Newfoundland 


No. 362. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lowtherstown 
&amp;c., Unions, 


Ashton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


6 Vicroriz. 


tioner ; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare 
that the said John Quincey Harris was not duly 
elected at the said last Election for the said Borough, 
and ought not to have been returned thereat, but 
that the Petitioner was duly elected and ought to 
have been returned, and that the House will direct 
the Return to be amended accordingly, by the sub 
stitution therein of the Petitioner’s name, in lieu of 
the name of the said John Quincey Harris, or that 
the House will declare the said last Election for the 
said Borough to have been wholly null and void, 
and that the House wiil give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


93°.—94° Juniz. 


421 


parties ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, 
with an Amendment; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 6.1. 6. Leave out “ and all other rights, titles, 
“ inheritances, claims and demands.”’ 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- Viscount 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the aa 
case of Viscount Fitzwilliam’s Estate Bill, no Stand- : 
ing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- Paterson's 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the "se Bill. 
case of Paterson’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 





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


The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vice. 
c. 18, to discontinue the Excise Survey on Tobacco, 
and to provide other Regulations in lieu thereof, 
— be read ; and the same being read ; 

esolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 


The Duke of Cleveland’s Estate Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Viscount Fitzwilliam’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Comumittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


land, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Friday morning, ad~- 


journed till this day. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Newfound- 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- Davidson's 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bilis; That in the ©ste Bill. 
case of Davidson’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 

were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Patrick Kelly, was delivered in, Athlone 
and read ; setting forth, That the last Election of a Election. 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Athlone, in the Counties of Roscommon 
and Westmeath, was held in the month of July last ; 
that Cuthbert Fetherston H., Esquire, acted as Re- 
turning Officer thereat, and Daniel Henry Ferrall, 
Esquire, and George dela Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
were candidates thereat to represent the said Bo- 
rough in Parliament; that a poll having been de- 
manded, the same was commenced on the sixth day 
of July, and proceeded in from day to day until the 
eighth day of July, when the same was finally closed, 
and the said George de la Poer Beresford was de- 
clared to have been duly elected, and was accord- 
ingly returned as having been duly elected and 
chosen a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough ; that a Petition was thereupon 
presented to the House by certain persons, com- 




















Veneris, 24° die Junii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill have leave to sit this 
day, till half an hour after four of the clock, during 


the sitting of the House. 


pursuant to Order,—A Copy of all Correspondence 
which has passed between Her Majesty’s late Go- 
vernment and the Poor Law Commissioners for 
Ireland, relative to the formation of the Unions 
of Lowtherstown, Enniskillen and Lisnaskea, in the 
County of Fermanagh (in addition to the Papers 
presented on the 3d day of this instant June) :—-And 


then he withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
mittee on Ashton’s Divorce Bill ; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, as to the marriage 


of the Parties, the adultery charged as the ground fo 


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 
97. 


Von. 


Mr. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, was called in; and at the bar presented, 


plaining of an undue Return at the said Election, 
and praying the House to adjudge and declare that 
the said Return was illegal,and ought to be amended; 
that a Committee of the House, to whom the said 
Petition was referred, under and in pursuance of the 
Act to amend the Law for the Trial of Controverted 
Elections, having on the tenth day of this present 
month of June informed the House, that George de 
la Poer Beresford, Esquire, was not duly returned 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the Borough of Athlone, and that Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, Esquire, ought to have been returned a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Athlone, the Return was amended ac- 
cordingly, by rasing out the name of the said George 
de la Poer Beresford, and inserting the name of 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, instead thereof; 
that it was ordered on the day last aforesaid, by the 
House, that the said George de la Poer Beresford, 
and all other persons entitled so to do, be at liberty 
to question the Election of the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, Esquire, within fourteen days then next ; 
that the Petitioner claimed, and claims to have had, 
a right to vote for a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, at the said last Election; and 
the Petitioner alleges that the said Cuthbert Fethers- 
ton H. was not the proper Returning Officer by and 
before whom the said Election for the said Borough 
of Athlone ought to have been holden, and that he 
could not legally hold such Election ; that the said 
Election was not held by virtue of any lawful or 
sufficient precept for holding the same; that no 
sufficient notice or proclamation of the said Election 

3H 3 was 


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422 Q4° Junie. A. 1849, 


was made prior to the same being holden, as required | Return of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, and that 
by law; that no notice or notices under the hand | the Return of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall has 
of the said Cuthbert Fetherston H., then assuming | been thereby procured and brought about; that the 
to act as the Returning Officer for the said Borough, | said Daniel Henry Ferrall, not being the eldest son 
or under the hand of any other person in that behalf, | of any Peer of Parliament, or of any person quali- 
were affixed in the usual public place in the said | fied by law to serve as Knight of the Shire, was not 
Borough or other place, of the time and place of | at the time of the said Election and Return seised or 
holding the said Election, four days at the least | entitled for his own use and benefit, of or toa sufficient 
preceding the day of Election, nor was any such | estate legal or equitable, in lands, tenements, or here- 
notice given or published before the holding of the | ditaments, lying within the United Kingdom of Great 
said Election; and the Petitioner further charges, | Britain and Ireland, nor was he possessed for his 
that the said George de la Poer Beresford had a/| own use and benefit, of personal estate or effects of 
majority of legal votes at the said Election; that | such a nature or of sufficient amount, nor was he 
the votes of a large number of persons have been | seised or entitled for his own use and benefit, of or 
reckoned in favour of the said Daniel Henry Fer-| in a sufficient estate, legal or equitable, in lands, 
rall, who did not at the time of their registration | tenements or hereditaments, situate as aforesaid, 
hold and occupy within the said Borough, as tenants | and possessed of personal estate or effects sufficient 
or owners thereof, any houses, warehouses, count-|in amount or otherwise, jointly, to qualify him ac- 
ing-houses or shops, which either separately or | cording to law to be elected or to serve asa Member 
jointly with any land within the said Borough oc-| in this present Parliament for the said Borough; and 
cupied by them respectively as tenants under the | that the said Daniel Henry Ferrall was not at the 
same landlord, or occupied by them respectively as | time of his said Election, and is not now duly quali- 
owners, were of the clear yearly value of ten pounds | fied by estate, or otherwise howsoever, to be elected 
respectively, and who were therefore improperly re-| or serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; and 
gistered; that the votes of many other persons have | praying the House to take the premises into con- 
been réckoned in favour of the said Daniel Henry | sideration, and to declare that the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, who, between the time of their being regis- Ferrall was not duly elected, and that the said 
tered and the time of the said Election, had quitted | George de la Poer Beresford was duly elected to 
the houses or tenements in respect of which they | serve in this present Parliament at the last Election 
had so respectively registered, and in respect of which | for the Borough of Ath/one, and that the Return be 
registry they claimed a right to vote, or had ceased | amended accordingly, or to declare the said Election 
to occupy the whole thereof, whereby they had lost | and Return for the said Borough to have been null 
their right of voting, and the votes of many other | and void, or that the House will grant to the Peti- 
persons have been reckoned in favour of the said | tioner such further and other relief in the premises 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, whose houses or other tene- | as to the House may seem meet. 

ments in respect of which they were registered, be- | _ Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
came after the registering, and before the said last | General Committee of Elections. | ; 

Election, of insufficient value to entitle said persons | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to vote at said Election; that the votes of many | or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
persons have been reckoned in favour of the said | shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, who, at the time of the said | on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
Election, owed more than one half year’s grand 
jury or municipal cesses, rates and taxes in respect | 
of the premises for which they were registered, or 
who were bribed or treated, or who asked for or gave 
or offered bribes at the Election, or were compelled 


to vote or offer their votes thereat by menaces and| Qrdered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
violence, or who were paid agents, or disqualified as | Select Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner 
being employed in the collection or management of | heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if 


the duties or revenues of the Excise, Customs, and | he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Post-offices, or by the receipt of disqualifying alms, | Bill, against the said Petition. 

or by having ceased to reside within the-distance of | 

the said Borough prescribed by law, or who were | 














against certain parts of the Lagan Navigation Bill, 
was presented, and read. 


icealin enletan : ean us |_ A Petition of Andrew Macartney, Clerk, praying Poor Law 
te beng Pe. ste-coneP danse sed for alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, by Amendment 
 ¢ -; enacting that a Roman Catholic child may be al- ““ 
persons have been reckoned in favour of the said | 5 y 


the said Borough, and that the votes of many other | 


Daniel Henry Ferrall who were not entitled to vote | lowed to receive instruction —_ Roman oe 
at the said Election, and that the votes of many | — if oe = a Roman — po page 
persons have been rejected whose votes ought to | ane . “ a pty a a 
have been reckoned in favour of the said George de | ordered to lie upon the Table. 

la Poer Beresford; that the said Daniel Henry | 


Ferrall, by himself, his agents, friends, managers| _ Petitions from Lancaster Union ;—Saint Paul's, nade 
and others in his behalf, before, at and during the | Covent Garden (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Wool- Bill, 


said Election, and before at and during the said poll, | wich ; — Huddersfield Union (Chairman) ; — and, 
were guilty of bribery and treating, and other cor- | Plymouth ; praying that the Poor Law Amendment 
rupt and improper practices, in order that he might | Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
be elected to serve in this present Parliament for | were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the said Borough, and did by money, gifts and re- | the Table. 


werds, and by promises, offers, agreements and se- 


cuvities for money and rewards, and by gifts of | Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Public Petitions 


: i : | A as ° i »cond 
meat, drink and entertainment, and other illegaland |on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the (Thirty-secon 
? D y 


corrupt practices, corrupt and procure divers persons | Petitions presented from the 15th to the 18th day 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at the | of this instant June, both days inclusive ; and had 
said Election, to give or offer their votes at the said | directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
Election in favour of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, | House. 


or to refuse or forbear to give their votes in favour} Mr. Greenealso reported from the said Select Com- Public Petitions 


of the said George de la Poer Beresford; and that | mittee ; That they had examined the Petitions pre- ( 
systematic bribery, treating and corruption were | sented on the 20th and 2ist days of this instant 


carried on before, down to, and at and during the | June; and had directed him to make a Report there- 
said Election, by persons desirous to procure the | of to the House. 





Ordered, 


| A Petition of the Marquis of Downshire, praying Lagan Navigue 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, tion Bill. 





(Ire 


Tu 
Bil 


Co 


jons 
nd 


jous 


6 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Reports do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 
Education Petitions from Mallow ;—Kilmichael ;—Clondro- 
(Ireland.) hid ;—Ballinaclash ;—and, Cork City; praying the 
House to devise means for affording encouragement 
to the Schools in connection with the Church Edu- 
cation Society for Jreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Medical Petitions of Subscribers to the Fever Hospital 
ones) of Athy ;—and, Physicians and Surgeons of Water- 
rejande 


ford; praying that no Bill may receive the sanction 
of the House, under or by which the management 
and control of the Medical Charities of Zveland shall 
be vested in the Poor Law Commissioners,—were 


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


Turnpike-roads 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the parish of Ugbo- 


Bill. rough, praying that the Turnpike-roads Bill may 
not pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Mines and Petitions from Hirby ;—Whitley Upper (two Pe- 


Collieries Bill. titions) ;—- Elland ;— Frederick Robert Jones and 
Edward Waterhouse ;—Llanelly ;—Grimscar ;—and, 
Barnsley; praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Anatomy Act. A Petition of Medical Practitioners and Pupils, 
praying the House to institute an inquiry into the 
mode in which the Anatomy Act has been carried 
into effect, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Wrexham 


on Mr. Granville Vernon reported from the Commit- 
lil. 


tee on the Wrexham Road Bill; and to whom seve- 
ral Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petitions, and had 
heard counsel in support of one of them, and had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Fisheries A Petition of Proprietors and Holders of the 
(Ireland) Bill. Saimon weirs on the River Barrow, adjoining the 

counties of Kilkenny and Wexford, praying that the 
Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, as 
‘it now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
Brewers’ Casks, A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers of the 
borough of Derby, and its vicinity, praying the 
House to pass an Act, declaring the law to be, that 
Brewers’ Casks are not distrainable for the rent of 
their customers, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Crime and 
Distress, 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 
bitants of Edinburgh, praying for an inquiry into 
the causes of the present Crime, and of the Misery 
which at present exists in the British Empire, was 


panes. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Rating of 


Ten A Petition of Guardians of the Hoxne Union, in 
ements, 


the county of Suffolk, praying that the owners of 
all cottages and hereditaments of the value of six 
pounds per annum, and under, may be assessed to the 
payment of the poor-rates, in lieu of the tenants and 
occupiers, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


pation _ Ordered, That the Select Committee on Election 
a Proceedings, have leave to sit, notwithstanding any 
adjournment of the House. 


Vo. 97. 


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423 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wheat. 

Return of the Quantities of Wheat (as returned b 

the Inspectors of Corn Returns) sold in the eight 
weeks next preceding the 17th day of June (or near- 

est corresponding day) in each of the years 1836, 

1839 and 1842, in each of the towns of Leeds, Wake- 
field, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Not- 
tingham. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported, That he had car- Hawkes's _ 
ried to the Lords the Message of this House of the Divorce Bill. 
18th day of this instant June, 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 Hawkes’s Di- 
vorce Bill; and that their Lordships had been pleased 
to communicate a Copy of the said Minutes of Evi- 
dence, as desired by this House, and request that 
the same may be returned to them :—And he deli- 
vered the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; — 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- ai 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to divide the Bill into two 
Bills:—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

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 
“ considering the distressed state of the commercial 
and industrious classes of this country, together 
with the advanced period of the Session, and the 
present state of public business, coupled with the 
fact, that the Poor Law Commission expires on 
the 31st day of the ensuing month, it is the Opinion 
of this House, that there is not now sufficient time 
to enable Parliament to give that attention and 
deliberation tothe important changes in the Laws 
for the administration of Relief to the Poor, which 
the measure introduced by Her Majesty’s Minis- 
ters imperatively demands; and that it would 
therefore be more expedient, that measures of a 
temporary character should be adopted, to meet 
any inconvenience which the expiring provisions 
of existing Laws for the Relief of the Poor, may 
be deemed to require,” 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 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the New Lobby ; 

The Noes to the Old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Fielden, 71 


“ 
“ 


Yeas, General Johnson : f es 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 297 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : salieis 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Sabbati, 25° die Junii, 1842: 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

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 again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :-—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

3H4 Ordered, 





Adjournment. 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


Law of Evie 
dence Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Writs of Error 
Bill. 


British Posses- 
sions Abroad 


Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Right of Voting 
(Dublin Uni- 
versity) Bill, 


Mines and 
Colliesics Bill. 


424 


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. | 

| 

The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving | 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leas- | 
ing (No. 2.) Bill ; ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence 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 Municipal Corporations 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 Writs of Error Bill; 

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


Q4°—-95° Junie. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the British Possessions 
Abroad 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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading 
of the ingrossed Bill for the better Regulation of 
Railways :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Proceeding. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (for the Convey- 
ance of Troops by Railway): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed 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 Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Right of Voting (Dublin University) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Mines and Collieries Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, (im- 
posing a penalty on persons misrepresenting the age 











of children) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 


A, 1842. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 
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 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 taking into Dean Forest 
further consideration the Report on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical 
Ecclesiastical Districts Bill ; Deion Be. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved tself Municipal 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations pes se 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ("@!*"4) Bill 
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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to promote the Drainage of Drainage _ 
Lands, and Improvement of Navigation and Water- (land) Bill 
power in connection with such Drainage in Ireland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Bonded Com, 

it was referred to consider the expediency of per- (No. 2.) 
mitting Foreign Wheat to be delivered, under certain 
regulations, from the Warehouse, or from the Ship, 

Duty free, upon the substitution into the Warehouse, 

or the delivery for Exportation, of equivalent quan- 

tities of Flour and Biscuit, a Resolution ; which was 

read, as followeth : 


Resolved, That it is expedient to permit Foreign 
Wheat to be delivered, under certain regulations, 
from the Warehouse, or from the Ship, Duty free, 
upon the substitution into the Warehouse, or the 
delivery for Exportation, of equivalent quantities of 
Flour and Biscuit. 

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. William Gladstone, Mr. 
Bingham Baring and Mr. Greene do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tobacco Re- 
into a Committee to consider the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. gvistions Act- 
c. 18, to discontinue the Excise Survey on Tobacco, 
and to provide other Regulations in lieu thereof. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


and twice read with a blank ; and committed to a| amend the Act of the 3d and 4th years of Her pre- 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac-| sent Majesty, to discontinue the Excise Survey on 


cordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and | Tobacco, and to provide other Regulations in lieu 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed | thereof. 


the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- | 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee 
to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. ; 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported, that he was di- 
rected to move, That leave be given to bring AY 

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ll. 


ill. 


Me 


Re- 
Act. 





Monies in the 
Exchequer. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 367. 


Tobacco Re- 


gulations Bill, 


No. 368. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


No. 369. 


Leeds Burial 
Grounds Bill, 


London and 
Dublin Com- 
munication, 


Malt Drawback. 


Printing and 
Stationery, 


6 Vicroriz. 


Bill to amend the Act of the 3d and 4th years of 
Her present Majesty, to discontinue the Excise 
Survey on Tobacco, and to provide other Regulations 
in lieu thereof :—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Tadeed, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir 
George Clerk and Mr. Greene do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or remaining 
to be received on the 11th day of June 1842, to 
complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
service of the years 1840 and 1841. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Account. 

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





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Services of the Ordnance Department, and the vest- 
ing and purchase of Lands and Hereditaments for 
those Services, and for the Defence and Security of 
the Realm: And that Captain Boldero and Colonel 
Peel do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. William Gladstone presented a Bill to permit 
Wheat to be delivered from the Warehouse or the 
Vessel Duty free, upon the previous substitution of 
an equivalent Quantity of Flour or Biscuit in the 
Warehouse: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 6th day of July next ; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to amend an 
Act of the fourth year of Her present Majesty, to 
discontinue the Excise Survey on Tobacco, and to 
provide other Regulations in lieu thereof: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the 4th day of 
July next; and to be printed. 


Captain Boldero presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to the Services of the 
Ordnance Department, and the vesting and Purchase 
of Lands and Hereditaments for those Services, and 
for the Defence and Security of the Realm: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Zeeds Burial 
Grounds (re-committed) Bill, have leave to sit, and 
proceed, upon Monday next. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Copy of the Correspondence between the Lords 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Lords Commis- 
sioners of the Admiralty, referred to in a Letter dated 
Admiralty, the 2d day of December 1839, signed 
J. Barrow, and directed to Rear Adiniral Sir James 
Alexander Gordon, k. c. 8., &amp;c., &amp;e., contained in a 
Return to an Address of the House of Commons, 
dated the 7th day of August 1840. 

A Return of the Total Amount paid to Distillers 
in the United Kingdom, as Drawback on Malt used, 
or on Spirits made from Malt, under the Acts 1 and 
2 Geo. 4, c. 82, 4 Geo. 4, c. 94, 6 Geo. c. 58, and 
2 Will. 4, c. 29, up to the 5th day of January 1842, 
and showing also the Amount for each Kingdom. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of Ma 
last, for Returns of the Sums paid for the Printing 
by Order of the House of Commons in each of the 
Five years 1837 to 1841, both inclusive, distinguish- 
ing the Amount in each year, and specifying the 
Description and Amount, under separate heads, 
whether for Journal, Votes, Bills, Reports of Com- 
mittees and Accounts and Papers :—Similar Returns 
Vou. 97. 


24° 


Q5°— 97° Juniz. 425 


for Printing by Order of the House of Lords, for the 
same period :—Similar Returns for printing Reports 
of Commissioners, Accounts and Papers, under the 
Authority of the Secretaries of State, or other Public 
a whether delivered to the two Honses 
of Parliament by Her Majesty’s Command, or of 
which printed Copies have been presented to either 
or both Houses of Parliament; distinguishing the 
Amount in each year, under separate heads, and 
specifying the Printers’ Names, and where printed : 
—And, a Return of the Amount, in Value, of Sta- 
tionery and Stores delivered to each Public Depart- 
ment, at Home and Abroad, in each of the Five 
years 1837 to 1841, both inclusive, and the Aggregate 
in each year. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Samuel G'or- Samuel Gordon. 
don, which was presented upon the 20th day of May No.366. 
last, be printed. 


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. 





Lune, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Heurtley, from the Bank of England, was Gold Coin. 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 

to Order,—A Statement of the Amount of Gold 

Coin tendered at the Bank of England and its 
Branches, in the year ending the 31st day of Decem- 

ber 1841; together with the Amount rejected as 

light :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Post- Post-office 
office Communication, have leave to sit this day, till a 
five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. : 


Ordered, That the Report on the Blackburn and Blackburn 
Chorley Road Bill be taken into further considera- #'4 Chorley 
tion To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Dukeof Argyll's 
Duke of Argyll’s Estate Bill; That they had exa- Pst 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 satisfaction of 
the Committee (except four heirs of entail, who the 
Committee found had demanded certain sums of 
money for their consent); and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lesbazeille’s 
Lesbazeilles’ Naturalization Bill; That they had N* Bill. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Roumas’ 
Roumas’ Naturalization Bill; That they had exa- N*: Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 


Y | and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 


ment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Liverpool and 
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill; That they Marchese: 
had considered the several matters required by the “"""*) “"" 
Standing Orders to be inquired into by Committees 

31 on 
































Davidson's 
Estate Bill. 


Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill. 


Vere’s 
Divorce Bill. 


426 


on Railway Bills, and had agreed to the following 
Report : 
hat the Bill being only for better enabling the 

Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to pur- 
chase and hold certain lands which may have been 
agreed or may hereafter be agreed to be sold to them 
for the purpose of extending the line of the said 
Railway, without conferring any compulsory powers, 
and for amending and enlarging some of the pro- 
visions of the several Acts relating to such Railway, 
the Committee did not consider the several matters 
required to be inquired into in respect of Bills for 
making Railways applicable to the present Bill. 

Mr. Greene further reported; 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. 


Davidson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
spect the Journals of the House of Lords with re- 
lation to any Proceedings upon the Cambuslang and 
Muirkirk Roads Bill, and to make Report thereof 
to the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, Mr. Fer- 
rand, Colonel Rushbrooke and Mr. Trotter :—And 
they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Vere’s Divorce Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 

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. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate 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. Wilson Patten 
do carry the said Message. 


Q7° Junie. 


A. 1842, 


Pr. 4. 1. 12. After “ forth” insert “ Provided that 
such Pier shall not obstruct the entrance to the 
Harbour of Burntisland, or the access tothe Piers 
of the said Harbour, in the judgment of a compe- 
tent person to be appointed by the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 33. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 17. After “ repealed” insert “ ex- 
cepting as after provided.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 4. Leave out “in like manner.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 5. Leave out from “ of” to “that” in 

. 6. and insert “ passage,” and in |. 6. after 
might” insert “ previous to the date of the second 
recited Act passed in the fifty-third year of his 
Majesty King George the Third.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. Leave out “ by ” and insert “ from.” 

Pr. 17. 1.14. Leave out “ferry” and insert 
passage.” 

Pr. 19.1. 15. After “shall” insert “except as 
herein otherwise provided.” 

Pr. 97. 1.27. Leave out from “ otherwise ” to 
And” in Pr. 98.1. 7. and insert “‘ Provided that 
nothing in this Act contained shall entitle the 
said Trustees to sell or interfere with any Pier, 
Landing-place or other work within the Harbour 
of Leith, cluding Newhaven.” 

Pr. 100. 1.34. After “ Parliament” insert “ Pro- 
vided also that nothing in this Clause contained 
relating to such sale and purchase shall in any 
way extend to or affect the rights and interests of 
the said Duke of Buccleuch in and to the said 
Pier and Harbour at Granton.” 

Pr. 117.1. 9. After “ proceeding” insert Clause 


-) 

Ciause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained, or the powers to be exer- 
cised in consequence thereof, shall be construed 
to injure or derogate from the rights of the Com- 
missioners for the superintendence and manage- 
ment of the Harbour and Docks of Leith.” 

In the Title to the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out “ Bruntisland” and insert 
Burntisland.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


|hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

















Mr. Lockhart reported from the Committee ap- Cambuslang 
“peng to inspect the Journals of the House of and Muirkirk 
.ords with relation to any Proceedings upon the Rs Bill 


a ‘a Coward’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; | 
woree "and committed to the Select Committee on Divorce | 


Bills. 


Viscount 
Fitzwilliam’s 
Estate Bill. 


Burntisland and 


Granton Pier, 
Ferry and 
Road Bill. 


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 coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate 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. Wilson Patten 
do carry the said Message. 


Viscount Fitzwilliam’s Estate Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for constructing a Low Water Pier 
and necessary Works at Burntisland, in the County 
of Fife, and establishing a Ferry between the same 
and Granton, in the County of Edinburgh; and for 
improving tle Communication between the said Pier 
and Kinghorn ; and the same were read, as follow: 


| Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads Bill, 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 same were read, as follow: 


“ Die Veneris, 24° Junij, 1842: 


Committees appointed a Select Committee to con- 





sider of the Bill, intituled, ‘ An Act for maintaining 
and improving certain Roads in the Counties of 
Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, for maintaining a Bridge 
over the River Clyde, at Dalmarnock, and for other 
Purposes connected therewith ;’ That they had con- 
sidered 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 
several Amendments thereunto. 
“ Which Amendments were read by the Clerk, 
as follow: viz. 
“ Pr, 13. 1. 38. After ‘ carriage’ insert ‘ and 
‘ that such reduced rate of toll shall be applied to- 
‘ wards the payment of the interest and principal 
‘ of any debt at present legally affecting the said 
‘ Roads, and to no other purpose, and that as soon 
‘as such debt shall be extinguished thereby, and 
‘ from the other revenues of the said Roads, it shall 








‘no 





“ The Lord Duncannon reported from the Lords « Cambuslang 





Cambuslang 

and Muirkirk 
Roads (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Newfoundland 


Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Poor Law Act 


Amendment 


Bill (Gilbert’s 


Unions), 


Huddersfield 
Workhouse, 


Mines and 
Collieries, 


Mines and 


Collieries Bill. 


6 VicToriz. 


‘no longer be lawful to levy any toll on the said 
‘ portions of the said Roads, between the said bars 
© at Shawfield and Dalmarnock and the city of 
* Glasgow and the town of Gorbals.’ 

« Pr. 19. 1. 19. Leave out Clause (A.) added by 
way of Rider to the Bill. 

« Pr, 21. 1.14, Leave out from ‘ made’ to ‘ pro- 
¢ vided,’ in |. 28. 

“ Pr. 23. 1. 28. After ‘ shall’ insert ‘ excepting 
‘ as hereinbefore specially provided.’ 

“ Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into further consideration on this day six months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Cambuslang and Muirkirk 
Roads Bill, which, upon the 16th 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 maintaining and improving certain Roads in the 
counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, for main- 
taining a Bridge over the River Clyde at Dalmarnock, 
and for other Purposes connected therewith: And 
that Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Oswald do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of Merchants in Greenock, praying 
that the Newfoundiand Bill may pass into a law, 


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


Petitions from Dewsbury Union ; — Helmsley 
Union ;— Bridgwater Union (Chairman) ;—Mont- 
gomery ; — Forden;— Brompton and Rhiston ;— 
Cletterwood ;— Pool (two Petitions) ; — Hope ;— 
Trelystan ;— Llanmerewig ;— Llandyssil ;— Leigh- 
ton ; — Aston ;— Castlewright ; — Birmingham ; — 
Oldham ;—and, Lees; praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Birmingham, praying that 
the parish of Birmingham may be exempt from the 
powers and provisions contained in the said Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Birmingham, praying that 
a Ciause may be inserted in the said Bill empower- 
ing guardians and overseers of the poor to admi- 
nister in their respective parishes out-door relief, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
township of Wighill, in the West Riding of the county 
of York, praying that the Unions formed under the Act 
usually called Gilbert’s Act may be preserved, and 
that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not, in its 
present state, pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon Table. 


A Petition of John Brunton and Betty his wife, 
complaining of their dismissal from the office of 
master and matron of the Huddersfield Workhouse, 
and of their inability to obtain a sum of money due 
to them as public servants for work performed, and 
praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_ Petitions from Wakefield ;—and, Barnsley; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures to prevent the em- 
ployment of females in Mines, — were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Abraham Sheard ;—Honley (two 


Petitions) ;— Whitley Upper ; — Middleton (York) ; 
Vou. 97, 


27° Juniz. | 
—Almondbury (two Petitions) ;—John Hopwood and 























497 


Henry Jackson ;— Oulton ;— Thorp (two 

—Thorp and Lofthouse ;— Ardsley (three Petitions) ; 

—— Stanley (three Petitions) ; -- Wentworth and El- 

sicar ;— Methley ;—Northwell ;—and, Rothwell (four 

Petitions); praying that the Mines and Collieries 

Bill may not ee into a law, as it now stands,— 
? 


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


etitions) ; 


Petitions of Trustees and Mortgagees of the Turnpike-roads 
Tolls of the Leeds and Harrogate Turnpike-road ;— Bill. 
and, Trustees and Mortgagees of the Tolls of the 
Leeds and Collingham Turnpike-road ; praying that 
the Turnpike-roads Bill may not pass into a law,—- 


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


Paterson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Paterson's 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dissolve Ashton’s 
the Marriage of William Ashton, Esquire, with Anne Divorce Bill. 
Jane, otherwise Jane Anne, 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, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 
, Ordered, That Mr. Hayter 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 concurrence 
of their Lordships. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Lords in the case of the said Bill be re- 
turned to their Lordships :—And that Mr, Hayter 
do carry the same. 


Mr. Tufnell reported from the Select Committee Buildings 
on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) (re-committed) Regulation 
Bill; That they had further considered the Bill, and (N° 2») Bill. 
made other Amendments thereunto. No. 371. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Tuesday the 5th day 
of July next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Buildings Re- 
consider of the Regulation of Buildings and Im- gulation and 
provement of Boroughs, have Power to report the whem 
Minutes of Evidence taken before them. No. 372 

Mr. Tufnell reported from the said Select Com- *°°‘ 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Ministers of the Gospel uniting in Ministers’ 
the Southern Baptist Association in Jreland, and re- Money 
é . . (Treland.) 
presenting eleven congregations of the Baptist de- 
nomination, praying for the abolition of the tax called 
Ministers’ Money in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Athlone 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- lection. 
zances, stating that the Surety to the Petition of Ed- 
ward Lynch and Patrick Kelly, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Athlone (being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000), is 
unobjectionable. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee flection 
on Election Proceedings; That they proceeded to Proceedings. 
the consideration of the matters referred to them 
by the House, and having in the prosecution of 
312 the 


PEEP TE ES 





428 27° Junii. 


the inquiry found it necessary to call before them 
John Waiter, Esquire, one of the candidates for the 
Borough of Wottingham, the Chairman, by the 
direction of the Committee, issued on Friday the 
24th day of this instant June, during the sitting 
of the Committee, a summons to the said John 
Walter, Esquire, requiring him to attend the Com- 
mittee forthwith, for the parpose of giving evidence 
before them, and to bring with him all papers and 
documents relating to the Election, the Petition and 
the Compromise, and all bills of expenses paid and 
unpaid in the case of the Borough of Nottingham. 
A few minutes before it was announced that the 
Speaker was at prayers, the Committee received 
from Mr. Walter the following Letter, declining to 
comply with their Order: 

“ Mr. Walter has to acknowledge a Summons re- 
ceived at a quarter past three o’clock this day, with 
the signature of J. A. Roebuck, Chairman of a Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons, sitting to inquire 
into Election Proceedings, and requiring his attend- 
ance forthwith. 

“ Now, though Mr. Walter would feel it to be his 
duty to obey most readily any Order emanating 
from a Committee of the Honourable the House of 
Commons, and though he would be also glad of an 
opportunity of communicating to the Committee, 
any facts which may be within his own knowledge 
and affect only himself, yet not having had the 
conduct of the Petition against the Return for 
Nottingham, he would be wholly unable to afford 
that information which in consequence of his having 
been one of the candidates, may have been er- 
roneously expected from him; still, however, it would 
have been his duty to attend did he not feel himself 
precluded from so doing by another and more power- 
ful objection, founded on the most obvious and in- 
defeasible principles of natural justice and consti- 
tutional law. 

“ Mr. Walter sees that the name of Mr. Roebuck 
is published as the Chairman of that Committee 
before which he is required to appear, and when he 
considers the power of a Committee of the House 
of Commons over all who may be brought to give 
evidence before it, and the influence of the Chair- 
man over the proceedings of that Committee, he 
begs to point out to the Committee, and through it 
to the Honourable House, the position in which he 
would be placed, should he surrender himself to 
any order emanating from a body of which Mr. 
Roebuck is Chairman or President. 

“It appears from the Proceedings in the House 
of Commons on the sth of September last, that 
Mr. Roebuck rose in his place, and though he re- 
peatedly stated that he had no Motion whatever to 
make, uttered a variety of scandalous expressions 
reflecting upon the character and conduct of Mr. 
Walter, in consequence of some supposed reflections 
cast upon him in a public journal, of which reflec- 
tions Mr. Walter was act the author, nor does he 
to this moment know who the author was, nor has 
he at any time either requested others to write, or 
himself written any thing injurious to the private or 
public character of the aforesaid Mr. Roebuck. 

“ On the occasion above referred to, Mr. Roebuck 
used the following audacious and unbecoming ex- 
pressions, “ If any honourable Members were at- 
tacked by The Times, and did not wish for a repe- 
tition of the attack, he would suggest to them at 
once to horsewhip the proprietor Mr. Walter, and 
they might depend upon it the attack would not be 
repeated.” 

“ Mr. Walter therefore trusts it will not be ex- 
pected from him, that however disposed to yield 
obedience to the legal Orders issued by the House, 
through one of its Committees, he should appear 
and put himself in the ee of a Court, the pre- 
siding Member of which has manifested such un- 


disguised personal hostility to himself, and who has 
already also prejudged the chief question regarding 











A. 1849. 


the Nottingham Election, by assertions as injurious 
in their intended effect upon Mr. Walter’s character, 
as they would be found to be erroneous in point of 
fact, if they could be properly investigated by an 
impartial tribunal; even if brought up by force, 
before such a Committee, Mr. Walter would feel 
bound to refuse to answer questions put to him by 
a Committee thus constituted. 

“ Mr. Waller begs to state to the Committee, 
that he possesses no papers or documents of the 
description required, nor any bills of expenses paid 
or unpaid in the case of the Borough of Wotting- 
ham ; being anxious, however, to afford every infor- 
mation to the Committee, without subjecting himself 
to the hazard of personal insult, he informs them 
that Mr. Francis Soames, Solicitor, of Wokingham, 
was his agent during both the contests at Notting- 
ham, that throvgh his hands all the money passed 
which was expended on Mr. Walter’s behalf, and 
that Mr. Soames will give the Committee every in- 
formation they can desire. 

“ No.8, Charing Cross, half past three Pp. M. 

“ June 24, 1842.” 


On the receipt of this letter, the Chairman by the 
direction of the Committee, issued a second sum- 
mons to Mr. Walter, in the same terms as the first, 
requiring his attendance on the day to which the 
Committee was next adjourned, viz. Saturday the 
25th instant, at eleven o’clock. 

On the Committee meeting, pursuant to adjourn- 
ment, the following second letter from Mr. Walter, 
still declining to obey the Order of the Committee, 
was laid before them : 


“ Mr. Walter, in reply to a second summons re- 
ceived from the Committee on Election Proceedings, 
and with the same signature of J. A. Roebuck, 





Chairman, begs to state that he has no other answer 
to make than that which he has already sent to the 
Committee, on the receipt of the former summons 
of the same date. 

‘ 8, Charing Cross, Friday night, June 24.” 

These Letters were read to the Committee on their 
meeting on Saturday the 25th, and the Committee 
resolved to report the circumstances to the House, 
in order that the House might take such steps in the 
matter as to them should seem fit. 

Ordered, That John Walter, Esquire, do attend 
this House To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Report be printed with the 
Votes, for the use of Members only. 


Court in England and Wales, having the right to 
grant Probate and Administration, and of which 
Copies or Extracts shall have been transmitted to 
the Stamp Office, for the years 1839, 1840 and 1841; 
distinguishing the Number granted in each year by 
each Court; and if the Registrar or other Officer 
shall have transmitted to the Stamp Office Copies 
of Wills or Extracts of Administrations from more 
than one Court, then the Name of each Court, and 
the Number of Copies and Extracts of Probates and 
Administrations he shall have transmitted from each 
Court (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
226, of Session 1839.) 








gation, taken in the month of February 1814, before 
the Directors General of Navigation in Jreland :— 
And, of the Report of the Commissioners of Public 
Works to the Chief Secretary for Zreland, in the 
year 1834, on the Lagan Navigation. 


Great Britain and Ireland, have Power to report 





the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Viscount 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pyobates and 
Return from the Stamp Office, of the Number of Administra- 
Probates and Administrations granted by each "* 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Lagan Navige 
Copies of the Evidence relating to the Lagan Navi- 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Post-offce 
inquire into the Post-office Communication between Communic 


Ca RE 


and 
fae 


Javiyae 


ice 
nica 


373. 


6 Vicroriz. 97° 


Viscount Ingestre reported from the said Select 
Committee ; and to whom several Petitions on the 
subject were referred ; 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, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Post-office 
Communica- 
tion. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Merchants, and others, 
Burgesses of the borough of Bridgwater, praying 
that the House will determine on the establishment 
of a Packet Station at some point in the Bristol 
Channel, for the conveyance of the letters and pas- 
sengers proceeding to and from South Wales and 
the south of Irelund; and direct that the best situa- 
tion which the results of a careful and adequate 
‘inquiry shall indicate may be selected for that pur- 
pose, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Factories. Petitions from Woolwich ; —and, Manchester ; 
praying the House to pass an Act for limiting the 
hours of labour of young persons employed in Fac- 
tories to ten hours for five days in the week, and eight 
on the Saturday,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


New South 


oe A Petition of Members of Council, Clergy, Magis- 
ales, 


trates, Land-holders, Merchants, and others, resi- 
dent within the colony of New South Wales, setting 
forth, That the Petitioners have viewed with the 
most lively alarm the introduction into the House, 
during the last Session of Parliament, of two Bills, 
one intituled, “ A Bill to make further Provision 
for the Government of New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land,” which Bill, as the Petitioners un- 
derstand, was withdrawn, and another, intituled, 
“A Bill to continue until the Thirty-first day of 
December One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
one, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, and to extend the Provisions of an 
Act 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,” which was ulti- 
mately passed into law as 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 62. That 
from copies which have fallen into their hands, the 
Petitioners learn that the aforesaid Bills contained 
certain clauses empowering Her Majesty to sub- 
divide the existing territory of New South Wales 
into distinct and independent Colonies; and pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased to take the mat- 
ters contained in the Petition into their most fa- 
vourable consideration, and withhold on the one 
hand their sanction from the permanent adoption 
of any scheme for narrowing the boundaries of New 
South Wales, and on the other, so far as to the 
House may appertain, to affirm by legislative 
enactments the principle upon which the Crown 
Lands of that colony have hitherto been sold, 


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


Message from 


re ar A Message from the Lords, by Sir William Horne 


and Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
fifth day of April One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-four, Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to 


amend the Laws relating to the Land and Assessed 
Taxes : 


Assessed Taxes 
Bill. 


_ owen _ A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending and enlarg- 
way Bill Reil- ing some of the Provisions of an Act relating to the 


Thames Haven Dock and Railway : 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and im- 
pores the Road from Tadcaster to Otley, in the 


est Riding of the County of York: And also, 
Vor. 97, 


Tadcaster and 
Otley Ruad 
Bill, 


Junii. 429 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Bathurst’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for car- =stte Bill. 
rying into effect a Partition of, and other Arrange- 
ments respecting Estates in the County of South- 
ampton, of Sir Frederick Hutchinson Hervey Ba- 
thurst, Baronet, and Louisa Mary, his late Wife, and 
of the Honourable Charlotte Georgina Harriet 
Craven, Widow, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Copyright Bill. 
Act to amend the Law of Copyright, 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 North American 











Act to amend an Act for incorporating and granting ag — 
certain Powers to the Worth American Colonial j.cg Bil, 
Association of Jreland, and for explaining, altering 

and enlarging the Provisions thereof, 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 Liverpool 
Act for the Administration of the Laws relating to the Voor Bill. 
Poor in the Parish of Liverpool, in the County of Lan- 
caster, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Stockton and 
Act for the maintaining and better regulating of the neg 
Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, and for incorpo-  Y ~"” 
rating the Proprietors thereof, 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 Lord Sher- 
for discharging the Borough, Hundred and Manor berne’s Estate 
of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, and “** 
other Estates in the same County, from the Portions 
\of the younger Children of the Right honourable 
John Lord Sherborne, and the younger Children of 
the Honourable James Henry Legge Dutton, and 
from the Terms created for raising the same; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl of Devon's 
for authorizing the raising, by Mortgage of the Estate Bill. 
Estates devised by the Will of the Right honourable 
William, late Earl of Devon, a limited Sum of Money, 
to be applied, under the direction of the High Court 
of Chancery, in repaying to the present Earl and 
Lord Courtenay, the whole or a portion of the Monies 
already expended by them for the Repair and Re- 
storation of the Castle of Powderham, and the 
Buildings belonging thereto, and towards completing 
such Repair and Restoration ; and for making Pro- 
vision for Payment of the Interest of the Money so 
to be raised, and also for the Liquidation of the 
Principal ; also for extending the Power to grant 
Building Leases contained in the Will of the said 
late Earl; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Gibson’s 
for effecting a Partition, Division or Allotment of Estate Bill. 
Estates in the Counties of York, Suffolk and Essex, 
devised by the Will of Atkinson Francis Gibson, 
late of Saffron Walden, in the County of Essex, 

Brewer, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 








Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Copyright Bill. 


to the Copyright Bill be taken into consideration No. 370. 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be printed. 


Lord Sherborne’s Estate Bill was read the first Lord Sher- 
time. borne’s Estate 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill was read the first Fat! of Devon’s 
time. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
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Gibson’s Estate Bill was read the first time. | Mr. Greene reported the Customs Bill; and the Customs Bin, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select | Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. ments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
adjourned Debate upon the Amendment, which, upon a : 
Vnday last, was i Suite daniinadies Soaiicn, Mr. Greene reported the British Possessions British Poses. 
“ That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair” [for Abroad Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Do" Abroad 
the House to resolve itself into a Committee upon | @greed to. i at ; 

the Poor Law Amendment Bill]; and which denied _ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ment was to leave out from the word “ That” to the | imgrossed ; and read the third time this day. - 

end of the Question, in order to add the words, Th , i , 
‘ a . e Order of the day being read, for the third Colonial 

5 cmidering the dsvned at of the commer suing ofthe Clonal Passnses Bil; me 
“ with the advanced period of the Session, and the} 5 ee That the Bill be read the third time upon 

“&lt; present state of public business, coupled with the any Sent. 


fact, that the Poor Law Commission expires on| The House, according to Order, resolved itself New South 
the 31st day of the ensuing month, itis the Opinion | into a Committee upon the New South Wales Bill ; Wales Bill, 
of this House, that there is not now sufficient time | and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
to enable Parliament to give that attention and | sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
deliberation to the important changes in the Laws | the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
for the administration of Relief tothe Poor, which ; Amendments thereunto. 
the measure introduced by Her Majesty’s Minis-{ Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
ters imperatively demands; and that it would ; ae 
therefore be more expedient, that measures of a The Order of the day being read, for taking into Rivers (Ire. 
temporary character should be adopted, to meet| further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Jre- land) Bill 
any inconvenience which the expiring provisions land) Bill; 
of existing Laws for the Relief of the Poor may| Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
be deemed to require,” instead thereof. consideration this day. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—The House resumed the said adjourned De- 





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The Stock in Trade Bill was, according to Order, Stock in Trade 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 





ve of the whole House, for this day. 

ate. 

And the Question being put; The District Courts and Prisons Bill was, ac~ District Cours 
The House divided : cording to Order, read a second time; and com- — 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
The Noes te the new Lobby. | day. 
fellers for thef Sir Lhomas Fremantle, } 156,' The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of Evi. 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill ; dence Bil. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 37.| Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
Noes, | Mr. John Fielden: J itself into the said Committee. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr, Speaker do now leave the| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 








Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | mittee on the Municipal Corporations Bill; _ 
the Committeee. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com-~’ 


visions of the Bill to Zreland. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee; 
| and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
p ne of |sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
Crause N° 1, (The Poor Law Commissioners | the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
continued for Five years.) | Amendments thereunto. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


be postponed ; a2 Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
The Committee divided : 


A the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wakley, 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


| ni "No. 874. 
(En the Conensitter:) | mittee, that they have Power to extend the pro 


. me ‘ 74,| sideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
Yeas, Mr. Stuart Wortley : J | amended, to be printed. 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremanile, 206 
Noes, (Mr. Henry Baring : ““v*\ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- writs of Error 
Amendment proposed, To leave out the words | mittee on the Writs of Error Bill ; Bill. 
“ Assistant Commissioners.” | Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


Question put, That the words “ Assistant Com-| resolve itself into the said Committee. 
missioners ” stand part of the Clause ; | 


The Convmittes dreided : | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle,  - mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : f 228 Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Tellers for the (Mr. Benjamin Wood, 1 * solve itself into the said Committee. 
T =] 7 Ay y 6 o. 
Noes, LMr. Wakley : J The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sitagaim. | mittee of Supply ; 





And the House having continued to sit till after | Rrssloed, Shas this Honsnwit, Toteauin, sate 


twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; itself into the said Committee. 
Martis, 28° die Junii, 1842: | _Mr. Greene reported the Municipal Corporations Municipal 
Q : | (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Corporations | 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene’ acreed to. (Ireland) Bill. 


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. 


~ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
‘ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, again | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


for regulating the Priorities of Monies authorized to Approaches 
be Fund Bill, 





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Settle Union. 


London Bridge 


Approaches 
Pind Bill, 


No. 375. 


Lowtherstown, 
&amp;c., Unions, 


No. 376. 


Monies in the 
Exchequer. 


No. 377. 


Printing and 
Stationery . 


No. 378. 


Bribery at 
Elections, * 


Divorce Bills, 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Metropolis 
Roads, 


Lesbazeilley? 
Nat. Bill, 


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be charged on a Fund called ‘‘ The London Bridge 
Approaches Fund :” And that the Earl of Lincoln 
and Sir Thomas Fremantle do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Orders issued by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners to the Board of Guardians of the Setéle 
Union since the 1st day of January last, and of the 
Resolutions adopted by the Board thereon, together 
with the Correspondence between the Poor Law 
Commissioners and the said Board of Guardians 
with respect to the said Orders, up to the present 
time. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill for regulating 
the Priorities of Monies authorized to be charged 
ona Fund called “ The London Bridge Approaches 
Fund :” And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 





Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Lowthers- 
town, &amp;c., Unions, which were presented upon the 
3d and 24th days of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Monies in 
the Exchequer, which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Printing 
and Stationery, which were presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


oe 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 Com- 
mons of the City of Zundon, in Common Council 
assembled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, stating that the Petitioners 
have, with great pain, heard that Bribery, Corruption 
and Intimidation were committed to a large extent 
at the last General Election for Members of the 
House ; and praying that the House will not relax in 
their investigation, and that they will be pleased im- 
mediately to adopt such measures as will tend to 
prevent the same in future, and secure to the people 
the purity and freedom of Election, was read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, 'That the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills have leave to sit this day, till half an hour 
after four of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Sub-committee (No. 2.) of the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills have 
leave to sit this day, till half an hour after four of 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


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 
Sixteenth Report of the Commissioners of the Me- 
tropolis Turnpike-roads north of the Thames :—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon theTable. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- 
turalizing Jean Baptiste Lesbazeilles, and others, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill 

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431 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for na- Roumas’ 
turalizing Pierre Lambert Flavian Rouma, and X*: Bl. 
others, was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Thornely do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to alter DukeofArgy!l’s 
and amend two Acts of the eleventh of King George Estate Bill. 


the Fourth, and seventh of his late Majesty, in re- 
gard to the Estates of Argyll, and to enable John 
Douglas Edward Henry, the present Duke of Argyll, 
to borrow a further Sum of Money, and to make the 
same a charge on the said Estates, and for other 
Purposes, was read the third time. 

F sary That the Bill do pass. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Campbell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the maintaining and better 
regulating of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, 
and for incorporating the Proprietors thereof; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 137. 1. 31. After “ Road” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.), (C.), (D.), CE.) and (F.) 

Criause (A.) “ And whereas near the said road 
substituted by the preceding provision in lieu and 
in the stead of the said road first mentioned in 
such provision, there is standing on property be- 
longing to the said joint stock Company, a cer- 
tain windmill commonly called or known by the 
name of Knowle’s Mill: BE it Enacted, for the 
avoidance of accidents on the road so substituted 
as aforesaid, That the Company shall cause the 
said mill to be disused, as or for a windmill, or 
shall before any use of the same, as or for a wind- 
mill, cause some good or sufficient screen, wall 
or other protection to be made and set up, to the 
satisfaction and under the superintendence, and 
according to the directions of an architect, or other 
competent person to be selected by Two Justices 
of the Peace for the county of Durham, in petty 
sessions assembled, who on application for that 
purpose are hereby required to appoint such per- 
son, and the certificate in writing of the person 
so selected that the works required to be done 
for the pui pose aforesaid have been set up, shall 
in all courts of law, and elsewhere, be deemed 
good and sufficient evidence of the fact without 
any further proof whatsoever; and the same works 
shall for ever thereafter be maintained by the Com- 
pany, their successors or assigns.” 

Crause(B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
before the Company shall.stop up the said first- 
mentioned road in the township of Stranton lead- 
ing to the sea, they shall make (if not already 
done), the access to the sea-shore under the bridge 
at the Burn Brewery, in the said township of 
Stranton, as safe and commodious as circum- 
stances will permit, and to the entire satisfaction 
of a majority of persons who reside within the 
said township, and who are rated to the relief of 
the poor for the same township, assembled at a 
public meeting to be convened by the Company, 
by the public advertisement to be inserted in three 
newspapers usually circulated in the county of 
Durham, each such advertisement to be inserted 
at least ten days before the day of meeting, and 
to specify the hour and place of meeting.” 

Cuauss (C.) “ And whereas the said joint stock 
Company purchased a certain piece of land, upon 
part of which that portion of the Railway of the 
Company which is commonly called the Norton 
curve is situate ; and whereas on other part of the 


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The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockton and 
Hartlepool 
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said piece of land, there stands a certain messuage 
lately used as a public house known by the sign 
of the Junction Inn, and it is expedient that the 
same messuage should be disused as a public 
house, and be converted into a Railway station 
house ; Be it therefore Enacted, That the Com- 
pany shall, within one year after the passing of 
this Act, cause the said messuage to be disused 
as a public house, and shall, within the said year, 
cause the same to be converted into a station 
house, and used for no other purposes than the 
ordinary purposes of a Railway station-house ; 
and in case any breach shall be made in this pre- 
sent provision, then and in such case, and so 
often as the same shall happen, the Company 
shall forfeit the sum of Fifty pounds for every 
offence, and also the sum of Five pounds for every 
day during which any breach shall continue.” 
Ciavuse (D.) “ And whereas the said Norton 
curve crosses a certain highway or road; Now be 
it Enacted, That the Company shall cause good 
and sufficient gates across the said highway or 
road on both sides of the said crossing, or in a 
convenient and proper situation near thereto, or 
in such other situation as shall be directed by the 
Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, to be provided, and at all times hereafter 
maintained and kept in good and proper repair, 
order and condition, and shall at all times here- 
after provide, and employ or cause to be provided 


‘and employed, an active and intelligent person 


to attend solely to the opening and shuttmng of 
such gates, and to the signals hereinafter men- 
tioned, and his sole employment shall be to at- 
tend to the opening ands hutting of such gates, 
and to the said signals, and the said gates shall 
be constantly kept shut by him, except during 
the times when persons passing along the said 
highway or road shall have to cross that portion 
of the said highway or rcad which lies between 
the said gates, and then the same gates shall be 
opened for the purpose of letting such persons 
pass through, unless an engine, carriage or train 


‘ be in view or approaching, and in such case with 


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all speed after the same engine, carriage or train 


shall have passed; and in case the Company shall 
at any time hereafter neglect to maintain and pro- 
vide such good and sufficient gates as aforesaid, 
or shall at any time hereafter neglect to provide 
and employ or cause to be provided or employed, 
such active and intelligent person as aforesaid, 
then and in any such case, and so often as the 
same shall happen, upon complaint made of any 
such neglect to one or more justice or justices of 
the peace, such justice or justices shall summon 
or cause to be summoned the secretary of the 
Company before him or them, and such justice or 
justices may upon hearing the matter (whether 
such secretary shall attend or not), adjudge the 
Company to pay asa penalty any sum not ex- 
ceeding Fifty pounds for every neglect, and also 
any sum not exceeding Five pounds for every day 
during which any such neglect shall continue, 
together with such costs as to such justice or jus- 
tices shall seem fit, and in case the person for the 
time being provided and employed by the Com- 
pany to attend to the opening and shutting of 
such gates, shall at any time refuse, neglect or 
omit to open or shut the gates in the manner 
hereinbefore provided, or shall use any scurrilous 
or abusive language to «ny person requesting or 
desiring to pass through such gates, or shall in the 
opinion of the justice or justices before whom the 
complaint is heard, in any manner misbehave 
himself or neglect his duty, then the person so 
offending shall forfeit and pay as a penalty not 
exceeding Five pounds for every such offence.” 
Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, 'I'hat the per- 
son appointed to watch the gates on the Railway 
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at all times, so as to show whether the road across 
the Railway is open to persons travelling on the 
said road, or not, and in case he shall at any 
time neglect to keep such signals, he shall forfeit 
for every offence any sum not exceeding Five 
pounds.” 

Cuavuse (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That no en- 
gine of the Company shall at any time pass along 
the said Norton curve, or any part thereof, at a 
greater speed than at the rate of six miles an 
hour; and in case any such engine shall at any 
time hereafter pass along such curve, or any part 
thereof, at’a greater speed than at the rate of six 
miles an hour, then the Company shall forfeit and 
pay as a penalty not exceeding Fifty pounds for 
every such offence, and the driver or other person 
having the command of such engine shall forfeit 
and pay as a penalty not exceeding Five pounds 
for every such offence.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bowes 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 establishing a General Ce- Reading _ 
metery for the Interment of the Dead, in the Parish Cemetery Bilt 
of Sonning, near Reading, in the County of Berks, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Plumptre do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for maintaining Cambuslang 

and improving certain Roads in the Counties of and Muirkirk 
saa ae . Roads (No. 2.) 

Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew; for maintaining a Bridge 3). 
over the River Clyde at Dalmarnock, and for other 
Purposes connected therewith : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Blackburn 
take into further consideration the Report which, and Chorley 
upon the 18th day of this instant June, was made ®™4 Bill. 
from the Committee on the Blackburn and Chorley 
Road Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Poo Bille 
intituled, An Act for the Administration of the Laws 
relating to the Poor in the Parish of Liverpool; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 36. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 26. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 19. Leave out “two.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 20. Leave out “two,” and in the same 
line leave out “ four.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 35. Leave out “ elected ” and insert 
“ substituted at such annual meeting.” 
Pr. 15.1. 5. After “delivered” insert “ at.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 16. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
“ And” in 1. ult. 
Pr. 16. 1.2. Leave out from “ vestry” to “ the” 
in 1. 13. 
Pr. 16.1. 27. Leave out from “ vestryman ” to 
“ shall” in 1. 28. 
Pr. 17. 1. 16. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“* and” im |. $2. 
Pr. 20. 1. penult. Leave out “ and of the Com- 
mittees.” 
Pr. 21.1. 22. 
“ and” inl, 27. 
Pr. 22. 1.19. Leave out from “ reasonable” to 
“* subject” in 1. 24. 
Pr. 31. 1. 28. Leave out “and of registrar of 
marriages.” 
Pr. 31.1. 36. Leave out from “ deaths ” to “ in” 
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Pr. 32. 1. 3. Leave out from “deaths 

“ spectively ” in 1. 4. 
r. 32. 1. 18. After “fourth ” insert “and when- 

“ ever any vacancy shall occur in the office of Re- 
‘ gistrar of Marriages in the said parish, the Regis- 
“ trar General shall forthwith fill up such vacancy.” 

Pr, 32. 1. 22. Leave out from “ deaths ” to “in” 
‘in I. 23. 

Pr. 32.1. 34. Leave out from “ deaths” to “ pro- 
“ perly ” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 34. 1, 38. Leave out “ appeals 
“&lt; applications.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 13. Leave out “him” and insert 
“ them.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, thatthis House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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and insert 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Dun- 
mow Union, praying that the Poor Law Amendment 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Holywell Union (Chairman) ; — 
West Derby Union (Chairman) ;— Pocklington Union 
(Chairman) ;—and, John Waddington; praying 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. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
(Gilbert’s 
Unions.) 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of the 
township of Healaugh, praying that the Unions 
formed under Gilbert’s Act may be preserved, was 

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


Petitions from Fennagh ;— Templeshanbo ;—and, 
East Schull; praying the House to devise means 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Zre- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Oaths, Petitions of Charles Josiah Tomkins and others ; 
— Thomas Copland and others;— and, Thomas 
D. Ridley and others; praying the House to make 
provision that no person who objects on religious 
grounds to the takmg of an Oath, may be required 
so to do for any purpose or on any occasion what- 
soever; and that in all cases in which an Oath is 
now required by law, the declaration or promise of 
a person who so objects, may have the same legal 
effect, in giving validity to evidence, as an Oath,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


China and A Petition of Members of the Liverpool Auxiliary 
fghanisten, Peace Society, praying that the House will no longer 
countenance the War at present carried on in China 

and Affghanistan, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mines and Petitions from Featherstone ;—Clark Whitley, of 
Collieries Bill. Zepson, Coal-master ;— Huddersfield ; — Cawthorn ; 
—and, Barnsley ; praying that the Mines and Col- 
lieries Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 


98° Junzz. 


433 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Matlock, in the Maynooth 
county of Derby, praying the House to appoint a College &amp;e. 
commission of inquiry for the purpose of instituting 

a sifting and impartial investigation into the state 

and studies of Maynooth College, with a view to 

the withdrawal of the annual t, if it appear 

that the College is unworthy of support, and that 

the House will adopt such measures as may serve © 

to enforce the protective and restrictive clauses of 

the Roman Catholic Relief Act, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Bribery at 

a Committee upon the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) Elections 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.S eaker (No 2) Bill. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That No.379. 
the Committee had ‘gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Merchants and others, Post-office 
Burgesses of the Borough of Taunton, praying that Communica. 
the House will determine on the establishment of a "°™ 
Packet Station at some point in the Bristol Channel, 

for the conveyance of letters and passengers pro- 

ceeding to and from South Wales and the South of 

Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons in- Tithe on Fish. 
terested in the Pilchard Fishery at Mevagissey, pray- 
ing for the abolition of the Tithe on Fish, was 
ogee and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of the spirits 
town of Youghal, praying the House to introduce a (lreland.) 
Bill for the immediate repeal of so much of the law 
by which Grocers in Jreland are prevented from 
selling Spirits, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


praying for the repeal of the Tithes Commutation tation Act. 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bakers of the town of Belfast, Bakers 
praying the House to pass an Act to regulate the (Ireland. ) 
working hours of Bakers in Ireland, more especially 
the practice of working on the Sabbath, was pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Coal Miners of Garthshary, Inha~ Coal Miners. 

bitants of Holytown, praying the House to pass a 
law causing Miners to be paid for all Coal, whether 
great or small, and that the weights by which their 
employers weigh their labour may be placed at the 
pit bottom or some other convenient place, where 
they may have the liberty of seeing their labour 
weighed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 








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


Earl of Devon’s 


Estate Bill, Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 
the case of the Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Du . 
sated ds Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Estate Bill, Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in 


the case of the Duke cf Cleveland’s Estate Bill, no 


Standing Orders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Vou. 97. 











Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pensions 
Returns of the Names of all Persons to whom Pen- (Ireland.) 
sions were granted as Compensation for any Office 
held in Ireland, at or previous to the Act of Union, 
with the Amount granted in each case :—And, of 
the Names of the Persons now receiving such Pen- 
sions, together with the Amount payable to each 
Person. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Exchequer 
Return of the Advances of Exchequer Bills under Bills. 
the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, for Public Works during 
3K the 





A Petition of James Henry Scudamore Burr, M. A., Tithes Commu: 








































































Charitable 
Institutions 


(Dublin.) 


Southampton 


Town Election. 


Dundalk Union. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Treland) Bill. 


Flection 
Proceedings. 


43.4 


the Three years ended the 31st day of December 
1841, in Loan Accounts (in continuation, with de- | 
tails, of the Parliamentary Paper, No. 160, of Ses- 
sion 1839). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of the Reports of George Nicholls, Esquire, 
one of the Poor Law Commissioners, to the Right 


28° Junzz. 





A. 1842. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Roebuck, 1 oe 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: J : 
Tellers for the/ Sir Robert Harry Inglis, a7 
Noes, Colonel Sibthorp: . eas 


| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


honourable Lord Eliot, bearing date the 19th day! Ordered, That John Walter, Esquire, be called to 


of May 1842, on the following Institutions in Dublin, | the bar, and that the said Resolution be communi- 
receiving Grants from the Public Funds, viz. :— | cated to him by Mr. Speaker. 


1. Foundling Hospital, Dublin; 2. House of In- 
dustry, Dublin. 


Mr. Walter was called to the bar accordingly ; 
and Mr. Speaker communicated to him the said 


Lord Eliot accordingly presented the said Papers. | Resolution :—And then he was directed to withdraw. 


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


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee Election 
on Election Proceedings; That they had proceeded Proceedings, 


Mr. Stuart Wortley, from the Select Committee to the consideration of the matters referred to them 
. ? 


on the Southampton Town Election, informed the 
House, That John Bennett Luce was summoned by 
the Chairman on Friday the 24th instant, to attend 
and give evidence before the Committee yesterday, 
the 27th instant, at twelve o’clock ; that upon his 
name being called yesterday, and again this morn- 
ing, at the meeting of the Committee, he did not 
appear, nor has he taken any notice of the said 
summons of the Committee; the Committee had 
therefore directed him to report the same to the 
House. 

Ordered, That John Bennett Luce do attend this 
House upon Thursday next. 


| by the House, and having in the prosecution of the 
/inquiry in which they are engaged found it neces- 
sary to obtain the evidence of Alexander Baillie 
| Cochrane, Esquire, one of the Members for the 
Borough of Bridport, the Chairman was directed 
by the Committee (as in the case of the other 
Members who have attended this Committee, and 
given evidence before it), to address a Letter to Mr. 
Cochrane, requesting him to attend the Committee 
on Wednesday next, the 29th instant, at eleven of 
the clock, and to bring with him all papers and do- 
cuments in his possession relating to the last Elec- 
tion for the Borough of Bridport; such a Letter was 
addressed to Mr. Cochrane yesterday, the 27th in- 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, ‘pcone and on the Committee meeting this morning, 


Copies of the Minutes of Proceedings of the Board | 


pursuant to adjournment, the following Answer was 


of Guardians of the Dundalk Union, relative to |received from Mr. Cochrane : 


two Pauper Children, Sarah and William Mont- | 


gomery ;—And, of all Correspondence between the 
said Board of Guardians or the Chaplains of the 


“ Sir, 
| “T beg to acknowledge the receipt of the Letter 
| which you have transmitted to me, from the Select 


Workhouse of the said Union, or of any other | Committee of Election Proceedings, requesting me 


Parties, and the Poor Law Commisssioners, or their 
Assistant Commissioners, relating to the case of 
the said Paupers. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the third 
and fourth years of Her present Majesty, for the 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the attend- 
ance of John Walter, Esquire ; 

And the House being informed, That Mr. Walter 
attended at the door; he was called in. 

The House was moved, That the Report which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Election Proceedings, might be read ; and the same 
was read. 

Whereupon Mr. Walter assured the House, that 
in refusing to attend the Committee he was very far 
from intending any disrespect to the House; that 
he was desirous of laying before the Committee the 
fullest explanation in his power of all transactions 
in which he was personally concerned connected 
with the late Election for Nottingham; that he had 
declined compliance with the order to attend before 
a court, the presiding Member of which had used 
expressions of so much personal hostility as the 
Member for Bath had used respecting him ; and 
that having with all deference to the House made 
these observations, which he hoped would be con- 
sidered in the nature of a respectful protest, he sub- 
mitted himself to any Order which the House might 


think proper to make:—And then he was directed 
to withdraw. 


to appear before them on Wednesday the 29th in- 
| stant, and to bring with me all the papers and do- 
/cuments in my possession relative to the last Elec- 
| tion for the Borough of Bridport. Having bestowed 
| the fullest consideration upon your Letter, I beg most 
respectfully to decline complying with the request 
of the Committee. 
“ | have the honour to remain, Sir, 

“ Your very obedient servant, 
“ Alexander Baillie Cochrane. 

“4, Burlington Gardens, 
| “ Tuesday, June 28, 12 o'clock. 
“« J. A. Roebuch, Esq. m.v., &amp;e. Ke.” 

The Committee on the receipt of this letter, re- 
solved to report the circumstances to the House, in 
order that the House might take such steps in the 
‘matter as to them might seem fit. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose 

and Mr. Lynch: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Convention between Her Majesty and the Republic 
of Hayti, for the more effectual Suppression of the 
Slave Trade : 


fectually carrying into effect Treaties and Conven- 
tions with Foreign States for suppressing the Slave 
Trade : 








A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That John Walter, Esquire, do attend and give Evi- 
dence before the Select Committee on Election Pro- 
ceedings To-morrow, at eleven o’clock ; 


ing the Town and Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
r Suffolk: Aud also, a 











A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect a Slave Trace 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for better and more ef- Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect Slave Tele : 
the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine Abolition ( 
Confederation for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: eration) Bill 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend, alter and en- Sudbury 
large the Powers and Provisions of an Act for paving, — 
lighting, cleansing, watching, watering and improv- ~~ * 





Publ 
Bill. 























27s 

































































Cu 















































































































































’ 


Public Houses 
Bill. 

















































Testimony 
Perpetaating 
Bill. 


Seeds: 


Customs Bill. 


na 


Ar- 
\fe- 


ill. 


nt 





6 Vicroriz. 


98°—29" Junie. 








435 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | by leaving out “ 16s.” and inserting “ 4s.” instead 
Act for the Transfer of Licenses and Regulation of | thereof. 


Public Houses, with Amendments; towhich Amend- 


And the Question being put, That “16s.” stand 


ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | part of the Bill; 


House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for perpetuating Testimony in certain cases; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 





A Petition of George Charlwood, and others, | 
trading in Garden and Agricultural Seeds, and also | 
Market Gardeners who sow extensively of various | 
Seeds for the supply of the London market, praying | 
that the proposed reduction of the duties on Onion | 
Seed may have effect from the time of passing the 
Customs Bill, with other Seeds in the Schedule, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating to 
the Customs, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider (Drawback to be allowed 
on coal exported for consumption on board British 
steam vessels) :—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 thef Mr. Jervis, 

Yeas, Sir Charles Napier : } 

Tellers for theJ Sir Thomas Fremanile, 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : } 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider, (Proviso of Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 93, for ascertaining and taking the average price of 
Sugar of the British Possessions in America, ex- 
tended to Sugar of the British Possessions within the 
limits of the East India Company’s Charter) :—-And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read, with 
a blank ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


42 
80. 


House :—The House accordingly resolved itself into | 


the Committee; and, after some time spent therein,. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in Pr. 53.1. 25., by leaving out after the word 
“ Onion” the words “ from and after the 5th day 
“ of July 1843.” 

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 { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 93 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: } ai 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 3 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Humphery } 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } _ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, \ 
Noes, Mr. Alderman Humphery :J “* 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill toamend the Laws for the Re- British Posses- 
gulation of the Trade of the British Possessions sions Abroad 
Abroad, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 

the Bill, by way of Rider, (Exemption on Wheat 

Flour imported into Canada to be further continued) : 

—-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 thef Mr. Tufnell, 

Yeas, Mr. Vernon Smith: 
Tellers for the) Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 17. 1. 16., by leaving out from the word 
“forces” to the end of |. 31. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 


83. 
} 160. 


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


Mercurii, 29° die Junii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


} 105. 


Yeas, _Mr. Pringle : 
Tellers for theJ Mr. Milner Gibson, 1 36 
Noes, Mr. Hume: | Bins 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manchester, 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton oe 
Police Bill; Police Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for i into Dean Forest 
further consideration the Report on the Dean Forest Ecclesiastical 
Ecclesiastical Districts Bill; Steatete SM. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 





Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 92. |. 3. 
| Of or from | Of and from 
Foreign British 
Countries. | Possessions. 





£3. d.| £8. d. 
Corks, squared for rounding - the cwt. - 16 -_ -16 - 








to the Copyright Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Jaw Amendment Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- _ 
solve itself into the said Committee. 





Vou. 97. 


3K2 Mr. 


ga eT A OAT SES 
SE REISS SST 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Copyright Bill. 


New South 
Wales Bill. 


Rivers (Tre- 
Jand) Bill. 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


District Courts 
and Prisons 
Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


Keighley 
Union, 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Slave Vessels. 


436 


Mr. Greene reported the New South Wales 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 Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Stock in Trade Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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 into 
a Committee upon the District Courts and Prisons 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the allegations as to the management 
of the Poor in the Keighley Union, contained in 
the Reports of Sir John Walsham and Mr. Mott. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 
day. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 10th, 
14th, 16th, 17th, 20th and 21st days 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 pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House, that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Clerk presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of June 
last, for a Return of Slave Vessels brought before 
the several Courts of Mixed Commission, or before 
any British Vice Admiralty Court, for adjudication, 


between the 1st day of January 1840 and the 31st | 


day of December 1841, with the Name of the cap- 
turing Ship and the Commander thereof, describing 
the Flag under which each Vessel was seized ; dis- 
tinguishing those under the late Treaty with Spain 


28°-—29° Juni. 


A. 1849. 


-sioners of the Admiralty have deemed a proper Price 
for the same (so far as can be made out at the Fo- 
| reign Office.) 

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


| Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined (Thirty-fourth 
the Petitions presented from the 22d to the 24th “*Pr) 
days of this instant June, both days 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. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend the Prisons Bip, 
Laws concerning Prisons: And the same was read y, 380 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second satiate 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Gold Coin, Gold Coin, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 381. 


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





— 


Mercurii, 29° die Junii; 
&gt;] 


Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE from the Lords, by Sir William Message from 
Horne and Sir George Rose : the Laks, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the several Stourbridge 
Roads leading to and from the Market-house in Roads Bill. 
Stourbridge, in the County of Worcester, and several 
other Roads connected with the said Roads, in the 
Counties of Worcester, Stafford and Salop : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- Bromyard 
taining several Roads leading from the Town of Reads Bill. 
Bromyard, in the County of Hereford, and other 
Roads adjoining thereto, in the said County, and in 
the County of Worcester, and for making several 
New Lines of Road connected therewith, in the same 
Counties: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Ashtor's 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to dis- Divorce Bill. 
solve the Marriage of William Ashton, —. with 
Anne Jane, otherwise Jane Anne, his now Wife, and 
to enable him to marry again, and for other Pur- 
poses therein mentioned, without any Amendment : 
| And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Justices’ Juris 
to confirm certain Proceedings which may have been diction Act 
had after the passing of the Act, intituled, “ An Act —_— 
to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and =~ 








d under the Act 2 and 3 Vi 73: th Quarter Sessions of the Peace ;” to which the Lords 
and under the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 73; the reg 


. gistered | desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
Tonnage of each Vessel as well as that by British | the Messengers withdrew. 


admeasurement ; and if Slaves on board, stating the | 
Number at the time of Seizure, the date of the de- | 


‘ . i Lutr hi . 3. b ! 
cretal part of the Sentence, whether Forfeiture or |). 1 ne Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads (No. 2.) Comes 


and Muirkirk 


Restitution, with the Amount of Proceeds of Sale 
or of Costs awarded, the Expenses of Condemnation 


and of breaking up of each Vessel ; the period when | 


the Proceeds for distribution were paid into the Re- 


gistry of the High Court of Admiralty, and when the | 


same was paid to the Captors :—Also, an Account of 
all Claims for the several Bounties or Tonnage be- 
tween the Ist day of January 1840 and the 31st day 
of December 1841, and of all Slave Vessels that have 
been taken into Her Majesty’s Service, under the 
Provisions of the Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 73; stating 
the appraised or estimated Value of the same, the 
registered Tonnage as well as that by British ad- 
measurement, and the Sums which the Commis- 


Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
|and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
| mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Parties have leave to proceed 
with the Bill, on publishing once, in some Newspaper 
of the County of Lanark, a Notice of the Provisions 
of the Bill; and that such Notice be proved in the 
‘Committee on the Bill; and that such Committee 

have leave to sit on or after Thursday the 7th day 
of July next. 


Roads (No. 2+) 
Bill. 


Mr. Gally Knight reported from the Committee Leeds Basil 
on the Leeds Burial Grounds (re-committed) - GaSe 
a 








Rating of 
Tenements. 


Mines and — 
Collieries Bill. 


Maynooth 
College, &amp;c. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Chorley 
Road Bill. 


rise 


Divorce Bills. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
ewerage 


(Ne. 2.) Bill. 


ik 
). 2) 


Dake of 
Cleveland’s 
Estate Bill. 


Athlone 
ial Election. 
sill. 


6 VicTorRiz. 


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 Magistrates acting in and for the 
division of Hoxne, in the county of Norfolk, praying 
that the owners of all cottages and hereditaments of 
the value of six pounds per annum, and under, may 
be assessed to the payment of the poor-rates, in lieu 
of the tenants and occupiers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Messrs. Simpson, Rostrow, and Co., 
Lessees of Coal Mines in the township of Oswald- 
wistle, in the county of Lancaster ;—and, Chairman 
ofa Meeting of Mine-owners in South Staffordshire ; 
praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester ;—and, Denby; praying 
the House to appoint a commission of inquiry for 
the purpose of instituting a sifting and impartial 
investigation into the state and studies of Maynooth 
College, with a view to the withdrawal of the annual 
grant, should it appear that the College is unworthy 
of support; and also that the House will adopt 
such measures as may serve to enforce and carry 
into effect the protective and restrictive Clauses of 
the Roman Catholic Relief Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


26° Juniz. 























437 


present Parliament for the Borough of Ath/one, stat 
ing that he the said Daniel Henry Farrell, did not 


intend to defend his Return for the said Borough. 
And the said Letter was read, as followeth : 


“ To the Right honourable the Speaker 
‘ of the House of Commons. 
“ ir, 

“T hereby declare that it is not my intention to 
defend my Election or Return for the Borough of 
Athlone. 

“ Dan. H. Farrell. 
“54, Parliament-street, 27th June 1842.” 


A Petition of Ministers and Messengers of the Oaths, 
Yorkshire West Riding, the Lancashire and the 
Cheshire Associations of Baptist Churches, assem- 
bled in Rochdale, praying the House to make pro- 
vision that no person of any religious denomination, 
who objects on religious grounds to the taking of an 
Oath, may be required so to do for any purpose, or 
for any occasion whatsoever, and that in all cases in 
which an Oath is now required by law, the declara- 
tion or promise of a person who so objects, may have 
the same legal effect as an Oath, in giving validity 
to evidence, in qualifying for public situations and 
professions, and in all other respects, the falsehood 
of a declaration or the breach of a promise made in 
lieu of an Oath, being made punishable in the same 
manner as perjury, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashbourn, in the 
county of Derby, praying the House to withdraw 
every kind of public support from the College of} 
Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the borough of Sudbury, 
praying that the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill may 
not pass into a law, or that if some alteration is 
deemed necessary for the public good, that the 
House will extend the franchise to all persons resid- 
ing within the hundred of Babergh, in the county of 
Suffolk, or within a limited distance of the borough, 
having the qualification required as electors for cities 
and boroughs, under the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 45, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining as 
Turnpike the Road leading from the Preston and 
Blackburn Turnpike-road, at Finnington, to the 
Township of Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce 
Bills have leave to sit this day, till half an hour 
after four of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 

‘oateth Park Paving and Sewerage (No. 2.) Bill; 
That the Order of the House of the 14th day of this 
instant June 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. 


The Duke of Cleveland’s Estate Bill was read a 


second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Letter from Daniel Henry Farrell, Es- 


A Petition of Traders, Householders and Inhabit- Waterloo, &amp;c. 


| ants of the southern districts of the borough of Fins- Bridges. 


bury, and its environs, praying the House to adopt 

measures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 

upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vaurhall Bridges, 

64 presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
fable. 


Petitions from Clonmeen ;—and, Ballyclough and Education 
Castlemagner ; praying the House to devise means (Ireland.) 
for affording encouragement to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Members of the Holmfirth Reform Distress. 
Association, complaining of Distress, and praying 
for relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of William Roberts, Anatomy Act. 
relative to the Anatomy Act, which was presented 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. 





A Petition of Subscribers to and Managers of the Medical 
Arklow Dispensary and Fever Hospital, in the county oe 
of Wicklow, praying that the House will not alter ‘"e!#4-) 
the present mode of carrying on the Medical Chari- 
ties of Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
|to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Ha/l- Poor Law 
sted Union, praying that the Poor Law Amendment Amendment 
Bill may not pass into law, as it now stands, was 


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


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, East India. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of May last, No. 390. 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Working Working 
Classes (Queen’s Letter), which was presented upon ee 
the 31st day of May last, be printed. No, 383. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Letters of Letters of 
Marque, which was presented upon the 8th day of Msrave- 
this instant June, be printed. No. 384. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave Slave Trade. 
Trade, which was presented upon the 14th day of No.385, 








quire, who is returned a Burgess to serve in this | this instant June, be printed. 


VoL. 97, 


3K 3 Ordered, 












































Slave Vessels, 
No. 385. 
London and 


Dublin Com- 
munication. 


No. 386. 
Malt Drawback. 
No. 387. 


Metropolis 
Roads. 


No. 388. 
Charitable 


Institutions 
(Dublin. ) 


No. 389. 


Public 
Accounts. 


Canada. 


Justices’ Juris- 
diction Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


No. 382, 


Election 
Proceedings. 


438 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Ves- 
sels, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to London and 
Dublin Communication, which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt Draw- 
back, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Sixteenth Report of the Com- 
missioners of Metropolis Roads, which was pre- 
sented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Charitable 
Institutions (Dublin), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Commissioners of Audit, stating 
the Date of the last Account of each Department 
audited by them, and the reasons why delay, if any, 
has taken place in the Audit of the several Accounts 
in arrear. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Seaton of a Despatch from the Governor General of 
Canada to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of 
the 20th day of January last, relative to the Surrender 
of Nelson Hackett, a Person of Colour, on the de- 
mand of the Authorities of the United States, as a 
Fugitive from Justice:—And of the Colonial Act 
3 Will. 4, An Act for the Apprehension of Fugitive 
Offenders from Foreign Countries, and delivering 
them up to Justice. 
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 Justices’ Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 


—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 


90°— 30° Juniz. 


A. 18492. 


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. Roebuck, 
Mr. Hawes: 
Colonel Szbthorp, 
Mr. Escott : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


parz. 


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| Tellers for the Yeas, 


| Tellers for the N oes, 


The House was moved, That the Report which flection 


'was yesterday made from the Select Committee on Proceedings, 


Election Proceedings, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Alexander Baillie Cochrane, 
Esquire, one of the Members for the Borough of 
Bridport, do attend before the Select Committee on 
Election Proceedings, and give Evidence upon Mon- 
day next :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed ygen, 
to search the Journals for precedents in respect of 
any Member of this House being compelled, by an 
Order of the House, to give Evidence before the 
House, or any Committee appointed by the House: 
—And a Committee was appointed of Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Sir George Grey, Sir George 
Clerk, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Charles Wood, 
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Mr. Bernal and Mr. 
Greene. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


bers. 





| 
| . ° 
The ingrossed Bill to exclude the Borough of sudbury Dis. 


| Sudbury from sending Burgesses to serve in Parlia- franchisement 
| ment, was, according to Order, read the third time. Bil. 


i 


| 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 


and committed to a Committee of the whole House, | To-morrow. 


for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee 
on Election Proceedings; That on their first pro- 
ceeding to the investigation of the matters referred 
to thein by the House, the Committee, after mature 
consideration of the best mode of carrying on the 
inquiry in which they were about to engage, unani- 
mously resolved, “That it was desirable, for the in- 
terest of the inquiry and all parties concerned, that 
no person should be present, except the Witness 
under examination :” 

The Committee have hitherto been able to carry 
out in practice the course which to them had seemed 
so hecessary for the due discharge of the duty dele- 
gated to them: but the Committee having now rea- 
son to believe that the right of Members of the 
House to be present at their proceedings will be in- 
sisted on, have unanimously resolved to direct their 
Chairman to call the attention of the House to the 
subject, in the hope, that on this statement of their 
unanimous Opinion, the course they have adopted 
will be sanctioned by the House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report do lie upon the 
Table ; 

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, 
“ Order for appointing the Select Committee on 
“ Election Proceedings, be discharged,” instead 
thereof. 





| Jovis, 30° die Juni; 


| PRAYERS. 


| M R. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law Poor Law 
(4 Commissioners, was called in ; and at the bar A™e"dme* 
presented, pursuant to Order, —a Copy of a Circular 
Letter, dated the 26th day of May 1842, addressed 
by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Guardians 
of certain Unions in the Coal Mining Districts, on 
the subject of apprenticing pocr children to work 
ina Coal Mine ; together with Copies of the Answers 
returned thereto :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
&gt; 3 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and British and — 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Return Irish Fisheries. 
of the Amount paid for the Encouragement of the 
British Fisheries between 1809 and 1819, both years 
inclusive, in Bounties, Expenses of Establishment, 
|including Salaries and all other Expenses, as well 
‘as Grants for building Piers and Shelter Harbours, 
|and repairing the Boats of Poor Fishermen in Sco¢- 
land :—The same from 1819 to 1829 :—The same 
from 1829 to the present time, including the Amount 
of any Loans or Grants to poor Fishermen :—The 
Amount of Bounties and other Expenses of the 
Irish Fishery Establishment, from 1819 to 1830 :— 
And the Amount paid for the Encouragement of 
the Jrish Fisheries, since the 4th of September 

1830, 




















6 Victroriz. 


1830, under the Directors General of Inland Navi- 
gation, and the Commissioners for the Promotion 
and Extension of Public Works ; stating, in detail, 
the Particulars of the Purposes to which it was ap- 
plied, showing also the Funds and how derived. 

An Account of the Amount of Deficiency Bills 
issued to the Bank of England since the 5th day 
of January 1839, stating the rate per cent. of Interest 
paid to the Bank on the same, and the Aggregate 
Amount of Interest paid for such Deficiency Bills, 
in each of the Three years ended the 5th day of 
January 1840, 1841 and 1842, (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 260 of Session 1839.) 

An Account of the Total Amount of Exchequer 
Bills outstanding and unprovided for on the 5th day 
of January and the 5th day of July, in the years 1839, 
1840, 1841 and 1842; stating also the rate of In- 
terest per diem on Exchequer Bills, at each of those 
periods (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 260 of Session 1839):—And, a Statement of 
the rate of Premium at which Exchequer Bills were 
sold in the Market at each of the above periods. 

A Return of the Names of the Commissioners of 
Highland Roads and Bridges, with the Dates of 
their several Appointments, and the Places of their 
usual Residences :— A similar Return with regard 
to the Officers of the Board, and their respective 
Salaries :—Returns of the several Meetings of the 
Board of Commissioners (exclusive of any General 
Meeting for the purpose of considering their Annual 
Parliamentary Report) in each year, from 1831 to 
1841 inclusive, specifying the attendance of Com- 
missioners on each occasion, and the Places at which 
such Meetings have been held: — And, stating 
whether the Annual Reports made to Parliament by 
the Commissioners have been submitted, in each of 
the aforesaid years, to a general Meeting of the 
Board, and showing the attendance of Commis- 
sioners on such occasions. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A List of all 
Pensions granted between the 20th day of June 
1841 and the 20th day of June 1842, and charged 
upon the Civil List :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Deficiency 
Bills. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 





Highland Roads 
and Bridges. 


Pensions. 


Fisheries Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 

(Ireland) Bill. Fisheries (Ireland) Bill have leave to sit this day, 
till half an hour after four of the clock during the 
sitting of the House. 


London Bridge 
Approaches and 
Royal Exchange 
Avenues Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for further extending the Ap- 
proaches to London Bridge and the Avenues adjoin- 
ing to the Royal Exchange, in the City of London, 
and for amending the Acts relating thereto respec- 
tively, 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 further extending the Ap- 
proaches to London Bridge and the Avenues adjoin- 
ing to the Royal Exchange, in the City of London, 
and for amending the Acts relating thereto respec- 
tively, and for raising a Sum of Money towards 
opening a Street to Clerkenwell Green, in the County 
of Middlesex, in continuation of the new Street 
from Farringdon-street, in the City of London. 


30° Juni. 


439 


ment to the Schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for Zreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others, Lagan Navi- 
Inhabitants of the town of Belfast, praying that gation Bill. 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Lagan Naviga- 
tion Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Select 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 providing additional Burying Leeds Burial 
Grounds in the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding Grounds Bill. 
of the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aldam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for better paving and improving Toxteth Park 
the Streets and Highways within the Extra-parochial Paving and 
Place of Torteth Park, in the County Palatine of 3¢"™8"). 

: 4 (No. 2,) Bill. 
Lancaster, and for the Sewerage of certain parts of 
the said Place, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Aldam do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Hailsham Union, Rating of 
praying that proprietors of cottages under the value Tenements- 
of six pounds per annum may themselves be made 

liable to be rated for such cottages in future, instead 

of the occupiers, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North American 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Colonial Asso- 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act for incorporating —— 
and granting certain Powers to the North American 
Colonial Association of Ireland, and for explaining, 
altering and enlarging the Provisions thereof ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 19.1. 6. After “ been” insert “ made.” 
Pr. 23. 1. 36. After “ last” imsert “ known.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 7. Leave out “ however” and insert 
howsoever.” 
Pr. 38. 1. 2. After “ Act” insert “ or either of 
them.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 26. Leave out from “ appoint” to 
and” in |. 35., and insert Clause (A.) 
Criavuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no de- 
termination or resolution at any ordinary meeting, 
on any matters except such as are directed by this 
Act to be transacted at any ordinary meeting, 
shall be binding upon the Company, unless either 
the same be confirmed by a subsequent meeting, 
of which meeting and of which determination or 
resolution reasonable notice shall be given by the 
Secretary of the Company, or unless special no- 
tice of such extraordinary matters be given ‘in 
the advertisement convening such first-mentioned 
ordinary meeting.” 
Pr. 42. 1. 20. Leave out from “‘ Company” to 
and” in ], 24., and insert ‘‘ by this Act autho- 











Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the Bill | “ rized.” 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Pr. 48. 1. 20. After “ not” insert “ there.” 
Pr. 48. 1.21. After “ present” insert “ as afore- 

Fisheries Petitions of Inhabitants of New Ross ;—and,|“ said.” 

(Ireland) Bill. Fishermen of the Rivers Barrow and Nore, residing Pr. 49. 1. 38. After “ said” insert “ and the 
in the counties of Kilkenny and Wexford; praying |“ said retiring Directors, any and every of them, 
that the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass into |“ shall be eligible for re-election, either immediately 
a law, as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; |“ or at any future time.” 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. Pr. 63. 1. 2. Leave out “ auditor” and insert 

“ auditors,’ and in the same line after “ out” in- 

Education A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the pa-|sert “ and each of them.” 

Ireland.) ish of Kilshannick, in the county of Cork, praying Pr. 70. 1. 22. Leave out “ such.” 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- Pr. 70. 1. penult. Leave out “ half.” 

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Pr. 74. 1. 29. After “ same” insert Clauses (B.), 
(C.) (D.), (E.), (F.), (G.), (H.), (L.), (K.), (L.), (M.) 
and (N.) 

Crause (B.) “ And for the purpose of providing 
for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures imposed 
by this Act, or by any bye-law made in pursuance 
thereof, the recovery of which is not otherwise 
provided for: BE it Enacted, That every such 
penalty or forfeiture may be recovered by sum- 
mary proceeding upon complaint made before 
Two or more Justices, and on the complaint being 
made to any such Justice, he shall issue a sum- 
mons requiring the party complained against to 
appear on a day, and at a time and place to be 
named in such summons, and every such sum- 
mons shall be served on the party offending, either 
in person or by leaving the same with some in- 
mate at his usual place of abode, and either upon 
the appearance or upon the default to appear of 
the party offending, it shall be lawful for any Two 
or more Justices to proceed to the hearing of the 
complaint, and although no information in writing 
or in print shall have been exhibited before them, 
and upon proof of the offence, either by the con- 
fession of the party complained against or upon 
the oath of one credible witness or more, it shall 
be lawful for any Two or more Justices to commit 
the offender, and upon such conviction to adjudge 
the offender to pay the penalty or forfeiture incurred, 
as well as such costs attending the conviction, as 
such Justices shall think fit.” 


Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That if forth- 
with upon any such adjudication as aforesaid, the 
amount of the penalty or forfeiture, and of such 
costs as aforesaid, be not paid, the amount of such 
penalty and costs, together with the costs of the 
distress, shall be levied by distress, and any Two 
Justices shall issue their warrant of distress ac- 
cordingly.” 

Cuavuses (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Justices to order any offender 
so convicted as aforesaid to be detained and kept 
in safe custody until return can be conveniently 
made to the warrant of distress to be issued for 
levying such penalty or forfeiture and costs, un- 
less the offender give sufficient security, by way 
of recognizance or otherwise, to the satisfaction 
of the Justices, for his appearance before them 
on the day appointed for such return, such day 
not being more than eight days from the time of 
taking such security, but if, before issuing such 
warrant of distress, it shall appear to the Justices 
by the admission of the offender or otherwise, 
that no sufficient distress can be had whereon to 
levy such penalty or forfeiture and costs, they 
may if they think fit, refrain from issuing such 
warrant of distress, and in such case or if such 
warrant shall have been issued, and upon the re- 
turn thereof such insufficiency as aforesaid shall 
be made to appear to the Justices, then such Jus- 
tices shall, by warrant, cause such offender to be 
committed to gaol, there to remain without bail 
for any term not exceeding Three months, unless 
such penalty or forfeiture and costs be sooner 
paid and satisfied.” 


Crause (E.) “ And with respect to the appli- 
cation of any penalties or forfeitures recovered 
by virtue of this Act, the application whereof is 


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not herein otherwise provided for: Be it Enacted, 
That the Justices by whom any such penalty or 
forfeiture shall be imposed shall award one-half 
thereof to the informer and the other haif to the. 
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A. 1842. 


parish or district, and shall order the same to b 
paid over to the proper officer for that purpose.” 

Cuause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That no per- 
son shall be liable to the payment of any penalty 
or forfeiture imposed by virtue of this Act for any 
offence hereinbefore made cognizable before a 
Justice, unless the complaint respecting such 
offence shall have been made before such Justice 
within Six months next after the commission of 
such offence.” 

Crause (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any Justice to summon any person 
to appear before him as a witness in any matter 
in which such Justice shall have jurisdiction under 
the provisions of this Act, at a time and place 
mentioned in such summons, and to administer 
to him an oath to testify the truth in such matter ; 
and if any person who shall be summoned as a 
witness before any Justice touching any offence 
committed against this Act, or any matter in 
which such Justice shall have jurisdiction by the 
provisions of this Act, shall, without reasonable 
excuse, refuse or neglect to appear at the time 
and place appointed for that purpose, having been 
paid or tendered a reasonable sum for his expenses, 
or if any person appearing shall refuse to be exa- 
mined upon oath or to give evidence before such 
Justice, every such person shall forfeit a sum not 
exceeding Five pounds for every such offence.” 

Cravse (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Justices before whom any person shall be con- 
victed of any offence against this Act, may cause 
the conviction to be drawn up according to the 
form in the Schedule (G.) to this Act annexed.” 

Cuause (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That no pro- 
ceeding in pursuance of this Act shall be quashed 
or vacated for want of form, nor shall the same 
be removed by certiorari or otherwise into any of 
the superior courts.” 

Cravuse (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
in this Act any sum of money, whether in the 
nature of penalty or otherwise is directed to be 
levied by distress, such sum of money shall be 
levied by distress and sale of the goods and 
chattels of the party liable to pay the same, and 
the overplus arising from the sale of such goods 
and chattels, after satisfying such sum of money 
and the expenses of the distress and sale, shall 
be returned on demand to the party whose goods 
shall have been distrained.” 


Cravuse (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That no dis- 
tress levied by virtue of this Act shall be deemed 
unlawful, nor shall any party making the same 
be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect 
or want of form in the summons, conviction, 
warrant of distress or other proceeding relating 
thereto, nor shall such party be deemed a tres- 
passer ab initio on account of any irregularity 
afterwards committed by him; but all persons 
aggrieved by such defect or irregularity, may 
recover full satisfaction for the special damage in 
an action upon the case.”’ 


Cravse (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
person shall think himself aggrieved by any deter- 
mination or adjudication of any justice under the 
provisions of this Act, he may appeal to the 
general quarter sessions for the county in which 
the cause of appeal shali have arisen; but no 
such appeal shall be entertained unless it be made 
within four months next after the making such 
determination or adjudication, aud unless ten 
days’ notice in writing of such appeal, stating the 
nature and grounds thereof, be given to the party 
against whom the appeal shall be brought, and 
unless the appellant forthwith after such notice 
enter into recognizances, with two sufficient 
sureties before a justice conditioned duly to pro- 
secute such appeal, and to abide the order of the 
court thereon.” 

CLAUSE 








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Cravse (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That at the 
quarter sessions for which such notice shall be 
given, the court shall proceed to hear and deter- 
mine the appeal in a summary way, or they may, 
if they think fit, adjourn it to the following 
sessions, and upon the hearing of such appeal, the 
court may if they think fit mitigate any penalty 
or forfeiture, or they may confirm or quash the 
adjudication, and ordér any money paid by the 
appellant, or levied by distress upon his goods, 
to be returned to him, and may also order such 
further satisfaction to be made to the party 
injured as they may judge reasonable, and they 
may make such order concerning the costs both 
of the adjudication and of the appeal as they may 
think reasonable.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 32. After “ Westminster’ 
Dublin, as the case may require.” 

Pr. 80.1. 9. After “ place” insert “in England 
or Ireland.” 

Pr. 80. 1.30. Leave out from “ the,” to the first 
the” in 1. 31., and insert “ North American Co- 
lonial Association of Ireland, in the preamble to 
this Act mentioned and described.” 

In Schedule (C.) 

Pr. 82. 1. 21. Leave out “ the blank year” and 
insert “ or Session of Parliament held in the fifth 
“ and sixth years.” 

After Schedule (F.) annexed to the Bill, insert 
a new Schedule called Schedule (G.) 


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the County of L., [here describe the offence gene- 
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The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
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Difficulties and 
ngers, 


A Petition of the President of the Congress of the 
Rational Society, held in the Harmony Hall, in the 
county of Hants, stating that the Members of the 
said society, are deeply impressed with the Diffi- 
culties and Dangers in which all classes are in- 
volved in Great Britain and Ireland, and that they | 
have discovered the causes and the remedies for | 
them ; and praying the House to appoint a Parlia- 
mentary Commission or Committee, or to adopt any 
other more efficient mode, as it may deem best, to 


30° Junie. 


General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace : 


bona fide made to Agents intrusted with Goods : 


of the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, and for 
incorporating the Proprietors thereof : 








441 


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 ri 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 to continue until the fifth day of April Assessed Taxes 
one thousand eight hundred and Forty-four, Compo- Bill. 
sitions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend the Laws 
relating to the Land and Assessed Taxes : 


An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Slave Trade 


Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for ry ei 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade : CoE seretien) 
Bill. 


An Act for carrying into effect a Convention Slave Trade 


between Her Majesty and the Republic of Hayti, Suppression 
od = more effectual Suppression of the Slave ‘##yt) Bill. 
rade : 


An Act for better and more effectually carrying Slave Trade 


into effect Treaties and Conventions with Foreign Treaties Bill. 
States for suppressing the Slave Trade : 


An Act to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in Justices’ Juris. 


diction Bill. 


An Act to amend the Law relating to Advances Law of Mer- 

= chants Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


An Act for the maintaining and better regulating Stockton and 
artiepoo 
Railway Bill. 


An Act for extending and enlarging some of the Thames Haven 
Provisions of an Act relating to the Thames Haven — -— 
Dock and Railway : ei 

An Act to amend, alter and enlarge the Powers Sudbury 
and Provisions of an Act for paving, lighting, — 
cleansing, watching, watering and improving the ~ 
Town and Borough of Sudbury, in the County of 
Suffolk : 

An Act for the administration of the Laws relating Liverpool 
to the Poor, in the Parish of Liverpool, in the Poor Bill. 
County of Lancaster : 

An Act for constructing a Low Water Pier and Burntisland and 
necessary Works at Burntisland, in the County of a i . 
Fife, and establishing a Ferry between the same p&gt;)" 
and Granton, in the County of Edindurgh, and for 
improving the Communication between the said Pier 
and Kinghorn : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the first and Carlow Road 
second years of the reign of his Majesty King 5#!!. 
George the Fourth, for repairing the Road from the 
Town of Athy, in the County of Kildare, through 
the Town of Castlecomer, in the County of Kilkenny, 
to the City of Kilkenny, and from the Town of 

Castlecomer to the Town of Leighlin Bridge, in the 
County of Carlow, and from the Town of Carlow to 
the said Town of Castlecomer, so far as relates to the 
second Division of the said Road : 

An Act for repairing and improving the Road Tadcaster and 





investigate these causes and remedies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Liskeard Institu- 
tion for the Acquirement and Promotion of Useful 
Knowledge, praying the House to relieve Literary 
and Scientific Institutions from all rates and taxes, 


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


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 
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. 
Vou. 97, 


Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions, 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 





from Tadcaster to Otley, in the West Riding of the og Hoot 
County of York: - 
y ork : 

An Act for repairing and maintaining several Bromyard 
Roads leading from the Town of Bromyard, in the Roads Bill. 
County of Hereford, and other Roads adjoining 
thereto, in the County of Worcester, and for making 
several new Lines of Road connected therewith, 
in the same Counties : 

An Act for repairing the several Roads leading stourbridge 
to and from the Market-house in Stourbridge, in Roads Bill. 
the County of Worcester, and several other Roads 
connected with the said Roads, in the Counties of 
Worcester, Stafford and Salop : 

An Act for carrying into effect a Partition of and Bathurst's 
other Arrangements respecting Estates in the County Estate Bill, 
of Southampton, of Sir Frederick Hutchison Hervey 
Bathurst, Baronet, and Louisa Mary, his late Wife, 

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Duke of Argyll’s 


Estate Bill. 


Ashton’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Roumas’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Lesbazeilles’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Texas, 


Texas. 


Slave Trade. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
Bill. 


Lagan Naviga- 
tion Bill, 


Law Courts 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Relief 
( Scotland.) 


442 


and of the Honourable Charlotte Georgina Harriet | 
Craven, Widow : 

An Act to alter and amend two Acts of the eleventh 
of King George the Fourth, and seventh of his late 
Majesty, in regard to the Estates of Argyll, and to 
enable John Douglas Edward Henry, the present 
Duke of Argyll, to borrow a further Sum of Money, 
and to make the same a Charge on the said Estates, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of William Ash- 
ton, Esquire, with Anne Jane, otherwise Jane Anne, 
his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned : 

An Act for naturalizing Pierre Lambert Flavian 
Rouma and others. 

An Act for naturalizing Jean Baptiste Lesbazeilles 
and others. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—a Copy of Convention between Her Majesty 
and the Republic of Texas, containing Arrangements 
relative to Public Debt, signed at London, Novem- 
ber 14, 1840. — 

A Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation 
between Her Majesty and the Republic of Texas, 
signed at London, November 13, 1840. 


30° Juniz. 





A Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty and the 
Republic of Texas for the Suppression of the African 
Slave Trade, signed at London, November 16, 1840. 

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


Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the Third 
Reading of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill be 
resumed upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Protheroe be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
the Lagan Navigation Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Parker be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Judgments entered in 
the three Law Courts, Dublin, from the 1st day of 
June 1841 to the 1st day of June 1842, for recovery 
of Debts under £.20, and the Debt and Costs in 
each case respectively :— Of the Sums paid as Salary 
to the Judges’ Registrars in Lre/and, from the 1st 
day of June 1841 to the 1st day of June 1842; also, 
the Number of Records issued during said period, 
and the Amount of Stamp or Law Fund Duty re- 
ceived thereon ; also, the Expense of ingrossing each 
of said Records :—And, of the Sums paid by each 
Sub-Sheriff in Jreland, from the 1st day of June 
1841 to the 1st day of June 1842, to the Judges’ 





Criers on Circuit, and under what Act of Parliament 
was same received or paid. 


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 the Population at last 
Census in each Parish of the several Counties of Scot- 
land, excepting the Counties of Argyll, Inverness, 
Ross, Sutherland and Caithness :—And a Return for 
each year from 1836 to 1841, both inclusive, stating 
in each of the aforesaid Parishes, 1. whether there 
is a legal or a voluntary Assessment of Heritors for 
the Relief of the Poor; 2. the Annual Amount of 
such Assessment; 3. the Annual Amount of Col- 
lections made at the Kirk Door; 4. the Annual 
Amount of Funds from any other sources which 
may have passed through the hands of the Kirk 
Session for the purposes of Relief to the Poor; 5. 
the Number of Iimpotent Persons on the Books of 
the Kirk Session legally entitled to Relief; 6. the 
Annual Amount of Relief which has been divided 
by the Kirk Session among such Persons; 7. the 
Annual Amount of Relief distributed by the Kirk 

















A. 1849, 


Session among needy Persons other than the im- 
potent. 

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, Disturbances 
Returns of all Proclamations issued by authority (Ieland.) 


of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or 
Governors of Lreland, since the 1st day of January 
1836, declaring any County, City, Town, Barony, 
Half-Barony, or any District of less extent in any 
County in Ireland, to be in a state of Disturbance, 
and to require an additional Establishment of Police: 
—Of all Certificates forwarded during the same 
period by the Magistrates of any County or Town 
in Ireland, to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 
Governor or Governors of Ireland, requiring an ad- 
ditional Police Force for such District :—And, of 
the Amount of additional Police appointed for each 
such District, in consequence of such Proclamation 
or Certificate. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration public Houses 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bill. 
tituled, An Act for the Transfer of Licenses and Re- 
gulation of Public Houses ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 38. After “ district ” insert “ except in 
“ the borough of Southwark.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 7. After “ divisions” insert “ and not 
“ in the borough of Southwark.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 1. In the interlineation, leave out “ Ma- 
“ gistrates ” and insert “ Magistrate.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 11. In the interlineation, leave out 
“ Magistrates ” and insert “ Magistrate.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. Leave out from “ district ” to the 
end of the Bill, and insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend to alter or in any manner to affect any 
of the rights or privileges of the Universities of 
Oxford or Cambridge, or the powers of the Chan- 
cellors or Vice-Chancellors of the same, as by 
law possessed under the respective Charters of 
the said Universities, or otherwise.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Rous 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 Grand Jury Presentments Grand Jury 


(Ireland) Bill be read a second time upon Wednes- a 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Charitable Pawn Offices (Zre- Charitable 


land) Bill be now read a second time:—The Bill (iclend) Bil 


was accordingly read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That the Mines and Collieries Bill be Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


read the third time To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means- 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Supply. 


solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Copyright Bill. 


Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the 
Law of Copyright, be now taken into consideration : 
—The House accordingly proceeded to take the said 
Amendments into consideration ; and the same were 
read, as follow ; 

Pr. 4. 1. 15. Leave out from “that” to “forty” 
in 1. 17., and insert “if the said term of Seven years 
“ shall expire before the end of Forty-two years 
“ from the first publication of such Book, the 
“ Copyright 








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“ Copyright shall in that case endure for such 
“ period of.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 30. After “ Act” insert “ together with 
“ all Maps, Prints or other Engravings belonging 
“ thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner 
“as the best copies of the same shall be. pub- 
“ lished.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 31. Leave out from “ edition” to “ad- 
“* ditions ” in |. 32, and insert “ which shall be so 
“ published with any.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 33. After “ alterations” insert “ whe-| 
“ ther the same shall be in Letter-press, or in the. 
“ Maps, Prints or other Engravings belonging 
“ thereto.” 

Pra7. 1.5. Leave out from “ printed ” to “ shall” 
in |, 11. 

Pr. 7. 1. 18. Leave out “ be” and in the same 
line after “ first ” insert “ be.” 

Pr. 7, 1. 17. Leave out “ be” and in the same 
line after “ first ” insert “ be.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 21. Leave out “ if first” and insert 
“ after the same shall first be.” 

Pr. 12. 1,24. Leave out from “ book” to “ in” 
in 1. 30., and insert “ or of any portion of such copy- 
“ right.” 

Pr. 12. ls. 37. and 38. Leave out from “ pro- 
“ prietor” to “ to” in Pr. 13. 1. 2. 

Pr. 13. 1. 3. Leave out “ therein.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 4. Leave out “ thereof” and insert 
“ of his interest therein.” 

Pr. 13. 1.21. Leave out from “ deed ” to “ And” 
in 1, 32. 

Pr. 13. 1. 37. Leave out from “ person ” to the 
first “‘ to” in Pr. 14. 1. 2. 

Pr. 14. 1. 10. Leave out from “that” to “ upon” 
in 1, penult. 

Pr. 15. 1.24. Leave out from “ Copyright” to 
“* without” in 1. 29. 

Pr. 16. 1. 22. Leave out from “ there” to “ And” 
in |. 37. 

Pr. 17. 1. 3. Leave out from the first “ book ” to 
“ for” in 1. 4., and in 1. 4., after “ sale” insert “ hire.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. After “ sale ” insert “ or hire.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 9. After “ sale ” insert “ or hire.” 

Pr. 17. 1.10. Leave out “or portion as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 18. 1.26. Leave out from “notice” to “And” 
in Pr. 20. 1. 30. 

Pr. 20. 1. 33, After “ person ” insert “ not being 
the proprietor of the Copyright, or some person 
authorized by him.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 1. After “ Kingdom ” insert “ wherein 
there shall be Copyright.” ; 

Pr. 21. 1. 4. After “ person” insert “ not being 
such proprietor or person authorized as afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 27. Ils. 10. and 11. Leave out from “ assign- 
ment” to “ And” in Pr. 28. 1. 14. 

Pr. 28. 1. 27. Leave out from “ of” to “ the” 
in |. 28. 

Pr. 28. 1.29. After “ Copyright ” insert “ and 
“« who shall be registered as such.” 

Pr. 28. l. ult. Leave out from “trover” to “ And” 
in Pr. 30.1. 3. 

Pr. 31. 1. 11. After “ estate” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
action or suit shall be commenced or brought 
against any person or persons whomsoever for 
doing or causing to be done any thing in pur- 
suance of this Act, the defendant or defendants 
in such action may plead the general issue, and 
give the special matter in evidence ; and if upon 
such action a verdict shall be given for the de- 
fendant, or the plaintiff shall become non-suited 
or discontinue his action, then the defendant shall 
“* have and recover his full costs, for which he shall 
** have the same remedy as a defendant in any case 
“ by law hath; and that all actions, suits, bills, 
“ indictments or informations for any offence that 
shall be committed against this Act shall be 
“ brought, sued and commenced within Twelve 


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calendar Months next after such offence com- 
mitted, or else the same shall be void and of none 
effect ; provided that such limitation of time shall 
not extend or be construed to extend to any 
actions, suits or other proceedings which, under 
the authority of this Act, shall or may be brought, 
sued or commenced for or in respect of any copies 
of books to be delivered for the use of the British 
Museum, or of any one of the four libraries here- 
inbefore mentioned.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 
Pr. 35. Leave out from 





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to “ No.” in Pr. 36. 1. 7., and in Pr. 36. 1. '7. leave 
out “ 5 ” and insert “ 4.” 

Pr. 37. 1.1. Leave out “ 6” and insert “ 5.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Mahon 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 Report on the Stock in Trade Stock in Trade 
Bill be now received. Bill. 

Mr. Greene 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 District Courts District Courts 
and Prisons Bill be received To-morrow. = Prisons 
The House was moved, That the Order made upon Keighley 

Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed Union. 
to inquire into the allegations as to the management 
of the Poor in the Keighley Union, contained in the 
Reports of Sir John Walsham and Mr. Mott, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Charles Na- 
pier, Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. Childers, Mr. 
Pakington, Sir John Trollope, Colonel Wood, Mr. 
Manzers Sutton, Mr. William Williams, Mr. Aldam, 
Mr. Grimsditch, Captain Pechell, Mr. Bolton Clive, 
Mr. Colvile and Mr. Thomas Duncombe; with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Bonded Corn (No, 2.) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 13th day of July next. 


Bonded Corn 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Justices? Juris. 
diction Act 


into a Committee upon the Bill from the Lords, 4 endment 
intituled, An Act to confirm certain Proceedings Bill. 
which may have been had after the passing of the 
Act, intituled, “ An Act to define the Jurisdiction of 
Justices in General and Quarter Sessions of the 
Peace ;” and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

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. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Dramatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Entertainments, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 





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House, 


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Message from 
the Lords, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Ireland) Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Poor Bill. 


Birmingham 
School Rill. 


Bishop of 
Derry’s Estate 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poland, 





44.4, 


House, Copies of any Communications which have 
been addressed to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department in the course of the present year, 
complaining of the state of the Laws in reference 
to Dramatic Entertainments. 

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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir William 

Horne and Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the third and fourth years 
of Her present Majesty, for the Regulation of Mu- 
nicipal Corporations in Lreland, 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 provide for the Relief of the Poor in the 
Forest of Dean, and other extra-parochial Places in 
and near the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, in the 
County of Gloucester, 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 extend the Provisions of two Acts of the second 
year of King William the Fourth and the first year 
of Her present Majesty, relating to the Free Gram- 
mar School of King Edward the Sixth, in Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for confirming certain Conveyances in perpetuity 
made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Lre- 
land and the present Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, 
of Parts of the Mensal Lands of the See of Derry, 
and for confirming certain Leases made by the same 
Bishop and his immediate Predecessor in the See 
of Derry, of other Parts of the Mensal Lands of 
the same See ; also for enabling the Bishop of Derry 
and Raphoe for the time being to grant Leases of 
the Parts last mentioned, and certain other Parts of 
the Mensal Lands of the See of Derry, and for 
other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act of the third and 
fourth years of Her present Majesty, for the Regu- 
lation of Municipal Corporations in Jreland ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1.1. 3. After “ of” insert “ the reign of.” 

Pr. 1.1. 24. Leave out “ for.”’ 

Pr. 2.1. 7. After “ Schedule” insert ‘ A.” 

Pr. 6. 1.15. After “ shall” insert “apply and 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 7.1. 32. After “ ground” insert “ either that 
“ a valid election of town councillors was held or.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


4tesolved, 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 certain Ukases, bearing date the 
15th and 18th days of September 1841, issued by 
the Russian Government, and relating to the Ad- 
ministration of the Kingdom of Poland. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Reis as are 

Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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A, 1849, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Greenwica 

osed, That in the Opinion of this House, the coe 
Schools attached to the Royal Hospital at Green- . 
wich should be open at all times to the inspection 
of Inspectors appointed by the Committee of Privy 
Council on Education, and that Reports of such in- 
spection should be annually laid upon the Table of 
this House :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Grand Jury 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- (Dene . 
quire into the administration of the Grand Jury Laws gals) 
in the county of Donegal ; 


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


Veneris, 1° die Julii, 1842: 


And the Question being put:—lIt passed in the 
Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, Lighting of 
c. $2, to make Provision for the lighting, cleansing fo""*(eland) 
and watching of Cities, Towns Corporate and Mar-  ~ 
ket Towns in Jreland,in certain cases, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

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

Litton, Mr. David Pigot and Viscount Bernard do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Keighley 
Copy of the Report addressed to the Poor Law Univn. 
Commissioners, and unanimously agreed to at an 
extraordinary meeting of the Board of Guardians 
of the Keighley Union, in the West Riding of York- 
shire,on Monday last, and which was convened for 
the purpose of taking into consideration, and reply- 
ing to certain allegations made against the said 
Board in the Reports of the Assistant Poor Law 
Commissioners, Mr. Mott and Sir John Walsham, 
and which Reports have already been printed by 
Order of this House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Four Courts 
for consolidating the Four Courts Marshalsea, Dub- ee 
lin, Sheriffs’ Prison, Dublin, and City Marshalsea, — 
Dublin, and for regulating the Four Courts Mar- 
shalsea in Ireland: And that Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland and Lord Eliot do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 South Australia 
Will. 4, c. 95, to empower his Majesty to erect ee ae 
South Austraiia into a British Province or Provinces, 
and to provide for the Colonization and Government 
thereof, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Vic. c. 60, to amend an Act of the fourth and fifth 
years of his late Majesty, empowering his Majesty 
to erect South Australia into a British Province or 
Provinces, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 Vie. 
c. 18, to authorize the Advance of a Sum of Money 
out of the Consolidated Fund on account of the 
Colony of South Australia, 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 the said Acts, and of authorizing 
Payments out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on 
account of the Province of South Australia ; 

Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted 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. 


The 





tw prt 


are 


fin ea Cae 


Right of Voting 


(Dublin Uni- 
versity) Bill. 


Soathampton 
Town Election. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


F our Courts 
Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill. 


No. 391. 


Birmingham 
School Bill. 


Bishop of 
Nerry’s Estate 
Bill. 


Royel Assent 
to Bills, 


Justices’ Juris- 
diction Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Copyright Bill, 


Public Houses 
Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Right of Voting (Dublin 
University) 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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the attend- 
ance of John Bennett Luce; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment 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 Law of Evidence Bill ; 

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


Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland presented a Bill 
for consolidating the Four Courts Marshalsea, Dub- 
lin, Sheriffs’ Prison, Dublin, and City Marshalsea, 
Dublin, and for regulating the Four Courts Mar- 
shalsea 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. 


The Birmingham School Bill was read the first 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Bishop of Derry’s Estate Bill was read the 
first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 1° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


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 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 the de- 
sire 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 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 to confirm certain Proceedings which 
may have been had after the _— of the Act, in- 
tituled, ‘“‘ An Act to define the Jurisdiction of Justices 
in General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace :” 


An Act to amend the Law of Copyright : 
An Act for the Transfer of Licenses and Regula- 


tion of Public Houses: 
Vou. 97. 


30° Juniz.—1° Julie. 








445 


An oe to amend - Act of the third and fourth Fe 
ears of Her present Majesty, for the Regulation of Corporations 
Wenisipel Cunpdentions te Ireland : a ienaeiced 
An Act to amend an Act for incorporating and North Ame- 
granting certain Powers to the North American Co- "ic@” Cvlonial 
lonial Association of Jreland, and for explaining, heer 

altering and enlarging the Provisions thereof. 

Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India. 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—Accounts respecting the Annual Ter- 
ritorial Revenues and Disbursements of the East 
India Company, for Three years 1837-38, 1838-39 
and 1839-40, 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. Thomas, from the Public Record Depart- Public Records. 
ment, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—A Return from the Keeper of the 
Public Records, of the Names and Titles of the se- 
veral Works which were partially prepared for Pub- 
lication, but left unfinished, by the late Record 
Commissioners ; stating the Names of the Editors 
of such Works, and the estimated Cost of publishing 
the same, either in a complete or incomplete state ; 
together with an Accurate Catalogue of the vari- 
ous MSS. and Copies of Records made at the Public 
Expense, or by Order of the late Record Commis- 
sioners, and not prepared for Publication ; statin 
the present Place of Deposit of the said MSS., | 
the use allowed to be made of them :—Also, a Re- 
turn of the Number of printed Books collected by 
the late Record Commissioners ; stating their present 
Place of Deposit, and the use allowed to be made 
of them ; and the Titles of the Works published by 
the late Record Commissioners, and the Number of 
Copies of each Work remaining undistributed :— 
And then he withdrew. 


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


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- Hawkes’s 
mittee on Hawkes’s Divorce Bill; That they had Divorce Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Biil as to the mar- 
riage 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 Com- 
mittee, 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 Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill was read a second Earl of Devon's 
time ; and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The House being informed, That the Liverpool Liverpool and 
and Manchester Railway Bill had been sent to the ng 
Lords, without having been read the third time ; a 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to acquaint their Lordships, that an ingrossed Bill 
with the following Title, “An Act for better 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 se- 
veral Acts relating to such Railway,” had been sent 
up to their Lordships by mistake, and to request 
that the said Bill may be returned to the Commons : 

—And that Mr. Lockhart do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders and Rate- Birmingham 
payers of the borough of Birmingham, praying _ Borough. 
3L3 the 








Prisons, 


Church of 
England. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Act. 


Public Petitions 


(Thirty-fifth 
Report.) 


Poor Law 
(Gilbert’s 
Unions.) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Gibson’s 
Estate Bill. 


¢ 


Lord Sher- 
borne’s Estate 
Bill, 


} 
8 


446 


the House will forthwith adopt some legislative 
measure for the continuance of a Police Force in 
Birmingham, but with such reduction, either in 
numbers or expense, as to the House may seem 
fit; and that the whole of that expense may not 
in future be thrown exclusively upon the inhabit- 
ants of the borough; and also to devise some 
means whereby the Petitioners may be speedily re- 
lieved from the present Charter of Incorporation, 
which the experience of the last two years, the Peti- 
tioners allege, has proved to be a great grievance to 
the borough, the cause of an intolerable increase 
of the burdens of its inhabitants, and the ruin of 
the ancient prosperity of the town, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Subordinate Officers of the Gaols 
and Prisons in England, praying the House to make 
such legal provision as will enable the public autho- 
rities having the disposal of prison funds, to grant 
such an annuity as they in their discretion shall 
think fit to the subordinate officers of prisons, when 
no longer capable of discharging the duties of their 
offices by reason of confirmed sickness, age or in- 
firmity, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
diocese of Rochester, praying that an increase of 
church accommodation, and resident ministers, be 
provided to supply the spiritual wants of the com- 
munity, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
diocese of Rochester, praying for the amendment of 
the Parochial Assessments Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Commit- 
tee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented on the 27th and 28th days 


of June 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. 


Petitions from Saxton ;— Monk Frystone ;—By- 
ram ;— Austhorpe ;— Hambleton (York) ;—Swilling- 
ton ;—Kirby Wharf ;—Snidale ;— South Milford; 
— Darrington ;— Micklefield;— Hillam ;— Beal ;— 
Birkin ; — Crofton : — Whitley ; — Brotherton ;— 
Methley ;—Glass Houghton ;— Castleford ; —Bard- 
sey ;— Tanshelf ;— Fairburn ;— Burton Salmon ;— 
Altofts ;—East Hardwick ;—Allerton Bywater ;— 
and, Middleton (York) ; praying that the Act com- 
monly called Gilbert’s Act may continue unrepealed, 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Temple- 
breedy, in the county of Cork, praying the House to 
devise means for affording encouragement to the 
Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Jreland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Gibson’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Lord Sherborne’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
» ing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





1° Julie. 





A. 1842. 


A Petition of Workmen at Bantaskine and Cal- Mines ana 
lendar Collieries, near Falkirk, praying that the Collieries Bi, 
Mines and Collieries Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Colliers, Miners and Females em- 
ployed in the Mines in the county of Midlothian, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
as it now stands, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third New South 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for the Government of W#les Bill. 
New South Wales ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent, 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 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 the Government of New South 
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue the Exemption of stock in Trade 
Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships and Villages, Bill. 
from liability to be rated as such in respect of Stock 
in Trade, or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor, 
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 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, the Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, 
Townships and Villages from liability to be rated as 
such in respect of Stock in Trade, or other Property, 
to the Relief of the Poor 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Ordnance Services Bill was, according to Ordnance 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Services Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


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 taking into Bribery at 
further consideration the Report on the Bribery at Elections | 
Elections (No. 2.) Bill; aati ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Buckingham- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ shize Wat. 
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 Sir William Lawrence Young, 
Baronet, deceased. 











was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That the 
, Petitioners are electors of the Borough of Newcastle- 
| under-Lyme, 


A Petition of James Eaton and Richard Leech, Newcastle- 


Electors of the Borough of Mewcastle-under-Lyme, “der-Lyme 
Election, 


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 two Petitions have been presented 
ito the House from John Campbell Colquhoun, Es- 
| quire, the unsuccessful Candidate at the last Election, 
complaining of the return thereat of John Quincey 
Harris, Esquire, the present sitting Member for — 
sal 





Lagan Navigae 


ton, 


Supply. 
Estimates, 
referred : 


Miscellaneous 
rvices, 


Miscellaneous 
harges 


(Scotland, ) 


Commissariat. 


6 Vicroriz. 


said Borough, and praying, among other things, 
that it may be declared that the said John Campbell 
Colquhoun, the said Petitioner, was elected, and 
ought to have been returned at the said Election ; 
that the said Petitioner John Campbell Colquhoun 
did, as a Candidate at the said Election, by himself 
and by his agents, managers and friends, ' divers 
ways and means, at his charge and on his behalf, 
directly and indirectly give, present, and allow to 
persons having votes at the said last Election, money, 
meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, provision, and 
reward, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
promises, agreements, obligations, and engagements 
to give money, meat, drink, provision, presents, re- 
wards and entertainments to and for persons having 
votes as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment of such 
persons, in order that he the said John Campbell 
Colquhoun might be elected, and for being elected 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
before and during the said last Election, the said 
John Campbell Colquhoun was, by himself and by 
his agents, managers and friends, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did, by himselfand by his agents, 
friends and managers, and by other persons em- 
ployed on his behalf, by gifts, money, rewards and 
promises, and by agreements and securities for mo- 
ney, gifts and rewards, and by other corrupt, im- 
proper and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt 
and procure divers persons having or claiming to 
have votes at the said last Election, to give their 
votes thereat in his favour, and to forbear to give 
them in favour of the said John Quincey Harris, by 
reason whereof the said John Campbell Colquhoun 
could not have been duly elected and returned had 
he obtained the majority of votes; and praying, 
That they may be admitted as parties to op- 
pose the prayer of the said Petitions of the said 
John Campbell Colquhoun, and to defend the Elec- 
tion and Return of the said John Quincey Harris, 
by showing that the said John Quincey Harris 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; and that the 
said John Campbell Colquhoun could not have been 
elected, for the reasons aforesaid, and ought not to 
be returned thereat. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 


Lord Eliot presented,—Return to an Order dated 
the 27th day of June last, for Copies of the Evi- 
dence relating to the Lagan Navigation, taken in 
the month of February 1814, before the Directors 
General of Navigation in Ireland :—And, of the 
Report of the Commissioners of Public Works to 
the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in the year 1834, on 
the Lagan Navigation. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the several Estimates for Miscel- 
laneous Services, for the year 1842-43, be referred 
to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the amount that 
will probably be required to defray Law Expenses, 
Grants to Scottish Universities and other Charges 
formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues, 
and not ba for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, 
nor on the Consolidated Fund, from ist April 1842 
to 31st March 1843, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of sums required for 
the Pay, Allowances and Contingent Expenses of 
the Commissariat Department at Home and Abroad, 
= for ~ and Inland Water Transport, Freight 

OL. 97, 


2° Juli. 








447 
of Specie, and Miscellaneous Purchases provided 
by the Commissariat Abroad, for the year ending 
the 3ist March 1843; with a Statement of the 
Amount required for similar Services in the year 
ending the 31st March 1842:—And, the Estimate 
of sums required for the Half Pay of Commissariat 
Officers, and for Retired Full Pay, Compensation 
and Superannuation Allowances ; also, for the Pen- 
sions of Widows of Commissariat Officers and Com- 
passionate Allowances to their Children ; for One 
year, from the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 
1848, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the sum required Syria. 


to enable Her Majesty to grant a Gratuity to the 
Officers, Seamen, Royal Marines and Military Offi- 
cers lately employed on the Coast of Syria; to be 
distributed in such manner as Her Majesty in Coun- 
cil shall direct, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the sum required China. 


to be voted, in the year 1842, on account of the 


Expenses of the Expedition to China, be referred to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of Expenses of the Canada. 


Service consequent upon the late Insurrection in 
Canada, for the year ending 31st March 1843, be re- 
ferred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Monies in the 
Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the Exchequer. 


llth day of June 1842, to complete the Aids 
granted by Parliament for the service of the years 
1840 and 1841, which was presented upon the 24th 
day of June last, 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 Distress. 


Quéstion, by leaving out from the word “ That’’ to 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “the trades and manufactures of this country 
“ are labouring under great embarrassment and 
difficulties : That the industrious classes are also 
suffering many privations and severe distress : 
That this state of things has been gradually ad- 
vancing for several years past, and is now extend- 
ing in a most alarming degree: That the altera- 
tions made in the Corn Laws, and in the Duties 
on Imports and Exports, coupled as these have 
been with an Income Tax, to add nearly four mil- 
lions of Taxation to this already heavily bur- 
thened country, cannot be expected to afford that 
relief which the continually declining state of 
trade, and the distressed condition of the people, 
so urgently require: That the welfare of Her Ma- 
jesty’s faithful people, and the future peace and 
security of the country, imperatively demand that 
effectual measures shall immediately be taken to 
rescue the working classes from the privations 
and sufferings they have so long borne, with a 
degree of patience and fortitude which specially 
entitle them to the affectionate sympathy of their 
Sovereign, and to the respect, commiseration and 
assistance of this House: That therefore an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying 
that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to 
refuse Her consent to the Prorogation of Parlia- 
ment, until a diligent and searching inquiry shall 
be instituted into the causes of the unprecedented 
distress existing at present all over the Kingdom ; 
and until Her Majesty and this House shall have 
been assured by Her Ministers, that effectual 
means are secured to provide sustenance for the 
unemployed and their destitute families, until their 
sufferings shall be terminated by a demand for 
their industry, and wages for their labour,” in- 
stead thereof. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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St. Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Colonial 


Passengers Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Writs of Error 


Bill. 


448 1°—2° 


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


Sabbati, 2° die Juli, 1842: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Friday next. | 





| 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the | 
Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill; | 
Friday | 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
next. 


| 
} 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Muni- 
cipal Corporations 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 being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs of Error Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


Julie. A. 18492. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Ainsworth, 7 


Mr. Stansfield : J 
Tellers for the Noes, } 


Lord Ashley, 
Mr. Pakington : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time ; 

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 Lobby. 

Tellers for the¢ Mr. Ainsworth, 6 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Scott : } ‘ 
Tellers for the( Lord Ashley, \ 4s 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremanile: 3 ° 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


16. 


62. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Mr. Greene reported the District Courts and Pri- District Courts 
sons Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 224 Prisons 


London Bridge agreed to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. - 


Approaches 
Fund Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Charitable 
Pawn Offices 


(Lreland ) Bill. 


Mines and 


Coilieries Bill. 


The London Bridge Approaches Fund 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 second 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton 
Police Bill; 





Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Tuesday next. 


/an undue Election and Return for the 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Ipswich 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- Election. 


zances, stating that the Surety to the Petition of John 
Sheldrake and Charles Cattermole, complaining of 
orough of 


| Ipswich (being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000), is 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Dean Forest | 
Ecclesiastical Districts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. | 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into | 
further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Ire- | 
land) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further | . 


The Prisons Bill was, according to Order, read a | 


consideration upon Wednesday next. 


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 Charitable Pawn Offices 


(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, | “ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | “ 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


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


reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 


| 6¢ 


unobjectionable. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dean Forest 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to provide for the Relief of the 
Poor in the Forest of Dean, and other Extra-paro- 
chial Places in and near the Hundred of Saint 
Briavel’s, in the County of Gloucester ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 10. ].'7. Leave out from “shall” to “ affect” 
in |. 8., and also in]. 8. leave out from “ registration” 
to “of” inl. 9. 

Pr. 10. 1. 10. Leave out from “ Parliament” to 
saving” in ]. 13., and insert “ to take place in the 
present year, and that so far as regards that re- 
gistration, every list and notice required by the 
Act to amend the Representation of the People 
in England and Wales shall be made out by and 
served upon the same person or persons, and shall 
be published in the same place or places, and in 
the same manner as if this Act had not been 
“ passed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


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reading of the ingrossed Bill to prohibit the Em- | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
loyment of Women and Girls in Mines and Coi- | 


ieries, to regulate the Employment of Boys, and; The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Vic. Linen, &amp;: 


make Provisions for the Safety of Persons working 
therein ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


c. 91, for the more effectual Prevention of Frauds sera 
and Abuses committed by Weavers, Sewers and (Ireland) BE 
other Persons employed in the Linen, Hempen, 
Union, Cotton, Silk and Woollen Manufactures in 
Treland, and for the better Payment of their — 

or 





Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
its Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill, 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Loan Fund 
(Ireland. ) 


Trading 
Companies. 


tures 


) Bill. 
Members, 


No. 392. 


6 Victroriz. 


for one year, and from thence to the end of the then 
next Session of Parliament, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 


solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Act. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
for leave to bring in a Bill to renew, with Amend- 
ments, the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 21, relating to the 
Regulation of the Linen and other Manufactures in 
Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee to 
make a Motion. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported, That he was 
directed to move the House, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill to renew, with Amendments, the Act 
3 and 4 Vic., c. 91, relating to the Regulation of 
the Linen and other Manufactures in Jreland:— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. William Gladstone and Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Copy of the Sudbury Disfran- 
chisement Bill, and a Copy of the Clause and 
Amendment proposed to be added thereto on the 
third reading, be served upon John Francis Sykes 
Gooday, William Warner, Thomas Goody, James 
Bell Johnson, Francis Making, James Brown, Thomas 
Brown, Charles King, Richard Steed, William Tol- 
laday, Samuel Shelley, and, Joseph Wheeler, junior, 
inhabitants of the Borough of Sudbury. 


The Earl of Lincoln reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Primrose Hill Bill; That the Order 
of the House of the 10th day of June last had been 
complied with; and that the Committee 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 Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Lord Eliot reported from the Select Committee on 
the Fisheries (Jre/and) Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions were referred ; 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 Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of the Fourth Annual Report of 
the Commissioners of the Central Loan Fund Board 
of Ireland, pursuant to the Act 1 and 2 Vice. c. 78. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of all Letters 
Patent, whereby limited responsibility has been 
granted to Partners in Trading or other Companies 
under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c.91, 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 94, 
and 7 Will. 4, c.'73:—And of all Charters incorpo- 
rating Trading or other Companies granted by the 
Crown since the passing of the first-mentioned Act. 


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


Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to search the Journals for Prece- 


dents in respect of any Member of this House 
Vou. 97. 


1°—2° Julie. 








449 


being compelled, by an Order of the House, to 
give Evidence before the House, or any Com- 
mittee of the House; That they had searched the 
Journals accordingly, and had agreed to the follow- 
ing Report: 

Your Committee do not find any instance in which 
any Member of the House has refused to attend 
and be examined before any Committee appointed 
by the House. 

They have, however, found the following cases, 
which they have to report as bearing upon the Ques- 
tion under the consideration of the House. 


1st.—Cases of the voluntary attendance 
of Members upon the necessity of their at- 
tendance being reported to the House by a 
Committee; viz.— 
In the case of the Select Committee on the East 
India Judicature, with regard to which they find the 
following entry :— 


“ Martis, 5° die Martii, 1782.—Mr. Richard Smith also 


acquainted the House, That he was directed by the said Select Vo}, 38, p, 871. 


Committee to inform the House, that the Committee, in the 
course of their inquiry, find themselves under a necessity to 
examine Richard Barwell, Esquire, a Member of this House. 

‘“* And the said Member, in his place, informed the House, 
That he was willing, at any time, to attend the said Com- 
mittee, and to be examined.” 


In the case of the Committee of Secresy on the 
Earl of Orford’s conduct in 1742, in which— 


Journals : 


“* Jovis, 29° die Aprilis, 1742.—The Lord Limerick, from yo), 24, P. 190 


the Committee of Secresy, acquainted the House, That he 
was directed by the Committee to inform the House, that the 
Committee, in the course of their inquiry, find themselves 
under a necessity to examine, in the most solemn manner, 
several Members of this House ; viz. Charles Hanbury Wil- 
liams, Peter Burrel and John Bristow, Esquires. 

“ And the said Members, standing up in their places, seve- 
rally informed the House, that they were willing at any time 


to attend the Committee, and to be examined in the most 
solemn manner.” 


Your Committee also find similar entries in the 
case of Thomas Lewis, Vol. 24, p. 213 ; of General 
Wade, Vol. 24, p. 247; of Sir Charles Wager, Vol. 
24, p. 248 and 249; of Benjamin Keene, Voi. 24, 
p- 268; of John Scrope, Vol. 24, p. 271; and, of 
Arthur Stert, Vol. 24, p. 273. 


2d.—Cases of Members being ordered to 
attend Committees of the whole House, or 
Select Committees, for the purpose of being 
examined, and one instance of its being or- 
dered that a Member be taken in custody, 
in order to his forthcoming, to abide the Or- 
ders of the House, in order to his being exa- 
mined before a Select Committee of the 
House, as often as the said Committee shall 
think fit to require the same. 


With respect to Members being ordered to attend 
Committees of the whole House, your Committee 
find the following entries : 


In Vol. 24, p. 800, the following Order relative 
to the attendance of Admiral Mathews :-- 


“ Veneris, 8° die Martii, 1744.—Ordered, That Admiral y 
Mathews, a2 Member of this House, do, upon Tuesday next, 
give to the Committee of the whole House, to whom it is 
referred to inquire into the miscarriage of his Majesty’s fleet 
last year, near Toulon, in the Mediterranean, against the com- 
bined fleets of France and Spain, a particular account of the 
late Engagement near Toulon, and of the conduct and beha- 
viour of the Commanding Officers and Captains of the several 
ships during the said Engagement, as far as the same came 
under his observation, or hath come to his knowledge by any 
complaint made thereupon.” 


And in the case of the Committee of the whole 
House on the conduct of His Royal Highness the 
Duke of York, Vol. 64, p. 17, the following Order : 


“ Martis, 310 die Januarii, 1809.—Ordered, That Robert y,). 


Mydéelton Biddulph, Esquire, do, To-morrow, in his place, 
attend the said Committee.” 

And in Vol. 65, p. 21, there appear the following 
entries, in respect of the Committee of the whole 
House, on the Expedition to the Scheldt : 


3M “ Mercurii, 


ol. 24, p. 800. 


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“ Mercurii, 31° die Januarii, 1810.—Ordered, That Licu- 
tenant-General Grosvenor and Sir Home Popham do, in their 
places, attend the said Committee at the same time.” 


A. 1842. 


a Member of this House, now in his custody, to attend the 
said Committee, in order to his being examined, as often as 


the said Committee shall think fit to require the same.” 


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


Vol. 65, p. 21. 


With regard to Members being ordered to attend 
Select Committees of the House, for the purpose of 
i ur i he following 
a 9 Nata egies tte Mr. Lockhart reported to the House, That pur- Liverpool and 
suant to their Order of thisday, he had been to the faerie 
Lords to acquaint their Lordships, that the Liver- _— 
pool and Manchester Railway Bill had been sent up 
to them by mistake, and to request that the same 
might be returned to this House; and that he had 
brought back the same accordingly. 


“ Jovis, 19° die Jaxuarii, 1720—The Master of the Rolls 
acquainted the House, from the Committee of Secresy, That 
he was directed by the said Committee to move the House, 
That Sir Robert Chaplin, Sir Theodore Janssen, Francis Eyles, 
Esquire, and Jacob Sawbridge, Esquire, four of the Directors 
of the South Sea Company, and Members of this House, may 
attend the said Committee ; and be examined before them, 
in the most solemn manner : 

“ Ordered, That Sir Robert Chaplin, Baronet, Sir Theodore 
Janssen, Knight and Baronet, Francis Eyles, Esquire, and 
Jacob Sawbridge, Esquire, Members of this House, and Di- 
rectors of the South Sea Company, do attend the Committee 
appointed to inquire into all the proceedings relating to the 
execution of the Act passed the last Session of Parliament, 
intituled, ‘ An Act for enabling the South Sea vayee. ed to 
increase their present Capital Stock and Fund, by redeeming 
such public Debts and Incumbrances as are therein men- 
tioned ; and for raising Money, to be applied for lessening 
several of the public Debts and Incumbrances ; and for call- 
ing inthe present Exchequer Bills remaining uncancelled ; 
and for making forth new Bills, in lieu thereof, to be circu- 
lated and exchanged, upon Demand, at or near the Exchequer? 
And that the said Committee be empowered to examine the | 
said Sir Robert Chaplin, Sir Theodore Janssen, Francis Eyles 
and Jacob Sawbridge, in the most solemn manner.” 


In Vol. 21, p. 851 and 852, your Committee find 
an entry, which, together with an Order for certain 
Members therein nained to attend before a Select 
Committee of the House for the purpose of giving 
evidence, includes the case of Sir Archibald Grant, 
a Member of the House, being committed to the 
custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, in order to his 
forthcoming to abide the Orders of the House, for 
the purpose of his being examined before a Select 
Committee. The entry is as follows: 


Vol, 19, p» 403. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool and Manchester Liverpool and 
Railway Bill be read the third time upon Monday wee 
pac ailway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


No. 393, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the British Britishand Irish 

and Irish Fisheries, which was presented yesterday, Fisheries. 

be printed. No. 394, 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Deficiency Deficiency 

Bills, which was presented yesterday, be printed. a 








No. 395. 


Ordered, That the Account and Statement relative Excheqwer 


to Exchequer Bills, which were presented yesterday, No 395 
be printed. — 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Highland Highland 


Roads and 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented yesterday, Bridces. 


2 idges. 
be printed. No. 396. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Pensions, Pensions. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 397. 








And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock 


on Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Vol. 21, 


“ Veneris, 17° die Martii, 1731.—Mr. Sandys, from the 
pp- 851, 852. 


Committee to whom the Petition of the Proprietors of the 
Charitable Corporation, for Relief of industrious Poor, by 
assisting them with small sums upon pledges, at legal interest, 
assembled in their general Court, is referred, acquainted the 
House, that he was directed by the Committee to make a 
Report to the House: which he read in his place, and after- 
wards delivered in at the Clerk’s Table ; where the Report 
was read, and is as follows ; viz. 

** Your Committee, in the course of their examinations, do 
find, by books lately come into their possession, and upon the 
examination of several persons in the most solemn manner, 
that great sums of money, belonging to the said Corporation, 
have been drawn out by John Thomson, late warehouse- 
keeper to the said Corporation, and applied to carry on a 
partnership between Sir Archibald Grant, Baronet, a Member 
of this House, and William Burroughs, Esquire, two of the 
Committee, and Mr. William Squire, an assistant, intrusted 
with the management of the affairs of the said Corporation, 
George Robinson, Esquire, Agent and Banker to the said 
Corporation, and the said John Thomson ; and four of the | 
said persons having absconded, or withdrawn themselves, your 
Committee think it their duty to lay this affair now before 
the House, to take their direction thereupon. 

“* The said Report relating to Sir Archibalg Grant, Baronet, 
a Member of this House ; he was heard in his place : 

* And being withdrawn ; 

* Ordered, That Sir Archibald Grant, Baronet, a Member * : 
of this House, and one of the Committee intrusted with the R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law aoe 
management of the affairs of the Charitable Corporation for Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar — 
Relief of industrious Poor, by assisting them with small sums, | presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of the Re- 
page! pledges, at —_— ae “ — into the custody of | port addressed to the Poor Law Commissioners, and 
the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House, in order to his unanimously agreed to at an extraordinary meeting 








Lune, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


: + 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 counted the 

House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 

The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 

a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Martis, 5° die Juli; 


Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 














forthcoming to abide the Orders of this House. : : : 
“ Ordered, That Sir Robert Sutton, Knight of the Bath, | of the Board of Guardians of the Reig hley Union, 
Sir Archibald Grant, Baronet, Denis Bond, Esquire, and |! the West Riding of Yorkshire, on Monday the 


Willirm Aislabie, Esquire, Members of this House, and who, | 27th day of June last, and which was convened for 
among others, are intrusted with the management of the 


affairs of the Charitable Corporation for the Relief of indus- 
trious Poor, by assisting them with small sums, upon pledges, 
at legal interest, do attend the Committee, to whom the 
Petition of the Proprietors of the Charitable Corporation for 
the Relief of industrious poor, by assisting them with small 
sums, upon pledges, at legal interest, assembled in their 
general Court, is referred ; and that the said Committee be 
empowered to examine the said Sir Robert Sutton, Sir Archi- 
bald Grant, Denis Bond and William Aislabie, in the most 
solemn manner. 

“ Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House 
do, from time to time, bring Sir Archibald Grant, Baronet, 


_the purpose of taking into consideration, and reply- 

ing to certain Allegations made against the said 
Board in the Reports of the Assistant Poor Law 
Commissioners, Mr. Mott and Sir John Walsham, 
and which Reports have already been printed by 
Order of this House :—And then he withdrew. 


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


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of John Hawkes with Fanny his 
now 


Hawkes’s 
Divorce Bill. 





le 


Birmingham 
School Bill. 


Liverpool and 
Manchester 
Railway Bill. 


Public Petitions 
(Thirty-sixth 
Report.) 


Athlone 
Election, 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland.) 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Manchester, 
Sirmingkam 
and Bolton 
Police Bill, 


6 Victroriz. 


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 Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That 
in the case of the Birmingham School Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill for better en- 
abling the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com- 
pany to extend the Line of the said Railway, and 
for amending and enlarging the Powers and Provi- 
sions of the several Acts relating to such Railway, 
be now read the third time :—The Bill was accord- 
ingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 29th 
day of June last to the 1st day of this instant July, 
both days 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. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received a Report from the Examiner of Recogni- 
zances, stating that the Sureties to the Petition of 
Patrick Kelly, complainmg of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Athlone, (being two 


Sureties in the sum of £.500 each), are unobjec- 
tionable. 


Petitions of Governors of the Clogheen Dispensary 
and Fever Hospital ;—Governors of the Caher Fever 
Hospital and Dispensary ; — and, Governors and 
Subscribers to Medical Charities, and Medical 
Practitioners and other Inhabitants of the county 
of Tipperary; praying the House not to sanction 
any measure for placing the Medical Charities of 
freland wider the management of the Poor Law 
Commissioners, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manorhamilton ;—Carrigallin ;— 
and, Kilgariffe, Desart, and the Island; praying 
the House to devise means for affording encourage- 
ment to the Schools in connection with the Church 
Education Society for Lre/and,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the borough of 
Tregony and parish of S¢. James, in the county of 
Cornwall, praying for the repeal of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union 
of Hayfield, in the counties of Derby and Chester, 
praying for alteration of the said Act, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Northwich Union (Chairman) ;— 
Neath Union (Chairman) ;— Northallerton Union ; 
— Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union ; — Wimborne and 
Cranborne Union;—and, Warwick Union (Chair- 
man and Vice-Chairman); praying that the Poor 
Law Amendment 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 the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 


gesses of the borough of Birmingham, praying that 
Vor. 97. 


5° Jultz. 























451 
the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton Police Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Sherborne’s Estate Bill was read a second Lord Sher- 
time ; and committed. borne’s Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bil. 
mittee of Selection. 


Gibson’s Estate Bill was read asecond time ; and Gibson’s Estate 

committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Roman Catholics of the Metropolis, Roman 
complaining of grievances; and praying that they Catholics. 
may be placed upon a footing of perfect equality, 
in point of civil rights and enjoyments, with Her 
Majesty’s subjects professing other religious per- 
suasions, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Gummer and Thomas Hum- Imprisonment 
phries, Prisoners confined for Debt in Her Majesty’s ® Deb 
Gaol of Iicheséer, in and for the county of Somerset, 
praying for amendment of the law relative to Im- 
prisonment for Debt, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Distress, 
middle and working classes, held at the Crown and 
Anchor Tavern, Strand ;—and, Charles Bradley, of 
Edgbaston; praying the House to appoint a Par- 
liamentary Commission or Committee to investigate 
the causes of Distress in the country,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Political 
habitants of Birmingham, praying the House to fenders. 
cause an investigation into the circumstances con- 
cerning the deaths of Samuel Holberry and —~— 
Clayton, in Northallerton House of Correction, and 
for the release of all Political Offenders, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Fourth Provident Benefit Build- 
Building Society, established in Sunderland, praying ing Societies. 
for the amendment of the Act 7 Will. 4, for the Re- 
gulation of Benefit Building Societies, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Prisoners in the Queen’s Prison, Queen’s Prison 
praying that the operation of the Queen’s Prison At. 
Act may be wholly abandoned, or at least deferred 
until after the sultry season of the year, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Ward of Cornhill ; — and, Waterloo, &amp;e., 
Ward of Bishopsgate, London; praying the House Bridges. 
to adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing 
the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vaurhall 
Bridges,— were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Holmes, of Brookfield, near Municipal 
Arundel, Gentleman, praying that the Municipal ee 
Corporations Bill may not pass into a law, as itnow " 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charlotte Agnes Forbes, of Queen- James Hodder 
street, Brompton, Wife of James Hodder Forbes, Forbes, 
Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, now an inmate of 
the lunatic asylum, Has/ar, stating that the insanity 
under which the Petitioner’s husband labours, was 
produced from the severe service to which he had 
been exposed on the coast of Worth America, and 
in the operations against New Orleans, in the winter 

3M 2 of 























Oliver’s 
Pension. 


Oaths, 


Schovulmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Payment of 
Wages. 


General Com. 
mittee of 
Etections, 


Prince 
Edward's 
Island, 





452 5° Juliz. 


of 1815; and praying that the House will provide 
that he may be supported for the future free of ex- 
pense, and that restitution may be made to her of 
the amount deducted from his Half-pay from the 
year 1826 to the present time, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Murray, of Butler-street, Man- 
chester, alleging that Oliver, an informer, formerly 
in the receipt of a Pension, has memorialized the 
Government to have his Pension restored to him, 
and praying the House to refuse the same, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation wor- 
shipping in the Presbyterian Chapel, Chowbent with- 
in Atherton, in the county of Lancaster, praying 
the House to pass a general measure, by which per- 
sons who conscientiously object to the taking of an 
Oath, may be relieved from incurring the various 
legal and moral responsibilities to which on refusal 
they are now liable, was presented, and read ;- and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters of Scot- 
land, within the bounds of the presbytery of Loch- 
carron, praying the House to take into consideration, 
and to adopt measures for putting the Parochial 
Schoolmasters in Scotland, upon a more desirable 
and comfortable footing, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Glasgow, 
Members of the Established Church of Scotland, 
or friendly to it, praying for the abolition of the 
system of Church Patronage in Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Nail-masters of the town and neigh- 
hourhood of Dudley, in the counties of Worcester 
and Stafford, stating that the Petitioners pay the 
full wages and entire earnings of the workmen em- 
ployed by them in money, as required by law, and 
that on the other hand there are many masters in 
that town and neighbourhood who are largely en- 
gaged in the manufacture of nails, who are in the 
constant habit of paying the wages of their work- 
men in goods, or by way of truck and otherwise 
than in money; and praying the House to take im- 
mediate measures for rendering the law effectual 
for putting down the truck system, or for repealing 
the Act now in force, so as to admit of its unrestricted 
operation, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Payment of Wages. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Ge- 
neral Committee of Elections, the amended Panels. 

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

Lord Granville Somerset further reported from the 
General Committee of Elections ; That they had ap- 
pointed Tuesday the 19th day of July instant, at 
three o’clock, to choose from Panel No. 2., Select 
Committees to try the Ipswich Election Petition and 
the Newcastle-under-Lyme Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to vive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Petition and Memorial of the Legisla- 
tive Council and Assembly of Her Majesty’s Island 
of Prince Edward in February 1842, to Her Majesty, 
praying for the admission of Corn and other Produce 
of that Colony into Great Britain free :—Of a Peti- 
tion from the House of Assembly of Prince Edward's 
Island, to Her Majesty, in April last, for the Settle- 
ment of Land Tenures in that Island; and also, 
a Copy of the Resolutions accompanying the said 
Petition, together with a Copy of the Despatch from 





A. 1842. 


the Lieutenant Governor forwarding that Petition : 
— Of the Despatches from Lord John Russell, 
Nos. 57 and 58, dated the 26th day of July 1841, 
in Answer to the Address of the House of Assembly, 
relating to the State of the Colony, and Counter Re- 
solutions of the Legislative Council on the same 
subject ;—And, of the Despatch from Lord John 
Russell, No. 62, dated the 26th day of July 1841, 
in Answer to the Address of the House of Assembly 
to the Queen, in reference to the Price and the 
Disposal of the Crown Lands of that Colony to actual 
Settlers. 

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. 


Returns of the Total Number of Promotions in the 
Royal Navy, since the 21st day of July 1838, from 
the Rank of Midshipmen to that of Admiral inclu- 
sive, stating the Number of each Rank promoted in 
each year, and distinguishing the Number of each 
Rank promoted when employed and afloat, from 
those on Half Pay, and also those on the Coast 
Guard Service in each year; stating also the Date of 
Entry of each Officer into the Navy, and of the several 
Commissions which they have successively attained 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 675, 
of Session 1888) :—Of the Number of Sea Officers 
on the 1st day of January in each of the years 1822, 
1839, 1840 and 1842; and also, the Total Amount 
per annum for the Sea Pay of those employed, and 
for the Half Pay of those unemployed at each of 
those periods, stating also the Number of each Rank 
employed and unemployed at each of those periods, 
and the Total Number of each Class (in continuation 
of the Return No. 9, in the Appendix of the Report 
of the Commissioners for inquiry into Naval and 
Military Promotions and Retrenchment) :— And, 
showing the Total Number of Officers in the Royal 
Navy on the ist day of January in each of the years 
1834 to January 1842, both inclusive ; distinguish- 
ing the Number of each Rank, from Admiral to 
Lieutenant inclusive, on Half Pay and in Commis- 
sion ; also, distinguishing the Number of Officers 
and their Ranks, in the Coast Guard Service, in 
each of those years (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 57, of Session 1833.) 


amended, be printed. 


Returns, to show, in columns, the Amount of Gold, 
Bank Notes and other Valuables, contained in Let- 
ters which have been consigned to the Dead Letter 
Offices in London, Edinburgh and Dublin respec- 
tively, in each year since the last Return was made, 
and which had been opened, because the Parties to 
whom they were addressed had not been found ; the 
Return to show the Application of the said Monies 
and Valuables in each year, and the Sum Total 
thereof since the last Return was made: —Of the 
Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and 
paid in Scotland and Ireland, during each Quarter, 
from the Quarter ending the 5th day of April 1839 
to that ending the 5th day of January 1842 inclusive, 
and corresponding to the Return made for England 
and Wales, and for London, being No. 288, of the 
present Session :—And, showing, in columns, the 
Cost of Management of the Money Order Offices in 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, during 
each Quarter, from the Quarter ending the 5th day 
of April 1839, to that ending the 5th day of April 
1842 inclusive, with the Amount of the per-centage 
received in each of the above Quarters for Money 
Orders issued throughout England, Scotland and 
Ireland, as above, with the Application thereof, in 
paying the Cost of Management, and otherwise. 





Ordered 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy, 


Ordered, That the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, as Fisheries 
(Treland) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. 





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Foreign Ship 
Biscuit. 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election. 


Perth Prison 
Bill. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Election 
Proceedings. 


South Australia 
(Government 


Right of 


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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantities of Foreign Ship Biscuit 
exported from the United Kingdom in the last Five 

ears. 

Mr. William Gladstone accordingly presented the 
said Account. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he re- 
ceived, on Saturday last, a Report from the Exa- 
miner of Recognizances, stating that the Surety to 
the Petition of John Campbell Colquhoun, Esquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (being one 
Surety in the sum of £.1,000), is unobjectionable. 

And that he yesterday received a second Report 
from the Examiner of Recognizances, stating that 
the Surety to the Petition of John Campbell Colqu- 
houn, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme 
(being one Surety in the sum of £.1,000), is unob- 
jectionable. 


Ordered, That the Perth Prison Bill be read the 
third time upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Tobacco Regulations Bill be 
read a second time upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon Wednesday last, That A/- 
exander Baillie Cochrane, Esquire, one of the Mem- 
bers for the Borough of Bridport, do attend before 
the Select Committee on Election Proceedings, and 


give Evidence, upon Monday next, be resumed To- 


morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will resolve itself into 
a Committee to consider the Acts relating to South 
and Revenues.) 4 ystralia, and of authorizing Payments out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, on account of the Province of 


South Australia, after the Orders of the day. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Right of Voting 


Voting (Dublin (Dublin University) Bill, be now received. 


University) 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


Four Courts 
Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Forth Marine 
Insurance 


Company Bill 


Marquis of 
Uwecddale’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mr. Greene accordingly reported the 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. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Poor Law 


Amendment Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Law of Evi- 


dence Bill. 


Ordered, That the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dub- 
lin) 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 Tuesday next 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Ord- 


nance Services Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 


and Mr. Duckworth: . 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act toenable the Forth Marine Insurance Company 
* to sue and be sued, and for other Purposes, without 


any Amendment: And also, ; 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Ac 


to enable George Marquis of Tweeddale to borrow 


a certain Sum of Money upon the Security of hi 
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453 


entailed Estates, for Repayment to him of a Portion 

of the Monies laid out by him in the Improvement 

of these Estates ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Mostyn’s 
for vesting Parts of the settled Estates of the Ho- Estate Bill. 
nourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, of Mostyn, 

in the County of Flint, in Trustees, upon Trust, to 

sell, mortgage or exchange the same, and to lay out 

the Monies to arise therefrom in the Payment of 

Debts, Charges and Mortgages upon or affecting 

the same, or other Estates settled to the same Uses, 

or in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to 

the same Uses, 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 Duke of 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of the Most noble a 
Francis, late Duke of Bridgewater, to raise Money ***"* *" 
for rebuilding Bridgewater House, and for repairing 

and improving the Bridgewater Canal, 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 Lord South- 
to extend a Power of Leasing contained in the Mar- #™pton’s 
riage Settlement of Charles Lord Southampton and comets 
Harriet Lady Southampton, his Wife ; to which the 
= desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Verconsin’s 
for naturalizing Pierre Frederic Eugene Verconsin ; N*- Bill 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mostyn’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Mostyn’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill. 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Marquis of Tweeddale’s Estate Bill was read Marquis of 

the first time. Tweeddale’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Pe Bill- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Duke of Bridgewater’s Estate Bill was read Duke of 
the first time. Bridgewater’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select eenatiimae 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord Southampiton’s Estate Bill was read the first Lord South- 
time. ampton’s 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select eeiniaeees 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Verconsin’s Naturalization Bill was read the first verconsin’s 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill, 








Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Supply. 
Amendment which, upon Friday 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 of Supply], be resumed 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations Bill Municipal 
be read third time To-morrow. nm 
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Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday writs of Error 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Writs Bill. 


of Error Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve London Bridge 
itself into a Committee upon the London Bridge Approscies 
Approaches Fund Bill. , 


Ordered, That the Report on the Charitable Charitable 
Pawn Offices (Ireland) Bill be now received. pa Ofices 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; GVGVVu 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
t} Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 


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Mines and 
Cullieries Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


District Courts 
and Prisons 
Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Colonial 


Passengers’ 
Bill, 


Buildings 
Regulation 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 

Police Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
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Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the Mines and Collieries Bill be 
resumed after the Orders of the day. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


Ordered, That the Districts Courts and Prisons 
Bill be read the third time upon Thursday next. 


Resolved, That this House will resolve itself into 
a Committee upon the Primrose Hill Bill, after the 
Orders of the day. 


The Select Committee on the Bribery at Elections 
(No. 2.) Bill was nominated of Lord John Russell, 
Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Sandon, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Sir 
Thomas Wilde, Sir George Grey, Mr. Thesiger, Mr. 
Darby, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Mr. Macaulay, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Agl- 
onby and Sir Thomas Fremantle. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton 
Police 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 Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical Districts 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 “‘ Revenue from the Crown Lands in the 
“ Forest of Dean is part of the Revenue of the 
Crown Lands transferred by Her Majesty to the 
Public Exchequer of the country, in exchange 
and in consideration of the yearly sum of £.385,000 
sterling, granted by Parliament out of the Public 
Revenue for Her Majesty’s Civil List, during her 
life-time ; and that any grant out of the Revenue 
of Her Majesty’s Crown Lands to endow clergy- 
men, or for any other purpose, is a charge on the 


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same amount is paid from the Revenue of Her 
Majesty’s Excise or Customs: 

“That the Revenues of the Church of Eng- 
land, as appears by the Report of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners before this House, amounted 
to £.3,811,507 sterling gross, and to £.3,507,501 
net income, from lands and tithes, exclusive of 
Easter offerings and fees : 

“That, by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 77, and 
subsequent Act, it was enacted, that various sine- 
cures and other offices in the church should be 
abolished, and reductions in the salaries of some 
of the clergy made as vacancies occurred; and 
that the revenues of such suppressed sinecure 
offices should form a fund, to be applied by the 
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A. 1842. 


Kingdom the sum of £.5,678,751 sterling for the 
“ Established Churches in England, Ireland and 
Scotland, between the years 1801 and 1840 both 
inclusive, besides many large payments in the 
British Colonies for the support of the church ; 
and all these sums have been an addition to the 
National Debt, the interest of which is now 
chargeable on the Public Revenue : 

“ That it appears by the Bill before the 
House, intituled, ‘ Dean Forest Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill, that the sum of £.2,200 has been 
already paid by the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, from Parliamentary grants 
towards the endowment of the clergyman of the 
chapel of Holy Trinity, and that three of the 
clergymen of the chapels of the Forest of Dean 
have already yearly endowments to the amount 
severally of £.118. 10s. 6d. of £.93. 13s. and of 
£.74. 3s. 6d.: 

“ That there were, as stated by the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners in their Report in 1835, 
5,251 curates employed by incumbents at salaries 
the average of which amounted only to £.81 ster- 
ling, and showing that many of these curates 
perform the ecclesiastical duties in their parishes 
for smaller incomes than the clergy of the Forest 
of Dean chapels already possess : 

“ That, therefore, in the present commercial, 
manufacturing and financial difficulties of the 
country, and at a time when Parliament has 
passed an Act to add by taxation three or four 
millions sterling to the burthens of the peopie, 
to meet the already sanctioned expenditure of the 
country, it is highly inexpedient to increase that 
expenditure by granting a sum equivalent to 
£.10,500 of Three per cents. from the Public 
Revenue of the country, for the endowment of the 
clergymen of the chapels of the Forest of Dean : 

“ ‘That it appears by the Bill, that in the year 
1838 the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods 
and Forests, with consent of the Lords of the 
Treasury, invested the sum of £.843. 15s. from 
the Revenues of the Crown Lands, to purchase 
the sum of £.1,000 Three per cent. Consolidated 
Bank Annuities, upon trust, towards the repairs of 
the fabrics of the said three chapels for ever, and 
the further proposed grant of money, equivalent 
to £.333. 6s. 8d. of Three per cent. stock, the 
dividends of which are to be applied for the 
maintaining and repairing the fabric of these 
chapels, would be a precedent for paying Church 
Rates out of the general Revenue of the country, 
and ought not to be agreed to,” 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 thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, | 177 

Yeas, L Mr. Henry Baring: | teiae 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 44 

Noes, UMr. William Williams: } . 

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 Amendments were accordingly read a second 
time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
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resolved itself into a Committee, to consider the 
Acts relating to South Australia, and of authorizing 
Payments out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on 
account of the Province of South Australia. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 





Britain 


The House, according to the Order made this day, south Australis 


(Government 
and Revenues. 





Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


Mines and 


Collieries Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


Arrestment 
of Wages 
(Scotland.} 


New South 
Wales, 


Shipping, 





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455 


Britain and Ireland, for defraying the Interest or | ing Steam from Sailing Vessels, between the 31st 


Annuities arisen or to arise upon securities granted 
by the Colonization Commissioners for South Aus- 
tralia on account of that Province. 

2. Resolved, That any money which may have 
been advanced out of the said Consolidated Fund 
on account of the Colony of South Australia, in 
pursuance of an Act of the fourth year of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, shall be deemed to have been advanced 
in aid of the Revenues of that Province, and not 
subject to repayment to the said Consolidated Fund. 

3. Resolved, That provision be made for the better 
government of South Australia, and the manage- 
ment of the Revenues thereof. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Petitions from Thornton and Wilsden ;—Idle ;— 
fiawden ;-—and, Bradford and Calverley (nine Peti- 
tions); praying that the Mines and Collieries Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, 
resumed the adjourned Proceeding upon the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to prohibit the Employ- 
ment of Women and Girls in Mines and Collieries, 
to regulate the Employment of Boys, and make 
Provisions for the Safety of Persons working therein. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Directing the 
mode of serving Summonses on Owners of Mines 
and Collieries): And the said Clause was brought 
up, and thrice read ; and agreed to, to be made part 
of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Ashley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to the Order made this 
day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the 
Primrose Hill 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 To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Petition of William Thompson, 
and others, relating to Arrestment of Wages (Scot- 
land), which was presented upon the 10th day of 
June last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Payment of Wages. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Letter from the Colonial Department, 
dated the 3d day of June 1842, and of the Minute 
of the Treasury on the subject of Bills drawn by 
the Governor of New South Wales, on account of 
the Debt due to that Colony by the Government 
of New Zealand. ; 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return to an Order dated the 6th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Number and Tonnage of 
Sailing Vessels registered at each of the Ports of 
Great Britain and Ireland, including the Channel 
Islands; distinguishing those under from those 
ahove Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1841 :—A similar Return of Steam Vessels 
and Tonnage :—A Return of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Vessels that entered and cleared coastwise, 
at each of the Ports of Great Britain and Ireland 
and Channel Islands (including their repeated Voy- 
ages), with the Number of their Crews; distinguish- 

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day of December 1840 and the 31st day.of Decem- 
ber 1841 ;—The like Return from and to the Coio- 
nies :—And, the like Return from and to Foreign 
Ports; distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels. 


Accounts showing the Surplus or Deficiency of the Public Income 


Net Income of the United Kingdom, compared with 
the Expenditure thereof (exclusive of the Charge " 
of a fixed Sinking Fund, while such was imposed 
by Law), in each of the Two years preceding the 5th 
day of January 1842 :—Showing the Total Amount 
of the Funded and Unfunded Debt created, and 
also of the Funded and Unfunded Debt extinguished, 
in each of the Two years ending the 5th day of 
January 1842; distinguishing the Stock created 
in lieu of Exchequer Bills cancelled, being the 
produce of Monies invested by Savings Banks :— 
Of the Total Amount of the Unfunded Debt out- 
standing on the 5th day of January, the 5th day of 
April, the 5th day of July and the 10th day of Oc- 
tober in each of the years 1840 and 1841; stating 
the Rate of Interest on Exchequer Bills issued in or 
about the same periods, the current Rates of Pre- 
mium or Discount on the same in the Public Mar- 
ket, and the Prices of the Three per cent. Consoli- 
dated Annuities:—Of the Total Net Income and 
Expenditure of the United Kingdom, in each of the 
years between the 5th day of January 1840 and the 
5th day of January 1842 (in continuation of the 
Account annexed tu the Fourth Report of the Com- 
mittee on Finance in 1828, wherein the same is ex- 
hibited from the year 1792, and of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 149, of Session 1840) :—And, showing 
the Total Sums expended for the Service of the 
Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous, in each 
of the Two years between the 5th day of January 
1840 and the 5th day of January 1842. 


An Account of the Quantities of Merchandize im- Mexico. 


ported from Mezico into the United Kingdom; of 
the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize 
exported to Mexico from the United Kingdom ; of 
the Quantities and declared Value of British and 
Irish Produce and Manufactures exported to 
Mexico; and of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels entered and cleared in Trade with Mexico, from 
the year 1820 to the latest account. 


A Return of the aggregate Number of Stamps Newspaper 
issued for Newspapers in Great Britain, in each Steps. 


year, from the 1st day of January 1827 till the 1st 
day of January 1842, distinguishmg the Number of 
each in England and Wales, and in Scotland ; also, 
the aggregate Number of Stamps issued for News- 
papers in Jreland during the same period (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 530 of Ses- 
sion 1827.) 


Returns of the Quantities of Malt on which Duty Malt. 


has been charged, for the Two years ending the 5th 
day of April 1841 and the 5th day of April 1842: 
—And, of the Quantities of Malt used by Brewers 
and Distillers, for the same periods respectively. 


A Return of the Quantities of Wheat (as returned Wheat. 


by the Inspector of Corn Returns) sold in the eight 
weeks next preceding the 17th day of June (or 
nearest corresponding day) in each of the years 
1836, 1839 and 1842, ineach of the Towns of Leeds, 
Wakefield, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and 
Nottingham. 

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


Mr. William Gladstone presented a Bill to amend Linen, &amp;c. 
and continue an Act of the third and fourth years Manufactures 


of Her present Majesty, “ for the more effectual Pre- 
vention of Frauds and Abuses committed by Weavers, 
Sewers and other Persons employed in the Linen, 
Hempen, Union, Cotton, Silk and Woollen Manv- 
factures in Ireland, and for the better Payment of 
their Wages, for One year, and from thence to the 
end of the then next Session of Parliament :” And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 





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Stamps = The House was moved, That the several Acts im- 
Assessed Taxes. 1 osing Duties of Stamps and Assessed Taxes, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts. 
East India. . 
No. 400. Ordered, That the Annual Accounts of the Terri- 
torial Revenues and Disbursements of the East India 
Company, which were presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 
PublicRecords. Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Re- 
No.401. cords, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercuri, 6° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
Settle Union. R. Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law 











Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to Order,—A Copy of all Orders 
issued by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Board 
of Guardians of the Settle Union, since the 1st day 
of January last, and of the Resolutions adopted by 
the Board thereon, together with the Correspondence 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the said 
Board of Guardians with respect to the said Orders, 
up to the present time :—And then he withdrew. 

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

































































Birmingham 


The Birmingham School Bill was read a second 
Schwol Bill. 


time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Birmingham, in the county 
of Warwick, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 

arts 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 fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 










































































National Float- 
ing Breakwater 


Company Bill. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill for forming and regulating the 
National Floating Breakwater and Refuge Harbour 
Company, and to enable the said Company to pur- 
chase certain Letters Patent, 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 { Captain Pechell, ‘ie 
Yeas, Mr. George Palmer: «{ °~ 

Tellers for the { Sir Charles Douglas, 1 
Noes, . The Marquis of Douro: J -™ 








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 Captain Pechell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 









































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A. 1849, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Man- Manners’s 
ners’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Estate 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 directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Brewood Schoo} 
Brewood School Estate Bill; That they had examined Estate Bill, 
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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Distress (ya. 
Tradesmen and Shopkeepers of the borough of nufacturing 
Leeds, praying the House to institute an immediate Pisticts.) 
and searching inquiry as to the extent of the Dis- 
tress amongst the manufacturing population, in order 
to ascertain the causes thereof, and to the instant 
application of remedies, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bury Union (Lancaster) ;—Nor- Poor Law 
wich ;—and, Liverpool (Chairman of the Board of Amendment 
Guardians); praying that the Poor Law Amendment 5". 

Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands,— 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Haddlesey ;—Ledston;— Leasham 3 poor Law 
—and, Lotherton ; praying the House not to sanc- (Gilbert's 
tion any measure for the repeal of the Act com- Unions.) 
monly called Gilbert’s Act,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint Maynooth 
Andrew, Norwich, praying the House to institute a oles 
searching and vigorous inquiry into the class books 
and other standard works used for the purpose of 
instruction in the College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and other Claimants Danish Claims.. 
for losses sustained by the seizure of their ships 
and goods by the Danes, in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and seven, stating that the Petitioners 
represent the claimants on the British Government 
for compensation, in respect of the loss of ships and 
cargoes seized within the Baltic, in reprisal, by the 
Danes, and subsequently condemned and sold by 
the Danish government ; and praying that measures 
may be taken for giving effect to the Resolution and 
Address of the House, of the 10th day of June 
1841, for presenting an Address to Her Majesty, 
praying that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to advance to the Claimants the amount as 
ascertained by the Commissioners to be due, and 
assuring Her Majesty that this House will make 
good the same, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Testimony Perpetuating Bill was read the regimony 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Perpetuating 
upon Friday next, _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. _ No. 408. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Coun- yfunicipal 
cillors of the borough of Northampton, praying Corporations 
that the House will be pleased to appoint certain Act. 
and specific periods for the holding of the Courts 
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for such 
boroughs as are comprised in the 103d. ae. - 

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6 Vicroriz. 


the Municipal Corporations Act, in like manner as 
the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for counties are 
regulated, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
Church Rates. 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, appointed to 
rotect their civil rights, praying the House to abol- 
ob ish Church Rates, and, if it be necessary to raise a 
fund for the repairing the fabrics of the Churches, 
to take advantage of the improved rents of ecclesi- 
astical property for that purpose, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


James Hodder 


Ordered, That the Petition of Charlotte Agnes 
Forbes. 


Forbes, relative to the case ‘of her husband James 
Hodder Forbes, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Samuel 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Holberry. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Communications that have 
passed between the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, and the Authorities of York Castle, 
from the beginning of September 1841 to the present 
time, relative to the state of health and the death 
of Samuel Holberry. 

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, Returns of the names of the several Sheriffs 
Depute, and other the Persons appointed to act in- 
stead or in aid of them, who during each of the 
last Three years, viz. 1839, 1840 and 1841, have 
been employed in revising the Electoral Lists in 
Scotland, stating the several Counties, Districts and 
Places where, and the Number of Days in each 
year during which they were so respectively em- 
ployed, distinguishing how many of such Days were 
occupied by them respectively in the original Revi- 
sion Court, and how many in the Court of Appeal ; 
and in the case of Persons not being Sheriffs Depute, 
stating their Profession, and why, and by whom, 
and under what Authority they were severally so 
appointed :—Of the several Sums of Money which 
each of the Sheriffs Depute, and other Persons 
aforesaid, respectively claimed and received as Fees 
or Remuneration for their Services upon such Revi- 
sion in each of the said years: —Of the several 
Sums of Money claimed and received by each of 
the Sheriffs, and other Persons aforesaid, respec- 
tively, for their Costs, Charges and Travelling and 
all other Expenses upon such Revision, in each of 
the said years, distinguishing therein the Amount 
of their Personal and ‘Travelling Expenses from their 
other Costs and Charges : — Of the Total Amount 
paid to all the Sheriffs and other Persons aforesaid, 
on account of such Revision, in each of the said 
years, distinguishing the Sum paid for Remunera- 
tion or Fees, from the Sum paid for Costs, Charges 
and Expenses in each year :—And, of all Sums of 
Money (if any), not included in the last-mentioned 
Return, and charged to and paid by the Public on 
account of such Revision, in each of the said Three 
years, stating the names of the Persons to whom, 
and the Services or Purposes for which the same 
have been so severally paid. 

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. 


Sheriff's Depute 
(Scutland.) 


NS... 


Sheriff Clerks 


(Scotland) Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


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457 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in columns, showing the Gross Yearly 
Income and Net Yearly Income, arising out of Fees 
and all other Sources of Emolument, accruing to 
each Sheriff Clerk in Scotland, under the late Act 
1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 119, s. 28, since the same has been in 
force, and up to the 1st day of January 1842; the 
said Return to show clearly and explicitly in detail, 
the precise Items and whole Amount thereof, which 
make the difference between the Gross Receipts and 
the Net Income. 

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, Trinity House 
a Return of the Number of Pensioners receiving (Deptford 
relief from the Corporation of Trinity House, ae 
Deptford Strond, on the 1st day of January in 
each year, commencing on the Ist day of Janu 
1837 ; distinguishing Men, Women and Children, 
and specifying the Rate of Pension allowed to each 
Class of Pensioners; the Names of the Ports or 
Places at or in the vicinity of which the Parties re- 
ceiving Pensions reside, and the Number of Men, 
Women, and Children at each Port; with a Copy 
of the Rules of Admission, showing the age which 
qualifies Petitioners to be admitted to a Pension ; 
also, an Abstract of the Number of Vacancies which 
have occurred by the Death or Disqualification of 
Pensioners in each of the last Five years, com- 
mencing on the Ist day of January 1837; distin- 
guishing the Number of Vacancies occasioned by 
the Death or Disqualification of Male Pensioners 
from the Number by Female Pensioners. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Fisheries 
of the Select Committee on the Fisheries (Jreland) (lreland) Bill. 
Bill, be laid before this House. No. 403. 
Sir Denham Norreys accordingly presented the 
said Minutes. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of Charles Miller, m. a., clerk, pray- Tithes Commu. 
ing the House to adopt measures to release the Peti- tation Act. 
tioner from the operation of the Tithes Commutation 
Act, preserving to him by the law of the land all 
such rights and privileges as have hitherto attached 
to him, as the incumbent of Harlow, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Licensed 
further consideration the Report on the Licensed Lunatic 
Lunatic Asylums Bill; Asyluss Bill, 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next.” 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Designs Copy- 
further consideration the Report on the Designs tight Bill. 
Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newfoundland 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House wil, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Sudbury Dis- 
the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading of ia 
the ingrossed Bill to exclude the Borough of Sud- ~~ 
bury from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament : 

—The House resumed the said adjourned Proceed- 
ing. 

.* ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider (To disqualify certain per- 
sons from voting at all future Elections for the Bo- 





Vou. 97. 


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Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Election 
. Proceedings. 


Right of Voting 
(Dublin 
University) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill, 


458 


rough of Sudbury :)—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 ag’ 2 . 
r. Blackstone, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Qgionel Rushbrooke : 
Mr. Redington, 
Tellers for the Noes,) 7 574 yoman Hill : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Redington do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) Bill was, | Z 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- | na 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- | a 
morrow. ‘ 
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\ 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into | ,, 
further consideration the Report on the Rivers (Jre- | ,, 
land) Bill. | es 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further | ,, 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. a 
‘ 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' « 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| « 
mittee on the Fisheries (Jre/and) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


‘ 


“ 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming | 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Wednesday last, That Alexander Baillie Coch- 
rane, Esquire, one of the Members for the Borough 
of Bridport, do attend before the Select Committee 
ou Election Proceedings, and give Evidence upon 
Monday next ; 

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

Whereupon Mr. Cochrane, in his place, expressed 
his willingness to attend the Committee :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. * 








The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the second 
and third years of his late Majesty, “to amend the 
Representation of the People of Zreland,” in respect 
of the Right of Voting in the University of Dublin, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment 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- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill ; 


6°—7? Juliz. 


A. 1849. 


trades and manufactures of this country are la- 
bouring under great embarrassment and difficul- 
ties: That the industrious classes are also suffer- 
ing many privations and severe distress: That 


the Question, in order to add the words “ the pistress, 


this state of things has been gradually advancing ° 


for several years past, and is now extending in a 
most alarming degree: That the alterations made 
in the Corn Laws, and in the Duties on Imports 
and Exports, coupled as these have been with an 
Income Tax, to add nearly four millions of Taxa- 
tion to this already heavily burthened country, 
cannot be expected to afford that relief which the 
continually declining state of trade, and the dis- 
tressed condition of the people, sourgently require: 
That the welfare of Her Majesty’s faithful people, 
and the future peace and security of the country, 
imperatively demand that effectual measures shall 
immediately be taken to rescue the working classes 
from the privations and sufferings they have so 
long borne, with a degree of patience and fortitude, 
which specially entitle them to the affectionate 
sympathy of their Sovereign, and to the respect, 
commiseration and assistance of this House : 
That therefore an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will 
be graciously pleased to refuse Her consent to 
the Prorogation of Parliament, until a diligent 
and searching inquiry shall be instituted into the 
causes of the unprecedented distress existing at 
present all over the Kingdom; and until Her 
Majesty and this House shall have been assured 
by Her Ministers, that effectual means are se- 
cured to provide sustenance for the unemployed 
and their destitute families, until their sufferings 
shall be terminated by a demand for their industry, 
and wages for their labour,” 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 Thursday morning ; 


Jovis, 7° die Julii, 1842: 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


put,,That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers forthe f Mr. Hawes, 
Yeas, Mr.Charles Buller : } - 
Tellers for the } Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : p27. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That 


the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Municipal 


reading of the Municipal Corporations Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To-~'* 


morrow. 











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


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 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into London Bridge 


a Committee upon the London Bridge Approaches — 


Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair 
[for the House to resolve itself into the Com- 
mittee of Supply]; and which Amendment was, 
to leave out from the word “ That” to the end of 





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Fund Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


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6 Vicroriz. 6°—7° 


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. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Colonial = The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Passengers Bill. -eading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to divide the Forest of Dean, 
in the County of Gloucester, into Ecclesiastical Dis- 
tricts, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 

Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
South Australia The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
omn Report from the Committee to whom it was referred 
to consider the Acts relating to South Australia, 
and of authorizing Payments out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, on account of the Province of South Aus- 
tralia ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Report be now brought up ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremanile, \ 50 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: wits 
Tellers for the [ Mr. Hume, } 9 
Noes, Mr. Benjamin Wood: ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported several Resolu- 
tions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for defraying the Interest or 
Annuities arisen or to arise upon Securities granted 
by the Colonization Commissioners for South Aus- 
tralia, on account of that Province. 

2. Resolved, That any money which may have 
been advanced out of the said Consolidated Fund, 
on account of the Colony of South Australia, in 
pursuance of an Act of the fourth year of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, shall be deemed to have been advanced 
in aid of the Revenues of that Province, and not 
subject to re-payment to the said Consolidated Fund. 

3. Resolved, That provision be made for the better 
government of South Australia, and the management 
of the Revenues thereof. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Lord Stanley, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


a Hill = Mr. Greene reported the Primrose Hill Bill; and 
ill, 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Stamps and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Assessed Taxes. mittee to whom it was referred to consider the seve- 
ral Acts imposing Duties of Stamps and Assessed 
Taxes ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Designs The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Copyright Bill, further consideration the Report on the Designs 


Copyright Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Rivers (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, 
sey to take into further consideration the Re- 
ou. 97. 


Julie. 
port on the Rivers (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 To-morrow. 


459 


The House, according to the Order made this day, Fisheries 
resolved itself into a Committee upon the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, No. 404, 
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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 

the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 

as amended, to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Vic., Fisheries Treaty 
c. 69, to continue for Six months after the com- Bill 
mencement of the next Session of Parliament. an 
Act of the last Session of Parliament, for carryin 

into effect a Convention between Her Majesty al 
the King of the French, relative to the Fisheries on 
the Coasts of the British Islands, and of France, 
might be read: and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 

to continue the said Act: And that Sir George Clerk 
and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 7 Will. 4, Slave Trade 
and 1 Vic., c. 62, to authorize Her Majesty until Greaties Act 
Six months after the commencement of the next pi), 
Session of Parliament, to carry into immediate 
execution by Orders in Council, any Treaties, Con- 

ventions or Stipulations made with any Foreign 

Power or State for the Suppression of the Slave 

Trade, 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 Sir George Clerk 

and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Militia 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- Estimates. 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland for a 
year, to the 31st day of March 1843 :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Sir Henry Hardinge, Lord 
Granville Somerset, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. 
Macaulay, Viscount Howick, Mr. Nicholl, Mr. 
Manners Sutton, Sir George Clerk, Sir George Grey, 
Colonel Gore Langton, Colonel Wood, Mr. Parker 
and all Colonels of Militia. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue an Fisheries. 
Act for carrying into effect a Convention between Treaty Bill. 
Her Majesty and the King of the French, relative No. 405, 
to the Fisheries on the Coast of the British Islands 
and of France: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day; and to be printed. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue an Slave Trade 
Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into im- — ae 
3 : Sas ; ontinuance 
mediate execution, by Orders in Council, any Trea- pj), 
ties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade: And -y 
‘ 0.406. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Keighley Keighley 
Union, which was presented yesterday, be referred Union. 
to the Select Committee on Keighley Union. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign Ship Foreign Ship 


Biscuit, which was presented yesterday, be printed. ee 
0. 407. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to New South New South 
Wales, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Wales. 


No. 408. 
3N2 Ordered, 








Shipping. 
No. 409. 
Public Income 


and Expendi 
ture. 


No. 410, 
Mexico. 

No. 411. 
Newspaper 
Stamps. 

No. 412. 
Malt. 

No. 413. 


Whear. 
No. 414. 


Manners’s 
Estate Bill. 


Slavery (East 
Indies). 


Brewood 
School Estate 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections, &amp;c. 


460 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Shipping, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 


Income and Expenditure, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Mezico, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till two of the clock on Thursday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 


Jovis, 7° die J 


Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


ulit ; 


PRAYERS. 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
vesting certain Estates appointed and devised 
by the Will of George Manners, Esquire, deceased, 
and purchased under the Trusts thereof, in Trustees, 
to sell the same, and to invest the Monies thence 
arising in the Purchase of other Estates to be settled 
to the same Uses, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Worsley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of A/ford, in the county 
of Lincoln, and its neighbourhood, praying the 
House to adopt such measures as shall secure to 
the entire slave population of British India, their 
immediate and unconditional emancipation, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for em- 
powering the Trustees of Brewood Grammar School, 
inthe County of Stafford, to make Sales and to 
grant Mining Leases of certain Parts of the Estates 
belonging to the said School, and for other Pur- 
poses therein mentioned, was read the third time ; 
and the Amendments following were made to the 
Bill; viz. 

Pr. 6.1.23. Leave out “ the county of Stafford,” 
and insert ‘* England.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 32. Leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of De- 
vizes, praying the House to take the most direct and 
efficient measures for the prevention and punishment 
of Bribery, Treating, Intimidation and other corrupt 
practices at the election of Members of Parliament, 
and that the House will not be satisfied with enacting 
peualties for the corrupt practices before mentioned, 
nor attempt to prevent such practices by disfran- 
chisement; and that the House will extend the 
franchise, and at the same time protect the voter 
from intimidation, and the temptation to receive 
bribes, by establishing the ballot as the method of 
voting for Members of Parliament, and lastly, that 
the House will so far define and simplify the legal 
qualifications for the su ffrage, and amend the present 


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A. 1842. 


registration laws, as to enable every person entitled 
to the suffrage, to ascertain, establish and defend 
his right of voting, without being obliged to have 
recourse to professional assistance, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Simes, of Brighton, in the Brighton 
county of Sussex, was presented and read ; setting lection, &amp;e, 
forth, That during the recent contest to elect a Bur- 
gess to represent that Borough in Parliament, he 
has heard and verily believes, that a most extensive 
and well organized system of bribery, intimidation, 
treating, coercion and corruption, in every shape, 
has been resorted to; and praying the House to 
make such investigations as may lead to the detec- 
tion and condign punishment of the offenders, and, 
to guard against such evils in future, he humbl 
hopes the House will pass an Act to enable the 
electors to vote by Ballot. 

Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the 


-| Table. 


A Petition of Robert Torrens, late Chairman of South 
the Board of Colonization Commissioners for South A¥s*talia. 
Australia, praying the House to institute an inquiry 
into the affairs of that colony, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Election Election 
Proceedings have Power to report their Opinion Proceedings. 
thereupon from time to time, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


A Petition of Charles Brooker, of Alfriston, in Brighton 
the county of Sussex, Tanner, setting forth, That as Election. 
to the late Election for Brighton, held the fifth day 
of May last, and proceeded with as to polling the 
next day, the Petitioner has reason to believe that 
before, at or during the said election, and for 
carrying on the.same, and by which it was carried, 
bribery and other undue or unlawful means was 
resorted to, and that the Petitioner is prepared to 
prove the same; and praying that the truth of these 
premises for investigation, and judicially so, may be 
referred to the Select Committee on Election Pro- 
ceedings, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Easingwold Poor Poor Law 
Law Union, in the county of York, praying that the Amendment 
oor R; F Bill. 
Poor Law Amendment 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 Dr. A. de Gajewshi, a Pole, stating Polish 
that he has not received any assistance from the Go- Refugees. 
vernment grant for the last three years, having com- 
muted his pension, in order that he might return to 
his native land, but could not obtain an amnesty; and 
praying that he may be replaced on the pension list 
of Polish Refugees, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Bradfield, praying the River Thames. 
House to take from the Corporation of the city of 

London the Conservancy of the River Thames, and 

place the same in the hands of Parliamentary Com- 
missioners, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- George Jacob 
habitants of Cheltenham, praying for inquiry into Holyoake. 
the circumstances attending the apprehension of 
George Jacob Holyoake, at Chelmsford, on a charge 
of blasphemy, and his subsequent treatment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Samuel Gordon. 
Dublin, stating that an officer of the Court of Chan- 


cery 








Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Danish Claims. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


York Cathedral 
Bill. 


Deptford Pier 


Bill, 


Pilkington’s 
( Swinnerton’s) 
Estate Bill, 


Calland’s 
Estate Bill; 


6 VicTorRi&amp;. 


cery in Ireland has carried away from that court 
certain documents affecting the Petitioner; and 
praying the House to order the production forthwith 
of those papers, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sea-going Owners, Masters, Mates 
and Seamen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, in the port of London, praying for such 
alteration of the law relating to the Merchant Sea- 
men’s Fund, as will enable Merchant Seamen to 
obtain efficient relief under any emergency in the 
United Kingdom and in any British colony, from 
sources similar to those supplied to British Consuls, 
and that they may be enabled in future to ascertain, 
in the fullest manner possible, the actual receipts and 
outlay of the institution, through a distribution of 
the annual returns in the various outports, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilkenny, praying 
that the Fisheries (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 of Merchants and 
others, Claimants for losses sustained by the seizure 
of their Ships and Goods by the Danes in the year 
one thousand eight hundred and seven, for liquida- 
tion of their Claims, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the borough of Bol- 
ton, praying that the Manchester, Birmingham and 
Bolton 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 second 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton 
Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Sir Giffin Wilson: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- 
thedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter, 
in York, to raise Money for the Discharge of Debts, 
and for effecting the Restoration and Repair of the 
said Cathedral Church, 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 alter and amend the Powers and Provisions 
of the Acts relating to the making and maintaining 
of a Pier and other Works at Deptford, in the 
County of Kent, 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 carrying into effect certain Provisions contained 
in the Will of Thomas Swinnerton, Esquire, de- 
ceased, relative to the building of a Mansion-house 
on the Testator’s Estate at Butterton, in the County 
of Stafford, and building a Church or Chapel on the 
said Estate, 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 better enabling the Trustees of the Will of the 
late Charles Calland, Esquire, to grant Building 
and Farming and Mining and other Leases of cer- 
tain Estates situate in the County of Glamorgan, 
devised by the said Will, and to sell certain Portions 
of the same Estates, and for laying out the Monies 
arising from such Sales in the Purchase of other 
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461 


Lands, to be settled to the same Uses, 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 Lord Lorton’s 
for authorizing the gle of Portions of the real Es- (Countess of 
tate devised by the Will of Jane Countess Dowager Bill. — 
of Rosse, deceased, and for the Purchase of other 
Estates to be settled to the Uses of the said Will; 
and for the authorizing the granting of Farming 
and Building Leases of the same Estates; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cauvin’s 
to amend and explain the Act passed in the seventh Estate Bill. 
and eighth years of his late Majesty George the 

Fourth, c. 11, intituled, “ An Act to explain and mo- 

dify the Trust Settlement of the late Louis Cauvin, 

for the Endowment and Maintenance of an Hospi- 

tal for the Support and Education of Boys,” and fur- 

ther to explain and modify the said Trust Settle- 

ment ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House: And also, 


The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Grinding Act. 

to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the 
Report made by the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament, to 
consider the expediency of renewing any of the 
provisions of the Act of Geo. 4, commonly called 
the Grinding Act, and under what modifications ; 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Savings Banks. 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
into the proceedings of the Commissioners for the 
reduction of the National Debt, the Commissioners 
for the management of Savings Banks, and the 
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, with the 
Monies of Savings Banks in the years 1836 to 1841, 
both inclusive, by which, under the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
c. 92, intituled, “ An Act to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to Savings Banks,” the amount 
of £.5,395,569 of Three per cent. Stock has been 
added to the National Debt, without the previous 
knowledge or sanction of Parliament ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
‘The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers forthef Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, L Mr. William Williams: 
Tellers fortheJ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


1 
s 34, 


}irs. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Ministers’ 
That this House will, upon Wednesday next, resolve Money 
itself into a Committee, to take into consideration ‘!'¢!#"*-) 
the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7, intituled, “ An Act 
for Provision of Ministers in Cities, Corporate Towns, 
and making the Church of Saint Andrew’s, in the 
Suburbs of the City of Dublin, presentative for ever,” 
with a view to the repeal of so much thereof as re- 
lates to the provision of Ministers in Cities and Cor- 
porate Towns in Jreland ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Serjeant Murphy, } 56 
Yeas, Mr. Callaghan: , 

Tellers for thes Sir Thomas Fremantle, 71 








Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : s&gt; 
So it passed in the Negative. 
3N38 A Motion 





Anatomy Act. 


Election 
Proceedings 
Committees. 


Dover Harbour. 


Corn Importa- 
tion. 


Flag Officers 
(Navy.) 


462 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to 
take into consideration the Petition of William 
Roberts on the Anatomy Act, and to inquire and 
report on the working thereof, and to recommend, 
if necessary, amendments of the same :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That in all the proceedings of the Committees 
specially appointed to investigate the charges of al- 
leged corrupt Compromises and Bribery in respect 
of the late Elections for the Boroughs of Votting- 
ham, Reading, Harwich, Lewes, Falmouth and Pen- 
ryn, Bridport, Belfast and Southampton respec- 
tively, the Parties accused or implicated in such 
charges shall at all times, save at such times only 
as the said Committees shall deliberate thereon, be 
entitled to be present at such Committees, irrespec- 


tively of the right which such of them as may be | 


Members of this House have to attend all Com- 
mittees except Secret Committees of the same ; 


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 { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Yeas, Mr. Escott : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


} 49. 
fren. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Officers appointed by the 
Admiralty. to consider the Plans of Mr. Cubitt, for 
constructing a Harbour of Refuge at Dover. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that 
considering the present state of the country, it would 
be highly expedient to vest in Her present Most 
gracious Majesty, similar authority to that which 
was given to Her predecessors ; and this House, be- 
fore the close of this Session, will cheerfully acqui- 
esce in granting such powers as may enable Her 
Majesty, with the advice of Her Privy Council, to 
reduce or discontinue, should circumstances so re- 
quire, the Duties which now regulate the importa- 
tion of Foreign Corn, until the 1st day of January 


7°—8° Sulit. 


A. 1842. 


No. 11 of Appendix of that Report, and also in 
‘continuation of Parliamentary Paper No. 251, of 
Session 1837): 

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 Lobby. 

Tellersforthef Mr. Brotherton, 

Yeas, Mr. Cobden : 
Tellers forthe¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
there be laid before this House, a Return showing 
the Services of all Flag Officers in the Navy, dis- 
tinguishing the Date of Entry of each Officer into 
the Service, and the several Commissions which they 
have obtained, distinguishing the period passed in 
| Commission in their respective Ranks, and the Total 
period on Full and Half Pay; and showing also 
the period when each was last employed, and the 
age of each Officer at the present time (in continu- 
ation of the Returns in the Report of the Commis- 
sion of Naval Inquiry in 1840, No. 11 of Appendix 
of that Report, and also in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper No. 251, of Session 1837) :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


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pu 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Turnpike Acts 
to continue certain Turnpike Acts: And that Mr. Continuance 
Manners Sutton and Mr. Gaskell do prepare, and _ 
bring it in. 











Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Chelsea 
amend the Laws relating to the Payment of Out- Hospital Bill 
Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital: And that Sir Henry 
Hardinge, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Sir Edward Knatchbull do prepare, and bring it in. 


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

'to establish Military Savings Banks: And that Sir _ Bosks 
Henry Hardinge, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer ” 

and Sir Edward Knatchbull do prepare, and bring 

it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Militia Ballots 
to suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and Suspension Bill. 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom: 





1843, or for six weeks after the commencement of! And that Sir James Grahamand Sir Henry Hardinge 


the next Session of Parliament ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Julii, 1842: 


And the Question being put; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Bannerman, 
Yeas, Mr. Ward: 

Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


3 


5. 


} 11 
} 17 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


pesed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn, showing the Services of all Flag Officers in 


| do prepare, and bring it in. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further suspending the operation of the New Ar- 
rangement of Dioceses, so far as it affects the exist- 
ing Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions: And that Sir James 
Graham and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdictions 
Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill for the better regulating the Perth Prison 
Number of Prisoners admitted to the General Prison Bill. 
at Perth, was, according to Order, read the third 
| time. 
| An ingrossed Clause was offered (Mode of select- 
'ing Prisoners for Removal): And the said Clause 
| was brought up, and thrice read ; and agreed to, to 

be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 
Another ingrossed Clause was offered (General 
Board to have power to remove Prisoners from the 
'General Prison to Local Prisons): And the said 





the Navy, distinguishing the Date of Entry of each| Clause was brought up, and thrice read ; and agreed 
Officer into the Service, and the several Commis-| to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 


sions which they have obtained, distinguishing the; Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Orders of 

ns passed in Commission in their respective | general Board to be subject to control of Her Ma- 
anks, and the Total period on Full and Half Pay ;' jesty’s Secretaries of State): And the said Clause 

and showing also the period when each was last em-| was brought up, and thrice read ; and agreed to, to 

ployed, and the age of each Officer at the present | be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

time (in continuation of the Returns in the Report} Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Continu- 

of the Commission of Naval Inquiry in 1840,! ance of the Act): And the said Clause was brought 


up, 








Writs of Error 
Bill, 


Charitable 
Pawn Offices 
(ireland ) Bill. 


District Courts 
and Prisons 
Bill. 


Buildings 
Regulation 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Linen, &amp;c., 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No, 415. 


Prisons Bill, 


Supply. 





6 Vicroriz. 7°—8° 
up, and thrice read; and agreed to, to be made | 
part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs of Error Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The imgrossed Bill to remove Doubts touching 
the Law relating to Charitable Pawn or Deposit 
Offices in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Courtenay do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Juli. 463 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the London Bridge Ap- London Bridge 
proaches Fund Bill; and the Amendments were read, Approaches 
and agreed to. weitatoai 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 

next. 


The ingrossed Bill for effecting an Exchange be- Primrose Hill 
tween Her Majesty and the Provost and College of Bill. 

Eton, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps and 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the se- Assessed Taxes. 


‘| veral Acts imposing Duties of Stamps and Assessed 


The ingrossed Bill to encourage the Establishment 
of District Courts and Prisons was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Directing Trea- 
surers of Committee to attend courts, and pay costs 
of prosecutors, witnesses, &amp;c.): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and thrice read ; and agreed to, to 
be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Certain 
Offences not to be tried at District or Borough 
Courts): And the said Clause was brought up, and 
thrice read ; and agreed to, to be made part of the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) 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 Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Ireland) 
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 Grand Jury Presentments (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have power to introduce Clauses 
authorizing the collection of Grand Jury Cess in 
counties of cities and towns according to the poor 
rate valuation, and for the more effectual applot- 
ment of such Cess. 

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

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
roposed to be made to the 

Question, That Mr. Spediies do now leave the Chair, 
‘[for the House to resolve itself into the Committee 


upon Monday last, was 


of Supply ;] 


Taxes ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Fisheries Treaty Bill was, according to Order, Fisheries 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Tresty Bill. 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Slave Trade Treaties Act Continuance Bill stave Trade 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Treaties Act 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for a 
this day. j 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill to provide for the South Australia 
better Government of South Australia: And the Bill. 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be read No.416. 

a second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for further Eectesiastical 
suspending the Operation of the New Arrangement Jurisdictions 
of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Ecclesi- ®" 
astical Jurisdictions: And the same was read the No.417. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented a Bill to amend Chelsea 
the Laws relating to the Payment of Out-Pensioners Hospital Bill. 
of Chelsea Hospital: And the same was read the first No, 418. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to suspend Militia Ballots 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 5espensicn Bul. 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom: And the No. 419. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time upon Monday next ; and to be 

printed. 


Sir Henry Hardinge presented a Bill to establish Military 
Military Savings Banks: And the same was read — Bante 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time N 490 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. seas 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented a Bill to continue Turnpike Acts 
certain Turnpike Acts: And the same was read the Continuance 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time om. 
this day ; and to be printed. No, 421. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 29th and Addresses. 
30th days of June last, and of the 5th and 6th 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 presented to Her Majesty ; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders, Navy. 
—A Return of the Ships of the Royal Navy in Com- 





Vox. 97. 





mission 


3N4 


464. 


mission on the ist day of December in the years 
1839, 1840 and 1841; with a Return of the Number 
of Officers and Men allowed in the Complements of 
the Ships serving on the Coasts of Great Britain and 
ivan, at those dates (in continuation of Parliament- 
ary Paper, No. 66, of Session 1839) :—And, a State- 
ment of the Number of Ships of War of all Classes 
in the Mediterranean Seas, on the 1st day of De- 
cember in each of the years 1839, 1840 and 1841, 
stating the Number of Guns and the Number of 
Men borne at those dates; and stating also the 
largest Amount of Force in those Seas in each of 
those years, and in what months respectively. _ 

Copies of the Returns made by the various 
Collectors of Grand Jury Cess in the County of 
Westmeath, of all Persons qualified to serve on Juries 
for the year 1842 :—And, of the Jurors’ Book for the 
County of Westmeath, for the year 1842, as prepared 
according to the provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, 
c. 91:—A Return of the Names and Places of Re- 
sidence of all persons summoned to serve on Juries 
in the Crown and Record Courts of Mullingar, at 
the Spring Assizes of 1842 :—Copies of the Panels 
furnished by the Sheriff of the County of Westmeath, 
at the Spring Assizes 1842, in the order in which 
the Names were placed on the Panels of each Court, 
and distinguishing the Persons fined for non-attend- 
ance, or that were otherwise ascertained not to have 
been present at the Assizes :—And, a Return of the 
different Juries that served in the Crown Court of 
Mullingar, during the Spring Assizes of 1842, with 
the Nuinber of Trials allotted to each Jury, and the 
Order of the Names on the Roll of each Jury. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of June 
last, for Copies of a Report (February 1834) from 
the Board of Public Works in Ireland, on the Lagan 
Navigation, made to the Right honourable E. J. 
Littleton, and signed J. I’. Burgoyne, Brook T. Ot- 
tley, J. Radcliff :—Of a Letter dated April 1840, 
addressed to Robert Gordon, Esquire, Secretary to 
the ‘I'reasury, by Messrs. Freshfield, containing Ob- 
servations on the Report (February 1834) of the 
Board of Public Works, on the Lagan Navigation : 
—And, of the Proceedings and Judgment (1837) of 
the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, in an Information 
filed by the Attorney General in 1834, against the 
Corporation of the Lagan Navigation. 

A Return of the Amount paid for Salaries and 
Incidental Expenses for the Commissions established 
on the part of Her Majesty under the Treaties with 
Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves, 
in pursuance of the several Acts of the Legislature 
for carrying those Treaties into effect ; stating the 
several Stations where Commissions have been or 
are established, and the Amount paid for each Com- 
mission in each year, up to January 1842 :—Also, a 
Return of the Number of Persons now receiving 
Pensions for Service in the said Commissions, stating 
the Name, Number of years’ Service, Amount of 
Pension, and the Date of the same when first granted. 
Police Super- A Return of the Police Superannuation Fund 
annuation Fund jn Jre/and, constituted by the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, 
(irsiand.) c. 13, s. 46, commencing in the year 1836 down to 
the 25th day of June 1842, showing the Sums re- 
ceived, and distinguishing those derived from a per- 
centage on the Salaries of all Persons appointed by 
virtue of this or any other Police Act, from others 
that may have been received from any other source, 
and showing how the same have been expended. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing, in 
columns, the Number of Causes which were enrolled 
for Debate before each Lord Ordinary in tne Court 
of Session in Scotland, on the 1st day of June 1840, 
and which had not been debated at that date :—A 
similar Return of Causes enrolled for Debate between 
the said 1st day of June 1840 and the present time ; 
showing the Dates of the Enrolment, and of those 
since debated and decided :— Also, a Return, showing 
the Dates of Enrolment and of Debate of those 


Juries (West- 
meath.) 


Lagan Naviga-. 
tion, 


Stave Trade 
Commissions, 


Court of Session 
Scotland.) 


79—8° Juli. 








A. 1849, 


Causes which have been debated, but remain still 
undecided. 

Copies of any Communications which have been Dramatic 
addressed to the Secretary of State for the Home Entertainments 
Department in the course of the present year, com- 
plaining of the State of the Laws in reference to © 
Dramatic Entertainments. 

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


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s Parkhurst 
Command,—Copy of Reports relating to Parkhurst Prison. : 
Prison, 1842. : 

Copy of Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Education 
National Education in Ireland, for the year 1841, (Ireland.) 
Copy of Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year Criminal 
1841, reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scoé- Offenders 
land, in terms of the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 37. (Scotland. ) 
7 Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tobacco. 
Return of the separate Amount, in Pounds weight, 
of Leaf Tobacco upon which Duty has been paid, 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, during the years 
1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842, distinguishing the Quan- 
tity on which such Duty was paid in each Quarter 
respectively. 


Pilkington’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Pilkington’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select (Swinnerton’sy 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Estate Bill. 





Calland’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Calland’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select Estate Bill, 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord Lorton’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Lord Lorton’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select — 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Bill. _— 
Cauvin’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Canvin’s: 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select "st Bill. 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Settle settle Union. 
Union, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 499, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 8° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Austin, from the Office of the Poor Law Cork Foundling 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar HosPit+!. 

presented, pursuant to Order,— A Comparative 
Statement of the Number of Children on the Books 
of the Cork Foundling: Hospital ; distinguishing the 
Externs from the Interns, separating them into 
Classes according to their Age; viz. under Five 
years of Age, Five and under Ten, Ten and under 
Fifteen, Fifteen years and upwards; the Number 
of Officers and Servants, and the Amount of Salary 
paid to each, on the 31st day of July 1838 and the 
ist day of June 1842:—A Return of the Number 
of Children claimed, sent into Service, apprenticed, 
or who have left the Hospital, or died, between the 
dates above stated :—A Return of the Income and 
Expenditure of the Establishment for the year end- 
ing April 1838, and the year ending April 1842; 
distinguishing the Amount received from the Coal 
Tax from other sources of Income ; distinguishing 
the Amount paid for Maintenance, Clothing, Sa- 
laries, Fuel, Apprentices’ Fees and Premiums, from 
other Expenses:—Also, a Statement of the Total 
Average Expense of each Child (distinguishing Ex- 
terns from Interns) in each of these years :— And, 
a Statement of the Rate of Duty levied on Coal, 

Culm, 








Committees. 


York Cathedral 
Bill. 





6 Victroriz. 


Culm, &amp;c., on the 31st day of July 1838, in the | 
Port of Cork, for the benefit of the Foundling | 
Hospital; and the Amount of Reduction in the 
Rate of Duty which has been ordered by the Poor 
Law Commissioners, in pursuance of the Powers 
vested in them by Act 1 and 2 Vic. c. 56:—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit 
this day, till half an hour after four 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 enabling the Dean and Chapter 
of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint 
Peter, in York, to raise Money for the Discharge of 
Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair 
of the said Cathedral Church; and the same were 
read, as follow : 


Pr. 1.1. 1. Leave out from “ the ” to “ Dean ” in 
1. 3. 

Pr. 1.1. 8. Leave out from “to” to the first 
the ” in 1, 12. and insert “a certain Estate called 
“ the Rectory of Topcliffe, being part of.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 13. Leave out “ exclusively” and insert 
wholly or in part.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 14. Leave out from “ applicable” to 
“to” inl 18. 


Pr. 1.1.20. After “church” insert “and whereas 
the Saint Peter’s Estate, consisting in part of one 
sixth of the common estate of the said Dean and 
Chapter, is applicable to the like purpose.” 

Pr. 4.1.13. After “part” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 25. Leave out “gentlemen” and insert 
“ gentleman.” 

Pr. 6.1. 12. Leave out from “ Burton” to “are” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 12. 1.13. After “lands” insert “ or occupier 
or occupiers of lands subject to any rent-charges 
in lieu of tithes.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 25. After “tenants” insert “ occupier 
or occupiers.” 

Pr. 13.1. 5. After “tenants ” insert “ occupier 
“ or occupiers.” 

Pr. 13. 1.20. After “ tenants ” insert “ occupier 
or occupiers.” 

Pr. 13.1. 30. After “tenants ” insert “ occupier 
or occupiers.” 

Pr. 17. 1.1. Leave out “estate at” and insert 
«¢ parsonage and rectory of.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 2. Leave out “ being” and insert 
“ and.” 

Pr. 17.1. 6. After “ the” insert “‘ woods, under- 
** woods.” 


Pr. 17. 1. 8. After “ belonging” insert “ but 
excepting all jurisdiction spiritual and temporal, 





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Pr. 17.1. 33. After “ shall”’ insert “ forthwith 


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Pr. 19.1. 14, After “repaid” insert “ through | « 
the hands of the Treasurer of the Ecclesiastical | « 


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“* Commissioners for England.” 


* 1o time.” 


“ England” and insert “ tothe Treasurer for the 
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Pr. 20.1. 4, Leave out “ so.” 
Voi. 97. 


and the advowson and gift of the vicarage of 


cclesiastical Commissioners for England, stating 
“« the day on which the same shall have been re-| ¢, 


8° Juliz. 465 


Pr. 20. 1. 7. After “ England” insert “ and they 
are hereby directed.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 6. After “ England” insert “ and they 
“ are hereby directed.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 35. After “to” insert “ the Treasurer 
“ for the time being of.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 36. Leave out from “ England” to 
“ until” in 1. 38. 
Pr, 23.1. 3. After “ satisfied ” insert Clause (A.) 


Cause (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
receipts of the Treasurer for the time being of the 
said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
shall be a sufficient discharge to the said Dean 
“« and Chapter, and every other person whomsoever, 
for every such instalment, and for all such rents 
or other sums of money hereby directed to be 
paid to such Treasurer, as in such receipts respec- 
“ tively shall be acknowledged to be received.” 


Pr. 23. Is. 10. and 11. After ‘aforesaid ” insert 
after deducting, retaining and paying all the costs, 
charges and expenses already incurred or hereafter 
to be incurred by them, in relation to the preparing 
or passing of this Act, or carrying the provisions 
thereof into execution (and which they are hereby 
authorized to deduct, retain and pay accordingly),” 
and in |. 11. after “ paid” insert “ by their Treasurer 
“ for the time being.” 

Pr. 24.1, 2. Leave out from “the” to “ said” 
in 1, 4. 

Pr. 24.1. 5. After “ England” insert “and their 
“ Treasurer.” 

Pr. 24.1. 10. Leave out “the said Dean and 
“ Chapter and.” 

Pr. 24. Is. 11. and 12. After ‘ Commissioners ” 
insert “and their said Treasurer.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 23. Leave out from “thereof” to 
“ and” in 1. penult. 

Pr, 25. 1. 6. Leave out “ that.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 16. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 18. Leave out “ said” and insert 
“ third.” 


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L. 3. Leave out “in” and insert “ of.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lowther do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


tituled, An Act to alter and amend the Powers and 
Provisions of the Acts relating to the making and 
maintaining of a Pier and other Works at Deptford, 
in the County of Kent ; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

Pr. 9. 1. 28. After “ whatsoever” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Saving always to the Queen’s 
“* Most excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, 
“ and to all and every other person or persons, 
bodies politic or corporate, his, her and their 
successors, heirs, executors, administrators and 
assigns (other than and except the said Deptford 
Pier and Improvement Company, their successors 
and assigns), all such estate, right, title, interest, 
property, claim and demand whatsoever in or to 
the said hereditaments and premises hereinbefore 
authorized to be sold, or any part or parts thereof, 
as they or any of them had before the passing of 
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Pr. 19.1. 23. After “ and” insert “ from time! been entitled to if this Act had not been passed.” 


The said Amendment, being read a second time, 


Pr. 19. 1, 26. Leave out “ into the Bank of| was agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 


time being of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners | the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 
30 Mr. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Deptford Pier 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bill. 




























































466 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 


Derry’s Estate mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


case of the Bishop of Derry’s Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Marquis of Tweeddale’s Fstate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of Mostyn’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 


ampton’s Estate mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


case of Lord Southampton’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie uponhe Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Duke of Bridgewaier’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 


(Swinnerton’s) mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 


case of Pilkington’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
ease of Lord Lorton’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of Calland’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Public Petitions ‘ Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
(Thirty-seventh mittee on Public Petitions; 


That they had examined 
the Petitions presented on the 5th day of this instant 


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. 


A Petition of William Holmes, of the borough of 
Arundel, in the county of Susser, Gentleman, pray- 
ing for the amendment of the Reform of Parliament 
(England) Act, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Athnowen and Kilnaglory ;—and, 
Inchageeda; praying the House to devise means for 
affording encouragement to the Schools in connection 
with the Church Education Society for Ireland,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 


the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Lagan 
Navigation, which was presented yesterday, be re- 


ferred to the Select Committee on the Lagan Navi- 
gation Bill. 


8° Jultz. 





A, 1842, 


A Petition of the Chairman, Treasurer and Se- p,., pay 
cretary of the Cobbett Club of London, praying for Amendment 
the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was Act. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Carlisle Union, Poor Law 
praying that the Poor Law Amendment Bill may not Amendment 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was presented, — 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shipwrights of Greenock, praying Timber Duties, 
that Oak Timber may be exempt from duty from all 
quarters of the globe, which, with our natural ad- 
vantages, the Petitionersconsider would make ship- 
building the staple business of the country, and give 
Shipwrights, as they used to have in former years, 





steady full employment, with all its comforts, was 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hinckley, praying Distress _ 
the House to adopt measures for the removal of the os 
; = A ae istricts, ) 
Distress in the Manufacturing Districts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Grinding Act. 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of yes- 
terday, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their 
Lordships, a Copy of the Report made by the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Parliament, to consider the expediency 
of renewing any of the provisions of the Act of 
Geo. 4, commonly called the Grinding Act, and 
under what modifications; 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. G'reene do deliver the 


same. 














Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Niger Expedi- 
a Return of the Cost of Building and Outfit of the "°" 
| Vessels employed in the Niger Expedition ; and the 
| Cust of all Stores and Materials supplied for the 
| use of the said Expedition at the Public Expense ; 
together with an Account of all Public Monies paid 


or due for account thereof, up to the date of such 
| Return. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Elections. 
_to Her Majesty, that She wiil be graciously pleased 
' to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of Expenses incurred and made by the 
| Returning or other Officer, at every Election for a 
| Borough and City in England, during the months 
| of June and July 1841, and charged to the Candi- 
| dates, or to Electors who had nominated ©andidates, 
| with the Items of the Charge ; stating the Number 
and Names of the Candidates at each Election, the 
Number of Booths and Polling Places, and the 
Amount paid or payable by each Candidate to the 
Returning Officer in respect of such Election :— 
Also, the Number of Electors on the Register for 
each Polling District, the Number who polled in 
each District on the first day, and the Number who 
polled on the second day of Polling. 

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. 
and Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, , 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made — 
by this House to the Bill, intitaled, An Act for em- “© 
powering the Trustees of Brewood Grammar School, 


Dowdeswell Message from 
the Lords. 





in the County of Stafford, to make Sales, and to 
grant 





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Liverpool 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Sudbury Writ, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Customs Bill. 


Blackburn 
and Chorley 
Road Bill. 


Ross and Cro- 
marty Court 
Houses Bill, 


Supply. 


Distress. 


6 Vicroriz. 


grant Mining Leases of certain Parts of the Estates 
belonging to the said School, and for other Pur- 
poses therein mentioned, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Improvement, Good Government and 
Police Regulation of the Borough of Liverpool, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Sudbury, 
before Friday the 12th day of August next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Customs : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- 
taining as Turnpike the Road leading from the 
Preston and Blackburn Turnpike-road, at Finniny- 
ton, to the Township of Chorley, in the County of 


‘Lancaster : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Sheriffdom 
of Ross and Cromarty to provide proper Court 
House Accommodations, and for other Purposes 
relative thereto:—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


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 Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair [for the House to resolve itself into the Com- 
mittee of Supply]; and which Amendment was, to 
leave out from the word “ That” to the end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ the trades and 
“ manufactures of this country are labouring under 
““ great embarrassment and difficulties: That the 
industrious classes are also suffering many priva- 
tions and severe distress: That this state of 
things has been gradually advancing for several 
years past, and is now extending in a most alarm- 
ing degree: That the alterations made in the 
Corn Laws, and in the Duties on Imports and 
Exports, coupled as these have been with an In- 
come Tax, to add nearly four millions of taxation 
to this already heavily burthened country, cannot 
be expected to afford that relief which the con- 
tinually declining state of trade, and the distressed 
condition of the people, so urgently require: That 
the welfare of Her Majesty’s faithful people, and 
the future peace and security of the country, 
imperatively demand that effectual measures shall 
immediately be taken to rescue the working 
classes from the privations and sufferings they 
have so long borne, with a degree of patience and 
fortitude which specially entitle them to the affec- 
tionate sympathy of their Sovereign, and to the 
respect, commiseration and assistance of this 
House: That therefore an humble Address be 
presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Ma- 
jesty will be graciously pleased to refuse Her con- 
sent to the Prorogation of Parliament, until a di- 
ligent and searching inquiry shall be instituted 
into the causes of the unprecedented distress ex- 
isting at present all over the kingdom; and until 
Her Majesty and this House shall have been as- 
sured by Her Ministers, that effectual means are 
secured to provide sustenance for the unemployed 
and their destitute families, until their sufferings 
shali be terminated by a demand for their in- 


dustry, and wages for their labour,” instead 
thereof. 


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467 

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, 9° die Julii, 1842: 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Fielden, } 24 

Yeas, General Johnson : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 256 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

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 f Mr. Hindley, } 

Yeas, Mr. John Felden : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 13 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : _ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

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 thef Mr. John Fielden, } 

Yeas, General Johnson : - 

Tellers for the{ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : _ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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 ion Thomas Fremantle, } 174 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : is 
Tellers for thef Mr. Wallace, 49 


Noes, Mr. Hume: 

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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter 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, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leas- 
ing (No. 2.) Bill; 





Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 


next. 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 


(No. 2.) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testimony 


reading of the Testimony Perpetuating Bill ; 


' 302 rdered, 


Perpetuating 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Writs of Error 
Bill. 


Linen, &amp;c, 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons Bill, 


No. 423, 


Stamps and 
Assessed Taxes, 


Fisheries 


Treaty Bill. 


468 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment 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 Law of Evidence Bill ; 

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


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act 
of the fifth and sixth years of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, to provide for the Regulation 
of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to explain and amend certain en- 
actments contained respectively in the Acts for the 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England 
and Wales, and in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Meaus ; 

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 Rivers (/reland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton 
Police 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 Writs of Error Bill; 

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


The Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the se- 
veral Acts imposing Duties of Stamps and Assessed 
Taxes ; 

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 Fisheries Treaty 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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


8°—9° Juliz. 





A. 1842. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trade 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties Act oe Act 
Continuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Bil 
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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, ac- Turnpike Acts 
cording to drder, read a second time; and com- eee 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ° 
Monday next. 

Sir George Clerk reported from the Select Com- Militia 
mittee appointed to prepare Estimates of the Charge Etimates. 
of the disembodied Militia of Great Britain and No. 424, 
Ireland for a year, to the 31st day of March 1848 ; 

That they had prepared the said Masnates accord- 
ingly; 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, Loan Fund 
Returns from each Petty Sessions in Jre/and, of the (I*eland.) 
Number of Cases that have come before the Ma- 
gistrates, originating in Loan Fund Transactions, or 
at the suit of Loan Fund Offices, specifying the 
Gross Amount sued for during the year 1841, the 
same Return to be certified by Two Magistrates 
belonging to the District :—And, from the Inspector 
of Police of each County in Jreland, of the Num- 
ber of Warrants issued to the Constabulary for exe- 
cution at the suit of each Loan Fund Office. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 425. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave Slave Trade 
Trade Commissions, which was presented yesterday, Commissions 
be printed. No. 426. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Police Police Superan- 
Superannuation Fund (Jre/and), which was presented uation Fund 
yesterday, be printed a 

ihe cesses No. 427. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of Session 
of Session (Scot/and), which was presented yester- (Scotland.) 
day, be printed. No. 428. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Dramatic Dramatic 
Entertainments, which was presented yesterday, be @mermmen® 
printed. No. 429, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before three of the 


clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Sabbati, 9° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


MESSAGE, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher Royal Assent 
of the Black Rod: to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assetit 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 the de- 
sire 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 a 
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6 Vicroriz. 9°11 


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 the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms : 

An Act to provide for the Relief of the Poor in 


Customs Bill. 





Dean Forest 


Poor Bill. the Forest of Dean, and other Extra-parochial 
Places, in and near the Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, 
in the County of Gloucester : 

Deptford Pier An Act to alter and amend the Powers and Pro- 


Bill. visions of the Acts relating to the making and main- 
taining of a Pier and other Works at Deptford, in 
the County of Kent: 

An Act to enable the Sheriffdom of Ross and 
Cromarty to provide proper Court House Accommo- 


Ross and Cro- 
marty Court 





ao dations, and for other Purposes relative thereto : 

Forth Marine =An Act to enable the Forth Marine Insurance 

Insurance | Company to sue and be sued, and for other Pur- 

Company Bill. poses : 

Blackburn An Act for making and maintaining as Turnpike, 

= Chorey the Road leading from the Preston and Blackburn 

oad Bill. : SD aye 6 ° 

Turnpike-road, at Finnington, to the Township of 
Chorley, in the County of Lancaster : 

Manners’ An Act for vesting certain Estates appointed and 

Estate Bill. devised by the Will of George Manners, Esquire, 
deceased, and purchased under the Trusts thereof, 
in Trustees to sell the same, and to invest the Mo- 


nies thence arising in the Purchase of other Estates, 
to be settled to the same Uses : 


Brewood School An Act for empowering the Trustees of Brewood 


Estate Bill. Grammar School, in the County of Stafford, to 
make Sales, and to grant Mining Leases of certain 
Parts of the Estates belonging to the said School, 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned : 

York Cathedral An Act for enabling the Dean and Chapter of 


=. the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint 
Peter, of York, to raise Money for the Discharge of 
Debts, and for effecting the Restoration and Repair 
of the said Cathedral Church : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Hawkes, 


Hawkes’s 
Divorce Bill. 


© Julie. 469 


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. Greene reported from the Committce on Paterson's 
Paterson’s Estate Bill; That they had examined Estate Bill. 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Davidson’s 
Davidson’s Estate Bill; That they had examined Estate Bill. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Duke of 
Duke of Cleveland’s Estate Bill; That they had Cleveland 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Vis- Viscount _ 
count Fitzwilliam’s Estate Bill; That they had on” 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found xT 
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- 








with Fanny his now Wife, and to enable him to 
marry again, and for other Purposes. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Sm = —_—— Se 


Luna, 11° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


Keighley OFRP ERED, That the Select Committee on the 

Union, Keighley Union have leave to sit this day till 
half an hour after four of the clock, during the sit- 
ting of the House. 


Vere’s Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
Divorce Bill. mittee on Vere’s Divorce Bill; 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, and the sentence of di- 
vorce 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 Amend- 


ment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


— 4 The Bishop of Derry’s Estate Bill was read a se- 
Bill “© cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | and committed. 
mittee of Selection. 
Cambuslang Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 


and Muirkirk 


mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mostyn’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Mostyn’s 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Lord Southampton’s Estate Bill was read a second Lord South- 
time ; and committed. er Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-~” 

mittee of Selection. 


The Duke of Bridgewater’s Estate Bill was read Duke of 
a second time; and committed. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~"*" 
mittee of Selection. 


Calland’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Culland’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Verconsin’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Verconsin’s 

time ; and committed. Nut. Bill. 
Ordered, Yhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Pilkington’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Pilkington’s 
9 5 
(Swinnerton’s) 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- cenit 
mittee of Selection. 


Roads (No, 2 y Cambuslang and Muirkirk Roads (No. 2.) Bill; That! The Marquis of Tweeddale’s Estate Bill was read Marquis of 
Bil, — |’ the Order of the House of the 29th day of June |a second time; and committed. a 


last had been complied with; and that they had 











Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


oer the allegations of the Bill, and found the | mittee of Selection. 
oL, 97, 


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470 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the Improvement, Good Go- 
vernment and Police Regulation of the Borough of 
Liverpool ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 151. 1. ult. Leave out from “ Council” to 
should” in Pr. 152. }. 1. 

Pr. 152. 1. 11. Leave out from “ Council” to 
may” in], 12. 

Pr. 152. 1. 29. Leave out “ or any Committee 
thereof.” 

Pr. 152.1. 32. After “ to” insert “ whether for 


ée 


“ 


11° Judliz. 





the killing cattle or the having cattle killed as | 
aforesaid.” 


provided” in 1. 38. 

Pr. 153. |. 3. Leave out “ or committee.” 

Pr. 154. 1. 17. Leave out “ or any committee 
thereof.” 

Pr. 155. 1. 11. Leave out from ‘ Council” to 
and” in |, 12. 

Pr. 155. 1. 26. Leave out “ or committee.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 8. Leave out from “ Council” to 
and” inl. 9. 

Pr. 165. 1. 19. Leave out from “ Council” to 
from’’ in 1. 20. 

Pr. 165. 1. 37. Leave out “ or any committee 
thereof.” 

Pr. 167. 1. 11. Leave out “ or committee.” 


Pr. 183. 1. 9. Leave out from “ Council’ to 
upon” in I. 10. 


Pr. 185. 1. 28. Leave out from “ Council’’ to 
the first “ to” in 1. 29. 


Pr. 187. |. penult. After “ shillings” insert 
Provided always, that nothing in this enactment 
contained shall extend to any porter, warehouse- 
man, lumper or hevidore, on account only of his 
being employed as such by the Trustees of the 
Liverpool Docks, under the provisions of an Act 
passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, intituled, ‘ An Act for enabling the 


n 
wn 


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nx 


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Pr. 152. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Council” to \! 





Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to erect Transit 
Sheds on the West Quay of the Princes Dock, to 
make a Wet Dock with Warehouses on the Quays, 
and to construct other Works, and to raise a fur- 
ther Sum of Money, and for enlarging the powers 
of the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of 
Liverpool, and for other Purposes relating there- 
to.” 

Pr. 191. 1. 4. After “ there” insert “ without 
the consent of the said Trustees, or upon any of 
the Quays of the Docks of the Trustees of the 
Liverpool Docks, unless with the consent of the 
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, signified in 
writing under the hand of the chairman of the 


committee for the affairs of the estate of such 
Trustees.” 





Pr. 192.1.13. After “ offence” insert Clause (A.) 


Cravse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That no bye-law hereby authorized to 
be made, shall operate to extend to any person or 
any dock, warehouse, quay, matter or thing, whom 
or which the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks 
would subject to the powers of the said Council, 
or any committee thereof, reserved in the said Act 
passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her 





present Majesty, for giving powers to the said 
Trustees, have had power to regulate, govern or 
manage, if this Act had not been passed, and the | 
several Acts hereby repealed or altered had re- | 
mained in full and entire force and effect; and so 

far as such orders, regulations or bye-laws of the | 
said Trustees might have been so lawfully made, | 
but not further or otherwise, the said person, dock, 
warehouse, quay, matter and thing shall remain 
as if the same, to the extent aforesaid, were by 

express words to be excepted, in any or aie 
such bye-law hereby authorized to be made.” | 





A. 1842. 


Pr. 192.1. 23. After “ present” insert Clause (B.) 

Cuavuse (B.) “ And whereas by the said Act to 
provide for the regulation of municipal corpora- 
tions in England and Wales, it is enacted, that 
it shall be lawful for the Council of any borough 
to appoint out of their own body from time to 
time, such and so many committees, either of a 
general or special nature, and consisting of such 
number of persons as they may think fit, for any ~ 
purposes which in the discretion of such Council 
would be better regulated and managed by means 
of such committees, provided always, that the 
acts of every such committee shall be submitted 
to the Council for their approval: BE it therefore 
Enacted, That the said provision of the said last~ 
mentioned Act, shall extend to the making, alter- 
ing or repealing of all bye-laws hereby authorized 
to be made, altered or repealed, and to the grant- 
ing or revoking of all licenses hereby authorized 
to be granted or revoked.” 

Pr. 208.1. 28. Leave out “ of.” 

Pr. 220. l. 4. Leave out “ or any committee 
thereof.” 

Pr. 220.1. '7. Leave out “ or committee.” 

Pr. 221. 1. 1. Leave out from “ Council” to 
“ shall” in 1. 2. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment in Clause (B.) 
is to carry out the intention of this House, which 
had been incidentally expressed in several Clauses 
of the Bill, of granting to a Committee of the Coun- 
cil the power of granting and revoking licenses) 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


‘ 


n 


Petitions from Wells Union (Somerset) ;-—Chair- Poor Law 
man of the Newcastle and Gateshead Religious Amendment 
Freedom Society ; — and, Newcastle-upon-Tyne “"* 


Union ; praying that the Poor Law Amendment 
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 the Chairman of a Meeting of Medi- Poor Law 
cal Practitioners residing in the northern division of — 
the county of Essex, and its vicinity, praying for such” ~~ 


alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act as shall 
secure for the Medical Profession in England and 
Wales, a fair and equitable remuneration for their 
services to the poor, and a freedom from all uncon- 
stitutional restraint in the practice of their profession, 


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


A Petition of Merchants of Liverpool, trading to Newfoundland. 


and connected with the Island of Newfoundland, 
praying that the House will be pleased to pass an 
enactment to raise the qualification of candidates 
and the franchise of electors in the Island of Weéew- 


foundland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the united Diocese of Cork, Cloyne Education 
and Ross ;—Kilnamartery ;—Diocese of Armagh ;— (reland.) 


Killurin ; —and, Clonmore ; praying the House to 
devise means for affording encouragement to the 


‘Schools in connection with the Church Education 


Society for Ireland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Remonstrance from Rochdale, relative to Dis- Distress. 


tress, being offered, and notice being taken that 


| there was no prayer to it, the same was not received. 


A Petition of the Chairinan of a Meeting of Inha- samuel 
bitants of Sheffield, complaining of the treatment of Holbersy- 
Samuel Holberry, in Northallerton house of Cor- 

rection, 





—— 





Lord Lorton’s 
(Countess of 
Rosse’s) Estate 
Bill. 


Maynooth 
College; &amp;c. 


Stamp Duties 
(Ireland. ) 


Ilchester Gaol. 


Court of Chan- 
cery (lrelund), 


Regulation of 
Wages. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill, 


Miscellaneous 
Services, 


VI. 
No. 430. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Parkhurst 
Prison, 


6 Vicroriz. 


rection, and in the county gaol of York; and pray- 
ing the House to appoint a Committee to inquire 
into all the facts connected with the treatment and 
death of the said Samuel Holberry, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Zorton’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of West 
Hallam, Kirk Hallam, Maperley and Heanor, in 
the county of Derby, praying the House to appoint 
a commission of inquiry for the purpose of instituting 
a sifting and impartial investigation into the state 
and studies of Maynooth College, with a view to 
the withdrawal of the annual grant, should it appear 
that the College is unworthy of support; and also, 
that the House will adopt such measures as may 
serve to enforce and carry into effect the protective 
and restrictive Clauses of the Roman Catholic Relief 
Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Patrickson Pike, of Dacre- 
street, Dublin, one of the Attornies, praying the 
House to reject any measure having for its object 
the increase of the Stamp Duties in Ireland, and 
also to repeal so much of the Act 56 Geo. 3, c. 56, 
as imposes a Stamp Duty on the annual certificate 
of an Attorney or Solicitor in Ireland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Bridle, praying the House 
to institute an inquiry into the circumstances attend- 
ing the removal of the Petitioner from the office of 
Governor of Iichester Gaol, and that he may be heard 
at the bar of the House, or before a Select Committee 
thereof, on the allegations contained in his Petition 


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


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, Esquire, of Aungier- 
street, Dublin, praying the House to order the pro- 
duction of papers alleged to have been stolen and 
suppressed in the Court of Chancery in Jreland, in 
the Petitioner’s case, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives of Queenshead, and its 
neighbourhood, near Halifax, stating that the Peti- 
tioners are suffering from the depression of Wages, 
and the high price of food, their Wages having 
fallen twenty to thirty per cent, whilst corn has risen 
from forty to fifty per cené ; and praying the House 
to pass a law to protect the rate of Wages, enacting 
that when wheat is fifty shillings per quarter, wages 
should not be less than 12s. per week, and when an 
advance takes place in the price of wheat, wages 
should rise in like proportion, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Newtownlimavady ;--and, London- 
derry (two Petitions); praying that the Tobacco 
Regulations Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 


stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Estimate of the sum required to 
be voted in the year 1842, to carry on the Works 
and Repairs required upon the Caledonian Canal, 
pursuant to the recommendation of the Select Com- 
mittee of the House of Commons. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted be- 
yond the Amount already provided to complete the 
Works at the Prison at Parkhurst, in the Isle of 
Wight, with a view to the formation of a place of 
Confinement for Juvenile Female Offenders. 

Vou. 97, 


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471 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in Saint Giles’ 
the year 1842, for fitting up the Aisle of Saint Giles Cathedra 
Cathedral, Edinburgh, asa Parish Church, and to gatas 
meet the deficiency of the Funds for the Erection of 
the New Assembly Hall at Edinburgh. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted in National 
the year 1842, for the Purchase of Pictures for the &amp;*!e"y- 
National Gallery. 

An Estimate of the sum required to be voted to Statue of 
complete the Amount due to the late Sir Francis wg Shag 
Chantrey for a Bronze Equestrian Statue of his late °°" 
Majesty King George the Fourth. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message from 

and Mr. Russell : sali 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Leeds Improve- 
Act for better lighting, cleansing, sewering and im- ™"t Bill. 
proving the Borough of Leeds, in the County of 
York, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Toxteth Park 
Act for better paving and improving the Streets and P@v"s "4 
Highways within the Extra-parochial Place of Tox- 
teth Park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for the Sewerage of certain Parts of the said Place, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Leeds Burial 
Act for providing additional Burying Grounds in the Gteunds Bill. 
Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Sewerage 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordered, That Colonel Butler have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for six weeks, on account of ill health, samianie 


Ordered, That Mr. Pendarves have leave of ab- i 
sence from the Select Committee on the Southamp- 1°" Plecto™ 
ton Town Election, till Friday next. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Corn Laws. 
habitants of Dunfermline, praying for the repeal of 
the Corn Laws, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James O’ Neill, of Comber, in the Post-ofice 
county of Down, Surgeon, and John Mackay O’ Neill, (Comber. 
of Comber, in the said county, Gentleman, complain- 
ing of irregularities in the administration of the 
Post-office at Comber, and praying for inquiry, was 


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


A Petition of Operative Bakers of the city of Bakers 
Dublin, praying the House to pass an Act to regu-(leland.) 
late the time and method of work of Bakers in Jre- 


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


A Petition of Magistrates acting in and for the Rating of 
division of the hundred of Sampford, in the county Tenements. 
of Suffolk, praying that the owners of all cottages 
and hereditaments of the value of six pounds per 
annum, and under, may be assessed to the payment 
of the poor-rates, in lieu of the tenants and occu- 
piers, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters 
of the presbytery of Selkirk, praying the House 
to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, “for 
making better Provision for the Parochial School- 
masters, and for making further Regulations for the 
better Government of the Parish Schools in Scot- 
land,” to such an extent and in such manner, as that 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 





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472 


the Parochial and Government Schoolmasters may 
now be so liberally provided for, as to enable them 
to meet the exigencies of their position in society, 
and to modify such other Clauses of the said Act 
as may appear unfavourable to the promotion of a 
liberal and enlightened system of education in that 
part of the United Kingdom, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire whether a corrupt Compromise has been en- 
tered into for the purpose of avoiding investigation 
into gross and extensive Bribery and gross and cor- 
rupt Personation of Voters, and consequent Perjury, 
alleged to have been practised at the late Election 
for Belfast; and who were instructed to inquire 
whether such Bribery and Personation have really 
taken place, have Power to report the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. O’ Connell reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House ; together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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


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 
“ this House will immediately resolve itself into a 
“ Committee to consider the Law relating to the 
“ Importation of Corn, with a view to its total re- 
‘&lt; peal,” 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 Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 12° die Julii, 1842: 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby: 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, \Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Villiers, 
Noes, UMr. John Fielden: 
So it 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 Com- 
mittee. 


} oan. 


hanz. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Eight 
hundred and six thousand five hundred and sixty-six 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 


the Expenses of the Expedition to China. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
the Expenses of the Service in Canada, consequent 
upon the late Insurrection in that Colony. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 


man do now report tke said Resolutions to the 
Hovse; 
Tne Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, o 
Yeas, Mr. Villiers: } as 
Tellers for the(Sir Thomas Fremantle, Lop 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: lye ™ 
3. Motion made, and Question proposed, 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 1843; 


11°—12° Juliz. 


A. 1842. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 





Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 

Yeas, Mr. William Williams : 

Tellers for the ¢Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring: 
| Original Question again proposed : 
| Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Dr. Bowring, 1 17 

Yeas, U Mr. Hume: } 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 178 

Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring: : 

Original Question again proposed : 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


sit again; 
The Committee divided : 
} 19. 
} 185. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene 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 second Tobaceo Regu-- 
reading of the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; lations Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ordnance 
mittee on the Ordnance Services Bill; Services 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- 
mittee on the Vewfoundland Bill ; 

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


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Colonial 
Passengers Bill. 




















The Order of the day being read, for resuming Flag Officers 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (N*"5-) 
upon Thursday last, That there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing the Services of all Flag 
Officers in the Navy, distinguishing the date of 
Entry of each Officer into the Service, and the seve- 
ral Commissions which they have obtained, distin- 
guishing the Period passed in Commission in their 
respective Ranks, and the Total Period on Full and 

Half Pay ; and showing also the period when each 
was last employed, and the age of each Officer at 
the present time (in continuation of the Returns in 
ithe Report of the Commission of Naval Inquiry in 

1840, No. 11 of Appendix of that Report, and also 
in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 251, 
of Session 1837.) 

And the Question being again 
House resumed the said adjourned 
And the Question being put ; 

The House divided ; 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers — Hume, 71 13 

Yeas, Mr. Morgan JohnO' Connell: f “** 
Tellers forthe {Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 60 
Noes, (Mr. Pringle: a 

So it passed in the Negative. - 


roposed :-—The 
ebate. 











The 








wt Ce ed 





6 Vicroriz. 


London Bridge 
Approaches 
Fund Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Priorities of 
Monies authorized to be charged on a Fund called 
“ The London Bridge Approaches Fund,” was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Australia 


oes The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ibe 


reading of the South Australia Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Ecclesiastical 


jas The Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions Bill was, aceord- 
Jurisdictions , 


ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 


aie to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Chelsea The Chelsea Hospital Bill was, according to Or- 
Hospital Bill. = 


der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


Militia Ballots. ‘The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, accord- 
Suspension Bill. ing, to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Commitfee of the whole House, for this day. 


Military The Military Savings Banks Bill was, according 
—~ Banks to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
“a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Testimony The Testimony Perpetuating Bill was, according 
—s to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
1 Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Poor Law? The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

—— mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 

- _ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 

Law of Evi The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

dence Bill. mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill ; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, 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, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Wiits of Error 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the Writs of Error Bill; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 

Linen, &amp;c., The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Manufactures 


: : : “ 
(leland) Dil. nto a Committee upon the Linen, &amp;c., Manufac 


tures (Lreland) 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. 


Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


— consideration the Report on the Prisons 
ul; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Stamps and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Assessed Taxes. mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
several Acts imposing Duties of Stamps and As- 
sessed T'axes ; 

_ Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Fisheries 


er Mr. Greene reported the Fisheries Treaty 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. 
Vou. 97. 


11°—12° Juliz. 


473 


Mr. Greene reported the Slave Trade Act Con- Slave Trade Act 
tinuance Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and —— 
agreed to. om 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Continu- a 
ance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ° 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Mait Packets. 
Return of the Steam and Sailing Packets employed 
under the Admiralty, for the Conveyance of the 
Mails; stating the Name and Tonnage of each 
Vessel, and where stationed and employed; the 
Number of Officers and Men, and the Expense, in 
the year 1841, for each of the Vessels, and the ag- 
gregate Charge for all the Packets; stating, also, 
as faras the same can be given, the Amount re- 
ceived for the Conveyance of Passengers and Par- 
cels, and for the Postage, by each of those Vessels, 
or the Amount received for the same in the year 
1841, for the several Packets, so as to exhibit the 
Net Charge to the Public, after deducting the 
Amounts received for Passengers and Postage, &amp;c. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Vic., c. 16, Wide Streets 
to enable the Commissioners of Wide Streets to sell, (Dublin) Bill. 
and Her Majesty to purchase, certain Hereditaments 
in the City of Dublin, on the North Bank of the 
River Anna Liffey, might be read; and the same 
being read ; ; 

And a Motion being made, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to extend the Provisions of the 
said Act ; 

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, 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 leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Eliot and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Manners Sutton reported from the Select Parish Con- 
Committee on the Parish Constables Bill; That stables Bill. 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and No, 432. 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Earl of Lincoln presented a Bill to extend Wide Streets 
the Provisions of an Act of the fourth year of Her (Dublin) Bill. 
present Majesty, for enabling the Commissioners No, 433. 
of Wide Streets to sell, and Her Majesty to pur- 
chase, certain Hereditaments in the City of Dublin, 
on the North Bank of the River Anna Liffey: 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 Returns rela- county 
tive to County Treasurers, which were presented Treasurers, 
upon the 21st day of June last, be printed. No. 434. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Cork Found- Cork Foundling 
ling Hospital, which’ was presented upon Friday Hospital. 
last, be printed. No. 435. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
three of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day, 





3 P 





Cambuslang 
and Muirkirk 
Roads (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Paterson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Viscount 
Fitzwilliam’s 


Estate Bill, 


Cauvin’s 
Estate Bill. 


Vere’s 


Divorce Bill. 


Duke of 
Cleveland’s 
Estate Bill. 


Toxteth Park 
Paving and 
Sewerage 


(No. 2.) Bill, 


47 4, 12° Juliz. 


Martis, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


AX ingrossed Bill for maintaining and improving 
certain Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Ayr 
and Renfrew; for maintaining a Bridge over the 
River Clyde, at Dalmarnock, and for other Purposes 
connected therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for sel- 
ling the entailed Estate of Monkwood, in the County 
of Ayr, belonging to William Paterson, Esquire, 
and investing the price in the Purchase of other 
Lands, to be entailed in lieu thereof, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for grant- 
ing further Power to lease Parts of the Estates de- 
vised by the Will of Richard late Viscount Fitz- 
william, deceased, situate in the City of Dublin, and 
the Neighbourhood thereof, and for authorizing the 
sale of certain Fee Farm and other Rents also de- 
vised by that Will, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Vesey do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of Cauvin’s Estate Bill, the Standing Or- 
ders had not been complied with, inasmuch as the 
Notices required in the case of Bills, of the third 
class had not been given. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Joseph Vere with Ellen Sarah, 
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 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. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke of Cleve- 
land to grant Mining, Building and other Leases, 
of the Trust Estates in the County of Durham, de- 
vised by the Will of the Duke of Cleveland, and 
to sell or exchange Parts of the same Estates, 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 better paving and improving 
the Streets and Highways within the Extra-paro- 
chial Place of Toxteth Park, in the County Pala- 
tine of Lancaster, and for the Sewerage of certain 
Parts of the said Place ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 


Pr. 63, 1, 10. Leave out “ hands” and insert 
“ hand.” 











A. 1842. 


Pr. 63. 1. 11. Leave out “ seals” and insert 
seal,” and in the same line leave out “ such Jus- 
“ tices,” and insert “ any Justice.” 


Pr. 63.1. 12. Leave out “ Justices are,” and in- 
sert “ Justice is.” 

Pr. 120. 1.14. Leave out from “any” to “shall,” 
in 1. 15. and insert “ Justice.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 16. Leave out “ their’ and insert 
“ his.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 19. Leave out “ Justices” and in- 
sert “ Justice.” 

Pr. 120. 1. 32. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 

Pr. 12u. 1. 33. Leave out “ them” and insert 
“ him.” 
Pr. 120. 1. ult. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
Justice.” 
Pr. 121. 1. 5. Leave out “ they” and insert 
« he.” 


Pr. 121. 1. 6. Leave out “ they” and insert 
« he.” 

Pr. 121. 1. 13. Leave out “ the Justices,’ and 
insert “ any Justice.” - 

Pr. 121. 1.14. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas 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 Select Committee on the Mersey Con- 
Mersey Conservancy Bill have leave to make their s¢rvancy Bill. 


report To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds Burial 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for providing additional Buryin 
Grounds in the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 15.1. 4. Leave out from “ within” to “ Be” 
in |. 6., and insert ‘‘ any township.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 16. Leave out from “ within” to “by” 
in |, 17., and insert “ any such township.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 13. Leave out “ borough of Leeds” 
and insert “ Council.” 

Pr. 28.1. 34. After “salaries” insert “ stipends.” 

Pr. 32.1. 10. After “ Council” insert “ or an 
“ officer to be appointed by the Council for that 
** purpose.” 

Pr, 36. 1. 3. Leave out “ payment of the.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 2. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice,” and in the same line leave out “ their” 
and insert “ his.” 


Pr. 52.1. 5. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 


Pr. 52. 1. 15. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
« Justice.” 


Pr. 52. 1. 16. Leave out “ them” and insert 
“« him.” 


Pr. 52. 1.23. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 


Pr. 52. 1. 27. Leave out “ they” and insert 
“ he.” 


Pr. 52. l. 28. Leave out “ they” and insert 
* 

Pr. 52.1. 35. Leave out “ the Justices” and in- 
sert “ any Justice,” and in the same line leave out 
the second “ Justices” and insert “ Justice.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment “ any town- 
“ ship” in Pr. 15, 1. 6, was necessary to carry out 
better the intention of this House) were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The 











Leeds Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Davidson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 





6 Victortz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for better lighting, cleansing, 
sewering and improving the Borough of Leeds, in 
the County of York; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 12. |. 11. Leave out “ such Justices” and 
insert “ any Justice.” 

Pr. 162. 1. 36. After “ for” insert “ either of.” 

Pr. 162. 1. 37. After “ convicted” insert “ or 

“ for any other Justice.” 

Pr. 179. 1. ult. Leave out “ bating” and insert 

“ baiting.” 

Pr. 208. 1. 3. After “ pt” insert “ which said 

“ respective market-places shall belong to the town- 
“ ship of Leeds.” 

Pr. 212. 1. 9. Leave out from “ and” to “ shall” 

in 1, 10., and insert “ any Justice,” and in 1. 10. 
leave out “ their” and insert “ his.” 

Pr. 222. 1. 23. Leave out “ in the day time.” 

Pr. 246.1. 19. Leave out “ such Justices” and 
insert “ any Justice.” 

Pr. 246. 1, 20. Leave out “ their” and insert 

“ his.” 

Pr. 249. 1. 7%. 
any.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 3. Leave out “ Two Justices” and 
insert “ Justice,” and in the same line leave out 
“ their” and insert “ his.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 6. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 
Pr. 252. 


Leave out “ such” and insert 
“ce 


12° Julie. 





475 
said Act, by enacting that those who are unable to 
work may receive out-door relief, and that those 
who are able to work may be employed by a labour- 


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


Petitions from Crickhowel Union ;—Darlington Poor Law 

Union ;— Houghton-le-Spring Union ;— Easington Amendment 
Union ;— Stow-on-the-Wold Union ;—Shipston-on- ®" 
Stour Union ;—Runcorn Union ;—Aisgarth ;—and, 
East Grinstead; praying that the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined oma sth 
the Petitions presented from the 6th to the 8th day Gaon) * 
of this instant July, both days 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 Inhabitants of the parish of Ma- Education 
gourney, in the county of Cork, praying the House (!elan4.) 
to devise means for affording encouragement to 
the Schools in connection with the Church Education 
Society for Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Dealers in and Retailers of Tobacco, Tobacco Regu- 





1.16. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 

Pr. 252 
“ him.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 25. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“Justice.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 28. Leave out “ they” and insert 
“ he,” and also in the same line leave out “ they” 
and insert “ he.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 35. Leave out “ the Justices” and 
insert “ any Justice.” 

Pr. 252. 1. 36. Leave out “ Justices” and insert 
“ Justice.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beckett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


. 1. 17. Leave out “ them” and insert 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
Duncan Davidson, Esquire, of Tulloch, to execute 
anew Entail of his Lands and Estates of Tulloch, 
for the purpose of rectifying a Mistake in a former 
Entail thereof, and for vesting Parts of those Lands 
and Estates in Trustees, for relieving the said Dun- 
can Davidson of Sums laid out in improving the 
same, and for certain other Uses and Purposes, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Mackenzie do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 


ment. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Bath 
Protestant Association, praying the House to insti- 
tute an inquiry into the state of the law respecting 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, with a 
view to the withdrawal of every kind of public sup- 
port from that institution, was presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Brooker, of Alfriston, in 
the county of Sussex, Tanner, praying for the repeal 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Sundridge, in the 
county of Kent, praying for the amendment of the 


Vou. 97. 





in the town of Coleraine, praying: that the Tobacco lations Bill. 
Regulations 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 Pupils of the Classes instructed Vocal Music. 
at Exeter Hall, under the sanction of the Committee 
of Council on Education, being offered to be pre- 
sented ; 

Sir Robert Peel, 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 brought up, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are deeply inter- 
ested in the improvement of elementary education, 
and that many of them are schoolmasters and 
schoolmistresses in elementary schools or teachers 
in Sunday schools in the metropolis, or its vicinity, 
that others are managers or subscribers to the sup- 
port of elementary day-schools or Sunday-schools, 
and others mechanics, shopmen or workmen, to 
whom, for themselves and their children, the im- 
provement of elementary education is an object of 
the greatest importance; that on the first day of 
February One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
one, classes were opened in Exeter Hall, under the 
sanction of the Committee of Council on Education 
for instruction in singing ; that during the remainder 
ofthat year four hundred schoolmasters and school- 
mistresses of elementary schools were conducted by 
Mr. Hullah through the volume of elementary les- 
sons in vocal music, published by authority of the 
Committee of Council on Education, and the ma- 
jority received from Mr. Hullah at the close of this 
course, certificates of competency to teach singing 
to the children in their schools, on the method of 
Wilhelm; that it is computed that not fewer than 
fifty thousand children of the working classes of 
London are receiving instruction in singing from the 
masters and mistresses who obtained certificates at 
the close of the first year’s course in Exeter Hall ; 
that such of the Petitioners as are schoolmasters or 
schoolmistresses can testify from personal experience 
that the cultivation of vocal music in elementary 
schools, tends to refine the manners of the children, 
to develop their affections, and to elevate their 
thoughts, that it improves the order of the schools, 
while it diminishes the rigour of the discipline, and 

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476 19° Julie. 


thus promotes the progress of the children through 
the ordinary elements of other branches of instruc- 
tion ; that the artisans, shopmen, handicraftsmen 
and workmen of London are daily becoming more 
desirous of availing themselves of the instruction in 
these singing classes, and the Petitioners are con- 
fident that the House will not be indifferent to the 
diffusion of a means of innocent and ennoblin 

amusement among the great body of the middle 
classes, and labouring population of the metropolis ; 
the Petitioners are moreover sensible, that these 
classes have given a strong impulse to the desire for 
the acquisition of elementary knowledge, not only 
in vocal music, but in other and more important 
matters ; that it appears from the published minutes 
of the Committee of Council, that their Lordships 
have been desirous to promote the improvement of 
elementary education in this country, by enabling 
the masters and mistresses to avail themselves of 
the aid of other methods besides those already in 
use, of teaching the common matter of instruction 
in elementary schools, and for this purpose their 
Lordships, besides Wilhelm’s method of teaching 
singing, intend to render available to the masters 
and mistresses of schools, methods of teaching to 
read and to write, of giving instruction in arithmetic, 
and of teaching the drawing of elementary forms 
from models; that the success of the method of 
teaching vocal music has become so remarkable, 
that the Petitioners are desirous to be instructed 
in other methods which their Lordships may be 
disposed to place within the reach of schoolmasters 
and schoolmistresses of elementary schools ; that 
classes have been formed for instruction in a method 
of teaching to write, in a method of teaching arith- 
metic, and in a method of teaching the drawing of 
elementary forms from models ; that these last-men- 
tioned classes have been attended by about seven 
hundred and fifty pupils; that the applications for 
admission to all the classes are numerously and 
constantly increasing, and the directors have con- 
sequently announced their intention to open new 
classes, which will probably assemble in a few days ; 
that the schvolmasters and schoolmistresses who at- 
tend the classes belong to all descriptions of ele- 
mentary schools, and that they all eagerly avail 
themselves of the opportunity of acquiring a know-| 
ledge of those methods of teaching the children of 
the poor the common matter of their education ; 
that the mechanics, shopmen and others who attend 
the class for self-improvement are fully sensible of 
the advantages which these methods afford them in 
the acquisition of knowledge; that the total number | 
of pupils who have attended these classes, from the 
first of February One thousand eight hundred and 
forty-one to the present day is three thousand three 
hundred and fifty; that these various classes have 
necessarily been conducted at great expense to the 
directors who have rented the largest and most con- 
venient building in London five nights in every 
week, and have engaged masters of the greatest 
skill and experience, besides providing the Peti- 
tioners with every requisite convenience and attend- 
ance ; that every member of a class pays a contri- 
bution which although considerable when regarded 
as the payment from a schcolmaster or working 
man, is yet small in proportion to the course of 
his instruction ; that some subscriptions have been 
received from the friends of elementary education, 
and the directors have obtained from one great 
choral meeting a further increase of their income, 
and they are about to hold another, but the united 
funds derived from these several sources, are not 
nearly sufficient for the maintenance of so large an 
establishment, and that consequently a heavy bur- 
den will fall upon those individuals who without 
any view to their own profit have set on foot and 
directed this great institution ; that under these cir- 
cumstances the Petitioners cannot but feel, that | 
these efforts so successfully commenced must be | 








A. 1842, 


reluctantly abandoned ; that in anticipation of a 
result so disastrous to themselves, the members of 
the singing classes at the close of One thousand 
eight hundred and forty-one, presented to the Com- 
mittee of Council on Education a Memorial praying 
their Lordships to grant to the directors of the 
schools at Exeter Hall some pecuniary assistance 
from the Parliamentary Grant for Education, in 
order that these classes might be efficiently con- 
ducted under the sanction and direction of the 
Committee of Council on Education; that the Peti- 
tioners are verily sensible of the advantages they 
have derived from the sanction and approval which 
the classes at Exeter Hall have received from the 
Committee of Council, from the advice of their 
officers, and from the judicious superintendence of 
their proceedings, and they are desirous still to 
avail themselves of those advantages, but they re- 
gret that their Lordships are not enabled by the 
terms upon which the Parliamentary Grant is 
placed at their disposal, to afford the directors any 
assistance towards the great expenses attending the 
instruction of so large a body of persons superin- 
tending and connected with the elementary educa- 
tion of the Metropolis; the Petitioners would fur- 
ther represent to the House, that the annual ex- 
penses of conducting this great institution would 
be diminished, if the directors were enabled to erect 
a suitable building and thereby to avoid the great 
charge whichis at present incurred for rent; and pray- 
ing that the House will be pleased to approve of such 
an alteration in the terms of the annual grant for the 
promotion of education in Great Britain, as will en- 
able the Committee of Council to appropriate a suffi- 
cient sum of money in aid of the expenses of conduct- 
ing the classes now held in Exeter Hall, and towards 
the provision of a suitable building for these schools. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued to, and the Stamps, &amp;c. 


Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by, all News- 
papers of the United Kingdom, for the months of 
April, May and June 1842; in continuation of and 
in the same form as the last Returns laid on the 
Table of this House (Parliamentary Paper, No. 257, 
of Session 1842.) 


A Petition of William Mountford, complaining of pistress 


Distress in the town of Hinckley, and praying for (Hinckiey.) 


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


The House was moved, That the Act 39 and 40 Protection of 


Her Majesty’s 
Person Bill. 


No. 436. 


Geo. 3, c. 93, for regulating Trials for High Treason 
and Misprision of High Treason, in certain cases, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for providing for the further Security and Protection 
of Her Majesty’s Person: And that Sir Robert Peel, 
Sir James Graham, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. 
Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 

Sir Robert Peel accordingly presented the said 
Bill: 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, for To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
Lords. 


and Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Crawfard’s 
Estate Bill. 


to enable William Stuart Stirling Crawfurd, Es- 
quire, the Heir in Possession of the entailed Estate 


of Milton, in the County of Lanark, and his Succes- 


sors, 





the 





- m= bo, eet 


~~ arp 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Message frem 
the Lords. 


Sudbury Dis- 
franchisement 
(Witnesses’ In- 
demnity) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Four Courts 
Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill, 


19°. 


sors, to grant Feu Rights thereof; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


6 VicToriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ;—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell | reading of the Manchester, 


and Sir Giffin Wilson : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to indemnify Witnesses who may give Evidence 
before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, on a Bill 
to exclude the Borough of Sudbury from sending 
Burgesses to serve in Parliament; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee 
upon the Poor Law Amendment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause, N° 1, (Poor Law Commission continued) 
read. 

Proposed to fill the blank, P. 1.1. 23., with the 
words “ Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
“ hundred and forty-seven, and thenceforth until 
“ the end ofthe then next Session of Parliament.” 

Whereupon proposed to fill the blank with the 
words “ Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
*“« hundred and forty-three.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with the 
words “ Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
“ hundred and forty-seven, and thenceforth until 
“ the end of the then next Session of Parliament.” 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the § Sir Thomas Fremantle, 15,6, 
Yeas, Ll Mr. Henry Baring: | has 
Tellers for the f Mr. Sharman Crawford, \ 9. 
Noes, Mr. Ferrand: | aes 


Motion made, and Question 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 ; 

The Committee divided: 

Tellers for the {General Johnson, 


Yeas, Mr. William Williams : } =. 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, § cue 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring: J . 


Question again proposed. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair put, and 
Negatived. 


Ouestion put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 


part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided ; 
} 146. 
Tellersfor the ¢ Colonel Sibthorp, - 
Noes, . General Johnson : } ~ 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 





And the House, having continued to sit till after | 


twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 13° die Julii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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- 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committce. 

Vou. 97. 


13° Julie. 


477 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Graud Jury 
| further consideration the Report on the Grand Jury Fresentnens 
Presentments (Jreland) Bill; eaten 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
| consideration ‘To-morrow. 


! 
| 
! 


. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Manchester, 


Birmingham and Bolton Birmingham 
and Bolton 


olice Bill; Police Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Commitiee of Sup- supply 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight China. 
hundred and six thousand five hundred and sixty-six 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account of 
the Expenses of the Expedition to China. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Caneda. 
dred and eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
| Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1843, 

the Expenses of the Service in Canada, consequent 
upon the late Insurrection in that Colony. 

3. 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 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second south Australia 
reading of the South Australia Bill ; Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
intoa Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions Jurisdictions 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker on 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. G'reene 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 itselfChelsea 
into a Committee upon the Chelsea Hospital Bill ; Hospital 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 Militia Ballots 

into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- Suspension Bill. 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, 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 Military 
into a Committee upon the Military Savings Banks Savings Bank 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Bi! 
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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of Evi- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill; dence Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday aext, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Writs of Error 
; mittee on the Writs of Error Bill Bill. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

| resolve itself into the said Committee. 

| Mr. Greene reported the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures Lines, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read and, Mavufuctures 
agreed to. (Ireland) Bilt. 


| 3P3 Ordered, 











478 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Prisous Bill. The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons Bill : 
—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 


Stamps and 
Assessed Taxes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com 


ral Acts imposing Duties of Stamps and Assessed 
Taxes ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Fisheries 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act for carrying 
Treaty Bill. s 


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, 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 


August One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, An Act for carrying into effect a Convention 
between Her Majesty and the King of the French, 
relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British 
Islands and of France. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Act 
Continuance 


Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act for autho- 
rizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate execu- 
tion, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Sup- 
pression 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 the First day of 


August One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, 
an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into 
immediate execution, by Orders in Council, any 
Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Turnpike Acts Continu- 
ance 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 this day. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vice. 
c. 113, to carry into effect, with certain modifications, 
the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues, might be read; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 
Vic. c. 39, to explain and amend two several Acts 
relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for regulating the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and 
Bangor: And that Sir James Graham and Mr. Ni- 
choll do prepare, and bring it in. 


Bonded Corn 


) The Order for reading a second time this day the 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Bonded Corn (No. 2.) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Education, Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Coramand,—a Copy of Minutes of the Committee 
of Council on Education 1841-42. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing 
the Number of Causes, with the Date of the Com- 
mencement of each, which are at present pending in 
the Court of Session, respecting the exercise of Pa- 
tronage in the Church of Scotland ; distinguishing 
those Causes which have arisen in consequence of 
what are commonly called “Quoad Sacra” Clergy- 


Church 
Patronage 


(Scotland.) 


12°—13° Juliz. 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider the seve- 


A, 1842, 


men having been admitted as Members of the Church 

Courts ; also, distinguishing the Cases under litiga- 

tion of Presentations by the Crown from those of 

— Patrons, and showing the Number of each 
ind. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Lunatic 
Orders,—Returns of the Expense of each District Asylums 
Lunatic Asylum in Jreland, for the year ending the “*!"4-) 
3ist day of March 1842; showing the Total Annual 
Expense ; the Annual Average Expense of each 
Patient ; the Number of Patients from each County, 
and the Sum charged to each County in the year: 
—Of the Number of Patients in each, on the 1st 
day of April 1841; the Number admitted; the 
Number discharged, distinguishing those discharged 
as cured, as relieved, as harmless and incurable, and 
the Number transferred to Workhouses ; the Num- 
ber who have died, and the Total discharged and 
died ; the Number in each on the 31st day of March 
1842; 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 the year; the Total Cost per head per annum ; 
the Expenditure in Furniture, Bedding and Linen; 
the Expenditure in Fixtures, Additions and Altera- 
tions, 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 for Food only; the Cost per head per week 
for Food only; the Cost per head per day for Food 
only ; all calculated from the Average Number of 
Patients for the year :—Of the Particulars of each 
Salary and Servants’ Wages, and the Total Amount of 
the same for the year:—And, of the Number admitted 
into each Asylum between the opening and the 31st 
day of March 1842; the Number discharged as re- 
covered ; the Number discharged, or taken away by 
their Friends, as relieved, or harmless and incurable, 
or transferred to Workhouses, within that period ; 
the Number of relapsed cases, and the Number who 
have died within that period; and the Total Number 
remaining in each Asylum on the 31st day of March 
1842 :—Similar Returns for the Cork Lunatic Asy- 
lum :—Also, a Return of the Number of Insane in 
each Workhouse in Jreland, on the 25th day of 
March 1842, with the estimated Annual Expense 
of each Insane Person in each Workhouse. 

A Copy of the Report of the Officers appointed Dover Harbour. 
by the Admiralty, to consider the Plans of Mr. Cu- 
bitt for constructing a Harbour of Refuge at Dover. 

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


Crawfurd’s Estate Bill was read the first time. at 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select @s*¢ Bi! 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Sudbury Disfranchisement (Witnesses’ In- Sudbury Dis- 
demnity) Bill was read the first time ; and ordered (iichenet &gt; 
to be read a second time this day. demnity) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


No. 437. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercuri, 13° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Maltby, from the Trinity House of Deptford 
Strond, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of the whole 
Receipts and Revenue of the Corporation of the 
Trinity House of Deptford Strond ; compe 
e 


Trinity House 
(Deptford 
Strond. ) 








Maynooth 
College. 


Chine and 
Affghanistan. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Lowtherstown 
Union. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
(Gilbert's 
t Unions.) 


se 


Mersey Con. 
Servancy Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 


the particular Sources from which the same are 
derived, together with a particular and detailed Ac- 
count of the Appropriation of the same, for each of 
the years 1838 to 1840, both inclusive (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 203, of Session 
1839) :—And then he withdrew. 


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


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Trades- 
men and Operatives Protestant Association, for the 
borough of Mary-le-bone, praying the House to 
cause an inquiry and strict investigation into the 
class books and standards of instruction used in 
the College of Maynooth, into the provincial sta- 
tutes of the papal bishops in the province of Leinster, 
where the College is situated ; into the standard of 
the diocesan conferences appointed by those sta- 
tutes by the bishops for the priests, in which they 
train them to direct the consciences of the people ; 
into that code of laws added to that standard in 
1832, and into the questions of their conferences 
as they appear in their own directories for the last 
eleven years, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ulverston, in the county 
palatine of Lancaster, and others, praying the House 
to take immediate measures for putting an end to 
the war with the Chinese and Ajffghans, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Dealers in and Retailers of Tobacco, 
in the town of Letterkenny, in the county of Donegal, 
praying that the Tobacco Regulations 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 the Board of Guardians of the 
Poor of the Lowtherstown Union, in the county of 
Fermanagh, praying the House to cause an investi- 
gation into the manner in which the Poor Law Com- 
missioners have conducted the business of the above 
union, since its formation, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered. to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Bedingfield, m. p., and le- 
gally qualified Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery, 
praying for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of the town- 
ship of Leeds, in the parish of Leeds, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, praying that the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cattal ;—Catterton ;—Steeton ;— 
Wigton (York) ;— Alwoodley ;— Old Thornville ;— 
Hutton Wansley ;—Barkstone ; — Wike;---Pontefract 
Park ;—Shadwell (York) ;— Tockwith ;—- Bilton ;— 
Bramham ; —Clifford ;—Seacroft;—East Keswick ; 
-—Normanton ;— Whitwood;—Ulleskelf;—Ferryfry- 
ston ;— Tadcaster ;— Bilborough ;—Sutton (York) ; 
— Newton Kyme;—Ackton ;— Bolton Piercy ;— 
Acaster : —Appleton ;— Hunsingore ; — Walshford ; 
-— Askham Bryan;—Purston Jackling ; —Church 
Fenton; —- Kirk Deighton ; — Ryther ; — Walton 
(York);—Long Marston —and, Barwick-in-Elmet ; 
praying the House not to sanction any measure for 
dissolving the Gilbert’s Unions without their own 
consent, but that they may still be allowed to carry 
on their unions without being subject to the control 
of the Poor Law Commissioners,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Select 


Committee on the Mersey Conservancy Bill; and 
Vou. 97. 


13° Juliz. 














479 


to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were 
referred ; That they had heard counsel in support 
of several 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 be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed, 
at the expense of the Parties. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, standing 

to consider the propriety of making such alterations Orders 
in the Standing Orders as may be conducive to the ®¢visio- 
improved conduct of the Private Business of this 
House :—And a Committee was appointed of Lord 
Granville Somerset, Mr. Estcourt, Sir George Grey, 
Mr. Greene, Mr. Strutt, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. 
Loch, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Aglionby, Sir Robert Ferguson, Sir 
William Heathcote, Mr. Ewart and Mr. William 
Miles ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That, Five be the Quorum. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint Buildings 
Pancras and Clerkenwell, praying that the Buildings 
Regulation (No. 2.) Bill may pass into a law, was 


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


Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


A Petition of John Quail, m. v., of the University Polish 
of Louvain, and a Member of the Royal College of Refugees. 
Surgeons in London, late a Staff Surgeon in the 
Polish Army, during the war with Russia in 1831, 
stating that the Petitioner has been deprived of 
royal bounty pay, or his Polish Pension, since 
August 1837, by his late Majesty’s Government, a 
period of five years, leaving arrears due of 2501., 
and praying that the House will allow him equivalent 
protection, by giving to him some appointment, or 
that he may be nominated the medical attendant of 
the Poles residing in England, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood reported from the Select Com- Bribery at 
mittee on the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) eS as 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, ¢ — a 
and found the same to be true; and had gone No 438: 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Licensed 
further consideration the Report on the Licensed 
Lunatic Asylums Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next. 


Lunatic 


Asylums Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Buildings 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill; (Nena) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday* ~~ ‘ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Medical 
the county of Louth, assembled at summer assizes (reland.) 
1842, praying the House not to sanction any mea- : 
sure relative to the Medical Charities of Zreland, 
whereby the present system of management, raising 
funds and control of officers, will be withdrawn from 
the Grand Juries and Cess-payers, and placed under 
the sole management of the Poor Law Commissioners, 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Metropolis, pray- Coals. 
ing for the abolition of the impost of 1s. 1d. per 
3P4 ton 





| 





a — 
SS SF PSS Se ea Se 


Burials, 


Waterloo, &amp;e., 
Bridges. 


Corn Laws. 


Medical 
Fretession, 


Crimina! Trials, 


A480 


ton levied on inland Coals, payable to the Corpora- 
tion of the City of London, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers of the 
Poor and other Vestrymen of the parish of Christ 
Church (commonly called Spitalfields), in the couniy 
of Middlesex, in vestry assembled, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners have 
had their attention called to the proceedings of 
a Committee which was appointed by the House, 
with a view to improving the health of populous 
places, by preventing Burials therein, and have 
observed with much apprehension that in inquir- 
ing into the means of carrying such a measure 
into effect without interfering with vested interests, 
the Committee has appeared to regard the vested 
interest of the Clergy only ; that should the Com- 
mittee have really proceeded upon this view, and 
resolved to found upon it any recommendation to 
the legislature, the Petitioners and others similarly 
circumstanced would be in danger of sustaining 
very serious injury, inasmuch as, by a local Act, the 
churchwardens receive all fees for Burials in that 
parish, and pay out of them a considerable propor- | 
tion of the annual expenses of the parochial church | 
establishment ; that the Petitioners deem it unne- | 
cessary to press upon the House the inconvenience 
which would be felt from the loss of such an in- 
come in a parish like Spitalfields; they know that 
‘if not impossible, it would be most impolitic to at- 
tempt to replace it by imposing additional pecuniary 
burdens upon so necessitous a population ; and they 
therefore venture to hope, that if by any future 
enactment they should be deprived of their spacious | 
burial-ground, they may confidently claim for them- | 
selves and the interests of that parish, the same 
consideration which has been so justly extended to | 
the Clergy. 

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


A Petition of Housekolders, Gentlemen, Traders | 








13° Julzz. 


A. 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foreign Sugar. 

a Copy of a Letter addressed to the Earl of Ripon, 
President of the Board of Trade, by Messrs. John B. 
Moore and Co. cf Liverpool, dated the 24th day of 
June 1842, praying for leave to import Foreign 
Sugar for agricultural purposes, and for fattening 
Cattle; with the Reply of the Board of Trade to that 
application. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coal Tax 
Copies of Correspondence between the Irish Go- (Pott of Cork.) 
vernment and the Corporation of Cork, relative to 
the future appropriation of the Tax now levied on 
Coals in the Port of Cork :—And, of Reports of the 
Poor Law Commissioners on any portion of the 
Correspondence relative to the Coal Tax which has 
been referred to them. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad- Commissions, 
dress to Her Majesty,—Returns of all the Commis- 
sions that have been issued or appointed since, and 
in continuation of, the last Return printed by Order 
of this House, Parliamentary Paper, No. 346, 1st 
May 1838 :—Also, of the Number and Titles of the 
former Commissions that are now actually in opera- 
tion, with a Statement of the Progress made in 
each, and the Expense already incurred in each 
separately ; and also, of the Number of those that 
have been closed, and at what period, with the final 


results, and Total Expense of each. 


Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to Or- Probates ane 
ders,—A Return of the Number of Probates and Administra- 
Administrations granted by each Court in England "°"* 
and Wales, having the Right to grant Probates and 
Administrations, and of which Copies or Extracts 


| shall have been transmitted to the Stamp Office, for 


the years 1839, 1840 and 1841; distinguishing the 
Number granted in each year by each Court; and 
if the Registrar or other Officer shall have trans- 
mitted to the Stamp Office Copies of Wills or Ex- 
tracts of Administrations from more than one Court, 
then the Name of each Court, and the Number of 


and Residents of and in the vicinity of Kingston- | Copies and Extracts of Probates and Administra- 
on-Thames, in the county of Surrey, praying the | tions he shall have transmitted from each Court (in 
House to adopt measures for redeeming and extin- | continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 226, 


guishing the Tolls upon /Vaterloo, Southwark and | 
Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, and read; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


facturers and other Tradesmen of Queen’s Head, near | 
Halifax, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, | 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 


A Petition of Shopkeepers, Innkeepers, Manv- | 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
North of England Medical Association, assembled | 
at MVewcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the House not to | 
authorize the giving of any new charter to the Col- 
lege of Physicians or to the College of Surgeons in 
London, until opportunity have been afforded of | 
discussing fully and carefully the entire provisions | 
of the intended Medical Profession Bill, was pre- | 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bassingbourn, in the | 
county of Cambridge, stating that the Petitioners 
request the attention of the House to the usage of | 
our Criminal Courts, in requiring persons charged | 
with crime to plead to their indictments ; and pray- 
ing the House to substitute for the present plea of 
“ Not guilty” an expression merely of readiness to 
subinit to trial, or by some other means to provide 
the discontinuance of the present practice, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bassingbourn ;—Great Eversden ; 
- -London ;—and, Melbourn (Cambridge) ; praying 
the House to provide relief by passing a measure, 
substituting Affirmation for Oath, in all cases where 
the latter is now required by law,—were presented, 





and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of Session 1839.) 

A Return from the Commissioners of Audit, sta- Public 
ting the date of the last Account of each Depart- Accoun's. 
ment audited by them, and the Reasons why delay, 
if any, has taken place in the Audit of the several 
Accounts in arrear. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Supply. 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Protection of 
into a Committee upon the Protection of Her Ma- cody 9 ‘ 
jesty’s Person 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, ior the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Income and Accounts, &amp;c. 
Expenditure of the British Museum for the year "ferret: 
1841; of the estimated Charges and Expenses for ime 

é useum, 
the year ending 25th March 1843, and of the sum 
necessary to discharge the same; and also, the Ac- 
count of the Number of Persons admitted to visit 
the Museum from Christmas 1835 to Christmas 

1841; 





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1841; together with a Statement of Progress in the 
arrangement of the Collections, and an Account of 
Objects added to them in the year 1841, which was 
presented upcn the 18th day of February last, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the several Estimates for Chari- 
table Institutions and Miscellaneous Services in Jre- 
land, which were presented upon the 23d day of 
March last, be referred to the Coinitiiien. 

Ordered, That the several Estimates for Miscel- 
laneous Services, which were presented upon the 
11th day of this instant July, be referred to the 
Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


Charitable In- 
stitutions and 

Miscellaneous 
Services 

( Ireland. ) 


Miscellaneous 
Services. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Thirty- 
thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the British Museum, for the year ending on the 
25th day of March 1843. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and six thousand and eighty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1848, the Expense of Works and 
Repairs of Public Buildings ; for Furniture, &amp;c., 
for various Public Departments, 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, 
formerly charged upon the Civil List. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Improvement of the Holyhead and Liverpool 
Road, Holykead Harbour and the Shrewsbury and 
Holyhead Road, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 

three thousand seven hundred and forty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Fittings in the Building recently erected at the 
British Museum, and for the Buildings at the South 
Front of the Museum, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 
HousesofLords 5. Feesolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
and Commons. thousand three hundred and ninety-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of pro- 
viding 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 that House, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 


British 
Museum. 


Public Build- 
ings, &amp;c. 


Holyhead 
and Liverpool 
Road, &amp;c. 


British Museum 
(New Build- 
ings.) 


New Houses of 


Parliament. hundred and five thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1843, the Expense of the Works at the New Houses 
of Parliament. 
Museum of 7. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Two 
we thousand and eighteen pounds, be granted to Her 
- Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Museum of 
Economic Geology, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
Model Prison, 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand three hundred and twenty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the Completion and 
Fittings of the Model Prison. 
Parkhurst 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
_ thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
additional Works at the Prison for Juvenile Offend- 
* ers at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 
ll 7 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 


thousand three hundred and twenty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1842, 
the Expense of Works and Repairs at the British 
Ambassador’s House in Paris. 


House in Paris, 


ie and Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
(Hewes ¢ SUM, not exceeding Sixty-two thousand and three 


Parliament.) 


hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
Vo, 97. 


13° Julie. 


481 


the Salaries and Expenses of the Two Houses of 
Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers of 
the Two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1843; 

Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, That 
a sum, not exceeding Forty-thousand and five hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Two eae of Par- 
liament, and Allowances to Retired Officers of the 
Two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1843; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers forthef Mr. Hume, _ 23 

Yeas, \Dr. Bowring : 7 

Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremanile, } 90 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : : 

Original Question again proposed, That a sum, 
not exceeding Sixty-two thousand and three hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Two Houses of 
Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers 
of the Two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1843 ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed 
That a sum, not exceeding Fifty thousand and three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Two Houses 
of Parliament, and Allowances to Retired Officers 
of the Two Houses, to the 31st day of March 1843: 

— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
two thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances 
to Retired Officers of the Two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Fifty- po (Trea. 
three thousand and eight hundred pounds, be sury.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries, Con- 
tingent and other Expenses of the Department of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen py ~ (ome 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to Office) 
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 1843. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- po 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Depart- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Fo- 
reign Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers 
and extra Couriers attached to that Department, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen ,_ (Colonial 
thousand five hundred and twenty-three pounds, be Office.) 
granted 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 1843. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- p&gt; _ (Privy 
two thousand one hundred and ninety-five pounds, Council Offices 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Departments of Her Majesty’s 
Most honourable Privy Council, and Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two po - (Lora 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Privy Seal.) 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- pe - (Paymas- 
five thousand two hundred and sixty-six pounds, be ter Geueral’s 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of fie) 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eigh- pe - (Comp- 
teen thousand one hundred and three pounds, be troller-General 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and °‘h — 
Contingent Expenses in the Departments of the aie 
Comptroller General of the Exchequer, the Paymas- 
ters of Exchequer Bills, and the Paymaster of Civil 
Services, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


- (Foreign 
Office. ). 


¥ 





3Q 20. Resolved, 





Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


Insolvent 
Debtors Court. 


Penitentiary 
( Milbank.) 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Model Prison. 


State Paper 
Office. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Poor Law 
Commission. 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Inspectors, &amp;c., 
of Factories, 


Inspectors of 
Prisuns, 


Children’s 
Employment 
Commission. 


482 13°-—14° Julie. _ A. 1842, 


20. 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 1843. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand three hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salesios of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Deb- 
tors’ Court, of their Clerks, and the Contingent Ex- 

enses of the Court and Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1843 ; also, of the Expenses attendant upon 
the Circuit. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Penitentiary at Milbank, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

_ 23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, in 
the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Model 
Prison, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand two hundred and fifty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries and other Expenses of the State Paper 
Office, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commis- 
sioners 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, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay, to the 3ist day of March 1843, the Salaries 
and Incidental Expenses of the Commissions esta- 
blished on the part of Her Majesty, under the Trea- 
ties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic 
in Slaves. 

29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twelve thousand four hundred and 
seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1843, the Charge of 
the Salaries of Her Majesty’s Consuls General, Con- 
suls and Vice Consuls Abroad, and of the Superin- 
tendents of Trade in China ; also of the Contingent 
Expenses of such Consuls General, Consuls and 
Vice Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade in 
China. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and eight hundred 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 1843. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Prisons, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand nine hundred and ninety-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expendi- 
ture of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and eleven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Chil- 














dren’s Employment Commission for the year 1841-2, 
and to pay the further Expense to be incurred to 
the close of the Commission. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Jovis, 14° die Julii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene 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 for providing for the further Protection of 
Security and Protection of Her Majesty’s Person, Her Majesty’s 
was, according to the Order made this day, read the one 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Designs Copy. 
further consideration the Report on the Designs right Bill. 
Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Fisheries 
further consideration the Report on the Fisheries (eland) Bil. 
(Ireland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the first Rivers 
and second years of his late Majesty King William (Ireland) Bill. 
the Fourth, to empower Landed Proprietors in Jre- 
land to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in 
Rivers, was, according to Order, read the third time. 


An ingrossed Clause was offered (Nothing in this 
Act contained to affect the Powers vested in the 
Irish Society): And the said Clause was brought 
up, and thrice read ; and agreed to, to be made part 
of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Provision 
for increased rent in cases where lands are leased): 
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 (Where the 
weir, dam, &amp;c., of any mill or factory causes injury, 
&amp;e., the same may be taken by Company at a va- 
luation, as any land under this Act): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and thrice read ; and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and desire their concurrence. 


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 House, according to Order, resolved itself Parish Com 
into a Committee upon the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received ~_.: 

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n- 
Ii. 


6 Victoriz. 


Wide Streets The Wide Streets (Dublin) Bill was, according to 
(Dublin) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


South Australia 


, The South Australia Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


Ecclesiastical 


Mr. Greene reported the Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- 


Jurisdictions tions 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. 
Chelsea Mr. Greene reported the Chelsea Hospital Bill; 
Hospital Bill. ond the Amendments were read, and agreed to 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time this day. 
Militia Ballots 


Ballots Mr. Greene reported the Militia Ballots Suspen- 
Suspension Bill. Sinn 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. 


Military Mr. Greene reported the Military Savings Banks 
a? Banks Bill; 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. 
Linen, &amp;c., The ingrossed Bill to amend and continue an Act 
Manufactures 


+, Of the third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, 

— a for the more effectual Punusiian of Frauds aa 
Abuses committed by Weavers, Sewers and other 

Persons employed in the Linen, Hempen, Union, 

Cotton, Silk and Woollen Manufactures in Jreland, 

and for the better Payment of their Wages, for One 

year, and from thence to the end of the then next 


Session of Parliament,” was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 


An ingrossed Clause was offered (Proof that the 
yarns, &amp;c., are actually purloined or embezzled un- 
necessary): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and thrice read; and agreed 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 to amend and continue to the 
twenty-seventh day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-three, and to the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, an Act of the third and 
fourth years of Her present Majesty, for the more 
effectual Prevention of Frauds and Abuses com- 
mitted by Weavers, Sewers and other Persons em- 
ployed in the Linen, Hempen, Union, Cotton, Silk 
and Woollen Manufactures in Zreland, and for the 
better Payment of their Wages. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tumpike Acts The ingrossed Bill to continue certain Turnpike 
Continuance 


Bill Acts, 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 
October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, certain Turnpike Acts. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ras Diss The Sudbury Disfranchisement (Witnesses’ Indem- 

— nity) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 

Indemnity) time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 

Bill. House, for this day. 

Lanatie Ordered, That leave be given to bringin a Bill for 
yiums — 


Ireland) Bill amending the Law relating to Private Lunatic Asy- 
‘ lums in /reland: And that Mr. Solicitor General for 


Ireland and Lord Eliot do prepare, and bring it in. 
Vou. 97. 


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483 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Coroners, &amp;c., 
compensate the Coroners and Clerks of the Peace Cer erster) Bill 
for the counties of Warwick and Lancaster, and the 
Clerks to the Justices of the Peace for the county 
of Warwick, acting for the Birmingham division of 
the hundred of Hemlingford, for their Loss by the 
Incorporation of the Boroughs of Birmingham, Man- 
chester and Bolton: And that Sir Charles Douglas, 

Mr. Bootle Wilbraham and Mr. Barneby do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland presented a Bill Lunatic 
for amending the Law relating to Private Lunatic Asviums, | 
Asylums in Jreland: And the same was read — 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 439. 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Order made yesterday, that leave be given to Saint Asaph 
bring in a Bill for regulating the Dioceses of Saint ——. 
Asaph and Bangor, was read, and discharged. 7 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. Saint Asaph 
c. 113, to carry into effect, with certain modifications, 44 Bangor - 
the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Eccle- —— 
siastical Duties and Revenues, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 
Vic. c. 39, to explain and amend two several Acts 
relating to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Cathedral Churches of Saint 
Asaph and Bangor: And that Sir James Graham 
and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, Mates (Royal 
—A Return of all Mates of the Royal Navy, showing N®vy-) 
the year and month in which they respectively passed 
their Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant, the 
time they have since served Afloat in the Navy; also, 
the time they may have served under the Customs, 
as far as can be ascertained ; and specifying where 
each is now serving ; also, the Mates who have been 
placed on the Pension or Half Pay List, in pursu- 
ance of the Recommendation of the Naval and Mili- 
tary Commission. 


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


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for regulating saint Asaph 
the Cathedral Churches of Saint Asaph and Bangor : and Bangor 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered C*thedtls Bill 
to be read a second time this day; and to be printed. No. 440. 


Sir Charles Douglas presented a Bill to compen- Coroners, &amp;c., 
sate the Coroners and Clerks of the Peace for the (Warwick and 
Counties of Warwick and Lancaster, and the Clerks Lancester) Bil. 
to the Justices of the Peace for the County of War- No. 441. 
wick, acting for the Birmingham Division of the 
Hundred of Hemlingford, for their Loss by the In- 
corporation of the Boroughs of Birmingham, Man- 
chester and Bolton: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education, Education. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No, 442. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Chench 
‘ i ‘ 7 _ Patronage 
Pig i 280 gi which was presented yester (Scotland) Bill, 
ay: SS Pee No. 443. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative te Dover Har- Dover Harbour. 
bour, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 444. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 


clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


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Dublin 
Hospital. 


Polish 
Refugees. 


Shannon 
Navigation. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 


Bill. 


Payment of 
Wages. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Foreign Suger. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Stock in Trade 
Bill. 


l.ondon Bridge 


Approaches and 
Royal Exchange 


dvenues Bill, 


14° Jultt. A. 1842. 


Jovis, 14° die Julii; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


A PETITION of Directors of the city of Dublin 

Hospital, stating that by the Municipal Cor- 
porations (Ireland) Act, that part of the city in 
which the Hospital is situated has been separated 
from the rest, and, in consequence, the Judges have 
refused to fiat the presentment passed by the city 
Grand Jury for its support; that the Grand Jury of 
the county have presented the small sum of fifty 
pounds only to the Hospital, in aid of the fundsas a 
dispensary ; and praying the House to pass an Act 
for their relief, and that the House will grant even a 
small portion of the sum annually voted for the sup- 
port of the charities in Dublin, to be applied to the 
relief of the poor in that Hospital, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Count de Golejewski, Lieu- 
tenant of the Polish Army, praying for inquiry into 
his case, and that he may be replaced upon the list 
of Polish Refugees, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of the 
county of Roscommon, praying the House to devise 
means to control further expenditure on the Upper 
Shannon, and to suspend the issue of any money 
from the Treasury for any works thereon, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the 
Guardians of the Sheppey Union, in the county of 
Kent, praying that the Poor Law Amendment Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Neath, Glamorgan- 
shire, praying the House to adopt such measures as 
will tend to the entire abolition of the Truck system, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Tobacco Regulations Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Mr. William Gladstone presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Copy of a Letter addressed to the Earl of 
Ripon, President of the Board of Trade, by Messrs. 
John B. Moore, and Co., of Liverpool, dated the 
24th day of June 1842, praying for leave to import 
Foreign Sugar for Agricultural Purposes, and for 
fattening Cattle ; with the Reply of the Board of 
Trade to that Application. 

Ordered, Thatthe said Paper do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Russell : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three, the Exemption of Inhabitants of 
Parishes, Townships and Villages from liability to 
be rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade, or 
other Property, to the Relief of the Poor: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for further extending 
the Approaches to London Bridge, and the Avenues 
adjoining to the Royal Exchange, in the City of 
London, and for amending the Acts relating thereto 
— oe and for raising a Sum of Money towards 
opening a Street to Clerkenwell Green, in the County 
of Middlesex, in continuation of the New Street from 


{ The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Perth Prison 
Act for the better regulating the Number of Prison- Bil. 

ers admitted to the General Prison at Perth, 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 pongon ana 
Act for amending some of the Powers of the Acts Greenwich 
relating to the London and Greenwich Railway, with re , 
Amendments ; towhich Amendments the Lords dn 87. 
sire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. ' 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- National Mo- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her puments and 
lajesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased Works of Art, 

to give directions to the Trustees of the British 
Museum, and of the National Gallery, to the Autho- 
rities having charge of the Armouries and Jewels in 
the Tower of London, and to all other persons having 
the management or direction of Public Edifices and 
Cathedrals, for the adoption of those facilities and 
improvements recommended in the Report of the 
Select Committee on National Monuments and 
Works of Art in June 1841 :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Schools of 
posed, That it is expedient that the Government Design. 
School of Design be formed into a Central Normal 
School, for the instruction of Teachers of Design, in 
communication with other Schools of Design through- 
out the country ; and that the general recommenda- 
tions of the Committee which reported on this sub- 
ject in the year 1836, be adopted :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 &amp; 5 Vice. Becton Peti- 
c. 58, to amend the Law for the Trial of Contro- tions Trial Bill. 
verted Elections, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Sir Robert Peel, 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Clergy Reserves 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Canada) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Proceeds of all Sales of the Clergy 
Reserves in Canada, and of the Amount thereof in- 
vested in the Public Funds in the Province of Ca- 
nada, or in the Public Funds of Great Britain and 
Ireland, and of the Annual Interest and Dividends 
thereof, distinguishing the Sales which were effected 
under the Authority of the Act 7 and 8 Geo. 4, c. 
62, and those which have taken place under the Act 
3 and 4 Vic. c. 78:—Of all Rents arising from the 
Clergy Reserves that have been demised for any 
term of years, and of the Amount of the Annual 
Fund directed to be formed under the Act 3 and 4 
Vic. c. 78:—Of the Annual Stipends and Divi- 
dends which are payable out of said Annual Fund, 
and were assigned and given to the Clergy of the 
Churches of England and Scotland, and to any 
other Religious Bodies or Denominations of Chris- 
tians in Canada, and to which the faith of the Crown 
is pledged ; distinguishing such Religious Bodies or 
Denominations of Christians, and specifying the 
Amount payable to each respectively out of said 
Fund :—And, of the Application aud Appropriation 
of the said Annual Fund to the Churches of Eng- 
land and of Scotland, and of the Application of such 
part thereof as the Act 3 and 4 Vic. directs the 
Governor of Canada to apply to the purposes of 
Public Worship and Religious Instruction in Canada; 
distinguishing the Religious Bodies and Denomina~ 
tions of Christians to whose Public Worship and 
Religions Instruction such Annual Fund shall have 
been applied. 














Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


Farringdon-street, in the City of London: And also,| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, 





Admiralty 
Commission. 


Flag Officers 
(Navy. ) 


Keighley 


Union, 


Common Law 
Courts (Ires 
and) Bill, 


Court of 
Fxchequer 
(England) Bill. 


Stamps and 
Assessed Taxes. 


6 Victoriz 14°— 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the last Patent constituting the Commission 
for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, with 
a Return of the Names and Rank of the Persons 
constituting that Commission, and the Pay and Al- 
lowances of each, and whether they occupy the 
Houses appropriated for them by Government. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return, 
showing the Services of all Flag Officers in the Navy 
promoted since the 29th day of June 1838, stating 
the Date of Entry of each Officer into the Service, 
and the Date of the several Commissions which they 
have obtained, distinguishing the period passed in 
Commission in their respective Ranks, the period 
on Half Pay in each Rank, and the Total period on 
Full and Half Pay ; and showing also the Period 
when and in what Ship each was last employed, and 
the Age of each Officer at the date of last Promotion 
(in continuation of the Returns No. VI. of Appendix 
in the Report of the Commission of Naval Inquiry, 
1840); 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for ther Mr. Hume, 1 93 

Yeas, \ Captain Pechell : . Tease 
Tellers for thet Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, \ Mr. Henry Baring: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Orders which have been issued by the 
Poor Law Commissioners of Somerset House to the 
Board of Guardians in the Keighley Union, since 
the Formation of the same, in 1838, up to the 13th 
day of April 1842 :—Also, of all Reports upon the 
Proceedings of the Board, and Complaints thereon 
during that period, which have been made by the 
Assistant Poor Law Commissioners, Mr. Power and 
Mr. Mott, to the Poor Law Commissioners : —Also, 
in what respect the said Board of Guardians have 
acted contrary to the directions of the Central Board 
at Somerset House :—Also, Returns of the Number 
of Times the said Assistant Poor Law Commission- 
ers, Mr. Power and Mr. Mott, have visited the said 
Board and the Poor-houses of Keighley and Bingley, 
and the Dates thereof; and of the Reports they have 
made on the said Poor-houses ; and of the Number 
of Inmates within the same on the Formation of the 
Union, and on the 1st day of June 1842. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate and reduce the Expenses of the Officers 
attached to the Superior Courts of Common Law in 
Ireland, payable out of the Consolidated Fund: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Lord Eliot do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for abolishing certain Offices on the Revenue Side 
of the Court of Exchequer in England, and for re- 
gulating the Office of Her Majesty’s Remembrancer 
in that Court: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer, Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Veneris, 15° die Julii, 1842: 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee to consider the several Acts imposing 
Duties of Stamps and Assessed Taxes. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Assessed 'T'axes, 
chargeable in Great Britain under Schedule (C.) 
No. 4, of the Acts 48 Geo. 3, c. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 93, for Coachmen kept for the purpose of driving 


Public Stage Coaches or Carriages, and for persons | 
Vou. 97. 




















15° Julie. 


485 


employed as Guards to such Stage Coaches or Car- 
riages, shall cease and determine; and that the 
Duties chargeable under Schedule (D.), No. 1, of 
the said Acts, so far as the same relate to Carriages 
kept and used solely for the purpose of being let 
for hire, where more than one such Carriage are kept, 
shall also cease and determine ; and that in lieu of 
such last-mentioned Duties there shall be charged 
and paid for every such Carriage the annual sum of 
six pounds. 

2. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties now 
payable in Great Britain on Stage Carriages, and 
on Licenses to keep the same, and on Passengers 
conveyed for hire by Carriages travelling upon Rail- 
ways, shall cease and determine ; and that in lieu 
thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid, 
the several Duties following (that is to say): 


For and in respect of every Original License to be taken 
out yearly by the person who shall keep, use or employ 
any Stage Carriage in Great Britain Chat is to say), 
for every such Carriage the sum of three pounds and 
three shillings. 

And for and in respect of every Supplementary License 
for the same Carriage for which any such Original 
License shall have been granted, which shall be taken 
out in any case allowed by law during the period for 
which such Original License was granted, the sum of 
five shillings. 

And for and in respect of every mile which any such 
Stage Carriage shall be licensed to travel, the sum of 
one penny halfpenny. 

And for and in respect of all Passengers conveyed for 
hire upon or along any Railway, a Duty at and after 
the rate of five pounds for every one hundred pounds 
of all sums received or charged for the hire, fare or 
conveyance of such Passengers. 


3. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties now 
payable in Great Britain and Ireland respectively 
upon or in respect of the several articles, matters 
and things contained in the Schedule hereunto an- 
nexed, shall cease and determine ; and that in lieu 
thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid 
upon or in respect of the same articles, matters and 
things, the several Stamp Duties specified in the 
said Schedule (that is to say) : 


SCHEDULE OF DUTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN 
AND IRELAND. 


Bill of Lading of or for any goods, merchandize £. a. 4. 
or effects to be exported or caried coastwise - - 6 
Charter Party or any Agreement or Contract 
for the Charter of any ship or vessel, or any 
memorandum, letter or other writing be- 
tween the Captain, Master or Owner of any 
ship or vessel, and any other person, for or 
relating to the freight or conveyance of any 
money, goods or effects on board of such ship 
or vessel - - - - - - - 
Collation or Appointment by any Archbishop 
or Bishop to any Cathedral, Prebend, Dig- 
nity, Office or Honorary Canonry, having 
no endowment or emolument attached or 
belonging thereto - -  - -  - 
Collation by any Archbishop or Bishop to any 
Ecclesiastical Benefice, Dignity or Promo- 
tion, other than as aforesaid = - - «| J «= ~ 
And where the net yearly value of such Bene- 
fice, Dignity or Promotion shall amount to 
300/. or upwards, then for every 100/. there- 
of over and above the first 200/., a further 
Duty of - - - - - - -| 5B - - 
The value to be ascertained by certificate 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England or Ireland, as the case may be ; 
Provided always, that two or more 
Benefices episcopally or permanently 
united shall be deemed one Benefice 

only. 

Institution granted by any Archbishop, Bishop, 
Chancellor or other Ordinary, or by any 
Ecclesiastical Court, to any Ecclesiastical 
Bencfice, Dignity or Promotion, or to any 
two or more such Benefices episcopally 
united : 

Where the same shall proceed upon a 
Presentation - “en ee A ee 
And where it shall proceed upon the peti- 
tion of the Patron to be himself ad- 
mitted and instituted-  - - -| 7 - = 


bo 
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486 


14°—.15° Juliz. 


Scnepute of Duties (Stamps and Assessed Taxes)—continued. 


And if in the latter case the net yearly va- 
lue of such Benefice, Dignity or Promo- 
tion shall amount to 300/. or upwards, 
then for every 100/. thereof over and 
above the first 200/ , a further Duty of 


The value to be ascertained as in the 
case of Collation ; Provided always, 
that two or more Benefices episco- 

ally or permanently united, shall 
o deemed one Benefice only. 


License to hold a perpetual Curacy not pro- 
ceeding upon a nomination + « -* 
Presentation or Donation by Her Majesty, 
Her heirs or successors, or by any other 
Patron, to any Ecclesiastical Benefice, Dig- 
nity or Promotion - - - - = 
And where the net yearly value of such 
Benefice, Dignity or Promotion shall 
amount to 300/. or upwards, then for 
every 100/. thereof over and above the 
first 200 /., a further Duty of = - - 
The value to be ascertained as in the 
ease of Collation ; Provided always, 
that two or more Benefices episco- 
pally or permanently united shall 

be deemed one Benefice only. 


IN IRELAND. 


Certificate to be taken out yearly by any 
Banker or Bankers, or person or persons 
acting as such, of having registered the firm 
of his or their house, according to law: 

If such Banker or Bankers, or other per- 
son or persons shall issue any Promis- 
sory Notes for money payable to bearer 
on demand and allowed to be re-issued 


Dispensation, Faculty or other Instrument for 
admitting or authorizing any person to act 
asa Notary Public - - - - - 

Dispensation for holding two Ecclesiastical 

ignities or Benefices, or a Dignity and a 
Benefice in Ireland - - - = = 

Dispensation or Faculty of any kind, not here- 
in otherwise charged - - - - 

Grant or Letters Patent under the Great Seal 
of Ireland: 

Of the Honour or Dignity of an Arch- 
bishop - - ~ - - - 
Of the awe or Dignity of a Bishop - 

Lease, Release or Deed, Minute, Memorandum 
or legal or equitable Article or Instrument 
by any Archbishop or Bishop, or Ecclesias- 
tical Corporation aggregate or sole, for 
setting or demising lands, tenements or he- 
reditaments in Ireland, of the Estates of 
such Archbishop or Bishop, or Corporation 
in right of their respective Sees, for any 
term of years only and absolute not pace 4 
ing twenty-one years in possession, without 
any clause or covenant for the renewal there- 
of on the first skin or piece of vellum, 
parchment or paper of each and every part 
thereof ; 

Where the annual amount of the Rent 
reserved or agreed to be reserved (any 
_— Rent, or any increased or reserved 

ent in the nature of a penal Rent, 
not being included in such amount), 
shall not exceed 10/., and the Fine or 
Consideration for the same shall not 
exceed 1007, - - - - . 


Where the annual amount 





~ 
of such 


of such Rent OR Fine or Consideration 


———_——— y — 


eel ied and shall not 
exceed 








a 
shall exceed | and shall not 
exceed 








£, £. £. £. 
10 20 100 150 
29 50 | 150 =| = 200 


And where there shall be both Rent and 
Fine, the Duty only to be paid in respect 
of such Rent or Fine as shall be liable to 
the higher rate of Duty ; 

And for every skin or piece of vellum or 
parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, in 
any such Indenture, Lease, Reteane or 
Deed, Minute, Memorandum or Legal or 
Equitable Article, after the first skin or 
sheet,a Duty of - - - - 








Zi 6a. di 








A. 1849. 


Scuepute of Dutres(Stamps and Assessed Taxes )—continued. 


Lease, Release or Deed, Minute, Memorandum | &amp;. s. d. 
or Legal or Equitable Article or Instrument 
not otherwise charged, for setting or de- 
mising lands, tenements or hereditaments 
in Ireland, for any term not exceeding three 
lives, or thirty-one years, whether with or 
without a clause or covenant for the renewal 
thereof, or with a clause or covenant of re- 
newal which shall contain any stipulation 
for the payment of any pecuniary Fine, in 
any way howsoever ; 

On the first skin or piece of vellum, parch- 
ment or paper, of each and every part 
thereof, 

Where the annual amount of the Rent re- 
served or agreed to be reserved (any 

nal Rent, or any increased or reserved 
ent in the nature of a penal Rent, not 
being included in such amount), shall 
not exceed 10/., and the Fine or Consi- 
deration for the same shall not exceed 
1007. - - - ~ - - - 


Where the annual amount 


— 





of such 


of such Rent OR Fine or Consideration 


and shall not 
exceed 





cr 


and shall not 
shall exceed pre 
£. | £. £. 2. 
10 | 20 100 150 
20 | 50 150 200 


And where there shall be both Rent and 
Fine, Duty to be paid in respect of each, 
which may be denoted by either one or 
more Stamps ; 

And for every skin or piece of vellum or 
parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, 
in any such Indenture, Lease, Release 
or Deed, Minute, Memorandum, or 
Legal or Equitable Article, after the 
first skin or sheet,a Duty of - = - 


Resolutions to be reported. 


shall exceed 

















—~ 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Testimony 
into a Committee upon the Testimony Perpetuating Perpetuating 
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 di- 
rected 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 the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ®" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. F 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Four Courts 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) Matshalses, 
Bill : (Dublin) 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 Grand Jury 
further consideration the Report on the Grand Jury penne 
Presentments (Zreland) Bill ; ———* 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read for the second Manchester, 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton Birmingham 
. : and Bolton 
Police Bill ; _ Police Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


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. ‘i 
r. 








Supply ; 


British 
Museum, 


Public Build- 
ings, &amp;c. 


Holyhead 
and Liverpool 
Road, &amp;c. 


British Museum 
(New Build- 
ings.) 


Housesof Lords 
and Commons. 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Museum of 
Economic 
Geology. 


Model Prison. 


Parkhurst 
Prison, 


British 
Ambassador’s 
House in Paris, 


Salaries and 
Expenses : 
(Houses of 
Parliament.) 


D° - (Trea- 
sury.) 


D° - (Home 
Office.) 


Do - (Foreign 
Office.) “ 


6 VictrorizZ. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- 
ow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand three hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
British Museum, for the year ending on the 25th 
day of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and six thousand and eighty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 18438, the Expense of Works and 
Repairs of Public Buildings ; for Furniture, &amp;c., for 
various Public Departments, 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, 
formerly charged upon the Civil List. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Improvement of the Holyhead and Liverpool 
Road, Holyhead Harbour, and the Shrewsbury and 
Holyhead Road, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
three thousand seven hundred and forty-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Fittings in the Building recently erected at the 
British Museum, and for the Buildings at the South 
Front of the Museum, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand three hundred and ninety-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
providing temporary Accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee-rooms, Offices and tem- 
porary Official Residences for the Speaker of the 
House of Commons and other Officers of that House, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

6. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding One hun- 
dred and five thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
the Expense of the Works at the New Houses of 
Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and eighteen pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Museum of 
Economic Geology, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand three hundred and twenty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the Completion and 
Fittings of the Model Prison. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand six hundred and fifty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
additional Works at the Prison for Juvenile Of- 
fenders, at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand three hundred and twenty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1842, 
the Expense of Works and Repairs at the British 
Ambassador’s House in Paris. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
two thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand and eight hundred 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 1843. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand and four hundred 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 1843. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 


eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
Vou. 97. 


14°—15° Julzz. 








487 


to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, and also of the Queen’s Messengers and 
extra Couriers attached to that Department, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 

15. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Fifteen De - (Colonial 
thousand five hundred and twenty-three pounds, be Office.) 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

xpenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- De - (Privy 
two thousand one hundred and ninety-five pounds, Council Otiice.) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the Departments of Her Majesty’s 
Most honourable Privy Council, and Committee of 
Privy Council for Trade, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding ‘I'wo p° - (Lord 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Privy Seal.) 
pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - (Paymas- 
five thousand two hundred and sixty-six pounds, be ter General's 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the eed 
Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen D° - (Comp- 
thousand one hundred and three pounds, be granted troller General 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Contingent a 
Expenses in the Departments of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, the Paymasters of Ex- 
chequer Bills, and the Paymaster of Civil Services, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- oniridee ) 
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 1843. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Insolvent 
thousand three hundred and sixty-eight pounds, be Debtors’ Court. 
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 18438; also, of the Expenses attendant 
upon the Circuit. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen Penitentiary 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her (Milbank. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General Peni- 
tentiary at Milbank, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Parkhurst 
thousand two hundred and eighty-two — be Prison. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Prison for Juvenile Offenders at Parkhurst, in 
the Isle of Wight, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Model Prison. 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Model 
Prison, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- state Paper 
sand two hundred and fifty-seven pounds, be granted Office. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Sa- 
laries and other Expenses of the State Paper Office, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three geclesiastical 
thousand and four hundred pounds, be granted to Commission. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 


27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Poor Law 
nine thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Commission. 
to defray the 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 Zreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 


3Q4 28. Resolved, 





Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


Inspectors, &amp;c. 
of Factories, 


Inspectors of 
Prisons. 


Children’s 
Employment 
Commission. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


South Australia 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdictions 
Bill. 


Chelsea 
Hospital Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


438 


28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay, to the 31st day of March 1843, the Salaries 
and Incidental Expenses of the Commissions esta- 
blished on the part of Her Majesty under the Trea- 
ties with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Traffic 
in Slaves. 

29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and twelve thousand four hundred and 
seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1843, the Charge of 


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the Salaries of Her Majesty’s Consuls General, 
Consuls, and Vice Consuls Abroad, and of the Su- 
perintendents of Trade in China; also of the Con- 
tingent Expenses of such Consuls General, Consuls, 
and Vice Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade in 
China. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and eight hundred 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 1843. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Prisons, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand nine hundred and ninety-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenditure 
of the Mint, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and eleven pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the 
Children’s Employment Commission for the year 
1841-2, and to pay the further Expense to be in- 
curred to the close of the Commission. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fisheries (Jreland) 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 South Australia Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for further suspending the 
Operation of the New Arrangement of Dioceses, so 
far as it affects the existing Ecclesiastical Jurisdic- 
tions, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for further suspending until the 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three, the Operation of the new Arrange- 
ment of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating to 
the Payment of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the s.ords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to suspend the making of Lists 
and the Ballots and Enrolments 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 Thirty-first 
day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-three, the making of Lists and the Ballots 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King- 
dom. 


A. 1849. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to establish Military Savings Military 
Banks, was, according to Order, read the third time. — Banks 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sudbury Dis. 
into a Committee upon the Bill from the Lords, oe 
intituled, An Act to ndemnify Witnesses who may demnity) Bill. 
give Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Tem- ° 
poral, on a Bill to exclude the Borough of Sudbury 
from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, ‘That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

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. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Saint Asaph and Bangor Cathedrals Bill Saint Asaph 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and ee. 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for ames 
Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of Parish Con- 
the Select Committee on the Parish Constables stables Bill. 
Bill, be laid before this House. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to continue an Election Peti. 
Act for amending the Law for the Trial of Contro- tions Tria! Bill. 
verted Elections: And the same was read the first No.440. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s Labouring 








Command,--A Copy of the Report to Her Majesty’s Population — 
Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart- (Gre Britain. 
ment from the Poor Law Commissioners, on an In- 

quiry into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring 

Population of Great Britain, with Appendices. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Sheriff of 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Lanark, &amp;c. 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of June 
last, for a Return, in columns, of all Fees, if any, re- 
ceived by the Sheriff Depute of Lanarkshire, or his 
Substitutes, for or on account of any Valuation of 
Property, Inspection of Property, Examination of 
Witnesses, Trial, Proceedings with regard to Trial, or 
any other Business done or Proceedings had in any 
Action or Application whatever, under any Local or 
Personal Act; stating, 1st, the Name of the Case ; 
2dly, under what Act tried ; 3dly, the Business for 
which the Fee was paid; 4thly, the Party by whom 
paid ; 5thly, the Authority on which Payment was 
made and received ; 6thly, the Date of Payment; 
7thly, the Amount of Payment; sthly, the Party to 
‘whom Payment was made; such Return to include 
all such Fees received from the 1st day of December 
1835 to the present date :—An amended Return 
from the Sheriff Depute of Lanarkshire and his 
Substitutes, stating the Amount of Fees, specifying 
each Fee, as well as the Total Amount received in 
any Ordinary or Summary Action before them, for 
or on account of any Inspection of Property, Exa- 
mination of Witnesses, or other Business done or 
Proceeding had in such Action ; stating, in separate 
columns, 1st, the case in which each Fee was paid ; 
2dly, the precise Business for which it was paid ; 
3dly, the Names of the Party or Parties by whom 
it was paid; 4thly, the Authority on which Payment 
was made or received; 5thly, the Date of Payment: 
such Return to include all such Fees from the = 

my 








Crown Lands 
(Dorset.) 


Samuel 
Holberry. 


Courtof | 
Exchequer 
(England ) Bil. 


No. 446. 


Common Law 


6 Victrortz. 


day of December 1835 to this date :—And, a Copy 
of a Circular Letter recently addressed by the Lord 
Advocate of Scotland to the Sheriffs, relative to the 
Payment of Fees for Business done or Proceedings 
had under Local or Personal Acts, and the Answers 
or Returns made thereto by the several Sheriffs. 

A Copy of the Valuation of the Crown Demesne 
Lands and Quarries made by the County Rate Com- 
mittee of the Magistrates of the County of Dorset, 
in 1841. 

A Copy of all Communications that have passed 
between the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, and the Authorities of York Castle, from 
the beginning of September 1841 to the present time, 
relative to the State of Health and the Death of 
Samuel Holberry. 


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


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for abolishing 
certain Offices on the Revenue Side of the Court 
of Exchequer in England, and for regulating the | 
Office of Her Majesty’s Remembrancer in that 
Court: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday next; 
and to be printed. 











Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to regulate and 


14°—15° Judiz. 





489 


Pr. 13. 1. penult. After “ over” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That nothing herein contained shall 
“ authorize any arch to be formed over Tooley-street.” 
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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Earl of Devon’s 


Earl of Devon’s Estate Bill; That they had exa- Estate 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 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 Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Ward of Aldgate, London ;— Waterloo, &amp;c., 


Spa Fields, in the county of Middlesex ;—and, Ward Bridges. 


of Broad-street, London; praying the House to 
adopt measures for redeeming and extinguishing the 
Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauzhall 
Bridges,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Shopkeepers of Manchester, stating Distress 











of the Acts relating to the London and Greenwich 
Railway ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. After “ churchwardens” insert 
with the consent of the vestries of the said pa- 
rishes.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 35. After “ ordinary” insert “ and of 
the vestries of the said respective parishes.” 

Pr. 5.1. 8. After “ ordinary” insert ‘“ and ves- 
“ie. 


Vou. 97. 


“ 
“ 


“cc 


and section, are presented to persons interested, for 
the purpose of obtaining their assent and approval ; 
and praying that the House will take into considera- 
tion the propriety of somé alteration in the existing 
regulation of Parliament, and will be pleased to in- 
quire whether the method of relief or model mapping 
might not besubstituted, with advantage tothe public, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 





Committee on Standing Orders Revision. 
3R Mr. 


, that hundreds of the shopkeepers of that town (Manchester.) 
be Bal reduce the Expenses of the Offices attached to the | have within the last year experienced a falling off 
No. 447, Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland, payable | in their returns of fifty per cent., many of seventy- 
""" out of the Consolidated Fund: And the same was | five per cent.,some of ninety per cent., some of 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | nearly one hundred per cent., and the trade of many 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. annihilated altogether, and the whole of their pro- 
perty sold for the benefit of their creditors; and 
. Trinity House Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trinity | praying that the House will take their situation into 
(Deptford House (Deptford Strond), which was presented yes- | consideration, and adupt such measures as shall 
Stroud.) terday, be printed. give immediate and permanent relief, was presented, 
ma a. ; = and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Commissions. Ordered, That the Return relative to Commissions, $e c é 
No. 449. which was presented yesterday, be printed. Petitions from Uppingham, Preston and Wing ; Maynosth 
: —and, Llanfihangel; praying the House to withdraw College. 
Probates and Ordered, That the Return relative to Probates every kind of public support from the College of 
Adeiniatre- and Administrations, which was presented yesterday, Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
No. 450. be printed. to he upon the Table. He 
Mates (Royal | Ordered, That the Return relative to Mates (Royal Petitions from Padiham a ey s—and, Whit- 
Bavy.) Navy), which was presented yesterday, be printed. church (Salop); praying the House to institute a 
No. 451. strict investigation respecting the class books and 
And then the House, having continued to sit | standards of instruction used at Maynooth ; into the 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the| provincial statutes of the Romish bishops in the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this | province of Leinster, in which the college is situ- 
day. ated, and into the standard of the diocesan con- 
ferences appointed in these statutes by the bishops 
sae ican ats for their aad presented, and read; and or- 
Veneris, 15° die Julii ; dered to lie upon the Table. 
a , A Petition of John Bailey Denton, Land Agent Standing 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. and Surveyor, of Gray’s-Inn-square, in the county (Plane ak 
PRAYERS. of Middlesex, stating that the Petitioner is of opinion Sections. ) 
Army Prize M*® Talman, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, that the system of Sectioplanography, as practised 
Money. was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- | consonance with the Standing Orders by the pro- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— |jectors of Railways, Canals or other undertakings 
An Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (for- | ™equiring the exhibition of plan and section, fails 
merly made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal to elucidate the nature and merits of all such under- 
Hospital at Chelsea), from the 18th day of January | t@kings, and does not convey to the apis =&lt; = 
1809 to the 31st day of December 1841 :—And then | Upiers of property affected by such undertakings 
he witidbew. any adequate idea. of the effect such works will 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the | Produce upon their estates ; that the Petitioner, im- 
Table. pressed with the necessity of some alteration in 
this regulation of the House, ventures to subscribe a 
London ana The House proceeded to take into consideration | specimen of Sectioplanography, with a view to in- 
Greenwich the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | stance the difficult and complicated form in which 
(Nos) pi), tituled, An Act for amending some of the Powers public undertakings, requiring the exhibition of plan 














Crawfurd’s 
Estate Bill. 
































Standing 
Orders ; 














Cauvin’s 
Estate Bill. 


























Southampton 
Town Election, 


























Public Petitions 
(Thirty-ninth 
Report.) 









































Special Report 
(Post-office, 
Comber. ) 





















































Oaths. 
































Harbours of 
Refuge. 






































Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, 










































































Literary and 











tutions. 













































































Scientific Insti- 


490 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
Crawfurd'’s Estate Bill, no Standing Orders were 
applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of Cauvin’s Estate Bill, 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the South- 
ampton Town Election have Power to — the 
Minutes of the Proceedings, and of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 11th and 
12th days of this instant 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. 

Mr. George William Wood also reported from the 
said Select Committee ; That the Petition of James 
O’ Neill, Surgeon, and John Mackay O’ Neill, Gentle- 
man, both of Comber, in the county of Down, pre- 


sented to the House on the 11th day of this instant 
July, relative to the Post-office at Comber, is a 


Petition which ought to be printed for the use of 


Members only. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be printed for the 
use of Members only. 


A Petition of Members of a Congregation of Pro- 
testant Independent Dissenters, assembling in Duz- 
ford, Cambridgeshire, praying the House to adopt 
measures for substituting in all cases Affirmations 
in lieu of Oaths, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Barrett, of Tower Hill, Lon- 
don, praying the House to take into consideration 
his plan for forming Harbours of Refuge, and to 
refer it to a Committee, to examine the Petitioner and 
others on the subject, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigton Union ;—and, Horsham 
Union; praying that the Poor Law Amendment 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 Medical Practitioners, Members of 
the Taunton and West Somerset Medical Association, 
praying that the House will introduce into the said 

ill a provision for the appointment of a Medical 
Commissioner or Director, whose interference may 
be strictly limited to matters relating to the Medical 
Relief to the Poor, was also presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


tions from Rates and Taxes, was 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bishop of A Petition of John E. Davies, the Secretary to 
Derry's Estate the honourable the Trish Society, praying that he 
Bill. . . = 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, 
against certain parts of the Bishop of Derry’s Es- 
tate 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. 
Tobacco Regu- A Petition of Manufacturers of Tobacco and Snuff 
lations Bill. 


in the Port of Liverpool, praying that the Tobacco 


15° Juli. 


A Petition of Honorary Officers of the Lincoln 
and Lincolnshire Mechanics Institution, praying the 
House to relieve Literary and Scientific Institu- 
resented, and 


A. 1842, 


Regulations Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Dealers in and Retailers of To- 
bacco, in the town of Ballyshannon, in the county 
of Donegal, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of Suffolk, praying that the owners of all cottages 
and hereditaments of the value of six — per 
annum, and under, may be assessed to the payment 
of the poor rates, in lieu of the tenants and occu- 
piers, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Vic., c. 47, to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider the said 
Act :—The House, accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient further to amend 
the Laws relating to the Customs. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is expedient further to amend 
the Laws relating to the Customs.’ 

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. Greene, Mr. William 
Gladstone and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the aggregate Value of Gold 
and Silver Coin coined and sent by Her Majesty’s 
Mint to the Bank of England, since Her Majesty’s 
Proclamation against Light Gold ; stating the Value 
and Number of Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns, 
and the Value and Number of Pieces of Silver Coin, 
and distinguishing the Dates and the Amount of 
Gold and Silver Coin sent each day from the Mint 
to the Bank :—And, of the Total Amount of Light 
Gold Coin received by the Bank of England and its 
Branches, and delivered to Her Majesty’s Mint, or 
retained by the Bank of England and its Branches, 
since the Proclamation; stating the Amount re- 
ceived in each week, and the Amount per cent. of 
Deficiency on such Gold Coin. 
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. 


mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, That the Repo 
upon the 8th day of this instant July, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to prepare 
Estimates of the Charge of the Disembodied Militia 
of Great Britain and [reland for a year, to the 31st 
day of March 1842, be referred to the Committee ; 

Sir Henry Hardinge, 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. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 

Then 








A Petition of Magistrates acting in and for the Rating of 
Quarter Sessional Division of Beccles, in the county Tenements, 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 Customs. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gold and Silver 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ©". 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supplys 


rt which, Report of Mi- 


6 Vicroriz. 15° Julie. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 


491 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Protection of 
Act for providing for the further Security and Pro- ~ a “ 
tection of Her Majesty’s Person, 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 Right of Voting 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Allowances and Compen- 


_ Superannua- 
ti ons. 


sations to Persons formerly employed in the Public 
Offices or Departments, or in the Public Service, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to the 31st day 


Act to amend an Act of the second ‘and third years (Dublin Uni- 


of his late Majesty, to amend the Representation of 
the People of Jreland, in respect of the Right of 
Voting in the University of Dublin, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


of March 1843, to Toulonese and Corsican Emi- 
grants, Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint Do- 
mingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who 
have heretofore received Allowances from Her Ma- 
jesty, and who, for Services performed, or Losses 
sustained, in the British Service, have special Claims 
on Her Majesty’s justice and liberality. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Protection of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Fer Majesty's 
tituled, An Act for providing for the further Secu- 
rity and Protection of Her Majesty’s Person ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 





Ss ST i ae ee St at ets et ee 


ABET 





‘ / Pr. 4. 1. 27. After “ Majesty,” insert “or if if 
Vaccine 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One | « any person shall, near to the person of the Queen, 
Institution. == thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted | « wilfully produce or have any gun, pistol or any | 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na-| « other description of fire-arms or other arms what- i 
tional Vaccine Institution, for the year 1842. “ soever, or any explosive, destructive or dangerous i 
Refuge forthe 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three |« matter or thing whatsoever, with intent to use the 
— thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to-|« same to injure the person of the Queen, or to 
wards the support of “The Refuge for the Desti- | « alarm Her Majesty.” ‘ 
tute,” for the year 1842. At the end of the Bill add Clause (A.) 
Criminal 5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Cuause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
Lunatics. thousand five hundred and seventy-two —— be | « acted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of | « deemed to alter in any respect the punishment 
confining and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the | « which by law may now be inflicted upon persons 
Buildings attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st | « guilty of High Treason or Misprision of Treason.” 
day of March 1843. , The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
nae 6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | were agreed to. 
ssenting 


thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 


Ministers, &amp;c, 


Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1843, 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. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, 
not exceeding Thirty-nine thousand and two hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and other 
Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 1843 ; 

Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, That 
a sum, not exceeding Nineteen thousand and two 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Giamas of Her Majesty’s Foreign and other 
Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 1843 ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 13 
Yeas, Mr. William Williams : ‘ 
Tellers for the § Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 117 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Chine of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again 
this day. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 








Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General 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 the Order made this day, Supply ; 


again resolved itself into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Stationery, &amp;c, 


hundred and ninety-nine thousand and forty-eight 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of providing Stationery, Printing and 
Binding, for the several Departments of Govern- 
ment in England, Scotland, freland and the Colo- 
nies, and for providing Stationery, Binding, Print- 
ing and Paper for ae for the Two Houses of 
Parliament, including the Expense of the Stationery 
Office, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Law Charges. 


two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of Law Charges, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Convicts. 


hundred and two thousand eight hundred and seven- 
ty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Convict Establishment at 
Home, at Bermuda, and at Gibraltar, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 


hundred and sixty-five thousand — be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of maintain- 
ing Convicts at Vew South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, Thata sum, not exceeding Twenty- Captured 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Negroes. 
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 1843. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Public 
thousand eight hundred and seventeen pounds, be Records. 

ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the 
Seeeen employed in the care and arrangement of 
the Public Records, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
3R2 and 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


li- 
eS, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


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 the Laws for the Regulation of the 
Trade of the British Possessions Abroad, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

Vou. 97. 


British Possese 
sions Abroad 
Bill, 








492 


and the Compensations to Keepers of Records and | 
others whose Offices have been abolished. | 
14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty | 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 1842. 
15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand five hundred and sixteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Uni- 
versity of London, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and forty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the School of Design, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
17. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


Education. 


University of 
London. 


School of 
Design. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


15° Juliz. 





pay, to the 3ist day of March 1843, the Allowances 
and Expenses of the Barristers employed in revis- 
ing Lists of Voters, under the Act to amend the 
Representation of the People in England and Wales. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1843, 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. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ten thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1842, certain 


Sheriffs’ Ex- 
penses, &amp;c. 


County Rates. 





Charges hitherto = out of County Rates. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of the | 
Polish Refugees, to the 31st day of March 1843. | 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand seven hundred and forty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of 
the British Museum to purchase certain Collections 
for that Institution. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
seven thousand six hundred and sixty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the aibbebns 
due to the late H. 7. Sampayo, Condé de Povoa, 
for Supplies of Money and Provisions to the British 
Forces in the Peninsula, during the War, from 1808 
to 1814, 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- 
cation to India by way of the Med Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand four hundred and ten pounds, be 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 1843. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand one hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 
31st day of March 1843, and for completing a 
Lighthouse at Bermuda. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
dav of March 1843. 

&lt;7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand six hundred and eighty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil 
Establishments on the Western Coast of Africa, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand and ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Settlement of 
Western Australia, to the 31st day of March 1843, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 


Polish 
Refugees. 


British 
Museum. 


Spanish Claims, 
(H. T. Sam- 
payo.) 


Steam Com- 
munication 


(India. ) 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Bermudas, 


Prince Edward’s 
Island. 


Western Coast 
of Africa, 


Western 
Australia. 


Ecclesiastical 














Establishment cum, not exceeding Thirteen thousand two hundred 


A. 1849, 


and fifteen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (North 
defray the Charge of the Ecclesiastical Establish- America and 
ment in the British North American Provinces, and New Zealand.) 
in New Zealand, to the 31st day of March 1843 ; 
Afterwards Motion made, and Question put, That 
a sum, not exceeding Twelve thousand three hun- 
dred and forty pounds eighteen shillings and six- 
pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in the 
British North American Provinces, and in New 
Zealand, to the 31st day of March 1843 ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, Mr. Vernon Smith: 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Corry: 


29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand two hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Eccle- 
siastical Establishment in the British North Ame- 
rican Provinces, and in New Zealand, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eigh- Indian 
teen thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, ag 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ‘©™*¢#) 
the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eigh- Governors, &amp;. 
teen thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, (West India 
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 1843. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Stipendiary 
two thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be sien non 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of jition A 
the Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the 
Stipendiary Justices in the West Indies, Mauritius 
and Cape of Good Hope, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

34. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Negro 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Education. 
to defray 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, in the year 1842. 

35. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Emigration. 
thousand and ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray a portion of the Charge of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and also the 
Salaries and Allowances of Agents for Emigration, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

36. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Emigrants 


} 25. 


1 
jf 131. 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in (Canada, ) 


aid of Provincial Funds for the Relief, to the 31st 
day of March 1843, of Sick and Destitute Emi- 
grants who may arrive in Canada from the United 
Kingdom. 
37. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Eleven Saint Helena. 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Es- 
tablishment of Saint Helena, and of Pensions and 
Allowances to the Civil and Military Officers of the 
East India Company’s late Establishment in that 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
38. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Sable Island. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Establishment at Sable 
Island, for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. : ; 
39. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Port Essington. 
thousand and thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Set- 
tlement at Port Essington, to the 31st day of March 


| 1843. 


40. Resolved, 








Falkland 
Island Ss. 


Miscellaneous 
Charges 
(Scotland. ) 


Commissariat. 


Education 
(Jreland.) 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasin 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill, 


Writs of Error 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
ions 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


6 VictTorRiz. 


40. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of a 
Government at the Falkland Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

41. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
ty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1843, Law Expenses, Grants to Scottish 
Universities, and other Charges formerly defrayed 
from the Hereditary Revenues, and not provided 
for out of Her Majesty’s Civil List, nor out of the 
Consolidated Fund. 

42. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Commissariat Department, to the 31st day of 
March 1848. 

43. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
eight thousand seven hundred and forty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Halt -Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Commis- 
sariat Department, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

44, Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 
not exceeding Fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to enable the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
land to issue Money for the Advancement of Educa- 
tion in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1848; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, | 94 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle : J . 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ward, a 
Noes, Captain Bernal: | as 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 16° die Julit, 18 42: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Greene 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 third 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ordnance Services 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 Law of Evidence Bill; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs of Error Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) Bill; 
Vou. 97. 





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


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


the Report on the Parish Constables Bill ; 


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


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


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


caster) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Duties of Stamps and Assessed Taxes, several Reso- 
lutions; which were read, as follow : 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Assessed Taxes, 
chargeable in Great Britain under Schedule (C.), 
No. 4, of the Acts 48 Geu. 3, c. 55, and 52 Geo. 3, 
c. 93, for Coachmen kept for the purpose of driving 
Public Stage Coaches or Carriages, and for persons 
employed as Guards to such Stage Coaches or Car- 
riages, shall cease and determine; and that the 
Duties chargeable under Schedule (D.), No. 1, of 
the said Acts, so far as the same relate to Carriages 
kept and used solely for the purpose of being let 
for hire, where more than one such Carriage are kept, 
shall also cease and determine ; and that in lieu of 
such last-mentioned Duties there shall be charged 
and paid for every such Carriage the annual sum of 
six pounds. 


2. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties now 
payable in Great Britain on Stage Carriages, and 
on Licenses to keep the same, and on Passengers 
conveyed for hire by Carriages travelling upon Rail- 
ways, shall cease and determine ; and that in lieu 
thereof there shall be raised, levied, collected and 
paid, the several Duties following (that is to say) : 


For and in respect of every Original License to be taken 
out yearly by the person who shall keep, use or employ 
any Stage Carriage in Great Britain (that is to say), 
for every such Carriage the sum of three pounds and 
three shillings. 


And for and in respect of every Supplementary License 
for the same Carriage for which any such Original 
License shall have been granted, which shall be taken 
out in any case allowed by law during the period for 
which such Original License was granted, the sum of 
five shillings. 

And for and in respect of every mile which any such 
Stage Carriage shall be licensed to travel, the sum of 
one penny halfpenny. 

And for and in’ respect of all mina, conveyed for 
hire upon or along any Railway, a Duty at and after 
the rate of five pounds for every one hundred pounds 
of all sums received or charged for the hire, fare or 
conveyance of such Passengers. 


3. Resolved, That the several Stamp Duties now 
payable in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, 
upon or in respect of the several articles, matters 
and things contained in the Schedule hereunto an- 
nexed, shall cease and determine; and that in lieu 
thereof, there shall be raised, levied, collected and 





paid upon or in respect of the same articles, matters 
3R3 and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Parish Con- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Wide Streets 
into a Committee upon the Wide Streets (Dublin) (Ov!) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coroners, &amp;c., 


cae 3 : — (Warwick and 
reading of the Coroners, &amp;c., (Warwick and Lan Lancaster) Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Stamps and 
it was referred to consider the several Acts imposing “sessed Taxes. 






















































































































































































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and things, the several Stamp Duties specified in 


the said Schedule (that is to say) : 


. SCHEDULE OF DUTIES IN GREAT BRITAIN 


AND IRELAND. 


Bill of Lading of or for any goods, merchandize 
or effects to be exported or carried coastwise 
Charter Party or any Agreement or Contract 
for the Charter of any ship or vessel, or any 
memorandum, letter or other writing be- 
tween the Captain, Master or Owner of any 
ship or vessel, and any other person, for or 
relating to the freight or conveyance of any 
money, goods or effects on board of such ship 
or vessel - - - - -  -s _ 
Collation or Appointment by any Archbishop 
or Bisho a ier Cathedral, Prebend, Dig- 
nity, Office or Honorary Canonry, having 
no endowment or emolument attached or 
belonging thereto - - - | “ss 
Collation by any Archbishop or Bishop to any 
Ecclesiastical Benefice, Dignity or Promo- 
tion, other than as aforesai - ~ - 
And where the net yearly value of such Bene- 
fice, Dignity or Promotion shall amount to 
300 /. or upwards, then for every 100/. there- 
of over and above the first 200/., a further 
Dutyof - = - - *# © =» 
The value to be ascertained by certificate 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England or Ireland, as the case may 
be; Provided always, that two or more 
Benefices episcopally or permanently 
united shall be deemed one Benefice 

only. 

Institution granted by any Archbishop, Bishop, 
Chancellor or other Ordinary, or by any 
Ecclesiastical Court, to any Ecclesiastical 
Benefice, Dignity or Promotion, or to any 
two or more such Benefices episcopally 
united : 

Where the same shall proceed upon a Pre- 
sentation - - - - - = 
And where it shall proceed upon the peti- 
tion of the Patron to be himself admitted 
and instituted - - - - = 


And if in the latter case the net yearly va- 
lue of such Benefice, Dignity or Promo- 
tion shall amount to 300/. or upwards, 
then for every 100/. thereof over and 
above the first 200/., a further Duty of 


The value to be ascertained as in the 
case of Collation; Provided always, 
that two or more Benefices episco- 
pally or permanently united shall 

e deemed one Benefice only. 


License to hold a perpetual Curacy not pro- 
ceeding upon 2 nomination - - - 
Presentation or Donation by Her Majesty, 
Her heirs or successors, or by any other 
patron, to any Ecclesiastical Benefice, Dig- 
nity or Promotion - -  - - - 
And where the net yearly value of such 
Benefice, Dignity or Promotion shall 
amount to 300/. or upwards, then for 

every 100/. thereof over and above the 

first 200/.,a further Duty of - = - 


The value to be ascertained as in the 
case of Collation; Provided always, 
that two or more Benefices episco- 
- or permanently united shall 

e deemed one Benefice only. 


IN IRELAND. 


Certificate to be taken out yearly by any 
Banker or Bankers, or person or persons 
acting as such, of having registered the firm 
of his or their house, according to law : 

If such Banker or Bankers, or other per- 
son or persons shall issue any Promis- 
sory Notes for money payable to bearer 
on demand and allowed to be re-issued 

Dispensation, Faculty or other Instrument for 
admitting or authorizing any person to act 
asaNotary Public - - - = - 

Dispensation for holding two Ecclesiastical 

ignities or Benefices, or a Dignity and a 


Benefice in Ireland - a 
Dispensation or Faculty of any kind, not here- 
in otherwise charged ee ee 





£. &amp; 


3 10 


20 - 


d. 
6 


A, 


Grant or Letters Patent under the Great Seal 
of Ireland : 
Of the Honour or Dignity of an Arch- 
Disho - - - - - 
Of the ene or Dignity of a Bishop - 
Lease, Release or Deed, Minute, Memorandum 
or legal or equitable Article or Instrument 
by any Archbishop or Bishop, or Ecclesias- 
tical Corporation aggregate or sole, for 
setting or demising lands, tenements or he- 
reditaments in Ireland, of the Estates of 
such Archbishop or Bishop, or Corporation, 
in right of their respective Sees, for an: 
term of years only and absolute, not ex 
ing twenty-one years in possession, without 
any clause or covenant for the renewal there- 
of on the first skin or piece of vellum, 
parchment or paper of each and every part 
thereof ; 
Where the annual amount of the Rent 
reserved or agreed to be reserved (any 
enal Rent, or any increased or reserved 
mt in the nature of a penal Rent, 
not being included in such amount), 
shall not exceed 10/., and the Fine or 
Consideration for the same shall not 
exceed 1001, - - - a. 


Where the annual amount 





“a 


of such 
of such Rent O® Fine or Consideration 


ct 














and shall not and shall not 
shall exceed pat shall exceed | psc 
£. £. £. £. 
10 20 100 150 
20 50 150 200 














And where there shall be both Rent and 
Fine, the Duty only to be paid in respect 
of such Rent or Fine as shall be liable to 
the higher rate of Duty ; 

And for every skin or piece of vellum or 
parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, in 
any such Indenture, Lease, Release or 
Deed, Minute, Memorandum or Legal or 
Equitable Article, after the first skin or 
sheet,a Dutyof - - - - - 


Lease, Release or Deed, Minute, Memorandum 
or Legal or equitable Article or Instrument 
not otherwise charged, for setting or de- 
mising lands, tenements or hereditaments 
in Ireland, for any term not exceeding three 
lives, or thirty-one years, whether with or 
without a clause or covenant for the renewal 
thereof, or with a clause or covenant of re- 
newal which shall contain any stipulation 
for the payment of any pecuniary Fine, in 
any way howsoever ; 

On the first skin or piece of vellum, parch- 
ment or paper, of each and every part 
thereof, 

Where the annual amount of the Rent re- 
served or agreed to be reserved (any 
— Rent, or any increased or reserved 

ent in the nature of a penal Rent, not 
being included in such amount), shall 
not exceed 10/.. and the Fine or Consi- 
deration for the same shall not exceed 
1007, - - - - - 


Where the anunal amount 











er eat a eae Leen 
of such 
of such Rent 8 Fine or Consideration 
shall exceed | #4 shall not |] 5.21) execea | amd shalll not 
exceed | exceed 
e | «&amp; - | «“ 
10 | 20 100 150 
20 50 150 200 


And where there shall be both Rent and 
Fine, Duty to be paid in respect of each, 
which may be denoted by either one or 
more Stamps ; 

And for every skin or piece of vellum or 
parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, 
in any such Indenture, Lease, Release 
or Deed, Minute, Memorandum, or 
Legal or Equitable Article, after the 





1842. 


Scuepue of Duties (Stamps and Assessed Taxes)—continued. 


&amp; 2. d. 


150 - 
100 - 


- 10 
- 15 


-10 - 


- 10 
- 15 


-10 - 





first skin or sheet,a Duty of - = - 


were agreed to. 





The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 


Ordered, 


Pn =i 





6 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
Resolution: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 


15°—16° Julie. 





second Resolution, and so much of the third Reso- 
lution as relates to Great Britain: And that the 
same Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring in a 
Bill, pursuant to the second of the Resolutions, which, 
upon the 13th day of April last, were reported from 
the Committee of Ways and Means, and which Re- 
solutions were then agreed to, That they have 
Power to make provision therein for so much of the 
third Resolution as relates to Ireland. 
Testimony The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
— perpetuating Testimony in certain cases, was, ac- 
e cording to Order, 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. 


South Australia The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill, mittee on the South Australia Bill; . 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Election Peti- 


The Election Petitions Trial Bill was, according 
tions Trial Bill. 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed toa 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Keighley Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
= inquire into the allegations as to the management of 
No. 452. the Poor in the Keighley Union, contained in the 
Reports of Sir John Walsham and Mr. Mott, have 
Power to report their Observations thereupon ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Proceedings of the 
Committee, and of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Nicholl reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; and to whom the Copy of the Report from 
the Board of Guardians of the Keighley Union to the 
Poor Law Commissioners, which was presented upon 
the 5th day of this instant July, was referred ; 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 Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee, and of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


East India 


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


enable Her Majesty to grant Furlough Allowances 
to the Bishops of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, 
who shall return to Europe for a limited period, after 
residing in Jndiaa sufficient time to entitle them 
to the highest scale of Pension: And that Mr. Bing- 
ham Baring and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring 


it in. 
Perth Prison . The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ma. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the better regulating the Number 
of Prisoners admitted to the General Prison at 
Perth; and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 1.1. 2. After “in” insert “ the Session of 
Parliament holden in.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


East India 
Bishops Bill. 


No, 453- 


Mr. Bingham Baring presented a Bill to enable 
Her Majesty to grant Furlough Allowances to the 


Bishops of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, who 
Vou. 97. 


495 


shall return to Europe for a limited Period, after 
residing in India a sufficient Time to entitle them to 
the highest Scale of Pension: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be reada second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Lunatic Lunatic 
=. ae were presented upon Tues- rae — ) 
ay last, be printed. No. 454. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Foreign Sugar, Foreign Sugar. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 455. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Samuel Hol- Samuel 
berry, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Holberry. 


' ; a No. 456. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before three of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 16° die Julii ; 


Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


A. of Electors of the Borough of Belfast. 
Belfast, was presented, and read; setting forth, Wt. 
That the Petitioners have heard with equal regret 

and surprise of the alleged proceedings at the late 
Election for that Borough ; and praying the House 

not to issue any new Writ for the said Borough, 
until there be some revision in the law for register 
voters in Lreland, or that the registry for Belfast be 

so purged of the disqualified names now appearing 
thereon, as to prevent the possibility of a repetition 

of the disgraceful conduct said to have been practised 

at the late Election for the said Borough. 


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


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 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 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 for providing for the further Security and Protection to 
Protection of Her Majesty’s Person : ae Mange 

erson Bill, 

An Act to amend the Laws for the Regulation of British Posses- 
the Trade of the British Possessions Abroad : i Abroad 

An Act to continue until the First day of October stock in Trade 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, the Bill. 
Exemption of Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships 
and Villages, from Liability to be rated as such, in 
respect of Stock in Trade, or other Property, to the 
Relief of the Poor : 

An Act to indemnify Witnesses who may give Sudbury Dis- 
Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, franchisement 
on a Bill to exclude the Borough of Sudbury from Geamity) Bille 
sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament : 

An Act for further extending the Approaches to London Bridge 
London Bridge, and the Avenues adjoining to the Approchesand 
Royal Exchange, in the City of Zondon, and for yr cag ggg 
amending the Acts relating thereto respectively, and 
for raising a Sum of Money towards opening a Street 





to Clerkenwell Green, in the County of Middlesex, 
3R4 in 


4 





496 


in continuation of the new Street from Farringdon- 
street, in the City of London : 


London and An Act for amending some of the Powers of the 
Reiley Acts relating to the London and Greenwich Railway: 
(No. 3.) Bill. 

Leeds Burial An Act for providing additional Burial Grounds 


Grounds Bill. in the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: 


Leeds Improvee An Act for better lighting, cleansing, sewering 

ment Bill. and improving the Borough of Leeds, in the County 
of York: 

ae An Act for the Improvement, Good Government 

Bh. and Police Regulation of the Borough of Liverpool : 

Toxteth Park An Act for better paving and improving the Streets 

—" and Highways within the Extra-parochial Place of 

(No. 2.) Bill, Zoateth Park, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and for the Sewerage of certain Parts of the said 
Place : 

Paterson’s An Act for selling the Entailed Estate of Monk- 

Estate Bill. 


wood, in the County of Ayr, belonging to William 
Paterson, Esquire, and investing the Price in the 
Purchase of other Lands to be entailed in lieu 
thereof : 


16° Juliz. 


A. 1842. 


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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the West West Coas: 
Coast of Africa have leave to sit this day, during % Aftica. 
the sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Fisheries 

a Committee upon the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bilt. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N°13 to N° 18, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 20, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 21 to N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 28 and N° 29, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 31, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 33 io N° 35, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 36, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 37 and N° 38, agreed to. 

Cxiaust, N° 39 disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxauses, N° 41 to N° 47, agreed to. 

Cuiausez, N° 48, amended, and agreed to. 

Criausss, N° 49 to N° 57, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 58, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 59 to N° 62, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 63, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxrauszs, N° 64 to N° 72, agreed to. 





Crause, N° 73, amended, and agreed to. 





Davidson's An Act to enable Duncan Davidson, Esquire, of 

Estate Bill. = Tulloch, to execute a new Entail of his Lands and 
Estates of Tulloch, for the purpose of rectifying a 
Mistake in a former Entail thereof, and for vesting 
Parts of these Lands and Estates in Trustees, for 
relieving the said Duncan Davidson of Sums laid 
out in improving the same, and for certain other 
Uses and Purposes. 

Duke of An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the 

Clevelanc’. _ late Duke of Cleveland, to grant Mining, Building, 
and other Leases of the Trust Estates in the County 
of Durham, devised by the Will of the Duke of 
Cleveland, and to sell or exchange Parts of the 
same Estates : 

Viscount An Act for granting further Power to lease Parts 

Fitzwillvu, Of the Estates devised by the Will of Richard, late 

um" Viscount Fitzwilliam, deceased, situate in the City 

of Dublin, and the Neighbourhood thereof, and for 
authorizing the Sale of certain Fee Farm and other 
Rents also devised by that Will : 

Vere’s An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Joseph Vere, 
Divorce Bill. with Ellen Sarah, his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes. 

Licensed The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
= pi, further consideration the Report on the Licensed 

, "Lunatic Asylums Bill :—The Bill was re-committed 


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. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crausegs, N° 4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

CuavseE, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N°7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 8 to N° 15, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 16 to N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 27, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 29, agreed to. 


Cravusss, N° 30 to N° 45, amended, and agreed 


to. 
Crausss, N° 46 to N° 48, agreed to. 
ScHEDULE agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








CravuseE, N° 74, agreed to. 


Criausss, N° 75 to N° 81, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 82 and N° 90, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 91, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 92 to N° 113, agreed to. 
CravseE N° 114, amended, and agreed to. 
CriavusE N° 115, agreed to. 

ScuEDULE, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 upon Tues- 
day next. 











A Petition of Operative Bakers of the city of Cork, Bakers 

| praying the House to pass a Bill to regulate the (teland-) 
, working hours of Bakers in Ireland, more especially 

| the practice of working on the Sabbath, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


| A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons residing in Medical 
the city of Carlisle, and its vicinity, praying the Profession. 
House not to authorize the giving of any new charter 
to any college of Physicians or Surgeons, until an 
opportunity shall have been afforded of discussing 
| fully and carefully the provisions of the Medical 
| Bill, which the Petitioners believe is about to be 
| introduced by the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, 








C 


Public 
Records. 


Corn Laws. 


Lunatics. 


New Churches, 


Lagan Navi- 
gation Bill. 


6 VicToriz. 


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


Mr. Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Copy of the Third Report of the Deputy 
Keeper of the Public Records. 

Ordered, That the said Paper dolie upon the Table. 


A Petition ofthe Royal Burghs of Scotland, in Gene- 
ral Convention assembled, praying the House to take 
early steps for the repeal of such laws as have a ten- 
dency to interfere with the interchange of commodi- 
ties, especially such as prevent the free importation 
of Corn, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Juli; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Du Bois, Treasurer to the Metropolitan 
Commissioners in Lunacy, was called in ; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—An Account of all Monies 
received for Licenses by the Clerk and Treasurer of 
the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy ; and of 
all Monies received and paid out of the Consolidated 
Fund to the said Clerk, from the 1st August 1840 to 
the 1st August 1841 ; specifying the several Heads 
of Expenditure :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Forster, from the Commissioners for building 
New Churches, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,— An Account of Charges and Expenses 
paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners, in and about 
the execution of the several Acts of Parliament for 
building and promoting the building of additional 
Churches in Populous Parishes, from the 25th of 
March 1841, to the 25th of March 1842 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Young reported from the Select Commit- 
tee on the Lagan Navigation Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of several 
of the said Petitions, and had also heard counsel 
in favour of the Bill; and had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the 
same had not been proved to their satisfaction, inas- 
much as the Committee do not think it is expedient 
that the Navigation should be vested in the Board 
of Works, the present undertakers being prepared, 
if the Navigation is vested in them for 31 years, 
without prejudice to their claim for a renewal, if 
the concern shall have been well conducted, to lay 
out a sum of £.12,000 within the next five years, 


_ in improving the Navigation, under the inspection, 


Coward’s 
Divorce Biil, 


and to the satisfaction of the Board of Works ; to 
keep the Works in repair, to the satisfaction of the 
Board of Works, to pay the public a rent-charge of 
£.300 per annum, from and after the 1st of August 
1847, and a moiety of the excess of the net annual 
rofits above £.1,000 per annum, to be laid out in 
improvements, to form tables of tolls with consent 
of the Board of Works, and to account annually, 
and to carry into execution an agreement already 
entered into between the Government and certain 
land-owners ; all necessary Clauses for carrying this 
scheme into execution, to be introduced into a Bill 
to be submitted to Parliament in the next Session. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
mittee on Coward’s Divorce Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, as to the mar- 

Vou. 97. 


16°—18° Juli. 








497 


riage 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 Com- 
mittee, 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 Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for au- Karl of Devon's 
thorizing the raising, by Mortgage of the Estates de- Estate Bill. 
vised by the Will of the Right honourable William 
Jate Earl of Devon, a limited Sum of Money, to be 
applied, under the direction of the High Court of 
Chancery, in repaying to the present Earl and Lord 
Courtenay, the whole or a portion of the Monies 
already expended by them for the Repair and Res- 
toration of the Castle of Powderham, and the Build- 
ings belonging thereto, and towards completing such 
Repair and Restoration ; and for making Provision 
for Payment of the Interest of the Money so to be 
raised, and also for the Liquidation of the Reese 
also for extending the Power to grant Buildin 
Leases contained in the Will of the said late Earl, 
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. 


Petitions from Chester ;— Bolton (two Petitions) ; Tobacco Regu- 
— George Rogers ;—and, Port of London; praying lations Bill, 
that the Tobacco Regulations Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Tobacco Manufacturers of the town 
of Sligo, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law, as it now stands, was also presented, 
and read ; andordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland ; — Berwick-upon- Medical 
Tweed ;— Secretary of the Southern Branch of the P™!*ssion- 
Provincial Medical and Surgical Association ; — 
Gateshead ; — and, Tynemouth; praying that no 
measure may be entertained by the House, with re- 
ference to granting new charters to the colleges of 
Physicians or Surgeons in London, or any other 
measure of partial Medical Legislation be taken into 
consideration by the House, until the whole subject 
of Medical Reform be brought before Parliament, and 
receive full publicity and discussion,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cork;—and, Archdeaconry of Maynooth 
Wells ; praying the House to withdraw every kind ©*lleee- 
of public support from the College of Maynooth,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Supporters of the Killalla and Medical 
Ballisakeery Dispensary, in the county of Mayo, Charities 
praying that the House will not pass any measure ‘!*¢la4+) 
having the object of transferring the control or pay- 
ment of Medical Charities in Jreland to the Poor 
Law Commissioners, or any Boards of Guardians 
acting under them, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of. Clergy of Zreland, stating that the Church 
Petitioners, above all classes of Her Majesty’s sub- Temporalities 
jects, have suffered the most oppressive grievances, ‘Ielan¢-) 
in regard to their Temporalities for several years 
past, and praying that the House may devise and 
apply such remedial measures thereupon as they 








may deem fit and expedient, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Mersey Con- 
into further consideration the Report which, upon servancy Bilt. 
the 13th day of this instant July, was made from the 





3s Select 





4.98 18° Juliz. A. 1842. 


Select Committee on the Mersey Conservancy Bill; | Votes, on the 13th day of June, and to report their 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to;|Opinion thereupon to the House; and who were 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


Corn Laws. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Distress 
( Manufacturing 
Districts.) 


Crawfurd’s 
Estate Bill. 


Southampton 
Town Election. 


No. 457. 


and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Petitions from Potternewton ;—Rawdon (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Leeds (two Petitions) ;—Armley (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Chapel Allerton (two Petitions) ;— Wort- 
ley (two Petitions) ; — Beeston (two Petitions) ;— 
Hunslet (two Petitions) ;— Bramley (two Petitions) ; 
—Farnley (two Petitions);— Holbeck (two Peti- 
tions) ;— and, Headingley-cum-Burley (two Peti- 
tions); praying that the Poor Law Amendment 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 Parochial Schoolmasters within the 
Presbytery of Abertarff, in the county of Inverness, 
praying the House to revise and alter the Act 
43 Geo. 3, c. 54, for making better Provision for 
the Parochial Schoolmasters, and for making further 
Regulations for the better Government of the Parish 
Schools in Scotland, to such extent and in such man- 
ner as that the parochial and Government School- 
masters of Scotland may now be so liberally pro- 
vided for, as will enable them to meet the exigencies 
of their position in society, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Zeek ;—-Members of the Girvan 
First Hibernian Friendly Society ;—Damerham ;— 
Ipstones ;—and, Shrewsbury ; praying the House to 
abolish the Corn Laws, and establish an entirely 
free trade in every article of food and provision,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
Dublin, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
of Inquiry into charges of alleged mal-administra- 
tion of justice in his case, by the Lrish Court of 
Chancery, was presented, and read and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the 
Diocese of Dromore, praying the House to devise 
means for affording encouragement to the schools in 
connection with the Church Education Society for 
Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the borough of Leeds, in the county of 
York, praying that the House will inquire previously 
to the prorogation of Parliament, into the increas- 
ing and alarming Distress of the country, and devise 
measures adequate to the emergency of the occasion, 


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


Crawfurd’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Viscount Barrington reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the Special Re- 
port of the Select Committee appointed to try the 
matter of the Petitions complaining of the last 
Southampton Election; and to inquire into the 
matters contained in the several Petitions herein- 
after mentioned, viz.; the Petitions of the Electors 
of Southampton, presented on the 9th day of May 
and the 1st day of June; the Petition of John 
Sadler Moody, and other Electors of Southamp- 


empowered to report the Minutes of the Proceed- 
ings of the Committee, and of the Evidence taken 
before them ; That they had considered the several 
matters to them referred ; and directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Proceedings and the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Wells, in the county of Somerset, 
praying the House to take the spiritual destitution 
of England and Wales into consideration, and, to 
meet this great and acknowledged evil, to adopt 
such measures as may be expedient in order to ar- 

|rest the progress of demoralization, prevent the in- 
| crease and perpetuation of disunion, provide for the 
best interests of the community, civil, moral and re- 
ligious, and draw down upon a christian people the 
blessing of Almighty God, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Patent Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Superior Courts of Common Law at Dublin, praying 


their offices, regard may be had to their vested 
rights and valuable patronage, and that they may 
be granted annual allowances equal to their salaries, 
and also compensation for the loss of their patron- 
age, and that in support of their just and legal 
rights, counsel on their behalf may be heard at the 
bar of the House, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Wells, in the county of Somerset, 
complaining of the operation of the Parochial Assess- 
ments Act; and praying that the House will devise 
such an arrangement, whereby the promise held out 
to the Petitioners when they acquiesced in a commu- 
tation of their tithes, may be fulfilled, and at the 
same time, all questions between them and their 
parishioners, regarding their respective liabilities to 
parochial rates, may be for ever set at rest, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Roebuck reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire whether Compromises have 
been entered into, in the cases of the Election Peti- 
tions presented from Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, 
Penryn and Falmouth and Reading, for the purpose 
of avoiding investigation into gross Bribery which 
had been alleged to have been practised at the Elec- 
tions for the said Towns, and whether Bribery has 
taken place in the aforesaid Towns; and to whom 
was referred an inquiry to be made into certain 
corrupt Compromises alleged to have been entered 
into for the purpose of avoiding investigation into 
gross Bribery, which had been alleged to have been 
practised at the Election for the Borough of Brid- 








| port in June last, and also whether such Bribery has 
,taken place in the aforesaid Town; and who were 
| empowered to report their Opinion thereupon from 
| time to time, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them; 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. 


Church of 
England. 


Common Law 
Courts 


that in any Bill for the abolition or alteration of “M*!"4) Bil. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Cte 


Eleetion 
Proceedings. 


No. 458. 





ton, presented on the 1st day of June; the Peti-| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Extra-parochisl 
tion of William Hooke Steere, and other Electors | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Lands, &amp;c. 
of Southampton, presented on the ist day of June;|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
the Petition of John Wren, presented, and printed | House, a Return of all Extra-parochial Lands, 
with the Voies, on the 30th day of May; and,} Housesand Tenements, in each County and Borough 
the Petitions of Abraham Abraham and William | of England and Wales, exempted from the Pay ment 
Henry Mackey, presented, and printed with the| of Poor’s Rates ; together with the eases and 
creage 





6 VicrorizZ. 


Acreage of each such Place, and its Assessment to 
the County or Borough Rate, so far as the same can 
be ascertained. 

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. 


Sadbury Dis- Ordered, That Mr. Roebuck have leave to plead 
franchisement as counsel at the bar of the House of Lords, in sup- 
- port of the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
the Lords + 


and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
Cambuslang The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
and as: Act for maintaining and improving certain Roads in 
hi the Counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, for 
maintaining a Bridge over the River Clyde, at Dal- 
marnock, and for other Purposes connected therewith, 
without any Amendment: And also, 
Wicklow The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Harbour Bill. Act for making and maintaining and improving a 
Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of Wicklow, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Mr. St. George. Anda 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 “ there be laid before this House, a Copy of 
“‘ any Correspondence between the Lord Chancellor 
of Ireland and the Marquis of Clanricarde, rela- 
“ tive to the restoration of Mr. St. George to the 
Magistracy, and of any Application by which the 
Lord Chancellor was induced to reimstate Mr. 
St. George, notwithstanding his refusal to make 
any apology for the offensive Letter written by 
“ him in the year 1837, in reference to the Lord 
“ Lieutenant of Ireland,” 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 19° die Julii, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


if4 


Tellers for thef Mr. Henry Baring 
Yeas, {m r. Pringle: } ame 
Tellers for the f Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, 75 
Noes, LMr. Tufnell : ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

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. 

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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the matter 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. 

South Australia The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
7 mittee on the South Australia Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 

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18°—19° Julie. 499 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newfoundland 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Colonial 
reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; Passengers Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill was, accord- ,ynatic 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Asylums _ 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tobacco Regu- 
reading of the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; lations Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Law 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill ; Amendmen: 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve -™ 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Four Courts 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) Bill; Marshalses. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- seems 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Grand Jury 
further consideration the Report on the Grand Jury Presentments 
Presentments (Jreland) Bill :—The Bill was re-com- (Ireland) Bill. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manchester, 
reading of the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton Birmingham 
Police Bill; oo ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this ; 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Court of Exchequer (England) Bill was, ac Court of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed (Englond) Bill 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. ’ ‘ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Common Law 
reading of the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill ; (Irelan a) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this ; 


day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply ; 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Superannua- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, tions- 
to defray the Charge of Allowances and Compensa- 
tions to Persons formerly employed in the Public 
Offices or Departments, or in the Public Service, to 
the 3ist day of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Toulonese 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Emigrants, &amp;c. 
enable Her Majesty to grant Relief, to the 31st day 
of March 1843, to Youlonese and Corsican Emi- 
grants, Dutch Naval Officers’ Widows, Saint Do- 
mingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who 
have heretofore received Allowances from Her Ma- 
jesty, and who, for Services performed, or Losses sus- 
tained in the British Service, have special claims on 
Her Majesty’s justice and liberality. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Vaccine 
thousand eight hundred and wag | seta be granted I=stitution. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Institution, for the year 1842. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Destitue. 
wards the support of “ The Refuge for the Desti- 
tute,” for the year 1842. 

8s2 5. Resolved, 


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Criminal 
Lunatics. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers, &amp;c. 


Secret Services, 


Stationery, &amp;c. 


Law Charges. 


Convicts, 


Captured 
Negroes, 


Public 
Records; 


Education. 


University of 
London. 


Schools of 
Design. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, &amp;c, 


500 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand five hundred and seventy-two 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 1843, 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
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. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
nine thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and ninety-nine thousand and _ forty-eight 

ounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

xpense of providing Stationery, Printing and Bind- 
ing, for the several Departments of Government in 
England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies, and 
for providing Stationery, Binding, Printing, and Pa- 
per for Printing for the two Houses of Parliament, 
including the _ Seacin of the Stationery Office, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of Law Charges, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and two thousand eight hundred and se- 
venty-nine tonto be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Convict Establishment at 


Home, at Bermuda and at Gibraltar, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and sixty-five thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of maintaining 


Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
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 1843. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand eight hundred and seventeen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the 
Persons employed in the Care and Arrangement of 
the Public Records, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
and the Compensations to Keepers of Records, and 
others whose Offices have been abolished. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Public Education in Great Britain, in the year 1842. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand five hundred and sixteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Uni- 
versity of London, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and forty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the School of Design, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay, to the 31st day of March 1843, the Allowances 
and Expenses of the Barristers employed in revising 
Lists of Voters, under the Act to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1843, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies; also, to make good the 


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A. 1842, 


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. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One County Rates, 
hundred and ten thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1842, certain 
Charges hitherto paid out of County Rates. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Polish 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to Refugees. 
Her Majesty, for Payment of the subsistence of the 
Polish Refugees, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four British 
thousand seven hundred and forty pounds, be granted Museum. 
to Her Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British 
Museum to purchase certain Collections for that 
Institution. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- H. T. Sampayo 
seven thousand six hundred and sixty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the balance 
due to the late H. T. Sampayo, Condé de Povoa, 
for Supplies of Money and Provisions to the British 
Forces in the Peninsula, during the War, from 
1808 to 1814. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty Steam Com. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- — 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communi- (4) 
cation to India by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Bahama 
thousand four hundred and ten pounds, be granted Islands. 
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 1843. 

25. Resolved, ‘That a sum, not exceeding Eight Bermudas, 
thousand one hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Civil Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 
31st day of March 1843, and for completing a Light- 
house at Bermuda. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Prince Ed- 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her ¥#"¢’s Island. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Western Coast 
thousand six 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 3ist day of March 1843. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven western 
thousand and ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her Australia. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Settlement of 
Western Australia, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Ecclesiastical 
thousand two hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted Establishment 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Eccle- —. sai 
siastical Establishment in the British North Ame- New Zealand.) 
rican Provinces, and in New Zealand, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Indian 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five pounds, be (Connie) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of ( ; 
the Indian Department in Canada, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 

31. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Eighteen Governors, &amp;e. 
thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, be a 
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 1843. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Heligoland. 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Civil 
Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. ; 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
two thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
cranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Sti- 

pendiary 


Stipendiary 
Justices 
(Slavery Abo- 
lition Act.) 








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nd.) 


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dia 


Negro | 
Education. 


Emigration. 


Emigrants 
(Canada.) 


Saint Helena. 


Sable Island. 


Port Essington. 


Falkland 
Islands, 


Miscellaneous 
Charges 
(Scotland.) 


Commissariat. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


‘Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ways and 
jeans. 


6 Vicroriz. 


pendiary Justices in the West Indies, Mauritius and 
Cape of Good Hope, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

34. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray 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, in the year 1842. 

35. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray a portion of the Charge of the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Board, and also the 
Salaries and Allowances of Agents for Emigration, 
to the 31st day of March 18438. 

36. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in aid 
of Provincial Funds, for the Relief, to the 31st day 
of March 1843, of Sick and Destitute Emigrants who 
may arrive in Canada from the United Kingdom. 

37. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Saint Helena, and of Pensions and 
Allowances to the Civil and Military Officers of the 
East India Company’s late Establishment in that 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

38. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Establishment at Sable 
Island, for the Relief of Shipwrecked Persons, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

39. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Settle- 
ment at Port Essington, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

40. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of a 
Government at the Falkland Islands, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

41. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
five thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her pg” i to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1843, Law Expenses, Grants to Scottish 
Universities, and other Charges formerly defrayed 
from the Hereditary Revenues, and not provided for 
out of Her Majesty’s Civil List, nor out of the Con- 
solidated Fund. 

42. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of the Commissariat Department, to the 
31st day of March 1843. 

43. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
eight thousand seven hundred and forty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Commis- 
sariat Department, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

44, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Mo- 
ney for the Advancement of Education in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ordnance Services 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- 
mittee on the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) 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- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


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501 


Mr. Greene reported the Wide Streets (Dublin) Wide Streets 

Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, (Dublin) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Election Peti- 
into a Committee upon the Election Petitions Trial "5 T#! 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 Order of the day being read, for the second East India 
reading of the East India Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Licensed 
Report on the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill ; ae 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. ° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ordnance Fees. 
an Account, in detail, of the Fees on Commissions 

and Warrants which made up the sum of £.765 

credited in the Ordnance Estimates, Appendix B., 

for 1842-3; together with a Statement of all the 

Fees,'and their several Amounts, ordered to be taken 

by the Office of Ordnance, in its Civil and Military 

Branches. 


Ordered, That leave be. given to bring in a Bill Exchequer Bills 
for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of — 
Exchequer Bills: And that Mr. Chancellor of the ~"’ 
Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and 

bring it in. 

Mr. Gladstone presented a Bill to amend an Act Customs Act 
of the present Session of Parliament, for amending Amendment 
the Laws relating to the Customs: And the same P!" 

was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a No. 459. 
second time this day; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Stamp Duties 
Bill to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great Britain Assimilation 
and Ireland, and to make Regulations for collect- Pi! 
ing and managing the same: And the same was No. 460. 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Stamp Duties 
to repeal the Duties payable on Stage Carriages and Bill. 
on Passengers conveyed upon Railways, and certain No. 461. 
other Stamp Duties in Great Britain, and to grant 
other Duties in lieu thereof, and to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Assessed Taxes 
to grant Relief from the Duties of Assessed Taxes (No-2-) Bill. 
in certain Cases: And the same was read the first No. 462. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Exchequer Bills 
for further regulating the Preparation and Issue of Preparation 
Exchequer Bills: And the same was read the first “' 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this No. 463. 
day ; and to be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this City Marshalsea 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of (Dublin) 
Compensation to be granted to the Officers of the ( Oficers.] 
City Marshalsea of Dublin, whose Offices may be 
abolished in pursuance of any Act of the present 





Session for consolidating the Four Courts Marsal. 
sea, and other Prisons, in Dublin; 

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. 





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Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize | 
Money, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 


Money. 
No. 464. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 











Martis, 19° die Juli ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending 
Committees of this House, presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—The Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Select Committee on the Parish Constables 
Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Mr. Horne, from the Commissioners of Staines 
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 1841 to the 
25th day of March 1842, both days inclusive :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mersey Cons The ingrossed Bill for preserving the River Mersey 
servaucy Bill, from Encroachments, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for better preserving the Navigation 
of the River Mersey. 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Douglas do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Staines Bridge, 


Coward’s A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
Divorce Bill. solve the Marriage of George William Henry Coward 
with Ann Coward, 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 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. 


Medical Petitions of Members of the South Devon Medical 
Profession. = Association ;—T’. S. Tickell, and others ;—Medical 
Practitioners of South Shields ;—President of the 
Bridgwater, Wells and Taunton District Branch of 
the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association ;— 
and, Members of the Committee of the Eastern 
Branch of the Provincial Medical and Surgical As- 
sociation; praying that no measure may be enter- 
tained by the House, with reference to granting new 
charters to the Royal Colleges of Physicians and 
Surgeons in London, nor any other measure of par- 


tial Medical Legislation until the whole subject of 


Medical Reform be brought before Parliament, and 
receive full publicity and discussion, — were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the Queen’s County, assembled at summer assizes | Account of all Monies levied and raised under the 
1842, praying that the House will not either transfer | Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 95, for maintaining a Police Force 


Charities 
(Treland. ) 


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A. 1842. 


unrestricted by the amount of voluntary contribu- 
tions, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters Schoolmasters 

of the Presbytery of Dunoon;—and, Parochial S°t!"4-) 
Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of Biggar; pray- 
ing the House to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, 
c. 54, for making better Provision for the Parochial 
Schoolmasters, and for making further Regulations 
for the better Government of the Parish Schools in 
Scotland, to such an extent and in such manner as 
that the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of 
Scotland, may now be so liberally provided for, as 
will enable them to meet the exigencies of their 
position in society,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Debtors confined in the Drogheda tnsoivent 
Marshalsea, praying for amendment of the law re- Debtors 
lative to Insolvent Debtors in Ireland, was pre- (Ireland. ) 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Attwood, late a Member of Currency. 
the House, praying for an inquiry into the state of 

the Currency, and for the adoption of measures for 

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


A Petition of Members of the Windsor and Eton Church of 
Church Union, praying the House to adopt such England. 
measures as may be expedient for providing an ade- 

quate increase of Church Accommodation and Re- 

sident Ministers, was presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Licensed 
the Report on the Licensed Lunatic Asyiums Bill; Lunatic _ 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. S¥!u™s Bill. 


; A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Stafford, John Mason 
expressing their surprise at the verdict of the jury, 24 others. 
and the sentence of the magistrates passed upon John 

Mason, Thomas Caswell, Edward Richards, Job 

Smith, John Jones, Samuel Anson, William Morris 

and William Caswell, for an alleged riot, unlawful 
assembling, and assault upon the person of Wil- 

liam Beaman, at Sedgley, on the 3d day of June 

last; and praying that the House will cause an in- 

quiry to be made into the circumstances of the case, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the ‘Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- PublicPetitions 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had (Fertieth Re- 
examined the Petitions presented from the 13th to port.) 
the 16th day of this instant July, both days 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 Vicar and Inhabitants of the Factories. 
parish of orth Mimms, in the county of Hertford, 
praying the House to pass a law to limit the labour 
of young persons employed in Factories, to ten hours 
a day, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, An Bolton Police. 


the government of the Medical Charities of Zreland|in the Borough of Bolton, and of the Application 

from the present subscribers, nor in any way place | of such Monies; distinguishing the Amount re- 

them under the jurisdiction of the Poor Law Com-| ceived and paid in each year, and specifying the 

missioners, but that arrangements may be adopted | Amount of Salaries or Allowances to the Commis- 

to provide inspection of such institutions by com-| sioner, the Receiver or Treasurer, and the Super- 

petent and trustworthy persons, Grand Juries being | intendent, sempentively ; and also the Wages of the 
LS, 


at the same time empowered to present the amount | Constables, and the 
necessary for the support of such establishments, | other Contingent Expenses. 


ums laid out in Clothing, and 














A Message 


_— wee — &amp; 





6 VictorizZ. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 


Railways Bill. 


Literary and 
Scientific 
[nstitutions. 


Strabane 
Union, &amp;e. 


Poor Law 
(Gilbert’s 
Unions, &amp;c.) 


Manufacturing 
Labourers, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


Wages, &amp;c. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior and 


19° Julie. 


n 
wn 


503 


the specific effects which the Report of the Com- 


Mr. Lynch: “ mission, dated the 20th day of February 1834, 


Mr. Speaker, 


stated would follow the application of their prin- 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| “ ciple of administering relief to the indigent, by 
Act to divide the Forest of Dean, in the County of} “ the agency of a Central Board of Control : That 
Gloucester, into Ecclesiastical Districts, without any| “ this Bill be proceeded with no further, until it be 


Amendment: And also, 


ascertained by inquiry of this House, that there 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An| “ have been, since the Poor Law Amendment Act 


Act for the better Regulation of Railways, and 
for the Conveyance of Troops, with an Amendment ; 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Petitions of Members of the Louth Mechanics Insti- | ¢, 
tutions ;—and, Members of the Stockton Mechanics | « 


Institution ; praying the House to relieve Literary 


and Scientific Institutions from all rates and taxes,— | « 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | « 


the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Strabane Poor 
Law Union, stating that under the direction of the 
Poor Law Commissioners, the public in their union 
has been subjected to great unnecessary expense, 
and that their affairs have been ill managed by a 
central authority unrestrained by any check, and 
praying that there may be established a court of 
appeal from their decrees, and for an amendment 
of the law relating to Relief of the Poor in Lreland, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bury (Sussex) ;—Warningcamp, 
Burpham and Poling ;—Angmering and Rustington; 
— Little Hampton ;—Amberley ;— Battle Union ;— 
Patching ; — Clapham (Sussex) ;— Worthing ; — 
and, Fortington, Climping and Ford; praying that 
the Unions formed under the Act usually called 
Gilbert’s Act may be preserved, and that the Poor 
Law Amendment Bill may not, in its present state, 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cottenham, in the 
county of Cambridge, stating that in the opinion of 
the Petitioners, the spirit of the Poor Law should be 
made to extend to the manufacturing population 
more effectually than it does at present, by com- 

elling the master manufacturer, out of the wages 
of his labourers, or otherwise, to make an adequate 
provision for their maintenance in sickness or old 
age, or when out of employment, in the same man- 
ner as the landed proprietor is compelled to provide 
for the agricultural labourer; and praying the House 
to take the premises into consideration, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, that the 
Commissioners may order relief to be administered 
to the Poor in Ireland on the terms of the out-door 
labour test ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, \ ,, 
Yeas, Mr. John Fielden: Ba 
Tellers for the J Mr. Manners Sutton, 1 
Noes, Sir Charles Douglas : iat 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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 
“a ‘rise of wages,’ and ‘increased content of the 
* labourers and diminution of crime,’ were two of 
Vou. 97, 


came into operation, a rise of the wages of labour, _ 
increased contentmentamong the labouring people, 
and a diminution of crime; and also, that if a 
rise in the rate of wages have taken place, it has 
been to such an extent as to give the able-bodied 
labouring man, with a wife and family, an equiva- 
lent for the parochial assistance afforded to him 
before the passing of that Act: That it is desir- 
able that such inquiry should be satisfactory and 
conclusive, and that it should command the con- 
fidence of the country, and that therefore none 
but labourers and employers be examined,” in- 
stead 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 Sir Thomas Fremantle, hh 25 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : . 

Tellers for the) Mr. John Fielden, 8 
Noes, General Johnson : } ° 

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.) 


Criauss, N°2 (Professional persons, not being 
Assistant Commissioners, may be appointed to make 
special inquiries) ——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 f Sir Thomas Fremanile, 


Yeas, Mr. ag Baring : - 
Tellers for the { Captain Pechell, } 9 
Noes, Mr. Grimsditch : . 


Crausz, N° 3, agreed to. 





Cuausz, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxiavusss, N° 5 to N° 22, disagreed to. 

Ciause, N° 23 (Guardians may set occasional 
Poor to work, but not to detain any person against 
his will for the performance of such work, for any 
time exceeding four hours) 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 {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 

. 84. 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 8 
Noes, &lt;Mr. John Fielden: : 

Crausss, N° 24 and N° 25, disagreed to. 

CiavseE, N° 26, amended; and agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 27 to N° 50, disagreed to. 

Crausss, N° 51 and N° 52, agreed to. 

CuausE, N° 53, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 54 to N° 56, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 57 to N° 60, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 61 to N° 63, agreed to. 

Clause (exempting places under local Acts from 
control of the Poor Law Commissioners, unless with 
the consent of a certain number of the Guardians 
under such local Acts) brought up, and read the 
first time. 





384 Motion 








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504 19°—20° Julia. 


Motion made and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Darby, Las 
Yeas, Captain Pechell : eo 
Tellers for the { Sir George Clerk, Le 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : _ 


Schedule agreed to. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House we continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 20° die Julii, 1842: 


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. 


South Australia The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ou. intoa Committee upon the South Australia Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Criauses, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
CrauseE, N° 7, agreed to. 


Crause N° 8, (£.155,000 granted in aid of Re- 
venues of South Australia) read. 


Motion made and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


Mr. Henry Baring 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ 4). Pringle: , } _ 


Mr. Hume 
{Mtr Benjamin Wood : ¥ = 
Criauses, N° 9 to N° 13, agreed to. 
Clause added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Tellers for the Noes, 





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. 


Law of Evi- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
dence Bill. 


mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Writs of Error 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ul. 


mittee on the Writs of Error Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parish Con- 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
stables Bill. 


the Report on the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Coroners, kc, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Warwick and 


cacamat reading of the Coroners, &amp;c., (Warwick and Lan- 
Bill. caster) Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 
Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Ireland) Bill. the Report on the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tobacco Regu. 


reading of the Tobacco Regulations Bill; 
P Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 


lations Bill, 


The Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton Police Manchester, 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Birmingham 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, en 

; ce Bill, 
for this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Prisons Bill; and the Prisons Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

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- Court of 
mittee on the Court. of Exchequer (England) Bill; Exchequer 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ("84 Bill. 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Common Law 
reading of the Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill; CIrels 4) Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this er 
day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Election Petitions Trial Election Peti- 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, %"s Trial Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Customs Act Amendment Bill was, accord- Customs Act 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed — 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. : 


The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill was, accord- Stamp Duties 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed — 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, Stamp Duties 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bi! 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Assessed Taxes (No. 2.) Bill was, according Assessed Taxes 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (No 2.) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Exchequer Bills Preparation Bill, was, ac- Exchequer Bilis 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- _ 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this ~"” 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself City Marshalses 
into a Committee, to consider of Compensation to ss 
be granted to the Officers of the City Marshalsea to Oftcers.1 
of Dublin, whose Offices may be abolished in pur- 
suance of any Act of the present Session for codnso- 
lidating the Four Courts Marshalsea, and other 
Prisons, in Dublin. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensation be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the City Mar- 
shalsea Prison in Dublin, whose Offices may be 
abolished in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for consolidating the Four Courts Marshal- 
sea and other Prisons in Dublin, for such portion of 
their present Fees or Emoluments as may not now 
be paid by the Corporation of Dublin. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report he received this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Game seme 
to transfer the Collection and Management of the he roland) 





Duties 











Sout 


Isle 
Shi 


Li 





6 Vicroriz. 


Duties on Certificates or Licenses to sell Game in 
Treland to the Commissioners of Excise: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir George 
Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(England) : 
and, Common 
Law Courts 
(Ireland) _ 

Compensation 
to Officers. ] 


A Motion being made, That this House, will, 
this day, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- 
sider of the Compensation to be awarded to certain 
Officers of the Court of Exchequer in England, 
and of the superior Courts of Common Law in Jre- 
land; who may sustain losses by the provisions of 
any Acts of the present Session relating to the said 
Courts ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-mat- 
ter of this Motion, recommends it to the considera- 
tion of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


19°-—20° Judit. 





South 
Australia. 


No. 465. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—An Estimate of the Sum required to be 
voted in the year 1842, to enable Her Majesty to 
liquidate certain Bills drawn by the Governors of 
South Australia, since the end of the year 1840. 

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


Isle of Man 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Shipping. 


a Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the Isle of 
Man respectively ; distinguishing the Vessels under 
and those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st 
day of December 1841 :—A similar Return of Steam 
Vessels and their Tonnage :—A Return of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared 
at each of the Ports of the Isle of Man, from —_ 
to the United Kingdom (including their repeated“ 





Voyages); distinguishing Steam Vessels from Sail- 
ing Vessels, from the 31st day of December 1840 
to and including the 31st day of December 1841 ;— 
The like Return from and to the Colonies :—And, 
the like Return from and to Foreign Ports; dis- 
tinguishing British, Colonial and Foreign Vessels 
(to complete the Return, Parliamentary Paper, No. 
409, of the present Session.) 


Colonial 


_ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ipping. 


a Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the Colo- 
nies of the United Kingdom respectively ; distin- 
guishing the Vessels under and those above Fifty 
Tons Register, on the 31st day of December 1841 : 
—A similar Return of Steam Vessels and Tonnage : 
—A Return of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels 
that entered and cleared at each of the Ports of 
each Colony coastwise, in the same Colony, or to 
Ports of other Colonies of the United Kingdom, 
distinguishing Steam Vessels from Sailing Vessels ; 
and also distinguishing between British, Colonial 
and Foreign Vessels; from the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1840 toand including the 31stday of December 
1841 :—The like Return from and to the United 
Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man :— 
And, the like Return from and to Foreign Ports 
(to complete the Return, Parliamentary Paper, No. 
409, of the present Session.) 


Game Certifi- 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to transfer the 
Bill, (Ireland) Collection and Management of the Duties on Cer- 


No. 466 tificates or Licenses to sell Game in Jreland to the 
“Commissioners of Excise: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day ; and to be printed. 
Lunatics, Ordered, That the Account relative to Lunatics, 
No. 468, 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


505 


Ordered, That the Account relative to New New Churches. 
Churches, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 469. ' 


And then the House, having continued to sit 


till two of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 20° die Julit ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on the Bir- pirmingham 
mingham School Bill have leave to sit this day, School Bill. 


till half an hour after four of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Cauvin’s Estate Bill was read a second time 
and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


. . 
? Cauvin’s 


Estate Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Gibson’s 
Gibson’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Estate 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 Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on ford Sher- 
Lord Sherborne’s Estate Bill; ‘That they had exa~ borne’s Estate 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same ®"- 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Agriculturists, Mer- Bonded Corn 
chants, Millers, &amp;c., attending Hadleigh market, in (No. 2.) Bill. 
the county of Suffolk, praying that the Bonded 
Corn (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law, was 


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


Petitions from Samuel Younger, of Great Tower- Tobacco Regu- 
street, in the city of London, Chicory Merchant ; lations Bill. 
— Waterford ;—and, Omagh; praying that the To- 
bacco Regulations Bill may not pass into a law, as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Michael Spencer, Tobacco Manu- 
facturer, at North Shields, 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 the Grand Jury of the county of Saint Asaph 
Carnarvon, praying the House to repeal that part and Bangor 
of the law which enacts that the Sees of Saint Asaph P'es* 
and Bangor shall hereafter be united in one, and 
thereby obviate the serious consequences which the 
Petitioners consider would most materially impair 
the efficiency of the church in that part of the Prin- 
cipality, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the diocese of Sainé Saint Asaph 
Asaph, praying that the House will be pleased to sd Banger 
delay the prosecution of the Saint Asaph and Bangor ““"°"** © 
Cathedrals Bill until the next Session of Parliament, 
in order to admit of that mature deliberation which 
changes involving interests of so momentous a nature 
necessarily demand, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 























Vou. 97. 





3T Ordered, 








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Payment of 
Wages. 
No. 471. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Silk. 


Factories. 


Corn Laws. 


Maynooth 


College. 


Ipswich 
Election. 


506 


Ordered, That the Select Committee mena to 
inquire into the operation of the Law which prohibits 
the Payment of Wages in Goods, or otherwise than 
in the current coin of the Realm, and into the alleged 
violations and defects of the existing enactments, 
have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Lord Ashley reported from the said Committee ; 
and to whom several Petitions were referred ; That 
they had considered the matters to them referred, 
and had agreed to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


Petitions from Bradford Union ( York) ;— Yeadon; 
—Halifax (two Petitions) ;—Skircoat (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Newport Union (Monmouth) ; praying 
that the Poor Law Amendment 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 Brewers, Distillers, Maltsters and 
Wholesale Traders of and in the vicinity of the Me- 
tropolis, prayirig the House to adopt measures for 
redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls upon Water- 
loo, Southwark and Vauxhall Bridges, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Silk Throwsters, Dyers, and others 
connected with the Silk Trade of Macclesfield and 
its vicinity, praying that the duty of 2s. upon tram 
and 3s. 6d. per pound upon organzine Silk may be 
restored, and that the system of drawback may be 
continued, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Silk Manufacturers, Silk Weavers, 
and other Artisans employed in the Silk Trade of 
Macclesfield, praying the House to preserve the Silk 
Trade to the country by the continuance of the exist- 
ing duties upon all foreign wrought Silks, whether 
the produce of the continental nations of Europe or 
British India, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stanningley ;—Nether Thong ;— 
Heaton ;— Eccleshill;—Cleckheaton ;—and, Pudsey; 
praying the House to pass an Act limiting the hours 
of labour of young persons employed in Factories to 
ten hours a day for five days in the week, and eight 
hours on the Saturday,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
Dublin, praying that the House will not separate 
without passing an Act admitting Corn and other 
kinds of Food duty free, to be in force until the 
meeting of the next Session of Parliament, was pre- 
sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the city of 
London Tradesmen and Operative Protestant As- 
sociation, and others favourable to the Protestant 
Association, praying the House to withdraw every 
kind of public support from the College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the General 
Committee of Elections, the Names of the Members 
of ihe Select Committee appointed to try and deter- 
mine the matter of the Petition complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Jps- 
wich, to which they had annexed the Petition re- 
ferred to them by the House relating thereto: —And 
the names of the Committee were read, as follow: 

Edward Protherve, Esquire, the Honovrable Hugh 
Arbuthnott, Thomas Wyse, Esquire, Anthony Lefroy, 
Esquire, William Wilhams, Esquire, Henry Stuart, 
Esquire ; Chairman, Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Es- 
quire. 


20° Julzz. 





A. 1842. 


Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, they 
were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petition complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the Borough of Ipswich, 
be referred to the Select Committee appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the - 
House, at the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- Newcastle. 


ral Committee of Elections, the names of the Mem- ™ 
bers of the Select Committee appointed to try and 
determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and also the Petition of 
Electors praying to be admitted parties to defend 
the Return, to which they had annexed the said 
Petitions and the Lists of Voters which had been 
delivered to them by the Petitioners, complaining 
of the said Election and Return :—And the names 
of the Committee were read, as follow: 

Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Dalmeny, Octavius 
Morgan, Esquire, Frederick Paget, Esquire, William 
Bulkeley Hughes, Esquire, John Brocklehurst, Es- 
quire ; Chairman, Lord Ashley. 

Whereupon the names of the said seven Members 
were called over; and being come to the Table, 
they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, and the Petition of Electors ad- 
mitted to defend the Return, and the Lists of Voters 
delivered in by the Petitioners complaining of the 
said Election and Return, be referred to the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the matter 
of the Petitions complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for that Borough. 

Ordered, That the Committee do meet To-morrow, 
in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, at 
the hour of eleven in the forenoon. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
and of the Evidence taken before the former Com- 
mittee, be referred to the Committee. 


nder-Lyme 
ection. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- Athlone 
unto subscribed, being Electors for the Borough of Election. 
Athlone, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, Petition of 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last Malachi Nolan 


Election of a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- * 
ment for the Borough of Athlone, and now are Elec- 
tors for the said Borough, and had and claim to 
have had a right to vote at the last Election of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that an Election of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Ath- 
lone was held on Tuesday the 6th day of July 1841, 
at the said Borough, at which Election Cuthbert 
Fetherston H., Esquire, acted as Returning Officer, 
and George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire,. and 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, were candidates to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament; that a 
poll having been demanded, the same was com- 
menced on the said sixth day of July, and proceeded 
in from day to day until the following Thursday, 
the eighth day of July, when the same was finally 
closed, and the said George De la Poer Beresford, 
Esquire, was declared to have been duly elected, 
and was accordingly returned as having been duly 
elected and chosen a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough; that a Petition 
was thereupon presented to the House by Thomas 
Glynn and John Dowde, Electors for the said Bo- 
rough, complaining of an undue Return at the said 
Election, and praying the House to adjudge and 
declare that the said Return was illegal, and ought 
to have been amended ; that a Committee of the 
House, to whom the said Petition was referred, hav- 


ing, 





nd others. 





Petition of 
Thomas Glynn 
and others, 


6 Vicroriz. 


ing, on the tenth day of June last, informed the 
House, that George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
was not duly returned a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, 
and that Duniel Henry Ferrall ought to have been 
returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Athlone, the Return 
was amended accordingly, by erasing the name of 
George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, and _insert- 
ing the name of Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, 
instead thereof; that it was ordered, on the said 
tenth day of June, by the House, that George de la 
Poer Beresford, Esquire, and all other persons enti- 
tled so to do, be at liberty to question the Election 
of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, within 
fourteen days then next ; that the Petitioners have 
been informed that, on or about the twenty-fourth 
day of June last, a certain Petition was presented 
to the House by Patrick Kelly, claiming therein to 
have had a right to vote at the said last Election for 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, in which said Petition it was stated, amongst 
other things, that the said George De la Poer Be- 
resford had a majority of legal votes at the said 
Election, and that the said Daniel Henry Ferrall 
was guilty of bribery, treating and other corrupt 
practices at the said Election, and that the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall was not at the time of the 
said Election, and was not then, duly qualified by 
estate or otherwise howsoever, to be elected or to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
said Petitioner prayed that the House would take 
the premises into consideration, and declare that the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall was not duly elected, and 
that the said George De la Poer Beresford was duly 
elected to serve in this present Parliament at the 
last Election for the Borough of Athlone, and that 
the Return be amended accordingly, or declare the 
said Election and Return for the said Borough to 
have been null and void, or that the House would 
grant to the said Petitioner such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House might seem 
meet; that on the first day of this present month 
of July, a notice was inserted in the London Gazette 
by order of the Right honourable the Speaker of the 
House, purporting that the House had been informed, 
by a declaration in writing, signed by the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, that it was not the intention of him 
the said Daniel Henry Ferrall to defend his said 
Election or Return, and a notice to the like effect 
was also, on the twenty-eighth of June last, sent by 
the said Speaker to the Returning Officer for the 
said Borough; and praying, That the House will 
admit the Petitioners as parties to defend the said 
Election and Return of the said Daniel Henry Fer- 
rall, and to oppose the prayer of the Petition of the 
said Patrick Kelly, hereinbefore mentioned. 

A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors for the Borough of 


. Athlone, was also delivered in, and read; setting 


forth, That the Petitioners were, at and during the 
last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, and now 
are electors for the said Borough, and had and 
claim to have had a right to vote at the last Election 
for a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough ; that an Election of a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Athlone was held on Tuesday the 6th day of July 
1841, at the said Borough, at which Election Cuth- 
bert Fetherston H., Esquire, acted as Returning 
Officer, and George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
and Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, were candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was com- 
menced on the said sixth day of July, and proceeded 
in from day to day until the following Thursday 
the eighth day of July, when the same was finally 
closed, and the said George De la Poer Beresford, 


Esquire, was declared to have been duly elected, 
Vot. 97. 


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507 


and was accordingly retutrzed as having been duly 
elected and chosen a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; that a Petition 
was thereupon presented to the House by Thomas 
Glynn and John Dowde, Electors for the said Bo- 
rough, complaining of an undue Return at the said 
Election, and praying the House to adjudge and 
declare that the said Return was illegal, and ought 
to have been amended ; that a Committee of the 
House, to whom the said Petition was referred, hav- 
ing on the tenth day of June last, informed the 
House that George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
was not duly returned a Burgess to serve in the pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, and 
that Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, ought to have 
been returned a Sin to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Athlone, the 
Return was amended accordingly, by erasing the 
name of George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, and 
inserting the name of Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, 
instead thereof; that it was ordered on the said 
tenth day of June by the House, that George De la 
Poer Beresford, Esquire, and all other persons enti- 
tled so to do, be at liberty to question the Election 
of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, within 
fourteen days then next; that the Petitioners have 
been informed that, on or about the fourteenth day 
of June last, a Petition was presented to the House 
by Edward Lynch and Patrick Kelly, claiming 
therein to have been at the time of the said Election 
electors for the said Borough, and to have had a 
right to vote at the said Election for a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and to 
have voted thereat, in which said Petition it was 
stated, amongst other things, that many persons 
were admitted to give their votes at the said Election 
for the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, who were not 
entitled to vote thereat, and that the votes of many 
persons who tendered their votes at the said Election 
in favour of the said George De la Poer Beresford, 
Esquire, were rejected, that the said Daniel Henry 
Ferrall, Esquire, was guilty of divers illegal and 
corrupt practices at the said Election, and that the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall was not qualified in re- 
spect of estate or property to be elected thereat, and 
that he was thereby incapable to sit in Parliament 
for the said Borough; and by which said Petition 
the said Petitioners prayed that the House would 
take the premises into consideration, and declare 
that the said Daniel Henry Ferrall was not duly 
elected, and that the said George De la Poer Be- 
resford was duly elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and that the Re- 
turn should be amended accordingly, or declare that 
the said Election and Return for the said Borough 
was null and void, or that the House would grant to 
the said Petitioners such further and other relief in 
the premises as tothe House might seem meet; that 
on the first day of this present month of July, a 
notice was inserted in the London Gazette, by order 
of the Right honourable the Speaker of the House, 
purporting that the House had been informed by a 
declaration in writing signed by the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, that it was not the intention of him 
the said Daniel Henry Ferrall to defend his said 
Election or Return, and a notice to the like effect 
was also, on the twenty-eighth of June last, sent by 
the said Speaker to the Returning Officer for the said 
Borough; and praying, That the House will admit 
the Petitioners as parties to defend the said Election 
and Return of the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, and to 
oppose the prayer of the Petition of the said Edward 
Lynch and Patrick Kelly, hereinbefore mentioned. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


Mr. Parker presented, pursuant to the directions Caledonian 
of an Act of Parliament,— The Thirty-seventh Canal, 


Report of the Commissioners. of the Caledonian 
Canal. ; 
3T 2 


Ordered, 














Railways Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


508 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the Be a Regulation of Rail- 
ways, and for the Conveyance of Troops; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 

Pr.17.1. 19. After “ application” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And whereas by various Acts re- 

lating to Railways, it is enacted, That no carriage 

or waggon shall carry or bear at any one time 
upon the Railway (including the weight of such 
carriage) more than four tons, and experience has 
shown, that it is in many cases more conducive 
to safety to use a heavier description of carriage 
or waggon upon Railways, than was originally 
contemplated; BE it therefore Enacted, That 
every provision contained in any such Act or Acts 
respectively, limiting the weight to be carried or 
borne at any one time in any carriage or waggon 
upon any Railway (including the weight of such 
carriage or waggon), to four tons, shall be and the 
same is hereby repealed, and that notwithstanding 
any thing in any Act contained, it shall be lawful 
for any Railway Company to use and to permit 
to be used upon any x Bad carriages or wag- 
gons, carrying or bearing (including the weight of 
such carriage) a greater weight than four tons, 
subject to such regulations as may from time to 
time be made, and be in force, pursuant to any 

Act or Acts of Parliament already or hereafter 

to be passed in that behalf.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Designs 
Copyright Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Saturday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bonded Corn (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 for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, L Mr. Hutt: 
Tellers for the f Colonel Rushbrooke, 
Noes, L Mr. Trotter : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 


\ 116. 


\ 29. 


_ time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 


Buildings 
Regulation 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Cathedrals Bill. 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Buildings Regulation (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this da 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Saint Asaph and Bangor Cathedrals 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Saint Briavel’s Small Debts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


20° Juliz. 


y | read, and deferred till after the other Orders of the 





A. 1842. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 


Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; 

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


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lunatic 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Ireland) Bill ; a . 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 7!" mm. 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Four Courts 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) Bill; Marshalsea 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other oo 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) Presentments 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Waysand 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 Wide Streets 
reading of the Wide Streets (Dublin) Bill ; (Dublin) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
after the other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Licensed Lu- 
the Report on the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill ; atic Asylums 
Ordered, That the Report be received after the Bi 
other Orders of the day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Poor Law Amendment Poor Law 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Amendment 
A Clause was offered (That it shall be lawful for Bi 
Boards of Guardians to grant such relief as in their 
judgment may be necessary to poor persons at their 
own homes, any rule, order or regulation of the Poor 
Law Commissioners notwithstanding): 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 f Mr. Escott, 

Yeas, Mr. John Fielden: 
Tellers for theS Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 


55 


ve 
me 


The remaining Orders of the day were severally Remaining 
nae Orders of the 
Dav. 
day already deferred. ° 


The House, according to the Order made this day, Supply ; 
resolved itself into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Voundling 
thousand two hundred and ninety-two pounds, be (Debiin) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of * . 
the Foundling Hospital in Dublin, to the 3ist day 
of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, 





he 


6 VictToriz. 


House of 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
Industry. 


thousand two hundred and fifty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the House of Industry in Dublin, two Lunatic De- 
artments, and the four General Hospitals, and the 
Taser attached, to the 31st day of March 1843. 
Female Orphan 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
House. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan 
House, Circular-road, Dublin, to the 31st day of 

March 1843. 
Westmoreland. 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
Lock Hospital. thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
Westmoreland Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of 

March 1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Lying-in-Hos- 
pital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 


Lying-in 
Hospital. 


Dr. Stevens’ 


Hospital. thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
Doctor Stevens’ Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 

House of 7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 


Recovery, &amp;c. thousand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for 
Incurables, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


9. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 
not exceeding Eight thousand nine hundred and 
twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Roman Catholic Col- 
lege, to the 31st day of March 1848 ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ as 

Yeas, Sir George Clerk : . 

Tellers for thef Mr. Plumptre, 1 4a 

Noes, Mr. Bateson : | age 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 

hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Irish 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1843, 
Royal 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
Hibernian hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
Academy. wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Hiber- 
nian Academy, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


Hospital for 
Incurables. 


Roman Catholic 
College. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Charitable 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 

Donations and hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 

Bequests» fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

Royal Belfast 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 

Academical 


Institution, thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
~—* to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Royal Belfast Academical Insti- 


tution, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand three hundred and forty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of repairing and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Public 
Buildings. 


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


Jovis, 21° die Julii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Vou. 97. 


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509 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene 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 House, according to the Order made this day, Lunatic 

resolved itself into a Committee upon the Lunatic Cotend) Bill 
Asylums (Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent ° : 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene 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- Four Courts 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) are see 
Bill; (Dublin) Bi 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Fresentnents 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to extend the Provisions of an Wide Streets 
Act of the fourth year of Her present Majesty, for (Dublin) Bill. 
enabling the Commissioners of Wide Streets to 
sell, and Her Majesty to purchase, certain Heredi- 
taments in the City of Dublin, on the North Bank 
of the River Anna Liffey, was, according to the 
Order made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Licensed Lu- 
the Report on the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill; }i° Acytums 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. ~'” 


The Order of the day being read, for receivin 
the Report on the South Australia Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now brought up :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


g South Australia 
Bill. 


Tellers for thef Dr. Bowring, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Benjamin Wood : } . 
Tellers for thef Sir George Clerk, 

Noes, UMr. Pringle : } - 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Mr. Gime 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 this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Parish Con- 
the Report on the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Coroners, &amp;c., 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Warwick and 
upon Tuesday last, That the Coroners, &amp;c., (War- Lonenster) Om 
wick and Lancaster) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Fisheries (Zreland) Bill ; Fisheries _ 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. _—#reland) Bill. 


373 Ordered, 





Tobacco Regu- 


lations Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Election Peti- 


tions Trial Bill. 


Customs Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Stamp Duties 
Assimilation 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Assessed Tuxes 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 


Preparation 
Bill. 


City Marsha!sea 


¢ Dublin) 


510 


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 second 
reading of the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton 
Police Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws concerning 
Prisons, was, according to the Order made this day, 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, aad desire their concurrence. 


The Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to the Order made this day, read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act for amend- 
ing the Law for the Trial of Controverted Elections, 
was, according to the Order made this day, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, an Act for amending the Law for the Trial of 
Controverted Elections. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to the Order made this 
day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the 
Customs Act Amendment 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
‘solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to the Order made this 
day, resolved itself ito a Committee upon the 
Stamp Duties 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 there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes (No. 2.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to the Order made this 
day, resolved itself into a Committee upon the 
Exchequer Bills Preparation 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 


[Compensation it was referred to consider of Compensation to 


to Officers. ] 


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A. 1842. 


be granted to the Officers of the City Marshal- 
sea of Dublin, whose Offices may be abolished in 
pursuance of any Act of the present Session for 
consolidating the four Courts Marshalsea, and other 
Prisons, in Dublin, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the City 
Marshalsea Prison in Dublin, whose offices may be 
abolished in pursuance of any Act of the present 
Session, for consolidating the Four Courts Marshal- 
sea and other Prisons in Dublin, for such portion of 
their present Fees or Emoluments as may not now 
be paid by the Corporation of Dublin. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) 
Bill, that they have Power to make Provision there- 
in pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, Court of 
resolved itself into a Committee, to consider of the Exchequer 
Compensation to be awarded to certain Officers of pariy ssn 
the Court of Exchequer in England, and of the Law Cours 
Superior Courts of Common Law in Jreland, who (Ireland) | 
may sustain losses by the provisions of any Acts of Compensation 


the present Session relating to the said Courts. to Officers. ] 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Compensation be made, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the Re- 
venue Side of the Court of Exchequer in England, 
and of the Office of Her Majesty’s Remembrancer, 
who may sustain loss by the provisions of an Act 
of the present Session, for abolishing or regulating 
Offices in that Court. 

2. Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
said Consolidated Fund, for Compensations to Offi- 
cers of the Superior Courts of Common Law in 
Ireland, who may sustain loss by the provisions of 
an Act of the present Session, for regulating or re- 
ducing the Expenses of the Offices attached to the 
said Courts, and also for Salaries and Superannua- 
tion Allowances to certain Officers of such Courts. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Game Certificates (Ireland) Bill was, accord- Game 
ing to the Order made this day, read a second time; Contifiontes ‘ 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, (ireland) Bill. 


for this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Friendly 

Return of the Names of all the Barristers at Law Secietes. 
who have been appointed under the Act 10 Geo. 4, 
c. 56, and since the passing of that Act, by Her 
Majesty’s Attorney General for Ireland, and by the 
Lord Advocate for Scotland, to certify the Rules of 
Friendly Societies, with the Dates of their respective 
Appointments, and the Amount of Fees annually 
received by the said Barristers. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. Joint Stock 
c. 96, to amend until the end of the next Ses- a. _ 
sion of Parliament, the Law relative to Legal Pro- Pam®* ©" 
ceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Com- 
panies against their own Members, and by such 
Members against the Companies, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. 

c. 68, to continue until the Thirty-first day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty, an Act of 





the 











Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) 
[Stamp Duty 
on Licenses. } 


Joint Stock 
Banking Com- 
panies Bill. 


No. 472. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


No. 470. 


Gibson’s 
Estate Bill, 


Maynooth 


College 


Corn Laws, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill, &amp;e. 


6 Victroriz. 


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 Companies, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic., 
c. 111, to continue until the Thirty-first day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, and to 
extend the Provisions of 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 
Members against the Companies, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relative to Legal Proceedings by 
certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against 
their own Members, and by such Members against 
the Companies: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of imposing a 
Stamp Duty on any License to keep a Private Lu- 
natic Asylum in Jreland. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to amend the 
Law relative to Legal Proceedings by certain Joint 
Stock Banking Companies against their own Mem- 
bers, 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. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
of the Select Committee on the Parish Constables 
Bill, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 21° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 








PRAYERS. 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
effecting a Partition, Division or Allotment of 
Estates in the Counties of York, Suffolk and Essex, 
devised by the Will of Atkinson Francis Gibson, 
late of Saffron Walden, in the County of Essex, 
Brewer, deceased, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir John Tyrell do carry the Bill: 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Members and Friends of the Tower 
Hamlets Protestant Operative Association, praying 
the House to withdraw every kind of public support 
from the College of Maynooth, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Conference 
held at Palace-yard, Westminster ;—and, Girvan (two 
Petitions); praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- 
dians of the Evesham Union, in the Counties of Wor- 
cester and Gloucester, praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, as it now 
stands; and that owners of small tenements let at or 
under six pounds per annum be rated to the poor’s 
rate, instead of the occupiers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 97. 


20°—21" Jultz. 





511: 


Petitions from Christchurch Union (Southamp- Poor Law 
ton) ;—and, Churwell (two Petitions) ; praying that —? 
the said Bill may not pass into a law, as it now a 
stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders, Traders and Inha- Waterloo, &amp;c. 
bitants of Putney, in the county of Surrey, praying Bridges. 
the House to adopt measures for redeeming and ex- 
tinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark 
and Vauzhall Bridges, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Free Trade 
Mary-le-bone, praying the House to direct its undi- and Home 
vided attention to the serious consideration of the ©!*™* 
distresses of the industrious and wealth-producing 
classes; that, asa first step towards enabling all 
classes to attain a state of prosperity and happiness 
the House will abolish all restrictions on trade, and 
the importation of food, and take measures for the 
erection of new townships as Home colonies for the 
location of the industrious classes now without em- 
ployment, was presented, and read; and ordered 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons resident Medical 
in the borough of Warrington, praying that no mea Profession. 
sure may be entertained by the House with refer- 
ence to granting a new Charter to the Colleges ot 
Physicians, and Surgeons in London, nor any other 
measure of partial Medical legislation until the whole 
subject of Medical Reform be brought before Parlia- 
ment, and receive full publicity and discussion, was 
presented, and read ; andordered tolieuponthe Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Medical 
the county of Antrim, praying the House to reject Charities 
any measure for placing the Medical Charities of (el"4-) 
Lreland under the control of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Beaumont and Son, Manu- tobacco Regu- 
facurers of Tobacco and Snuff in the borough of ations Bill. 
Huddersfield, in the county of York, praying that 
the Tobacco Regulations Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Coal-miners of Stirlingshire, pray- Coal Miners. 
ing the House to take into consideration, and bring 
into operation such a measure as will enable the 
Petitioners to see the weight which is taken from 
them, and also that they may be paid for whatever 
quantity of clean coals they put out, whether the 
be great coal or small coal, which can be done with 
justice to all parties, by the House passing an Act 
for the weights to be placed in the pit bottom, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochdale, in the Protection of 
county palatine of Lancaster, stating that the Peti- Her Majesty’s 
tioners cannot express their indignation at the re-*‘*”" 
peated attacks on the life of Her Majesty, but they 
venture to call upon the House to form such enact- 
ments as may henceforward be a protection to Her 
life, and suggest that means be adopted to prevent 
any attempt to insult the Royal Person; advocating 
the cause of mercy, and maintaining by every means 
in our power that Royal clemency to be upheld, 
yet humbly but earnestly suggest that mercy be 
never shown to the traitor daring to attack Royalty, 
and that inasmuch as the Royal Person is the pro- 
perty of Her subjects, that laws may be enacted to 
protect that beloved Person, and to prevent the pre- 
rogative of mercy being extended to the villain 
daring to raise his hand against Royalty, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

374 ' A Petition 





- 512 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Controverted 
Elections, 


No, 518. 


Lord Sher- 
borne’s Estate 
Bill. 


A Petition of Colliers and their Families presently 
employed at the Colliery of Loanhead, in the county 
of Edinburgh, praying that the Mines and Col- 
lieries 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 Guardians of the Downham Union, 
in the county of Norfolk, praying the House to re- 
peal the Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, 
and enact, in lieu thereof, that the rates chargeable 
on persons whose rent in any separate hire shall not 
exceed five pounds, shall be levied upon and re- 
coverable against the owners of such property, in 
the same manner and by the same means as rates 
are now by law recoverable, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That the 
Right honourable Sir George Grey, Member for 
Devonport; John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member 
for the Northern Division of the County Palatine of 
Lancaster; and Sir William Meredyth Somerville, 
Member for Drogheda, have severally made known 
to him that they have resigned their appoint- 
ments as Members of the General Committee of 
Elections. 

Whereupon Mr. Speaker laid on the Table his 
Warrant for the appointment of other Members to 
serve on the General Committee of Elections :—And 
the said Warrant was read, as followeth : 


Jovis, 21° die Juli, 1842. 


Whereas the Right honourable Sir George Grey, 
Member for Devonport; John Wilson Patten, 
Esquire, Member for the Northern Division of the 
County Palatine of Zancaster; and Sir William 
Meredyth Somerville, Member for Drogheda, have 
severally resigned their appointments as Members 
of the General Committee of Elections ; 

Now pursuant to an Act passed in the fourth 
and fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
intituled, “ An Act toamend the Law for the Trial 
of Controverted Elections,” I do hereby appoint 
the Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith, Mem- 
ber for Northampton; the O’ Conor Don, Member 
for the County of Roscommon ; and, Thomas Buck- 
nall Estcourt, Esquire, Member for the University 
of Oxford, to be Members of the General Com- 
mittee of Elections for the present Session, in the 
place of the said Sir George Grey, John Wilson 
Patten, Esquire, and Sir William Meredyth Somer- 
ville. 

Given under my hand this 21st day of July 1842. 

Charles Shaw Lefevre, 
Speaker. 
Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for dis- 
charging the Borough, Hundred and Manor of 
Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, and other 
Estates in the same County, from the Portions of 
the younger Children of the Right honourable John 
Lord Sherborne, and the younger Children of the 
Honourable James Henry Legge Dutton, and from 
the Terms created for raising the same, was read 
the third time. 

Fesolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Howard do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Admirals, Vice, Rear and Retired 
Admirals, Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders 
and Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on 
and since the 29th day of June 1838, distinguishing 


21° Julrz. 





A. 1849. 


those on Full Pay from those on Half Pay at the 
time of their promotion, stating the date of Entry 
of each Officer into the Navy, and of the several 
Commissions successively attained ; also, the period 
which each Officer had served in Commission, and 
the period on Half Pay (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper No. 675, of Session 1838, and of 
Appendix to the Report of Commissioners on Naval 
and Military Promotion, in 1840.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Despatches from the Bombay Go- 
vernment, dated the 31st day of October 1841, and 
subsequent dates, respecting the Affairs of Sattara, 
with the Inclosures therein referred to, as laid before 
the Court of Proprietors at the East India House, 
on the 13th day of May 1842; also, a Copy of a 
Letter from General Lodwick, c.s., and late resident 
at Sattara, dated the 13th day of June 1842, to the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, re- 
specting the Proceedings at Sattara, as laid before 
the Court of Proprietors at the East India House : 
—And, of all Letters addressed to or from the de- 
posed Raja of Sattara, that have been intercepted 
by the Bombay Government, by its Officers, and by 
the Resident at Sattara; with Copies of the De- 
spatches transmitting the same to the Governor 
General of India, and to the Court of Directors ; 
also, Copies of the Orders issued, and any Obser- 
vations made by the Governor General and by the 
Court of Directors thereon. 


Raja of Sattara. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Slave Trade. 
mand,—Class (A.), Correspondence with the British 
Commissioners at Sierre Leone, the Havana, Rio 
de Janeiroand Surinam, relating to the Slave Trade, 
from January 1 to December 31, 1841, inclusive. 

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


A Petition of Sarah Easter Ricketts, of Upper Lieutenant 
North Place, Gray’s Iun-lane, in the county of Jen Bevan. 
Middlesex, Administratrix of John Bevan, late a 
Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, stating that owing to 
the arduous services performed during the last war 
by the late Lieutenant John Bevan, of the Royal 
Navy, he was deprived of reason, and became an 
inmate of the lunatic asylum at Haslar, and that 
a large deduction was made in his half-pay for 
his maintenance in that asylum ; and praying the 
House to take her case into consideration, and re- 
commend to the Board of Admiralty that the said 
sum should be restored to her, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham Message trom 


and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Liverpool and 
Act for better enabling the Liverpool and Man- ee 
chester Railway Company to extend the Line of the “"'™*Y 
said Railway, and for amending and enlarging the 
Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating 
to such Railway, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Charitable 
Act to remove Doubts touching the Law relating to sone eg 
Charitable Pawn or Deposit Offices in Zreland, 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 Tithes Commu- 
Act to amend the Acts for the Commutation of “tion Bill. 
Tithes in England and Wales, and to continue the 
Officers appointed under the said Acts for a time to 
be limited, 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 Reading 
Act for establishing a General Cemetery for the In- Cemetery Bill. 
terment of the Dead, in the Parish of Sonning, near 

Reading, 


the Lords. 








ll. 





Lunacy Bill. 


Haslar Lunatic 
Asylum. 


Distress 





6 Vicroriz. Q1°-_9.9° Julie. 513 


Reading, in the County of Berks, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to alter and amend the Practice and Course of Pro- 
ceeding under Commissions in the nature of Writs 
de Lunatico inquirendo ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Officers of the Royal Navy who have 
been admitted to the Lunatic Asylum at Haslar, 
since its establishment in 1819, stating the Amount 
of Half Pay that has been deducted from each Of- 
ficer, distinguishing those Officers who were ad- 
mitted from the late Asylum at Horton, and if an 
portion of their Half Pay was withheld for their 
support in that Institution :—Copies of Letters from 
the Secretary of the Admiralty to Mr. Hinzman, 
dated the 11th and 20th days of January 1832, re- 
lative to the Payment of those Sums which had been 
deducted from the Half-Pay of Lunatic Officers 
over and above the abatement of One shilling and 
sixpence a day :—And, of a Letter from the Secre- 
tary of the Victualling Board to Mrs. Bevan, dated 
the 22d day of January 1831, relative to the Regu- 
lations ordered by the Admiralty for reducing the 
Charges for Maintenance of certain Officers in the 
Asylum at Haslar. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


(Manufacturing posed, That an humble Address be presented to 


Districts.) 


Her Majesty, to represent to Her Majesty, that the 
Distress in the Manufacturing Districts, to which 
Her Majesty was pleased to allude in Her Majesty’s 
most gracious Speech at the commencement of the 
present Session, “as having been borne with ex- 
emplary patience and fortitude,” continues unabated ; 
and that the sufferings and privations resulting there- 
from, are rapidly extending from the working to the 
middle classes of society; that none of the mea- 
sures hitherto proposed by Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment to Parliament, however just the principles upon 
which some of them have been founded, appear 
adequate to afford a timely and sufficient remedy 
for these great and pressing evils; and that Her 
Majesty’s Government cannot, without the aid of 
Parliament, take such further steps as may be ne- 
cessary for that purpose; and further to represent 
to Her Majesty an anxious hope, that if, after the 
termination of the present Session, no decisive im- 

rovement should take place in the condition of Her 
Majesty’s suffering and loyal subjects, Her Majesty 
may be pleased again at an early period to call 
Parliament together, with a view of giving fuller 
effect to those sound principles of commerce, which, 
if fairly and impartially carried out, more especially 
as regards the food of the people, would, by giving 
an impulse to trade and industry, avert those ca- 
lamities which the inclemency of winter, superadded 
to want and destitution, must inevitably produce :-— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Veneris, 22° die Julti, 1842: 


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


And the Question being put, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to represent 
to Her Majesty, that the Distress in the Manufac- 
turing Districts, to which Her Majesty was pleased 
to allude in Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech at 
the commencement of the present Session, “ as 
having been borne with exemplary patience and for- 


titude,” continues unabated ; and that the suffer- 
Vou. 97. 














ings and privations resulting therefrom, are rapidly 
extending from the working to the middle classes of 
society ; that none of the measures hitherto proposed 
by Her Majesty’s Government to Parliament, how- 
ever just the principles upon which some of them 
have been founded, appear adequate to afford a 
timely and sufficient remedy for these great and 
pressing evils; and that Her Majesty’s Government 
cannot, without the aid of Parliament, take such 
further steps as may be necessary for that purpose ; 
and further to represent to Her Majesty an anxious 
hope, that if, after the termination of the present 
Session, no decisive improvement should take place 
in the condition of Her Majesty’s suffering and loyal 
subjects, Her Majesty may be pleased again at an 
early period to call Parliament together, with a view 


y | of giving fuller effect to those sound principles of 


commerce, which, if fairly and impartially carried 
out, more especially as regards the food of the people, 
would, by giving an impulse to trade and industry, 
avert those calamities which the inclemency of 
winter, superadded to want and destitution, must 
inevitably produce ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 91 
Yeas, Mr. Hawes : ee 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, \y 47 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : + seas 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, New Houses 

to consider and report upon the Plan submitted by of Parliament. 
the Architect of the New Houses of Parliament, 
for the Ventilation and Warming of the Houses of 
Parliament, and for rendering them Fire-proof :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley, Sir John Hob- 
house, Sir James Graham, Viscount Palmerston, 
Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. 
O’Connell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Williams 
Wynn, Mr. Francis Baring, Sir George Clerk, Mr. 
Hawes, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Tufnell, Viscount 
Sandon, Viscount Barrington, Sir John Guest, Mr. 
Vernon Smith and the Earl of Lincoln, 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- Saint Asaph 
mittee on the Saint Asaph and Bangor Cathedrals 24 Bangor 
Bill ; Cathedrals Bill. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- Supply : 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as fol- 
low : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not excceding Eight Foundling 
thousand two hundred and ninety-two pounds, be oe 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of anata 
the Foundling Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen House of 
thousand two hundred and fifty-one pounds, be Idustry. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the House of Industry in Dublin, two Lunatic De- 
partments, and the four General Hospitals, and the 
Dispensary attached, to the 31st day of March 
1843. ' 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- Female Orphan 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards "os: 
defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan House, 
Circular-read, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
18438. 

4. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Two thou- Westmoreland 
sand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her bork Hospital. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the West- 


moreland Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 











3U 5. Resolved, 


Lying-in 
Hospital. 


Dr. Stevens’ 
Hospital. 


House of 
Recovery, &amp;c. 


Hospital for 
Incurables. 


Roman Catholic 


College. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Lustitution, 


Public 
Buildings. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill, 


South Australia 


Bill, 


514 


5. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital in 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor 
Stevens’ Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, notexceeding Three thou- 
sand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the 
House of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
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 
1843. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commission- 
ers of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Royal Belfast Academical Institu- 
tion, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

14: Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand three hundred and forty-five pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of repairing and maintaining the several Public 
Buildings in the Department of the Commissioners 
of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Grand Jury Presentments 
(Ireland) 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Licensed Lunatic Asy- 
lums Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Party not to be subject 
to Penalties if notice, &amp;c., be proved to have been 
sent by the post in due time): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read; and agreed to, 
to be made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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 third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to provide for the better 
Government of South Australia ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 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 
“ it appears, by the Evidence laid before this House 
“ by the Select Committee appointed in 1841, ‘ to 


Q1°—22 Juli: 





A. 1842. 


consider the Acts relating to South Australia, and 
the actual state of the Colony,’ that under the 
“ Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 95, the Commissioners for 
managing the affairs of that Colony borrowed, on 
the following conditions, the amount of £.85,800 
sterling, to defray the expenses of the Coloniza- 
tion and Government thereof, viz. the sum of 
£.39,000, bearing an interest of £.10 per cent., 
and £46,800, bearing an interest of £.6 per cent., 
payable from and out of the ordinary revenue, or 
the produce of all the rates, duties and taxes to 
be levied and collected as the said Act directed 
in the province of South Australia; and, in case 
the ordinary revenue shall be insufficient to dis- 
charge the obligations of those securities, then 
the public lands of the said province remaining 
unsold, and the monies to be obtained by the 
sale thereof, shall be deemed a collateral security 
for the principal and interest of these amounts : 
That the Select Committee reported their opinion 
to this House, that it was expedient to advance 
out of the Public Treasury certain Sums, to enable 
the Commissioners to discharge a large amount of 
bills drawn by the Governor of the Colony, and 
thus to support the credit and afford relief to the 
colonists of South Australia; and it was at the 
same time recommended, that all sums so ad- 
vanced under any Act of that Session, should 
constitute the Public Debt of the said province ; 
and that the Crown should be authorized to call 
for repayment of all such advances of money, on 
the principle adopted for the recovery of money 
advanced for Public Works, not exceeding the 
rate of 5 per cent. per annum ; and it further ap- 
pears, that under the Act 4 Vic. c. 13, the sum 
of £.155,000 sterling was accordingly advanced 
from the Public Treasury as a loan to the Com- 
missioners of the South Australian Colony, the 
principal and interest to be repaid in such a man- 
ner as should by any Act passed in the same 
Session be directed : That it is now proposed by 
the Bill before the House to relieve the Colony 
from the payment of interest on that sum of 
£.85,800, and to place that amount as a charge 
upon the Consolidated Fund of this country, at 
the rate of 34 per cent. per annum, and thereby 
add to the already heavy burthens of the people: 
That it is further proposed by this Bill to re- 
lieve the revenues and lands of the Colony of 
South Australia from all claims for repayment of 
the loan of £.155,000 sterling advanced under 
the Act of last Session, and to add that amount 
in perpetuity to the National Debt of this country : 
That under these circumstances, it would be a 
shameful waste of Public money for this House 
to sanction, by this Bill, the addition of these 
sums, amounting to £.240,800 sterling, to the 
already heavy burthens of the people of this 
country,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put, 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 thef Sir Thomas Iremantle, 


‘&lt; 


n“ 


ce 


1 68. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring : j 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, } 15 
Noes, Mr. Aglionby : ° 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Parish Con- 
the Report on the Parish Constables Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this ve “5 
The 


stables Bill. 








eae 


Cus 
Am 
Bill 








Coroners, &amp;c., 
Warwick and 
Lancaster) Bill. 


Manchester, 
Birmingham 
and Bolton 
Police Bill: 


No. 473. 


Customs Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
(No, 2.) Bili. 


No. 474. 


Exchequer Bills 


reparation 


P 
Bill, 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(England) ; 
aud, Common 
w Courts 
( Ireland) 
[Compensation 
to Officers, ] 


6 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Monday last, That the Coroners, &amp;c. (Warwick 
and Zancaster) Bill, be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Manchester, Birmingham 
and Bolton Police Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Greene veported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration this day, and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Customs Act Amendment 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Doubts as to the proportions 
between Copper and Ore, specified by the Table) : 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice read ; 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered (5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 47, not 
to extend to Manufactures of Guernsey, &amp;c., the 
materials whereof are not foreign, but the growth or 
produce of the Islands): And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read; and agreed to, to be 
made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Stamp Duties Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Assessed Taxes (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to introduce a Clause 
to amend an Act passed in the present Session, for 
granting to Her Majesty Duties on Profits arising 
from Property, Professions, Trades and Offices, in 
so far as relates to the assessing and charging the 
Duties thereby made payable on Dividends payable 
out of the Revenue of Foreign States. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration this day; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


Mr. Greene reported the Exchequer Bills Prepa- 
ration 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 this day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Compensation to 
be awarded to certain Officers of the Court of Ex- 
chequer in England, and of the superior Courts of 
Common Law in Ireland, who may sustain losses by 
the provisions of any Acts of the present Session, 
relating to the said Courts, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That Compensation be made, éut of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to Officers of the Reve- 
nue Side of the Court of Exchequer in England, and 
of the Office of Her Majesty’s Remembrancer, who 
may sustain loss by the provisions of an Act of the 

Vou. 97. 


Q1°—2.2° Juliz. 





515 


present Session, for abolishing or regulating Offices 
in that Court. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
said Consolidated Fund, for Compensations to Offi- 
cers of the Superior Courts of Common Law in Jre- 
land, who may sustain loss by the provisions of an 
Act of the present Session, for regulating or reducing 
the Expenses of the Offices attached to the said 
Courts, and also for Salaries and Superannuation 
Allowances to certain Officers of such Courts. 

The said‘ Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Exchequer (England) Bill, 
that they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the first Resolution. 

Ordered, That it it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill, 
that they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the second Resolution. 


The House, according io Order, resolved itself Game 
into’ a Committee upon the Game Certificates (Zre- Certificates 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. aiaatainati 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, 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 Lunatic 
into a Committee to consider of — a Stamp Ceoland 
. : i reland) 
Duty on any License to keep a Private Lunatic 


, [Stamp Dut 
Asylum in Jreland. on pre, 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That there shall be paid for every Li- 
cense to keep a Private Lunatic Asylum in Ireland, 
a Stamp Duty of 10s. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented,—Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of March last, for 
a Return of all Mates of the Royal Navy, showing 
the year and month in which they respectively passed 
their Examination for the Rank of Lieutenant, the 
Time they have since served afloat in the Navy; also, 
the Time they may have served under the Customs, 
as far as can be ascertained ; and specifying where 
each is now serving: also, the Mates who have been 
placed on the Pension or Half Pay List, in pursu- 
ance of the recommendation of the Naval and Mili- 
tary Commission. 

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


Mates 
(Royal Navy.) 


Ordered, That the Thirty-seventh Report of the Caledonian 
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, which was ©nal- 
presented yesterday, be printed. No. 475. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 22° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called Trinity House 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to (Dep\iord 

Order,—A Return of Pensioners receiving Relief tied 
from the Corporation of Trinity House, of Deptford 
Strond, on the 1st day of January in each year, 
commencing on the Ist day of January 1837, distin- 

3uU 2 guishing 





Reading 
Cemetery Bill. 


Pilkington’s 
(Swinnerton’s) 


Estate Bill. 


Marquis of 
Tweeddale’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mostyn’s 
Estate Bill, 


Duke of 
Bridgewater's 
Estate Bill, 


516 22 Julti. A. 1849, 


guishing Men, Women and Children, and specifying 
the Rate of Pension allowed to each Class of Pen- 
sioners, the Names of the Ports or Places at or in 
the vicinity of which the Parties receiving Pensions 
reside, and the Number of Men, Women and Chil- 
dren at each Port, with a Copy of the Rules of Ad- 
mission, showing the Age which qualifies Petitioners 
to be admitted to a Pension; also, an Abstract of 
the Number of Vacancies which have occured by 
the Death or Disqualification of Pensioners in eac 
of the last Five years, commencing on the 1st day 
of January 1837; distinguishing the Number of 
Vacancies occasioned by the Death or Disqualifica- 
tion of Male Pensioners, from the Number by Fe- 
male Pensioners :—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for establishing a General Cemetery 
for the Interment of the Dead, in the Parish of 
Sonning, near Reading, in the County of Berks ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 99. 1. 8. After “Cemetery” insert “ subject 
“« nevertheless to the payment of the fees hereinafter 
mentioned.” 
Pr. 100. ]. 12. After “ vicar” insert “ or incum- 
bent.” 
Pr. 100.1. 15. After “ vicar” insert “or incum- 
bent.” 
Pr. 100. 1. 23. After “ vicar” insert “ or incum- 
bent.” 
Pr. 100. 1. 26. After “vicar ”’ insert “ or incum- 
bent.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Viscount Chelsea do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Pil- 
kington’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- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 76. 1. ult. Leave out “ nomination” and in- 
sert “ presentation.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Marquis of Tweeddale’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 satisfac- 
tion of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Mostyn’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- 
mittee ; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the 
Duke of Bridgewater’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 Committee ; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Cal- Calland’s 
lund’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Este Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, and found the saine 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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lord Lord South. 
Southampton’s Betate Bill; That they had examined ampton’s Estate 
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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lord Lord Lorton’s 
Lorton’s (Countess of Rosse’s) Estate Bill ; That (Countess of 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and Ross) Ese 
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. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Ver- Verconsin’s 
consin’s Naturalization Bill; That they had examined Nat. Bill. 
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. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Bishop of 
Bishop of Derry’s Estate Bill; and to whom a Pe- Berry's Estate 
tition 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 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 made an Amendment thereunto ; and 
the same was read, as followeth: 

Pr. 13. 1. 9. Insert Clause (A.) 
CrauseE (A.) “ And beit Enacted, That nothing 

in this Act contained shall extend to or affect any 

of the estates, rights, privileges, powers or autho- 

rities vested in or enjoyed by the Society of the 

Governors and Assistants in London, of the new 

plantation in Ulster, within the Realm of Ireland, 

under or by virtue of any charter or charters here- 
tofore granted to them by the Crown, or of any 

Statute or Statutes in any wise relating thereto.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Petition of the Burgh and Parochial School- gchootmasters 
masters in the presbytery of Hamilton, praying the (Scotland.) 
House to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 4, c. 54, 
for making better Provision for the Parochial School- 
masters, and for making further Regulations for the 
better Government of the Parish Schools in Scotland, 
to such an extent and in such a manner as that 
the Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland 
may now be so liberally provided for, as will enable 
them to meet the exigencies of their position in 
society, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ;—and, Secretary Medical 
to the Council of the Provincial Medical and Surgi- "fesse" 





cal Association, Worcester, praying that no — 
e 











Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland.) 


Tobacco Regu- 


Jations Bill, 


Ordnance Fees. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation, 


Medical 
‘Charities 
(Lreland, ) 


Nottingham 
Town Writ, 





6 Victroriz. 


be entertained by the House, with reference to| 

granting a new charter to the Colleges of Physicians, 

and Surgeons in London, nor any other measure of 

partial Medical legislation, until the whole subject 

of Medical reform be brought before Parliament, 

and receive full publicity and discussion,—were | 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 








Petitions from the Islington District of the borough 
of Finsbury ;—and, Saint John, Clerkenwell; pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for redeeming and 
extinguishing the Tolls upon Waterloo, Southwark 
and Vaurhall Bridges,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of 
Fermanagh, assembled at summer assizes 1842, 
praying that the House will be pleased to take into 
consideration, with a view to the immediate revision 
thereof, that portion of the law relating to the valu- 
ation of Jreland, which renders any new buildings 
or improvements to those already existing, immedi- 
ately liable to an increased proportion of the Grand 
Jury Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 





lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Clarke, of Newtownbutler, 
in the county of Fermanagh, Tobacco and Snuff 
Manufacturer, praying that the Tobacco Regulations 
Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie uponthe Table. 


Captain Boldero presented, pursuant to Order,— 
An Account, in detail, of the Fees on Commissions 
and Warrants, which made up the sum of £.765, 
credited in the Ordnance Estimates, Appendix (B.), 
for 1842-3 ; together with a Statement of all Fees, 
and their several Amounts ordered to be taken by 
the Office of Ordnance in its Civil and Military 
Branches. 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Sun- 
deriand Union ; praying that the Poor Law Amend- 
ment 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 Sam Dickson, of the city of Limerick, 
Esquire, a Landed Proprietor of the county of Lime- 
rick, the county city of Limerick, and a Burgess of 
said city, praying the House to order a revision of 
the Reports heretofore made, as to the expenditure 
of the sum of 584,807/. by competent unbiassed 
persons, and to direct that said sum shall be fairly 
and impartially expended, according to the inten- 
tions of the House, in really and judiciously improving 
the Navigation of tie River Shannon, agreeably to 
the Act of 1835; and that the Port and Harbour 
of Limerick shall be included therein, or such other 
relief as the House shall think necessary, and until 
proper and necessary information on the subject 
shall be procured by the House, a stop be put to the 
further expenditure of this large sum, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Physicians and Surgeons of the 
county and city of Limerick ;—and, Foreman of the 
Grand Jury of the county of Sligo; praying the 
House in framing any enactment for the regula- 
tion of the Medical Charities of Ireland, so to re- 
gulate, that those institutions may not be placed 
under the control of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Vot- 
tingham, was presented, and read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners consider themselves at the pre- 
sent time, when important measures of legislation 
are before Parliament, most unjustly and unconsti- 
tutionally deprived of that fair share in the Repre- 
Vou. 97. 


22° Julie. 517 


sentation to which they are entitled as a part of a 
large and influential constituency, and by the sus- 
pension of the Writ at the present, in consequence of 
the allegations not yet proved before the House, the 
Petitioners conceive themselves as unfairly involved 
in the odium of transactions in which they had no 
part; and praying the House to release them from 
such disabilities, by immediately granting a Writ for 
the Election of a Burgess to represent their interests 
in Parliament. 

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


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- Athione 
unto subscribed, being Electors for the Borough of Election. 
Athlone, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, Peti 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last Malachi Nolan, 
Election of a Burgess to serve in this present Par- "4° 


liament for the Borough of Athlone, and now are, 
Electors for the said Borough, and had and claim 
to have had a right to vote at the last Election of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that an Election of a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Athlone was held on Tuesday the 6th day of July 
1841 atthe said Borough, at which Election Cuth- 
bert Fetherston H., Esquire, acted as Returning 
Officer, and George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
and Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was com- 
menced on the said sixth day of July, and proceeded 
in from day to day until the following Thursday the 
eighth day of July, when the same was finally closed, 











and the said George Dela Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
was declared to have been duly elected, and was 
accordingly returned as having been duly elected 
and chosen a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that a Petition was 
thereupon presented to the House by Thomas Glynn 
and John Dowde, Electors for the said Borough, 
complaining of an undue Return at the said Elec- 
tion, and praying the House to adjudge and declare 
that the said Return was illegal, and ought to have 
been amended ; that a Committee of the House to 
whom the said Petition was referred, having, on the 
tenth day of June last, informed the House, that 
George Dela Poer Beresford, Esquire, was not 
duly returned a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, and that 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, ought to have been 
returned a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Athlone, the Return 
was amended accordingly, by erasing the name of 
George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, and insert- 
ing the name of Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, in- 
stead thereof; that it was ordered, on the said tenth 
day of June, by the House, that George De la Poer 
Beresford, Esquire, and all other persons entitled so 
to do, be at liberty to question the Election of the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, within fourteen 
days then next; that the Petitioners have been in- 
formed that, on or about the twenty-fourth day of 
June last, a certain Petition was presented to the 
House by Patrick Kelly, claiming therein to have 
had a right to vote at the said last Election for a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, in which said Petition it was stated, amongst 
other things, that the said George De la Poer Be- 
resford, Esquire, had a majority of legal votes at 
the said Election, and that the said Daniel Henry 
| Ferrall, Esquire, was guilty of bribery, treating and 
| other corrupt practices at the said Election, and that 
| the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, was not at 
| the time of his said Election, and was not then, duly 
qualified by estate or otherwise howsoever, to be 
elected or to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and the said Petitioner prayed that the House 
would take the premises into consideration, and de- 
clare that the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, 
| 3uU 3 was 

























































a pa a a a a a 


Se A LE an a on rn la = pe 


pra om nr = 


Petition of 
‘Thomas Glynn, 
and others, 


518 29° Juliz. 


was not duly elected, and that the said George De la | 
Poer Beresford, Esquire, was duly elected to serve | 
in this present Parliament at the last Election for the 

Borough of Athlone, and that the Return be amended 

accordingly, or declare the said Election and Re- 

turn for the said Borough to have been null and) 
void, or that the House would grant to the said | 
Petitioner such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House might seem meet; that on 
the first day of this present month of July, a No- 
tice was inserted in the London Gazette by order of 
the Right honourable the Speaker of the House, 
purporting that the House had been informed, by 
a declaration in writing signed by the said Daniel 





Henry Ferrall, Esquire, that it was not the intention 
of him the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, to 
defend his said Election or Return, and a Notice to 
the like effect was also, on the twenty-eighth of 
June last, sent by the said Speaker to the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough; and praying, That 
the House will admit the Petitioners as parties to 





defend the said Election and Return of the said 
Daniel Henry Ferrall, and to oppose the prayer of 


A. 1842. 


Election for a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, and to have voted thereat, in which 
said Petition it was stated, amongst other things, 
that many persons were admitted to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said Dantel Henry Fer- 
rall who were not entitled to vote thereat, and that 
the votes of many persons who tendered their votes 
at the said Election in favour of the said George De 
la Poer Beresford, Esquire, were rejected; that the 
said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, was guilty of 
divers illegal and corrupt practices at the said Elec- 
tion, and that the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Es- 
quire, was not qualified in respect of estate or pro- 
perty, to be elected thereat, and that he was thereby 
incapable to sit in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
and by which said Petition the said Petitioners 
prayed that the House would take the premises intu 
consideration, and declare that the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, Esquire, was not duly elected, and 
that the said George Dela Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
was duly elected to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and that the Return should 


| be amended accordingly, or declare that the said 


the Petition of the said Patrick Kelly, hereinbefore | Election and Return for the said Borough was null 


mentioned. 


and void, cr that the House would grant to the said 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there-| Petitioners such further and other relief m the pre- 


unto subscribed, being Electors for the Borough of | mises as to the House might seem meet; that on 
Athlone, was also delivered in, and read ; setting | the first day of this present month of July, a No- 
forth, that the Petitioners were at and during the | tice was inserted in the London Gazette, by order of 
last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present | the Right honourable the Speaker of the House, 


ford, Esquire, was not duly returned a Burgess to 


Parliament for the Borough of Athlone, and now are, | 
Electors for the said Borough, and had and claim | 
to have had a right to vote at the last Election of a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that an Election of a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Athlone, was held on Tuesday the 6th day of July 
1841, at the said Borough, at which Election Cuth- 
bert Fetherston H., Esquire, acted as Returning 
Officer, and George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, 
and Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was com- 





menced on the said sixth day of July, and pro- 
ceeded in from day to day until the following Thurs- 
day, the eighth day of July, when the same was 
finally closed, and the said George De la Poer Be- 
resford, Esquire, was declared to have been duly | 
elected, and was accordingly returned as having | 





purporting that the House had been informed by a 
declaration in writing, signed by the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, Esquire, that it was not the intention 
of him the said Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, to 
defend his said Election or Return, and a Notice to 
the like effect was also, on the twenty-eighth of 
June last, sent by the said Speaker to the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough ; and praying, That the 
House will admit the Petitioners as parties to defend 
the said Election and Return of the said Daniel 
Henry Ferrall, and to oppose the prayer of the 
Petition of the said Edward Lynch and Patrick 
Kelly, hereinbefore mentioned. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be referred to 
the General Committee of Elections. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting. of Inha- Join Mason 
bitants of Sheffield, complaining of the sentence and others, 
passed upon John Mason and others, for a riot at. 


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been duly elected and chosen a Burgess to serve in Sedg eley ; and praying the House to cause such an 


this present Parliament for the said Borough; that } 
a Petition was thereupon presented to the House | 


by Thomas Glynn and John Dowde, Electors for | 
the said Borough, complaining of an undue Return 
at the said Election, and praying the House to ad- 
judge and declare that the said Return was illegal, 
and ought to have been amended; that a Com- 
mittee of the House, to whom the said Petition was 
referred, having on the tenth day of June last in- 
formed the House, that George De la Poer Beres- 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of| 
Athlone, and that Daniel Henry Ferrall, Esquire, | 
ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in | 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Athlone, the Return was amended accordingly, by 
erasing the name of George De la Poer Beresford, 
Esquire, and inserting the name of Daniel Henry 
Ferrail, Esquire, instead thereof; that it was or- 
dered on the said tenth day of June by the House 
that George De la Poer Beresford, Esquire, and all 
other persons entitled so to do, be at liberty to 

uest.ion the Election of the said Daniel Henry 

‘errall, Esquire, within fourteen days then next; 
that the Petitioners have been informed, that on or 
about the fourteenth day of June last, a Petition 
was presented to the House by Edward Lynch and 
Patrick Kelly, claiming therein to have been at the 
time of the said Election electors for the said Bo- 
rough, and to have had a right to vote at the said 











investigation to be made into the facts of this case, as 
shall lead to the immediate liberation of the suffer- 
ers, and the punishing of those, who, in the opinion 
of the Petitioners, have grossly violated the dearest 
of the constitutional rights of the people, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Political 
habitants of Sheffield, complaining of the sentence Offenders. 


passed upon Welliam Brookes, Robert Peddie and 
Peter Foden, upon a charge of conspiracy and se- 
dition ; and praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty, praying Her to pardon all persons imprisoned 
for Political Offences, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Ashley, from the Select Committee appointed Newcastle- 
to try and determine the matter of the Petitions of —" 
John Campbell Colquhoun, Esquire, complaining of ; 


an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme ; and to defend which Return 
James Eaton and Richard Leech, Electors, were 
admitted Parties, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That John Quincey Harris, Esquire, was not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Mewcastle-under-Lume. 

That John Campbell Colquhoun, Esquire, was duly 
elected and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 


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Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return, 


Union with 
Ireland. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Bakers 
(Ireland.) 


Wide Street 
Tax (Dublin. ) 


Distress 
(Church Col- 
lection. ) 


Maynooth 
College. 


Wicklow 
Harbour Bill. 





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And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and amend the 
same by rasing out the name of John Quincey Har- 
ris, Esquire, and inserting the name of John Cump- 
bell Colquhoun, Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and bo~ 
rough cf Leeds, in the West Riding of the county 
of York, in public meeting assembled, praying that 
Her Majesty’s most dutiful and truly loyal subjects 
of Ireland, may be restored to their legislative and 
judicial independence, by the repeal of the Act of 
Union, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
Dublin, stating that the Petitioner has in previous 


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“ King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
“ make Provision for the Lighting, Cleansing and 
“ Watching of Cities, Towns Corporate and Market 
“ Towns in Ireland,’ in certain cases, as the case 
“ may be.” 

The said 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:—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed, to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the said Amendment. 

And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Barry Baldwin, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. 
Fuller, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Broadwood and Mr. Fre- 
derick Hodgson: And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





Petitions to the House, laid ample grounds, as he 
conceives, for an inquiry into his case of complaint 
against the Court of Chancery in Zreland ; and pray- 
ing that the House will appoint a Select Committee 
forthwith, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Bakers of the city of 
Kilkenny, praying the House to pass an Act to re- 
gulate the time and method of work of Bakers in 
Lreland, more especially the practice of working on 
the Sabbath, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of 
Saint Mary’s Parish in the city of Dublin, praying 
that in future the valuation for ministers’ money as 
appearing on the parochial books of the various 

arishes in the city of Dublin, or in any other shape, 
shall not at all be the criterion by which the paving, 
lighting, pipe-water and Wide Street Taxes shall be 
assessed, such a basis being, in the opinion of the 
Petitioners, partial and unfair, but the scale by 
which they shall be ascertained, shall be the Poor 
Law valuation, which has given such satisfaction 
as to the manner the other municipal taxes are 
assessed, and that the impost called the Wide Street 
Tax be abolished, or that such enquiry shall be 
set on foet as regards it and the paving and lighting 
tax, as will satisfy the Petitioners and their fellow 
citizens as to the purposes the funds arising there- 
from have been applied, and how they at present 
stand, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Nelson, of Radnor-street, 
Hulme, in the township of Manchester, praying that 
if it appears to the House inexpedient totally to 
abolish the Food Taxes, that the alms recently col- 
lected at the churches for the relief of the distress, 
may be spent in giving the full benefit of the same 
to the poor, irrespective of the Food Taxes, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and borough 


of Thetford, in the county of Norfolk, praying the 
House to institute a rigorous and searching inquiry 
into the class books and other standard works used 


for the purposes of instruction in the College of 
Maynooth, was presented, 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, in- 
tituled, An Act for making and maintaining and im- | P 
proving the Harbour of Wicklow, in the County of 


Wicklow; and the same was read, as followeth : 


Pr. 5.1.4. After “ Parliament” insert “ or the 
Commissioners for the time being who may be 
hereafter elected for the said town or borough of 
Wicklow, under an Act passed in the Session of 
Parliament held in the ninth year of the reign of 


if 
“ 
“cc 
“ 


Vox. 97. 


to consider the expediency of erecting a building in and Equity. 
the neighbourhood of the Inns of Court, for the sit- No. 476. 
tings of the Courts of Law and Equity, in lieu of 

the present Courts adjoining to Westminster Hall, 

with a view to the more speedy, convenient and ef- 

fectual Administration of Justice, have Power to 

report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 

them, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 

taken before the former Committee. 

Mr. Charles Buller reported from the said Select 
Committee; and to whom the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before the Select Committee upon the 
same subject in Session 1841 were referred; That 
they had made Progress in the matters to them re- 
ferred ; and had directed him to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them, together with 
the Evidence taken before the Committee appointed 
to consider the same subject in the last Session of 
the last Parliament. 

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


sioners and Justices of the Peace for the Reception Bi!. 
of Insane Persons, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and continue for Three 
years, and from thence to the end of the next Ses- 
sion of Parliament, the Laws relating to Houses 
licensed by the Metropolitan Commissioners and 
Justices of the Peace for the. Reception of Insane 
Persons, and for the Inspection of County Asylums 
and Public Hospitals for the Reception of Insane 
Persons. 

Ordered, That Lord Granville Somerset do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Joint Stock Banking Companies Bill was, Joint stock: 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- P2nies Bill. 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways und 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon .Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Lunacy Bill was read the first time ; and or- Lunacy Biil. 
dered to be read a second time To-morrow. No.477. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Law 
osed, That the Order of the day for the third read- Amendment 
ing of the Poor Law Amendment Bill be now read: ~"* 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bribery at 
mittee on the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) Bill; — Electivus 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
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Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed courts of Law 


The ingrossed Bill for amending the Laws relating Licensed Lu- 
to Houses licensed by the Metropolitan Commis- natic Asylums 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- Banking Com- 


(No, 2.) Bill. 


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The ingrossed Bill for amending an Act of the 
present Session of Parliament to amend the Laws 
relating to the Customs, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Exempting all 
specimens of minerals for natural history): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and thrice read ; 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by way 
of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (As to duty 
on Pearls): And the said Clause was brought up, 
and thrice read ; and agreed 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 further amending the Laws re- 
lating to the Customs. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Customs Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Exchequer Bills 
Preparation 


Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for further regulating the Pre- 
paration and Issue of Exchequer Bills, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wicklow 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee ap- 
Harbour Bill. 


pointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 
ment made by the Lords to the Wicklow Harbour 
Bill ; That they had drawn up a Reason accordingly, 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment made 
by the Lords, for the following Reason :— 

Because the Commissioners already named in 
the Bill are sufficient, and that it is not ne- 
cessary to have the further Commissioners 
named in the Amendment. 

The Commons decline offering any further Reason 
for disagreeing to the Amendment proposed by their 
Lordships. 

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 Amendment 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Greene do go to the Lords, and desire the said 
Conference. 


Colonial The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Passengers Bill. reading of the Colonial Passengers Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 


- Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to continue the Poor 
Law Commission for atime to be limited, and for 
the further Amendment of the Laws relating to the 
Poor in England ; 

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 “ tpon 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 Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Sharman Crawford, 

Noes, Mr. John Fielden: 

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 (Guardians may 


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appoint Local Committees): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed to, to 
be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill do pass ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “do pass” in 
order to add the words “ be printed,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words “do 
pass ” 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, } 83 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : P 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Fielden, 5 

Noes, UL Mr. Sharman Crawford: . 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue until the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
seven, and to the End of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the Poor Law Commission, and for the 
further Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor 
in England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bishop Stortford, Distress. 

and its neighbourhood, stating that the Petitioners 
view with much apprehension the present state of 
the country, particularly in the manufacturing dis- 
tricts ; and praying the House not to separate until 
they have taken the alarming condition of the 
country into their serious consideration, and devised 
some means of removing or mitigating evils of so 
awful a complexion, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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, immediately, resolve itself into Distress. 
“‘ a Committee to take into consideration the dis- 
‘« tressed state of the Country,” 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, 23° die Julii, 1842: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Nves to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thefMr. Milner Gibson, 
Yeas, Mr. Cobden: 

Tellers for thefSir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, UMr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 

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 the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; am 

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The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 


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Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


the Bill in Pr. 35. 1. 14, by inserting after the word 


The Noes to the new Lobby. sa aay ” the words “ Provided always, however, 


Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 
Yeas, Mr, Henry Baring : } 

Tellers for thes Mr. Miiner Gibson, } 
Noes, UMr. Hume: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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hat it shall and may be lawful for the proprietor 
or proprietors of any Fishery, or any person or 
persons duly authorized by such proprietor or pro- 
ptietors, to angle with a rod and single line for 


“ the space of one fortnight, from and after the 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the] “ said 20th August in each and every year, and to 


Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene | ‘ 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 





take Salmon therewith, in any river, lake or 
estuary, in which he or they is orare so proprietor 
or proprietors of such Fishery or Fisheries.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 


in the matter to them referred; and that he was| there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 


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. 





Feclesiastical 
Corporations Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing 
(No.3) Bill. (No. 2.) Bill; 
; Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 
Ordnance The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Sewvices Bill. mittee on the Ordnance Services Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
East India 
Bishops Bill, yeading of the East India Bishops Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Eachequer n mittee on the Court of Exchequer (England) Bill; 
(England) Bill. “Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








Bonded Com § The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(No, 2.) Bill. into a Committee upon the Bonded Corn (No. 2.) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses N° 1 to N® 5, agreed to. 


Cxausss, N° 6 and N° 7, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuiause, N°8, agreed to. 


Cuiause (Limiting the duration of the 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. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Lunatic The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(lien) Bill. mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the reading of the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; 


r 


The Order of the day being read, for the second to a Committee of the whole House :—And t 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill; — 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday" 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Grand Jury Present- Grand Jury 
ments (Ireland) Bill: And the Bill was cata ie (Ireland) Bill 
House immediately resolved itself into the said 
Committee; 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 Order of the day being read, for receiving Parish Con- 
the Report on the Parish Constables Bill ; stables Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Coroners, &amp;c., 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Gereester) Bill 
upon Tuesday last, That the Coroners, &amp;c., (War- 
wick and Lancaster) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Manchester, 
take into further consideration the Report on the Bimugham 
Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton Police Bill ; Police 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Stamp Duties Bill; and Stamp Duties 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. os 
A Clause was offered (In case of Death of Hus- 
bands, License will be transferred to the Widows): 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read ; and agreed to, be made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 





next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Four Courts 


z The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Dublin) Bil mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) 
* Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fisheries 


‘ The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Jrish Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Vou. 97. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Assessed Taxes 
into further consideration the Report on the As- (Ne. 2.) Bill. 
sessed Taxes (No. 2.) 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. Greene reported the Game Certificates (Jre- Game 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Certificates | 
(Ireland) Bill. 
agreed to; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 





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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Lunatic Asy- Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
lums (Ireland) 


[Stamp Duty it was referred to consider of imposing a Stamp 
on Licenses.| Duty on any License to keep a private Lunatic 
Asylum in Ireland, a Resolution ; which was read, 
as followeth ; 
Resolved, That there shall be paid for every 
License to keep a Private Lunatic Asylum in Ire- 
land a Stamp Duty of 10s. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. F 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) Bill, That 
they have Power to make provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


Wicklow 


Mr. Greene reported, That having been with the 
Harbour Bill. 


Lords to desire a Conference on the subject-matter 
of the Amendment made by their Lordships to the 
Bill, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining 
and improving a Harbour at Wicklow, in the County 
of Wicklow,” the Lords do agree to a Conference, 
and appoint the same on Monday next, at five 
o’clock, in the Committee-room, No. 2. 


New Zealand. § 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 Estimates relative to the 
Government of New Zealand, which have been 
received from the Governor 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. 


Wheat, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


a Return showing the Price of Wheat per quarter, 
during the average of the whole period from the 
passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (15th July 1828), 
to the passing of the Act 5 Vic. c. 14 (29 April 
1842), by which it was repealed ; and alsoa similar 
Return, showing the prices of Barley, Oats and 
Rye, for the average of the same period. 


Public Petitions 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
( Forty-first 


on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 


Sayer) Petitions presented on the 18th and 19th days of 
this instant 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. 
eae Ordered, That the Return relative to Mates 
Navy. 


(Royal Navy), which was presented yesterday, be 
No.451. printed. , . 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 25° die Julii ; 


Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
(Countess of authorizing the Sale of Portions of the Real 
— s) Estate Estate devised by the Will of Jane Countess Dow- 
ill. 
ager of Rosse, deceased, and for the Purchase of 
other Estates to be settled to the Uses of the said 
Will; and for the authorizing the granting of Farm- 
ing and Building Leases of the same Estates, was 
read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Lord Lorton’s 


A. 1842, 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ips- Ipswich 
wich Election Petition have leave to sit this day, Election, 
during the sitting of the House. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for better Calland’s 
enabling the Trustees of the Will of the late Charles Estate Bill 
Calland, Esquire, to grant Building and Farming 
and Mining and other Leases of certain Estates 
situate in the County of Glamorgan, devised by the 





said Will, and to sell certain Portions of the same 
Estates, and for laying out the Monies arising from 
such Sales in the Purchase of other Lands, to be 
settled to the same Uses, and for other Purposes, 
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. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable Dake of 
the Trustees of the Will of the Most noble Francis Bridgewater's 
late Duke of Bridgewater, to raise Money for re- ®**° Bi. 
building Bridgewater House, and for repairing and 
improving the Bridgewater Canal, and for other 
Purposes, 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. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to extend Lord South- 
a Power of Leasing contained in the Marriage Set- — Estate 
tlement of Charles Lord Southampton and Harriet ~'* 
Lady Southampton, his Wife, 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. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- Verconsin’s 
ralizmg Pierre Frederic Eugene Verconsin, was read Nat. Bill. 
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. 


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according to Neweastle- 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of under-Lyme 


Return 
Newcastle-under-Lyme. omelets 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Banking Banking Com- 
Companies Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, panini 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 

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- Designs Copy- 

mittee on the Designs Cepia Bill ; right 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: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, 









New 
Bill, 





y- 


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


6 Vicroriz. 


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. 


Crausr, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Ciavuse N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuszs N° 4to N°6 agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses N° 8 to N° 20, agreed to. 
ScHEDULE, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 upon Mon- 
day next. 


A Petition of Delegates from the House of As- 
sembly of Newfoundland, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners, representing the 
House of Assembly of Newfoundland, have learned 
with alarm that a Bill has been introduced into the 
House, without any previous intimation to the people 
of Newfoundland, for “ amending the constitution of 
the government of Newfoundland,” the provisions 
of which are, in the opinion of the Petitioners, cal- 
culated to deprive the people of that colony of that 
legitimate control in the legislature of the country, 
which is necessary to secure the advantageous work- 
ing of the constitution for the public welfare ; that, 
until within the last thirty years, the laws of Eng- 
land forbade the settlement of Newfoundland, inso- 
much that all persons who should settle within six 
miles of the shore between Cape Bonavista and 
Cape Race were guilty of a misdemeanor, so that 
residence, within those limits only arose by suffer- 
ance, and no person was permitted to build or repair 
a dwelling-house, or even the commonest outhouse, 
or to till the land, without the express consent of 
the Governor first obtained in writing, and hence 
the proprietors of landed property are few in compa- 
rison to the population, and the means of acquiring 
wealth almost confined to those engaged in commer- 
cial pursuits; that, with these facts in view, his late 
Majesty, in granting a legislative constitution to 
Newfoundland, made the only qualification for a re- 
presentative of the people in the Assembly to consist 
m the occupancy of a house, “ as owner or tenant 
thereof,” within the island, for two years before the 
day of Election ; and the only qualification for an 
elector, a similar occupancy for one year prior to 
the day of Election. But the first section of the 
said Bill proposes to establish a qualification for 
representatives in the Assembly of “ a net annual in- 
come of one hundred pounds, or the possession of 
property, clear of incumbrances, five hundred pounds 
in amount or value ;” that, under the circumstances 
above recited, the Petitioners are of opinion that, if 
any qualification be established, the said qualification 
is much too high, and ought to be not more than a 
net annual income of fifty pounds, or the possession 
of property two hundred and fifty pounds in amount 
or value; that the qualification of voters contem- 
plated in the second section, is unjust and partial. 
In Newfoundland there is nota single town returning 
a member to the Assembly. The district of Saint 
John’s, which returns three members, is composed 
of the town of Suint John’s, containing, with Qui- 
diridi, an outport at a mile distance, a population of 


nearly 15,000; and the settlements of Petty Harbor, 
Vou. 97. 


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323 
Torbay and Portugal Cove, the nearest six miles 
distant, and each possessing a population of from 
800 to 1,500, with numerous other similar settle- 
ments more distant, in all of which the population 
principally consists of humble persons engaged in the 
fishery, who, under British statutes, have occupied 
their lands on the shore for the purpose of prosecut- 
ing the fishery, possessing neither a right in freehold 
“of forty shillings value,” or a dwelling-house of 
“five pounds annual value ;” hence the passing of any 
Clause to restrict the franchise beyond the original 
plan of household suffrage, particularly as contem- 
plated by this Bill, would necessarily deprive fully 
two-thirds of the constituency of that district of their 
right to vote, and throw its representation into the 
hands of the merchants, and that a result almost 
amounting to the annihilation of the franchise would 
arise in the extern districts, where, with the exception 
of Carbonear and Harbor Grace, the former having 
a population of somewhat over 4,000, and the latter 
over 3,000, there is not a single town possessing a 
population of 2,000 persons ; that the third section 
of the Bill proposes to enact, that the occupancy to 
entitle an elector to vote shall be increased to two years 
before the election, in place of one, as it is at present ; 
and the Petitioners regard such a provision as unjust 
and unnecessary. It very seldom occurs in that 
country that any persons build or occupy a house 
until they been long resident in the country, or 
until they have become heads of families, and hence 
such a probation, to persons so deeply interested in 
the welfare of the country, is not consistent with 
the principles of justice ; that the fifth section of 
the said Bill proposes, among other matters, that 
the elections be completed within a time limited, 
but the Petitioners are of opinion that such time 
should be stated in the Bill, and should not be less 
than ten days for all parts of the island, except 
Saint John’s, Harbor Grace and Carbonear, and 
eight days for those latter towns; that the sixth 
section of the Bill proposes to amalgamate the 
Council and Assembly into one House, adding ten 
members of Council to the fifteen members of the 
Assembly, a provision which is sure to neutralize 
the influence of the people, and make a mockery of 
representative government in Newfoundland, inso- 
much that it is the solemn conviction of the Peti- 
tioners, that it would be less injurious to the public 
interests that the legislation of Mewfoundland should 
be conducted by an independent committee alto- 
gether appointed by the Crown, and holding their 
sessions in Downing-street, than to be governed b 

an irresponsible colonial oligarchy in Saint John’s, or 
at once to return from the improvements of the day, 
and be again placed under the sole despotism of the 
naval governors ; that, in communicating the original 
constitution, the Right honourable Lord Goderich 
suggested that, as the colonial Councils were apt to 
excite jealousies, and produce contention, it would 
be advantageous to assimilate our government to 
that of British Guiana, where three officers of the 
government sit ex officio in the Assembly, to explain 
the views of the government, but without voting ; 
and if it formed a provision in this Bill that the ten 
members of Council so added should be permitted 
to take part in the debate, but not to vote, the 
people of Newfoundland should have made no objec- 
tion to the number. The Petitioners think, how- 
ever, that the number originally suggested by Lord 
Goderich would be quite sufficient, but there should 
be embodied in the said Bill a further provision, to 
give to every town, at any time possessing 5,000 
inhabitants or upwards, the right of returning two 
members in addition to the present district members, 
and to every town possessing a population of 2,000 
and upwards, the right of returning one member in 
addition ; that the Petitioners strongly but most 
respectfully, on behalf of the colonies of Great 
Britain, protest against the principle of permitting 
a colonial minister, by his mere will, and without 
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A. 1842. 


the sanction of Parliament, to suspend a colonial |said Estate, and for other Purposes, was read the 
constitution, without inquiry, without cause, but | third time. 


merely because a party who were defeated at the 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 


Elections chose to complain, and pray that the/ pass. 


Government should grant them an ascendancy which 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the people had refused; and particularly do they|the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


protest against any alteration being made in the 
constitution, any abridgment of the franchise, with- 
out a patient, a fair, a just, and impartial 7 
being previously had into the manner of the workin 

of the constitution complained of ; and praying the 
House to refrain altogether from altering the consti- 
tution of Newfoundland, but to leave the necessary 


hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 


currence of their Lordships. 


| The Order for resuming, upon Monday next, the Coroners, &amp;c., 


(Warwick and 


dj d Debat th stion proposed 
adjourne ebate upon the Que p sed upon ensemer 


Tuesday last, That the Coroners, &amp;c., (Warwick and 


alteration to the local legislature, who, being ac-| Lancaster) Bill be now read a second time, was read, 


quainted with the circumstances of the country, are 
the most competent to enter upon it; but, if the 
House will persevere in pressing this measure, at 
least do the Petitioners pray that the House will 
abstain from limiting the qualification of electors, any 
qualification save that of household occupancy being 
unsuited to the country; to refrain from creating a 
larger qualification for members than an income of 
50/., or the possession of property to the value of 
250/1.; that either two Councils be created, the one 
Executive and the other Legislative, or that only 
three officers of Her Majesty’s Government sit in the 
Assembly, without voting, to explain the wishes of 
the executive on all matters coming before it, and 
that government contractors, and persons accepting 
office under government after their election, shall be 
declared to have vacated their seats; and that all 
towns with a population of 5,000 and upwards, have 
two members, in addition to the district members ; 
and all towns witha population of 2,000 and upwards, 
to have one additional member. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; 

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


The Lunacy Bill was, according to Order, read a 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Grand Jury Presentments 
(Ireland) 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 amend and continue the 
Acts regulating the Police of Manchester, Birming- 
ham and Bolton, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend and continue until the 
First day of October One thousand eight hundred 


and Forty-two, the Acts regulating the Police of | 


Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—First Report of the Commissioners for 
Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the 
Revenue. 

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


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for carry- 


ing into effect certain Provisions contained in the 
Will of Thomas Swinnerton, Esquire, deceased, 
relative to the building of a Mansion-house on the 


‘and discharged. 
| Ordered, 'That the Debate be further adjourned 
(till Wednesday next. 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Newfoundland 
to Her Majesty, that She wili be graciously pleased Bill. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, A Copy of so much of a Despatch from 
Major General Sir John Harvey to Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 24th 
day of June 1842, as relates to the Bill for the 
Government of the Colony of 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. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act Marquis of 
to enable George Marquis of Tweeddale to weeds’ 
borrow a certain Sum of Money upon the Security 
of his Entailed Estates, for Repayment to him of a 
Portion of the Monies laid out by him in the Im- 
provement of these Estates, was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Duncan do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 





Mr. Sheppard reported from the Committee on Birmingham 
the Birmingham School Bill; and to whom a Peti- School Bill. 
tion 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 he true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the 
Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; and 
ithat the Committee had gone through the Bill, 

‘and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for vest- Mostyn’s 
ing Parts of the settled Estates of the Honourable Estate Bill 
Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, of Mostyn, in the 
County of Flint, in Trustees, upon Trust to sell, 
mortgage or exchange the same, and to lay out the 
Monies to arise therefrom in the Payment of Debts, 
Charges and Mortgages upon or affecting the same, 
or other Estates settled to the same Uses, or in the 
Purchase of other Estates to be settled to the same 
Uses, and for other Purposes, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hughes do carry the Bill to 





Testator’s Estate at Butterton, in the County of|the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Stafford, and building a Church or Chapel on the 





hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 
&gt; 0 
A Petition 


LN in ~~ 





Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


Medical 
Profession. 


Vocal Music. 


Common Law 


Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Water, 


West India 
Colonies, 


No, 479. 


6 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Burgh and Parochial Schocl- 
masters of the Presbytery of Islay and Jura, pray- 
ing the House to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, 
c. 54, for making better Provision for the Parochial 
Schoolmasters, and for making further Regulations 
for the better Government of the Parish Schools in 
Scotland, to such an extent and in such manner as 
that the Parochialand Government Schoolmasters in 
Scotland, may now be so liberally provided for, as will 
enable them to meet the exigencies of their position 


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


Petitions of Members of the Shropshire and 
North Wales Provincial Medical and Surgical As- 
sociation ;-—and, Members of the Council of the 
Bathand Bristol District Branch of the Provincial 
Medical and Surgical Association ; praying that no 
measure be entertained by the House with reference 
to granting a new charter to the Colleges of Phy- 
sicians and of Surgeons in London, nor any other 
measure of partial Medical Legislation, until the 
whole subject of Medical Reform be brought before 
Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pupils of Joseph Mainzer, Pro- 
fessor of Music, praying the House to give such 
directions as may cause to be allotted to the Peti- 
tioners a site in a suitably central situation, for the 
erection of a building capable in some degree of 
accommodating the multitudes receiving and aspiring 
to musical instruction, to be used also as a gratui- 
tous normal school, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Honourable David Plunkett, 
Prothonotary of Her Majesty’s Court of Common 
Pleas in Jreland;—and, Arthur Bushe, Esquire, 
Prothonotary of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s 
Bench in Ireland, praying that the Common Law 
Courts (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, and 
that they may be heard by counsel at the bar of the 
House, against the said Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Christopher Antisell, Chirographer 
of Common Pleas in Jreland, praying, that in any 
Bill for the abolition of his office, regard may be had 
to his vested rights and valuable patronage, and that 
he may be granted an annual allowance equal to 
his present salary, and also compensation for his 
loss of patronage, and that in support of his just 
and legal rights, counsel in his behalf may be heard, 
if necessary, at the bar of the House, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Stuckey, of Saint 
Petersburgh, in the Empire of Russia, Merchant, 
praying the House to cause an inquiry to be made 
into his plan of the filtration of Water by machinery, 
for the benefit of the Metropolis, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the state of the different West India 
Colonies, in reference to the existing relations be- 
tween Employers and Labourers, the rate of Wages, 
the supply of Labour, the system and expense of 
Cultivation, and the general state of their rural and 
agricultural economy, have Power to report their 
Observations and Opinion thereupon, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Pakington reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and had come to several Resolutions, which 
they had directed him to report to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the great act of emancipating 
the Slaves in the West Indian Colonies has been 

Voi. 97. 


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525 


productive, as regards the character and condition 
of the Negro Population, of the most favourable 
and gratifying results. 

2. Resolved, That the improvement in the cha- 
racter of the Negro in every Colony into the state of 
which this Committee has had time to extend in- 
quiry, is proved by abundant testimony of an in- 
creased and increasing desire for religious and general 
instruction ; a growing disposition to take upon 
theinselves the obligations of marriage, and to fulfil 
the duties of domestic life ; improved morals ; rapid 
advance in civilization, and increased sense of the 
value of property and independent station. 

3. Resolved, That, unhappily, there has occurred, 
simultaneously with this amendment in the condi- 
tion of the Negroes, a very great diminution in the 
| staple productions of the West Indies, to such an 





| extent as to have caused serious, and, in some cases, 


ruinous injury to the proprietors of estates in those 
| Colonies. 

4. Resolved, That while this distress has been felt 
to a much less extent in some of the smaller and 
more populous Islands, it has been so great in the 
larger Colonies of Jamaica, British Guiana and 
Trinidad, as to have caused many estates, hitherto 
prosperous and productive, to be cultivated for the 
last two or three years at considerable loss, and 
| others to be abandoned. 
| 5. Resolved, That the principal causes of this 
diminished production and consequent distress are, 
| the great difficulty which has been experienced by 

the Planters in obtaining steady and continuous 
' labour, and the high rate of remuneration which 
| they give for the broken and indifferent work which 
| they are able to procure. 
|, 6. Resolved, That the diminished supply of labour 
| 18 caused partly by the fact that some of the former 
| Slaves have betaken themselves to other occupations 
|more profitable than field labour; but the more 
| general cause is, that the labourers are enabled to 
live in comfort and to acquire wealth without, for 
the most part, labouring on the estates of the Planters 
for more than three or four days in a week, and 
from five to seven hours in a day; so that they have 
no sufficient stimulus to perform an adequate amount 
of work. 

7. Resolved, That this state of things arises partly 
from the high wages which the insufficiency of the 
supply of labour, and their competition with each 
other, naturally compel the Planters to pay; but is 
principally to be attributed to the easy terms upon 
which the use of land has been obtainable by Negroes. 

8. Resolved, That many of the former Slaves have 
been enabled to purchase land, and the labourers 
generally are allowed to occupy provision grounds, 
| subject to no rent, or to a very low one; and in 
| these fertile countries, the land they thus hold as 
owners or occupiers, not only yields them an ample 
supply of food, but in many cases a considerable 
overplus in money, altogether independent of and in 
addition to the high money wages which they receive. 

9. Resolved, That the cheapness of land has thus 
been the main cause of the difficulties which have 
been experienced ; and that this cheapness is the 
natural result of the excess of fertile land beyond 
the wants of the existing population. 

10. Resolved, That in considering the anxious 
question of what practical remedies are best calcu- 
lated to check the increasing depreciation of West 
Indian property, it therefore appears that much 
might be effected by judicious arrangements on 
the part of the Planters themselves, for their own 
general advantage, and by moderate and nom 
changes in the system which they have hitherto 
adopted. 

11. Resolved, That one obvious and most desir- 
able made of endeavouring to compensate for this 
diminished supply of labour, is to promote the im- 
migration of a fresh labouring population, to such 
an extent as to create competition for employment. 

3x3 12. Resolved, 




















Distress 
(Manufacturing 
Districts.) 


Gun-makers 


(Ireland. ) 


Castlederg 
Union Work- 


house. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Bishop of 
Derry’s Estate 
Bill. 


County Courts. 


Church Rates. 


526 


12. Resolved, Thac for the better attainment of 
that object, as well as to secure the full rights and 
comforts of the immigrants as freemen, it is desirable 
that such immigration should be conducted under 
the authority, inspection and control of responsible 
public officers. 

13. Resolved, That it is also a serious question, 
whether it is not required by a due regard for the 
just rights and interests of the West Indian Pro- 
prietors, and the ultimate welfare of the Negroes 
themselves, more especially in consideration of the 
large addition to the labouring population which it 
is hoped may soon be effected by immigration, that 
the laws which regulate the relations between em- 
ployers and labourers in the different Colonies, 
should undergo early and careful revision by their 
respective legislatures. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Bankers, Merchants and Manufacturers of Leeds, 
in the West Riding of the county of York, stating 
that unprecedented Distress at present exists in that 
town, and generally in the manufacturing districts ; 
and praying the House not to separate until it shall 
have resolved on some mode of cunducting the com- 
mercial policy of this nation which may tend to 
restore hope and confidence to the manufacturing, 
at the same time that it ensures security and pros- 
perity to the agricultural classes, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gun-makers of Ireland, stating that 
the Petitioners are prepared to prove, to the satis- 
faction of the House, that the most effectual means 
of keeping fire-arms out of the possession of im- 
proper persons, would be to limit the sale and 
repair of such fire-arms to known Gun-makers quali- 
fied and licensed for that purpose; that in many parts | 


25° Sulit. 


A, 1842. 


tion of Church Rates, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of William Hammond, now a Prisoner William 

confined in the Four Courts Marshalsea in the city Hammond. 
of Dublin, complaining of the conduct of the provi- 
sional assignee appointed by the Insolvent Debtors’ 
Court in Ireland, in the management of his estate and 
effects ; and praying the House to take his case into 
consideration, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operative Bakers of the city of Bakers 
Waterford, praying the House to pass an Act to (Ireland.) 
regulate the working hours of Bakers in Ireland, 
more especially the practice of working on the 
Sabbath, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade. 
command,—Class (B.) Correspondence with Spain, 
Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the 
Argentine Confederation, relative to the Slave Trade, 
from 1st January to 31st December 1841, inclusive. 

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


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relative to Joint Stock 
Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Banking Com- 
Companies against their own Members, and by such P*™es Bill. 
Members against the Companies, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Francis Baring be discharged New Houses 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- °f Parliament 
mittee on the New Houses of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Lord Seymour be added to the 











of Ireland there is a facility of obtaining fire-arms at 

a small expense, and that such facility will continue | 
so long as shopkeepers and itinerant dealers are | 
allowed to import and carry on an extensive traffic 

in the sale of them ; and praying the House to adopt 

such measures as will protect the Petitioners in the 

fair exercise of their trade, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Castlederg Union, 
praying the House to cause inquiry to be made into 
the state of the building for that Union, which was 
erected under the directions of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, and into the circumstances of the builder 
having exceeded his estimate by 452/., was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestants of the Union of Creagh, 
Ballinasloe, praying the House to institute an in- 
uiry into the class books and standards of instruc- 
tion used in the College of Maynooth, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Bishop of Derry’s Estate Bill 


be read the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Thomas Robert Wilson France, of 
Ravweliffe Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 
Esquire, praying that in any Bill relating to County 
Courts a Clause may be introduced excepting from 


Committee. 


The time being come for the Conference with the Wicklow 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendment Harbour Bill. 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making and maintaining and improving a 
Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of Wicklow ; 

Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the ads at 
a Conference, for disagreeing to the said Amend- 
ment, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Mr. Estcourt, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Litton, 
Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Masterman, Sir 
Robert Ferguson, Mr. Sheil, Sir Charles Douglas, 
Mr. Packe, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Brotherton were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over: and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned, 

Mr. Greene reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Earl of Devon; and that 
they had delivered the Reason for disagreeing to 
the said Amendment; and had left the Bill, and 
Amendment, with their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
Sir George Rose: the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 





its operation the county palatine of Lancaster, whose 
ancient rights, communities and privileges have on 
former occasions been protected and improved by 
legislative enactments applying solely to the said 
county palatine, was presented, and read; an 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Price, of Hemel Hempstead, 
in the county of Hertford, praying for the aboli- 


ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Fisheries 
First day of August One thousand eight hundred Treaty Bill. 
‘aad Forty-three, An Act for carrying into effect a 
Convention between Her Majesty and the King of 
\the French, relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of 
the British Islands and of France: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the slave Trade 
First day of August, One thousand eight hundred Treaties Act 
and Forty-three, An Act for authorizing Her Ma- 5a)" 

jesty 








Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Sewell’s . 
Divorce Bill. 


Spirit Trade 
(Ireland. ) 


Supply ; 


John Mason 
and others. 


Estimates, &amp;e., 
referred ; 

South 

Australia, 


6 Vicroriz. 


jesty to carry into immediate execution, by Orders in 
Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act ¢9 continue until the 
First day of October One tuousand eight hundred 
and Forty-three, certain Turnpike Acts : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the 
Thirty-first day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Forty-three, the making of Lists, and the 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the 
United Kingdom: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, 
with Margaret Susannah, 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 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 effect upon the Trade in Spirits 
in Ireland, of the repeal of the Malt Drawback in 
that part of the United Kingdom; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee:—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. 


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, 
“ there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
Depositions upon which John Mason, a Chartist 
Lecturer, Thomas Caswell, and six others, were 
committed for trial at the late Midsummer Ses- 
sions for the county of Stafford; together with 
Copies of the Indictment or Indictments, and the 
Names and Addresses of the Magistrates and Jury 
before whom they were tried,” 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 
the Order of the day for the Committee of Supply 
be now read ; 

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, 
“ there be laid before this House, a Copy of the 

Depositions upon which John Mason, a Chartist 
Lecturer, Thomas Caswell, and six others, were 
committed for Trial at the late Midsummer Ses- 
sions for the County of Stafford,” 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. 

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So it 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 ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum required 
to be voted in the year 1842, to enable Her Majesty 
to liquidate certain Bills drawn by the Governors of 


South Australia, since the end of the year 1840, 
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which was presented upon the 19th day of this in- 
stant July, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 20th 
day of May last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee gear to inquire into the Remuneration 
due to Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, for his Services in 
lighting the House of Commons, be referred to the 
Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
—- 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, Distress 
“ the distressed state of Ireland requires the im-(Teland.) 
mediate attention of this House, and of Her 
Majesty’s Government, with a view of adopting 
such measures as may be advisable, under the 
present circumstances of the extreme destitution 
of the working classes in that country,” 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. 


House of Com- 
mons Ligliing. 


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(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Royal Dublin 
sand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her Society. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of the 


Royal Dublin Society, for two years, to the 31st day 
of March 1843. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- chief Secretary 

three thousand four hundred and sixty-three pounds, to the Lord 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Lieutenant. 
Expenses of the Departments of the Chief Secretary 

to the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland in Dublin and 

London, and of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in Ire- 

land; also, the Expense of Printing for the Public 

Offices, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Household 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four pounds, be of Lord Lieu- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of" 
the Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Zreland, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Paymaster of 
thousand eight hundred and nineteen pounds, be Civil Services. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1843. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Proclamations, 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted &amp;- 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for publish- 
ing Proclamations and printing the Statutes in Ire- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
five thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, be tg 
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 
1843. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety Criminal 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Prosecutions. 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Police 
five thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted (Publin.) 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dub- 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


9. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Two thou- Public Works. 
sand seven hundred and fourteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the — 
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Townland 
Survey. 


River Shannon. 


Population 
‘Ireland. ) 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Assembly Hall 
(Edinburgh), 
&amp;e. 


Coinage. 


National 
Gallery. 


Statue of 
George the 
Fourth. 


House of 
Commons 
Lighting. 


Disembodied 
Militia, 


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of Public Works in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Commissioners for the Improvement of the River 
Shannon, and Law Charges connected therewith, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Postage for 
Services connected with the Census of the Popula- 
tion of Ireland. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
carry on, in the year 1842, the permanent Improve- 
ment and Repair of the Caledonian Canal. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to complete the Works at the Prison 
at Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, with a view to 
the formation ofa Place of Confinement for Juvenile 
Female Offenders. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand nine hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to meet the deficiency of 
the Funds for the erection of the New Assembly 
Hall at Edinburgh, and Fitting up the Aisle of Saint 
Giles’ Cathedral as a Parish Church. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with 
the Comage, and for Works at the Royal Mint, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand four hundred and thirty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the purchase, in the year 1842, 
of Pictures for the National Gallery. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand and three hundred pounds, be granted -to 
Her Majesty, to complete the amount due to the 
late Sir Francis Chantrey, for a Bronze Equestrian 
Statue of his late Majesty King George the Fourth. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her Majesty to grant a Gratuity to the Offi- 
cers, Seamen, Royal Marines and Military Officers 
and Men lately employed on the Coast of Syria, to 
be distributed in such manner as Her Majesty in 
Council shall direct. 

20. Resolved, ‘That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to remunerate 
Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, for his Services in Light- 
ing the House of Commons. 


21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and forty- 
five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House, having continued to sit till after 
tweive of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 26° die Julii, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene also oe the House, That he 


was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


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A. 1842. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act to establish Military military 


Savings Banks 
Bill. 


the Lords, 


Savings Banks: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws re- Chelsea 
lating to the Payment of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital Bill. 
Hospital : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for regulating the Prio- London Bridge 
rities of Monies authorized to be charged on a Fund — 
called “ The London Bridge Approaches Fund :”°"" ~"" 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An New South 
Act for the Government of New South Wales and W*es Bill 
Van Diemen’s Land, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House : And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bankruptcy 
for the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy; to ao 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this : 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill was read Bankruptcy 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time ment Bill. 


To-morrow. No. 480. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Law of Evi- 
dence Biil, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Writs of Error 

mittee on the Writs of Error Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to abolish the Court of Saint Saint Briavel’s 
Briavel’s, and for the more easy and speedy Reco- — mae 
very of Small Debts within the Hundred of Saint ~’’ 
Briavel’s, in the County of Gloucester, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (As regards the 
passing of a general Act in the present or any fu- 
ture Session of Parliament): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed to, to 
be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider, 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Courts (Ireland) Bill ; mel a) Bil 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Saint Asaph 
py on the Saint Asaph and Bangor Cathedrals sere. ON 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


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 receiving Ecclesiastical 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leas- — 
ing (No. 2.) Bill 2 ; (No. 2 Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this ~~, 

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Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


No. 481. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(England) Bill. 


No. 482. 


Bonded Cora 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Four Courts 
Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Assimilation 
Bill. 


No, 483. 


ParishyCon- 
stable§ Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Game 
Certificates 
(Ireland) Bij}. 


6 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Ordnance Services 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Court of Exchequer 
(England) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bil, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bonded Corn (No. 2.) 
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 Lunatic Asylums (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 Com- 
mittee on the Four Courts Marshalsea (Dublin) 
Bill ; 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Stamp Duties Assimi- 
lation 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 receiving 
the Report on the Parish Constables Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Duties payable 
on Stage Carriages, and on Passengers conveyed 
upon Railways, and certain other Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu 
thereof, and to amend the Laws relating to the 
Stamp Duties, was, according to Order, read the 
— time ; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Assessed Taxes (No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to transfer the Collection and 
Management of the Duties on Certificates or Licenses 
to sell Game in Jreland to the Commissioners of 


Excise, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 


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Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Designs 
Report on the Designs Copyright Bill ; Copyright Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lunacy Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Lunacy Bill; and, after No. 494. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 ingrossed Bill to enable Grand Juries at the Grand Jury 
ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to make certain eran 
Presentments in Counties of Cities and Towns in "lu Bil. 
Ireland, and to remove Doubts as to the Jurisdiction 
of Justices of the Peace in Places recently annexed 
to Counties at large in Ireland, was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Dublin — 
alter the number and define the Boundaries of the — 
several Baronies of the County of Dublin: And that seas 
Lord Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 3 Vic. Slave Trade 
c. 73, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, might Suppression. 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Act. 


The House was moved, That the Act 10 Geo. 4, Western __ 
c. 22, to provide, until the Thirty-first day of De- Assis Bill 
cember One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
four, for the Government of his Majesty’s Settle- 
ments in Western Australia, on the Western Coast 
of New Holland, 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 Lord Stanley 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Saint Asaph 
for further suspending Appointments to certain aati 
Ecclesiastical Preferments in the Dioceses of Saint pitt. 
Asaph and Bangor; and for securing certain Pro- 
perty to the said Sees: And that Sir James Graham 
and Mr. WVicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Canada Loan. 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
guaranteeing the interest of a Loan to be raised for 
the service of Canada ; 

Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, that Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 8th, Addresses, 
14th, 15th, 22d and 23d days of this instant July, 


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530 


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. 








Hudson Bay 


Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to several Ad- 
Company. 


dresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the existing 
Charter or Grant by the Crown to the Hudson Bay 
Company ; together with Copies or Extracts of the 
Correspondence which took place at the last renewal 
of the Charter between the Government and the 
Company, or of Individuals on behalf of the Com- 

any; also the Dates of all former Charters or 
Grants to that Company. 

Copies of a Despatch from the Governor General 
of Canada to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
of the 20th January last, relative to the Surrender 
of Nelson Hackett, a Person of colour, on the de- 
mand of the Authorities of the United States, as a 
Fugitive from Justice; and, of the Colonial Act 
3d William the Fourth, “ An Act for the Apprehen- 
sion of Fugitive Offenders from Foreign Countries, 
and delivering them up to Justice.” 

A Return of the Estimates relative to the Govern- 
ment of New Zealand, which have been received 
from the Governor of that Colony. 

Newfoundland Copy of so much of a Despatch from Major 
Bill. General Sir John Harvey to Her Majesty’s Secre- 

No.478. tary of State for the Colonies, dated the 24th day of 
June 1842, as relates to the Bill for the Government 
of the Colony of Newfoundland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Paper relative to the Wewfound- 
land Bill be printed. 


Canada. 


New Zealand. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 


Pref ts ‘ : . 
Bil. ~—- Preferments in the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for further 


No.485, -Pangor, and for securing certain Property to the said 
Sees: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 

Western Lord Stanley presented a Bill to continue an Act 
Australia Bill. 


of the tenth year of King George the Fourth, for 
providing for the Government of his Majesty’s Set- 
tlements in Western Australia, on the Western 
Coast of New Holland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day; and to be printed. 


No. 486. 


— =m Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s 
en 487 Command,—An Estimate of the further sum re- 
a . . 


quired to be voted to defray the Charge of Army, 
Navy and Ordnance Services, connected with the 
Naval and Military Forces employed in China and 
India, for the year ending 31st March 1843; en- 
closing, 

1. Supplemental Estimate of the Charge which 


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suspending Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical | 





A. 1842. 


An Estimate of the further sum required to be Education, 
voted in the year 1842, for Public Education in No, 499 
Great Britain. oe 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Order,— yj : 
A Return of the Cont of Buildine and Outfit of the tion. —_ 
Vessels employed in the Niger Expedition, and the 
Cost of all Stores and Materials supplied for the 
use of the said Expedition at the Public Expense, 
together with an Account of all Public Monies paid 
or due for Account thereof, up to the 22d day of 
July 1842. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill to alter the Number pablin 
and define the Boundaries of the. several Baronies Boundaries 
of the County of Dublin: And the same was read Bi. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 488, 
‘this day; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, shipping, 
Returns of the Number of Vessels, and their Ton- 
nage, built and registered at each of the Ports of 
the British North American Colonies, in each year, 
from the year 1821 to and including the year 1841: 
—Of the Number of Colonial-built Vessels and their 
Tonnage, registered in each year, at each of the 
Ports of the United Kingdom, from the year 1821 
to and including the year 1841, distinguishing the 
Number and Tonnage of each Colony respectively :— 
And, of the Gross Number and Tonnage of Colonial- 
built Vessels registered at each of the Ports of the 
United Kingdom, on the 31st day of December in 
each of the years 1821, 1831 and 1841, distinguish- 
ing the Number and Tonnage of each Colony re- 
spectively. 


Sewell’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and sewelt’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 7ithes commu 
Lords to the Tithes Commutation Bill be printed. tation Bill. 
No. 489. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trinity Trinity House 
House (Deptford Strond), which was presented upon (Deptford 
: . Strond.) 
Friday last, be printed. og 
oO. . 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Ordnance Ordnance Fees. 
Fees, which was presented upon Friday last, be No, 490, 
printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sheriff of sheriff of 


Lanark, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 14th Lanark, &amp;e. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 491. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 














will probably be incurred in the twelve months from 


the 1st April 1842 to the 31st March 1843, for Re- | 


giments of Infantry sent from India to China, for | 
the Augmentations which have been made in other | 
Regiments of Infantry, to re-place Regiments trans- 
ferred from the British Establishment to Jndia and 
China, and for Augmentation of the Regiments of 
Infantry in New South Wales. 

2. An Estimate of the sum required to provide 
for 2ayments to the 31st March 1843, for additional 





Supplies of Provisions and Stores, and for Freight | 
and other Expenses for the combined Naval and | 
Military Force employed in the China Seas beyond | 
what were contemplated when the Navy Estimates 
for 1842-43 were prepared. | 

3. A Statement of Services that will require to 
be provided for in a Supplementary Estimate, not) 
included in the Ordnance Estimates for the year) 
1842-3, 
| 











a ———————_— 


Martis, 26° die Juli; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Lumley, from the office of the Poor Law Dundalk Union. 
Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of the 
Minutes of Proceedings of the Board of Guardians 
of the Dundalk Union, relative to two Pauper Chil- 
dren, Sarah and William Montgomery :—And, of 
all Correspondence between the said Board of 
Guardians, or the Chaplains of the Workhouse of 
said Union, or of any other Parties, and the Poor 
Law Commissioners or their Assistant Commission- 
ers, relating to the case of the said Paupers :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, 





El 








6 VicTorRiz. 


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





Thomas Bucknall Estcourt, Esquire, The O’ Conor 


Controverted 
Elections. Don, and the Right honourable Robert Vernon 


Smith, Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve 
on the General Committee of Elections, and not 
objected to by the House, severally took the follow- 
ing oath : 

I do swear, that I will truly and faithfully per- 
form the duties belonging toa Member of 
the General Committee of Elections, without 
fear or favour, to the best of my judment 
and ability. So help me God. 


Birmingham 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to ex- 
School Bill. 


tend the Provisions of two Acts, of the second 

- year of King William the Fourth, and the first year 
of Her present Majesty, relating to the Free Gram- 
mar School of King Edward the Sixth, in Birming- 
ham, in the County of Warwick, was read the third 
time. 

A Clause was offered (That the governing body of 
Trustees of the said Charity shall be increased by 
the addition of five Governors, and that the five ad- 
ditional Governors, being persons qualified as the 
Governors are now required to be qualified, shall 
be elected by the Town Council of the Borough of 
Birmingham; and that whenever a vacancy shall 
occur in the number of such additional Governors, 
such vacancy shall be filled up in like manner by 
the said Town Council) :—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, af" be 


} 


26° Juliz. 





531 


to each Railway Company for the Conveyance of 
the Mails, stating the Number of Miles, and the 
Rate per Mile paid to each Company, under each 
Contract, and the Total Amount paid to each of the 
said Companies. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Brougham and Message from 
Sir George Rose : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Linen, &amp;c., 

Act to amend and continue until the Twenty-seventh oe 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and Forty- ‘ ea 
three, and to the end of the next Session of Parlia- 
ment, An Act of the third and fourth years of Her 
present Majesty, for the more effectual Prevention 
of Frauds and Abuses committed by Weavers, 
Sewers and other Persons employed in the Linen, 
Hempen, Union, Cotton, Silk and Woollen Manufac- 
tures in Jreland, and for the better Payment of their 
Wages, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An District Courts 
Act to encourage the Establishment of District 2°4 Prisons 
Courts and Prisons, 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 Southwark 
Act for making a New Street from Blackman-street, Improvement 
in the Parish of Saint George-the-Martyr, South- sepia atte 
wark, in the County of Surrey, to Blackfriars-road, 
in the Parish of Christchurch, in the said County, 
and for improving the District called The Mint, in 
the said Parish of Saint George-the-Martyr, South- 
wark, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Street’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Street with Eliza Divorce Bill. 
Street, 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 Hele’s Charity 





f 41. 
Sir Eardley Wilmot, 
Tellers for the Noes,{ $2 Charles Douglas : } _ 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Eardley Wilmot do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


lu- 


Bishop of 


P The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
_ Estate 


confirming certain Conveyances in perpetuity made 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland and 
the present Bishop of Derry and Raphoe, of Parts 
of the Mensal Lands of the See of Derry, and for 
confirming certain Leases made by the same Bishop 
and his immediate Predecessor in the See of Derry 
of other Parts of the Mensal Lands of the same 
See; also for enabling the Bishop of Derry and 
Raphoe for the time being to grant Leases of the 
Parts last mentioned and certain other Parts of the 
Mensal Lands of the See of Derry, and for other 
Purposes, was, according to Order, read the third 
time :—And the Amendment following was made to 
the Bill. 

Pr. 13.1.9. After “ Derry” leave out “Clause 
“* (A.)”’ inserted in Committee. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


ion. 


Benefices, &amp;c., 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


treland,) Return of the several Instances in which New Bene- 
fices and District Cures have been erected in Jre- 
land, under the Act 7 &amp; 8 Geo. 4, c. 43. 

Mails Con. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums paid by the Postmaster General 
VoL. 97. 


veyance, 








for enabling the Trustees for the time being of Hele’s (Lowe's) Estate 
Charity Estates to grant Leases for absolute Terms, * 
not exceeding Twenty-one Years, of certain Estates 
vested in them as such Trustees, and situated in 
the Parishes of Clist Saint Lawrence, Broadclyst, 
Stoheinteignhead, Bovey Tracey and Newton Ferrers, 

in the-County of Devon, and for confirming certain 
Leases of Parts of such Estates already granted, 
and for fixing the Proportions in which the Rents 
reserved, and to be reserved, by such Leases, and 
such other Profits of the said Estates as have ac- 
crued, and shall accrue, after the granting of such 
Leases thereof respectively, shall be divided and en- 
joyed, and for other Purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Street’s Divorce Bill was read the first time; and Street’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 





Hele’s Charity Estate Bill was read the first time. Hele’s Charity 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select (Lowe’s) Estate 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New South 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Wales Bitl. 
tituled, An Act for the Government of New South 
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 6. After “ the” insert “ boundary of 
* fie” 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. Leave out “ shall be bounded to” 
and insert “ on.” 

Pr. 3.1. 8. Leave out “ by” and insert “ shall 
°- 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out “ along” and insert 
“ thence.” 








3Y¥ Pr. 8. 


2 





532 


“ other provision in that behalf be made by the 


“ provided.” 


Pr. 9.1.1. Leave out from “ longer” to “ And” 
in |. 5. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Colonial = = The ingrossed Bill for regulating the Carriage of 
Passengers Bill. Passengers in Merchant Vessels, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 43. 1. 9., by leaving out from the word 
“ effect” to the word “ And,” in Pr. 45. 1. 10. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 


Message from , 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
the Lords, a 


Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have pa$sed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for regulating the Practice of the County Courts of 
England ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Colonial And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
Passengers Bill. Ho&lt;ed 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 Sir Thomas Fremantle, }us 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring ; ° 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hawes, 24 
Noes, Mr. Hogg: } : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Assessed Taxes 


The ingrossed Bill to grant Relief from the Duties 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


of Assessed Taxes, in certain cases, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 3. 1. 6., by leaving out from the word 
“ duty” to the word “ And,” in Pr. 6. 1. 36. 

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: And that the 
Title be, An Act to grant Relief from the Duties of 
Assessed Taxes, in certain cases, and to provide for 
the assessing and charging the Property Tax on Di- 
vidends payable out of the Revenue of Foreign States. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Parish Con- 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
stables Bill. . 


Report on the Parish ‘Constables Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now brought up:— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 27° die Julii, 1842: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro-| 


posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the Report be 
now brought up:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


26°—27° Jultz. 


Pr. 8.1. 35. After “ Governor” insert “ unless | 


A. 1842. 
Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 


the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
“ Governor and Legislative Council, as hereinbefore | 


A Clause was offered (In counties where the rural 
police is established, Magistrates to be relieved from 
adopting the provisions of this Act):—And the said 

lause 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 Clause was offered (Application of Penal- 
ties): And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read ; and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

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 second East India 
reading of the East India Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Tobacco Regulations Bill was, according to Tobacco Regu- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a lations Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Sup- supply; 
ply, several Resolutions; which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Royal Dublin 
sand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her Society. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expenses of the 
Royal Dublin Society, for two years, to the 31st 
day of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Chief Secretary 
three thousand four hundred and sixty-three pounds, te the Lord 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Meuenant. 
Expenses of the Departments of the Chief Secretary 
to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin and 
London, and of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in 
Ireland ; also, the Expense of Printing for the Pub- 
lic Offices, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Household 
thousand four hundred and thirty-four pounds, be of Lord Lieu- 
— to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the — 

alaries for the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1848. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Paymaster of 
thousand eight hundred and nineteen pounds, be “ivi! Services. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Office of the Paymaster of Civil Services in [redand, 
to the 3ist day of March 1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Proclamations, 
thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be granted &amp;« 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for publishing 
Proclamations and printing the Statutes in Ireland, 





| to the 31st day of March 1843. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
five thousand six hundred and thirty pounds, be ——e 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
| Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dissent- 
jing Ministers in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ninety Criminal 
‘thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Prosecutions 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1843. 
| 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
| five thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying tue Charge of the 
| Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dublin, 
|to the 31st day of March 1843. 
| 9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Public Works. 
sand seven hundred and fourteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Board 
_of Public Works in Jre/and, to the 31st day of March 
, 1843. 
| 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Townland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Survey: 

defray 


Police 
(Dublin.) 





(Se 


River Shannon, 


Population 
(Ireland. ) 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Parkhurst 
Prison. 


Assembly Hall 
(Edinburgh), 
&amp;e. 


Coinage. 


National 
Gallery. 


Statue of 
George the 
Fourth. 


Syria. 


House of Com- 
mons Lighting. 


Disembodied 
Militia, 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
asin 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Bonded Corn 
(No, 2.) Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 26°—97° Julie. 533 


defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Commissioners for the Improvement of the River 
Shannon, and Law Charges connected therewith, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Postage for 
Services connected with the Census of the Popula- 
tion of Ireland. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
carry on, in the year 1842, the permanent Improve- 
ment and Repair of the Caledonian Canal. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sattd and three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 





Majesty, to complete the Works at the Prison at 
Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, with a view to the 
Formation of a Place of Confinement for Juvenile 
Female Offenders. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand nine hundred and thirty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to meet the deficiency of 
the Funds for the Erection of the New Assembly 
Hall at Edinburgh, and fitting up the Aisle of Saint 
Giles’ Cathedral as a Parish Church. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
two thousand and two hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with 
the Coinage, and for Works at the Royal Mint, to 
the 31st day of March 1843. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand four hundred and thirty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for the Purchase, in the year 1842, 
of Pictures for the National Gallery. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- 
sand and three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to complete the Amount due to the late 
Sir Francis Chantrey, for a Bronze Equestrian Sta- 
tue of his late Majesty King George the Fourth. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her Majesty to grant a Gratuity to the Offi- 
cers, Seamen, Royal Marines and Military Officers 
and Men lately employed on the Coast of Syria, to 
be distributed in such manner as Her Majesty in 
Council shall direct. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to remunerate 
Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney, for his Services in Light- 
ing the House of Commons. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred and 
forty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Disembodied Militia of 
Great Britain and Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
Resolution: And that Sir James Graham and Sir 

















Henry Hardinge do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the | 
Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing | 
(No. 2.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon | 
Friday next. 


The 4, ee Bill to permit Wheat to be delivered 
from the Warehouse or the Vessel Duty-free, upon 
the previous Substitution of an equivalent Quantity 





of Flour or Biscuit in the Warehouse, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the. 
Title be, An Act to permit, until the Thirty-first day | 
Vou. 97, 


of August One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
five, Wheat to be delivered from the Warehouse or 
the Vessel Duty-free, upon the previous Substitution 
of an equivalent Quantity of Flour or Biscuit in the 
Warehouse. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Slave Trade 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the Act Suppression. 
2 and 3 Vic. c. 73, for the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Canada Loan. 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of 
guaranteeing the Interest of a Loan to be raised for 
the service of Canada ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ssint Asaph 
reading of the Saint Asaph and Bangor Prefer- ee 
ments Bill; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Western Australia Bill was, according to Westen __ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Australia Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Dublin Boundaries Bill was, according to Dublin 
Order, read a second time ; and committed toa Com- —— 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. : 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House University of 
Copies of the Correspondence and Communications 4o»¢o™ 
which have passed between the Treasury and Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer respectively, and the Uni- 
versity of London, through its Chancellor, Senate 
and Registrar, relative to the Estimates for the 
service of the University for the current year. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rightof Voting 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Dublin Uni- 


_tituled, An Act to amend an Act of the second and wee 


third years of his late Majesty, to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People of Ireland, in respect of the 
Right of Voting in the University of Dublin; and 
the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 5. 1. 1. After “ payment” insert ‘“ Provided 
always, ‘That no person shall be entitled to vote 
at any election of a Member or Members to serve 
in any future Parliament for the said University 
by reason of any degree of a purely honorary 
nature.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


“ce 
cc 
€é 
“ 


“ 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public Petitions 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they (Forty-second 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 20th ——e 
to the 23d day of this instant July, both days 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. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Salmon 
request that their Lordships will be age to com- ne 
municate to this House a Copy of the Report, with e#"¢-) 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before a Committee 
of their Lordships, on a Bill for the better Regula- 
tion of the Close Time in Salmon Fisheries in Scot- 
land: And that Captain Gordon do carry the said 
Message. 

3x3 A Petition 








Employment of 
the Poor. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Waterloo, &amp;c., 
Bridges. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Canada. 
No. 492. 
New Zealand. 
No. 493. 


Niger Expedi- 
tion. 


No. 494. 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Dioceses. 


Charitable 
Pawn Offices 
(Ireland) Biil. 





534 


A Petition of John Minter Morgan, of Ham 
Common, Surrey, stating, that he has submitted a 
plan for the Employment and support of three hun- 
dred poor families to many influential parties, and 
especially to the Clergy, who have honoured him 
with great encouragement and assistance; that a 

rospectus for one experimental establishment, to 
&amp; denominated “The Church of England Agricul- 
tural Self-supporting Institution,’ has been drawn 
up at Exeter Hall by a Committee, of which some 
distinguished Clergymen were members ; and pray- 
ing that the subject may be investigated by the 
House, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


26°—27° Julie. 





upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Stanhope Wilkes, praying 
that the parish of Zslington may be included in the 
Poor Law Amendment Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Manufacturers, Merchants, Brokers, 
Inhabitant Householders, Residents and Traders of 
the Ward of Bridge Within, in the city of London 
and its vicinity, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for redeeming and extinguishing the Tolls 
upon Waterloo, Southwark and Vauxrhail Bridges, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Edwin Stott, of Manchester, Tobacco 
Manufacturer, praying that the Tobacco Regulations 
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 Paper relative to Canada, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return reiative to New Zealand, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the WNiger 
Expedition, which was 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. 





Mercurn, 27° die Juli ; 
Anno 6° Victoriz Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 
Pe of the Preses of a Meeting of 


Parochial Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of ! 


Lorn;—and, Parochial Schoolmasters of the Pres- 
bytery of Mull; praying the House to revise and 
alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, ‘ for making better 








A. 1842, 


Pr. 8. ls. 12. and 13. After “ therefore” insert 
“ declared and.” 
Pr. 9.1.9. After “ thing” insert “ at any time 
“ heretofore, or to be at any time hereafter.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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 Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Poor Relief 
Dublin, praying the House to limit all the powers (rteland) Act, 


of the Commissioners under the Poor Relief (Jre- 
land) Act, to an existence of not more than six months 
from the end of the present Session of Parliament, 
and in the next Session to appoint a Board of 
Audiiors of the Accounts of the local Poor Law 
Guardians, in place of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of John Cleave, of Shoe-lane, Fleet- Vocal Music. 


street, and James Harris, of Cursitor-street, in the 
City of London, praying the House to withhold 
their sanction from such a grant as that proposed 
in Mr. Hullah’s favour, as also to adopt means in 
order to insure a full and impartial examination of 
the comparative values of the systems respectively 
adopted by Mr. Hullah and Mr. Mainzer, for the 
encouragement of Vocal Music, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the ‘fable. 

A Petition of John Turner, of North Bank, 
Regent's Park, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, 
praying that in any grant of money which may 
be made by Parliament for the purposes of educa- 
tion, provision be introduced that such portion of 
the grant which shall be appropriated to the en- 
couragement of Vocal Music, be not confined to any 
particular persons or any particular system, but that 
equal encouragement may be given to musical in- 
struction, on any plan the efficiency of which may 
appear from experience to warrant such application, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of William Greatheed Lewis, praying Vocal Music, 


that the House will not vote away the public money &amp;«. 
for the purpose of defraying the expense of teaching 
Mr. Hullah’s pupils singing ; and that the House will 
adopt such measures, as may be thought proper, to 
supersede the present Committee of Privy Council 
of Education, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- payment of 
bourhood of Bridgend, in the county of Glamorgan, Wages. 


praying the House to adopt measures for securing 


| to the labouring classes the Payment of their Wages 


in money, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


Provision for the Parochial Schoolmasters, and for | lie upon the Table. 


making further Regulations for the better Govern- 
ment of the Parish Schools in Scotland,’ to such an 


extent and in such manner as that the parochial of the Taxing 
and Government Schoolmasters of Scotland may | 


A Petition of William Elliott Hudson, Esquire, one Common Law 
Officers in Common Law business in mace 
Ireland, praying that a Clause may be introduced ‘"" 


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be] 


now be so liberally provided for as to enable them | into the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill, pro- 
to meet the exigencies of their position in society,— | viding that nothing therein contained shall be deemed 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon|in any event to deprive any officer, holding during 


the Table. 


good behaviour, of any portion of his salary, but 
that such officer notwithstanding the abolition of 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Car-| his office by said Act, shall continue entitled to the 


narvm, in the parish of Llanbeblig, praying the 
House to repeal that part of the law which enacts 
that the Sees of Saint Asaph and Bangor shall 
hereaiter be united in one, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





full amount of his salary, payable as before, during 
| the term of his natural life, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Roman 

| Bungay, in the county of Suffolk, complaining of Catholics. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration | grievances, and praying that they may be placed upon 

the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in-| a footing of perfect equality, in point of civil rights 
tituled, An Act to remove Doubts touching the Law | and enjoyments, with Her Majesty’s subjects pro- 


relating to Charitable Pawn or Deposit Offices in| fessing other religious persuasions, was presented, 
Ireland; and the same were read, as follow: 


| and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. __ 
A Petition 








Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland. ) 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


Factories. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill, 


Bribery at 
Elections 
(No. 2) Bill. 


No. 496. 





6 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
Dublin, praying the House to order a Return forth- 
with, stating whether it is the practice of the Court 
of Chancery in Jreland to issue orders and attach- 
ments upon unsworn statements called Certificates, 
of words alleged to have been spoken out of the 
hearing of the Court, and if so, what are the pre- 
cedents or the Statute Laws which are alleged to 
authorize such a practice, the Return to set out the 
most relied upon of such precedents, and the latest 
of such statutory enactments, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Designs Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Stern- 
field, in the county of Suffolk, praying the House 
to pass a Bill limiting the hours of working in 
Mills and Factories, to ten in the day, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestants of Harold’s Cross, near 
Dublin, and others in the city, praying for an inquiry 
into the system of instruction pursued at the College 
of Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Tobacco and Snuff, 
in the borough of Kendal, praying that the Tobacco 
Regulations 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 
a Committee upon the Bribery at Elections (No. 2.) 
sat (In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crausz, N° 1, disagreed to. 


Crauses, N° 2 and N°3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 4, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 5 (Petition alleging general Bribery 
may be presented within Three months, but not to 
affect the Return) read, 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the { Mr. Charles Buller, 1 60 
Yeas, Sir Thomas Fremantle: { ~ 
Tellers for the J Mr. Darby, Las 
Noes, Mr. Hardy: | an 


CuiausE, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 8 to N° 13, agreed to. 

Cuiausgs, N° 14 to N° 25, disagreed to. 

Cxausez, N° 26 (In all proceedings before a Com- 
mittee appointed to try an Election Petition con- 
taining an allegation of Bribery, or before any Com- 


mittee re-assembled or appointed under this Act, 
Sitting Members, Candidates, Agents, Voters, may 


be examined touchiug such Bribery, notwithstanding 
such examination or answers may criminate or tend 
to criminate the persons examined)——read. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

sa ies f Mr. Charles Buller, } 
Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. Hardy : 39. 
Mr. Darby, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Henley : f 80. 

Cxiause, N° 27 (Every person examined as a 
witness touching Bribery shall be freed from all 
penal actions, &amp;c., if it appear to the Committee 
that such person has made a true and faithful 

Vot. 97. 


97°— 28° Julie. 














535 
discovery and disclosure touching all things as to 
which he shall be so examined)——read. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Sharman Crawford, } 28 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : y 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Darby, 
Noes, \ Mr. Henley : 
CriauseE, N° 28, disagreed to. 
Ciause, N° 29, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauszs, N° 30 and N° 81, disagreed to. 


Cuauszs, N° 32 and N° 33, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crause, N° 34, agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 35 to N° 39, disagreed to. 
)LAUSES, N° 40 to N° 42, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 48, disagreed to, 

Crause, N° 44, agreed to. 

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, 28° die Julit, 1842: 


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 now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 Com- Newfoundland 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Coroners, &amp;c., 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Warwick and 
upon the 19th day of this instant July, That the ester) Bill 
Coroners, &amp;c., (Warwick and Lancaster) Bill be now 
read a second time. 

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

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the § Dr. Bowring, ’ 
Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : } =m. 

Tellers for the \ Sir Charles Douglas, : 
Noes, Mr. Forbes: } me 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the Bill be now 
read a second time :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

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- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Baukreptey 
reading of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill; Law Amend- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- ™™* Bill. 

morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pay of Evi. 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill ; dence Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


3yY4 The 





Writs of Error 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(England) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Assimilation 
Bill. 


Lunacy Bill, 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


East India 
Bishops Bill. 


Tobacco Regu- 
Jations Bill. 


No. 497. 


Slave Trade 
Suppression. 


536 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Writs of Error 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 of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Ordnance Services 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 Court 
of Exchequer (ngland) 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, proceeded to take | 


into further consideration the Report on the Stamp 
Duties Assimilation Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Marriage Licenses exempt, 
if not special): And the said Clause was brought 
up, and twice read ; and agreed to, to be made part 
of the Bill. 

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 Lunacy Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Appointment and Pay- 
ment of Parish Constables, 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. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The East India Bishops 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 Tobacco Regulations Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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 to whom it was referred to consider the Act 
2 and 3 Vic. c. 73, for the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade ; 

Lord Stanley, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that a portion 
of the proceeds of Vessels captured under an Act of 
the 3d and 4th years of Her present Majesty, for 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall be paid to 
the Captors thereof. 

Resolution to be reported. 


27° —28° Juli. 


A. 1842. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
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 Canada Loan. 
into a Committee to consider of guaranteeing the 
Interest of a Loan to be raised for the service of 
Canada. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Her Majesty be authorized to gua- 
rantee the Interest, at a rate of not more than Four per 
cent. per annum, of a Loan to an amount not exceed- 
ing One million and five hundred thousand pounds, 
for the service of the Province of Canada ; and that 
provision be made out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the payment from time to time of such sums of 
money as may become payable by Her Majesty un- 
der such guarantee. 


Resolution to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Saint Asaph and Bangor Prefermenis Bill Saint Asaph 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and —— 
| committed to a Committee of the whole House, for — 
| this day. 





| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Western 
|into a Committee upon the Western Australia Bill ; Australia Bil. 
|and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Grand Jurors, 
| Returns of the Number of days appointed by the &amp;c. (Ireland.) 
Sheriff for transacting the fiscal Business in each 
County, County of a City and County of a Town in 
Ireland, with the Number of Grand Jurors sworn at 
‘each Assizes since the passing of the Act 3 and 4 
| Will. 4, c. 78:—For the same period, of the date 
and length of sitting of the several Road Sessions in 
‘each County, County of a City and County of a 
'Town in Jreland, and of the Number of qualified 
| Persons attending at them ; distinguishing Magis- 
trates from Cess-payers :—And, of the Date of the 
| Publication of the Grand Warrant in each County, 
County of a City and County of a Town, during 
the same period. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ‘tithes Commu- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, tation Bill. 
intituled, An Act to amend the Acts for the Commu- 
tation of 'Tithes in England and Wales, and to con- 
tinue the Officers appointed under the said Acts for 
a time to be limited ; and the the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 28. After“ so” insert “ appointed or.” 
Pr. 3. 1.38. After “agreement” insert “whether 

“* made before or after the passing of this Act.” 
Pr. 4.1.10. After“ agreement” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where no time is fixed by any award or 
agreement commuting the Tithes of a parish for 
“ the commencement of the rent-charge or rent- 
'“ sharges therein awarded or agreed upon, it shall 
be lawful, notwithstanding that the apportionment 
of the said rent-charge or rent-charges may have 
been confirmed, for the landholders and _tithe- 
owners having such an interest in the Land and 
Tithes of the parish as is required for making a 
parochial agreement, to enter into a supplemental 
agreement for fixing the period at which the rent- 
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“ charge or rent-charges to be paid under such 
award or agreement shall commence: Provided 
always, That such supplemental agreement shall 
be of no force or effect unless the same shall be 
confirmed by the said Commissioners under their 
hands and seal, and a copy of every such supple- 
mental agreement shall be deposited with the 
Registrar of the Diocese, and in the parish, in like 
manner as instruments of apportionment are 
deposited under the said first-recited Act.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 3. After “ glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 5.1.7. After “glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 5.1.10. After “glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 5. 1.18. Leave out from “ thereof” to “ the” 
in |, 21. 

Pr. 5.1. 22. After “ shall” insert “ during the 
continuance of the Commission, as well before as 
after the completion of zeny Commutation.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 31. After “ glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 5.1. 33. Leave out “ parish” and insert “ or 
any adjoining parish, or otherwise conveniently 
situated.” 

Pr. 5.1. 34. After the first “the ” insert “ Or- 
“¢ dinary and.” 

Pr. 5.1. 38. After “ glebe” insert “lands.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 12. After “ glebe” insert “lands.” 

Pr. 6.1. 16. After “ glebe” insert “lands.” 

Pr. 6.1. 26. After “ glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 32. After ‘holden” insert “ by the 
same tenure and.” 

Pr. 6. 1. ult. After “ glebe” insert “ lands.” 

Pr. 7.1.8. Leave out from “degree” to “ by” 
in Ll. 9. 

Pr. 7.1.18. After “ Tithe” insert “ and the con- 
“¢ verse.” ; 

Pr. 7. 1. 15. Leave out “ Vicar” and insert 
“¢ Tithe-owner.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 16. After “ Ordinary” insert “in the 
“ case of Spiritual Tithes.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 20. After “ required” insert “ and sub- 
«¢ ject, in that case, to the limitation of quantity of 
“ land provided by the first-recited Act.” 

Pr. 7. 1.23. Leave out from “to” to the first 
“ of” inl. 25, and insert “ any other owner of Tithes 
“‘ issuing out of the same lands,” and in 1. 25. leave 
out “ vicarial.” 

Pr. 7.1, 26. After “Tithes” insert “ arising within 
“* the same parish.” 

Pr. 7.1. 29. Leave out “ rectorial.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 30. Leave out from “ Tithes” to “ or” 
in 1. 31., and insert “ belonging to such other Tithe- 
“ owner issuing out of the same lands.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 5. After “ Commissioners,” insert 
“ either before or after the confirmation of the ap- 
“ portionment.” 

Pr. 8.1.11. Leave out “agreements” and insert 
“ agreement.” 

Pr. 8.1.14, Leave out from “giving” to “ which” 
ini, 15., and insert “ land or money, or both, in- 
“ stead of Tithes, or glebe or commonable or other 
“ rights or easements.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 16. Leave out from “validity” to “ and” 
in 1. 20. 


Pr. 8. 1. 21. After “lands” insert “or money 
“ or both.” 
Pr. 8.1. 23. After “ tithes” insert “ or glebe, or 
rights or easements.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 26. Leave out “ agreements” and insert 
agreement.” 
r. 8.1, 27. Leave out “lands” and insert 
same.” 
Pr. 8.1.29. After “ shall” insert “ nevertheless.” 
Pr. 8. 1.31. Leave out “ agreements” and insert 
agreement.” 
r. 8.1.33. After “land” insert “ or money, or 
“ both.” 
Pr. 8.1. 35. After “tithes” insert “or glebe, or 
rights or easements.” 
Pr. 8.1. penult. After “ Tithes” insert “or his 


title to the said glebe, rights or easements.” 
Vor. 97. 


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Pr. 9.1.3. After “lands” insert “ or money, or 
“ both.” 

Pr. 9.1.9. Leave out from “ of” to “so” in 
1. 11., and insert “ borrowing money for the purpose 
“ of defraying.” 

Pr. 9.1. 14. After “him” insert “ and of charging 
the rent-charge with the repayment of the money 
borrowed.” 

Pr. 9.1.17. Leave out from “ to” to “ upon” in 
1. 18. and insert “ borrow money for that purpose, 

and to charge the repayment thereof.” 

Pr. 9. |. 38. Leave out “ rent-charge” and insert 
principal and interest of the money so borrowed.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 36. After “as” insert “ if such charge 
had been made by.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Benefice” to 
and” in |. penult. 

Pr. 9.1. ult. After “that” insert “in all cases 
whether the Tithes of any parish have been com- 
muted or not.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 1. Leave out from “ the” to “ Tithes” 
in 1, 2., and insert “liability of any lands to the 
“« render of.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 8. After “Tithes” insert “ in respect 
of any lands. ” 

Pr. 10. 1, 15. After “ or” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 21. Leave out “ decision” and insert 
“* judgment.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 26. After “or” insert “the judg- 
ment.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 35. Leave out from “ equity” to 
claim ” in |. 36., and insert “ for the purpose of 
trying as to the same lands such liability, or the 
legality of such.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. After the first “the” insert “ lia- 
bility of any of the parties to payment of the.” 

Pr. 10. 1. penult. Leave out from “ suit” to 
and” in Pr. 11. 1.6., and insert “ for which pur- 
pose they respectively shall have all the powers 
which under the said recited Acts, or any of them, 
they have for ascertaining the value of the Tithes 
of such lands; and such award shall have the 
effect of the verdict of a Jury on an issue directed 
by the Court of Chancery, satisfactory to the 
Judge or Court directing the same, and shall be 
received by the Court of Chancery as conclusive 
evidence of the liability or non-liability of such 
lands, and of the amount of such arrears, and of 
the liability of the several parties to the payment 
of costs in such suit.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 7. Leave out “ Equity so made, ” and 
insert “ Chancery made thereon. ” 

Pr. 11. 1. 12. Leave out from “ where” to 
relative ” in 1. 14., and insert “ any question is 
or shall be brought for the decision of the Tithe 
Commissioners, or any Assistant-Commissioner.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 22. Leave out from “ Tithes” to 


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suit shall have been commenced and shall be 
pending, as would have prevented the operation 
of the said recited Act, such recited Act shall not 
have any operation as to the award to be made 
by the said Tithe Commissioners or Assistant 
Commissioner.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 30. Leave out from “lands” to 
“ charged ” in |. 31. 

Pr. 14.1. 32. After “ charge” insert “ belong 
to or have become vested in several owners.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 20. Leave out from “ under” to 
the” in]. 21., and in]. 21. after “ Act” insert 
or the several Acts to amend the same, or this 
“ Act.” 

Pr. 18. 1.35. Leave out “ Acts” and insert 
first-recited Act, or the several Acts to amend 
the same.” 

Pr. 19.1. 11. Leave out “ Statute” and insert 
“ Acts.” 

Pr. 19.1. 22. After “ Act” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 20.1. 18. After “ Act” insert “and that 
all provisions in any of the said Acts relating to 

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land of copyhold tenure shall apply to land of| 
customary tenure, or any other tenure, subject to 
arbitrary fine; and that all provisions in the said 
Acts or in this Act relating to glebe land shall 
apply to all land holden by any spiritual person 
in right of his Benefice.” 

The Amendments, as far the Amendment in Pr. 
11. 1. 22., being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 11. }. 22. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

The Amendments following were made thereunto, 
viz., by leaving out, in Fo. 7. 1. 9., the words “ the 
award,” and inserting the words “ any award or 
“ decision respecting such question,” and after the 
word “ or,” inl. 11., inserting the word “ any.” 
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to. 
Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 


ships. 


District The House proceeded to take into consideration 
— _ the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
risons Dill, 


intituled, An Act to encourage the Establishment 
of District Courts and Prisons ; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

Pr. 35. 1. 4. After Clause (B.), added by way of 
Rider to the Bill, add Clause (A.) 

Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 


97° —28° Juli. 





A. 1842, 


certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay- 
masters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
geons, Surgeons’ Mates and Serjeant’ Majors of the 
Militia: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and 
to be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented, pursuant to the di- Copyholds, 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the 

First Report of the Copyhold Commissioners to Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home 
Department. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Jovis, 28° die Julit; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration Southwark 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the apes 
Bill, intituled, An Act for making a New Street from a, 
Blachman-street, in the Parish of Saint George-the- 

Martyr, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to 
Blackfriars-road, in the Parish of Christchurch, in 

the said County, and for improving the District 

called The Mint, in the said Parish of Saint George- 
the-Martyr, Southwark ; and the same were read, as 

follow : 





acted, That nothing in this Act shall extend or 
be construed to extend to confirm or render valid, 
or in anywise to affect the Charters of Incorpo- 
ration granted by Her Majesty in the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight upon 
the Petition of certain of the Inhabitants of the 
towns of Birmingham, Manchester and Bolton 
respectively, or any one of such Charters, or any 
Act done or to be done in pursuance of any such 


Pr. 1.1.3. Leave out from the second “ street” 
to “ including ” in 1. 7., and insert “and the South- 
“ wark Bridge-road.” 

Pr. 1.1.8. After “ Mint” insert “all.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 10. Leave out “ said” 

Pr. 1.1.11. After “‘ Southwark ” insert “ in the 
“ county of Surrey.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out from “ street’”’ to “in ” 
in |. 30. 





Charter.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


County Courts The County Courts Bill was read the first time ; 


Pr. 1. 1. penult. After “road” insert “ from 
“ Blackman-street aforesaid.” 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out from “ and” to “and” 
in Pr, 2.1. 2., and insert “ from thence to the said 
“ Southwark Bridge-road.” 

Pr. 2.1. 6. Leave out from “said” to “adja- 
“cent” in 1, 11., and insert “ parish and other 
“ parishes.” 

Pr. 2.1. 17. Leave out “ would ” and insert “ will.” 





Bill. and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday Pr. 22. ]. ult. Leave out “as the case may be.” 
No. 498, next. Pr. 55. 1. 25. Leave out from “ Southwark” to 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. “ to” in 1. 82. 
Pr. 56.1.1. Leave out “ or sheriff, as the case 
TithesCommu- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, |“ may require.” 
—_— "Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of Pr. 56. 1. 6. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
lithes, which have been confirmed by the Tithe Pr. 56.1. 10. Leave out from “ Southwark” to 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England |“ and” in 1. 11. 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1842 to the Pr. 56.1. 12. Leave out “ or county.” 
ist day of July 1842; specifying also, in each case Pr. 56. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Southwark” to 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in|“ and” inl. 18. 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be Pr. 56. 1.28. Leave out from “ bailiff” to “ is ” 
payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical | in 1. 29. 
{ncumbents ; and of all Awards for the Commuta- Pr. 56. 1. 36. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
tion of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Pr. 56. 1. 37. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties of Eng- Pr. 57.1.6. Leave out “county” and insert “bo- 
land and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1842 |“ rough 
to the 1st day of July 1842; specifying also, in each Pr. 57. 1. 9. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be paid Pr. 57. 1.19. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
in lieu of Tithes; and showing whether the same Pr. 57. 1. 25. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 
be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Cle- Pr. 58. 1. 6. Leave out from “ thereof” to 
rical Incumbents (in continuation of Parliamentary |“ shall” in 1. 8. 
Paper, No. 102, of Session 1841.) Pr. 58. 1. 16. Leave out from “justices” to 
“ shall” in 1. 17. 
Militie Pay Sir James Graham presented a Bill to defray the Pr. 58. 1. 18. Leave out “ or him.” 
Bill. Charge of the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and Pr. 58, 1. 22. Leave out from “ justices ”’ to 
No. 499. other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great |“ shall” in 1. 23. ' 
Britain and freland, and to grant Allowances, in Pr. 58. 1, 38. Leave out “ or sheriff.” . 
r. 60. 








6 Victroriz. 


Pr. 60.1. 7. Leave out from “justices” to ‘ shall” 
in 1. 9. 

Pr. 60. 1. 14. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 18. Leave out “ or county.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 16. Leave out from “ peace” to “and” 
in 1. 17. 

Pr. 62. 1. 15. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 62. 1. 18. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 74.1. 14. Leave out Clause (A.), added, by way 
of Rider, to the Bill. 

Pr. 75. 1. 26. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 82. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 75.1. 38. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 76.1. 2. Leave out “ or sheriff.” 

Pr. 85.1. 19. Leave out “ or.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 20. Leave out from “ building” to 
shall” in 1. 21., and insert “land or other pro- 
&lt;&lt; perty.” 

Pr. 86. 1. 4. Leave out from “ justices ” to 
“ and” inl. 7. 

Pr. 86. 1. 13. Leave out “ make” and insert 
“ form.” 

Pr. 86.1. 14. Leave out from “ feet” to “in” 
in 1. 16, 

Pr. 86. 1. 17. Leave out “great” and insert 
“ new.” 

Pr. 86.1. 18. Leave out from “road” to “and ” 
in 1. 26., and insert “ from Blackman-street to the 
“ said Southwark Bridge-road aforesaid.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 36. Leave out from “the” to “ bo- 
“ rough ” inl. 37. 

Pr. 87.1. 38. Leave out “as the case may be.” 

Pr. 92. 1. 24. After ‘“ Commissioners” insert 
“ or surveyors of highways.” — 

Pr. 92. 1. 26. Leave out from “ district” to 
s within” in l, 28. 

Pr. 93. 1. 27. Leave out “ several parishes ” and 
insert ‘ parish.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 28. Leave out “ or any part thereof.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 38. Leave out “ parishes” and insert 
“ A 

parish. 

Pr. 94. 1. 23. Leave out from “ the” to “ saint” 
in 1. 25., and insert “ said parish of.” 

Pr. 94.1. 29. Leave out “ either of,” and in the 
same line leave out from “ said” to “to” in 1. 30., 
and insert “ parish.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 18. Leave out “ parishes respectively ” 
and insert “ parish.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 28. Leave out “ parishes respectively ” 
and insert “ parish.” 

Pr, 97. 1. 27. Leave out from “ the”’ to “ Be ” in 
1. 30., and insert “ said parish of Saint George-the- 
“ Martyr.” 

Pr. 97. 1. ult. Leave out “ parishes ” and insert 
arish.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 14. Leave out “ that such ” and insert 
* the said.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 16. Leave out from “of ” to “ Be” in 
1. 26., and insert “the said parish.” 

Pr. 99. ls. 32. and 33. Leave out “ respective.” 

Pr. 99.1. 34. Leave out from “ said ” to “in” in 
1. 35., and insert “ parish.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 37. Leave out from “such” to “any” 
in |. 38., and insert “ parish.” 

Pr. 100. 1. 1. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ and” inl. 9. 

Pr. 104. 1.19. After “ the ” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 104. 1. 20. Leave out from “ county” to 


In Schedule (D.) annexed to the Bill: 
Pr. 127. 1. 16. Leave out from “chapel | 
“ the same | | ie 
to the end of the said Schedule. 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out from “ street” to “and” in 1. 4., 
and insert “ to the Southwark Bridge-road.” 
L. 5. After “ Mint” insert “ all,” and in the same 
line leave out “ said.” 
Vou. 97. 


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28° Jultz. 











539 


L. 6. After “ Martyr” insert “in the borough 
“ of,” and in the same line, after “ Southwark,” 
insert “in the county of Surrey.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Wood 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 James Watt, Her Majesty’s Proctor Records 
of Admiralty in Ireland, and Solicitor and Attorney (Dublin.) 
of the Courts of Equity and Law, in that part of the 
United Kingdom, praying the House to direct an 
inquiry to be made into the general state and condi- 
tion of the Ancient Records in the several Record 
Offices in Dublin, and to report thereon, and as to 
the measures to be adopted to remedy the existing 
defects connected with those Records, or to pass a 
measure as similar to the present English Act as the 
circumstances of that country may make necessary, 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, James 
Copies of further Communications which have taken Flanagan. 
place between Durham Dunlop, Esquire, and the 
Irish Government, relative to the Death of James 
Flanagan, at Clonearl, in the King’s County. 

Lord Eliot accordingly presented the said Paper. 

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


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Gene- General 
ral Committee of Elections, That they had appointed i 
Monday the 22d day of August, at three o’clock, to ° "°c" 
choose from Panel No. 3, the Select Committee to 
try the Athlone Election Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill for abolishing certain Offices Court of 
on the Revenue Side of the Court of Exchequer in ae on. 
England, and for regulating the Office of Her Ma- ©Ensland) 
jesty’s Remembrancer in that Court, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Clerk reported the Western Australia Westem 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to, Australia Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Petitions of the President and Members of the Medical 
Medical Association of Ireland ;—and, Subscribers +e 
to the Ovens Dispensary in the barony of Barretts, ""™"™) 
and county of Cork; praying that the House will’ 
not pass any measure which shall give the control of 
the Medical Charities in Zreland to the Poor Law 
Commissioners,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Crown Solicitors 
Copies of Minutes of the Board of Treasury, dated (Ireland.) 
the 12th day of October 1841, the 4th day of Janu- 
ary 1842 and the 3d day of June 1842, regulating 
the Emoluments of the Crown Solicitors in Sreland. 
Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to an Ad- Gold and Silvet 
dress to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Aggregate ©. 
Value of Gold and of Silver Coin coined and sent 
by Her Majesty’s Mint to the Bank of England, 
since Her Majesty’s Proclamation against Light 
Gold ; stating the Number and Value of Sovereigns 
and Half Sovereigns, and the Number and — 
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Public Debt, 
&amp;e. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Court of 
Chancery 
{ Ireland.) 


Coal Mines. 


Doncaster 
Borough. 


Bakers 
(Ireland.) 


Distress. 


540 


of pieces of Silver Coin, and distinguishing the Dates 
a the Amount of Gold and Silver Coin sent each 
day from the Mint to the Bank :—And, of the Total 
Amount of Light Gold Coin received by the Bank 
of England and its Branches, and delivered to Her 
Majesty’s Mint, or retained by the Bank of England 
and its Branches, since the Proclamation against 
Light Gold; stating the Amount received in each 
week, and the Amount per cent. of deficiency on such 
Gold Coin. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns to an Order, dated the 7th day of 
June last, for Accounts, showing, in columns, the 
Total Amount of the Funded and Unfunded unre- 
deemed Public Debt of the United Kingdom, both 
as to Capital and Charge, as it stood on the 1st day 
of February or 5th day of January in each year, 
from 1797 to 1842, both inclusive; showing the 
Increase or Decrease in each period of Five years, 
during that time ; also the Average Price of Gold, 
and of three per cent. Consols, during each year and 
each period above mentioned :—And, of the Circula- 
tion, Sensiin and Securities of the Bank of Eng- 
land; and of its Stock of Bullion for each year, and 
for each of the periods above mentioned, so far as 
relates to the National Debt Office and the Exche- 
quer Bill Office. 

A Return of the Advances of Exchequer Bills 
under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, and subsequent 
Acts for Public Works, during the Three years ended 
the 31st day of December 1841, in Loan Accounts 
(in continuation, with details, of the Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 160, of Session 1839.) 

Return, showing the Price of Wheat per Quar- 
ter, during the average of the whole period from the 
passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (15th July 1828) 
to the passing of the Act 5 Vie. c. 14 (29th April 
1842), by which it was repealed; and also, a similar 
Return, showing the Prices of Barley, Oats and 
Rye, for the average of the same period. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the 


Warrant of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, granting | 


to Thomas Fenton, Esquire, one of the Chief Exami- 
ners of the Court of Chancery in Lre/and, Compen- 
sation for loss of Fees, in Quarter to 10th July 1842. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter dated the 27th day of June 1842, 
oe &lt; Aaa by the Poor Law Commissioners to the 
Guardians of each of the Unions of Dewsbury and 
Halifax, on the subject of apprenticing Poor Chil- 


dren to work in a Coal Mine ; together with Copies | 


of the Answers returned thereto. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Doncaster ;—and, Inhabitants of 
Doncaster, occupying houses of the value of nine 
pounds and upwards; praying that in the event 
of the House agreeing upon the propriety of any 
transfer of electoral privileges, the claims of Don- 
caster may be taken into their consideration, in order 
that the town may partake of the benefits of a Par- 
liamentary Borough,--were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the city of Limerick ;—and, the 
county of Carlow ; praying the House to abolish the 
night-work system of Bakers in Jredand generally, by 
substituting day-work,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitburn, and its 
vicinity, praying the House speedily to devise some 
method whereby the Distress of the country may in 
some degree be mitigated, and not to separate until 
a thorough investigation has been made into the 
causes thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


28° Julie. 


A. 1842. 


The ingrossed Bill to assimilate the Stamp Duties stamp Duties 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regula- Assimilation 
tions for collecting and managing the same, was, . 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations 
for collecting and managing the same until the 
Tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deaths. 
Return of the Number of Persons, distinguishing 
Male and Female, who have died in the 17th and 
23d Divisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths 
and Marriages Districts, from the 1st day of July 
1837 to the 25th day of March 1842, showing the 
Number of Persons of each kind of Trade, Profes- 
sion and Employment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill; Courts 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day (lan) Bill 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Saint Asaph 
into a Committee upon the Saint Asaph and Bangor —— 
Preferments Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, es 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Manners 
Sutton reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Merchant 
for requiring and regulating the Examination of Vessels Officers 
|Masters and Chief Mates of Merchant Vessels: 

And that Captain Fitzroy, Mr. Alderman Thompson 

and Mr. Oswa/d do prepare, and bring it in. 


| 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and row from 
t 


e Lords. 


‘Sir George Rose: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Pilkington’s 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for (Swinnerton’s) 
carrying into effect certain Provisions contained in — 
the Will of Thomas Swinnerton, Esquire, deceased, 
relative to the buildmg of a Mansion House on the 
Testator’s Estate, at Butterton, in the County of 
_ Stafford, and building a Church or Chapel on the 
said Estate, and for other Purposes, without any 
_Amendment: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Customs Act 
, Act for further amending the Laws relating to the fmendment 
Customs, with Amendments; to which Amendments ~ 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Exchequer Bills 
Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue — 
of Exchequer Bills, with Amendments; to which ~ 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Mersey Con- 
Act for better preserving the Navigation of the River sv™ey Bil. 
Mersey, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord Dinorben’s 
to enable the Right honourable William Lewis Lord Estate Bill 
Dinorben, by Mortgage of certain Hereditaments 
devised to him for Life, with Remainders over, by the 
Will and Codicils of the Reverend Edward Hughes, 
to raise not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds, at 
interest, for rebuilding the Mansion and Offices at 
Kinmel Park, devised by the said Will and Codi- 
cils, to the same Uses, and for other Purposes ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 








ills 


en’s 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 


Estate Bill, 


Election 
Proceedings. 


Slave Vessels, 


6 Victroriz. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling the Most noble Richard Plantagenet 
Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple Duke of Buck- 
ingham and Chandos, to grant Under-leases of Lands, 
situate in or near the Town of Ryde, in the Isle of 
Wight, and to authorize the granting of Leases of 
other Lands, situate in or near the same place, be- 
longing to Elizabeth Lydia Lind and others; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :-—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 18th day of this instant July, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
whether Compromises have been entered into, in the 
cases of the Election Petitions presented from Har- 
wich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, 
and Reading, for the purpose of avoiding investiga- 
tion into gross Bribery which had been alleged to 
have been practised at the Elections for the said 
Towns, and whether Bribery has taken place in the 
aforesaid Towns; and to tt Hon was referred an in- 
quiry into certain corrupt Compromises alleged to 
have been entered into for the purpose of avoiding 
investigation into gross Bribery which had been 
alleged to have been practised at the election for 
the Borough of Bridport in June last, and also 
whether such Bribery has taken place in the afore- 
said Town, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and Question was proposed, 
That the Compromises of Election Petitions, as 
brought to the knowledge of this House by the Re- 
port of the Select Committee on Election Proceed- 
ings, must, if for the future they be allowed to pass 
without punishment or censure, tend to bring this 
House into contempt with the people, and thereby 
seriously to diminish its power and authority. 

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 thes Mr. Roebuck, 

Yeas, UMr. Hume : 
Tellers for thesSir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That all such practices are hereby declared to be a 
violation of the liberties of the people, and a breach 
of the Privileges of this House, which it will in all 
future cases strictly inquire into and severely punish. 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That whereas in the late Elections for Harwich, 
Nottingham, Lewes, Reading, Falmouth and Penryn, 
and Bridport, the present Laws have been found 
insufficient to protect the Voters from the mischie- 
vous temptations of Bribery, it be ordered that Mr. 
Speaker do issue no Writ for any Election of Mem- 
bers for the said towns, till further legislative enact- 
ments have been adopted to protect the purity of 
Elections :—It passed in the Negative. 


} 47. 


1 
136. 
j 


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 several Sums that have been 
paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, 
and of any Vice Admiralty Court, on account of the 
Proceeds of Slave Vessels and Cargoes, captured 
and condemned under the provisions of the Act of 
the second and third year of Her present Majesty, 
c. 73, stating the date when the same were paid in, 
and if any and what Instructions have been issued 
to the Officers of the Courts of Vice Admiralty re- 
lative to the remittance of the said Sums. 

Vou. 97. 


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541 


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


Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1842: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate Medical Charities in Ireland; And that 


Lord Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do “e!8"4) Bill. 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sittings of the 


Return of the Number of Days on which the House 
of Commons sat in this Session of Parliament, sta- 
ting the Total Number of Hours occupied in the 
sittings of the House, and the average time, and also 
distinguishing the Number of Nights on which the 
House sat, and the Number of Hours after midnight 
(as printed in Parliamentary Paper, No. 254, of 
Session 1834.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Names of all Persons who have been Stamps and 


appointed since the 1st day of September 1841, up 
to the present day, to any Office or Situation under 
the Board of Stamps and Taxes at Somerset House ; 
specifying the nature of each Office or Situation, 
and whether occasioned by vacancy or the creation 
of additional Office, and if the same is to be per- 
manent or temporary, and the Annual Salary to be 
paid in respect thereof. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Common Law 


That there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Letters or written Communications made by the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Chief Judges 
and Puisne Judges of the Courts of Queen’s Bench 
and Common Pleas, and Chief Barons and Puisne 
Barons of the Court of Exchequer, in Ireland, in 
relation to the Common Law Courts (Zreland) Bill, 
or the Report of the Commissioners on which such 
Biil purports to be founded, and their written Re~ 
plies thereto, and any written Reports made by 
them, or any of them, in reply to the said Commu- 
nications, or in relation to the said Bill, or to the 
said Report of the Commissioners :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (Ireland) Bill. 


itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Four Courts 


into a Committee upon the Four Courts Marshalsea 
(Dublin) 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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Slave Trade 
it was referred to consider the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c.'73, Suppression. 


for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, a Resolu- 
tion ; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that a por- 
tion of the proceeds of vessels captured under an 
Act of the 2d and 3d years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall 
be paid to the captors thereof. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immedietely, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider further of 
the said Resolution :—The House, accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 








Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that the 
323 proceeds 


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Charities 


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proceeds of vessels captured under an Act of the | 
2d and 3d years of Her present Majesty, for the | 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall be paid to 
the captors thereof. 


Resolution to be reported. 























Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 























Canada Loan. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of guaranteeing the interest of a 
Loan to be raised for the service of Canada ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
































Merchant Ves- Captain Fitzroy presented a Bill for requiring and 
— regulating the Examination of Masters and Chief 


Mates of Merchant Vessels: And the same was read 





























No. 601, the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day six weeks; and to be printed. 
Customs Act The House proceeded to take into consideration 








Amendment the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
_ tituled, An Act for further amending the Laws re- 
lating to the Custons; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 3.1.11. Leave out “ not” 
Pr. 3.1. 12. Leave out “ five.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 12. In Clause (A.) added, by way of 
Rider, to the Bill: . 
In the heading, leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and the said Amendments being to remedy errors 
in the recital of provisions in a former Act), were 
agreed to. 







































































the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 














Fxchequer Bills The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Preparation the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
_ tituled, An Act for further regulating the Preparation 
and Issue of Exchequer Bills ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 
Pr. 4. 1. 9. After “ that” insert “ unless other- 
“&lt; wise directed by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s Treasury.” 
Pr. 8.1. 19. After the first “ plate” insert “ or 
“ for sealing such Exchequer Bills.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
































- - _ — 












































Duke ef The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read 
Buckingham’s 


~ the first time. 
Estate Bill. os ‘ ‘ ~ 
a Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





























LordDinorben's Lord Dinorben’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


























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

Oats (Ireland.) 9 Return of the Average Price of Wheat and Oats 
per barrel, calculated upon the Returns advertised 
in the Dublin Gazette, for the years ending respec- 
tively on the Ist day of May 1841 and 1842. 





























New Houses of Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

— Committee on the New Houses of Parliament, to 
consider the propriety of accommodating the Clerk 
of this House with a Re sidence in the New House - 
of Parliament 















































And then the House having continued to sit till 








one of the clock on Fiiday mornime, ad 
pourned till this day 


























542 28°—99° Juliz. A. 1842, 


Veneris, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


Bill, intituled, An Act for better preserving the Na- 
vigation of the River Mersey; and the same were 
read, as follow : 
Pr. 9. 1.9. After “ river” insert “ Mersey.” 
Pr. 15.1. 32. Leave out “ last” and insert “ in 
“ the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
“ and Forty two.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 37. Leave out “ made” and insert 
“¢ passed.” 
Pr, 28, 1.2. Leave out from “ matter” to “ And” 
in |. 9. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Dougias do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 





Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to | 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Bills. 

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 be pleased to 
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 Sir John Yarde 


Buller do carry the said Message. 








half of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in 
the House, intituled, “ An Act to dissolve the Mar- 
riage of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, with Margaret 
Susannah his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned” ; 
that the said Bill has been read a second time in 
the House, and referred to a Committee, and the 
usual Orders have been made for serving a Copy of 
the said Bill, and the Order for the Committee, on 
the said Margaret Susannah Sewell ; and also that 
| it be an Instruction to the Committee to hear coun- 
| sel and examine witnesses for and against the Bill, 
\if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
| counsel, or to produce witnesses ; that the Petitioner 
|has for a considerable time past been engaged in 
|making diligent inquiries for the residence of the 
said Margaret Susannah Sewell, but without effect, 
‘and the Petitioner has every reason to believe that 
she is beyond the seas, and purposely conceals the 
place of her abode; that Richard Kirkman Lane, 
of Argyll-street, Gentleman, was the Solicitor for the 
}said Margaret Susannah Sewell during the course 
of the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, and 
the Petitioner believes that he has distinct oo 
in writing from the said Margaret Susannah Sewell 
to act as her Solicitor and Agent in all matters re- 
lating to the said Divorce; and praying that the 
service of the said Orders, and an official Copy of 
the said Bill,upon the said Richard Kirkman Lane, 
may be deemed good service, and that personal ser- 
vice on the said Margaret Susannah Sewell may be 
dispensed with, of that the House will be pleased to 
give the Petitioner such other relief in the premises 
as shall be thought proper 

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








Mr 


’ } ‘HE House proceeded to take into consideration Mersey Con- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the S*tvancy Bill. 


Sewell’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; and gewell’s 
committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill, 


| A Petition of John Goodeve, of Raymond Build- Sewel’s 
|ings, Gray’s Inn, Gentleman, Agent for and on be- Divorce Bill. 







































6 Victroriz. 


Crawfurd’s 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Estate Bill. 


Crawfurd’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 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lighting of 
Towns 


(Ireland) Bill. 
No, 502. 


Mr. Litton presented a Bill to alter and amend 

an Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 
to make Provision for the lighting, cleansing and 
watching of Cities, Towns Corporate and Market 
Towns 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. 
Silk. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Operatives employed in the Silk Manufacture of 
Macclesfield, stating, that the Petitioners have sus- 
tained great losses in their trade, in consequence 
of the alterations in the laws respecting the Silk 
Trade, and that they see no alternative but to en- 
force their claim to compensation for such losses ; 
and praying that the House will not conclude the 
labours of the present Session, until they have given 
the claims of the Petitioners their most serious con- 
sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


PublicPetitions 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 


29° Juliz. 


543 


| 
| 
on the 26th day of this instant July, and of the | 
arrest of the Petitioner, and the refusal of bail by 
the police when lawfully tendered for him; and 
praying the House to institute an immediate inquiry | 
for the better preservation of the right of discussion, | 
the right of meeting to petition, and the liberty of 
the subject, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the parish of Deptford, complaining of 
the conduct of the police in interrupting a Meeting 
of the inhabitants of Deptford, and others, in public i 
meeting assembled, with a view to adopting certain | 
legal and constitutional remedies for redress of grie- 
vances, and of the arrest of Dr. Peter Murray 
M‘Douall, and others, and of the refusal of bail a 
tendered for the said Peter Murray M‘Douall, and | 
praying for inquiry, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be printed. 

i} 


A Petition of Purtaub Shean, Raja of Sattara, Raja of Satara, 
now in exile at Benares, setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioner, for many years a faithful Ally and great i 
Feudatory of Her Majesty's Indian Empire, has 
recently, by the East India Company’s Government, 
under the accusation of treason and secret hostility, 
crimes which he never even in imagination con- 
ceived, on evidence corrupt and one-sided, as well i 
as inconsistent and contradictory, without a trial, 4 
and without the opportunity of self-defence, been | 
despoiled of his throne and dominions, and con- 
signed to exile ; and praying from the House a con- 
sideration of his case, and of the treatment be has 
received, as well as the high character he has inva- ( 
riably maintained amongst his people and the ‘ 
princes of India; while he implores from the House 
that justice which, had his lot been that of a peasant, 
it would have been his right to claim from the laws 
of the British realm, he cannot forget that it is as 
a dethroned and exiled prince that he appeals to | 
the House ; he trusts that the vast power which has 
been placed by Divine Providence in the hands of 





(Forty-third ject Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
ania examined the Petitions presented on the 25th and 
26th days of this instant 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. 
Hele’s Charity Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
(Lowe’s) Estate Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; 
- That in the case of Hele’s Charity Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Lord Dinorben’s Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Estate Bill. = Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of Lord Dinorben’s Estate Bill no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Duke of Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
a gp lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That 
“ate Bill. in the case of the Duke of Buckingham’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Brewers’Casks. A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 


censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of Ashton- 
under-Lyne, praying the House to pass an Act de- 
claring the law to be that Brewers’ Casks are not 
distrainable for the rent of their customers, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Literary and A Petition of Members of the Ashton-under- 


the Government of Great Britain, will not be ex- ( 
ercised to his continued wrong; and he hopes the " 
injustice and degradation which he has suffered in } 
innocence will net be permitted to appear on the 4 
page of history, to tarnish the glory of the British 
name, and the conduct and character of that Govern- 
ment in India towards a sovereign, once its honoured 
ally, now its helpless prisoner, 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, Monumeuts. 

a Return of the Sums voted by Parliament since 
1792, for the Erection of Monuments in honour of 
Public Services performed; stating, in each case, 
the date of such Grant, and the Amount voted; and 
also the place in which the said Monument has been 
erected, as well as the name of the Artist to whom 
the commission was given, and how chosen, whether 
by competition or otherwise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fees (Public 

a Return of the aggregate Amount of Fees received Offices.) 

in each of the Public Offices in the year 1841, dis- 
tinguishing those regulated by Act of Parliament 

from those collected by order of the Office ; showing, 

in detail, the rate of the several Fees charged on 
Commissions and Warrants of Appointment to any 

Office, or for any public business transacted with the 

Oflice, stating how the Amount is appropriated, and 

the Expense of Collection, 





ar Lyne and Dukinfield Mechanics’ Institution, pray- 
stitutions, . . . . +? ‘fo 
ing the House to relieve Literary and Scientific In- 
stitutions from all rates and taxes, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Corn Laws, Petitions from Northwich; — Midleton ; —Man- 
chester ;— Leek ;—and, Girvan; praying for the re- 
peal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

ul bond A Petition of Peter Murray M Douall, Surgeon, 

way «C., he siding in Hampton-stree {, Waly orth, complain- 
meg of the conduct of the police im interrupting a 
Mey ting of the mbabitants of Deptford, und others, 
Vou. 07. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Nevarin. 
a Return of the manner in which the £.60,000 voted 
by Parliament as a wratuity to the Royal Navy, for 
services at Naverine, was distributed; stating the 
,#a Number 


Public Debt, 
&amp;e. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


Wheat, &amp;c, 


Court of 
Chancery 
{Treland.) 


Coal Mines. 


Doncaster 
Borough. 


Bakers 
(Ireland.) 


Distress, 


540 


of pieces of Silver Coin, and distinguishing the Dates 
and the Amount of Gold and Silver Coin sent each 
day from the Mint to the Bank :—And, of the Total 
Amount of Light Gold Coin received by the Bank 
of England and its Branches, and delivered to Her 
Majesty’s Mint, or retained by the Bank of England 
and its Branches, since the Proclamation against 
Light Gold; stating the Amount received in each 
week, and the Amount per cent. of deficiency on such 
Gold Coin. 

Sir George Clerk also presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns to an Order, dated the 7th day of 
June last, for Accounts, showing, in columns, the 
Total Amount of the Funded and Unfunded unre- 
deemed Public Debt of the United Kingdom, both 
as to Capital and Charge, as it stood on the Ist day 
of February or 5th day of January in each year, 
from 1797 to 1842, both inclusive; showing the 
Increase or Decrease in each period of Five years, 
during that time ; also the Average Price of Gold, 
and of three per cent. Consols, during each year and 
each period above mentioned :—And, of the Circula- 
tion, Sapssis and Securities of the Bank of Eng- 
land; and of its Stock of Bullion for each year, and 
for each of the periods above mentioned, so far as 
relates to the National Debt Office and the Exche- 
quer Bill Office. 

A Return of the Advances of Exchequer Bills 
under the Act 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, and subsequent 
Acts for Public Works, during the Three years ended 
the 31st day of December 1841, in Loan Accounts 
(in continuation, with details, of the Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 160, of Session 1839.) 

Return, showing the Price of Wheat per Quar- 
ter, during the average of the whole period from the 
passing of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 60 (15th July 1828) 
to the passing of the Act 5 Vic. c. 14 (29th April 
1842), by which it was repealed; and also, a similar | 
Return, showing the Prices. of Barley, Oats and | 
Rye, for the average of the same period. 

Sir George Clerk also — pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—A Copy of the | 
Warrant of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, granting | 
to Thomas Fenton, Esquire, one of the Chief Exami- | 
ners of the Court of Chancery in Jre/and, Compen- | 
sation for loss of Fees, in Quarter to 10th July 1842. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

‘able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter dated the 27th day of June 1842, 
ad 





28° Julit. 





A. 1842. 


The ingrossed Bill to assimilate the Stamp Duties Stamp Duties 
in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regula- Assimilation 
tions for collecting and managing the same, was, _ 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to assimilate the Stamp Duties in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Regulations 
for collecting and managing the same until the 
Tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deaths. 7 


Return of the Number of Persons, distinguishing 
Male and Female, who have died in the 17th and 
23d Divisions of the Registration of Births, Deaths 
and Marriages Districts, from the 1st day of July 
1837 to the 25th day of March 1842, showing the 
Number of Persons of each kind of Trade, Profes- 
sion and Employment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill; Courts 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day (ireland) Bal, 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Saint Asaph 
into a Committee upon the Saint Asaph and Bangor 14 A sons 
Preferments Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, — 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Manners 
Sutton reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Merchant 
for requiring and regulating the Examination of Vessels Officers 
Masters and Chief Mates of Merchant Vessels: 
And that Captain Fitzroy, Mr. Alderman Thompson 
and Mr. Oswa/d do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 

Sir George Rose : =a 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Pilkington’s 

by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for (Swinnerton’s) 
og : . . - Estate Bill. 

carrying into effect certain Provisions contained in 

the Will of Thomas Swinnerton, Esquire, deceased, 

relative to the building of a Mansion House on the 

Testator’s Estate, at Butterton, in the County of 


ressed by the Poor Law Commissioners to the Stafford, and building a Church or Chapel on the 
Guardians of each of the Unions of Dewsbury and | said Estate, and for other Purposes, without any 
Halifax, on the subject of apprenticing Poor Chil-| Amendment: And also, 


dren to work in a Coal Mine ; together with Copies | 
of the Answers returned thereto. 


Petitions of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Doncaster ;—and, Inhabitants of 
Doncaster, occupying houses of the value of nine 
pounds and upwards; praying that in the event 
of the House agreeing upon the propriety of any 
transfer of electoral privileges, the claims of Don- 
caster may be taken into their consideration, in order 
that the town may partake of the benefits of a Par- 
liamentary Borough,—-were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the city of Limerick ;—and, the 
county of Carlow ; praying the House to abolish the 
night-work system of Bakers in Jreland generally, by 
substituting day-work,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitburn, and its 
vicinity, praying the House speedily to devise some 
method whereby the Distress of the country may in 
some degree be mitigated, and not to separate until 
a thorough investigation has been made into the 
causes thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Customs Act 
Act for further amending the Laws relating to the —_—_ccc 
Customs, with Amendments; to which Amendments —~ 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Exchequer Bills 
Act for further regulating the Preparation and Issue Preparation 
of Exchequer Bills, with Amendments; to which - 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Mersey Con- 
Act for better preserving the Navigation of the River s*va"cy Bill. 
Mersey, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lord Dinorben’s 
to enable the Right honourable William Lewis Lord Estate Bill. 
Dinorben, by Mortgage of certain Hereditaments 
devised to him for Life, with Remainders over, by the 
Will and Codicils of the Reverend Edward Hughes, 
to raise not exceeding Twenty thousand pounds, at 
interest, for rebuilding the Mansion and Offices at 
Kinmel Park, devised by the said Will and Codi- 
cils, to the same Uses, and for other Purposes ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 


Slav. 





















Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill, 


Election 
Proceedings. 


Slave Vessels, 


6 Victroriz. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling the Most noble Richard Plantagenet 
Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple Duke of Buck- 
ingham and Chandos, to grant Under-leases of Lands, 
situate in or near the Town of Ryde, in the Isle of 
Wight, and to authorize the granting of Leases of 
other Lands, situate in or near the same place, be- 
longing to Elizabeth Lydia Lind and others; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew, 





The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 18th day of this instant July, was made 
from the Select Committee appointed to inquire 
whether Compromises have been entered into, in the 
cases of the Election Petitions presented from Har- 
wich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, 
and Reading, for the purpose of avoiding investiga- 
tion into gross Bribery which had been alleged to 
have been practised at the Elections for the said 
Towns, and whether Bribery has taken place in the 
aforesaid Towns; and to whom was referred an in- 
quiry into certain corrupt Compromises alleged to 
have been entered into for the purpose of avoiding 
investigation into gross Bribery which had been 
alleged to have been practised at the election for 
the Borough of Bridport in June last, and also 
whether such Bribery has taken place in the afore- 
said Town, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and Question was proposed, 
That the Compromises‘of Election Petitions, as 








28°—29 Julit. 541 


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


Veneris, 29° die Julii, 1842: 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Medical 
regulate Medical Charities in Ireland; And that Charities 
Lord Eliot and Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland do “e!#"4) Bill. 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a sittings of the 
Return of the Number of Days on which the House House. 


of Commons sat in this Session of Parliament, sta- 
ting the Total Number of Hours occupied in the 
sittings of the House, and the average time, and also 
distinguishing the Number of Nights on which the 
House sat, and the Number of Hours after midnight 
(as printed in Parliamentary Paper, No. 254, of 
Session 1834.) 


to the present day, to any Office or Situation under 
the Board of Stamps and Taxes at Somerset House ; 
specifying the nature of each Office or Situation, 
and whether occasioned by vacancy or the creation 
of additional Office, and if the same is to be per- 
manent or temporary, and the Annual Salary to be 
paid in respect thereof. 





brought to the knowledge of this House by the Re- 
port of the Select Committee on Election Proceed- 
ings, must, if for the future they be allowed to pass 
without punishment or censure, tend to bring this 
House into contempt with the people, and thereby 
seriously to diminish its power and authority. 

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 thef Mr. Roebuck, } 47 
Yeas, UMr. Hume : ‘ 
Tellers for thesSir Thomas Fremantle, 136 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : § ? 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed, 
That all such practices are hereby declared to be a 
violation of the liberties of the people, and a breach 
of the Privileges of this House, which it will in all 
future cases strictly inquire into and severely punish. 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That whereas in the late Elections for Harwich, 
Nottingham, Lewes, Reading, Falmouth and Penryn, 
and Bridport, the present Laws have. been found 
insufficient to protect the Voters from the mischie- 
vous temptations of Bribery, it be ordered that Mr. 


Letters or written Communications made by the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Chief Judges 
and Puisne Judges of the Courts of Queen’s Bench 
and Common Pleas, and Chief Barons and Puisne 
Barons of the Court of Exchequer, in Ireland, in 
relation to the Common Law Courts (Jreland) Bill, 
or the Report of the Commissioners on which such 
Bil purports to be founded, and their written Re- 
plies thereto, and any written Reports made by 
them, or any of them, in reply to the said Commu- 
nications, or in relation to the said Bill, or to the 
said Report of the Commissioners :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


itself into the said Committee. 


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. 


Speaker do issue no Writ for any Election of Mem- for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, a Resolu- 


bers for the said towns, till further legislative enact- 


ments have been adopted to protect the purity of 


Elections :—It passed in the Negative. 


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 several Sums that have been 
paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, 
and of any Vice Admiralty Court, on account of the 
Proceeds of Slave Vessels and Cargoes, captured 
and condemned under the provisions of the Act of 
the second and third year of Her present Majesty, 
c. 73, stating the date when the same were paid in, 
and if any and what Instructions have been issued 


tion ; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that a por- 
tion of the proceeds of vessels captured under an 
Act of the 2d and 3d years of Her present Ma- 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Officers of 
Return of the Names of all Persons who have been Stamps and 
appointed since the 1st day of September 1841, up “™~ 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Common Law 


That there be laid before this House, Copies of all pte 
(Ireland. ) 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Iuuatic 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (JZreland) Bill; Asylums 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve (te!) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Four Courts 
into a Committee upon the Four Courts Marshalsea Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom Slave Trade 
it was referred to consider the Act 2&amp; 3 Vic. c.'73, Suppression. 


jesty, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall 
be paid to the captors thereof. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider further of 
the said Resolution :—The House, accordingly re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 





to the Officers of the Courts of Vice Admiralty re- 
lative to the remittance of the said Sums. 
Vou. 97. 





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Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that the 
proceeds 


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542 


proceeds of vessels captured under an Act of the | 
2d and 3d years of Her present Majesty, for the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall be paid to 
the captors thereof. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Canada Lou. | The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee to whom it was re- 
ferred to consider of guaranteeing the interest of a 
Loan to be raised for the service of Canada ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
Merchant Ves- Captain Fitzroy presented a Bill for requiring and 
sels Officers 


Bill regulating the Examination of Masters and Chief 
ates of Merchant Vessels: And the same was read 


No. 501. the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon this day six weeks; and to be printed. 
Customs Act The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Amendment 


28°—29° Julie. 





: the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
_ tituled, An Act for further amending the Laws re- 
lating to the Custons; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 3.1.11. Leave out “ not’ 
Pr. 3.1.12. Leave out “ five.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 12. In Clause (A.) added, by way of 
Rider, to the Bill: 
In the heading, leave out “and” and insert “ or.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
(and the said Amendments bemg to remedy errors 
in the recital of provisions in a former Act), were 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 


Fxchequer Bills 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Preparation 
Bi 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for further regulating the Preparation 
and Issue of Exchequer Bills; and the same were 
read, as follow : 
Pr. 4. 1. 9. After “ that” insert “ unless other- 
“‘ wise directed by the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s Treasury.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 19. After the first “ plate” insert “ or 
“ for sealing such Exchequer Bills.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Duke of The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read 
ry Ig * the first time. 
canine Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

LordDinorben’s Lord Dinorben’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

me BE Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Wheat and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Oats (Ireland.) 9 Return of the Average Price of Wheat and Oats 
per barrel, calculated upon the Returns advertised 
in the Dublin Gazette, for the years ending respec- 
tively on the 1st day of May 1841 and 1842. 


New Houses of 
Parliament. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on the New Houses of Parliament, to 
consider the propriety of accommodating the Clerk 
of this House with a Residence in the New Houses 
of Parliament. 


And then the House ee continued to sit till 
one of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


‘ 





A. 1842. 


Veneris, 29° die Julii ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


HE House proceeded to take into consideration Mersey Con- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the servncy Bill. 
Bill, intituled, An Act for better preserving the Na- 
vigation of the River Mersey; and the same were 
read, as follow: 
Pr. 9.1.9. After “ river” insert “ Mersey.” 
Pr. 15.1. 32. Leave out “ last” and insert “ in 
“ the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
“ and Forty two.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 37. Leave out “ made” and insert 
passed.” 
Pr, 28, 1.2. Leave out from “ matter” to “ And” 
in |. 9. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Sir Howard Dougias do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


“ 


Sewell’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; and sewell’s 
committed to the Select Committee on Divorce Divorce Bill. 
Bills. 

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 be pleased to 
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 Sir John Yarde 
Buller do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of John Goodeve, of Raymond Build- Sewell’s _ 
ings, Gray’s Inn, Gentleman, Agent for and on be- Divorce Bill. 
half of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That a Bill is now pending in 
the House, intituled, “ An Act to dissolve the Mar- 
riage of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, with Margaret 
Susannah his now Wife, and to enable him to marry 
again, and for other Purposes therein mentioned” ; 
that the said Bill has been read a second time in 
the House, and referred to a Committee, and the 
usual Orders have been made for serving a Copy of 
the said Bill, and the Order for the Committee, on 
the said Margaret Susannah Sewell ; and also that 
it be an Instruction to the Committee to hear coun- 
sel and examine witnesses for and against the Bill, 
if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
counsel, or to produce witnesses ; that the Petitioner 
has for a considerable time past been engaged in 
making diligent inquiries for the residence of the 
said Margaret Susannah Sewell, but without effect, 
and the Petitioner has every reason to believe that 
she is beyond the seas, and purposely conceals the 
place of her abode; that Richard Kirkman Lane, 
of Argyll-street, Gentleman, was the Solicitor for the 
said Margaret Susannah Sewell during the course 
of the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, and 
the Petitioner believes that he has distinct authorit 
in writing from the said Margaret Susannah Sewell 
to act as her Solicitor and Agent in all matters re- 
lating to the said Divorce; and praying that the 
service of the said Orders, and an official Copy of 
the said Bill, upon the said Richard Kirkman Lane, 
may be deemed good service, and that personal ser- 
vice on the said Margaret Susannah Sewell may be 
dispensed with, or that the House will be pleased to 
give the Petitioner such other relief in the premises 
as shall be thought proper. 

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


Mr. 








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Silk. 


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Hele 
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Bill. 


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Duk 
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Estat 


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Liter 


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Corn 


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Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
Crawfurd’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 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Crawfurd’s 
Estate Bill. 





Lighting of Mr. Litton presented a Bill to alter and amend 
a a) Bil, 29 Act of the ninth year of King George the Fourth, 
¢ * to make Provision for the lighting, cleansing and 
No, 503. watching of Cities, Towns Corporate and Market 
Towns 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. 


Silk. A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Operatives employed in the Silk Manufacture of 
Macclesfield, stating, that the Petitioners have sus- 
tained great losses in their trade, in consequence 
of the alterations in the laws respecting the Silk 
Trade, and that they see no alternative but to en- 
force their claim to compensation for such losses ; 
and praying that the House will not conclude the 
labours of the present Session, until they have given 
the claims of the Petitioners their most serious con- 
sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


PublicPetitios Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
(Forty-third lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
pe) examined the Petitions presented on the 25th and 
26th days of this instant 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. 
Hele’s Charity Mr. George William Wood reported from the 


(Lowe’s) Estate Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; 

- That in the case of Hele’s Charity Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Dinorben’s 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Estate Bill. 


Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of Lord Dinorben’s Estate Bill no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Duke of Mr. George William Wood es from the Se- 
—— lect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That 
lu. 


in the case of the Duke of Buckingham’s Estate 
Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


20° Julti. 


543 


on the 26th day of this instant July, and of the 
arrest of the Petitioner, and the refusal of bail by 
the police when lawfully tendered for him; and 
raying the House to institute an immediate inquiry 
for the better preservation of the right of discussion, 
the right of meeting to petition, and the liberty of 
the subject, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of the parish of Deptford, complaining of 
the conduct of the police in interrupting a Meeting 
of the inhabitants of Deptford, and others, in public 
meeting assembled, with a view to adopting certain 
legal and constitutional remedies for redress of grie~ 
vances, and of the arrest of Dr. Peter Murra 
M‘Douall, and others, and of the refusal of bail 
tendered for the said Peter Murray M‘Douall, and 
praying for inquiry, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be printed. 


A Petition of Purtaub Shean, Raja of Sattara, Raja of Satara. 
now in exile at Benares, setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioner, for many years a faithful Ally and great 
whe ag | of Her Majesty's Indian Empire, has 
recently, by the East India Company’s Government, 
under the accusation of treason and secret hostility, 
crimes which he never even in imagination con- 
ceived, on evidence corrupt and one-sided, as well 
as inconsistent and contradictory, without a trial, 
and without the opportunity of self-defence, been 
despoiled of his throne and dominions, and con- 
signed to exile ; and praying from the House a con- 
sideration of his case, and of the treatment he has 
received, as well as the high character he has inva- 
riably maintained amongst his people and the 
princes of India; while he implores from the House 
that justice which, had his lot been that of a peasant, 
it would have been his right to claim from the laws 
of the British realm, he cannot forget that it is as 
a dethroned and exiled prince that he appeals to 
the House ; he trusts that the vast power which has 
been placed by Divine Providence in the hands of 
the Government of Great Britain, will not be ex- 
ercised to his continued wrong; and he hopes the 
injustice and degradation which he has suffered in 
innocence will net be permitted to appear on the 
page of history, to tarnish the glory of the British 
name, and the conduct and character of that Govern- 
ment in India towards a sovereign, once its honoured 
ally, now its helpless prisoner, 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, Monuments. 
a Return of the Sums voted by Parliament since 





A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 
censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of Ashton- 
under-Lyne, praying the House to pass an Act de- 
claring the law to be that Brewers’ Casks are not 
distrainable for the rent of their customers, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brewers’ Casks. 


Literary and A Petition of Members of the Ashton-under- 
— Lyne and Dukinfield Mechanics’ Institution, pray- 
muons. ing the House to relieve Literary and Scientific In- 
stitutions from all rates and taxes, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Corn Laws, Petitions from Northwich ; — Midleton ; —Man- 
chester ;— Leek ;—and, Girvan ; praying for the re- 
peal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Deptford 
ceting. 


A Petition of Peter Murray M‘ Douall, Surgeon, 
&amp;c., residing in Hampton-street, Walworth, complain- 
ing of the conduct of the police in interrupting a 
Meeting of the inhabitants of Deptford, and others, 
Vot. 97. 














1792, for the Erection of Monuments in honour of 
Public Services performed; stating, in each case, 
the date of such Grant, and the Amount voted; and 
also the place in which the said Monument has been 
erected, as well as the name of the Artist to whom 
the commission was given, and how chosen, whether 
by competition or otherwise. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fees (Public 

a Return of the aggregate Amount of Fees received Offices.) 

in each of the Public Offices in the year 1841, dis- 
tinguishing those regulated by Act of Parliament 

from those collected by order of the Office ; showing, 

in detail, the rate of the several Fees charged on 
Commissions and Warrants of Appointment to any 

Office, or for any public business transacted with the 

Office, stating how the Amount is appropriated, and 

the Expense of Collection. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navarine. 
a Return of the manner in which the £.60,000 voted 
by Parliament as a gratuity to the Royal Navy, for 
services at Navarino, was distributed ; stating the 
324 Number 











Southampton 
Town Election. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland.) 


Sewell's 
Divorce Bill. 


544, 


Number of Officers and Men of each rank, and 
the Amount paid to each person of each rank. 


A Petition of Electors of the town and county 
of the town of Southampton, stating, that the 
Petitioners beg to express their most humble and 
hearty thanks to the Betis: for the appointment of 
a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon 
the system of bribery and corruption which prevailed 
at the last and previous Elections for Southampton ; 
and though the Petitioners, in conjunction with their 
fellow-townsmen, consider that the inquiries of that 
Committee haye fallen very short in laying bare the 
vile system which has prevailed in the town to cor- 
rupt and debauch the electors, yet they feel satisfied 
that the House, duly considering the evidence now 
before them, with the Report, will not permit a Writ 
for a new Election to issue until legislative measures 
are specially taken to prevent a recurrence of these 
practices ; the Petitioners observe with regret that 
the Report of the Select Committee does not refer 
to the fact disclosed in the evidence, that some of 
the most active agents in carrying out the system 
of bribery, corruption, and treating, proved to have 
been practised to an enormous extent at the last 
election, are influential members of the Town 
Council, and subordinate officers of the Corporation 
of the Borough, and that if a new Writ were now to 
be issued, it would be directed to some of these 
agents, who, by virtue of their offices in the Corpo- 
ration, are Returning Offices for the said Borough ; 
the Petitioners state, that John Bennett Luce, an 
active agent for the Conservatives at the last election, 
was a most necessary and important witness to dis- 
close such corruption and other agents in it, but he 
was kept out of the way, as the Petitioners believe, 
to avoid being examined before the Committee; 
and the Petitioners believe that other witnesses 
were tampered with by the Conservative agents, to 
avoid disclosing the truth before the said Com- 
mittee; the Petitioners have just reason to believe, 
that if the House will defer taking the Evidence and 
Report of the Committee into consideration until 
the said John Bennett Luce is produced by the 
Conservative agents, and examined by the House, 
such facts and evidence will be got, disclosing the 
system of general bribery and corruption for carrying 
on Elections at Southampton, that will satisfy the 
House that no fair or free Election can take place 
in the Borough without some Act of Parliament, 
which shall provide an gt remedy for the 
grievance ; and praying the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and grant them relief, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Captain Gordon reported, That he had carried to 
the Lords the Message of this House, of the 26th 
day of this instant J me, requesting that their Lord- 
ships would be pleased to communicate to this 
House, a Copy of the Report, together with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence taken before a Committee of their 
Lordships on a Bill for the better Regulation of the 
Close Time in Salmon Fisheries in Scotland; and that 
their Lordships had been pleased to communicate a 
“sty Copy of the said Report, as desired by this 

ouse :—And he delivered the same in at the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported, That he had carried 
to the Lords the Message of this House of this day, 
requesting that their Lordships would be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 


29° Juliz. 











A. 1849. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the further sum Estimates, &amp;c., 
required to be voted to defray the Charge of Army, eferred: 
Navy and Ordnance Services, connected with the China and 
Naval and Military Forces employed in China and 14 
India, for the year ending 31st March 1843, which 
was presented upon Monday last, be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the further sum Education. 
required to be voted in the year 1842, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, which was presented 
upon Monday last, be referred to the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee, 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That ‘a sum, not exceeding Seventy Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to gencies. 
complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge 
of Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 
1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Education. 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, in the year 1842. 

3. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, south 
not exceeding Fifty-nine thousand nine hundred Australia. 
and thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to enable Her Majesty to liquidate certain Bills 
drawn by the Governors of South Australia, since 
the end of the year 1840 ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thes Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


Yeas, Mr. Pringle: } »- 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 1 
Noes, Mr. Benjamin Wood: } ou 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two China and 
hundred and seventy-two thousand nine hundred India. 
and twenty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Army, Navy and Ordnance 
Services connected with the Forces employed in 
China and India, to the 31st day of March 1843. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Supplies. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to discharge the like Amount of Supplies granted 
for the service of the year 1841, or for any pre- 
ceding year. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Ordnance 
dred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and Works, &amp;c. 
seventy-seven 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 Barracks, 
and Barrack Masters’ Expenditure, in the United 
Kingdom and Colonies, for the year 1842-3, after 
deducting One hundred thousand pounds for Credits, 
by Sale of Old Stores, Rents of Canteens, &amp;c. 


Resolutions to be reported. ‘ 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Lynch and Message from 
Sir George Rose: the Lords. 





Mr. Speaker, 
The Leeds have agreed to the several Bills follow- 


of Evidence taken before their Lordships in the case | ing, without Amendment; viz. 


of Sewell’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lordships | 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Poor Law 


had been pleased to communicate a printed Copy of | Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred Amendment 


the said 


inutes of Evidence, as desired by this | and Forty-seven, and to the end of the then next 


House:—And he delivered the same in at the'l'able. Session of Parliament, the Poor Law Commission, 
Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the | and for the further Amendment of the Laws relating 


Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


to the Poor in England : 


A Bill, 





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Li 


na 








Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdictions 
Bill. 


South Australia 


Bill. 


Election Peti- 


6 Vicroriz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for further suspending 
until the First day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-three, the Operation of the New 
Arrangement of Dioceses, so far as it affects the ex- 
isting Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the better 
Government of South Australia : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the 


99°—30° Julzt. 





tions Trial Bill. Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred 


natic Asylums 
Bill. 


Wicklow The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment 
Harbour Bill. made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making and maintaining and improving a 
Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of Wicklow ; to 
which this House hath disagreed: And also, 
Court of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Chancery for abolishing certain Offices of the High Court of 
Offices Bill. Chancery in England ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Buildings Re- | The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
gulation, and to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
ofBoroughs, Report made from the Select Committee of this 
House, appointed to consider of the Regulations of 
Buildings and Improvement of Boroughs ; together 
with Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, Index and 
Plans :—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. 
Licensed Lu- Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 


natic Asylums 
ill, 


Court of The Court of Chancery Offices Bill was read the 
sa A first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
No.503, Monday next. 
satiety Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
pattingham Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
own Writ. 


and Forty-three, and to the end of the then Session 
of Parliament, an Act for amending the Law for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections : 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend and continue for Three years, and 
from thence to the end of the next Session of Parlia- 
ment, the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the 
Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the 
Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons, and for 
the Inspection of County Asylums and Public Hos- 
pitals for the Reception of Insane Persons, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


to the Licensed Lunatic Asylums Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


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 Town of Nottingham, in the 
room of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 
Baronet, who, since his Election for the said Town, 
hath accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of 


545 


Her Majesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, 
Desborough and Bonenham, in the county of Buck- 
ingham. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to Canada Loan, 
whom it was referred to consider of guaranteeing the 

Interest of a Loan to be raised for the service of Ca- 

nada, a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be authorized to 


eae the interest, at a rate of not more than 


“our per cent. per annum, of a Loan to an amount 
not exceeding One million and five hundred thou- 


Wide Streets A Bill, intituled, An Act to extend the Provisions | sand pounds, for the service of the Province of 
(Dublin) Bill. Of an Act of the Fourth year of Her present Majesty, Canada; and that provision be made out of the 
for enabling the Commissioners of Wide Streets to | Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
sell, and Her Majesty to purchase, certain Heredi- | Britain and Ireland, for the payment from time to 
taments in the City of Dublin, on the North Bank |time of such sums of money as may become pay- 
of the River Anna Liffey; And also, able by Her Majesty under such guarantee. 
TithesCommu- The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made} Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
tation Bill, by this House to the Amendments made by their | proposed, That the said Resolution be now read a 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend second time ; 
the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in England| And the House having continued to sit till after 
and Wales, and to continue the Officers appointed | twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
under the said Acts for a Time to be limited, without : ; eS) 
any Amendment: And also, Sabbati, 30° die Julii, 1842: 
Drainage The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An] And the Question being put ; 
(Ireland) Bill. Act to promote the Drainage of Lands, and Improve-| The House divided : 
ment of Navigation and Water-power in connection! The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
with such Drainage in Ireland, with Amendments ;} The Noes to the new Lobby. 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur-| ‘Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 89 
rence of this House: And also, Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } , 
Licensed Lu- 


Tellers for thes Mr. French, 
Noes, UDr. Bowring : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The said Resolution was accordingly read a se- 
cond time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Lord Stanley do prepare, and bring it in. 


9. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Designs Copy- 
the Report on the Designs Copyright Bill ; right Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tues- 

day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking Lunacy Bill. 
into further consideration the Report on the Lunacy 

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. Greene 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 receiving the Ecclesiastical 
Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Corporations 
(No. 2.) Bul; (No. 2) Bill 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dublin 

into a Committee upon the Dublin Boundaries Bill ; Boundaries Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 

sumed 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into Bribery at 
further consideration the Report on the Bribery at gpa Bill 
Elections (No. 2.) Bill; or 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newfoundland 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





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Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


546 


The Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


LawofEvidence The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill, 


East India 
Bishops Bill. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Western 
Australia Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 
Preferments 
Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland ) Bill, 


No. 504. 


Four Courts 
Marshalsea 


(Dublin) Bill. 


mittee on the Law of Evidence 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 of Ways and Means ; 

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


The ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to the Services of the Ordnance De- 
partment, and the vesting and purchase of Lands 
and Hereditaments for those Services, and for the 
Defence and Security of the Realm, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Fcot-path to be 
provided in lieu of any one stopped up): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed 
to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the East India Bishops Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed 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 Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Tobacco 
Regulations Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Militia Pay 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 continue an Act of the 
tenth year of King George the Fourth, for providing 
for'the Government of His Majesty’s Settlements in 
Western Australia, on the Western Coast of New Hol- 
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 Thirty-first 
day of December One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-four, and to the end of the then next Session 
of Parliament, An Act of the tenth year of King 
George the Fourth, for providing for the Government 
of his Majesty’s Settlements in Western Australia, 
on the Western Coast of New Holland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Saint Asaph and Ban- 
gor Preferments 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 Lunatic Asylums (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Four Courts Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 


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Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to Slave Trade 
whom it was referred to consider of the Act 2 and 3 °"PP 


Vic., c. 73, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 
a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that the 
Proceeds of Vessels captured under an Act of the 
2d and 3d years of Her present Majesty, for the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, shall be paid to the 
Captors thereof. 

he said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Slavery (East 


for extending to the Governors and Officers of the 
East India Company the Powers given by an Act 
of the fifth year of hing George the Fourth, to Her 
Majesty’s Governors and Officers, for the more 
effectual Suppression of the Importation of Slaves 
into India by Sea: And that Mr. Bingham Baring 
and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring it in. 


Indies) Bill. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Canada 
Bill for guaranteeing the Payment of the Interest Loan Bill. 


on a Loan to be raised by the Province of Canada: No.505. 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Lord Stanley presented, pursuant to an Address Prince Ed- 


to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Petition and Me- ward’s Island. 
morial of the Legislative Council and Assembly of No, 506. 


Her Majesty’s Island of Prince Edward in February 
1842, to Her Majesty, praying for the admission of 
Corn and other produce of that Colony into Great 
Britain free, together with a Copy of the Despatch 
from the Lieutenant Governor, forwarding that Pe- 
tition :——Of Petition from the House of Assembly of 
Prince Edward’s Island, to Her Majesty, in April 
last, for the Settlement of Land Tenures in that 
Island; and also, Copy of the Resolutions accom- 
panying the said Petition :—And, of the Despatches 
from Lord John Russell, Nos. 57 and 58, dated the 
26th day of July 1841, in Answer to the Address of 
the House of Assembly, relating to the state of the 
Colony, and Counter eosdidhons of the Legislative 
Council on the same subject ; and also, Copy of the 
Despatch from Lord John Russell, No. 62, dated 
the 26th day of July 1841, in answer to the Address 
of the House of Assembly to the Queen, in refer- 
ence to the Price and the Disposal of the Crown 
Lands of this Colony to actual Settlers. 

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


ing to the Governors and Officers of the East India 
Company the Powers given by an Act of the fifth 
year of King George the Fourth, to Her Majesty’s 
Governors and Officers, for the more effectual Sup- 
pression of the Importation of Slaves into India by 
Sea: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. William Gladstone presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Commercial Tariffs 
and Regulations of the several States of Europe and 
America; together with the Commercial Treaties 
between England and Foreign Countries : 


Part the Fifth : 
States of the Germanic Union of Customs, also 


the Hanse Towns, Holstein, Hanover, Oldenburg 
and Mecklenburg. 











Ordered, 


Mr. Bingham Baring presented a Bill for extend~ sjavery (East 


Indies) Bill. 
No. 507. 


Commercial 
Tariffs. 





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


Tobacco Regu- 


I A Petition of Manufacturers of Tobacco and 
lations Bill, 


Snuff in the city of Bristol, praying that the To- 
bacco Regulations Bill ma ss into a law, was 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 








Copyholds. Ordered, That the Copy of the First Report of 
No.500. the Copyhold Commissioners, which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 

— ss Ordered, That the Paper relative to James Fla- 
casi nagan, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Crown Ordered, That the Paper relative to Crown Soli- 
(Ireland. ) citors eo. which was presented yesterday, be 

No. 508, Printed. 
Gold andSilver Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold and 
Coin. Silver Coin, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 509. printed. 
Exchequer Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer 
a. Bills, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 510, 
Wheat, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, 
No.51}. &amp;c., 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. 
Sabbati, 30° die Julti ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 
Royal Assent MESSAGE by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentle- 
to Bills. man Usher of the Black Rod : 
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 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 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 Bulls 
therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, thereby au- 
thorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the said 
Bills : Which Bills are as follow ; 
Poor Law 


An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of 
Spontmnet July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-seven, 
and to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, the Poor Law Commission, and for the further 
Amendment of the Laws relating to the Poor in 

England : 


An Act for farther amending the Laws relating to 
the Customs : 


Customs Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Exchequer Bills An Act for further regulating the Preparation and 
paperation Issue of Exchequer Bills : 
Testimony An Act for perpetuating Testimony, in certain 


ening Cases: 
il, s : 


i 
Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdictions 
Bill, 


An Act for further suspending until the First day 
of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, the operation of the new Arrangement of 
Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Ecclesias- 
tical Jurisdictions : 


An Act to divide the Forest of Dean, in the County 
of Gloucester, into Ecclesiastical Districts : 


Vou. 97. 


Dean Forest 
Ecclesiastical 
Districts Bill. 





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547 


An Act to encourage the Establishment of District District Courts 
Courts and Prisons : : = risons 

An Act to amend the Acts for the Commutation Tithes Commu- 
of Tithes in England and Wales, and to continue io Bill. 
the Officers appointed under the said Acts for a 
Time to be limited : 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of Election Peti- 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, ‘ons Trial Bill. 
and to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
an Act for amending the Law for the Trial of Contro- 
verted Elections : 

An Act for the Government of New South Wales New South 
and Van Diemen’s Land: Wales Bill. 


An Act to provide for the better Government of _—_ Australia 
ail. 


‘South Australia : 


An Act to continue until the First day of August slave Trade 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, an Treaties Act 
Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into im- Cavtnuanee 
mediate execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 

An Act to continue until the First day of August Fisheries 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, an Treaty Bill. 
Act for carrying into effect a Convention between 
Her Majesty and the King of the French, relative 
to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British Islands 
and of France: 

An Act to continue until the First day of October Turnpike Acts 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, certain Continuance 
Turnpike Acts : _ 

An Act to establish Military Savings Banks: Military 
— Banks 


An Act to suspend until the Thirty-first day of Militia Ballots 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, Suspension Bill, 
the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 

An Act for the better Regulation of Railways, Railways Bill. 
and for the Conveyance of Troops : 

An Act for the better regulating the Number of Perth Prison 
Prisoners admitted to the General Prison at Perth: Bill. 

An Act for regulating the Priorities of Monies pondon Bridge 
authorized to be charged on a Fund called “ The Approaches 
London Bridge Approaches Fund :” yuan es 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Pay- Chelsea 
ment of Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital : Hospital Bill. 

An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act of the wide Streets 
Fourth year of Her present Majesty, for enabligg (Dublin) Bill. 
the Commissioners of Wide Streets to sell, and Her 
Majesty to purchase, certain Hereditaments in the 
City of Dublin, on the North Bank of the River 
Anna Liffey: 

An Act to amend and continue to the Twenty- rinen, &amp;e., 

seventh day of July One thousand eight hundred Manufactures 
and Forty-three, of to the end of the next Session (!*eland) Bill, 
of Parliament, an Act of the third and fourth years 
of Her present Majesty, for the more effectual Pre- 
vention of Frauds and Abuses committed by Weavers, 
Sewers and other Persons employed in the Linen, 
Hempen, Union, Cotton, Silk and Woollen Manu- 
factures in Ireland, and for the better Payment of 
their Wages : 

An Act to amend an Act of the second and third Right of Voting 
years of His late Majesty, to amend the Represen- (Dublin Uni- 
tation of the People of Jreland, in respect of the V9) Bill 
Right of Voting in the University of Dublin: 

An Act to remove Doubts touching the Law re- Charitable 
lating to Charitable Pawn or Deposit Offices in Pawn Offices 
Treland: (Ireland) Bill. 

An Act for making a New Street from Blackman- southwark 
street to the Southwark Bridge Road, and for im- Improvement 
proving the District called The Mint, all in the Pa- (N*% 2.) Bill. 
tish of Saint George-the-Martyr, in the Borough 
of Southwark, in the County of Surrey ; 

An Act for better enabling the Liverpool and Liverpool and 
Manchester Railway Company to extend the Line of Manchester 
the said Railway, and for amending and enlarging ®#!way Bill. 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to such Railway: 

Au Act for better preserving the Navigation of Mersey Con- 
the River Mersey: servancy Bill, 


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Reading An Act for establishing a General Cemetery for 
Cemetery Bill. the Interment of the Dead, in the Parish of Sonning, 
near the Town of Reading, in the County of Berks : 
Wicklow An Act for making and maintaining and improving 
Harbour Bill. ag Harbour at Wicklow, in the County of Wicklow: 


Cambuslang An Act for maintaining and improving certain 
and Muirkirk Roads in the Counties of Lanark, Ayr and Renfrew, 
Roads (No-2-) for maintaining a Bridge over the River Clyde at 

: Dalmarnock, and for other Purposes connected 
therewith : 

An Act for authorizing the raising by Mortgage 
of the Estates devised by the Will of the Right 
honourable William late Earl of Devon, a limited 
Sum of Money, to be applied under the direction of 
the High Court of Chancery, in repaying to the 

resent Earl and Lord Courtenay the whole or a 
Portion of the Monies already expended by them for 
the Repair and Restoration of the Castle of Powder- 
ham, and the Buildings belonging thereto, and towards 
completing such Repair and Restoration, and for 
making Provision for Payment of the Interest of the 
Money so to be raised, and also for the Liquidation 
of the Principal; also for extending the Power to 
grant Building Leases contained in the Will of the 
said late Earl : 

Lord Sher- An Act for discharging the Borough, Hundred 
pome’s Estate and Manor of Cheltenham, in the County of Glou- 

; cester, and other Estates in the same County, from 

the Portions of the younger Children of the Right 
honourable John Lord Sherborne, and the younger 
Children of the Honourable James Henry Legge 
Dutton, and from the Terms created for raising the 
same : 


Ear] of Devon’s 
Estate Bill. 


Gibson's An Act for effecting a Partition, Division or Allot- 

Estate Bill. ment of Estates in the Counties of York, Suffolk 
and Essex, devised by the Will of Atkinson Francis 
Gibson, late of Saffron Walden, in the County of 
Essex, Brewer, deceased : 

Pilkingtou’s An Act for carrying into effect certain Provisions 


Estate Bill ) contained in the Will of Thomas Swinnerton, Esquire, 
* deceased, relative to the building of a Mansion 
House on the Testator’s Estate at Butterton, in the 
County of Stafford, and building a Church or 
Chapel on the said Estate, and for other Purposes : 
Lord Lorton’s 


An Act for authorizing the Sale of Portions of the 
(ronse's) Estat - Real Estate devised by the Will of Jane Countess 
Bill. Dewager of Rosse, deceased, and for the Purchase 
of other Estates to be settled to the Uses of the said 
Will, and for the authorizing the granting of Farm- 
ing and Building Leases of the same Estates : 

An Act for better enabling the Trustees of the 
Will of the late Charles Calland, Esquire, to grant 
Building and Farming and Mining, and other 
Leases of certain Estates situate in the County of 
are devised by the said Will, and to sell 
certain Portions of the same Estates, and for laying 
out the Monies arising from such Sales in the Pur- 
chase of other Lands to be settled to the same 
Uses, and for other Purposes : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the 
Most noble Francis late Duke of Bridgewater to 
raise Money for rebuilding Bridgewater House, and 
for repairing and improving the Bridgewater Canal, 
and for other Purposes : 

Lord South- An Act to extend a Power of Leasing contained 
aii" Est*¢ in the Marriage Settlement of Charles Lord South- 
ampton and Harriet Lady Southampton his wife : 


Calland’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Bridgewater’s 
Estate Bill. 


Mostyn’s: An Act for vesting Parts of the Settled Estates of 
Estate Bill. | the Honourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, of 
Mostyn, in the County of Flint, in Trustees, upon 
trust, to sell, mortgage or exchange the same, and 
to lay out the Monies to arise therefrom in the Pay- 
ment of Debts, Charges and Mortgages upon or 
affecting the same, or other Estates settled to the 
same Uses, or in the Purchase of other Estates to be 
settled to the same Uses, and for other Purposes : 
Marquis of An Act to enable George Marquis of Tweeddale 
goby to borrow a certain Sum of Money upon the Securit 


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Portion of the Monies laid out by him in the Im- 
provement of these Estates : 

An Act for confirming certain Conveyances in Bishop of 
Perpetuity made by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners Derry Estate 
for Ireland and the present Bishop of Derry and ~'* 
Raphoe, of Parts of the Mensal Lands of the See of 
Derry, and for confirming certain Leases made by Li 
the same Bishop, and his immediate Predecessor in 
the See of Derry, of other Parts of the Mensal Lands 
of the same See; also for enabling the Bishop of 
Derry and Raphoe for the time being to grant 
Leases of the Parts last-mentioned, and certain 
other Parts of the Mensal Lands of the See of Derry, 
and for other Purposes : 

An Act to extend the Provisions of two Acts of Bitmingham 
the second year of King William the Fourth and So! Bill. 
the first year of Her present Majesty, relating to the 
Free Grammar School of King Edward the Sixth, in 
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of George William Coward’s _ 

Henry Coward with Ann Coward, his now Wife, Divorce Bill. 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes : 


An Act for Naturalizing Pierre Frederic Eugéne Verconsin’s 
Verconsin. Nat. Bill. 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Ipswich Ipswich 
Election Petition have leave to sit this day till five Election. 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to amend an Slave Trade 
Act of the second and third years of Her Majesty, Suppression 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade: And the same B# 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 512 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Supply, Supply ; 
several Resolutions; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to gencies. 
complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Education. 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Public 
Education in Great Britain, in the year 1842. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-nine south 
thousand nine hundred and thirty-six pounds, be Avstralia. 
granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to 
liquidate certain Bills drawn by the Governors of 
South Australia, since the end of the year 1840. 

4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two China and 
hundred and seventy-two thousand nine hundred India. 
and twenty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the charge of Army, Navy and Ordnance 
Services connected with the Forces employed in 
China and India, to the 31st day of March 1843. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Supplies. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
discharge the like amount of Supplies granted for the 
Service of the year 1841, or for any preceding year. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Ordnance 
dred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and Works, &amp;. 
seventy-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
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’ Rccouittaes, in the United 
Kingdom and Colonies, for the year 1842-3, after 
deducting One hundred thousand pounds for Credits, 
by Sale of Old Stores, Rents of Canteens, &amp;c. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





The ingrossed Bill for further suspending Ap- Saint Asaph 
pointments to certain Ecclesiastical Preferments in sta 8 
the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and for pi), 
securing certain Property to the said Sees, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 


y | Title be, An Act for suspending until the first day 
of his Entailed Estates, for Repayment to him of a 


of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, 











Lunacy Bill. 





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three, Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical Prefer- 
ments in the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor ; 
and for securing certain Property to the said Sees. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lunacy Bill; and the 

Amendments were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Chancellor” to 
“ shall” in 1. 7. and insert ‘‘ and the Commissioners 
“ of Her Majesty’s Treasury.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 10. After “ appointed ” insert Clauses 
(A), (B.), (C.), (D.), (E.), (F.) and (G.) 

CuavseE (A.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
“‘ in the second and third year of the reign of his 
“ late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
“« « An Act to abolish certain Sinecure Offices con- 
* cected with the Court of Chancery, and to make 
“ Provision for the Lord High Chancellor on his Re- 
“ tirement from Office,’ it was enacted, that (among 
“‘ other offices) the office of the Clerk of the Cus- 
“* todies of Lunatics and Idiots should cease and 
“ determine after the Twentieth day of August One 
“ thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; pro- 
“ vided that nothing in that Act contained should 
“ be construed to determine any of the aforesaid 
offices held in possession or reversion by any 
person appointed thereto on or before the First 
“ day of June One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-two, until the decease or resignation of 
such person: and whereas the ‘present Clerk of 
“ the Custodies of Idiots and Lunatics held the 
“* said office in possession before the First day of 
“ June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two: 
and whereas by an Act passed in the third and 
fourth years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
“ William the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide 
“ for the Performance of the Duties of certain Offices 
“ connected with the Court of Chancery which 
have been abolished,’ it was enacted, That, from 
and after the death, resignation or removal of the 
“* person then holding the office of Clerk of the 
“ Custodies of Idiots and Lunatics the duties of 
such office should be performed by the Secretary 
of Lunatics, in addition to such other duties as 
such Secretary should be required to perform, 
and that the fees and emoluments of the said 
office of Clerk of the Custodies should be ac- 
counted for and paid into the revenue of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer, to be carried to and made 
S ie of the Consolidated Fund of the United 

ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: and 
“‘ whereas the said office of Clerk of the Custodies 


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of Idiots and Lunatics is productive of unnecessary 
expense to the estates of Idiots and Lunatics and 
persons of unsound mind found such by inqui- 
“ sition, and it is fit and desirable that such office 
“‘ and the fees thereof should be abolished as soon 
“ as can be; Be it therefore Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to order and 
direct, as soon as he may find it practicable so 
“ to do, having regard to the state of the funds 
hereinafter mentioned, that the said office of Clerk 
“ of the Custodies of Idiots and Lunatics and the 
fees thereof should cease and determine, and that 
the said Commissioners or the Secretary of Lu- 
“ natics shall thenceforth do and perform any of 
“ such acts, deeds, matters and things as have 
heretofore been done and performed in execution 
“ of the duties of the said office of Clerk of the 
“ Custodies; and all such acts to be done by the 
said Commissioners and the Secretary of Lunatics, 
** shall in all respects have the same force and 
“ effect as if the same had been done by the Clerk 
“ of the Custodies or his deputy, and that all the 
records, proceedings, books, papers and docu- 
“« ments in the said office of Clerk of the Custodies 
shall thereupon be by him delivered to such per- 
“son or persons as the Lord Chancellor shall by 
“ any order appoint.” 

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Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Lord Chancellor from time to 


“ time to order such fees to be received and taken 


by the clerks to the Commissioners to be appointed 
under this Act, and also such fees to be received 
“ and taken by the Secretary of Lunatics, as the 
Lord Chancellor shall in either case judge rea- 
sonable and proper; and that the said clerk to 
the Commissioners and the Secretary of Lunatics 
shall and may thereafter take and receive such 
fees respectively, and shall pay into the Bank of 
England at such times and in such manner and 
under such regulations as the Lord Chancellor 
shall from time to time order and direct all fees 
and'sums of money so received by them, and that 
the several sums, when so paid in, shall be placed 
“‘ to the credit of the Accountant-General of the 
“ Court of Chancery to the account intituled ‘ The 
“ Suitors’ Fee Fund Acconnt.’” 

CrauseE (C.) “ And whereas by an Act passed 
in the second and third years of the reign of his 
“ late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, 
‘ An Act for making further Provision for the Lord 
“ High Chancellor of England, in lieu of Fees here- 
tofore received by him,’ it is enacted, among other 
things, that the fees and emoluments accruing 
due and payable as therein mentioned, for business 
** done in the offices of the Clerk of the Crown, the 
“ Clerk of the Letters Patent, the Secretary of Fines 
“ and the Purse-bearer to the Lord Chancellor for 

the time being, shall be na into the Bank of 
“« England, in the name of the Accountant-General 
of the said Court, to an account to be intituled, 
‘An Account of Fees formerly payable to the Lord 
“ Chancellor;’ Be it Enacted, Tnat all such fees 
and emoluments now due and henceforth to accrue 
due and payable as in the said last-mentioned 
Act mentioned, when paid into the Bank of Eng- 
land in the name of the Accountant-General of 
the said Court, shall be placed to the account of 
“ the Suitors’ Fee Fund Account, instead of the 
said account, intituled, ‘ An Account of Fees for- 
merly payable to the Lord Chancellor, and be 
applied as part of the fund standing to the credit 
of the said account, intituled, ‘ The Suitors’ Fee 
“ Fund Account.’” 
Criause(D.) “ And be it Enacted, That out of 
“ the said fund standing to the credit of the Ac- 
countant General of the Court of Chancery, inti- 
* tuled, ‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’ there 
shall be paid (but subject and without prejudice 
to the payment of all salaries and sums of money 
which by any Act or Acts now in force are autho- 
“ rized to be paid thereout) by the Governor and 
“ Company of the Bank of Bagland, by virtue of 
any order or orders of the Court of Chancery, to 
be from time to time made for that purpose, to 
each of the Commissioners for the time being to 
be appointed under this Act, the yearly sum or 
salary of Two thousand pounds, such yearly sums 
or salaries to be payable free from all taxes, de- 
“* ductions and abatements whatsoever out of the 
“ same, or any part thereof, and to be paid by 
“ equal quarterly payments, on the third day of 
“ February, the third day of May, the third day of 
“ August, and the third day of November in every 
year, the first of such payments or proportionate 
parts thereof, to be computed from the time of 
their respective appointments, to be made on such 
of the same days of payment as shall first happen 
“ after the dates of such appointments.” 
Cuiavuse (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“‘ Officers, Clerks and Messengers who shall be ap- 
“ pointed as hereinbefore directed, and the Secre- 
“ tary of Lunatics and his clerks shall receive by 
way of salary for the performance of their several 
“&lt; duties such annual sums as the Lord Chancellor 
“ and the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
“ Treasury shall from time to time fix and deter- 
“ mine, and that the same and such allowances to 


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the said Commissioners for their travelling and| 
other expenses, and to the said Commissioners 
and the Secretary of Lunatics for providing offices 
and for the other expenses incident to the dis- 
charge of the duties of their respective offices as 
the ‘Lord Chancellor shall think reasonable, and 
shall from time to time order and direct, shall be 
paid and payable at such times and in such 
manner as the Lord Chancellor shall direct, under 
an order of the Court of Chancery, out of the 
said fund, intituled, ‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund 
Account.” 

Ciause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any order 
or orders to be made from time to time, on a peti- 
tion presented to him for that purpose, to order 
(if he shall so think fit) an annuity or clear yearly 
sum of money, not exceeding twelve hundred 
pounds, to be paid out of the said account, inti- 
tuled, ‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’ (but 
subject as aforesaid) to any person or persons 
executing the said office of a Commissioner in 
Lunacy, if and when such person or persons shall 
be affiicted with some permanent infirmity, dis- 
abling him from the due execution of his office, 
and shall be desirous of resigning the same, and 
the annuity or yearly sum mentioned in such 
order or orders shall be paid by the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, out of the 
said fund, intituled, ‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund Ac- 
count’ (but subject as aforesaid) by equal quarterly 
payments, on the third day of February, the third 
day of May, the third day of August and the third 
day of November in every year, to such person 
or persons, from the period when he or they shall 
resign his said office, for the term of his life, free 
from taxes, or proportionate part of the first quar- 
terly ._payment of such annuity or yearly sum, 
calculated from the day of the resignation of such 
person or persons, to be made on the quarterly 
day of payment which shall first happen after the 
day of such resignation as aforesaid.” 

CriauseE (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 

e lawful for any officer or person whose office or 
appointment may be abolished or affected by vir- 
tue of this Act, and who may not be appointed to 
any office under this Act, to make a claim for 
compensation within six months after the passing 
of this Act, to the Lord Chancellor and the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, who 
shall proceed in such manner as they may think 
proper, to inquire whether any compensation 
ought to be made to any such claimant, and if 
any, what were the lawful fees and emoluments, 
in respect of which the same should be allowed, 
and in every case in which such claim shall be esta- 
blished to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor 
and the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, they are hereby authorized and empow- 
ered to fix and determine, by an order under their 
hands, the amount of the annual compensation 
which shall seem to them to be just and reasonable 
for the loss sustained by such claimant, not being 
in any case where his office is wholly abolished 
by this Act less than three-fourth parts of the 
full net annual value of the lawful fees and emo- 
luments of the office so abolished; and the amount 
of the net annual value of the emoluments of such 
office shall be ascertained and fixed by the Lord 
Chancellor and the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, according to such an average 
of yearly receipts and disbursements, prior to the 
passing of this Act, as they should think proper, 
and the times when such annual compensations 
shall commence, and also be payable (whether 
quarterly or otherwise), shall also be fixed by the 
Lord Chancellor and the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury ; and all the compensa- 
tions fixed and determined as aforesaid, shall be 
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30° Jultz. A. 1842. 


“ Company of the Bank of England, by virtue of 
“ an order or orders for that purpose, to be made by 
“ the said Court of Chancery out of the said account, 
“€ intituled, ‘The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account ;’ (but 
subject and without prejudice to the payment of 
all salaries and sums of money, which by ariy Act 
or Acts now in force, are authorized to be paid 
thereout) ; provided nevertheless, that an account 
of all such compensation, shall, within fourteen 
days next after the same shall be so granted, be 
laid upon the Table of the House of Commons, if 
Parliament shall be then assembled, or if Parlia- 
ment shall not be then assembled, then within 
fourteen days after the meeting of Parliament 
then next following.” 

Pr. 9. 1.12. After “ mind” insert “ and that all 
powers hereby given to or vested in the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury by this Act 
may be executed by any three of such Commis- 
sioners for the time being.” 

The said Amendments as far as Clause (A.), 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Clause (A.), the next Amendment, being read 
a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto by adding 
at the end thereof the words “ and that somuch of 
“ the said last-recited Act as enacts that there shall 
“ be paid out of the said Consolidated Fund to the 
“ Secretary of Lunatics for expenses attending the 
“ office of Clerk of the Custodies of Idiots and 
“ Lunatics, the yearly sum of Two hundred pounds, 
“ shall be and the same is hereby repealed.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, Bi. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene 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. Greene reported the Dublin Boundaries Bill ; Dublin — 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. a 
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 receiving the East India 
Report on the East India Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Newfoundland 
mittee on the Newfoundland Bill ; 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 proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Tuesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Licensed Lu- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the —_ Asylums 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and a 
continue for Three Years, and from thence to the end 
of the next Session of Parliament, the Laws relating 


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6 Vicroriz. 30° Julie. 551 


to Houses licensed by the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners and Justices of the Peace for the Reception 
of Insane Persons, and for the Inspection of County 
Asylums and Public Hospitals for the Reception of 
Insane Persons ; and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 2.1. ult. Leave out “and” and insert “ pro- 
“ vided always.” 
Pr. 3.1. 2. After “lunacy” insert “‘ to be made 
“ in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
“ two, shall be made on or before the twenty-fifth 
“‘ day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
“ forty-two, and that the appointment already.” 
Pr. 3. 1. 5. Leave out “ tenth” and insert 
“ twenty-fifth.” 
Pr, 3.1.22. After “surgeons” insert “ not prac- 
tising midwifery or pharmacy.” 
Pr. 3.1. penult. After “notice” insert “thereby.” 
Pr. 3. 1. ult. After “of ” insert “ five of.” 
Pr. 4.1.19. Leave out “ or surgeons.” 
Pr. 4.1. 20. After “ provided” insert “ or sur- 


at the end thereof the words, “‘ Provided also, That 
“ it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, or 
“ other the person or persons so interested as afore- 
“ said, on application by the said board setting 
“ forth the expediency of such alteration, to direct 
“ that all or any such houses shall be visited once 
“* only in twelve consecutive months.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Goumnitice 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 Granville Somerset, Mr. Greene, 
Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Darby, Mr. Pringle and 
Viscount Sandon: And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 





“ geons.” 

Pr. 5. 1. ult. After “house” insert “and the 
place or parish in which such house is locally 
“ situate.” 

Pr. 6.1. 8. Leave out “two or more.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 28. Leave out “six” and insert 
“ twelve.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 35. After “fit” insert “and also at such 
other times as the Metropolitan Commissioners 
shall by a Resolution at any board direct.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 19. Leave out from “ purpose ” to 
and”’ in |. 24, 

Pr. 12. 1. 30. After “may” insert “to them.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 31. Leave out from “that” to “ the” 
in |. 35. 

Pr. 12. 1.37. Leave out from ‘‘ Commissioners ” 
to “each” in |. penult., and insert “and.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 16, After “also” imsert “ notice 
“ thereof.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 31. After “ therewith”’ msert “ and 

“ whether with or without a fresh certificate.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 4. Leave out “ above” and insert 

“ last mentioned.”’ 

Pr. 23. 1.14. After “day ” insert “ or days.” 


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Mr. Patrick Stewart, from the Select Committee Ipswich 
appointed to try and determine the matter of the Election 
Petition of certain Electors, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the Borough of Ipswich, 
informed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That the Right honourable John Otway O’ Connor 
Cuffe Earl of Desart, and Thomas Gladstone, Es- 
quire, were not duly elected Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich: 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered tu be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Patrick Stewart further informed the House, 
That the Committee had come to the following Re- 
solutions ; 

That the Right honourable John Otway O’Connor 
Cuffe Earl of Desart, and Thomas Gladstone, Es- 
quire, were, through their agents, guilty of bribery 
and treating at the last Election for the Borough of 
Ipswich : 

That it was proved before the Committee, that 





Pr, 25.1. 31. Leave out from “act” to “list” | John Downing was bribed, by release from a joint 


in |. 33., and insert “ require to be produced to him 
“ a correct.” 


security for Twenty-five pounds; that Henry Greaves 
was bribed by Thirty shillings under pretence of 


Pr. 26.1. 8. After “period” insert “and shall | services rendered by his son as a messenger ; that 
* transmit such list to the clerk of the Metropolitan | Amos Goodchild was bribed by a promise of Five 


*¢ Commissioners.” 


pounds; that Richard Bishop, captain of a vessel, 


Pr. 26. 1. 21. Leave out from “ purpose ” to | was bribed by a bargain by his wife for Eight pounds 


“ and” in 1. 25. 


as indemnity for loss of voyage, Two pounds of which 


Pr. 26.1. 29. Leave out from “ had” to “of” | was detained by the owner of the vessel; that Robert 


in |. 33. 


Hine was bribed by Three pounds through his wife ; 


Pr, 26.1. 38. After “‘ persons” insert “excepting | that John Cockle was bribed by Four pounds under 


“ the Royal Hospital of Bethlem.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 12. After “ visit” insert “ any.” 


the pretence of travelling expenses; that William 
Brown was bribed by Four pounds ten shillings ; 


Pr. 27.1. 13. Leave out from “ Asylums” to | William Cole by Two pounds fourteen shillings; a 
“ and” inl. 14., and insert “excepting the Royal | person named Fuller by Three pounds, and William 


“ Hospital of Bethlem.” 


Blythe and others by Thirty shillings each, under 


Pr. 31. 1.32. After “person” insert “to whom | the pretence of travelling expenses : 
“ his reasonable expenses shall have been tendered.” | That Thomas Bowman and Robert Naunton were 
' Pr. 31. 1. 35. Leave out from “summons” to| bribed by Thirty shillings each under pretence of 


“ and ” in |. 37. 


playing in the band: 


Pr. 33. 1. 4. After “ Acts” insert “ and this That there was no evidence to show that these 


“ Act.” 


acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge 


Pr. 34. 1. 2. Leave out “ thereof” and insert | and consent of either the Right honourable John 


“ hereof.” 
Pr. 34. 1.17. After “ the” insert “ them.” 


Otway O'Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart, or of Tho- 
mas Gladstone, Esquire : 


The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment | That the Chairman be requested to move, That 
in Pr. 6. |. 28., being read a second time, were agreed | this Report, together with the evidence taken before 


to. 


this Committee, be printed; and that the Speaker 


Pr. 6. 1, 28. The next Amendment being read a}do not issue his Writ for the Return of two Bur- 


second time; 


gesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being | of Ipswich, until the said evidence shall have been 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in | printed and submitted to the House. 


the said Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Pr. 6. 1. 35. The next Amendment being read a| Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings yyinutes 


second time ; 


of the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before ordered. 


An Amendment was made thereunto by adding | them, be laid before this House. 


Vou. 97. 


4a4 A Petition 








552 


Brewers’ Casks.s A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 


censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of War- 
rington, praying the House to pass an Act declaring 
the law to he, that Brewers’ Casks are not distrain- 
able for the rent of their customers, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











Luna, 1° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


a of QRDE RED, That the Committee of Selection 
— have leave to sit this day, till half an hour after 
four of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Hele’s Charity § Hele’s Charity Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
(Lowe’s) Estate 


Bill. and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-|9 


mittee of Selection. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


The Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Lord Dinorben’s 


E . Lord Dinorben’s Estate Bill was read a second 
state Bill. 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ipswich Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
prnetien, mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
No.516. __Minutes of the Proceedings and of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Ipswich 
Election Petition. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
tee .! 6 Ordered, That the Committee on the Duke of 
Estate Bill, Duckingham’s Estate Bill, have leave to sit, and 
proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow, 
Hele’s Charity = Ordered, That the Committee on Hele’s Charity 
(Lowe’s) Estate 


Bill. Estate Bill, have leave to sit, and proceed, and to 
make their Report To-morrow. 


Lord Dinorben's 


c Ordered, That the Committee on Lord Dinorben’s 
Estate Bill. 


Estate Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, and to 
make their Report To-morrow. 


Street’s 


r Street’s Divorce Bill was read a second time; 
Divorce Bill. 


- committed to the Select Committee on Divorce 
ills. 

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 coun- 
sel or produce witnesses. 

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 Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Dr. Bowring do 
carry the said Message. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Wednesday, and to make their 
Report upon Thursday next. 


Crawfurd’s 


Sacte Pil. A Bill, from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 


William Stuart Stirling Crawfurd, Esquire, the 
Heir in possession of the Entailed Estate of Milton, 
in the County of Zanark, and his Successors, to 
grant Feu Rights thereof, was read the third time. 


30° Julit.—-1° Augustz. 























A. 1842, 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass, 

Ordered, That Mr. Lockhart do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Select Standing _ 
Committee appointed to consider the propriety of Orders Revi- 
making such alterations in the Standing Orders as°°" 
may be conducive to the improved conduct of the No. 518. 


| Private Business of this House, and to whom a 


Petition was referred; 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 be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Sewell’s 
the Petition of John Goodeve, which was presented Divorce Bill. 
upon Friday last, praying that in the case of Sewell’s 
Divorce Bill, service of the Orders of the House 
upon Richard Kirkman Lane, the Solicitor for Mar- 
aret Susannah Sewell, and leaving an attested Copy 
of the said Bill with him, may be deemed good 
service, and that personal service on the said Mar- 
garet Susannah Sewell may be dispensed with :—And 
the same was again read. 

And the House being informed, That Mr. John 
Goodeve, attended at the door, he was called in; 
and at the bar examined, in relation to the allegations 
of his Petition :—And then he withdrew. 

Then Mr. Richard Kirkman Lane, being called 
in, stated that he was the Solicitor for Mrs. Sewell, 
and that she had by letter authorized him tv receive 
a Copy of the Bill, and to appear and act on her 
behalf :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That service of the Orders of the 
House upon Richard Kirkman Lane, the Solicitor 
for Margaret Susannah Sewell, and leaving an at- 
tested Copy of the said Bill with him, be deemed 
good service of the same upon the said Margaret 
Susannah Sewell. 

Ordered, That the Committee on the Bill have 
leave to sit, and proceed, upon Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, Court of 
Dublin, statmg that a Return, in continuation of Chancery 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 366, ordered to be printed (teland.) 
by the House on the 24th day of June last, will 
be necessary for the elucidation of the matters 
which he has brought under the notice of the 
House ; viz. a detailed account of the sums of mo- 
ney received by Francis Goold, Barrister-at-Law, 
from the estate of Hugh Boyd, Esquire, a lunatic, 
now under the care of the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, in the capacity of counsel, arbitrator or 
otherwise ; stating the specific amount of each pay- 
ment or fee to the said Francis Goold, the nature 
of the business transacted, with the dates of each 
payment or fee; and also, stating what parts of said 
business was ordered by Thomas Goold, Esquire, 
and in what capacity the said Thomas Goold ordered 
him to be so employed ; and praying that the House 
will order the above Return to be made forthwith, 


was ——. and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Abraham Leach, of Spotland Bridge, Machinery. 

Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, complaining 
of the losses he has sustained by the introduction 
of machinery; and praying the House to devise 
some means whereby he may be restored to and 
protected in the means which he formerly enjoyed 
of getting an honest and respectable livelihood, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sidney-alley, and its Metropolis 
neighbourhood, praying the House, in carrying out mprovementy 
the Improvements in the Metropolis, to cause A 

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taken down and entirely cleared away, the south 
side of Sidney-alley, making the north side of the 
said alley to form the north side of the new street, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitant Householders, resident 
in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, Coventry-street, 
and their vicinities, praying the House to cause to 
be taken down the ce now forming the south 
side of Coventry-street, and thereby remove what 
will otherwise be to the Petitioners and the public a 
great nuisance, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Holborn, Oxford- 
street, Long-acre, Piccadilly and the adjacent streets 
thereto, stating that the Connstisaiania of Woods 
and Forests are about to continue Piccadilly into 
Long-acre, at a width of only fifty-two feet, which 
width in the opinion of the Petitioners is much too 
narrow for a thoroughfare likely to become one of the 
main arteries of Zondon, embracing a very consider- 
able portion of the traffic from east to west; and 
praying that the plans may be revised, and that fit 
and qualified persons may be appointed to report 
upon some general and efficient plan of Improvement, 
embracing the interests of all the metropolitan bo- 
roughs, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of James Bowditch, of Essex-street, 
Strand, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, stating 
that the Petitioner views with much concern the 
arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Rigby Collins, Gen- 
tleman, a client of his, by the authorities of the 
island of Jersey, upon a judgment obtained against 
him in England; and praying that a commission of 
inquiry may be sent out to the Channel Islands, and 
that the lives and liberties of Her Majesty’s subjects 
may be placed on a more solid and permanent foun- 
dation, and the honour and integrity of the British 
Crown more respected and upheld, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Members of the Mayo Grand Jury, 
and Governors of the Mayo County Infirmary ;— 
and, of Members of the Mayo County Grand Jury ; 
praying that in any law for the regulation of Medical 
Charities in Ireland, those institutions may not be 
placed under the control of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 


1° August. : 553° 


the Standing Orders ; Number of Petitions for Leave 
to pect titions ; Number of Petitions referred 
to Standing Orders Committee; Number of Petitions 
rejected by Standing Orders Committee ; Number 
allowed to proceed ; Number of Bills brought from 
the Lords; Number of Bills read the first time; 
Number of Bills read a second time, and committed ; 
and Number of Bills reported. 


The Slave Trade Suppression Bill was, according Slave Trade 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
1 


Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Com- Licensed Lu- 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons to be offered _ Asylums 


to the Lords at a Conference for disagreeing to the 
Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for amending the Law relating to the Houses 
licensed by the Metro olitan Commissioners and 
Justices of the Peace for the reception of Insane 
Persons; That they had drawn up Reasons accord- 
ingly ; which they had directed him to report to the 
House ; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 6.1. 28. ' 


The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
P. 6.1. 28, for the following Reasons : 


Because they consider that efficient visita- 
tions of the Licensed Asylums in the country 
districts, are amongst the foremost objects of 
the Bill, and are most important for the pro- 
tection of the inmates of such Asylums, when 
they are insane, and for the release of such 
persons as may be improperly confined therein, 
under the false supposition of their insanity. 

Because they consider that visitations, with 
such important objects should be made as fre- 
agg as is consistent with a due regard to 
the situation and profession of the Commis- 
sioners to be appointed to conduct these visi- 
tations. 

Because they consider, that half-yearly visi- 
tations of such Asylums, may be conducted by 
the medical and legal Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy, in the manner proposed in 
this Bill, without undue abstraction of them from 
their other professional pursuits. 

Because whilst the Commons consider that 





lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Henry Hobbs and William 
Kelley, Agents in the office of Her Majesty’s Re- 
membrancer in the Court of Exchequer, stating that 
by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, 
intituled, “ An Act to make further Provision for the 
Administration of Justice,” the jurisdiction of the 
Court of Exchequer as a Court of Equity, was trans- 
ferred to the Court of Chancery, and provision was 
therein made for compensating the officers of the 
said Court of Exchequer for the loss of their fees 
and emoluments arising from equity business in the 
said Court (to an amount more than sufficient to 
meet every demand that can be made upon it), 
tranferred to the Suitors’ Fund in the Court of Chan- 
cery ; and praying the House to introduce a Clauseinto 
the Court of Exchequer (England) Bill, to enable 
the Petitioners to prefer their claim for compensation 
under the same, for the loss which they have sus- 





half-yearly visitations of these Asylums should 
be the rule, they provide for the exceptions to 
that rule (if proved to be necessary) as well 
with respect to any as to all of such houses, by 
the Amendment to their Lordships’ Amendment 
in Pr. 6. 1. 35., to which they request their 
Lordships’ concurrence. 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in Pr. 6. 1. 35., by adding at the end thereof the 
following words: “ Provided also, That it shall be 
“ lawful for the Lord Chancellor, or other the person 
“ or persons so interested as aforesaid, on applica- 
“ tion by the said Board setting forth the expe- 
“ diency of such alteration, to direct that all or 
“ any such houses shall: be visited once only in 


“ twelve consecutive montlis.” 


The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
of the Bill. 
The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 


tained by the aforesaid Act of the last Session of | agreed to. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of the Private Bills which in the present Session 
have been treated as opposed Bills, together with 
the Number of Days which the Committee on each 
such Bill has sat; the Names of the Members se- 
lected ; and the Number of Days on which each 
Selected Member has served on such Committee ; 
Number of Petitions presented in conformity with 

Vor. 97. 


Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Lord Granville Somerset do go to the Lords, and 
desire the said Conference. 


and amend the Practice and Course’of Proceeding 
under Commissions in the nature of Writs de Luna- 
tico Inquirendo, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 





4B Resolved, 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to alter Lunacy Bill. 









































































Militia Pay 


Bill. 


» Coroners, &amp;c., 
(Warwick and 
(Lancaster) 
Bill. 


Brewers’ Casks, 


Turnpike Trusts 
Bill. 


Education 
(Treland.) 


Universal 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Charitable 
Pawn Offices. 


James 
Millingen. 


554 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
&lt;7 ' 

P Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 


Mr. Greene reported the Militia Pay 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. 


A Petition of William Spurrier, of Birmingham, 
in the county of Warwick, Attorney-at-Law, praying 
that the Coroners, &amp;c. (Warwick and Lancaster) 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 
censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of Leek, 
praying the House to pass a Bill declaring the law 
to be, that Brewers’ Casks are not distrainable for 
the rent of their customers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land and 
other property in the parishes of Rottingdean, Tels- 
combe, Piddinghoe and Newhaven, in the county of 
Sussex, praying that no portion of Highway Rates 
may be applied to the repair of Turnpike-roads, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 
Dublin, praying that the House will appropriate a 
portion of the funds granted for the general pur- 
poses of Education, to the employment of ministers 
to preach the Gospel to the Jrish nation, to educate 
her youth in its doctrines, and to build places of 
worship for the ministration of religion, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Brown, of the township of 
Failsworth, near Manchester, praying for the adop- 
tion of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, Annual 
Parliaments, no Property Qualification, Payment of 
Members and equal Electoral Districts, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Axon Stokes, of Ivy Cot- 
tage, in the county of Stafford, Esquire, praying for 
the establishment of Charitable Pawn Offices in 
England, similar to those in Ireland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Millingen, Esquire, stating 
that three infant children of his son Julius Millin- 
gen, Esquire, M.p., now resident at Constantinople, 
are and have been for a length of time illegally de- 
tained at Rome, by the Petitioner’s wife, their grand- 
mother, to whose care they had been provisionally 
entrusted from Constantinople, previously to their 
being sent to England or Switzerland, for their edu- 
cation; that the Petitioner has been informed that 
the head of the Roman Government, has on some 
ground or other, unknown to the Petitioner, placed 
them in the custody of the Prince Victor Odescalchi, 
as their moral tutor, under the plea of their having 
already submitted to the form of embracing the 
Roman Catholic Religion, though the eldest of the 
two boys is not at this time more than eight years 
old; and praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased 
to take measures in order that the said children ma 
forthwith be delivered up to their natural and lawful 
protector, and that Her Majesty’s recognized func- 
tionaries in Ita/y may be authorized to give to the 
Petitioner or to his lawful procurator, and to the 
aforesaid children a passport as British subjects to 
leave the Papal Dominions, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


1° Auguste. 





cently annexed to Counties at large in Ireland : 


A. 1842. 


A Petition of William Harty, Doctor of Medicine, Lunatic 
praying the House either to defer the further con- Asylums 


sideration of the Lunatic Asylums (Jreland) Bill (Ireland) Bill. 


to the ensuing Session of Parliament, or to allow the 
parties interested an opportunity of offering various 
suggestions for the consideration of Parliament in 
respect of the proposed enactments, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to alter the Number and define Dublin 
the Boundaries of the several Baronies of the County — ies 
of Dublin was, according to Order, read the third “"* 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for consolidating the Four Four Courts 
Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, Sheriffs’ Prison, Dub- Marshalsea 


‘lin, and City Marshalsea, Dublin, and for regulat- (Dablin) Bul. 


ing the Four Courts Marshalsea in Ireland, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do not issue his War- toewich writ 
rant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new 
Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, 
until the Evidence taken before the Select Commit- 
tee on the Ipswich Election Petition is printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant southampton 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Town Writ. 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
= Parliament. for the Town and County of the 

own of Southampton, in the room of James Bruce, 
Esquire, commonly called Lord Bruce (now Earl of 
Elgin), and Charles Cecil Martyn, Esquire, whose 
Elections have been determined to be void. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Belfast Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of two Burgesses to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Belfast, in the room of James Emerson Tennent, 
Esquire, and William Gillilan Johnson, Esquire, 
whose Elections have been determined to be void. 


Dr. Bowring reported, That he had carried to Street’s _ 
the Lords the ee of this House of this day, Divorce Bill 
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 Séreet’s Divorce Bill; and that their Lord- 
ships had been pleased to communicate a Copy of the 
said Minutes of Evidence, as desired by this dea f 
—And he delivered the same in at the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes be referred to the 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported, That having Licensed Lu- 
been with the Lords to desire a Conference on the natic Asylums 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by their 8" 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for amend- 
ing the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the 
Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the 
Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons;” the 
Lords do agree to a Conference, and appoint the 
same To-morrow, at five o’clock, in the Committee- 
room, No. 5. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 
and Sir William Horne: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable Grand Juries Grand Jury 
at the ensuing Summer and Spring Assizes to make Frestothen 
certain Presentments in Counties of Cities and 
Towns in Jreland, and to remove Doubts as to the 
Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in Places re- 


A Bill 


3 (Ir 


(Ireland) Bill. 





Ga 


Sai 
Sm: 
Bill 


Int 
Bo 


M 


— 


— 








Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Game 
Certificates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Prisons Bill, 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


Interment of 
Bodies. 


Deptford 
Meeting. 


Ways and 
eans 5 
Accounts, 
referred ; 


Unfunded 
Debt. 


6 Vicroriz. 


1° Augusts. 


555 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to — the Duties st the 23d day of March last, be referred to the 
as ‘ 


payable on Stage Carriages and on Passengers con- 
veyed upon Railways, and certain other Stamp 
Duties in Great Britain, and to | eg other Duties 
in lieu thereof; and also to amend the Laws relating 
to the Stamp Duties : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to transfer the Col- 
lection and Management of the Duties on Certifi- 
cates to kill Game in Ireland to the Commissioners 
of Excise : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to abolish the Court of 
Saint Briavel’s, and for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Hundred of 
Saint Briavel’s, in the County of Gloucester: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Laws concerning Prisons, 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 prohibit the Employment of Women and 
Girls in Mines and Collieries, to regulate the Em- 
a aig of Boys, and make Provisions for the 

afety of Persons working therein, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of the 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to consider the expediency of framing some Legis- 
lative Enactments (due respect being paid to the 
Rights of the Clergy) to remedy the evils arising 
from the Interment of Bodies within the precincts 
of large Towns, or of places densely peopled ; to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix 
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. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Petitions of Peter Murray M‘Douall, 
and of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of 
Deptford, which were presented upon Friday last, 
complaining of his arrest, and of the conduct of 
the Metropolitan police in preventing a public Meet- 
ing of the Inhabitants of Deptford, on the 26th 
day of July last, be referred to a Select Committee, 
and that the said Committee do report their Opinion 
thereupon to the House ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 

Yeas, L Mr. Hawes : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


30. 


89. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the 
Demands outstanding on 5th January 1842; dis- 
tinguishing Exchequer Bills; Sums remaining un- 
paid, charged + ie the Aids granted by Parlia- 
ment; and the Exchequer Bills to be issued out of 
the Consolidated Fund; and distinguishing also 
such part of the Unfunded Debt and Demands as 
has been provided for by Parliament; together with 
the Account of the Ways and Means remaining in 
the Exchequer, or to be received, on the 5th 
January 1842, to defray such part of the Unfunded 
Debt and Demands outstanding as have been pro- 
vided for; with Appendices, which was presented 


ommittee. 


Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Monies in the 
Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the 11th Exchequer. 
day of June 1842, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the service of the years 1840 and 

1841, which was presented upon the 27th day of 

June last, be referred to the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Exchequer 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine Bills. 
million one hundred and ninety-three thousand 

pounds be raised by Exchequer Bills for the service 

of the year 1842. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine 
million and ninety-seven thousand two hundred and 

seven pounds, be granted out of the Consolidated 

Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

Ireland. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Surplus Ways 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued “4 Means 
and applied to the Service of the year 1842, the 

sum of One hundred and eleven thousand three 

hundred and thirty-nine pounds and eleven pence, 

being the surplus of Ways and Means granted for 

the Service of preceding years. 

4. Resolved, That, towards making good the see of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five “' 
hundred thousand pounds, a part of the sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Ireland, or remaining to be raised on the 11th 

day of June 1842, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1840 and 

1841, be applied to the Service of the year 1842. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
Mr. Greene 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. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bankruptcy 


into a Committee upon the Bankruptcy Law Amend- hy ua 
ment Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 514 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, to be printed. 


The Court of Chancery Offices Bill was, according Court of 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a ro ng, 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. princi 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tobacco Regu- 
further consideration the Report on the Tobacco !#tions Bill. 
Regulations Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will immediately 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
‘“&lt; immediately,” and, at the end of the Question, to 
add the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question -being put, That the word 





Vo. 97. 








“ immediately” stand part of the Question ; : 
4B2 : The 


























Ecclesiastical 

Corporations 

Leasing 

(No. 2.) Bill. 
No. 519. 


Canada Loan 
Bill. 


556 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 


The Noes to,the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 5. 
y 3 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for the fMr. Thomas Duncombe, } 9 
Noes, Mr. Hawes : . 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Ciavuses, N° 1 to N° 5, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausgs, N° 6 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 16, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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 upon 
Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Corporations 
Leasing (No. 2.) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now brought up; 

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- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Report be now brought up. 

Mr. Greene accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered (Improved value of epis- 
copal estates to be paid to Commissioners): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and twice read ; 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered (Improved value of 
chapter property above a certain amount to be paid 
to Commissioners) : 


made part of the Bill. 


Another Clause was offered (Improved value of 
Archdeaconries above a certain amount to be paid 
And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read ; and agreed to, to be 


to Commissioners) : 


made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause was offered (Improved value of 
benefices above a certain amount to be paid to 
Conimissioners) : And the said Clause was eonaha 
up, and twice read: and agreed to, to be made part 
of the Bill. 
Another Clause was offered (Powers of 3 and 4 
Vic. c. 113, extended to this Act): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read ; and agreed 
to, to be made part of 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. 


The Canada Loan Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 


1°—.2° Augusti. 


The Slavery (East Indies) Bill was, according to Slavery (East 





A. 1842. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a !dies) Bill. 


Committee of the whole Hou: 2, for To-morrow. 


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. 


The County Courts Bill was, according to Order, County Courts 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bi. 
of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Law of Evi- 
mittee on the Law of Evidence Bill; dence 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 fur- Lunatic 
ther consideration the Report on the Lunatic Asylums —— om 
(Ireland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a “"!™ ) Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving East India 
the Report on the East India Bishops Bill ; Bishops Bill. 
Ordered, 'That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Bribery at 
into further consideration the Report on the Bribery Elections 
at Elections (No. 2.) Bill; and the Amendments (Me. 07a. 
were read, and agreed to. No. 515, 


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


Martis, 2° die Augusti, 1842: 


A Clause was offered (For preventing Treating) : 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read ; and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause was offered (Payment of Head~- 
Money, &amp;c., declared Bribery): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read; and agreed to, to 
be made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered (Committee to inquire 
whether Bribery has been committed within three 
months previous to the presenting of the Petition): 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice 
read ; and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 





Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Lunatic Asy- 


And the said Clause was 
brought up, and twice read ; and agreed to, to be 


day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of !ums Laney 
providing, out of the Consolidated Fund of the ton 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the visitation of Lunatic Asylums in 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. 








of the whole House, for To-morrow. 








Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to annex the County of the City of Coventry to 
Warwickshire, and to define the Boundary of the 
City of Coventry: And that Sir James Graham and 
Sir Eardley Wilmot do prepare, and bring it in. 


Coventry 
Boundary Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Drainage 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Ireland) Bill. 


tituled, An Act to promote the Drainage of Lands, 
and Improvement of Navigation and Water-power, 
in connection with such Drainage, in Ireland; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 24. 1. 14. Leave out “ such” and insert 
“ the,” and in the same line after “ land” insert 
“ proposed 


l= 


if 





Mines aud 
Collieries Bill. 


Bankruptcy 


Assignees. 


Sittings of the 
House, 


6 Victoriz. 


“ proposed to be drained or improved by such 
“ drainage.” 


Pr. 31. 1. 16. Leave out “ seven” and insert 
“ fourteen.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 34. After “ person” insert “ duly 
“ authorized for all or any of such purposes.” 

Pr. 35. 1. penult. After “ flooding” insert “ or 
“ prevent the draining,” and in the same line leave 
out “ such.” 

Pr. 55. 1. ult. Leave out from “ persons” to 
“ And” in Pr. 56.1. 11. 

Pr. 56. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Act” to 
“be” in Pr. 57.1. 1. 

Pr. 57. 1. 3. Leave out from “ shall” to “ ob- 
tain” in 1. 4., and insert “ by any works of the 
said Commissioners.” 

Pr. 131.1. 8. After ‘ of” insert “ any part of.” 

Pr. 179. 1. 17. After “ Commissioners” insert 
or any person or persons acting or pretending to 
“ act under this Act.” 

Pr. 179. 1, 25. Leave out “ adequate” and in- 
sert “ equivalent.” 
Pr. 180. ls. 8. and 9. Leave out “ necessary.” 
Pr. 180. 1. 11. Leave out from “ to” to “ in” 
in ]. 18., and insert “ apply by petition in a sum- 
“* mary way to the Court of Chancery or Exchequer, 
complaining of such decision.” 

Pr. 180.1. 16. Leave out from “ as” to “ pro- 
vided” in 1. 22., and insert “ persons interested 
in any mill or factory affected or proposed to be 
affected by any thing to be done under the pro- 
visions of this Act, are hereinbefore empowered 
to apply to such courts for relief, and thereupon 
such court shall exercise the like jurisdiction, 
powers and authorities as in such cases herein- 
“ before provided.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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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Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Mines and Collieries Bil!, be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Annual Income received by the 
London Official Assignees in Bankruptcy, during 
each of the last Three years, ending the 25th day 
of June last; distinguishing how much of suc 
Income arises from a per-centage upon Monies re- 
ceived or passing through their hands, and how 
much from other and what other sources. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House of Commons sat in this Session of Parlia- 
ment, stating the Total Number of Hours occupied 
in the sittings of the House, and the Average Time, 
and also distinguishing the Number of Nights on 
which the House sat, and the Number of Hours 
after Midnight (as printed in Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 254, of Session 1834.) 


1°—9° August 2. 


557 


Letters Patent, whereby limited responsibility has 
been granted to Partners in Trading or other Com- 
panies, under the Acts 6 Geo. 4,c.91, 4 and 5 Will. 4, . 
c. 94, aud 7 Will. 4, c. 73: — And, of all Charters 
incorporating Trading or other Companies granted 


by the Crown since the passing of the first-men- 
tioned Act. 


registered as Rent-chargers in any County, City, 
Town or Borough in Jreland; together with the 
Date of such Registration, and describing the nature 
and situation of the Property out of which such 
Rent-charge is derived. 

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


Command,—A Copy of a Treaty between Her Ma- 
jesty and the Mezican Republic, for the Abolition 
of the Traffic in Slaves, signed at Mexico, Febru- 
ary 24, 1841. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


sented, pursuant to Orders,—Copies of all Orders 
which have been issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners of Somerset House to the Board of Guardians 
in the Keighley Union, since the formation of the 
same in 1838 up to the 13th day of April 1842 :— 
Also, of all Reports upon the bieccediiies of the 
Board, and complaints thereon during that period, 
which have been made by the Assistant Poor Law 
Commissioners, Mr. Power and Mr. Mott, to the Poor 
Law Commissioners :— Also, in what respect the said 
Board of Guardians have acted contrary to the di- 
rections of the Central Board at Somerset House :— 
Also, Returns of the Number of times the said 
Assistant Poor Law Commissioners, Mr. Power and 
Mr. Mott, have visited the said Board and the Poor- 
houses of Keighley and Bingley, and the Dates 
thereof; and of the Reports they have made on the 
said Poor-houses; and of the Number of Inmates 
within the same on the formation of the Onion, and 
on the 1st day of June 1842. 


1842, addressed by the Poor Law Commissioners 
to the Guardians of each of the Unions of Dewsbury 
and Halifax on the subject of apprenticing poor 
Children to work in a Coal Mine; together with 
Copies of the Answers returned thereto :—And then 
he withdrew. 


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


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Lord Lord Dinor- 
aa. Coventry Sir James Graham presented a Bill to annex the | Dinorben’s Estate Bill; That they had examined ny Estate 
Boundary Bill. County of the City of Coventry to Warwickshire, | the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to ~"" 
No.517. and to define the Boundary of the City of Coventry: | be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
to be read a second time this day; and tobe printed. | Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
; through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
- Justicesof the | Mr. Manners, Sutton presented, pursuant to se- | same, without Amendment. 
Peace, veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of all| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Persons appointed to act as Justices of the Peace 
for every County in England and Wales, since the} _ Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on the Dube of 
21st day of July 1836. Duke of Buckingham’s Estate Bill; That they had wt 
ame Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, | examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
mpanies, 


dated the 3d day of June last, for Returns of all 
Vo. 97. 


same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 











4B3 given 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Rent-chargers 
Order,—A Return of the Names of all Persons (Ireland.) 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her er Slave Trade. 


M* Lumley, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- Keighley 


missioners, was called in ; and at the bar pre- Union. 


A Copy of a Letter, dated the 27th day of June Coa) Mines. 





558 2 Augusti. 
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 Report do lie upon the Table. 


Hele’s Charity | Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on 
(Lowe’s) Estate F7e/e’s Charity Estate Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


PublicPetitions Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- 
(Forty-fourth mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
ae) the Petitions presented from the 27th to the 30th 
day of this instant July, both days 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 Merchants of London, Traders in 
Foreign Wine, stating that the trade in which the 
Petitioners are engaged renders it absolutely ne- 
cessary that they should at all times possess in 
their cellars a large stock of Wine upon which the 
duties of import have been paid, as it is well known 
that all Wine, but particularly Portugal Red Wine, 
must be kept many years in bottles to render it fit 
for use; that, in consequence of this fact, it has 
become the practice, from the year one thousand 
seven hundred and eighty-seven, whenever any ma- 
terial alteration has been made in the duties on Wine, 
to charge or allow upon the stock of the merchant 
the difference between the preceding and new rates 
of duty; that the Petitioners having reason to believe 
that Treaties were under negociation with the seve- 
ral wine-growing countries, addressed a Memorial 
to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, requesting that their Lordships would recom- 
mend to the House to allow a return of the duties 
on their stocks in any case in which the duties 
might be reduced in consequence of the said Treaties, 
and received an answer, from which the following 
is an extract: “ That in the event of increase or re- 
duction of Customs Duties, it is not the practice to 
impose or to make a return of duty on account of 
stock in hand ;” and praying that the House will 
take their case into consideration, and adopt measures 
for their relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Foreign Wine. 


Bakers A Petition of Operative Bakers of the city of 
(Ireland.) Armagh, praying the House to pass a Bill to regu- 
late the working hours of Bakers in Jre/and, more 
especially the practice of working on the Sabbath, 
and for the abolition of the system of night-work, 


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


A Petition of Thomas Watson Parker and Charles 
Rowland Parker, joint Clerks of the Court of Re- 
eg for recovery of small debts within the hun- 

reds of Blackheath, of Bromley and Beckenham, of 
Rokesley otherwise Ruzley, and of Little and Less- 
ness, in the county of Aent, and the hundred of 
Wallington, in the county of Surrey, praying that the 
House will cause the Blackheath Court of Requests 
to be placed in Schedule (D.) of the County Courts 
Bill; that provision may be made therein for a full 
and adequate compensation to the Petitioners for 
the loss they will sustain by being deprived of their 
fees of office for their lives as ot a to the said 
court; and also for the reimbursement to the Peti- 
tioners of the sum of 1,729/. 16s., and other sub- 
sequent payments advanced and made by them, 
and for any liabilities they are under by the Acts 
6 and 7 Will. 4, and 1 Vic., was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Courts 
Bill. 














A. 1842, 


A Petition of Samuel Molland Coz, of the city 
of Exeter, Gentleman, praying that the Court of 
Requests for the city and county of the city of 
Exeter, created by Act of Parliament of the 13th 
Geo, 3, c. 27, may be inserted in the Schedule of 
Acts to be repealed by the County Courts Bill now 
before the House; and that the Clerk and other 
officers of that Court may have the benefit of the 
provision made by the said Bill for the officers of 
the abolished Courts, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standing _ 
into further consideration the Report which was yes- Orders Revi- 
terday made from the Select Committee appointed to" | 
consider the propriety of making such alterations in No. 530. 
the Standing Orders as may be conducive to the im- 
proved conduct of the Private Business of this House ; 
and the Resolutions of the Committee were read, 
as follow : 


I. 
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. 


1. THat a Committee be appointed at the com- Committee on 
mencement of every Session, consisting of Forty- Peutions tor 
two Members, of whom Five shall be a Quorum in ya rec ana 
opposed cases, and Three a Quorum in unopposed 
cases, to which shall be referred all Petitions for 
Private Bills, with their annexed Bills, and all 
Estate Bills brought from the House of Lords after 
having been read a first time; and such Committee 
shall be denominated “ The Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills.” 


2. That the Select Committee on Petitions for Sub-Com- 
Private Bills, have leave to divide themselves into — 7 
Sub-Committees, each consisting of Seven Members p,i ute Bills. 
at the least, and to make regulations for the trans- 
action of business. 

3. That a Committee be appointed at the com- Committee 
mencement of every Session, consisting of Eleven on Standing 
Members, including the Chairmen of the Committee °"™ 
and of the Sub-Committees on Petitions for Private 
Bills, of whom Five shall be a Quorum, and such 
Committee shall be denominated “The Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders.” 


4. That a Committee be appointed at the com- Committee of 
mencement of every Session, consisting of the Sect 
Chairman of the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders and of the Chairmen of the Committee and 
of the Sub-Committees on Petitions for Private 
Bills, of whom Three shall be a Quorum; and such 
Committee shall be denominated “ The Committee 
of Selection.” 

5. That the Committee on every ‘ Opposed Pri- Committee on 
vate Bill,” not being a Divorce Bill, shall consist a 
of the Members on the Speaker’s List of that County 
or that Division of a County to which the Bill 
specially relates, and of such number of “ Selected 
Members” not locally interested in the Bill in pro- 
gress, and in such proportion, as the circumstances 
of each case shall in the judgment of the Com- 
mittee of Selection require, of which Committee 
Five (including the Quorum of Selected Members) 
shall be a Quorum. 

6. That the Committee on every “ Unopposed Committee on 
Private Bill,” not being a Divorce Bill, and which Po°PPss 
shall have originated in this House, shall consist of 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
together with the Members ordered to prepare and 
bring in the Bill; and that the Committee on every 
“ Unopposed Private Bill,” not being a Divorce 
Bill, which shall have been brought from the House 
of Lords, shall consist of the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means, and of not less than 
Two other Members to be named by the Committee 
of Selection; and that the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means shall be the Chairman 
of the Committee on every “‘ Unopposed Private 
Bill,” not being a Divorce Bill; and that such 
Chairman and One of such other Members shall be 

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Committee on 
Divorce Bills. 


Members not 
to be added to 
Committee, 
except by 
special order. 


Compliance 
with Standing 
Orders to be 
proved before 
Sub-Com- 
mittee. 


Proof of 
Notices on 
Church-doors, 
where Bills 
relate to 
England. 


Standing 
Orders may 
be proved on 
Affidavit. 





Scotland. 


Standing 
Orders may 
be proved on 
Affidavit. 





Treland, 


Sub-Committee 


to report facts 
when Standin 
Orders have 
not been 


complied with. 


Notices of 
Application. 








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6 Vicroriz. 


the Quorum required to be present during the whole 
progress of the Bill through such Committee. 

7. That a Committee be appointed at the com- 
mencement of every Session, consisting of not more 
than Fifteen Members, of whom Five shall be a 
Quorum, to which shall be referred all Divorce Bills, 
and such Committee shall be denominated “ The 
Select Committee on Divorce Bills.” 

8. That after any Committee on a Private Bill 
shall have been formed, no Members be added 
thereto, unless by special Order of the House. 





iI, 
DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 





Duty or THE SeLect ComMITTEE ON PETITIONS 
FoR Private BILLs. 


9. That the compliance with the following Stand- 
ing Orders shall be proved before one of the Sub- 
Committees of the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, and any parties shall be at liberty 
to appear and be heard, by themselves, their agents 
and witnesses, upon any Petition which may be re- 
ferred to such Committee, complaining of a non-com- 
pliance with the Standing Orders, provided the matter 
complained of be specifically stated in such Petition, 
and that such Petition be presented Three clear days 
before the first meeting of such Sub-Committee. 

10. That in the case of any application for a Pri- 
vate Bill relating to England, the Committee may 
admit proof of the compliance with the Standing 
Orders which refer to the affixing to the Church- 
doors the requisite Notices, on the production of 
Affidavits sworn before any Justices in Petty Ses- 
sions assembled, for the division within which the 
Churches on which the Notices have been affixed 
shall be respectively situated. 

11. That in the case of any application fora Pri- 
vate Bill relating to Scotland, the Committee may 
admit proof of the compliance with the Standing 
Orders of this House, on the production of Affida- 
vits sworn before any Sheriff Depute or his Substi- 
tute there, whose certificate shall be admitted as 








2° Augusti. 


559 


Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Public Officer, Pay- 
ment of, if not out of County Rate. 


2d CLass: 
Making, maintaining, varying, extending or en- 
larging any 

Aqueduct. Navigation. 
Archway. Pier. 
Bridge. Port. 
Canal. Railway. 
Cut. Reservoir. 
Dock. Tunnel. 
Ferry. Turnpike Road. 
Harbour. Waterwork. 

3d Crass: 


Continuing or amending an Act passed for any of 
the purposes included in this or the two preceding 
Classes, where no further work than such as was 
authorized by any former Act is proposed to be 
made. 

Company, incorporating or giving powers to. 

County Rate. 

County or Shire-hall, Court-house. 

Gaol or House of Correction. 

Letters Patent, confirming, prolonging or trans- 
ferring the Term of. 

Powers to sue and be sued, conferring. 

Stipendiary Magistrate, or any Public Officer, 
Payment of, if out of County Rate. 


15. That such Notices be published in Three Notices to be 
successive weeks in the months of October and No- published, 
vember, or either of them, immediately preceding 

the Session of Parliament in which application for 

the Bill shall be made, in the London, Edinburgh or 

Dublin Gazette, as the case may be, and in some 

one and the same Newspaper of the County in which 

the City, Town or Lands to which such Bill relates 

shall be situate; or if there be no Newspaper pub- 

lished therein, then in the Newspaper of some 

County adjoining or near thereto, or, if such Bill 

do not relate to any particular City, Town or Lands, 

in the London, Edinburgh or Dublin Gazette only, 

as the case may be; and that all Notices required 

to be inserted in the London, Edinburgh or Dublin 
Gazette, be delivered at the Office of the Gazette 

in which the insertion is required to be made, during 





evidence of such proof having been made, unless 
the Committee shall require further evidence. 

12. That in the case of any application for a Pri- 
vate Bill relating to Lreland, the Committee may 
admit proof of the compliance with the Standing 
Orders of the House, on the production of Affidavits 
sworn before any Judge or Assistant Barrister of 
that part of the United Kingdom, whose certificate 
shall be admitted as evidence of such proof having 
been made, unless the Committee shall require fur- 
ther evidence. 

13. That when the Sub-Committee shall report to 
the House that the Standing Orders have not been 
complied with, they do report the facts upon which 
their decision is founded, and any special circum- 
stances connected with the case. 

14. That Notices be given in all cases where 
application is intended to be made for leave to bring 


in a Bill relating to the subjects included in any of 


the following Classes :— 


ist CLass: 
Burial Ground, making, maintaining or altering. 


Church or Chapel, building, enlarging, repairing or 


maintaining. 


City or Town, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing 


or improving. 


Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Pro- 
perty held in Trust for Public or Charitable 


Purposes. 
Fishery, making, maintaining or improving. 
Land, inclosing, draining or improving. 
Market or Market-place. 
Local Court, constituting. 


Market or Market-place, erecting, improving, re- 


pairing, maintaining or regulating. 
Poor, maintaining or employing. 
Poor Rate. 


the usual office hours, at least Two clear days pre- 
vious to the publication of the Gazette, and that the 
receipt of the Printer for such Notice shall be proof 
of its due delivery. 


16. That if it be the intention of the Parties ap- Intention to 
plying for leave to bring in a Bill to levy any Tolls, levy or alter 
Rates or Duties, or to alter any existing Tolls, Rates ott ™ 
or Duties, or to confer, vary or extinguish any ex- 
emptions from payment of Tolls, Rates or Duties, 

or any other rights or privileges, the Notices shall 

specify such intention. 


17. That on or before the 31st day of December Application to 
a ceymns | preceding the application for a Bill by Owners, &amp;c. 
which any Lands or Houses are intended to be taken, 

or an extension of the time granted by any former 

Act for that purpose is sought, application in writ- 

ing, (and in cases of Bills included in the Second 

Class, in the form, as near as may be, set forth in 

the Appendix marked (A.)), be made to the Owners ( See page 568.) 
or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed Lessees and 
Occupiers, either by delivering the same personally, 

or by leaving the same at their usual Place of Abode, 

or, in their absence from the United Kingdom, with 

their Agents respectively, of which application having 

been duly made, the production of a written ac- 
knowledgment by the party applied to, of the 

receipt of such application, shall be sufficient evi- 

dence, in the absence of other proof, of the same 

having been duly delivered or left as aforesaid; and 

that separate Lists be made of the Names of such 

Owners, Lessees and Occupiers, distinguishing which 

of them have assented, dissented or are neuter in 

respect thereto. (See as to depositing said Lists in 

Private Bill Office, p. 567, No. 117.) 








Vou. 97. 














4B4 OrpDERS 


560 
Orpers specially relating to Bixts of the 
First Crass. 


Notices on 18. That in cases of Bills included in the First 
Church Doors. Class, Notices shall also be affixed to the Outer 
Doors of the Churches of every Parish to which 
they specially relate, for Three successive Sundays 


in the said months of October and November, or 
either of them. 


Burial Grounds. 


19. That Notices be affixed to the outer doors 
Church Doors. of the Churches of every Parish adjoining that in 
which a Burial Ground is proposed to be made, for 
Three successive Sundays in the months of October 
and November, or either of them. 


20. That on or before the Thirty-first day of De- 
cember immediately preceding the application for 
any Bill for making a Burial Ground, Notice be 
given tothe Owner and Occupier of every Dwelling 
House situated within Three hundred yards of the 
Boundary of the proposed Burial Ground. 


Notices on 


Notice to 
Owners and 
Occupiers of 
Houses, 


OrpeRs specially relating to Brits of the 
Seconp Crass. 
Notices to con- 


tain Names of 
Parishes, &amp;c. 


21. That in cases of Bills included in the Second 
Class, all Notices shall contain the Names of the 
Parishes, Townships, Townlands and extra-parochial 
places from, in, through or into which the Work is 
intended to be made, maintained, varied, extended 
or enlarged, and shall state the time and place 
of deposit of the Plans, Sections and Books of 
Reference respectively, with the Clerks of the Peace, 
Parish Clerks, School-masters, Town Clerks and 
Post-masters, as the case may be. (See Nos. 22 
and 26.) 

22. That a Plan and also a duplicate of such 
Plan, on a scale of not less than Four Inches to a 
Mile, be deposited for public inspection at the office 
of the Clerk of the Peace for every County, Riding 
or Division in England or Ireland, or in the Office 
of the Principal Sheriff Clerk of every County in 
Scotland, in or through which the Work is proposed 
to be made, maintained, varied, extended or en- 
larged, on or before the 30th day of November, 
immediately preceding the Session of Parliament 
in which application for the Bill shall be made; 
which Plans shall describe the line or situation of 
the whole of the Work, and the Lands in or 
through which it is to be made, maintained, varied, 
extended or enlarged, or through which every com- 
munication to or from the Work shall be made, 
together with a Book of Reference containing the 
Names of the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees 
or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of such Lands 
respectively; and in the case of Bills relating to 
Turnpike-roads, Cuts, Canals, Reservoirs, Aque- 
ducts and Railways, a Section and duplicate there- 
of, as hereinafter described, shall likewise be de- 
posited with such Plan and duplicate. 


23. That where it is the intention of the parties 
to apply for powers to make any lateral deviation 
from the line of the proposed Work, the limits of 
such deviation shall be defined upon the Plan, and 
all Lands included within such limits shall be marked 
Buildings, xc. thereon, and that in all cases, excepting where the 
— whole of such Plan shall be upon a scale of not 

: less than a quarter of an inch to every One hun- 
dred feet, an additional Plan of any Building, Yard, 
Court-yard or Land within the curtilage of any 
Building, or of any Ground cultivated as a Garden, 
either on the original line or included within the 
limits of the said deviation, shall be laid down on 
the said Plan or on the additional Plan deposited 
therewith, upon a scale of not less than a quarter 
of an inch to every One hundred feet. (See Fig. 3.) 


Plans, &amp;c., 
with Clerk of 
the Peace. 


Lands within 
Deviation to be 
on Plan. 


2° August. 








A. 1842. . 


24. That the Section be drawn to the same Section. 
horizontal scale as the Plan, and to a vertical scale 
of not less than One inch to every One hundred 
feet, and shall show the surface of the ground 
marked on the Plan, and the intended level of the 
proposed Work, and a datum horizontal line, which 
shall be the same throughout the whole length of 
the work, or any Branch thereof respectively, and 
shall be referred to some fixed point stated in writing 
on the Section, near either of the termini. (See 
Line D. D., Fig. 2.) 

25. That the Clerks of the Peace or Sheriff Clerks, Clerks of Peace 
or their respective Deputies,do make a Memorial eee a 
in writing upon the Plans, Sections and Books of Plans, &amp;c. 
Reference so deposited with them, denoting the time 
at which the same were lodged in their respective 
offices, and do at all seasonable hours of the day 
permit any person to view and examine one of the 
same, and to make copies or extracts therefrom ; 
and that one of the two Plans and Sections so de- 
posited be sealed up and retained in the possession 
of the Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff Clerk until 
called for by Order of one of the Two Houses of (appx (¢,) 
Parliament. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) p. 569. ) 

26. That on or before the 31st day of December Plan and 
a copy of so much of the said Plans and Sections a 
as relates to each Parish in or through which the go 
Work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, 
extended or enlarged, (see Fig. 5.), together with a 
Book of Reference thereto, be deposited with the 
Parish Clerk of each such Parish in England, the 
Schoolmaster of each such Parish in Scotland, (or 
in Royal Burghs with the Town Clerk,) and the 
Postmaster of the Post-town in or nearest to such (Appx (C.) 
Parish in Ireland. (See Appendix, Act 1 Vic. c. 83.) p. 569.) 

27. That on or before the 31st day of December Time for 
a copy of the said Plans, Sections and Books of a P. 
Reference be deposited in the Private Bill Office of Ono’* &gt;" 
this House. 

28. That an Estimate of the Expense be made Estimate and 
and signed by the person making the same, and — 
that a Subscription be entered into under a Contract, “°""™ 
made as hereinafter described, to three-fourths the 
amount of the Estimate. (Seeas to depositing Es- 
timate and Subscription Contract in Private Bill 
Office, p. 567, No. 117.) 

29. That in cases where the Work is to he made by Cases wherein 
means of Funds, or out of money to be raised upon oo ; 
the credit of present Surplus Revenue, under the con- ot, for Subs 
trol of Directors, Trustees, or Commissioners, as the scription Con- 
case may be, ofany existing Public Work,a Declara- '"¢t- 
tion stating those facts, and setting forth the Nature 
of such control, and the Nature and Amount of 
such Funds or Surplus Revenue, and given under the 
common seal of the Company, or under the hand of 
some authorized Officer of such Directors, Trustees 
or Commissioners, may be substituted in lieu of the 
Subscription Contract, and in addition to the Esti- 
mate of the Expense. (See as to depositing Sub- 
scription Contracts in Private Bill Office, p. 567, 

No. 117.) 

30. That in cases where the Work is to be made Cases wherein 
out of Money to be raised upon the security of the Peclarationan 
Rates, Duties or Revenue to be created by or to arise Amount of 
under any Bill, under which no private or personal Rates nom | a 
pecuniary profit or advantage is to be derived, chante 
Declaration stating those facts, and setting forth Contract. 
the means by which Funds are to be obtained for 
executing the Work, and signed by the Party or 
Agent soliciting the Bill, together with an Estimate 
of the probable Amount of such Rates, Duties or 
Revenue, signed by the Person making the same, 
may be substituted in lieu of the Subscription 
Contract, and in addition to the Estimate of the 
Expense. (See as to depositing Estimate and 
a Contract in Private Bill Office, p. 567, 

o. 117. 

31. That every Subscription Contract contain Contract to con 


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One-tenth 
part of amount 
subscribed to 
be deposited, 
and Shares of 
Three-fourths 
of Subscribers 
to be paid up. 


(See page 569.) 
Not valid, 
unless entered 
into subsequent 
to close of pre- 
vious Session. 


Copies of 
Subscription 
Contract, or of 
Declaration, 
&amp;c., to be 
printed, and 
delivered in 
Vote Office. 


Notice to 
Owners, &amp;c., 
when the Bill 
is to abridge 
any Public 
Work. 


When it is in- 


tended to divert 


Water from an 
existing Cut, 
&amp;e., into an 
intended Cut, 
&amp;c., the name 
of the existing 
Cat, &amp;c., to be 
mentioned. 


Plan to describe 
Brooks, &amp;c., to vary, extend or enlarge any Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 


be diverted. 








6 VicroriZ. 


amount of his Subscription, with the amount which 
he has paid up; and the Name of the Party wit- 
nessing such Signature, and the date of the same, 
respectively. 

32. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- 
tion for a Bill, a sum equal to One-tenth part of 
the amount subscribed shall be deposited with the 
Court of Chancery in England, if the work is 
intended to be done in England, or with the Court 
of Chancery in England or the Court of Exche- 
quer in Scotland, if such work is intended to be 
done in Scotland, and with the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland, if such work is intended to be done in 
Ireland; and that not less than Three-fourths in 
number of the Subscribers shall pay up their Shares 
of such Deposit. (Vide Appendix C.) 

33. That no Subscription Contract shall be valid 
unless it be entered into subsequent to the close of 
the Session of Parliament previous to that in which 
application is made for leave to bring in the Bill to 
which it relates, and unless the Parties subscribing 
to it bind themselves, their Heirs, Executors and 
Administrators, for the Payment of the Money so 
subscribed. 

34. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- 
tion for the Bill, Copies of the Subscription Contract, 
with the Names of the Subscribers arranged in al- 
phabetical order, and the amount of the Deposit re- 
spectively paid up by each such Subscriber, or where 
a Declaration and Estimate of the probableamount of 
Rates and Duties are substituted in lieu of a Sub- 
scription Contract, Copies of such Declaration or of 
such Declaration and Estimate, be printed at the 
expense of the Promoters of the Bill, and be deli- 
vered at the Vote Office for the use of the Members 
of the House. 

35. That previous to the presentation of a Peti- 
tion for a Bill whereby any part of a Work au- 
thorized by any former Act is intended to be relin- 

uished, Notice in writing of such Bill be given to 
the Owners or reputed Owners and Occupiers of the 
Lands in which the part of the said Work intended 
to be thereby relinquished is situate. 





Cuts, Canals, Reservoirs, Aqueducts and 
Navigations. 


36. That in all cases where it is proposed to divert 
into any intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct 
or Navigation, or into any intended variation, exten- 
sion or enlargement thereof respectively, any Water 
from any existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct 
or Navigation, whether directly or derivatively, and 
whether under any agreement with the Proprietors 
thereof, or otherwise, the Notices shall contain the 
name of every such existing Cut, Canal, Reservoir, 
Aqueduct or Navigation, the Waters supplying which 
by virtue of any Act of Parliament, will, either di- 
rectly or derivatively, flow or proceed into any such 
intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or Navi- 
gation, or into any intended variation, extension or 
enlargement thereof. 

37. That in all cases where it is proposed to make, 


Aqueduct or Navigation, the Plan shall describe the 
Brooks and Streams to be directly diverted into 
such intended Cut, Canal, Reservoir, Aqueduct or 
Navigation, or into any variation, extension or en- 
largement thereof respectively for supplying the 
same with Water; it shall also exhibit the height 
of the several embankments, and the depth of the 
several Cuttings respectively, on a scale specified 
thereon (see fig. 1); and in cases of Bills for im- 
proving the Navigation of any River, there shall be 
a Section which shall specify the levels of both 
Banks of such River, and where any alteration is 
intended to be made therein it shall describe the 
same by feet and inches. 





2° August. 


561 


Railways. 


38. That in all cases where it is proposed to make, Planof Railway 
vary, extend or enlarge any Railway, the Plan ‘° show Em- 
shall exhibit thereon the height of the several aoe ng _ 
Embankments, and the depth of the several Cut- ” 
tings respectively, on a scale specified thereon. 

(See Fig. 1.) 

39. That in every Section of a Railway, the Line Line of Railway 
marked thereon shall correspond with the upper ° Section to 


surface of the Rails. (See Line S. S., Fig. 2.) pi 4 


of Rails. 
40. That a vertical measure from the datum line Vertical Mea- 
to the line of the Railway shall be marked in feet sures to be 
and inches at each change of the gradient or in- — 
clination (see E. F., Fig. 2), and that the proportion poner 
or rate of inclination between each such change 
shall also be marked. (See G. G. in Fig. 2.) 
41. That the height of the Railway over or under Height of Rail- 
the surface of every Turnpike-road, public Carriage- way, over or 
road, navigable River, Canal or Railway, or junction oe 
with a Railway, shall be marked in figures at every every crossing 
crossing thereof (see I. I. I., Fig. 2); and if there of a Road, &amp;c. 
shall be no such crossing in every half-mile, then 
the height over or under the surface of the ground 
shall be marked once in that space (see O. O. O., 
Fig. 2); and if any alteration in the present level 
or rate of inclination of any Turnpike-road, Carriage- 
road or Railway be intended, then the same shali 
be stated on the said Section. (See P. Fig. 2.) 
42. That where tunnelling asa substitute for open ‘Tunnelling and 
cutting, or arching as a substitnte for solid embank- Archway to be 
ment, be intended, the same shall be marked both ™**** 
on the Plan and Section. (See Q. R., Figs. 1 and 2.) 


Letters Patent. 


43. That in cases of Bills for confirming or pro- Name of 
longing the terms of Letters Patent, each Notice Invention to 
shall have prefixed to it in Capital Letters the name 7? Pree? 
by which the Invention is usually distinguished, and Notice, 
shall contain a distinct description of the Invention 

for which such Letters Patent have been obtained, 


and also an account of the Term of their duration. 





Duty or THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 
STANDING ORDERS. 


44. That all Reports of the Select Committee on Reports that 
Petitions for Private Bills, in which they shall re- Standing 
port that the Standing Orders have not been com- Orders have 
lied with, be referred to the Select Committee on eb tate 

tanding Orders, who shall report to The House ve referred to 
whether such Standing Orders as have not been a 7 
complied with, ought or ought not to be dispensed ey 
with, and whether in their opinion the Parties shall report 
should be permitted to proceed with their Bill, or 0PIM™ there 
any portion thereof, and under what (if any) con- 
ditions. 

45. That all Petitions for leave to dispense with Petitions for 
any of the Sessional Orders of The House relating eave, &amp;c., to 
to Private Bills, be referred to the Select Committee hae ea “8 
on Standing Orders, who shall report to The House on Standing 
whether such Sessional Orders ought or ought not Orders, who 


: ° shall report 
to be dispensed with. ae 





Doty or THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. 


46. That the Committee of Selection shall refer Opposed Bill 
every Private Bill referred to them, when it be tbe referred to 
opposed, to the Speaker’s List of that County or rua 
that Division of a County to which the Bill spe- — 
cially relates, and to such number of Members not 
locally interested in the Bill as the circumstances 
of the case shall in their judgment require. 

47. That the Committee of Selection shall in each Quorum of 
case direct what number of the Members (not locally Selected 
interested in the Bill) selected and added to the Member 
Speaker’s List by them, shall be a Quorum of such 
Members. 








Vou. 97. 


48. That 


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562 


Notice to Se- 48. That the Committee of Selection shall, after 

lected Members. the name of any Member shall have been added 
by them to the Speaker’s List, direct the Clerk 
attending them to give notice as soon as possible 
to 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. 


What Bills 49. That the Committee of Selection shall con- 
——= 4 sider no Bill as an opposed Private Bill where no 
opposed. Petition has been presented in which the Peti- 
tioners pray to be heard, by themselves, their Coun- 
sel or Agents, unless in cases where the Chairman of 
Ways and Means shall have reported to The House 
that in his opinion any Bill should be so treated. 
Dargprsed 50. That the Committee of Selection shall refer 
uls to be 


every unopposed Private Bill referred to them, and 


2° Augusti. 





referred to the 
Chairman of 
Ways and 
Means, &amp;c, 


which shall have originated in this House, to the 
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, 
together with the Members ordered to prepare and 
bring in the Bill; and shall refer every unopposed 
Private Bill referred to them, which shall have 
been brought from the House of Lords, to the Chair- 
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, to- 
gether with not less than Two other Members, to 
be named by the Committee of Selection. 

Comm 51. That the Committee of Selection shall, sub- 
sce bol ject to the order that there be Seven clear days be- 
Sitting of Com- tween the Second Reading of every Private Bill 
mittee. and the Sitting of the Committee thereupon, fix 
the time for holding the First Sitting of every 
Committee on a Private Bill referred to them ; 
but in the case of unopposed Private Bills, after 
communication with the Members who are to form 
the Committee on such Bill. 


Committee of 





Postponement 52, That no postponement of the First Sitting 
Sitting of any Committee on a Private Bill shall take place, 
unless such postponement, and the duration of it, 
shall have been sanctioned by the Committee of 
Selection. 
Duty oF tHe CoMMITTEE ON THE BiLt. 
Orpers specially relating to the Commirrer on 
an Opposep BI... 
Members of 53. That each Member appointed to serve as a 
— Member of a Committee on an opposed Private 
gn ; or tae 
Declaration, Bill, whether he be on the Speaker’s List or one of 


the Selected Members, before he be entitled to 
attend and vote on such Committee, shall (accord- 
ing to the class to which he may belong) sign one 
of the following Declarations. ‘ 


Declaration 54, That the following shall be the several Forms 


of Member on seni la 
Speaker's List of Declaration : 





No. 1.-—Declaration of a Member whose name 
is on the List prepared under the direction of Mr. 
Speaker for a 

I, A. B., being one of the Members whose 
name is on the List prepared under the direc- 
tion of Mr. Speaker, to which List the Bill for 
ae te ike % has been committed, do 
hereby declare, That I 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 Committee 
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. 


Declaration 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 
Selection, his constituents having no local interest 


in the Bill for 


I, C. D., being one of the Members selected 
and added to the List by the Committee of 


A, 1842. 


Selection, to which List the Billfor .. . 
has been committed, do hereby declare, That 
my constituents have no local interest, and 
that I have no personal interest in such Bill; 
and that I 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 Committee 
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. 


55. That the Committee Clerk shall furnish to Form of Decla- 
each Member appointed to serve on a Committee on ration supplied 
a Private Bill, who shall apply for the same, a Form °Y Clr. 
of one of the above Declarations, according to the 
class to which the Member may belong ; and that 
such application shall be made to the Committee 
Clerk, either in the Committee Clerk’s Office, pre- 
vious 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 herein- 
after directed. 

56. That no Member shall be entitled to attend When Member 
or vote in a Committee on an opposed Private Bill, not entitled to 
who shall not have delivered his Declaration to the "4 % vt. 
Clerk, previous to the time when the door of the 
Committee-room shall be locked for the appoint- 
ment of the Chairman, and who shall not have 
been present at such appointment. 

57. That Five Members (including the Quorum Quorum to be 
of Selected Members) shall be the Quorum of always present. 
every Committee on an opposed Private Bill, and 

that no such Committee shall proceed to business, 

or continue their inquiry or deliberations, unless 

such number of Members appointed and duly qua- 

lified to serve on such Committee shall be present. 


58. That so soon after the expiration of Yen When Pro- 
minutes, and not sooner, after the time appointed aie 
for the first sitting of a Committee on an opposed commence. 
Private 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 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; and the Members then present shall pro- 
ceed to appoint a Chairman. 

59. That the Member to be appointed the Chair- Chairman to 
man of each Committee on an opposed Private Bill be @ Selected 
shall be one of the Selected Members. a 


60. That if at any time during the sitting of the Proceedings to 
Committee a Quorum of the Selected Members shall - a ape 
not be present, the Chairman of the Committee shall aa i 
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 Chairman shall so have suspended the proceed- 
ings of such Committee, a Quorum of the Selected 
Members shall not be present, the Chairman shall 
adjourn the Committee until Twelve of the clock 
of the day on which the House shall next meet, 
and report to the House the circumstances of the 
case. 

61. That ifat any time after the Committee on a Absence of 
Bill shall have been formed, a Quorum of Members es 
required by the Standing Orders cannot attend in wise, to be 
consequence of any of the Members who shall have reported. 
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, or as the exigency of the case may 
require. 





62. That 








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6 Vicroriz. 


Petition aguinst 
Bill not to be 
considered, 
except grounds 
of objection 
sufficiently 
specified. 


Petition against 
Bill to be pre- 
seuted three 
days before first 
day appointed 
for meeting. 


What Chair- 
man to be 
appointed. 


Chairman at 


liberty to report every unopposed Private Bill (not being a Divorce 


that any Bill 
should be 
treated as 
opposed. 


Filled-up Bills 
to be laid 
before Chair 
man and Come 
mittee, 


Names of 
Members to 
be entered on 
Minutes, 


Committee on 
Bill not to 
inquire into 
certain Stand- 
ing Orders. 


Standing 
Orders and 
nsents may 
be proved on 
Affidavit. 


Scotland. 


Standing 
rders and 
Consents may 


taken into consideration by the Committee on 


62. That no Petition against a Private Bill be 


such Bill, which shall not distinctly specify the 
ground on which the Petitioners object to any of 
the provisions thereof; and that the Petitioners be 
only heard on such grounds so stated ; and if it 
shall appear to the said Committee that such 
grounds are not specified with sufficient accuracy, 
the Committee may direct that there be given in to 
the Committee a more specific statement, in writing, 
but limited to such grounds of objection so inac- 
curately specified. 

63. That no Petitioners against any Private Bill 
shall be heard before the Committee on the Bill, 
unless the Petition shall have been presented to this 
House Three clear days before the day appointed for 
the first meeting of such Committee, unless the Pe- 
titioners shall complain of any matter which may 
have arisen during the progress of the Bill before 
the said Committee. 





ORDERS specially relating to the CommiTreE tn 
an Unopposep BIL. 


64. That the Chairman of the Committee of 
Ways and Means shall be the Chairman of the 
Committee on every unopposed Private Bill (not 
being a Divorce Bill), and that such Chairman and 
one of the other Members of the Committee shall 
be the Quorum thereof. 

65. That the Chairman of the Committee on 


Bill), shall be at liberty, at any period after such 
Bill shall have been referred to him and the other 
Members of the Committee, to report his opinion 
to The House (if he shall think fit), that such Bill 
should be treated as an opposed Private Bill; in 
which case such Bill shall be again referred to the 
Committee of Selection, and shall be dealt with by 
them as an opposed Private Bill. 

66. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent 
for the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to the 
Committee, be laid by him before such Chairman 
at the time of giving notice of the meeting of the 


2° Augustt. 


sworn before any 
that part of the United Kingdom, whose certificate 





* » 

563 
and of the consent of Parties concerned *in interest be proved on 
in such Private Bill, on the production of Affidavits Afidavit. 


Judge or Assistant Barrister of Ireland. 


shall be admitted as evidence of such proof having 


been made, unless the Committee shall require fur- 
ther evidence. 


71. That in all other instances, the Committee Consents in 
may admit proof of the Consents of parties con- all other cases, 
cerned in interest in any Private Bill, on the pro- 

duction of certificates in writing of such parties, 

whose signature to such certificate shall be proved 

by One or more witnesses, unless the Committee 

shall require further evidence. 

72. That in all Bills presented to the House for Clause com- 
carrying on any Work by means of a Company, Pelling payment 
Commissioners or Trustees, provision be made for dene, a 
compelling persons who have subscribed any money take Security 
towards carrying any such Work into execution, to ately 9 
make payment of the sums severally subscribed by 
them, and also to oblige the Company, Commission- 

ers or Trustees to take security from their Treasurer, 

Receiver or Collector for the faithful execution of 

his office. 

73. That in all Bills, whereby any parties are au- Account of 
thorized to levy Fees, Tolls or other Rate or Charge, Lanta 
a Clause be inserted, enacting, that an Annual Ac- oo be connate 
count, in Abstract, be prepared of the total Receipts transmitted to 
and Expenditure of all Funds levied under such — = 
Bill for the past year, under the several distinct ““““” “” 
heads of Receipts and Expenditure, with a State- 
ment of the Balance of the said Account, duly 
audited and certified by the Directors, Managers, or 
Auditors thereof; and that a Copy of such Annual 
Account be transmitied, free of Charge, to the Clerk 
of the Peace (or in Scotland to the Sheriff Clerk) 
for the County, or to the Clerk of the City or Bo- 
rough within which the chief office for the manage- 
ment of such Funds shall be situated, on or before 
the Thirty-first day of January in each year, under a 
sufficient penalty for not preparing and sending in 
the said Account, to be levied by summary process ; 
the said Account to be open at all seasonable hours 
to the inspection of the public upon payment of a 
fee. 





Committee on the Bill, and that similar copies be 
also laid by the Agent for the Bill before the other 
Members of the said Committee Three days at the 
least before the First Meeting thereof. 





Orpers relating to CommiTTess on BILLs, 
whether OpposEep or UNOPPOSED. 


67. That the names of the Members attending 
each Committee be entered by the Clerk on the 
Minutes of the Committee; and if any Division 
shall take place in the Committee, the Clerk do 
take down the names of Members voting in any 
such Division, distinguishing on which side of the 
question they respectively vote, and that such Lists 
be given in with the Report to The House. 

68. That no Committee shall have power to 
examine into the compliance or non-compliance 
with such Standing Orders as are directed to be 
proved before the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, unless by special order of The 
House. 

69. That in the case of any Private Bill relating 
to Scotland, the Committee may admit proof of the 
compliance with the Standing Orders of this House, 
and of the Consents of Parties concerned in interest 
in such Private Bill, on the production of Affidavits 
sworn before any Sheriff Depute or his Substitute 
there, whose certificate shall be admitted as evidence 
of such proof having been made, unless the Com- 
mittee shall require further evidence. 


70. That in the case of any Private Bill relating 


to Ireland, the Committee may admit proof of the 
compliance with the Standing Orders of the House, 
Von. 97. 





74. That where the Level of any Road shall be Level of Roads. 
altered in making any public Work, the ascent of 
any Turnpike-road shall not be more than One foot 
in thirty feet; and of any other public Carriage- 
road not more than One foot in twenty feet ; and Fence to 
that a good and sufficient Fence, of Four feet high at Bridges. 
the least, shall be made on each side of every 
Bridge which shall be erected. 

75. That every Plan, and Book of Reference Pian, &amp;., to 
thereto, which shall be produced in evidence before be signed by 
the Committee upon any Private Bill (whether the Chm" 
same shall have been previously lodged in the 
Private Bill Office or not), shall be signed by the 
Chairman of such Committee with his name at 
length; and he shall also mark with the initials of 
his name, every alteration cf such Plan and Book 
of Reference, which shall be agreed upon by the 
said Committee ; and every such Plan and Book of 
Reference shall thereafter be deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office. 

76. That the Chairman of the Committee do Committee Bill 
sign, with his Name at length, a printed copy of and Clauses to 
the Bill (to be called the Committee Bill) on which pte sts 
the Amendments are to be fairly written ; and also 
sign, with the intials of his name, the several 
Clauses added in the Committee. 

77. That the Chairman of the Committee, upon Chairman to 
the Report of every Private Bill, do acquaint the epet ene 
House, that the allegations of the Bill have been 0 ‘ 
examined ; and whether the Parties concerned have 
given their consent, (where such consent is required 
by the Standing Orders,) to the satisfaction of the 
Committee. 

78. ‘That every Committee to whom any Private Committee to 
Bill shall have been referred, shall report the Bill to report Bill in 

402 The all cases. 














564 


The House, whether such Committee shall or shall 
not have agreed to the Preamble, or gone through 
the several Clauses, or any of them. 


Minutes of 79. That the Minutes of the Committee on every 
Committee. Private Bill be brought up and laid on the Table of 
the House, with the Report of the Bill. 

Railway Bills. 

Restrictionsas 80. That in the case of a Railway Bill, no Com- 

to Mortgage. pany shall be authorized to raise, by Loan or Mort- 
gage, 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 the Company to raise any money by 
Loan or Mortgage. 

Level of Roads, 81. That where the level of any Road shall be 
altered in making any Railway, the ascent of any 
Turnpike-road shall not be more than One foot in 
Thirty feet ; and of any other public Carriage-road 

Fence to not more than One foot in Twenty feet; and that 

Bridges. 


a good and sufficient fence, of Four feet high at 
the least, shall be made on each side of every 
Bridge which shall be erected. 


82. That no Railway whereon Carriages are pro- 
pelled by Steam shall be made across any Turnpike- 
road or other public Carriage-way on the level, 
unless the Committee on the Bill report that such a 
restriction ought not to be enforced, with the reasons 
and facts upon which their opinion is founded. 


83. That in the case of a Railway Bill, the Com- 
mittee report specially :— 


Railways not to 
cross Turnpike- 
roads, &amp;c., on 
same Level. 


Capital. 1. The proposed Capital of the Company 
formed for the execution of the project, and the 
amount of any Loans which they may be em- 
powered to raise by the Bill. 

Shares, &amp;c. 2. The amount of Shares subscribed for, and 
the Deposits paid thereon. 

Names, &amp;c., 3. The Names and Places of Residence of 

of Directors. 


the Directors or Provisional Committee, with 
the amount of Shares taken by each. 


Local Share- 4. The number of Shareholders who may be 


holders. considered as having a local interest in the 
Line, and the amount of Capital subscribed for 
by them. 

Other Parties, 5. The number of other Parties, and the 

&amp;e, Capital taken by them. 


Subscribers for 
2,0001. and 
upwards. 


6. The number of Shareholders subscribing 
for 2,000/. and upwards, with their Names and 
Residences, and the amount for which they 
have subscribed. 

7. The sufficiency or insufficiency for agri- 
cultural, commercial, manufacturing or other 
purposes, of the present means of Conveyance, 
and of communication between the proposed 
termini, stating the present amount of traffic 
by land or water, the average charges made 
for passengers and goods, and time occupied. 

8. The number of Passengers, and the 
weight and description of the Goods, expected 
upon the proposed Railway. , 


Present means 
of Conveyance. 


Passengers, &amp;c.» 
expected, 


Income 9. The amount of Income expected to arise 

expected, from the conveyance of Passengers and Goods, 
and in what proportion ; stating also generally 
the description of Goods from which the 
largest revenue is anticipated. 

Whether Rail- 10. Whether the proposed Railway be a 

a Bagi complete and integral Line between the ter- 


mini specified, or a part of a more extended 
plan now in contemplation, and likely to be 
hereafter submitted to Parliament, and to what 
extent the calculations of remuneration depend 
on such contemplated extension of the Line. 
11, Whether any, and what, competing 
Lines of Railway there are existing, and whe- 
ther any, and what, are in progress or con- 
templation, and to state, so far as circumstances 
wili permit, in what respects the proposed 
Line 1s superior or inferior to the other Lines ; 


part of a move 
extended Plan. 


Competing 
Lines. 


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A. 1842. 


but that no Line of Railway be deemed a com- 

eting Line in contemplation, unless the Plan, 
Section and Book of Reference for the same 
shall have heen deposited with the Clerks of 
the Peace and in the Private Bill Office re- 
spectively, as required by the Standing Orders. 

12. What planes on the Railway are pro- Assistant 
posed to be worked, either by Assistant Engines, Engines. 
stationary or locomotive, with the respective 
lengths and inclinations of such planes. 

13. Any peculiar Engineering Difficulties in Engineering 
the proposed Line, and the manner in which it Difficulties. 
is intended they should be overcome. 

14. The length, breadth and height, and Ventilation of 
means of Ventilation, of any yeas Tunnels, Tunnels. 
and whether the strata through which they 
are to pass are favourable or otherwise. 

15. Whether in the Lines proposed, the Gradients and 
Gradients and Curves are generally favourable C»rves. 
or otherwise, and the steepest gradient, exclu- 
sive of the inclined planes above referred to 
and the smallest radius of a curve. 

- 16. The Length of the main Line of the Length of Line, 
proposed Railway, and of its Branches re- 
spectively. 

17. Whether it be intended that the Rail- Passing 
way should pass on a level any Turnpike-road Highways on 
or Highway, and if so, to call the particular 
attention of the House to that circumstance. 

18. The amount of the Estimates of the Cost Estimates, 
or other Expenses to be incurred up to the 
time of the completion of the Railway, and 
whether they appear to be supported by evi- 
dence, and to be fully adequate for the 
purpose. 

19. The estimated Charge of the Annual Annuel 
Expenses of the Railway when completed, and Expenses. 
how far the calculations on which the Charge 
is estimated have been sufficiently proved. 

20. Whether the calculations proved in Revenue in 
Evidence before the Committee have satis- "éference to 
factorily established, that the Revenue is likely An"™" Chss® 
to be sufficient to support the Annua! Charges 
of the maintenance of the Railway, and still 
allow profit to the Projectors. 

21. The number of Assents, Dissents and Assents. 
Neuters upon the Line, and the length and 
amount of Property belonging to each Class 
traversed by the said Railway, distinguishing 
Owners from Occupiers; and in the case of any 
Bill to vary the original Line, the above par- 
ticulars with reference to such parties only as 
may be affected by the proposed Deviation. 

22. The Name of each Engineer examined Engineers 
in support of the Bill, and of any examined in ¢*@mined. 
opposition to it. 

23. The main allegations of every Petition Petitions in 
which may have been referred to the Com- Opposition. 
mittee in Opposition to the Preamble of the 
Bill, or to any of its Clauses; and whether the 
allegations have been considered by the Com- 
mittee, and if not considered, the cause of their 
not having been so. 


And the Committee shall also report generally as Fitness in an 
to the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of &lt; gers a 
the projected Line of Railway, and any circum- {nd any pond 
stances which, in the opinion of the Committee, it circumstances, 
is desirable the House should be informed of. 


84. That in all Railway Bills there be inserted 
the following Clauses : 


“ And be it further Enacted, That it shal! not be Railway not to 
lawful for the said Company to proceed in the exe- be proceeded 
cution of the said Railway hereinbefore authorized pi)" co" 
to be made unless the said Company shall have, deposited. 
previously to the commencement of such Work, 





deposited with the Clerk of the Peace of the several 
Counties in England or Ireland, and in the Office of 
the Principal Sheriff Clerk in every County in 
Scotland, in or through which the said Railway 

hereby 








Limiting 
Deviations from 
Datum Line 
described on 
the Section, &amp;c. 


6 Victoriz. 


hereby authorized to be made is intended to pass, 
a Plan and Section of all such alterations from the 
original Plan and Section as shall have been ap- 
proved of by Parliament, on the same scale and 
containing the same particulars as the original Plan 
and Section of the Railway; and also with the 
Clerks of the several Parishes in England, the 
Schoolmasters of the several Parishes in Scotland, 
(or in Royal Burghs with the Town Clerk,) and the 
Postmasters of the Pust-towns in or nearest to such 
Parishes in Ireland, in or through which such 
alterations shall have been authorized to be made, 
copies or extracts of or from such Plans and Sec- 
tions as shall relate to such Parishes respectively ; 
and all persons interested shall have liberty to 
inspect and make extracts from or copies of the 
said Plans and Sections, or extracts or copies 
thereof, paying to the Officer having the custody of 
such Plan and Section, or of such extract or copy, 
the sum of One shilling for every such inspection, 
and after the rate of Sixpence for every One hun- 
dred words copied therefrom.” 

“ And be it further Enacted, That in making the 
said Railway it shall not be lawful for the said Com- 
pany to deviate from the Levels of the said Rail- 
way as referred to thecommon Datum Line described 
on the Section so approved of by Parliament, and 
as marked on the same, to any extent exceeding in 
any place Five feet, or in passing through Towns 
Two feet, without the consent of the Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers of the Land in, through or 
over which such Deviation is intended to be made; 
or in case any Street or public Carriage-road shall 
be affected by such Deviation, then the same shall 
not be made without the consent of the Trustees or 
Commissioners, or, if there be no such Trustees or 
Commissioners, without the consent of Two or more 
Justices of the Peace in Petty Sessions assembled 
for that purpose, and acting for the district in which 
such Street or public Carriage-road may be situate, 
or without the consent of the Commissioners for any 
— Sewers, or the Proprietors of any Canal or 

avigation affected by such Deviation; and that no 
increase in the inclination or gradients of the said 
Railway, as denoted by the said Section, shall be 
made in any place to an extent exceeding the rate 
of Three feet per mile; and where in any place it 
is intended to carry the Railway on an Arch or 
Arches, as marked on the said Plan or Section, the 
same shall be made accordingly; and where a 
Tunnel is marked on the said Plan or Section as 
intended to be made at any place, the same shall be 
made accordingly, unless the Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers of the Land in or through which such 
Tunnel is intended to be made shall consent that 
the same shall not be so made: Provided never- 
theless, That it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
pany, with such consent as aforesaid, and not 
otherwise, to make a Tunnel or an Arch or Arches 
as aforesaid, not marked on the said Plan or Sec- 
tion, so that no such Tunnel shall be of greater 
length than Two hundred yards, and that no two 
Tunnels be at a less distance from each other than 
One hundred yards measured on the Line of the 
Railway: Provided always, That Notice of every 
Petty Sessions to be holden for the purpose of ob- 
taining such consent as aforesaid, shall, Fourteen 
days previous to the holding of such Petty Sessions, 
be given in some Newspaper circulating in the 
County, and also to be affixed upon the Church- 
door of the Parish in which such Deviation or altera- 
tion is intended to be made, or if there be no Church, 
some other place to which Notices are usually 
affixed: And provided also, That for the purpose of 
consenting to any such Deviation from the said 
Sections, and to any Tunnelling or Arching as afore- 
said, the word ‘Owners’ shall be deemed and 
taken to mean such persons as are herein capacitated 
to agree for the sale of and to convey Land for the 
making of the said Railway; and the consent of 

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2° Augustz. 





565 
such persons, with or without the consent of any 
other persons interested as Owners in the said 
Lands, shall be deemed and taken to be sufficient 
for such purposes.” 

“ And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be 
lawful to diminish the Radius of any Curve as de- 
scribed on the Plan deposited with the Clerk of the 
Peace, or Principal Sheriff Clerk, unless such 
radius exceed One mile, nor to diminish it in any 
such case so that it shall become less than One 
mile, nor to diminish any greater Radius by more 
than a Quarter of a mile, unless where it exceeds 
Two miles, or by more than Half a mile, unless 
where it exceeds Three miles on the said Plan.” 


Letters Patent. 


85. That when any Bill shall be brought into the 
House, for confirming of Letters Patent, there be 


a true Copy of such Letters Patent annexed to the 
Bill. 


Inclosure Bills. 


86. That in the case of any Bill for inclosing 
Lands, the Committee may admit proof of the 
Notices required by the Standing Orders, and of 
the allegations in the Preamble of such Bill, by 
Affidavit taken and authenticated, according to the 


Limiting 
Alteration of 
Curves. 


Copy of Letters 
Patent to be 
annexed to the 
Bill. 


Notices and 
Allegations. 


form prescribed in the Schedule to the General In- Gen. Inc. Act. 


closure Act (41 Geo. 3, c. 109); unless such Com- 
mittee shall otherwise order. 

87. That the Committee on every Bill for in- 
closing Lands shall in the first place, require the 
Agent soliciting the same to deliver in to the Com- 
mittee a printed copy of the Bill, signed by the 
Lord of the Manor, and by such Owners of Pro- 
perty within the Parish to which the Bill relates as 
shall have assented thereto; but that the parties, 
if they shall think fit, be permitted to deliver in dif- 
ferent Copies of the Bill, separately signed by the 
several Parties hereinbefore mentioned, instead of 
one Copy, signed by all of them collectively ; to- 
gether with a List of all the Owners of Property 
within such Parish, showing the value according 
to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment of each 
Owner’s Property therein, and distinguishing which 
of them have assented, dissented, or are neuter in 
respect thereto. 

88. That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, pro- 
vision be made for leaving an open Space in the 
most appropriate situation, sufficient 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 populationin the pa- 
rishes or places in which the Land to be inclosed is 
situate; and also do see that provision is made for 
the efficient Fencing of the Allotment, for the In- 
vestment 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 do 
report specially to the House the reasons for not 
complying with such Order. 

89. That in every Bill for inclosing Lands, the 
Names of the Commissioners proposed to be ap- 
pointed, and the Compensation intended for the 
Lord of the Manor, and the Owners of Tithes, in 
lieu of their respective rights, and also the Com- 
pensation intended to be made for the enfranchise- 
ment of Copyholds, where any bargains or agree- 
ments have been made for such Compensations, be 
inserted in the copy of the Bill presented to the 
House: And that all copies of such Bills, which 
shall be sent to any of the Persons interested in 
the said Manor, Tithes, Lands or Commons, for 
their consent, do contain the Names of such pro- 

4c3 posed 


Consent Bill 
and Statement 
of Property to 
be delivered in. 


Clause for 
leaving open 
pace for 
exercise and 
recreation. 


Consent Bill 

to contain 
Names of Com. 
missioners, and 
Compensations 
for Manurial 
Rights, Tithes, 
and Enfran- 
chisements. 





Disqualification 
of certain Per. 
sons as Com- 
missioners, 
Surveyors, &amp;c. 


Clauses for 
settling Pay of 
Commissioners, 
and passing 
their Accounts, 


Clause for 
Qualification 
of Commis- 
sioners, 


What 
Evidence to 
be given in 
Divorce Cases. 


When Peti- 
tioner for Bill 
to attend Come 
mittee. 


Committee to 
report Bill in 
all cases, 


566 


posed Commissioners, and also the Compensations 
so bargained or agreed for. 

90. That no Person shall be named in any Bill 
for inclosing Lands as a Commissioner, Umpire, 
Surveyor or Valuer, who shall be interested in the 
Inclosure to be made by virtue of such Bill, or 
the Agent ordinarily intrusted with the care, super- 
intendence or management of the Estate of any 
person so interested. 

91. That in every Bill for inclosing, drainmg or 
improving Lands, there be inserted a Clause, pro- 
viding what sum of money in the whole, or by the 
day, shall be paid to each of the Commissioners to be 
appointed by such Bill, in satisfaction of the expense 
and trouble which he shall incur in the execution of 
the powers thereby given ; and that there be also in- 
serted in such Bill a Clause, providing that the Ac- 
count of such Commissioner or Commissioners, con- 
taining a true statement of all Sums by him or them 
received and expended, or due to him or them for 
their own trouble or expenses, shall, at least once 
in every year, from the date of the passing of the 
Act till such Accounts shall be finally allowed, to- 
gether with the Vouchers relating to the same, be 
examined by some person or persons to be appointed 
by the Bill, and the Balance by him or them stated 
in the Book of Accounts required to be kept in the 
Office of the Clerk of such Commissioners; and 
that no charge or item in such Accounts shall be 
binding on the Parties concerned, or be valid in law, 
unless the same shall be duly allowed by such 
person or persons. 


Turnpike-roads ( Ireland.) 


92. That in every Bill for making a Turnpike- 
road in Jreland, or for the continuing or amend- 
ing any Act passed for that purpose, or for the 
increase or alteration of the existing Tolls, Rates 
or Duties upon any such road, or for widening or 
diverting any such road, a Clause be inserted, to 
prevent any person who shall be nominated a Com- 
missioner from acting or voting in the business of 
the said Turnpike, unless he shall be possessed of 
an Estate in Land, or of a Personal Estate, to such 
certain value as shall be specified in such Bills; and 
that such Qualification be extended to the Heirs 
apparent of persons possessed of an Estate in Land 
to a certain value to be specified. 





Duty or Setect CoMMITTEE ON 
Divorce BI.ts. 


93. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall require evidence to be given before them, that 
an action for damages has been brought in one of 
Her Majesty’s Courts of Record at Westminster, or 
in one of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record in Dublin, 
or in one of Her Majesty’s Supreme Courts of 
Judicature of the Presidencies of Calcutta, Madras, 
Bombay or the Island of Cey/on, respectively, against 
the persons supposed to have been guilty of Adul- 
tery, and judgment for the plaintiff had thereupon ; 
or sufficient cause to be shown to the satisfaction 
of the said Committee why such action was not 
brought, or such judgment was not obtained. 


94, That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall, in all cases in which the Petitioner for the 
Bill has attended the House of Lords upen the 
Second Reading of the Bill, require him to attend 
before them to answer any questions they may 
think fit that he should answer. 


95. That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills 
shall report every such Bill to the House, whether 
such Committee shall or shall not have agreed to 
the Preamble, or gone through the several Clauses, 
or any of them. 





2° August. 


A. 1842. 


Ill. 
THE ORDERS 


REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE 
WITH REGARD TO PRIVATE BILLS. 


96. That no Private Bill be brought into this Petition for 
House, but upon a Petition first presented, with Bill, and how 
a printed copy of the proposed Bill annexed: And ‘ signed. 
that such Petition be signed by the parties, or 
some of them, who are suitors for the Bill. 


97. That all Petitions for Private Bills be 
sented within Twenty-one days after the 
Friday in every Session of Parliament. 


98. That there be Zen clear days between the Time between 
day on which the Petition for any Private Bill re- presentation of 
lating to England shall be presented and the day fyttion and 

: ° ; go 
on which the Sub-Committee shall sit thereupon ; Sub-Committee. 
and Fifteen days, in case such Bill shall relate to 


Scotland or Ireland. 


99. That every Private Bill printed on paper, of Printed Bill to 

a size to be determined upon by Mr. Speaker, be be presented. 
presented to the House, with a Cover of Parchment 

attached to it, upon which the Title of the Bill is to 

be written; and the short title of the Bill, as first 

entered on the Votes, shall be in accordance with 

the subject-matter of the Bill, and shall not be 

changed, unless by special Order of the House. 


100, That the proposed amount of all Rates, Rates, Tolls 
Tolls and other matters heretofore left blank in any setting ‘ 
Private Bill when presented to the House, be in- jncertea in 


; iyoage : 3 inserted in 
serted in Italics in the printed Bill. Ttalic. 


101. That every Private Bill (except Divorce, what Bills to 
Name, and Naturalization Bills) be printed; and be printed, 
printed copies thereof delivered to the door-keepers 2"¢ when. 
for the use of the Members before the First 
Reading. 

102. That there be Three clear days between the Time between 


First and Second Reading of every Private Bill, First and Se- 
cond Reading. 


103. That this House will not receive any Peti- No Petition 
tion complaining solely of a non-compliance with complaining 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect of of Standing 
any Private Bill, subsequently to the Second Read- sabsequent to 
ing of such Bill, unless in the case of those Stand- Second Read- 
ing Orders which must necessarily be taken into ™&amp; % Bills. 
consideration by the Committee on the Bill. 

104, That no Private Bill be read a Second time, second Read- 
until after the expiration of Two calendar months ing not to take 
from the day the last Notice shall have been given Pltee till Two 


° Months aft 
in the Newspaper. sey og 


105. That a Breviate of every Private Bill be Breviate to be 
prepared under the direction of Mr. Speaker, and prepared. 
that such Breviate shall contain a Statement of the 
object of the Bill and a Summary of the proposed 
Enactments, and shall state any variation from the 
general law which will be effected by the Bill, and 
whether the title of the Bill is conformable to the 
order of leave. 

106. That no Private Bill (except Divorce, Name, Breviate to be 
Naturalization and Estate Bills, not relating to laid on Table 
Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Pro- {25° 
perty held in trust for public or charitable purposes) Reading of Bill. 
be read a Second time until Three clear days after a 
Breviate thereof shall have been laid on the Table 
of the House, and have been printed. 

107. That no Private Bill or Clause, for the par- When Fees to 
ticular interest or benefit of any Person or Persons, be paid. 
County or Counties, Corporation or Corporations, 
or Body or Bodies of People, be read a Second time, 
unless Fees be paid for the same. 

108. That every Private Bill, not being a Divorce Bills referred to 
Bill, after having been read a Second time and Committee of 
committed, shall be referred to the Committee of S*e*ti- 
Selection. 

109. That there be Seven clear days between the ‘Time between 
Second Reading of every Private Bill, and the Second Read- 


sitting of the Committee thereupon. a Com- 


TE- Petitions, when 
arst to be presented, 





110. That 





a tba ty ieee oe i hee eek Ak es 


~S as ah td Ot 


a aan 














6 Victroriz. 


Report of Bill 110. That the Report upon every Private Bill 
when printed 28 ordered to be printed, as amended in Committee, 
on Table. Shall lie upon the Table. 


on Table. 

Breviates of 111. That a Breviate of the Amendments made 

Bills amended jn every Committee on a Private Bill be submitted 
to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and 


in Committee 
to be laid be- “ 
fore Chairman Means, and also laid upon the Table of the House 


of Waysand at least the day previous to the consideration of the 
Means, &amp;e — Report of such Bill. 
Bill to be 112. That every Private Bill, as amended in 
_ after Committee, excepting in the cases wherein the 
ae Committee shall report the Amendments to be 
merely verbal or literal, be printed at the expense 
of the Parties applying for the same; and be 
delivered to the door-keepers for the use of the 
Members, Three clear days at least before the 
consideration of the Report. 
Reports on 113. That in order to afford time for the proper 


—- oe, discussion of the Reports on Railway Bills included 
chon every in the Second Class, this House will upon every 
Tuesday. Tuesday proceed at Five o'clock to the considera- 
tion of Reports on such Bills. 
Bill not to pros 114. That no Private Bill shall pass through two 
ceed two stages stages on one and the same day, without the special 
on same day. eave of the House. 
Notice to be 115. That (except in cases of urgent and pressing 
given of Motion necessity) no Motion be made to dispense with any 
fordispensation. ‘sional or Standing Order of the House, without 
due Notice thereof. 





IV. 
THE ORDERS 


REGULATING THE PRACTICE IN THE 
PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. 


116. That a Book, to be called “ The Private 
Bill Register,” be kept in a Room, to be called 
“ The Private Bill Office,” in which Book shall 
be entered by the Clerks appointed for the busi- 
ness of that Office, the Name, Description and 
Place of Residence of the Parliamentary Agent in 
town, and of the Agent in the country (if any) 
soliciting the Bill; and all the Proceedings, from 
the Petition to the passing of the Bill:—Such Entry 


Private Bill 
Office and 
Register. 


to specify, briefly, each day’s Proceeding in the 
House, or in any Committee to which the Bill or 
Petition may be referred ; the day and hour on which 
the Committee is appointed to sit ; the day and hour 
to which such Committee may be adjourned, and 


g° Augusta : 


567 


the Clerk's Minute Book of the day, into a separate 


Book, to be called “ The Examination Book ;’’"— 


wherein shall be noted the number of such Bill, 


according to the priority of its being read, and the 


date of the day of such First Reading. 


121. That every Private Bill,after it has been read Custody of 
the First time, and the Title copied and examined 2! 

for the Votes, be in the custody of the Clerks of 

the Private Bill Office, until laid upon the Table 

for the Second Reading ; and when committed, be 

taken by the proper Committee Clerk into his 

charge, till npeutl. 

122. That between the First and Second Reading Examination 
of every Private Bill, every such Bill shall, accord- cela 
ing to its priority, be examined, with all practicable 
despatch, by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, 

as to its conformity with the Rules and Standing 

Orders of the House; and if not in due form, the 
Examining Clerk shall specify thereon the page in 

which any irregularity occurs; and shall enter the 

day of such Examination, together with his own 

name, in the Examination Book. 

123. That Three clear days’ Notice in writing be Notice of Se- 
given by the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks "4 Beadine- 
in the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for 

the Second Reading of every Private Bint 

124. That Seven clear days’ Notice, and in the Notice of 
case of a re-committed Bill, Three clear days’ No- C™™** 
tice, in writing, be given by the Agent soliciting the 

Bill, to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office, of 

the day and hour appointed for the meeting of the 
Committee on every Private Bill; and that all 
Committee Proceedings of which such Notice shall 

not have been given, be void. 

125. That a filled-up Bill, signed by the Agent Filled-up Bill, 
soliciting the Bill, as proposed to be submitted to oo Oey 
the Committee on the Bill; and in the case of ee 
re-committed Bill, a filled-up Bill, as proposed to 

be submitted to the Committee on re-committal, 

be deposited in the Private Bill Office at the time 

of giving Notice of the meeting of the Committee 

on every Private Bill ; and that all parties shall be 

entitled to a Copy thereof, upon payment of the 

Charges for making out Amendments of such Bill. 

126. That One clear day’s Notice in writing, Notice of : 
countersigned by a Committee Clerk, be given by PP" 
the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks in the 

Private Bill Office, of the postponement of the first 

meeting of any Committee on a Private Bill. 

127. That Notice, in writing, be given by the Notice of Ad- 
Committee Clerk to the Clerks in the Private Bill /’“"""™ 
Office, of the day and hour to which each Committee 


the Name of the Committee Clerk. Such Book to} is adjourned. 


be open to public inspection daily, in the said Office, 


between the hours of Eleven and Six. 


Plans, &amp;c., 
to be lodged, 


117. That all Plans, Sections, Books of Re- 
ference, Lists of Owners and Occupiers, Estimates, 
Copies of the Subscription Contracts and Declara- 
tions, required by the Standing Orders of the House, 
be lodged in the Private Bill Office; and that the 
Receipt thereof be acknowledged accordingly, by 
one of the Clerks of the said Office, upon the said 


128. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Notice of _ 
given by the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks peyaneensi: 
in the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for® ““P""” 

the consideration of the Report of every Private 

Bill ordered to lie upon the Table. 

129. That the Committee Clerk, after the Report Bill as amended 
is made out, do deliver in to the Private Bill Office Commitee 
a printed Copy of the Bill, with the written Amiend- jn, 
ments made in the Committee; in which Bill, all 


Documents, and upon the Petition, before it is pre-|the Clauses added by the Committee shall be regu- 


sented. 
Notice of 


Committee on 
Petition. &amp;c. 


One clear day’s notice of the meeting of any Sub 


committee on an Estate Bill brought from the 


House of Lords. 


Notice of 


thle given by the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerk 
mittee, 
the first meeting of any Sub-Committee on a Peti- 
ticn for a Private Bill, or on an Estate Bill brought 
2 from the House of Lords. 
Examination 120. That after each Private Bill has been rea 
OK, 


118. That Zen clear days’ notice in writing be 
Meeting of Sub- piven by the Agent soliciting the Bill to the Clerks 
in the Private Bill Office of the meeting of any 
Sub-Committee on a Petition fora Private Bill, and 


119. That One clear day’s notice in writing be 


larly marked in those parts of the Bill wherein they 

are to be inserted. 

130. That when it is intended to bring up any Notice to be 
Clause or to propose any Amendment on the con- adapta 2p 
sideration of the Report, or on the Third Reading ion of Report 
-|of any Private Bill, such Clause or Amendment or Third Read- 
shall be deposited, and Notice given thereof in the '® 

Private Bill Office, on the day previous to such con- 

sideration of the Report or Third Reading. 

s} 131. That One clear day’s Notice, in writing, be Netice of 


in the Private Bill Office, of the postponement of | given by the Agent soliciting the Bill, to the Clerks Thiré Reading, 


in the Private Bill Office, of the day proposed for 
the Third Reading of every Private Bill. 





132. That the Amendments (if any) which are Amendments 
on considera- 


d|\made upon the consideration of the Report and 








the First time, its Name (or short Title) shall be 


: : tion of Report 
upon the Third Reading, be entered by one of the and Third. 





oL. 97. 





— by the Clerks of the Private Bill Office, from 


Clerks in the Private Bill Office, upon the oor Reading, 
ae 


4c4 











568 2° Auguste. A. 1842. 


Copy of the Bill as amended in Committee ; which 
Clerk shall sign the said Copy so amended, in order 


to its being deposited and preserved in the said 
Office. 


Examination of 133. That to insure the Accuracy of the Ingross- 
Ingrossments. ment of all Private Bills, the Clerk of the House 
be required to provide a sufficient number of Clerks, 





to be called Examiners of Ingrossments. 

Certificate of 134. That no Private Bill be read a Third time, 

Examination. yntil a Certificate is indorsed upon the Paper Bill, 
and signed by one or more of the Examiners of In- 
grossments, declaring that the Ingrossment thereof 
has been examined, and agrees with the Bill, as 
amended in Committee, and on the consideration 
of the Report. 

Notice of 135. That when Amendments made by the House 

Consideration of Lords to any Private Bill sent up to them are to 

| a el be taken into consideration, Notice be given thereof 
in the Private Bill Office, the day previous to the 
same being proposed to be taken into considera- 


tion. 
Time for 136. That all Notices required to be given in the 
delivering Private Bill Office be delivered in the said Office 
Notices. before Six of the clock in the evening of any day 


on which the House shall sit, and before Two of 
the clock on any day on which the House shall not 
sit; and that afier any day on which the House 
shall have adjourned, no Notice shall be given for 
the first day on which it shall again sit. 

Daily Listsof _ 137. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office 

Committees do prepare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, and 

&gt; Petitions for Private Bills upon which any Com- 
mittee is appointed to sit; specifying the hour of 
meeting; and the Room where the Committee shall 
sit; and that the same be hung up in the Lobby of 
the House. 





Plans to be 138. That every Plan and Book of Reference 

ag aor thereto, which shall be certified by the Speaker of 

shall direc, | the House of Commons, in pursuance of any Act 
of Parliament, shall previously be ascertained, and 
verified in such manner as shall be deemed most 
advisable by the Speaker, to be exactly conformable 
in all respects to the Plan and Book of Reference 
which shall have been signed by the Chairman of 
the Committee upon the Bill. 





APPENDIX 


Appendix. Referred to in the preceding Resolutions. 


Appendix (A.) 
No. 
Sir, 

We beg to inform you, that application is in- 
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing 
Session for “ An Act” [here insert the Title of the 
Act], and that the Property mentioned in the an- 
nexed Schedule, or some part thereof, in which we 
understand you are interested as therein stated, will 
be required for the purposes of the said Undertaking, 
according to the line thereof as at present laid out, 
or may be required to be taken under the usual 
powers of deviation to the extent of ards 
on either side of the said line which will be applied 
for in the said Act, and will be passed through in 
the manner mentioned in such Schedule. 

We also beg to inform you, that a Plan and 
Section of the said Undertaking, with a Book of 
Reference thereto, has been or will be deposited 
with the several Clerks of the Peace of the Counties 
of [specify the Counties in which the Property is 
situate], on or before the 30th of November, and that 
copies of so much of the said Plan and Section as 
relates to the parish in which your property is situate, 
with a Book of Reference thereto, has been or will! 
be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of 
the said Parish Schoolmaster of the Parish, Town 








Clerk of the Royal Burgh, or the Postmaster of the 
Post Town in or near such Parish [as the case may 
be}, on or before the 31st day of December instant, 
on which Plans your property is designated by the 
numbers set forth in the annexed Schedule. 

As we are required to report to Parliament 
whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed 
Undertaking, or whether you are neuter in respect 
thereto, you will oblige us by writing your answer 
of assent, dissent or neutrality in the Form left 
herewith, and returning: the same to us with your 
signature on or before the day of 

next ; and if there should be any 
error or misdescription in the annexed Schedule, we 
shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at 
your earliest convenience, that we may correct the 
same without delay. ; 


We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 
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Appendix (B.) 


Anno Primo Victorize Regine. 
Cap. LXxXXxIII. 


An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for 
Counties and other Persons to take the Custody 
of such Documents as shall be directed to be 
deposited with them under the Standing Orders 
of either House of Parliament. 


WuereEas the Houses of Parliament are in the 
habit of requiring that, previous to the introduction 








of | 


| ed i eee eee a ee oe 





Clerks of the 
Peace, &amp;c., 

to receive the 
Documents 
herein men- 
tioned, and 
Tetain them for 
the purposes 
directed by the 
Standing 
Orders of the 
Houses of 
Parliament. 


Clerks of the 


Peace, me to interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks 
Decumene of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school- 
to be inspect- masters, town clerks and postmasters, and every 
_ copied of them, are and is hereby required at all reasonable 
iterested, | hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to 
inspect during a reasonable time and make extracts 
from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the 
same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- 
ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, 
sheriff clerk, clerk of the, parish, schoolmaster, 
town clerk or postmaster having the custody of any 
such map, plan, section, book, writing, extract or 
copy, One Shilling for every such inspection, and 
the further sum of One Shilling for every hour 
during which such inspection shall continue after 
the first hour, and after the rate of Sixpence for 
every One hundred words copied therefrom. 
Clas of the Ill. And be it further Enacted, That in case any 
forevery” Clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, school- 
omission to | master, town clerk, postmaster or other person, 
7 with shall in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to 
of this Act. Comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore con- 
liable tothe tained, every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish 
te of5l, clerk, schoolmaster, town clerk, postmaster or other 
~p a, person shall for every such offence forfeit and pay 
way, any sum not exceeding the sum of Five Pounds ; 





6 Vicroriz. 


of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 
bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, 
acqueducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 
ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks 
and other works, to be made under the authority of 
Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, 
and books and writings, or extracts or copies of 
or from certain maps, plans or sections, books and 
writings, shall be deposited in the office of the 
clerk of the peace for every county, riding or 
division in England or Ireland, or in the office of the 
sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland, in which 
such work is proposed to be made, and also with 
the parish clerk in every parish in England, the 
schoolmaster of every parish of Scotland, or in 
Royal Burghs with the town clerk, and the post- 
master of the post-town in or nearest to every parish 
in Ireland, in which such work is intended to be 
made, and with other persons: And whereas it is 
expedient that such maps, plans, sections, books, 
writings and copies or extracts of and from the 
same, should be received by the said clerks of the 
peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmasters, 
town clerks, postmasters and other persons, and 
should remain in their custody for the purposes 
hereinafter mentioned ; BE it therefore Enacted, by 
The QuEEN’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and 
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia- 
ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, 
Tat whenever either of the Houses of Parliament 
shall by its Standing Orders, already made or here- 
after to be made, require that any such maps, plans, 
sections, books or writings, or extracts or copies of 
the same, or any of them, shall be deposited as 
aforesaid, such maps, plans, sections, books, writings, 
copies and extracts shall be received by and shall 
remain with the clerks of the peace, sheriff clerks, 
parish clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, post- 

masters and other persons with whom the same 

shall be directed by such Standing Orders to be 

deposited, and they are hereby respectively directed 

to receive and to retain the custody of all such 

documents and writings so directed to be deposited 

with them respectively, in the manner and for the 

purposes and under the rules and regulations con- 

cerning the same respectively directed by such 

Standing Orders, and shall make such memorials 

and endorsements on and give such acknowledge- 

ments and receipts in respect of the same respec- 

tively as shall be thereby directed. 

II. And be it further Enacted, That all persons 


| 


and every such penalty shall, upon proof of the 


2° August. 


569 


offence before any Justice of the Peace for the 
county within which such offence shall be com- 

mitted, or by the confession of the party offending, 

or by the oath of any credible witness, be levied and 

recovered, together with the costs of the proceedi 

for the recovery thereof, by distress and sale of the 
goods and effects of the party offending, by warrant 
under the hand of such Justice, which warrant such 
Justice is hereby empowered to grant, and shall be 
paid to the person or persons making such com- 
plaint; and it shall be lawful for any such Justice 
of the Peace to whom any complaint shall be made 
of any offence committed against this Act to summon 
the party complained of before him, and on such 
summons to hear and determine the matter of such 
complaint in a summary way, and on proof of the 
offence to convict the offender, and to adjudge him 
to pay the penalty or forfeiture incurred, and to 
proceed to recover the same, although no informa- 
tion in writing or in print shall have been exhibited 
or taken by or before such Justice; and all such 
proceedings by summons without information shall 
be as good, valid and effectual to all intents and 
purposes as if an information in writing had been 
exhibited. 


Appendix (C.) 


Anno Primo &amp; Secundo Victorie Regine. 
Cap. cxvil. 


An Act to provide for the Custody of certain 
Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing 
Orders of either House of Parliament by Sub- 
scribers to Works or Undertakings to be ef- 
fected under the Authority of Parliament. 


WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the custody 
of any sums of money paid in pursuance of any 
Standing Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal 
in Parliament assembled, or of the Commons in 
Parliament assembled, by subscribers to works or 
undertakings to be made under the authority of an 
Act of Parliament; BE it therefore Enacted, by The 
QUEEN’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Lords Spiriteal and Tem- 
poral, and Commons, ia this present Parliament 
assembled, and by the authority of the same, THAT Authority 
in all cases in which any sum of money is required to Deposit. 
by any Standing Order of either House of Parlia- 
ment, either now or hereafter to be in force, to be 
paid by the subscribers to any work or undertaking 
which is to be executed under the authority of an 
Act of Parliament, if the director or person or di- 
rectors or persons having the management of the 
affairs of any such proposed work or undertaking, 
or any Five of them, shall apply to the Chairman 
of the Committees of the House of Lords with 
respect to any such money required by any Standing 
Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Par- 
liament assembled, or to the Speaker of the House 
of Commons, with respect to any such money re- 
quired by any Standing Order of the Commons in 
Parliament assembled, the said Chairman or the 
said Speaker may, by warrant or order under his 
hand, direct that such sum of money shall be paid 
in manner hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, 
into the Bank of England in the name and with the 
rivity of the Accountant-general of the Court of 
aches in England, if the work or undertaking 
in respect of which the sum of money is required to 
be paid is intended to be executed in that part of 
the United Kingdom called England; or into the 
Bank of England in the name and with the privity 
of the said Accountant-general, or into any of the 
Banks in Scotland established by Act of Parliament 
or Royal Charter in the name and with the privity 
of the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Scotland, at the option of the person or 
persons making such application as aforesaid, in 





Vou. 97. 





4D case 





Payment of 
Deposit. 


23 &amp; 24 G. 3. 
(1.) 


Tnvestment 
of Deposit, 


570 


case such work or undertaking is intended to be 
executed in that part of the United Kingdom called 
Scotland ; or into the Bank of Jreland in the name 
and with the privity of the Accountant-general of 
the Court of Chancery in Ireland, in case such work 
or undertaking is intended to be made or executed 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Jreland; 
and every such application as aforesaid to the said 
Chairman or Speaker shall be made in writing, and 
be signed by the director or directors, or person or 
persons having the management of the said work 
or undertaking, or by any Five of them; and therein 
shall be stated the name or description of such work 
or undertaking, and name and place of abode or the 
names and places of abode of such director or di- 
rectors, person or persons, and the sum of money 
required to be paid, and the bank and name into 
and in which the same is to be paid ; and such par- 
ticulars shall also be set forth in every such warrant 
or order; and such warrant or order shall be a suf- 
ficient authority for the Accountant-general of the 
said Court of Exchequer in England, the Queen’s 
Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Scot- 
land, and the Accountant-general of the Court of 
Chancery in Jreland respectively, to permit the sum 
of money directed to be paid by such warrant or 
order to be placed to an account opened or to be 
opened in his name in the Bank mentioned in such 
warrant or order. 

II. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for 
the person or persons named in such warrant or 
order, or the survivors or survivor of them, or any 
Five of them, to pay the sum of money mentioned 
in such warrant or order into the Bank mentioned 
in such warrant or order in the name and with the 
privity of the officer or person in whose name such 
sum shall be directed to be paid by such warrant or 
order, to be placed to his account there ex-parte the 
work or undertaking mentioned in such warrant or 
order ; and every such sum so paid in, or the se- 
curities in or upon which the same may be invested 
as hereinafter mentioned, shall there remain until 
the same or such securities as aforesaid shall be paid 
out of such Bank in pursuance of the provisions of 
this Act: Provided always, That every sum paid 
into the Bank of England in the name and with the 
sed of the Accountant-general of the Court of 

xchequer under the provisions of this Act, shall 
be ceil in and placed to his account there pursuant 
to the method prescribed by an Act passed in the 
first year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for the better 
securing Money and Effects paid into the Court of 
Exchequer at Westminster on account of the Suitors 
of the said Court, and for the Appointment of an 
Accountant-general and Two Masters of the said 
Court, and for other Purposes, and pursuant to the 
General Orders of the said Court, and without Fee 
or Reward;’’ and every sum paid into the Bank of 
Freland in the name and with the privity of the 
Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, under the provisions of this Act, shall be 
paid in and placed to his account pursuant to the 
method prescribed by an Act made and passed in 
the Parliament of Jreland in the twenty-third and 
twenty-fourth years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for the 
better securing the Monies and Effects of the Suitors 
of the Court of Chancery and Exchequer, by depo- 
siting the same in the National Bank, and to prevent 
the forging and counterfeiting any Draft, Order or 
other Voucher for the Payment or Delivery of such 
Money and Effects, and for other Purposes,” and 
pursuant to the general orders of the said Court, 
and without fee or reward. 

III. And be it Enacted, That if the person or 
persons named in such warrant or order, or the 
survivor or survivors of them, or any Five of them, 
desire to have invested any sum so paid into the 
Bank of England or the Bank of Jreland, the court 


2° Augustt. 





A. 1842. 


in the name of whose Accountant-general the same 
may have been paid, on a petition presented to such 
court in a summary way by him or them, may order 
that such sum shall, until the same be paid out of 
court in pursuance of this Act, be laid out in the 
Three per Centum Consolidated or Three per Centum 
Reduced Bank Annuities, or any Government secu- 
rity or securities. 


[V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination Repayment 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition * Deposit. 


or Bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning 
any such work or undertaking shall have been 
introduced into Parliament, or if such Petition or 
Bill shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some 
proceeding in either House of Parliament, or shall 
not be allowed to proceed, or if an Act be passed 
authorizing the making of such work or undertaking ; 
and if in any or either of the foregoing cases the 
person or persons named in such warrant or order, 
or the survivor or survivors of them, or the majority 
of such persons, apply by petition to the court in 
the name of whose Accountant-general the sum 
of money mentioned in such warrant or order shall 
have been paid, or to the Court of Exchequer in 
Scotland, in case such sum of money shall have 
been paid in the name of the said Queen’s Remem- 
brancer, the court in the name of whose Accountant- 
general or Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of 
money shall have been paid shall, by order, direct 
the sum of money paid im pursuance of such war- 
rant or order, or the stocks, funds or securities in or 
upon which the same are invested, and the interest 
or dividends thereof, to be transferred and paid to 
the party or parties so applying, or to any other 
person or persons whom they may appoint in that 
behalf; but no such order shall be made in the 
case of any such Petition or Biil being rejected, or 
not being allowed to proceed, or withdrawn, unless 
it be proved by the certificate of the Chairman of 
Committees, if the said Petition or Bill was rejected 
or not allowed to proceed, or withdrawn in its 
pose through the House of Lords, or of the said 

peaker, if the said Petition or Bill was rejected or 
not allowed to proceed, or withdrawn during its 
— through the House of Commons, that the 

etition or Bill has been either so rejected, or not 
allowed to proceed, or so withdrawn by some pro- 
ceeding in one or other House of Parliament ; 
which certificate the said Chairman or Speaker shall 
grant on the application in writing of the person or 
persons, or the majority of the persons named in 
such warrant or order, or the survivor or survivors 
of them; and every such certificate shall be con- 
clusive proof of such rejection, or not proceeding, 
or withdrawal. 





The House was moved, That the present Standin 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; an 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be re- 
pealed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Orders relating to Private Business, 
recommended by the Select Committee “ appointed 
to consider the propriety of making such alterations 
in the Standing Orders as may conduce to the im- 
proved conduct of the Private Business of this 
House,” as amended and arranged by the said 
Committee, be adopted as the Standing Orders of 
this House, in relation to Private Business ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting aher the word “‘ Committee” 
the words “ with the exception of the Order for the 
“ consideration of the Reports on Railway Bills 
“ upon Tuesdays at five o’clock.” 

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 the Orders relating to Private 
Business, recommended by the Select Committee 

“ appointed 








General 
Committee of 
Elections. 


Illegitimate 
Children, 


Illegitimate 
Children, 


Foreign Corn, 


Church Rates. 


Licensed Lu- 
Natic Asylums 
Bill. 








6 Vicroriz. 


“ appointed to consider the ares of making such 
alterations in the Standing Orders as may conduce 
to the improved conduct of the Private Business 
of this House,” as amended and arranged by the 
said Committee, be adopted as the Standing Orders 
of this House, in relation to Private Business. 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be 
printed. 


Lord Granville Somerset, from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, laid the Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee before the House. 

‘ — That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
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 all Illegitimate Children whose 
Baptisms were registered by the Clergymen in the 
several Parishes of Lancashire, the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Herefordshire, during 
the years 1831, 1832 and 1833, and during the years 
1839, 1840 and 1841. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | P 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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 Abstract 
of the Return of the Number of Illegitimate Children | 
registered in certain Counties of England in the| 
Three years ending the 31st day of December 1834, | 
and the Three years ending the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1837, which was ordered by their Lordships to 


be printed on the 17th day of June 1839 (No. 113, | 


of Sess. 1839): And that Mr. Stuart Wortley do 
carry the said Message. 


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 Returns of Accounts that have 
been received at the Foreign Office, from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Consuls abroad, relative to the Prices of 
Foreign Corn, for the year 1841. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this “a 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 every Church Rate or Rate for 
the purpose of Church Rate, within the last two 
years, in every Parish, District Parish and Extra- 
parochial Place ; distinguishing the year in which 
it was made, the Gross Amount of the Rate, and 
the Rate per pound on the Poor Rates; the Amount 
collected, and the Amount spent in repairing the 
fabric of the Church ; the Amount derived from all 
Funds other than Church Rates applied in aid 
thereof; in what cases Vestries called to consider 
a Church Rate have refused, or by any form of pro- 
ceeding declined to grant it. 

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 time being come for the Conference with The 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for amending the Laws relating to Houses 
licensed by the Metropolitan Commissioners and 
Justices of the Peace for the Reception of Insane 
Persons ; 

Ordered, That the Committee who were ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to The 
Lords, at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 


2° August. 


571 
ment to which this House hath disagreed, do manage 
the Conference: And the names of a i Graham, 
Sir George Clerk, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. George 
Palmer, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Mr. Labouchere, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Mr. Hardy, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
Packe, General Lygon, Sir Charles Douglas, Mr. 
Lyall, and Mr. Hawes, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference; and being 
returned ; 

Lord Granville Somerset reported, That the Mana- 
gers had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Duke of Buccleuch ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendment ; and had left the 
Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means several Resolutions ; which were Means; 
read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Exchequer 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine Bills, 
milhon one hundred and ninety-three thousand 

ounds be raised by Exchequer Bills for the Service 

of the year 1842. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine Fed. 
million and ninety-seven thousand two hundred and 

seven pounds be granted out of the Consolidated 

Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

Ireland. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Surplus Ways 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 224 Means. 
applied to the Service of the year 1842, the sum of 

One hundred and eleven thousand three hundred 

and thirty-nine pounds and eleven pence, being the 

surplus of Ways and Means granted for the Service 

of preceding years. 

4. Resolved, That, towards making good the Transfer of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five Aids. 
hundred thousand pounds, a part of the sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Ireland, or remaining to be raised on the 11th 

day of June 1842, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1840 and 

1841, be applied to the Service of the year 1842. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
Resolution: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 

it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 

second, third and fourth Resolutions: And that the 

same Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 
and Sir William Horne : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An jscossea Taxes 
Act to grant Relief from the Duties of Assessed (No. 2.) Bill. 
Taxes, in certain cases, and to provide for the as- 
sessing and charging the Property Tax on_Divi- 
dends payable out of the Revenue of Foreign States, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lunacy Bill. 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to alter 
and amend the Practice and course of Proceeding 
with respect to Commissions in the nature of 
Writs de Lunatico Inquirendo, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Primrose Hill 
Act for effecting an Exchange between Her Majesty Bill. 
and the Provost and College of Eton, 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 Insolvent _ 
for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors; to which the Debtors Bill. 





Vou. 97. 





4p2 Lords 


Examination of 
Ingrossments. 


Certificate of 
Examination. 


Notice of 
Consideration 
of Lords’ 
Amendments, 


Time for 
delivering 
Notices. 


Daily Lists of 
Committees 
sitting. 


Plans to be 
verified as 
Mr. Speaker 
shall direct. 


Appendix. 


568 2° Auguste. A. 1842. 


Copy of the Bill as amended in Committee ; which | Clerk of the Royal Burgh, or the Postmaster of the 
Clerk shall sign the said Copy so amended, in order Post Town in or near such Parish [as the case may 
to its being deposited and preserved in the said | be), on or before the 31st day of December instant, 
Office. on which Plans your property is designated by the 

133. That to insure the Accuracy of the Ingross- | numbers set forth in the annexed Schedule. 
ment of all Private Bills, the Clerk of the House As we are required to report to Parliament 
be required to provide a sufficient number of Clerks, | whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed 
to be called Examiners of Ingrossments. | Undertaking, or whether you are neuter in respect 

134. That no Private Bill be read a Third time, | thereto, you will oblige us by writing your answer 
until a Certificate is indorsed upon the Paper Bill, | of assent, dissent or neutrality in the Form left 
and signed by one or more of the Examiners of In- | herewith, and returning’ the same to us with your 
grossments, declaring that the Ingrossment thereof | signature on or before the day of 
has been examined, and agrees with the Bill, as next; and if there should be any 
amended in Committee, and on the consideration | error or misdescription in the annexed Schedule, we 
of the Report. shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof, at 

135. That when Amendments made by the House | your earliest convenience, that we may correct the 
of Lords to any Private Bill sent up to them are to | Same without delay. 
be taken into consideration, Notice be given thereof 
in the Private Bill Office, the day previous to the 
same being proposed to be taken into considera- To _ 
tion. 

136. That all Notices required to be given in the 
Private Bill Office be delivered in the said Office 
before Six of the clock in the evening of any day 
on which the House shall sit, and before Two of 
the clock on any day on which the House shall not 
sit; and that afier any day on which the House 
shall have adjourned, no Notice shall be given for 
the first day on which it shall again sit. 

137. That the Clerks in the Private Bill Office 
do prepare, daily, Lists of all Private Bills, and 
Petitions for Private Bills upon which any Com- 
mittee is appointed to sit; specifying the hour of 
meeting; and the Room where the Committee shall 
sit; and that the same be hung up in the Lobby of 
the House. 


We are, Sir, 
Your most obedient Servants, 





SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Notice. 





of the Line deposited, and 
of the greatest Height of 
Embankment and Depth 


Description of the Section 
of Cutting. 





Occupier. 
Occupier. 








d Section will affect the same. 


138. That every Plan and Book of Reference 
thereto, which shall be certified by the Speaker of 
the House of Commons, in pursuance of any Act 
of Parliament, shall previously be ascertained, and 








verified in such manner as shall be deemed most 
advisable by the Speaker, to be exactly conformable 
in all respects to the Plan and Book of Reference 
which shall have been signed by the Chairman of 
the Committee upon the Bill. 


and which is intended to show the Property therein 
Owner. 











APPENDIX 
Referred to in the preceding Resolutions. 


Description. 


Description. 





Appendix (A.) 
No. sebhiins 
Sir, 

We beg to inform you, that application is in- 
tended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing 
Session for “ An Act” [here insert the Title of the 
Act], and that the Property mentioned in the an- 
nexed Schedule, or some part thereof, in which we 
understand you are interested as therein stated, will 
be required for the purposes of the said Undertaking, 
according to the line thereof as at present laid out, 
or may be required to be taken under the usual 
powers of deviation to the extent of ards 
on either side of the said line which will be applied 
for in the said Act, and will be passed through in ' 
the manner mentioned in such Schedule. Appendix (B.) 

We also beg to inform you, that a Plan and er 
Section of the said Undertaking, with a Book of 
Reference thereto, has been or will be deposited C 5 
with the several Clerks of the Peace of the Counties -. ae 
of [specify the Counties in which the Property is AN Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for 
situate], on or before the 30th of November, and that Counties and other Persons to take the Custody 
copies of so much of the said Plan and Section as of such Documents as shall be directed to be 
relates to the parish in which your propertyis situate, deposited with them under the Standing Orders 
with a Book of Reference thereto, has been or wil! of either House of Parliament. 
be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of} Wuerras the Houses of Parliament are in the 
the said Parish Schoolmaster of the Parish, Town | habit of requiring that, previous to the introduction 


of | 


Number 
n 
Plans. 
Number 
on 
Plans. 


a 














Parish, 
Township, 
Townland, 
or Extra- 
parochial 
Place. 





Parish, 
Township, 
Townland, 
or Extra- 
parochial 

Place 





alluded to, and the manner in which the Line of the deposite 


Limits of the Devia- 
tion intended to be 


applied for. 





SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Notice, 


Property in the Line as 
at present laid out 








Property within the 





Anno Primo Victorie Regine. 

















6 Vicrori2. 


of any Bill into Parliament for making certain 
bridges, turnpike-roads, cuts, canals, reservoirs, 
acqueducts, waterworks, navigations, tunnels, arch- 
ways, railways, piers, ports, harbours, ferries, docks 
and other works, to be made under the authority of 
Parliament, certain maps or plans and sections, 
and books and writings, or extracts or copies of 
or from certain maps, plans or sections, books and 
writings, shall be deposited in the office of the 
clerk of the peace for every county, riding or 
division in England or Ireland, or in the office of the 
sheriff clerk of every county in Scotland, in which 
such work is proposed to be made, and also with 
the parish clerk in every parish in England, the 
schoolmaster of every parish of Scotland, or in 
Royal Burghs with the town clerk, and the post- 
master of the post-town in or nearest to every parish 
in Ireland, in which such work is intended to be 
made, and with other persons: And whereas it is 
expedient that such maps, plans, sections, books, 
writings and copies or extracts of and from the 
same, should be received by the said clerks of the 
peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, schoolmasters, 
town clerks, postmasters and other persons, and 
should remain in their custody for the purposes 
hereinafter mentioned ; BE it therefore Enacted, by 
The QuEEN’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and 
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia- 
ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, 
Clerks of the THAT whenever either of the Houses of Parliament 


- er gl shall by its Standing Orders, already made or here- 
Documents  @fter to be made, require that any such maps, plans, 
hereinmen- Sections, books or writings, or extracts or copies of 
cs for the same, or any of them, shall be deposited as 
the purposes 2foresaid, such maps, plans, sections, books, writings, 


directed by the Copies and extracts shall be received by and shall 
Standing remain with the clerks of the peace, sheriff clerks, 


f the . 
— ~ parish clerks, schoolmasters, town clerks, post- 
Parliament. | masters and other persons with whom the same 


shall be directed by such Standing Orders to be 
deposited, and they are hereby respectively directed 
to receive and to retain the custody of all such 


2 A ugusti, 


































569 


offence before any Justice of the Peace for the 
county within which such offence shall be com- 
mitted, or by the confession of the party offending, 
or by the oath of any credible witness, be levied and 
recovered, together with the costs of the proceedin _ 
for the recovery thereof, by distress and sale of the 
goods and effects of the party offending, by warrant 
under the hand of such Justice, which warrant such 
Justice is hereby empowered to grant, and shall be 
paid to the person or persons making such com- 
plaint; and it shall be lawful for any such Justice 
of the Peace to whom any complaint shall be made 
of any offence committed against this Act to summon 
the party complained of before him, and on such 
summons to hear and determine the matter of such 
complaint in a summary way, and on proof of the 
offence to convict the offender, and to adjudge him 
to pay the penalty or forfeiture incurred, and to 
proceed to recover the same, although no informa- 
tion in writing or in print shall have been exhibited 
or taken by or before such Justice ; and all such 
proceedings by summons without information shall 
be as good, valid and effectual to all intents and 
purposes as if an information in writing had been 
exhibited. 


Appendix (C.) 


Anno Primo &amp; Secundo Victorie Regine. 
Cap. cxvul. 


Aw Act to provide for the Custody of certain 
Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing 
Orders of either House of Parliament by Sub- 
scribers to Works or Undertakings to be ef- 
fected under the Authority of Parliament. 


WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the custody 
of any sums of money paid in pursuance of an 

Standing Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal 
in Parliament assembled, or of the Commons in 
Parliament assembled, by subscribers to works or 
undertakings to be made under the authority of an 





documents and writings so directed to be deposited 

with them respectively, in the manner and for the 

purposes and under the rules and regulations con- 

cerning the same respectively directed by such 

Standing Orders, and shall make such memorials 

and endorsements on and give such acknowledge- 

ments and receipts in respect of the same respec- 

tively as shall be thereby directed. 

I]. And be it further Enacted, That all persons 

— te to interested shall have liberty to, and the said clerks 
Documents Of the peace, sheriff clerks, parish clerks, school- 
tobe inspect- masters, town clerks and postmasters, and every 


Clerks of the 


Act of Parliament; BE it therefore Enacted, by The 
QUEEN’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Tem- 
poral, and Commons, in this present Parliament 
assembled, and by the authority of the same, THAT Authority 
in all cases in which any sum of money is required to Deposit. 
by any Standing Order of either House of Parlia- 
ment, either now or hereafter to be in force, to be 
paid by the subscribers to any work or undertaking 
which is to be executed under the authority of an 
Act of Parliament, if the director or person or di- 
rectors or persons having the management of the 
affairs of any such proposed work or undertaking, 
or any Five of them, shall apply to the Chairman 
of the Committees of the House of Lords with 
respect to any such money required by any Standing 
Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Par- 
liament assembled, or to the Speaker of the House 
of Commons, with respect to any such money re- 
quired by any Standing Order of the Commons in 
Parliament assembled, the said Chairman or the 
said Speaker may, by warrant or order under his 
hand, direct that such sum of money shall be paid 
in manner hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, 
into the Bank of England in the name and with the 


the first hour, and after the rate of Sixpence for| privity of the Accountant-general of the Court of 


Ai — of them, are and is hereby required at all reasonable 

A wewary hours of the day, to permit all persons interested to 
inspect during a reasonable time and make extracts 
from or copies of the said maps, plans, sections, 
books, writings, extracts and copies of or from the 
same, so deposited with them respectively, on pay- 
ment by each person to the clerk of the peace, 
sheriff clerk, clerk of the parish, schoolmaster, 
town clerk or postmaster having the custody of any 
such map, plan, section, book, writing, extract or 
copy, One Shilling for every such inspection, and 
the further sum of One Shilling for every hour 
during which such inspection shall continue after 
every One hundred words copied therefrom. 

ete of te Iif. And be it further Enacted, That in case any 

for every aa 

omission to 

comply with 

ot raga comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore con- 


liable to the tained, every clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish 
“ a of5l, clerk, schoolmaster, town clerk, postmaster or other 
tee ian person shall for every such offence forfeit and pay 
way, any sum not exceeding the sum of Five Pounds ; 

and every such penalty shall, upon proof of the 
Vou. 97. 


Exchequer in England, if the work or undertaking 
in respect of which the sum of money is required to 


clerk of the peace, sheriff clerk, parish clerk, school-| be paid is mtended to be executed in that part of 
master, town clerk, postmaster or other person,|the United Kingdom called England; or into the 
shall in any matter or thing refuse or neglect to| Bank of England in the name and with the privity 


of the said Accountant-general, or into any of the 
Banks in Scotland established by Act of Parliament 
or Royal Charter in the name and with the privity 
of the Queen’s Remembrancer of the Court of Ex- 
chequer in Scotland, at the option of the person or 
persons making such application as aforesaid, in 

4D case 

































Payment of 
Deposit. 


1G. 4,c. 36 


23 &amp; 24 G. 3. 


(1.) 


Investment 
of Deposit. 


570 2° Auguste. 


case such work or undertaking is intended to be 
executed in that part of the United Kingdom called 
Scotland ; or into the Bank of Jreland in the name 
and with the privity of the Accountant-general of 
the Court of Chancery in Jreland, in case such work 
or undertaking is intended to be made or executed 
in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; 
and every such application as aforesaid to the said 
Chairman or Speaker shall be made in writing, and 
be signed by the director or directors, or person or 
persons having the management of the said work 
or undertaking, or by any Five of them; and therein 
shall be stated the name or description of such work 
or undertaking, and name and place of abode or the 
names and places of abode of such director or di- 
rectors, person or persons, and the sum of money 
required to be paid, and the bank and name into 
and in which the same is to be paid ; and such par- 
ticulars shall also be set forth in every such warrant 
or order; and such warrant or order shall be a suf- 
ficient authority for the Accountant-general of the 
said Court of Exchequer in England, the Queen’s 
Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Scot- 
land, and the Accountant-general of the Court of 
Chancery in Ireland respectively, to permit the sum 
of money directed to be paid by such warrant or 
order to be placed to an account opened or to be 
opened in his name in the Bank mentioned in such 
warrant or order. 

II. And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for 
the person or persons named in such warrant or 
order, or the survivors or survivor of them, or any 
Five of them, to pay the sum of yo | mentioned 
in such warrant or order into the Bank mentioned 
in such warrant or order in the name and with the 
privity of the officer or person in whose name such 
sum shall be directed to be paid by such warrant or 
order, to be placed to his account there ex-parte the 
work or undertaking mentioned in such warrant or 
order ; and every such sum so paid in, or the se- 
curities in or upon which the same may be invested 
as hereinafter mentioned, shall there remain until 
the same or such securities as aforesaid shall be paid 
out of such Bank in pursuance of the provisions of 
this Act: Provided always, That every sum paid 
into the Bank of England in the name and with the 
privity of the Accountant-general of the Court of 

xchequer under the provisions of this Act, shall 
be paid in and placed to his account there pursuant 
to the method prescribed by an Act passed in the 
first year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for the better 
securing Money and Effects paid into the Court of 
Exchequer at Westminster on account of the Suitors 
of the said Court, and for the Appointment of an 
Accountant-general and Two Masters of the said 
Court, and for other Purposes, and pursuant to the 
General Orders of the said Court, and without Fee 
or Reward ;” and every sum paid into the Bank of 
freland in the name and with the privity of the 
Accountant-general of the Court of Chancery in 
Ireland, under the provisions of this Act, shall be 
paid in and placed to his account pursuant to the 
method prescribed by an Act made and passed in 
the Parliament of Jreland in the twenty-third and 
twenty-fourth years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for the 
better securing the Monies and Effects of the Suitors 
o° the Court of Chancery and Exchequer, by depo- 
siting the same in the National Bank, and to prevent 
the forging and counterfeiting any Draft, Order or 
other Voucher for the Payment or Delivery of such 
Money and Effects, and for other Purposes,” and 
pursuant to the general orders of the said Court, 
and without fee or reward. 

III. And be it Enacted, That if the person or 
persons named in such warrant or order, or the 
survivor or survivors of them, or any Five of them, 
desire to have invested any sum so paid into the 
Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland, the court 





A. 1842. 


in the name of whose Accountant-general the same 
may have been paid, on a petition presented to such 
court in a summary way by him or them, may order 
that such sum shall, until the same be paid out of 
court in pursuance of this Act, be laid out in the 
Three per Centum Consolidated or Three per Centum 
Reduced Bank Annuities, or any Government secu- 
rity or securities. 


[V. And be it Enacted, That on the termination Repayment 
of the Session of Parliament in which the Petition °f Deposit. 


or Bill for the purpose of making or sanctioning 
any such work or undertaking shall have been 
introduced into Parliament, or if such Petition or 
Bill shall be rejected or finally withdrawn by some 
proceeding in either House of Parliament, or shall 
not be allowed to proceed, or if an Act be passed 
authorizing the making of such work or undertaking ; 
and if in any or either of the foregoing cases the 
person or persons named in such warrant or order, 
or the survivor or survivors of them, or the majority 
of such persons, apply by petition to the court in 
the name of whose Accountant-general the sum 
of money mentioned in such warrant or order shall 
have been paid, or to the Court of Exchequer in 
Scotland, in case such sum of money shall have 
been paid in the name of the said Queen’s Remem- 
brancer, the court in the name of whose Accountant- 
general or Queen’s Remembrancer such sum of 
money shall have been paid shall, by order, direct 
the sum of money paid in pursuance of such war- 
rant or order, or the stocks, funds or securities in or 
upon which the same are invested, and the interest 
or dividends thereof, to be transferred and paid to 
the party or parties so applying, or to any other 

erson or persons whom they may appoint in that 
behalf; but no such order shall be made in the 
case of any such Petition or Biil being rejected, or 
not being allowed to proceed, or withdrawn, unless 
it be proved by the certificate of the Chairman of 
Committees, if the said Petition or Bill was rejected 
or not allowed to proceed, or withdrawn in its 
passage through the House of Lords, or of the said 
Speaker, if the said Petition or Bill was rejected or 
not allowed to proceed, or withdrawn during its 
passage through the House of Commons, that the 
Petition or Bill has been either so rejected, or not 
allowed to proceed, or so withdrawn by some pro- 
ceeding in one or other House of Parliament ; 
which certificate the said Chairman or Speaker shall 
grant on the application in writing of the person or 
persons, or the majority of the persons named in 
such warrant or order, or the survivor or survivors 
of them ; and every such certificate shall be con- 
clusive proof of such rejection, or not proceeding, 
or withdrawal. 





The House was moved, That the present Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be re- 
pealed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Orders relating to Private Business, 
recommended by the Select Committee “ appointed 
to consider the propriety of making such alterations 
in the Standing Orders as may conduce to the im- 
proved conduct of the Private Business of this 
House,” as amended and arranged by the said 
Committee, be adopted as the Standing Orders of 
this House, in relation to Private Business ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Committee ”’ 
the words “ with the exception of the Order for the 
“ consideration of the Reports on Railway Bills 
“ upon Tuesdays at five o’clock.” 

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 the Orders relating to Private 





Business, recommended by the Select Committee 
“ appointed 





mec 





General 
Committee of 
Elections. 


Illegitimate 
Children, 


Illegitimate 
Children, 


Foreign Corn. 


Church Rates, 


Licensed Lu- 


natic Asylums 
Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 


“ appointed to consider the propriety of making such 
alterations in the Standing Orders as may conduce 
to the improved conduct of the Private Business 
of this House,” as amended and arranged by the 
said Committee, be adopted as the Standing Orders 
of this House, in relation to Private Business. 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be 
printed. 


Lord Granville Somerset, from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, laid the Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Committee before the House. 

‘i — That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
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 all IMlegitimate Children whose 
Baptisms were registered by the Clergymen in the 
several Parishes of Lancashire, the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, Norfolk, Surrey and Herefordshire, during 
the years 1831, 1832 and 1833, and during the years 
1839, 1840 and 1841. 

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 a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Abstract 
of the Return of the Number of Illegitimate Children 
registered in certain Counties of England in the 
Three years ending the 31st day of December 1834, 
and the Three years ending the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1837, which was ordered by their Lordships to 
be printed on the 17th day of June 1839 (No. 113, 
of Sess. 1839): And that Mr. Stuart Wortley do 
carry the said Message. 


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 Returns of Accounts that have 
been received at the Foreign Office, from Her Ma- 
jesty’s Consuls abroad, relative to the Prices of 


9° Augusti ; 


571 


ment to which this House hath disagreed, do manage 
the Conference: And the names of Sir James Graham, 


Sir George Clerk, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. George 
Palmer, Mr. Stuart Wortley, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Mr. Labouchere, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 
Mr. Hardy, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
Packe, General Lygon, Sir Charles Douglas, Mr. 
Lyall, and Mr. Hawes, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference; and beimg 
returned ; 

Lord Granville Somerset reported, That the Mana- 
gers had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Duke of Buccleuch ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendment; and had left the 
Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means several Resolutions ; which were Means; 
read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Exchequer 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine —_ 
million one hundred and ninety-three thousand 

pounds be raised by Exchequer Bills for the Service 

of the year 1842. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Nine Fed. 
million and ninety-seven thousand two hundred and 

seven pounds be granted out of the Consolidated 

Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

Ireland. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Surplus Ways 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 44 Means. 
applied to the Service of the year 1842, the sum of 

One hundred and eleven thousand three hundred 

and thirty-nine pounds and eleven pence, being the 

surplus of Ways and Means granted for the Service 

of preceding years. 

4. Resolved, That, towards making good the Transfer of 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five Aids. 
hundred thousand pounds, a part of the sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

and Ireland, or remaining to be raised on the 11th 

day of June 1842, to complete the Aids granted by 








Foreign Corn, for the year 1841. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this fon 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 every Church Rate or Rate for 
the purpose of Church Rate, within the last two 
years, in every Parish, District Parish and Extra- 
parochial Place ; distinguishing the year in which 
it was made, the Gross Amount of the Rate, and 
the Rate per pound on the Poor Rates ; the Amount 
collected, and the Amount spent in repairing the 
fabric of the Church ; the Amount derived from all 
Funds other than Church Rates applied in aid 
thereof; in what cases Vestries called to consider 
a Church Rate have refused, or by any form of pro- 
ceeding declined to grant it. 

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 time being come for the Conference with The 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for amending the Laws relating to Houses 
licensed by the Metropolitan Commissioners and 
Justices of the Peace for the Reception of Insane 
Persons ; 

Ordered, That the Committee who were ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to The 
Lords, at a Conference, for disagreeing to the Amend- 


Parliament for the Service of the years 1840 and 
1841, be applied to the Service of the year 1842. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
Resolution: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer and Sir George Clerk do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
second, third and fourth Resolutions: And that the 
same Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 

and Sir William Horne : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 4 scosseq Taxes 
Act to grant Relief from the Duties of Assessed (No. 2.) Bill. 
Taxes, in certain cases, and to provide for the as- 
sessing and charging the Property Tax on Divi- 
dends payable out of the Revenue of Foreign States, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Lunacy Bill. 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to alter 
and amend the Practice and course of Proceeding 
with respect to Commissions in the nature of 
Writs de Lunatico Inquirendo, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Primrose Hill 
Act for effecting an Exchange between Her Majesty Bill. 
and the Provost and College of Eton, 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 Insolvent 





Vou. 97. 





for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors; to which the Debtors Bill. 
4pD2 : Lords 













































































Bribery at 
Elections 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. , 


572 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


The ingrossed Bill for the the better Discovery 
of Bribery in the Election of Members of Parlia- 
ment, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the better Discovery and Pre- 
vention of Bribery and Treating at the Election of 
Members of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported the Designs Copyright 
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 “ Bill be re-committed,”’ 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 Sir Thomas Fremantle, "3 

Yeas, \ Mr. Pringle: ; 
Tellers for thef Mr. William Williams, } 14 
Noes, Mr. Heathcote : : 

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. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill in p. 2. 1. 1. by leaving out from the word 
“ Copyright” to the word “ And” in 1. 11. 

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. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2. Is. 33. and 34., by leaving out the 
words “ second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth.” 

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. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2. 1. 38., by leaving out the words 
“ nine calendar months,” in order to insert the 
words “ three calendar months ” instead thereof. 

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 (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, i Mr. Pringle: 

Tellers for the{ Mr. William Williams, 

Noes, UMr. Mark Philips : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


1 2. 
} 13. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 3.1. 3., by leaving out the words 
“* Class 2. Articles of Manufacture composed wholly 
“ or chiefly of wood.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
pesed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 3. 1. 22., by leaving out the words 
** excepting the articles included in Class 11.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stund part of the Bill :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in p. 4. |. 27., by inserting after the word 


2 August. 





A, 1842. 


otherwise’ the words “ Provided always, That 
such design shall not be the production, or an 
imitation of the production, of any foreign 
country. ” 

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

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 9. 1. 23. by leaving out the words 
“ twelve calendar months” and inserting the words 
** three calendar months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 11. 1. 7., by leaving out the words 
“* whereof the Copyright shall have expired.” 

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. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 11.1. 9., by leaving out from the word 
“ behalf” to the word “ provided ” in 1. 16. 

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. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


“ 
“cc 
‘Ti 
iti 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Newfoundland 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment, which, Bill. 
upon Saturday 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 Newfoundland Bill] ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till To-morrow. 


The Coventry Boundary Bill was, according to Coventry _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Boundary Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to defray the Charge of the Militia Pay 
Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses Bill. 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to grant Allowances in certain cases to 
Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 
Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, was, ac- 
cording 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- 
three. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved: itself Court of 
into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery Offices poe 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 68 " 
resumed the Chair; and Sir George Clerk reported, “°°” 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir George Clerk reported the Bill accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 





And the House, having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Mercurii, 3° die Augusti, 1842. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Slave Trade 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Suppression Suppression 











ade 
ion 


6 VictorRiz. 


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. 


Canada Loan The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. into a Committee upon the Canada Loan Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Slavery — The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(East Indies) into a Committee upon the Slavery (East Indies) 
- 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 di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 

the third time this day. 


East India 


Mr. Greene reported the East’ India Bishops 
Bishops 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. 


Lunatic The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Guiand) into a Committee, to consider of providing, out of 
[Expenses the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
of Officers}. Great Britain and Ireland, for the visitation of Lu- 
natic Asylums in Ireland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Travelling and other Expenses 
of the Inspectors General of Prisons, and the Fees 
and Travelling Expenses of such Medical and other 
Officers and Persons, and of Barristers, as may be 
engaged in the execution of an Act of the present 
Session, relating to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ire- 
land, shall, in certain cases, be paid out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Resolu- 
tion. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Insolvent The Insolvent Debtors Bill was read the first 
Debtors Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
No. 521; morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


East India. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the several sums paid by the Secret Com- 
mittee of the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company as Secret Service Money in Great Bri- 
tain, in each year since the last Charter in 1833, 

Monuments. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of an 
Address to the Crown, to erect Monuments to the 
Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and 
Sir Stdney Smith. 


Exchequer Bills Sir George Clerk presented a Bill for raising a 
G7;00193:000. ) Sum of Money by Exchequer Bills, for the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
two: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Consulidated 


Fund Bill, Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to apply a Sum 


out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other 
Sums, to the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-two: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day. 


Vou. 97. 


Q°—3° Auguste: 573 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Ma- Queen's 
jesty’s Command,—A Copy of the Second Report, Printers 
by Her Majesty’s sole and only Master Printers in S°°U*"* 
Scotland. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Jacob Owen, 
Order,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 5th Esquire. 
day of May last, for a Return from each Public 
Department in Ireland, of the sums paid to Jacob 
Owen, Esquire, Architect to the Board of Works, 
for Pinna, tadpeation of Works, Survey of Buildings, 
or Commission on Expenditure, for each year since 
his Appointment, up to April 1842 :— And, a similar 
Return from the Treasurer in each County in Jre- 
land :—Also, a Return of the Amount of Fees or 
Gratuities received by the said Jacob Owen, Esquire, 
for the Examination of Candidates for the Office of 
County Surveyor in Ireland; with a Copy of the 
Minute or Contract for his Appointment as Architect 
to the Board of Works, and a Statement, showing 
whether his whole Services are required by that 
Department, or if he is allowed to engage in Private 
Practice. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Turnpike 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstracts Trusts. 
of the Generai Statements of the Income and Ex- 
penditure of the several Turnpike Trusts in England 
and Wales, for the year 1840. 

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


Ordered, That the Copy of the Report, with the salmon 
Minutes of Evidence, on the Salmon Fisheries (Scoé- Fisheries 
land) Bill, which was communicated from the Lords (S°t!#"4-) 
upon Friday last, be printed. No. 522, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sittings Sittings of the 
of the House, which was laid upon the Table yester- House. 
day, be printed. No. 523. 


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











Mercuri, 3° die August ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. , 


ETITIONS from the Presbytery of Jedburgh ; gchoolmasters 
—Presbytery of Kelso ;—and, Presbytery of (Scotland.) 
Annan ; praying the House to revise and alter the 
Act 43 Geo.3, c. 54, ‘ for making better Provision for 
the parochial Schoolmasters, and for making further 
Regulations for the better Government of the Parish 
Schools in Scotland,’ to such an extent and in such 
manner, as that the parochial and Government 
Schoolmasters in Scotland, may now be so liberally 
provided for, as to enable them to meet the exigen- 
cies of their position in society,—were presented, 
and read ; ak ordered to lie upon the Table. 


don, Traders in Foreign Wine, for allowance of duty 
on stock in hand, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for en- Duke of 
abling the Most noble Richard Plantagenet Gren- oe 
ville Nugent Chandos Temple Duke of Buckingham “*° ©" 
and Chandos, to grant Under-leases of Lands, situ- 
ate in or near the Town of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, 
and to authorize the granting of Leases of other 
Lands situate in or near the same Place, belonging 
to Elizabeth Lydia Lind and others, 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. __ 

4D3 A Bill 





Ordered, That the Petition of Merchants of Zon- Foreign Wine. 















































































Lord Dinorben’s 


Estate Bill. 


Interment of 
Bodies. 


Buildings Re- 
gulation, aud 
Improvement 
of Boroughs. 


Tobacco Regu- 
lations Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
¢Treland.) 


Exchequer Bills 
(£. 9,193,000.) 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill, 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
Bill. 


574 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to en- 
able the Right honourable William Lewis Lord 
Dinorben, by Mortgage of certain Hereditaments 
devised to him for Life, with Remainders over, by 
the Will and Codicils of the Reverend Edward 
Hughes, to raise not exceeding Twenty thousand 
pounds, at interest, for rebuilding the Mansion and 
Offices at Kinmel Park, devised by the said Will 
and Codicils to the same Uses, and for other Pur- 
poses, was read the third time. 


3° August. 





Feesolved, 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. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Mon- 
day last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their 
Lordships a Copy of the Report from the Select 
Committee of this House appointed in the present 
Session of Parliament to consider the expediency 
of framing some Legislative Enactments (due re- 
spect being paid to the rights of the Clergy) to re- 
medy the evils arising from the Interment of Bodies 
within the precincts of large Towns or of places 
densely peopled; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence, and Appendix and Index thereto. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Re- 
port be communicated to the Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver 
the same. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of Thurs- 
day last, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships, a Copy of the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee of this House appointed in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament to consider of the Regulation of 
Buildings, and Improvement of Boroughs ; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix, Index 
and Plans. 

Resolved, That a printed Copy of the said Report 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Greene do deliver the 
same. 


Petitions from Ennishillen;—and, Galway; pray- 
ing that the Tobacco Regulations 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 Members of the Mercantile Asso- 
ciations of Liverpool,and of Bankers, Merchants and 
others engaged in trade in the said town, praying 
that the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jurors of 
the King’s County, assembled at the Summer As- 
sizes 1842, praying that in any measure for the re- 
gulation of the Medical Charities in Zreland, those 
institutions may not be placed under the control of 
the Poor Law Commissioners, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Or- 
der, reada second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


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


Mr. Greene reported the Slave Trade Suppression 
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. 








A. 1842. 


Mr. Greene reported the Canada Loan Bill; and Canada Loan 
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 ingrossed Bill for extending to the Governors Slaver 


Indies) 


and Officers of the East India a the Powers — 
given by the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. 113, to Her Majesty’s =. 
Governors and Officers, for the more effectual Sup- 
pression of the Importation of Slaves into India by 
Sea was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Peter Stafford Carey, John Locke, County Courts 
William Corrie and William March Sowton, Es- Sill. 
quires, Barristers at Law, the four Counsel of the 
ancient Court of Marshalsea of the Queen’s House- 
hold, and of the Court of Her Majesty’s Palace of 
Westminster, praying that the County Courts Bill 
may not pass into a law without such compensation 
being granted to the Petitioners as they may be 
found to be entitled to, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


A Petition of Alexander Fairbrother, Doctor in Burials, &amp;c. 
Medicine, of the city and county of Bristol, praying 
the House to pass a law for remedying the evils 
arising from the custom of burying in churchyards, 
and the want of proper sewerage and drainage in 
densely populated districts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Don- Doncaster 
caster, in the West Riding of the county of York, Borough. 
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are informed, that a Petition has been, 
or is about to be presented to the House, praying 
the House to grant unto the town of Doncaster, the 
privilege of returning a Member to Parliament ; 
that the Petitioners deprecate in the strongest 
though most respectful manner, the elevation of 
their town into a Parliamentary Borough, as calcu- 
lated to introduce party strife and agitation, dan- 
gerous not only to the harmony, but to the best in- 
terests of the town, and praying the House not to 
constitute Doncaster a Parliamentary Borough. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of a portion of the Buildings 
parish of Saint Giles, in the county of Middlesex, Regulation. 
stating that the Petitioners and several thousands 
within that district, termed The Rookery, are in- 
habiting dwellings totally unfitted as the abodes of 
human beings, the rows of tenements either being 
separated only by a very limited space, though of 
considerable height, or built back to back, thus, with 
the entire absence of drainage, neither fresh air or 
the sun’s rays has access, and the consequences is 
found most appalling to the health of the thousands 
doomed to inhabit those localities ; and praying the 
House to subvert such an appalling state of the 
working classes in whatever towns they may be pre- 
sent, and, for the safety of the public health, frame 
an enactment which will prevent such close neigh- 
bourhoods being built hereafter, and which will ren- 
der efficient drainage to all habitations compulsory, 


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


A Petition of Twenty-nine Poles, stating that Polish 
for the last three years the Petitioners have never Refugees. 
shared one farthing, either from the Government 
grant, or out of the funds given to the Polish Li- 
terary Society; and praying that they may be placed 
upon the lists as objects of commiseration and need, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. a 

A Petition 





6 Victoriz. 


Penitentiary 


A Petition of William Gellen, of Mansfield-place, 
(Milbank. ) 


Kentish Town, praying the House to institute an in- 
quiry into the expenditure and into the real state of 
health in the Penitentiary at Milbank, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sugar Duties. A Petition of Samuel Gordon, of Aungier-street, 


Dublin, praying for the repeal of the Sugar Duties, 


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


Medical 
Profession. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of Woé- 
tingham and its neighbourhood, praying that no 
measure be entertained by the House with reference 
to granting a new Charter to the Colleges of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons in London, or any other measure 
of partial Medical legislation be taken into consider- 
ation by the House, until the whole subject of 
Medical Reform be brought before Parliament, and 
receive full publicity and discussion, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Distress 
(Manufacturing 
Districts.) 


A Petition of Congregational Dissenters worship- 
ping in Queen’s-street Chapel, Sheffield, praying the 
House to take into their immediate consideration the 
Distress which in Sheffield and other manufacturing 
towns is found so greatly to prevail; and that the 
House will, before the prorogation of Parliament, 
attempt something to alleviate the circumstances 
of the thousands that are ready to perish, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Coroners, &amp;c., 
(Warwick and 
Lancaster) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Coroners, &amp;c., (Warwick and Lancas- 
ter) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
law Amend- further consideration the Report on the Bankruptcy 
a . Law Amendment Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 
Tobacco Regu- The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
lations Bill. = the Report on the Tobacco Regulations Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report’ be received after the 
other Orders of the day. 
Lunatic The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a some Bill mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Jre/and) Bill; 
a Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 
Mines and 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Collieries Bill. consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Mines and Collieries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Friday next. 


Designs Copy- 
right Bill. 


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 
after the other Orders of the day. 


Newfoundland 
Bi 


: The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
ul, 


the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
upon Saturday last, was proposed to be made to 
the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now leave 
the Chair [for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Newfoundland 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 three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 

Vo. 97. 


3° Auguste. 





575 


Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 
And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby, 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 68 
Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring : ; 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. O’ Connell, 13 
Noes, . Mr. Wyse: } 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, being put, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
"he House divided ; 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremanile, } 82 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle: : 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, hor 
Noes, UMr. Hume: a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse, N° 1 (Her Majesty to establish a quali- 
fication in respect of income and property, in right 
of which any person may be elected to serve as a 
Member of the Assembly, not exceeding a net annual 
income of ) read. 

P. 3.1. 1: Proposed to fill the blank with “ One 
“ hundred pounds.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ Fifty 
“ pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with “ One 
“ hundred pounds ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremanile, 





Yeas, \ Mr. Pringle: } ai 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, \is 
Noes, Mr. Wyse: i 


P. 3. 1. 2. Amendment proposed: To leave out the 
words “ clear of all incumbrances.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremanile, ha 6. 


Yeas, Mr. Pringle: 
Tellers for the { Mr. O’Connell, } 14 
Noes, Mr. Wyse: : 


P. 3. 1. 2. (or the possession of property clear of 
all incumbrances, exceedin ; 
Proposed to fill the blank with “ Five hundred 
* pounds.” 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “Two 
“ hundred and fifty pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with “ Five 
* hundred pounds ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ( Sir Thomas Fremantle, 75 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle: ‘ 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. O’ Connell, hie 
Noes, { Mr. Wyse : d 


Motion made, and Question puts That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 76 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle: } p 
Tellers for the f Mr. O'Connell, } 13 
Noes, L Mr. Wyse: “ 


CiauseE, N° 2, disagreed to. 

Crausz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausss, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 
Criause, N° 6, postponed. 


4p4 CLAUSES. 








Court of 
Chancery 
Offices Bill, 


Court of 
Chancery 
Offices Bill. 


Lunatic Asy- 
fums (Ireland) 
[ Expenses of 
Officers. ] 


576 


Crauses, N° 7 and N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Criavuses, N°9 to N° 11, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Jovis, 4° die Augusti, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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. 


A Petition of Messrs. Tilleard and Son, of the 


Old Jewry, in the city of London, Attornies and So- | 


licitors, stating that the Petitioners have received 
instructions from John Mitford, Esquire, Deputy 
Clerk of Inrolments in Chancery, who is not at 
present in England, as his Attornies and Solicitors, 
to protect his interests in reference to a proposal to 
abolish his said office; that the Petitioners have 
been informed that a Bill is now pending before the 
House for the abolition of certain Offices in the High 
Court of Chancery, by which (if passed into a law) 
the said office of Deputy Clerk will be abolished ; 
and praying that in any Bill for the abolition of the 
said office, regard may be had to the existing and 
vested rights of the said John Mitford, and that he 
may be granted an annual allowance equal to his 
present income; and that in support of his just and 
equal rights, counsel on his behalf may be heard, if 
necessary, at the bar of the House, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Court of Chancery Offices 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 


to. 
Crausz, N° 8, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 10 to N° 23, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 
Criauses, N° 25 to N° 39, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of providing, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the visitation of Lunatic 
Asylums in Jreland, a Resolution; which was read, 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That the travelling and other Expenses 
of the Inspectors General of Prisons, and the Fees 


and travelling Expenses of such Medical and other | 


Officers and Persons, and of Barristers, as may be 
engaged in the execution of an Act of the present 
Session relating to Private Lunatic Asylums in Jre- 
land, shall in certain cases be paid out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


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Crauses, N° 6 and N° 7, amended, and _— , 








A. 1842. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Lunatic Asylums (Zreland) Bill, That 
they have Power to make Provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankruptcy 
further consideration the Report on the Bankruptcy 4w Amend- 
Law Amendment Bill ; tanta 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Tobacco Regulations Bill; Tobacco Regu. 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; ‘tos Bill. 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
| be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, Lunatic 
resolved itself into a Committee upon the Lunatic _— Bill 
Asylums (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent a 
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 Order of the day being read, for the third Designs Copy- 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to consolidate and "s* Bill 
amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs 
for ornamenting Articles of Manufacture ; 

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 :—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 (Justices may 

award Costs) :—And the said Clause was brought 


| up, and twice read, witha blank ; and committed to 


a Committee of the whole House:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
— therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
Mr. Greene reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Clause, and made an 
Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene 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. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this be the Title of the Bill, “ An Act 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Copyright of Designs for ornamented Articles of 
Manufacture ;” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ and for placing thirteen classes of Manufactures 
“ in Metals, Linen, Cotton, Wool, Silk, Wood and 
“‘ Glass, under Patent Laws and Restrictions, vary- 
“ ing in duration from nine months to three years.” 

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

Resolved, That the Title be, An Act to consoli- 
date and amend the Laws relating to the Copyright 


of Designs for ornamented Articles of Manufacture. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East India. 

Returns of the Number of Appointments made by 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company 
in their Civil, Military, Marine, Medical and Eccle- 
siastical Services, to each of the Presidencies in 
India, the Eastern Settlements inclusive, for the 
eight following years, viz. 1834-35, 1835-36, “ 

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Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Slave Trade, 


South 
Australia, 


6 Vicroriz. 


37, 1837-38, 1838-39, 1839-46, 1840-41, 1841 to 
the 30th day of June 1842; distinguishing the Num- 
ber of Writers, Cadets, Midshipmen, Steam En- 
gineers, Assistant Surgeons and Chaplains appointed 
under each Presidency in each year :—And, of all 
Pensions and Retiring Allowances granted to each 
of those Services during the above years, at each 
Presidency. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for effecting an Exchange between 
Her Majesty and the Provost and College of Eton ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 32. After “ Consolidated ” insert “ and 
“ three per centum Reduced.” 
Pr. 9. 1.38, After the second “ the” insert 
whole or any part of the.” 
Pr. 10, 1. 30. After ** the ” insert “ whole or 
“ any part of the.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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 concerning 
Prisons ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1.12. Leave out from “ the” to “all” in 
. 14. and insert “ several terms hereinafter men- 
tioned.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 16. Leave out from “ purchased ” to 
for” in 1. 23. 

Pr. 1. 1.29. Leave out “ such” and insert “the.” 

Pr. 1. 1. penult. After “ therewith ” insert “that 
is to say after the expiration of five years after 
the passing of this Act with respect to lands, 
tenements and hereditaments purchased before 
the passing of this Act, and after the expiration 
of five years from the date of the conveyance with 
respect to lands, tenements and hereditaments 
purchased after the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 3. Leave out “ prison” and insert 
“ legal custody.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 31. 1. 3., being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Pr. 31. 1. 3. the last Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to; and the fallowin 
Amendments were made in the same Clause of the 
Bill, consequential upon and rendered necessary by 
the last-mentioned Amendment; viz. 

Pr. 31. 1.5. Leave out “ prison ” and insert 
“ debtor.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 9. After “ was ” insert “ taken or.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships; 
and have made certain Amendments to the Bill, 
consequential upon and rendered necessary by one 
of the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
said Bill; to which Amendments this House doth 
desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


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Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Class (C.) Correspondence on the Slave 
Trade with Foreign Powers, Parties to Conventions 
under which Vessels are to be tried by the Tribunals 
of the Nation to which they belong, from January 
1 to December 31, 1841, inclusive. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the terms on which the sum of £.85,800 
of Bonds and Annuity Deeds were issued by the 
Commissioners of the South Australia Company ; 
Vot. 97. 


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577 
stating the Amount of Money received for the same, 
and the Rate of Interest payable for the same; 
showing the Number of Dividends and the Amount 
of Dividend paid on them; and the Names of the 
present Holders or the Persons who received the 
last half year’s Interest or Annuity; also stating 
the Names of the Parties to whom the said Bonds 
and Annuities were originally granted. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices of Justices of the 
the Peace, which was presented upon Monday last, Peace. 
be printed. No. 524. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Keighley Keighley 
Union, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Union. 
No. 5265. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Coal Mines, Coal Mines. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 526. 


Ordered, That the Further Return relative to Jacob Jacob Owen, 
Owen, Esquire, which was presented yesterday, be *av‘re. 
printed. No. 527. 


Ordered, That the Abstracts of the General Turnpike 
Annual Statements of the Income and Expenditure T™*_ 
of Turnpike ‘Trusts for 1840, which were presented No. 528. 
yesterday, be printed. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of pillow-lace in the Designs Copy- 
counties of Buckingham, Northampton and Bedford, "8** ®i!'. 
praying the House that in the Designs Copyright 
Bill the same protection may be extended to the 
article of pillow-lace which may be given to every 
other fancy manufacture, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Bradford, of Austin Friars, Hele’s Charity 
in the city of London, Merchant, praying that he (Lowe's) Estate 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, - 
against certain parts of Hele’s Charity Estate Bill, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Thursday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Jowis, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Greene reporied from the Committee on Cauvin’s 
Cauvin’s Estate Bill; That they had exa- tte Bil 
mined the allegations of the Bull, 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. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Swinburne, from tne Commissioners of West- Westminster 
minster Bridge, was called in; and at the bar pre- Bridge. 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—The Four Quarterly Accounts of the Trea- 
surer to the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge, 
from the 5th day of April 1841 to the 5th day of 
April 1842 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses County Courts 
of the city of Bristol, praying that the further pro- }#!. 
gress of the County Courts Bill may be suspended, 
and that time may be allowed them to consider the 
provisions thereof, as the same may affect the city 
and county of Bristol; and that the Petitioners may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
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Exchequer Bills 
(£.9,193,000.) 
Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill, 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
Bill. 


Canada Loan 
Bill. 


Street’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
Offices Bill, 


578 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself) 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill; | “ 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- | “ 
sumed the Chair; and, Mr. Greene 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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“ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
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 Com- | « 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | « 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- | « 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. to (R.) 


|e 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. | 
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The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the second i 
and third years of Her Majesty, for the Suppression | 
of the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Canada Loan Bill ; 
the Bill be read the third time 


Ordered, That 


To-morrow. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on 
Street’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, as to the marriage of the 
Parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- | 
solving 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 Report do lie upon the Table. | 





Mr. Greene reported the Court of Chancery Offi- 
ces Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 11. After “ Chancery” insert “ and 
such Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery shall be 
entitled under this Act to a salary of One thou- 
sand two hundred pounds per annum.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 24. After “ writs’ insert “ every one 
of whom shall be entitled under this Act to a 
salary of One thousand two hundred pounds per 
annum. 

Pr. 3. lL. Leave out ‘ shall.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. After “ Court” insert “ and every 
such Taxing Master shall be entitled under this 
Act to a salary of Two thousand pounds per 
annum.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 17. After “ principal” insert “ and |_ 

‘ shall be paid such sum out of the salary of his |‘ 
principal as the Lord Chancellor, in the case of a 
Taxing Master and in other cases as the Master 
of the Rolls shall direct.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 28. Leave out “ enrolment” and in 
1. 29., after “ Clerk” insert “ of Enrolments in 
Chancery.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 30. After “ removal” insert “ and 
every such Clerk shall be entitled under this Act 
to such salary as the Master of the Rolls shall, 
by any order direct; provided that the whole 
amount payable for such salaries, shall not in any 
one year exceed the sum, which if equally di- 
vided between them, would admit of a salary of | 
Two hundred and fifty pounds for every such 
© Clerk.” 





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4° Augusti. 


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Pr. 9.1.3. After “ removal” insert “ and every 
such Clerk shall be entitled under this Act to 
such salary as the Master of the Rolls shall by 
any order direct, provided the whole amount of 
such salaries shall not in any one year exceed the 
sum, which if equally divided between them, 
would admit of a salary of Two hundred and 
fifty pounds for every such Clerk.” 


Pr. 9. 1. 16. After “ removal” insert “ and 
every such Clerk shall be entitled under this Act 
to a salary of Two hundred and fifty pounds per 
annum.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 12. After “ value” insert “ other 
than what is allowed or directed to be taken by 
him under this Act, or any order made under this 
Act.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. After “ be” insert Clauses (A.) 


Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Clerk of the Affidavits shall be entitled to receive 
under this Act such salary, in addition to his 
present salary, and upon such terms as to his 
duties, as the Lord Chancellor shall by any order 
direct ; yet so that the whole salary of such Clerk 
of Affidavits shall not exceed Twelve hundred 
pounds.” 


CuauseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for every person who shall at the passing 
of this Act be a Clerk of the Enrolments, deputy 
of such Clerk, Comptroller of the Hanaper, Riding 
Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Waiting Clerk, 
Agent or Record Keeper, and whose office or em- 
ployment shall be abolished or affected by this 
Act, to make a claim for compensation within 
Twelve calendar months after the passing of this 
Act, to the Lord Chancellor, who shall proceed, 
in such manner and upon such average as he may 
think proper, to inquire what compensation ought 
to be made to any such claimant, and what were 


' the fees and emoluments in respect of which the 


same should be allowed; and in every case in 
which such claim shall be established to the satis- 
faction of the Lord Chancellor, he is hereby au- 
thorized and empowered to determine, by an or- 
der, the amount of the annual compensation which 
shall seem to him to be just and reasonable for 
the loss sustained by such claimant, being in the 
case of a Clerk of the Enrolments or Deputy as 
aforesaid, or Comptroller of the Hanaper, Riding 
Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk, 
not less than three-fourths nor more than the 
whole, and in the case of an Agent or Record 
Keeper not less than two-thirds nor more than 
the whole, of the sum which shall be determined 
by the Lord Chancellor to be the net annual value 
of such fees and emoluments: Provided always, 
That no other period shall be fixed for any such 


‘ average as aforesaid than Three years, expiring 


on any day between the passing of this Act and 
the First day of November next, or some portion 
of such Three years; and that for the purpose of 
taking any average in the case of a Sworn Clerk 
or Waiting Clerk, the fees and emoluments of 
any business previous to the acquisition of such 
business by any Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk 
claiming compensation in respect thereof, shall 
be deemed to have been the fees and emoluments 
of such Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk ; Provided 
further, That no average shall be taken or com- 
pensation awarded in respect of any business 
which shall be acquired after the passing of this 
Act.” 

Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the ex- 
ecutors or administrators of every person who at 
the passing of this Act shall be a Clerk of the 
Enrolments or Deputy as aforesaid, Comptroller 
of the Hanaper, Riding Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn 
Clerk, Waiting Clerk, Agent or Record Keeper, 
and who shall die after the said oo 

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day of October next after the passing of this Act, 
and before compensation shall be awarded to him, 
shall be entitled to make such claim, and receive 
such compensation for the time which shall elapse 
between the Twenty-eighth day of October next 
after the passing of this Act, and the day of the 
death of such Clerk of the Enrolments, Deputy 
as aforesaid, Comptroller of the Hanaper, Riding 
Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Waiting Clerk, 
Agent or Record Keeper, as such Clerk of the 
Enrolments, Deputy as aforesaid, Comptroller of 
the Hanaper, Riding Clerk, Six Clerk, Sworn 
Clerk, Waiting Clerk, Agent or Record Keeper, 
would, if living, have been entitled to claim and 
receive ; and such compensation shall form part 
of the personal estate of such Clerk of the Enrol- 
ments, Deputy as aforesaid, Comptroller of the 
Hanaper, Riding Clerk, Sworn Clerk, Six Clerk, 
Waiting Clerk, Agent or Record Keeper.” 
Cxrauses (D.) “And inasmuch as the business of 
a Sworn Clerk and of a Waiting Clerk has been 
treated as a subject of sale and succession, and 
has commonly been sold for half the profits during 
the seven years next after a sale; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That a yearly sum equal to half the an- 
nual sum to be awarded as compensation to any 
Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk, or which, in the 
case of any Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk who 
shall die before the said Twenty-eighth day of 
October next after the passing of this Act, or after 
the said Twenty-eighth day of October, and before 
compensation shall be awarded to him, might 
have been awarded to him if he had survived the 
said Twenty-eighth of October, and the award of 
compensation, shall, for seven years, to be com- 
puted from the said Twenty-eighth day of October 


next after the passing of this Act, or the day of |‘ 


the decease of such Sworn Clerk or Waiting Clerk 
(whichever shall last happen), be paid to the exe- 
cutors, administrators or assigns of such Sworn 
Clerk or Waiting Clerk, as part of his personal 
estate.” 

Cuauss (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to award such 
compensation, if any, as he may think fit, to the 
persons who, on the Twenty-eighth day of October 
next after the passing of this Act, shall be Clerk 
of the Public Office in Chancery, and Junior 
Clerks or Copying Clerks of the Masters in Ordi- 
nary of the High Court of Chancery, for any loss 
they may respectively sustain under this Act; 
and also to persons whose emoluments may be 
diminished or abolished under this Act, by reason 
of any change or discontinuance of the sealing or 
signing of writs.” 

Cuiause (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, in the 
meantime and until compensation shall be awarded 
and determined in manner aforesaid, to order such 
allowances on account of such compensation as 


he shall think fit.” 


Criausz (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
an Account of all such compensations and allow- 
ances as shall be granted under this Act shall, 
within Fourteen days next after the same shall be 
so granted, be laid upon the Table of the House 
of Commons, if Parliament shall be then assem- 
bled, or if Parliament shall not be then assembled, 


then within Fourteen days after the meeting of | 


Parliament then next following.” 


Crause (H.) “ And beit Enacted, That during 
such time as any person hereby appointed to any 
office, or hereafter to be appointed to any office 
connected with any Court of Law or Equity, or 
under the Crown, or in any public department 
under the Crown, shall continue in such office, 
such portion (if any) as the Lord Chancellor shall 
direct of the annual compensation (if any) payable 
to such person under this Act, shall cease to be 

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payable to such person: Provided always, That 
no compensation shall be so reduced as to make 
the annual amount to be received during such 
time as aforesaid by any such person in respect of 
compensation and salary together, less than the 
full net annual value of the fees and emoluments 
in respect of which such compensation shall have 
been awarded.” 


Cuause (1.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any order 
made on a petition presented to him for that pur- 
pose after the Twenty-eighth day of October next 
after the passing of this Act, to order (if he shall 
think fit) to be paid to any person executing the 
office of Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery, Clerk 
of Records and Writs, or Taxing Master, under 
this Act, who shall be afflicted with some perma- 
nent infirmity, disabling him from the due execu- 
tion of his office, or shall have continued in his 
office for Twenty Years, and shall be desirous of 
resigning the same, an annuity not exceeding 
Two-third parts of the yearly salary which such 
person shall under this Act be entitled to at the 
time of presenting such petition, to be paid out of 
the funds, and in the manner upon and in which 
salaries under this Act are charged: Provided 
always, That the time during which any person 
hereby appointed, or to be hereafter appointed to 
the office of Clerk of Enrolments in Chancery, 
Clerk of Records and Writs, or Taxing Master, 
under this Act, shall have been a Six Clerk, Sworn 
Clerk, Waiting Clerk or Agent, shall be added to 
the time during which such person shall be Clerk 
of Enrolments in Chancery, Clerk of Records and 
Writs or Taxing Master under this Act, and shall, 
for the purposes of this Clause, be deemed and 
taken as part of the time during which such person 
shall have continued in the office of Clerk of En- 
rolments in Chancery, Clerk of Records and 
Writs, or Taxing Master under this Act: Pro- 
vided always, That the retirmg allowance to any 
person to whom compensation shall have been 
granted under this Act, shall merge in such com- 
pensation, except so far as such allowance shall 
exceed in yearly amount the yearly sum so granted 
to such person for compensation.” 


Crause (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That all sa- 
laries, compensations, allowances on account of 
compensation and retiring allowances under this 
Act, shall grow due from day to day, but shall 
be payable on the Third day of February, the 
Third day of May, the Third day of August and 
the Third day of November in every year, or on 
such other days as the Lord Chancellor shall 
from time to time by any order direct, and shall 
be paid to the parties entitled thereto, or their 
respective executors or administrators, out of the 
fund standing in the name of the Accountant- 
general of the High Court of Chancery, intituled, 
‘The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account.’” 


Cuause (L.) “And be it Enacted, That from 
and after the said Twenty-eighth day of October 
next after the passing of this Act, and thenceforth, 
except so far as the Lord Chanceilor, with such 
advice and consent as aforesaid, shall from time 
to time by any order otherwise direct, all fees for 
business heretofore done by Clerks of the Enrol- 
ments or their deputies, Comptrollers of the 
Hanaper, Riding Clerks, Six Clerks, Sworn 
Clerks or Waiting Clerks, in respect of the said 
abolished offices, and which from and after the 
said Twenty-eighth day of October shall be done 
by any officer of the Court of Chancery, either 
under the provisions of this Act or any order duly 
made for providing for the performance of such 
business, shall continue payable, and that from 
and immediately after the transfer, by this Act or 
any order made as aforesaid, to any of the officers 
under this Act, of any business heretofore done 

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by any other officers of the said Court, all fees 
now or at the time of such transier payable for 
such business shall (except so far as the Lord 
Chancellor, with such advice and consent as 
aforesaid, may from time to time by any order 
otherwise direct), continue payable ; and all fees 
to continue payable as aforesaid shall be received 
by the officers of the said Court by whom the 
business shall be done for which such fees shall 
be payable, and shall be paid into the Bank of 
England, to be placed to the account there stand- 
ing in the name of the said Accountant-general, 
intituled, ‘The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’ at 
such times and under such regulations as the 
Lord Chancellor, with such advice and consent 
as aforesaid, shall by any order direct.” 


CuavuseE (M.) “ And whereas it is expedient 
that the said fund should at all times be kept up 
to an amount sufficient to satisfy the charges 
thereon, as well under this Act as under any for- 
mer Act: And whereas in consequence of this 
Act, and the regulations to be made under it, 
some of the fees heretofore or under this Act pay- 
able to the said fund may be abolished and others 
may be diminished, by which the said fund may 
be reduced so as to be insufficient for the purposes 
of this Act, and of the other charges on the said 
fund; Be it therefore Enacted, That it shali be 
lawful for the Lord Chanceller, with such advice 
and consent as aforesaid, from time to time by 
any order to impose such fees on any proceedings 
in the Court of Chancery, or on business in any 
of the offices of the said Court, (including the 
offices under this Act), as he may think necessary 
or expedient for maintaining the said fund, so 
that it may at all times be sufficient to satisfy all 
the charges thereon, as well under this Act as any 
former Act.” 


Cuause (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That if on 
the ‘T'wenty-eighth day of October in any year 
after the year One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-two, there shall be a surplus standing to 
the credit of the said Account, intituled ‘ The 
Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’ after payment of 
the several charges hereby or by any former Act 
imposed thereon, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Chancellor by any order to direct that such part 
thereof as to the said Lord Chancellor shall seem 
fit, shall be invested in the purchase of Parlia- 
mentary or Government securities in the name of 
the said Accountant-general, to be placed to the 
Account, intituled, ‘ Account of Monies placed 
out to provide for the Officers of the High Court 
of Chancery ;’ and it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Chancellor, in like manner, to direct the invest- 
ment of the dividends or interest to accrue from 
time to time on the securities now or at any time 
hereafter under this Act, er any former Act, to be 
placed to the said last-mentioned Account, or so 
much of such dividends and interest as he shall 
think fit, in the purchase of Parliamentary or 
Government securities in the name of the said 
Accountant-general, to be by him placed to the 
credit of the said last-mentioned Account; and 
as often as there shall be a deficiency in the said 
Account, intituled, ‘The Suitors’ Fee Fund Ac- 
count,’ at any of the times appointed for payment 


* of any of the charges hereby or by any former 
* Act imposed thereon, it shall be lawful for the 


Lord Chancellor to direct the said Accountant- 
general to make good such deficiency, by carrying 
over and placing to the said Account, intituled, 
‘ The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,” a sum suffi- 
cient for that purpose, out of the interest and di- 
vidends to arise from the Government or Parlia- 
mentary securities standing to the said Account, 
intituled, ‘ Account of Monies placed out to pro- 
vide for the Officers of the High Court of Chan- 
cery,” or by a sale of so much of the said se- 





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A. 1842. 


curities as may be necessary for that purpose ; 
and as often as such last-mentioned securities, 
and the interest and dividends thereof, shall be 
insufficient to meet any such deficiency, it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor to direct the 


‘ said Accountant-general to make good such last- 


mentioned deficiency, by carrying over and plac- 
ing to the said Account, intituled, ‘ The Suitors’ 
Fee Fund Account,’ a sum sufficient for that pur- 
pose, out of the interest and dividends that have 
arisen or may hereafter arise from the Govern- 
ment or Parliamentary securities now or hereafter 
to be placed to two several Accounts in the Bank 
of England, standing in the name of the said 
Accountant General, and intituled, ‘ Account of 
Monies placed out for the Benefit and better Se- 
curity of the Suitors of the High Court of Chan- 
cery, and ‘ Account of Securities purchased with 
surplus Interest arising from Securities carried to 
an Account of Monies placed out for the Benefit 
and better Security of the Suitcrs of the High 
Court of Chancery,’ or either of them: Provided 
always, That the charges under this Act on any 
of the aforesaid funds shall rank next after the 
charges thereon at the passing of this Act.” 


Crause (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That as be- 
tween compensations and allowances on account 
of compensations, and the salaries and other mo- 
nies hereby charged on the funds hereinbefore 
mentioned, compensations and allowances on ac- 
count of compensations shall have priority of 
payment over all such salaries and other monies ; 
and further, that it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Chancellor to purchase all or any of the compen- 
sations and retiring allowances awarded under 
this Act; and the money to be paid for every such 
purchase shall be paid out of the said Fund, inti- 
tuled, ‘ An Account of Monies placed out to pro- 
vide for the Officers of the High Court of Chan- 
cery, but without prejudice to the charges under 
this or any former Act for the time being existing 
on the said fund: Provided always, That no such 
purchase shall be made unless with the consent 
of the party entitled to the compensation or re- 
tiring allowance so to be purchased.” 


Curause (P.) “ And be it Enacted, That the sur- 
plus interest and annual produce which hath 
arisen and shall arise from the monies placed 
out on the several Accounts, intituled, ‘ Account 
of Monies placed out for the Benefit and better 
Security of the Suitors of the High Court of 
Chancery,’ and ‘ Account of Securities purchased 
with surplus Interest arising from Securities carried 
to an Account of Monies placed out for the Be- 
nefit and better Security of the Suitors in the 
High Court of Chancery,’ beyond what shall be 
sufticient to answer the purposes of this and the 
several other Acts relating to such securities, and 
also the interest produced from the securties pur- 
chased with such surplus interest and annual 
produce, shall from time to time be placed out in 
the purchase of Government or Parliamentary 
securities, in the name of the Accountant-general 
of the said Court, and placed to the credit of the 
said Account, intituled, ‘ Account of Securities 
purchased with surplus Interest arising from Se- 
curities carried to an Account of Monies placed 
out for the Benefit and better Security of the 
Suitors of the High Court of Chancery.’” 


Crause (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at 
any time hereafter the whole or any part of the 
monies placed out to the two several Accounts, 
intituled, ‘ Account of Monies placed out for the 
Benefit and better Security of the Suitors of the 
High Court of Chancery,’ and ‘ Account of Se- 
curities purchased with surplus Interest arising 
from Securities carried to an Account of Monies 
placed out for the Benefit and better Security of 
the Suitors of the High Court of Chancery,” or 

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to’ be placed out’ in pursuance of this Act, shall 
be wanted to answer any of the demands of the 
suitors of the said Court of Chancery, then and 
in such case the said Court may and shall direct 
the whole or any part of such monies to be called 
in, and the securities in which the same, and the 
surplus interest and dividends hereinbefore men- 
tioned, shall be placed, to be sold and disposed 
of, in order that the suitors of the said Court may 
at all times be paid their respective demands out 
of the common and general cash belonging to 
such suitors.” 

Cuiause (R.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any Order 
or Orders of the said Court of Chancery, to au- 
thorize the change of any security or securities, 
or of any part of the securities to be purchased 
in pursuance of this Act.” 

Pr. 11. 1.13. After “others” insert “ and the 
wages of every messenger and servant shall be 
such, and shall be paid out of the funds hereby 
charged with salaries, or such of them and at 
such times and in such manner as the Master of 
the Rolls shall by any order direct.” 

Pr. 12. 1.21. After “direct” insert “and further 
that all dividends henceforth to arise from One 
thousand five hundred and seventeen pounds nine 
shillings and five pence, Three pounds per centum 
Consolidated Bank Annuities, transferred into the 
name of the said Accountant-general, under the 
said recited Act, and now standing in such name 
to an account, intituled, ‘ Money arising by Sale 
of the Six Clerks’ Office, shall be carried to, and 
become part of the said fund, intituled, ‘ The 
Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’” and insert Clause 


Cuiause (S.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Master of the Rolls, by virtue of 
any order made for that purpose, to order payment, 
at such times and in such manner, and out of 
such of the funds hereby charged as he shall think 
fit, of all such sums as shall appear to him to be 
reasonable and proper to be paid for the enrolling 
deeds and documents, and the making and writing 
of office and other copies of records and other do- 
cuments under the control of the officers appointed 
by this Act, or any of them, and for the caré and 
cleaning of the rooms and buildings in which the 
offices of persons employed under this Act may 
be held, and for any rent for any such buildings 
or rooms, and for the repairs and fitting up of 
such buildings and rooms, and for the books and 
stationery which may required for the business of 
the said offices, and for coals and candles and 
other necessary articles for the said offices, and 
for the discharge of taxes (including land taxes), 
rates and other assessments charged upon or pay- 
able in respect of the said offices and buildings, 
or any of them, or to which the officers under this 
Act, or any of them, may be liable in respect 
thereof.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 19. After “ made” insert Clause (T.) 

CrauseE (T.) “ And be it Enacted, That out of 
the monies standing to the said Account, intituled, 
‘The Suitors’ Fee Fund Account,’ and also out 
of the interest arising from the said Account, in- 
tituled, ‘ Account of Monies placed out to provide 
for the Officers of the High Court of Chancery,’ 
and also out of the interest arising from the said 
two Accounts, intituled respectively, ‘ Account of 
Monies placed out for the Benefit and better Se- 
curity of the Suitors of the High Court of Chan- 
cery, and ‘ Account of Securities purchased, with 
Surplus Interest arising from Securities carried to 
an Account of Monies placed out for the Benefit 
and better Security of the Suitors of the High 
Court of Chancery,’ or such one or more of the 
said several funds as the Lord Chancellor shall 
think fit, the costs and charges incurred in pre- 


paring, procuring and passing this Act, shall be [lie upon the Table. 


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581 


“¢ paid in such manner as the Lord Chancellor shall 
“ by any order direct.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed tc. 


Ordered, 'That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Lunatic Asylums (Jre- Lunatic 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 
agreed to. ies 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Mew- Education 
town Crommelin, in the dioceses of Down and Con-(teland.) 
nor, praying the House to adopt measures for afford- 
ing encouragement to the Schools in connection 
with the Church Education Society for Ireland, was 


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


A Petition of the Hailsham Board of Guardians, Union Work- 
praying that the Clergy of England may be rated in houses. 
proportion to the revenues and population of their 
respective livings for the provision of spiritual in- 
struction within Union houses, and that every Cler- 
gyman be rated at so much per head for each of 
his Parishioners in the Union-house towards pay- 
ment of a Curate for every Union house, to be ap- 
pointed by the Clergy of the Union, or by the 
Bishop of the Diocese, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Re- property Tax. 

turn, showing theTotal Annual Amount of Dividends 
upon Stock and Annuities from which the Propert 

or Income Tax has been stopped or deducted at the 
Bank, for the half year ending the 5th day of July 
last; distinguishing the Total Amount of such Divi- 
dends payable upon Individual or separate Accounts 
arising from Dividends above 50s., and under £.150 


per annum; and also the Number of such Indivi- 
duals. 


The Insolvent Debtors Bill was, according to Insolvent 
Order, read a second time; and committed to —* 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. ' 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fourth Tobacco Regu- 
year of Her present Majesty, to discontinue the Ex-'stions Bill. 
cise Survey on Tobacco, and to provide other Regu- 
lations in lieu thereof, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will meet, and proceed Meeting of the 
with Public Business, To-morrow, at twelve of the House. 
clock. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons residing Medical 
at Newcastle-upon-T'yne, praying that no measure Profession, 
may be entertained by the House, with reference to 
eranting new charters to the colleges of Physicians 
and Surgeons in London, or any other measure of 
partial Medical legislation, be taken into considera- 
tion by the House, until the whole subject of Medical 
reform “be brought before Parliament, and receive 
full publicity and discussion, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial School-masters gchoulmasters 
of the presbytery of S¢érling, praying the House to (Scotland. ) 
revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, ‘ for making 
better Provision for the parochial Schoolmasters, 
and for making further Regulations for the better 
Government of the Parish Schools in Scotland,’ to 
such an extent and in such manner, as that the 
parochial and Government Schoolmasters in Scot- 
land may now be so liberally provided for, as to 
enable them to meet the exigencies of their position 
in society, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


4E3 The 





Church Rates. 


Church Rates. 


Penitentiary 


(Milbank, ) 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Poland. 


Slave Vessels: 


582 


The Order made upon Tuesday last, for presenting 
to Her Majesty, an humble Address, praying that 
She would be graciously pleased to give directions, 


that there be laid before this House, a Return of 


every Church Rate, or Rate for the purpose of Church 
Rate, within the last two years, in every Parish, 
District Parish and Extra-parochial Place ; distin- 
guishing the year in which it was made, the Gross 
Amount of the Rate, and the Rate per pound on the 
Poor Rates ; the Amount collected, and the Amount 
spent in repairing the Fabric of the Church ; the 
Amount derived from all Funds other than Church 
Rates applied in aid thereof; in what cases Vestries 
called to consider a Church Rate have refused, or 
by any form of proceeding declined to grant it, was 
read, and discharged. 


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 every Church Rate, or Rate for the pur- 
pose of Church Rate, within the last two years, in 
every Parish, District Parish and Extra-parochial 
Place ; distinguishing the year in which it was made, 
the Gross Amount of the Rate, and the Rate per 
pound on the Property assessed ; the Amount col- 
lected, and the Amount spent in repairing the Fabric 
of the Church; the Amount derived from all Funds 
other than Church Rates applied in aid thereof; in 
what cases Vestries called to consider a Church 
Rate have refused, or by any Form of Proceeding 
declined to grant it. 

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 Petition of William Gellen, 
relative to the Penitentiary (Milbank), which was 
presented yesterday, be prmted with the Votes, for 
the use of Members only. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 28th day 
of July last and the 2d day 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 pre- 
sented to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had 
commanded him to acquaint this House that She 
will give directions accordingly. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Copy of Russian Ukases of Sep- 
tember 1841, relating to the Administration of the 
Kingdom of Poland. 


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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- 


ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Returns 
to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 16th day 
of June last, for a Return of Slave Vessels brought 
before the several Courts of Mixed Commission, or 
before any British Vice Admiralty Court, for adju- 
dication between the 1st day of January 1840, and 
the 31st day of December 1841, with the name of 
the capturing Ship and the Commander thereof, 
describing the Flag under which each Vessel was 
seized ; distinguishing those under the late Treaty 
with Spain and under the Act 2 and 8 Vic. c. 73, 
the registered Tonnage of each Vessel, as well as 
thet by British admeasurement; and if Slaves on 
board ; stating the Number at the time of Seizure, 
the Date of the decretal part of the Sentence, whe- 
ther Forfeiture or Restitution, with the Amount of 
Proceeds of Sale or of Costs awarded, the Expenses 
of Condemnation and of breaking up of each Vessel ; 
the period when the proceeds for distribution were 
paid into the Registry of the High Court of Admi- 
ralty, and when the same was paid to the Captors: 
—Also, an Account of all Claims for the several 
Bounties or Tonnage between the 1st day of January 


4° Auguste. 


A. 1842. 


1840 and the 31st day of December 1841, and of 
all Slave Vessels that have been taken into Her 
Majesty’s Service, under the provisions of the Act 
2and 3 Vic. c. 73; stating the appraised or esti- 
mated Value of the same, the Registered Tonnage, 
as well as that by British admeasurement, and the 
Sums which the Commissioners of the Admiralty 
have deemed a proper Price for the same. 

Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, Slave Vessels. 

dated the 28th day of July last, for a Return of 
the several Sums that have been paid into the 
Registry of the High Court of Admiralty, and of 
any Vice Admiralty Court, on account of the Pro- 
ceeds of Slave Vessels and Cargoes, captured and 
condemned under the provisions of the Act of the 
second and third year of Her present Majesty, 
c. 73, stating the date when the same were paid in, 
and if any and what Instructions have been issued 
to the Officers of the Courts of Vice Admiralty 
relative to the remittance of the said Sums. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Canada. 
Orders,— Returns or Estimates in detail of the 
manner in which the sum of £. 108,000, as per Esti- 
mate before the House, is to be expended in Canada, 
stating the Number of Corps of Militia and of Volun- 
teers, and the Number of Men and Officers, and 
where situated, the Charge for Pay and Allowances 
of each Corps, and the Expense of Clothing, the 
Rate of Charge for Clothing, and other Articles to 
be supplied by that Amount :—And, of the Total 
Expenses defrayed by Great Britain, for the Civil, 
Military and Naval Establishments, and other Con- 
tingent Charges in Canada, in the year ended 
January 1842. 

An Account of the separate Amount in Pounds Tobacco. 
weight of Leaf Tobacco upon which Duty has been 
paid in England, Scotland and Ireland, during the 
years 1839, 1840, 1841 and 1842, distinguishing the 
Quantity on which such Duty was paid in each 
quarter respectively. . 

Copies of the Correspondence and Communica- University of 
tions which have passed between the Treasury and London. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer respectively and the 
University of Zondon through its Chancellor, Senate 
and Registrar, relative to the Estimates for the 
Service of the University for the current year. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, pursuant to Schools 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account (Scotland. ) 
| of Schools in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, 
'endowed under the provisions of the Act 1 and 2 
| Vic. c. 87, (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 29, of Session 1841.) 
| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 




















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Railway Mails. 
Return, stating the time at which the several Trains 
carrying Mails on each Railway start, and the Num- 
ber of Places on each Journey where Letters are 
delivered. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Health of 
improve the Health of Towns, by preventing the Towns Bill. 
Interment of Bodies within their Precincts: And 
that Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. Cowper and Mr. Beckett 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Mr. Warner's 
That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire Invention. 
into Negotiations of the Government with Mr. 

Warner, concerning his Invention ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Francis Burdett, 

Yeas, \ Captain Plumridge: 

Tellers for the f Sir George Clerk, 

Noes, LSir Thomas Fremantle: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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Resolved, 





to Miners. 


6 VicTroriz. 


Apprentices 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to direct, that the Commissioners, appointed 
in answer to an Address of this House on the 4th 
day of August 1840, for inquiring into the Em- 

loyment of Children in Mines and various other 
candies of Industry, do report and make further 
inquiry, if necessary, as to the Number and Ages of 
Children and young Persons employed as Appren- 
tices to Miners of Coal and of Iron (whether Owners, 
Lessees, Undertakers or Workmen, however desig- 
nated); also, as to the manner of their Apprentice- 
ship, whether by regular Indentures, or by what 
other forms of agreement, as to the terms of such 
Indentures or Agreements; and as to the manner 
in which such Indentures or Agreements are ob- 
served or enforced. 

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. 


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


to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs, 
™ and to indemnify such Persons as have sustained 
No.529. Loss thereby: And that Sir James Graham and 
Mr. Manners Sutton do prepare, and bring it in. 

Sir James Graham accordingly presented the Bill: 
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, 
for Saturday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


John Mason 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
and others, 


That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to take into Her Majesty’s merciful consi- 
deration the case of John Mason and seven working 
men, confined in Stafford Gaol, with a view to their 
immediate discharge ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 30 
Yeas, \ Mr. Hawes : fo 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, . 3 
Noes, Mr. Pringle : es 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Raja of Sattara. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased, in 
conformity with the prayer of the Petition presented 
to this House by Purtaub Shean, the deposed Raja 
of Sattara, now a State Prisoner at Benares, to 
direct that a full investigation of the Charges pre- 
ferred against him, be made before Her Majesty’s 
Privy Council, upon the Evidence taken in India 
and sent to the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, which Evidence the Raja has never had 
an opportunity of seeing or answering ; in order that 
he may receive that justice which, as he states, had 
his lot been that of a peasant, he would have had a 
right to claim from the Laws of the British Reaim ; 


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. 


Vo. 97. 








4°—5° Augustt. 583 


Veneris, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


BILL from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Cauvin’s 
amend and explain the Act passed in the Estate Bill, 
seventh and eighth years of his late Majesty George 
the Fourth, c. 11, intituled, “ An Act to explain 
and modify the Trust Settlement of the late Louis 
Cauvin, for the Endowment and Maintenance of an 
Hospital for the Support and Education of Boys,” 
and further to explain and modify the said Trust 
Settlement, 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. 


Ordered, That. Hele’s Charity Estate Bill be Hele’s Charity 
(Lowe’s) Estate 


read the third time To-morrow. i 
iil. 

A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- streets 
solve the Marriage of Henry Street, with Eliza Divorce Bill 
Street, 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 Dr. Bowring do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on Sewell’s 
Sewell’s Divorce Bill; That they had examined the Divorce Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, as to the Marriage of the 
parties, the adultery charged as the ground for dis- 
solving 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, with- 
out Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ; — Herbert Bankruptcy 
Sturmy ; — and, Manchester (Vice President of the Law Amend- 
Chamber of Commerce); praying the House to ™™ Bil- 
postpone the further consideration of the Bank- 
ruptcy Law Amendment Bill until the next Session 
of Parliament,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colchester ;— Bedford ; — Bury Foreign Wine. 


Saint Edmund’s ; — Kingston-upon-Hull ; —Liver- 
pool;— Salisbury and Wilton ;— Southampton ;— 
Ashby-de-la- Zouch ; — Dorchester ;— Plymouth ; — 
Worcester ;—Devonport ;-—and, Sudbury ; praying 
the House to grant to the Dealers in Wine such a 
drawback upon their duty paid stock on Portuguese 
Wine as may be equivalent with any reduction of 
the duties which may take place, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Dean, Archdeacon and Clergy- gaucation 
men of the diocese of Zuam;—and, Rathcooney ; (Ireland.) 
praying the House to devise means for affording 
encouragement and assistance to the Schools in con- 
nection with the Church Education Society for Zre- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Needham Market ;-—Stansfield ;— oaths. 
and, Stowmarket; praying that no person of any 
religious denomination who objects on religious 
grounds to the taking of an Oath, may be required 
so to do, for any purpose or on any occasion what- 
soever, and that in all cases in which an Oath is now 
required by law, the declaration or promise of a 

484 person 





584 


person who so objects may have the same legal effect 
as an Oath, in giving validity toevidence, in qualify- 
ing for public and private stations and professions, 
and in all other respects,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Treland.) 


Petitions from Grand Jury of the county of Do- 
neyal ;—and, Grand Jury of the county of Long- 
ford; prayimg the House not to sanction any mea- 
sure for placing the Medical Charities of Lreland 
under the control of the Poor Law Commissioners, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


County Courts 


oe Two Petitions of Inhabitants of Rochdale, in the 
ul, 


hundred of Salford, in the county of Lancaster, 
praying that the County Courts Bill may pass into a 
law, and that its provisions may be extended to the 
county of Lancaster,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of John Philip Dyott, the elder, of 
the city of Lichfield, Attorney-at-Law, and John 
Philip Dyott, the younger, of the city of Lichfield, 
Gentleman, praying that the House will be pleased 
to take into consideration the loss the Petitioners 
will sustain, in case the said Bill should pass into a 
law, (which will render the courts of which the Pe- 
titioners are stewards, useless), and that the House 
will be pleased to make such compensation to the 
Petitioners as may be equitable and just, was also 


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

New Zealand. 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 Estimate, as ordered by the 
Legislative Council to be printed, intituled, an Es- 
timate of the probable Expenditure of the Govern- 
ment of Mew Zealand for one year, commencing the 
2d day of May 1841; together with the Estimate 
of the probable Amount of Revenue for the Service 
of the Government of Wew Zealand, for the same 
period :—Also, a Statement, showing the Appropri- 
ation of the Revenue arising from the Sale of Crown 
Lands in New Zealand :— And, also, the Abstract 
Statement of the Revenue and Expenditure of the 

Government of New Zealand, for the same 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. 


Desshont Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Seamen’s Fund. Return of the Number of Pensioners receiving Re- 
lief from the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s 
Fund, under the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 52; speci- 
fying the Total Number of Pensioners, Men, 
Widows and Children respectively, at each Port in 
the United Kingdom, showing the Age and Sex to 
which such Pensioners belong, in classes, of Chil- 
dren under 14 years of age, from 14 to 20, from 20 


5° August, 














to 30, from 30 to 40, from 40 to 50 and from 50 to 
60 years, and upwards; distinguishing the Pen- | 
sioners who receive Relief as worn out, from those | 
who are maimed or disabled, the Length of Service | 
of each Pensioner at the time of granting the Pen- 
sion, stating the Highest and Lowest Rate of Pen- 
sion, and the Average Rate of Pensions at each Port 
to each Class respectively ; distinguishing also the 
Amount of temporary Relief, and stating the greatest | 
and the smallest Amount of such Relief to any 
single Person, and the Number of Persons of the 
several Classes and Ages receiving such Relief :— 
Also, an Account of the whole of the Revenue re- 
ceived at each Port, in each year, since January 
1837, under the said Act, distinguishing the Amount 
of Contributions from the Public Funds, from In- 
terest of Money and Rents of Property at each 
Place; and showing also the manner in which the 
game was expended or invested in each year, stating 





A. 1842. 


the Rates and Amount of Interest received on the 
Amount of Balances and Investments in each year, 
so as to exhibit the whole Receipt and Expenditure 
at each Port, in each year, up to January 1842. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- Monuments, 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of an 
Address to the Crown, to erect Monuments to the 
Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and 
Sir Sidney Smith, That they have Power to insert 
in the said Address the names of Sir W. Herschell, 
Sir H. Davy and James Watt. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Ceventry 


itself into a Committee upon the Coventry Boundary Bu"dy Bill. 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the East India Bishops Bill be East India 
read the third time this day. Bishops Bill. 


Mr. Greene reported the Consolidated Fund (Ap- Consolidated 
propriation) Bill; and the Amendments were read, Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Greene reported the Exchequer Bills Bill ; Exchequer Bills 
(4 91193,000,) 
ii. 


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, resolved itself Newfoundland 
into a Committee upon the Newfoundland Bill. si 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 6, (Her Majesty empowered to abo- 
lish the Council as a distinct branch of the Legis- 
lature) —— read. 


Amendment proposed: P. 3. 1.34. To leave out 
the words “to abolish the Council of the said 
“ island as a distinct house or branch of the Legis- 
“¢ lature thereof.” 

Question put, That the words “ to abolish the” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 80 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } P 

Tellers for the { Mr. O’ Connell, 1 1 

Noes, L Mr. Philip Howard: if 8. 


99 


Same Clause, P. 3.1. 40., Amendment proposed : 
To leave out the words “ two fifths,” in order to 
insert the words “ one fourth,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words “ two fifths” stand 
part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 82 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring ; as 
Tellers for thef Mr. O’ Connell, } 21 
Noes, L Mr. Philip Howard: = 
Same Clause, P. 4.1. 1., Amendment proposed : 
After ‘‘ Provided,” to insert the words “ That such 
“© Members of Council shall not vote on any Ques- 
“ tion of Supply, Taxation or Finance.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Lord Charles Fitzroy, } 
Yeas, UMr. Hume : 7, 
Tellers for the fSir Thomas Fremantle, } qy 
Noes, LMr. Henry Baring: : 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring : 
Tellers for theJ Mr. O’ Connell, 
Noes, Mr. Wyse: 


79. 


} 25. 


Preamble 








is 


Armagh 
Assizes, 


County Courts 
Bill. 


No. 531. 


Exchequer 
Bills Forgery. 


New Houses 
of Parliament, 


No. 536. 


Lagan Navi- 
gation Bill, 


No. 537. 


6 Vicroriz. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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 To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, Copies of or 
Extracts from the Correspondence between the Go- 
vernment and the Magistrates, relative to the Wit- 
nesses produced on the Trial of Hare and others, at 
the late Armagh Assizes, for Ribbonism ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


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Tellers for thef Mr. O’ Connell, } oa 
Yeas, Mr. Wyse: . 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 79 
Noes, Mr. Pringle : | Tica 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, Extracts of 
the Correspondence between the Government and 
the Police relative to the Witnesses produced at the 
Trial of Hare and others, at the late Armagh As- 
sizes, for Ribbonism :—It passed in the Negative. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the County Courts 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 now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—A Copy of the Report 
from the Commissioners appointed to inquire as to 
the Issue, Receipt, Circulation and Possession of 
certain Forged Exchequer Bills. 


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
consider and report upon the Plan submitted by the 
Architect of the New Houses of Parliament, for the 
Ventilation and Warming of the Houses of Parlia- 
ment, and for rendering them Fire-proof; and who 
were instructed to consider the propriety of accom- 
modating the Clerk of this House with a Residence 
in the New Houses of Parliament, have Power to 
so the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred, and directed him to 
make a Report thereofto the House; together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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


Ordered, That the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Zagan Navigation Bill be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Select Committee on the said Bill be laid before 
this House. 


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585 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth Message from 
and Sir William Horne: the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the Law rela- Joint Stock 
tive to Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock peers, a 
Banking Companies against their own Members, P*™*s Bll 
and by such Members against the Companies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for abolishing certain Court of Exchee 
Offices on the Revenue Side of the Court of Ex- — (England ) 
chequer in England, and for regulating the Office of "" 

Her Majesty’s Remembrancer in that Court : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to assimilate the Stamp stamp Duties 
Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make Assimilation 
Regulations for collecting and managing the same, ®!!- 
until the Tenth day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and Forty-five : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Western 
Thirty-first day of December One thousand eight Australia Bill. 
hundred and Forty-four, and to the end of the then 
next Session of Parliament, An Act of the tenth 
year of King George the Fourth, for providing for 
the Government of His Majesty’s Settlements in 
Western Australia on the &gt; si Coast of New 
Holland: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fisheries 
Act to regulate the Jrish Fisheries, with Amend- (Ireland) Bilt. 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ordnance 
Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Services Bill. 
the Services of the Ordnance Department, and the 
vesting and purchase of Lands and Hereditaments 
for those Services, and for the Defence and Security 
of the Realm, 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 Bonded Corn 
Act to permit, until the Thirty-first day of August (No. 2.) Bill. 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, Wheat 
to be delivered from the Warehouse or the Vessel 
Duty-free, upon the previous Substitution of an 
equivalent quantity of Flour or Biscuit in the Ware- 
house, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendment made Licensed Lu- 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to natic Asylums 
amend and continue for Three Years, and from =. 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, the Laws relating to Houses licensed by the 
Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of the 
Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons, and for 
the Inspection of County Asylums and Public Hos- 
pitals for the Reception of Insane Persons, to which 
this House disagrees ; and agree to the Amendment 
made by this House to the Amendments made by 


their Lordships :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


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 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 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 : 





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586 


An Act to assimilate the Stamp Duties in Great 
Briiain.and Ireland, and to make Regulations for 
collecting and managing the same until the Tenth 
day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-five : 

An Act to grant Relief from the Duties of Assessed 
Taxes in certain cases, and to provide for the as- 
sessing and charging the Property Tax on Divi- 
dends payable out of the Revenue of Foreign 
States : 

An Act to repeal the Duties payable on Stage 
Carriages, and on Passengers conveyed upon Rail- 
ways, and certain other Stamp Duties in Great 


Stamp Daties 
Assimilation 
Bill. 


Assessed Taxes 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


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Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof; 


and also to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp | carrying on business at Manchester, praying that 


Duties : 

An ,Act to alter and amend the Practice and 
Course of Proceeding under Commissions, in the 
nature of Writs de Lunatico Inquirendo : 

An Act to amend and continue for Three Years, 
and from thence to the end of the next Session of 
Parliament, the Laws relating to Houses licensed by 
the Metropolitan Commissioners and Justices of 
the Peace for the Reception of Insane Persons, and 
for the Inspection of County Asylums and Public 
Hospitals for the Reception of Insane Persons : 
Court of Exchee An Act for abolishing certain Offices on the 
_ (England) Revenue side of the Court of Exchequer in England, 
= and for regulating the Office of Her Majesty’s Re- 
membrancer in that Court : 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of 
December One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
four, and to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, An Act of the tenth year of King | 
George the Fourth, for providing for the Govern- | 
ment of His Majesty’s Settlements in Western 
Australia, on the Western Coast of New Holland : 


Lunacy Bill. 


Licensed Lu- 
natic Asylums 
Bill. 


Western 
Australia Bill. 


Primrose Hill 
Bill. 


Joint Stock 


Majesty and the Provost and College of Eton: | 
An Act to amend the Law relative to Legal Pro- | 


panies Bill, 


against the Companies: 

An Act to abolish the Court of Saint Briavel’s, 
and for the more easy and speedy Recovery of 
Small Debts, within the Hundred of Saint Bri- 
avel’s, in the County of Gloucester : 

An Act to enable Grand Juries at the ensuing 
Summer and Spring Assizes to make certain Pre- 
sentments in Counties of Cities and Towns in Jre- 
land, and to remove Doubts as to the Jurisdiction 
of Justices of the Peace in Places recently annexed 
to Counties at large in Ireland: 

An Act to promote the Drainage of Lands, and 
Improvement of Navigation and Water Power in 
connection with such Drainage, in Jreland: 

An Act to transfer the Collection and Manage- 
ment of the Duties on Certificates to kill Game in 
Ireland to the Commissioners of Excise: 

An Act to enable William Stuart Stirling Craw- 
furd, Esquire, the Heir in possession of the En- 
tailed Estate of Milton, in the County of Lanark, 
and his Successors, to grant Feu Rights thereof: 

An Act for enabling the Most noble Richard 
Plantagenet Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple 
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos to grant Under- 
leases of Lands, situate in or near the Town of 
Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, and to authorize the 
granting of Leases of other Lands situate in or near 
the seme Place, belonging to Elizabeth Lydia Lind, 
and others : 

An Act to enable the Right honourable William 


Saint Briavel’s 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Treland) Bill. 


Drainage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Game 
Certificates 
(ireland) Bill. 


Crawfurd’s 
Estate Bill. 


Duke of 
Buckingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Lord Dinorben’s 
Estate Bill, 





An Act for effecting an Exchange between Her! ame was read the first time; and ordered to be 








| 
} 


Lewis Lord Dinorben, by Mortgage of certain Here-| the county of 


A. 1842. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester and its 
vicinity, stating that the Petitioners have heard with 
unmingled delight and gratitude that Parliament 
has determined on the expenditure of certain sums 
for the purposes of Education, and for the study 
and practice of Vocal Music, as taught in confor- 
mity with the system of M. Hullah; and praying 
that Lancashire may be included in any arrange- 
ments which may be contemplated for that purpose, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Vocal Music,. 


A Petition of Members of the Association of Baukruptcy 
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers and others, b¢¥ Amend- 
ment Bill. 
the Bankruptcy Law Amendment 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 Dealers in and Collectors of Manure, Manure. 
Dustmen and others, residing in the borough of 
Liverpool and its vicinity, praying the House to 
impose a prohibitory duty on the importation of 
Manure, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined —— 
the Petitions presented on the 1st and 2d days of ? — 
this instant August; 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. Mackinnon presented a Bill for the Improve- Health of 
ment of Health in Towns, by removing the Inter- Towns Bill. 
ment of the Dead from their Precincts: And the No.538, 


read a second time upon this day three months; 


. “lg ; | and to be printed. 
Banking Com- ceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies | P 


against their own Members, and by such Members | 


A Petition of John Hawkins Elliott, of the city 
of London, Merchant, praying that the House will 
pass a short Act restoring arrest under mesne pro- 
cess, until subsequent inquiry shall enable the Legis- 
lature to prepare laws to punish Insolvents with 
wholesome severity, the present laxity of which 
the Petitioner submits to be the great cause of the 
prevailing Insolvency and of the severe national 
distress, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the ‘Table. 


Bankruptcy 
and Insolvency. 


A Petition of Working Men of Sudbury, and Com Laws. 
inhabitants generally, praying for a repeal of the 
Corn and Provision Laws, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Presbytery of Chirnside ;—-A ber- Schoolmasters 

lour ;—Weem ;—and, Alford (Aberdeen); praying (Scotland.) 
the House to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3. 
c. 54, ‘for making better Provision for the parochial 
Schoolmasters, and for making further Regulations 
for the better Government of the Parish Schools in 
Scotland, to such an extent and in such manner as 
that the parochial and Government Schoolmasters 
in Scotland may now be so liberally provided for 
as to enable them to meet the exigencies of their 
position in society,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Sheep-stealing 
Meath, assembled at Summer Assizes (Heland-) 


ditaments devised to him for Life, with Remainders| 1842, praying the House to pass a law similar in ef- 


over by the Will and Codicils of the Reverend Ed-| 


ward Hughes, to raise not exceeding Twenty thou-| 


fect to the Act 28 Geo. 3. c. 37., now repealed, as the 
only means of putting a stop to the systematic plan 


sand pounds, at Interest, for Rebuilding the Mansion’ of killing Sheep to steal their meat, now followed 
and Offices at Kinmel Park, devised by the said in that and many other counties in Jreland, was 
Will and Codicils to the same Uses, and for other presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Purposes. 


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Table. 
A Message 





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Message from 
the Lords. 


Double Costs 
Bill. 


Colonial . 


Passengers Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 


Leasing __ 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill, 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Portuguese 


Vessels) Bill. 


Limitation 
of Actions 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Portuguese 


Vessels) Bill. 
No. 533. 


6 Vicroriz. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth 
and Sir William Horne: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law relating to Double Costs, 
Notices of Actions, Limitations of Actions and Pleas 
of the General Issue under certain Acts of Par- 
liament, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in 
Merchant Vessels, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The ingrossed Bill for better enabling Ecclesiasti- 
cal and Spiritual Corporations, aggregate and sole, 
to grant building and repairmg Leases of their 
Lands and Houses, and Leases of Watercourses and 
Ways, and other Easements in, upon, or over their 
Estates, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered (Mining Leases 
may be granted): And the said Clause was brought 
up, and thrice read; and agreed to, to be made part 
of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Portion of 
improved value under Mining Leases to be paid to 
Commissioners): And the said Clause was brought 
up, and thrice read; and agreed to, to be made 
part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered (Lease to 
be void if any fine or premium paid): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and thrice read; and agreed 


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587 


The Limitation of Actions (Ireland) Bill was read Limitation 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 7 rare 
To-morrow. apenas: 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. No. 534. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coventry 
into a Committee upon the Coventry Boundary Bill ; 8¥"4#y Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 535. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the 
whole House for To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Court of 
abolishing certain Offices of the High Court of Chan- (Ofives) Bill 
cery in England, was, according to Order, read the . 
third time ; and the Amendment following was made 
to the Bill. 

Pr. 10. 1. 38. Leave out Clause (A.) added by 
the Committee. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 


Petitions from London ;—and, Creditors who have Bankruptcy: 





to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider :— 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tions, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long 
Terms of Years. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Duckworth and 

Sir William Horne : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the first and second years 
of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, to 
empower Landed Proprietors in Jreland to sink, 
embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers, 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 
Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish 
Constables, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for suspending, under certain circumstances, the 
operation of so much of an Act passed in the third 
year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for the Suppression of the Slave Trade,” as re- 
lates to Portuguese Vessels; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for extending to Jrefand the Provisions not already 
in force there, of an Act of the third and fourth 
ae of the reign of the late King William the 

ourth, intituled, “ An Act for the Limitation of 
Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and 
for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights 
thereto” ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Slave Trade (Portuguese Vessels) Bill was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill he printed. 


proved debts under a Commission of Bankzupt 
against Edmund John Glynn, late of Glynn, and of 
Launceston and Bodmin in Cornwall, Banker, Dealer 
and Chapman; praying for amendment of the laws 
relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankruptcy 
further consideration the Report on the Bankruptcy — 
Law Amendment Bill: —The Bill was re-committed 
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. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 5 to N° 15, agreed to. 
Ciavuse, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 17 to N° 20, agreed to. 
Cxiause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
CrauseEs, N° 22 to N° 24, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusss, N° 26 to N° 29, agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 30, (Distress not to be available for 
more than six months’ rent due, the landlord to 
prove for the residue)-—— read. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Sir William Clay, } ; 


Yeas, Mr. Benjamin Wood : } 
Tellers for ae | Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 85 
Noes, Mr. Henry Baring : i 


Cuiauses, N° 31 to N° 37, agreed to. 


Cxausss, N° 38 and N° 39, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cuauses, N° 40 to N° 48, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Vou. 97. 





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Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


Monumeits. 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


Canada Loan 
Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


Coroners, &amp;c., 
(Warwick and 
Lancaster) Bill. 


East India 
Bishops Bill. 


Port Wine 
Duty. 


588 
And the House, having continued to sit till after | 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 6° die Augusti, 1842: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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 House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Law of Evidence 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of an 
Address to the Crown to erect Monuments to the 
Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and 
Sir Sidney Smith ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Mines and Collieries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration this day. 


The ingrossed Bill for guaranteeing the Payment 
of the Interest of a Loan to be raised by the Province 
of Canada, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for amending the Law relating 
to Private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, was, accord- 
ing 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 amending until the First day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, 
and until the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, the Law relating to Private Lunatic Asy- 
lums in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee upon the Coroners, &amp;c., 
(Warwick and Lancaster) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable Her Majesty to grant 
Furlough Allowances to the Bishops of Calcutta, 
Madras and Bombay, who shall return to Europe 
for a limited Period, after residing in India a sutti- 
cient ‘Time to entitle them to the highest Scale of 
Pension, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will immediately, resolve itself nto 
a Committee to consider the following Resolution : 


5°—6° Auguste. 














A. 1842. 


That it having been the uniform practice, for many 
years past, to allow or to charge the Wine Mer- 
= variation 


chants upon their Stocks in hand, for 
of Duties that have taken place, this House is of 
Opinion that it is but just and reasonable that the 
same course should be pursued in the event of a re- 
duction being made of the Duty upon Port Wine 
consequent _ the Tariff to be annexed to the 
Treaty with Portugal, notwithstanding the transfer 
of the collection of the whole of the Wine Duties to 
the Customs : —It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
authorizing the Payment out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of the Salaries and Travelling Expenses of 
Judges and County Clerks, in execution of an Act 
of this Session, for regulating the Practice of County 
Courts, and of Compensations which may be made 
for loss of Fees or Salary in consequence of the said 
Act ; 

Sir James Graham, 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. 


County Courts. 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bonded Corn 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (N® 2+) Bill. 


tituled, An Act to permit, until the Thirty-first day 
of August One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
five, Wheat to be delivered from the Warehouse or 


_ the Vessel Duty-free, upon the previous Substitution 


of an equivalent Quantity of Flour or Biscuit in the 
Warehouse ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 3. After “ for” insert “home,” and in 
the same line and in 1. 4., leave out from “consump- 
“ tion” to “and” in |. 5. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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 Ordnance 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to the Services of the Ordnance De- 
partment, and the Vesting and Purchase of Lands 
and Hereditaments for those Services, and for the 
Defence and Security of the Realm; and the same 
were read, as follow: 
Pr. 28. 1. 14. Leave out from “* Remembrancer ” 
to “or” inl. 15. 
an 28.1. 25. Leave out “ or Accountant Gene- 
“ ral,” 
Pr. 29.1. 3. Leave out from “ Remembrancer ” 
to “ Queen’s” in |. 4. 
Pr. 29.1.9. Leave out “or Accountant General.” 
Pr. 29. 1. penult. Leave out “ Accountant Gene- 
“ sal.” 
Pr. 30. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Remembrancer ” 
to “ Queen’s” in |. 4. 
Pr. 31.1.17. Leave out “or Accountant General.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 22. Leave out from ‘“ Remembrancer ” 
to “ Queen’s” in I. 23. 
Pr. 32. 1. 27. Leave out from “‘ Remembrancer ” 
to “Queen’s” in I]. 28. 
Pr. 32.1. 35. Leave out from “ Remembrancer” 
to “ Queen’s” in 1. 36. 
Pr. 33.1. 2. Leave out “ Accountant General.” 
Pr. 33. 1. 14. Leave out from ‘‘ Remembrancer ”’ 
to “of” in |. 15. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this a 
nat 


Services Bill. 











Factories. 


West Coast of 
Africa. 
No. 551. 


Slave Vessels. 


No. 539. 


Slave Vessels, 


No.539. 


Canada. 


No. 540. 


Tobacco. 


No. 541. 


University of 
London. 


No. 542. 


Schools 
(Scotland.) 


No. 543. 


County Courts 
Bill, 


Adjournment. 


Foreign Wine. 





6 VicTroriz. 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copies of Reports of the Inspectors of 
Factories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, for the half year 
ending June 30, 1842. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the state of the British Possessions on 
the West Coast of Africa, more especially with re- 
ference to their present relation with the neighbour- 
ing Native Tribes, have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Viscount Sandon reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had considered the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House ; together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 


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


Ordered, That the further Return of Slave Vessels 
brought before Mixed Commission Courts, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Proceeds of 
Slave Vessels condemned, which was presented yes- 
terday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tobacco, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the University 


of London, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Schools 


(Scotland), which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Council- 
lors of the borough of Bridgnorth, in the county of 
Salop, praying the House to introduce a Clause into 
the County Courts Bill, for giving to the Borough 
Court of Record, the same jurisdiction by summary 
process, within the borough of Bridgnorth, as that 
proposed to be granted to County Courts, limited in 
amount ; and that the period for trial of causes in 
the said Borough Court of Record, under such sum- 
mary process, may be held quarterly at the same 
periods as the Borough Quarter Sessions may here- 
after from time to time be holden, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


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 Saturday morning :—The House was 


adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till this day. 








Sabbati, 6° die Augusti ; 


Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS from Selby;—and, Chepstow ; pray- 

ing that dealers in Wines may be allowed a re- 

turn of the duties on their stocks of Portugal Wines 
on hand upon any reduction of duty thereon,—were 


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


VoL. 97. 


5°—G? Auguste. 





589 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Hele’s Charity 
enabling the Trustees for the time being of Hele’s (owe’s) Estate 


Charity Estates to grant Leases for absolute Terms, 
not exceeding Twenty-one years, of certain Estates 
vested in them as such Trustees, and situated in the 
Parishes of Clist Saint Lawrence, Broadclyst, Stoke- 
inteignhead, Bovey Tracey and Newton Ferrers, in 
the County of Devon, and for confirming certain 
Leases of Parts of such Estates already granted, 
and for fixing the Proportions in which the Rents 
reserved, and to be reserved by such Leases, and 
such other Profits of the said Estates as have ac- 
crued, and shall accrue after the granting of such 
Leases thereof respectively, shall be divided and 


enjoyed, and for other Purposes, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of Schoolmasters of the Presbytery of Schoolmasters 
Dalkeith, in the county of Edinburgh, praying the (Setland.) 


House to revise and alter the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, 
‘for making better Provision for the Parochial School- 
masters, and for making further Regulations for the 
better Government of the Parish Schools in Scot- 
land,’ to such an extent and in such manner as that 
the parochial and Government Schoolmasters may 
now be so liberally provided for, as to enable them 
to meet the exigencies of their position in society, 


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


Petitions of the Bishop, Dean, Archdeacon and Education 
Clergymen of the diocese of Ardagh ;—and, Bishop (Ireland.) 


and Clergy of the united diocese of Down and Con- 
nor; praying the House to establish and encourage 
Schools in Jreland, wherein the children of the poor 
in general may receive instruction in the Holy Scrip- 
tures according to the authorized version, and that 
the children of the church may be trained under 
the superintendence of her ministers, and according 
to her doctrines, discipline and formularies,—were 


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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to the di- Property Tas. 


rections of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of 
all Appointments of Commissioners for special Pur- 
poses, under the 23d section of the Act 5 and 6 
Vie. c. 35. 

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


A Petition of Charles West, President of a cer- Bankruptcy 
tain Society or number of persons resident in the Law Amend- 


borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, styling themselves 
the Hull Guardian Society for the Protection of 
Trade, praying that the House will postpone the 
consideration of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment 
Bill until the next Session of Parliament, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The ingrossed Bil! to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 


Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-two, 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 certain other Sums, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





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Exchequer Bills 


(£. 9,193,000.) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Portuguese 
Vessels) Bill. 


Newfoundland 
Bill. 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 





590 


The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum of Money by | 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year sen 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, was, ac-| 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Nine Mil- 
lions One hundred and ninety-three thousand Pounds, 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One | 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-two. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 


| 
| 

The Slave Trade (Portuguese Vessels) Bill was, | 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Mr. Greene reported the Newfoundland Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the 


Sir Thomas Fremantle, 64 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } ; 
Tellers for the f Mr. Baring Wail, } 91 
Noes, Mr. Hume : gies 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to prohibit the Employment of 
Women and Girls in Mines and Collieries, to regu- 
late the Employment of Boys, and make Provisions 
for the Safety of Persons working therein ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. After “ therein ” insert “ for the 
“* purpose of working therein.” 

Pr. 1. 1.28. Leave out “ some” and insert 
“ such.” 


6° Augusti. 





A. 1842. 


“ provisions of this Act, shall be void; and when 


any person who is now serving under articles of 
apprenticeship within any Mine or Colliery shall 
attain the age of eighteen years, he shall be dis- 
“ charged from such apprenticeship, and the articles 
“ of apprenticeship shall become absolutely null 
“ and void.” 
Pr. 7. ls. 4. and 5. Leave out “ twenty-one” and 

insert “ fifteen.” 

Pr. 7. ls. 27. and 28. Leave out from “ pro- 
vided” to “ And” in Pr. 8. i. 14. and insert 
Clauses (A.), (B.), (C.) and (D.) 


CiauseE (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That in the case of a windlass or gin 
worked by a horse or other animal, the person on 
the bank under whose direction the driver of the 
animal used for such windlass or gin shall act, 
shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed and 
taken to be the person having the charge thereof.” 

Crause (B.) “ And whereas the practice of pay- 
ing wages to workmen at public-houses is found 
to be highly injurious to the best interest of the 
working classes; Be it therefore Enacted, That 
from and after the expiration of three months 
from the passing of this Act, no proprietor or 
worker of any Mine or Colliery, or other person, 
shall pay or cause to be paid any wages or money 
in respect of wages for work or labour or services 
done in or about any Mine or Colliery, to any 
person employed in or about such Mine or Col- 
liery, or to any person whatever entitled to, or 
having authority, or claiming to have authority 
to receive such wages, at or within any tavern, 
public-house, beer-shop, or other house of enter- 
tainment, or any office, garden or place belonging 
thereto or occupied therewith, but all payments 
in respect of such wages are hereby strictly pro- 
hibited and forbidden to be made at or within 
such places as aforesaid, and all payments so made 
are hereby declared to be of no effect whatever.” 


Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That notwith- 
standing any payment of wages, or money in re- 
spect of wages, which shall or may be made at 


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Pr. 2. 1. 9. After ‘*‘ therein ” insert “ as afore- 
“ said.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 22. Leave out from “ after” to “ it” 
in |. 23. and insert “ the First day of March One 
“« thousanc eight hundred and forty-three.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 30. After “ therein” insert “ as afore- 
“ said.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 2. Leave out from “ the” to “ be” in 
1. 4. and insert “ said First day of March, One thou- 
“« sand eight hundred and forty-three.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. Leave out “ passing of this Act” 
and insert “ First day of March, One thousand eight 
* hundred and forty-three.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 15. After “ therein” insert “ for the 


‘ _ = _ ? 
purpose of working therein. 


‘ 


Pr. 3. 1. 21. Leave out “ some ” and insert 
such,” and in the same line leave out from “ Col- 


liery ” to “ And” in Pr. 4. 1. 12. 
Pr. 4. 1.17. After “ to ” insert “ visit and.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 21. Leave out “ any” and insert 


such.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 28. After “ Act” insert “ and the 
owner or occupiers of such Mines and Collieries, 
or their agents, are hereby required to furnish the 
rsons so 


Mines and 


means necessary for such person or 
appoimted to visit and inspect such 
Collieries, works, buildings and machinery.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 36. Leave out from “ condition ” to 


of” in |. 38. 


Pr. 4. 1. penult. Leave out “ therein ” and insert 


in such Mine or Colliery.” 


n 


any such prohibited place, the person or persons 
to whom such wages were due or payable, or but 
for such payment would be due or payable, shall 
and may recover and receive the same in like 
manner as if no such payments had been made.” 


Crause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
any owner of any Mine or Colliery, or any person 
liable or entrusted or employed to pay any wages 
or money in respect of wages, for such work, 
labour or services as aforesaid, shall, contrary to 
the provisions lastly hereinbefore contamed, pay 
or cause to be paid any such wages or money to 
any person whatever, at any such prohibited place 
as aforesaid, the person or persons so offending 
shall, for every such offence, forfeit a sum not ex- 
ceeding ten pounds nor less than five pounds, to 
be recovered as after provided.” 


Pr. 8. 1. 22. After “ Justices” insert “ or,” and 
in the same line leave out from “ Sheriff”’ to “ that”’ 
in 1. 23. 

Pr. 8. 1. 32. After “‘ Justices” insert “ or,” and 
in the same line leave out from “ Sheriff” to “ to” 
in I. 33. 

Pr. 9. 1. 2. After “ Justices” insert “ or,” and 
in the same line leave out “ or Stewart.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 8. After “ the” insert “ immediate.” 


Pr. 10. 1. 6. In Clause (A.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill, 1. 4. leave out from “ thereof” to 
the second “ of” in |. 5. and insert “ at the office 
“ or counting-house ;” after “ before” insert “such 
“ Justices or,” and in the same line leave out from 


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Pr. 5. |. 11. After “ Colliery ” insert “ who shall 
be under the age of ten years, or for a longer term 
of apprenticeship than eight years.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 14. Leave out from “ be” to “ And” 
in 1, 15. and insert “ hereafter bound contrary to the 








| 


“ Sheriff” to “ of” in 1. 16. 
Pr. 10. 1. 31. Leave out “ or Stewart.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 38. Leave out “‘ or Stewarts.” 
Pr. 11. 1. 26. Leave out “ or Stewarts.” 
Pr. 11. 











6 VicTrorRIz. 


“ riffs.” 


or,” 


Sewell’s , 
Divorce Bill. 


Boroughs 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


Coventry 
Boundary Bill. 


County Courts 
[Salaries and 
Expenses, } 


Bankrupte 
Law ee 
ment Bill, 


“ provisions for the safety of” and insert “to make 
** other provisions relating to.” 


Pr. 11. 1. 35. After “ Justices’’ insert “ or She- 
Pr. 12. 1. 4. Leave out “ or Stewarts.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 9. Leave out “ or Stewarts.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 34. Leave out from “ Sheriff” to 
in 1. 35. 

Leave out the Schedule to the Bill. 

In the Title of the Bill, 1. ult. Leave out “ make 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Ashley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- 
solve the Marriage of Thomas Sewell, Esquire, with 
Margaret Susannah, his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Boroughs Incorpo- 
ration 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 upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Coventry Boundary 
Bill; and, aiter some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
—_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the 
payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of 
the Salaries and Travelling Expenses of Judges and 
County Clerks, in execution of an Act of this Ses- 
sion for regulating the Practice of County Courts, 
and of Compensations which may be made for loss 
of Fees or Salary in consequence of the said Act. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britainand Ireland, for defrayg the Charge 
of the Salaries and Travelling Expenses of the 
Judges and County Clerks, to be appointed in pur- 
suance of an Act of the present Session, for regu- 
lating the Practice of County Courts; and also of 


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mittee on the Count 


and the Amendments were read, as follow : 


591 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County Courts 
Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Greene reported the Law of Evidence Bill ; Law of Evi- 
dence Bill. 


Pr. 3. 1. 3. Leave out “ the” and insert “ any,” 


and after “ whose” insert “ immediate and indi- 
cs 


vidual.” 
Pr. 3.1. 4. Leave out from “brought” to “ or’ 


in 1. 6., and insert “ or defended either wholly or in 
‘“ ” 
part. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Limitation of Actions (Jreland) Bill was, Limitation 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- of Actions 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, rr 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Insolvent 
mittee on the Insolvent Debtors Bill ; Debtors 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- Coroners, &amp;c., 
mittee on the Coroners, &amp;c. (Warwick and Lan- oe on 
caster) Bill : ancaster) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Select Com- Newcastle- 
mittee on the Newcastle-under-Lyme Election Pe- 'der-Lyme 
tition, together with the Minutes of the Proceedings P¢*’™ 
of the Committee, and of the Evidence taken before 

them, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Election Peti- 
of all Committees on Election Petitions, not already tions. 
presented, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Chiitern 
Copies of any Correspondence which has taken Hundreds. 
place, since the 1st day of July last, between the No, 544. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and any Member of 
this House, upon the subject of the Stewardship of 
the Chiltern Hundreds. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


Resolved, That this House do meet, and proceed Meeting of the 
with public business, upon Monday next, at twelve House. 
of the clock. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Dun- Dundalk Union, 
dalk Union, which was presented upon the 26th No, 545. 
day of July last, be printed. 





Compensations which may be made for losses of 
Fees or Salaries in consequence of such Act. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
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 Com- 


mittee on the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itselfinto the said Committee. 
Vout. 97. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rivers (Ire- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, land) Bill. 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the first and 
second years of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland 
to sink, embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 11. 1. 7. After “ Being ” insert “if he shall 
“ think fit upon inquiry and consideration of all the 
&lt;&lt; circumstances of the case. ”’ 

Pr. 12. 1. 29. After “ summoned” insert “ unless 
“ upon an application to be made within twelve 
‘ calendar months next after the passing of this 
“ Act, nor.” 


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Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


592 


Pr. 12. 1. 36. After “ subscribed” insert “ under 
“ the provisions of the said recited Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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, in- | 
tituled, An Act to regulate the Jrish Fisheries ; and 


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the same were read, as follow : 


Pr. 13.1. 13. After “ fixtures” insert “ or fixed | 
“ nets,” and in the same line leave out from “ there- | 
“ on” to “ same,” in |. 14. 

Pr. 15. 1. 17. Leave out “ floating” and insert | 
“ in the water.” | 

Pr. 15. 1. 24, After “ set” insert “ or in the | 


* water.” | 


| 66 
Pr, 22. 1. 29. Leave out “ passing of this Act,” | 


and insert “ First day of January One thousand 
“ eight hundred and Forty-three.” 
Pr. 27. 1. 8. Leave out “ originally created for | 
“* a period.” 
Pr. 27. 1.9. After “‘ of” insert “ which,” and 
in the same line after “ years” insert “ shall be 
“‘ unexpired at the time of first erecting such net.” 


Pr. 27. 1. 22. After “ always” insert “ that no 
tenant under any lease for a life or lives, deter- 
minable, or for years, of which less than one hun- 
dred shall be unexpired, shall be empowered to 
fix or erect such stake nets or other fixed nets 
as aforesaid, without the previous consent in writ- 
ing of the chief landlord or lessor, seised of any 


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rent and reversion in such land, and provided 
also.” 

Pr. 28.1. 19. After “square” insert “ and where 
no meshes or openings of the nature of reticula- 
tions, shall be used of less width between the bars 
than two inches.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 36. Leave out “ one hundred” and 
insert “ fifty.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 6. After ‘‘ mouth” insert “ or tidal | 
part.” 

Pr. 31.1. 18. After “ upwards” insert “ before! 
the passing of this Act.” 


Pr. 31. 1. 21. After “ mill” insert “ at low- 
water of spring tides, provided always, that no- 
thing herein contained in regard to the period 
during which such weirs shall have been esta- 
blished or otherwise, shall be construed to in- 
crease, lessen or affect the title of any party claim- 
ing to maintain such weir, or any party disputing 
such title ; but all parties shall be entitled to their 
respective rights, as if this Act had not been 
passed, except so far as such rights may depend | 
on any Act hereby repealed and.” 


Pr. 31. 1. 26. Leave out “ always” and insert 
Iso.” ‘ 
also. 


Pr. 31.1. 30. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 


CrauseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to render 
illegal any stake weirs, ebb and flood weirs and 
other contrivances for placing or erecting nets 
which have been established for ten years or up- 
wards before the passing of this Act, within the 
limits of a several fishery in any estuary or por- 
tion of river within a tide-way of less width than 
three fourths of a mile at low-water of spring- 
tide, by any person legally possessed of or entitled 
to such several fishery by charter, grant, patent, 
prescription or Act of Parliament, in and by which 
such limits are accurately defined ; provided al- 
ways, that such weirs and contrivances shall in 
all other respects be subject to and bound by the 
provisions of this Act.” 


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Pr. 31. 1. 35. After “ broad” insert “ at low- 
water of spring-tides.” 
Pr. 31. 1. ult. After “ entitled” insert “by char- 
ter or prescriptive right.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 18. After “ thereto” insert “ now 
erected or hereafter to be erected.” 
Pr. 32.1. 14. After “ erected” insert “ or suf- 
fered to remain.” 
Pr. 48. 1. 20. After “ entitled” insert “ by char- 
ter or prescriptive right.” 
Pr. 69.1. 10. After “ or” insert “ Cruive.” 
Pr. 71. 1. 10. Leave out “ or otherwise” and 
insert “ charter or prescription.” 
Pr. 71.1. 19. After “ the” insert “ necessary.” 
Pr. 81. 1. 11. Leave out “ or reserve.” 


Pr. 82. 1. 24. Leave out from “ in” to “ and” 
in 1. 37., and insert “ case the person who shall 
have actually committed any such offence, so far 
as relates to the dams of mills or factories, shall 
not be known or found, and if such offence shall 
have been committed under such circumstances 
as shall appear to the Justice or Justices before 
whom any complaint thereupon shall be made to 
afford reasonable grounds for believing that such 
offence was committed by some person in the em- 
ployment, or under the controi of the owner or 
occupier of such mill or factory, or that it was 
committed with the knowledge or connivance of 
such owner or occupier, or the person in charge 
of such mill or factory, or through the default of 
reasonable precaution on the part of such owner 
or occupier to prevent such offence, then and in 
every such case such owner or occupier of such 
mill or factory shall be deemed and taken to be 
liable to, and shall incur the penalty aforesaid, as 


J such offence had been actually committed by 
im.” 


Pr. 90.1. 7. After “ engine” insert “ or use any 
means or device whatsoever.” 

Pr. 90.1. 10. Leave out from “ Act” to “ for,” 
in |. 11. 

Pr. 90. 1. 21. Leave out from “ engines” to 
and” in Pr, 90. 1. 16., and insert “ and in case 
the person who shall have actually committed any 
such offence shall not be known or found, and if 
such offence shall have been committed by means 
of shutting down or closing any gate or sluice 
which is under the exclusive power of the occupier 
of any mill or factory, or if such offence shall 
have been committed under such circumstances 
as shall appear to the Justice or Justices before 
whom any complaint thereupon shall be made, to 
afford reasonable grounds for believing that such 
offence was committed by some person in the em- 
ployment or under the control of the owner or 
occupier of such mil! or factory, or that it was 
committed with the knowledge or connivance of 
such owner or occupier, or the person in charge 
of such mill or factory, or through the default of 
reasonable precaution on the part of such owner 
or occupier to prevent such offence, then and in 
every such case such owner or occupier of such 
mill or factory shall be deemed and taken to be 
liable to, aud shall incur the penalty and forfeiture 
aforesaid, as if such offence had been actually 
committed by him.” 


Pr. 92. 1. penult. After “ period” insert “ or 


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Pr. 95. 1. 24. After “ in” insert “ some.” 
Pr. 95. 1. 25. Leave out “ for” and insert 


holden in.” 

Pr. 99.1. 38. After “ sea” insert “ or on rivers, 
lakes or other waters.” 

Pr. 105. 1. 3. Leave out “ injuriously affect the 
water” and insert “injure the effective working.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 6. Leave out “ if so required by the 
person charged” and insert “ else.” 

Pr. 111. 1. 2. Leave out “ six” and insert 
three.” 


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Criminal Pro- 
secutions, &amp;c. 
(Ireland.) 


Slave Vessels, 


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Pr. 111.1.7. After “satisfied” insert Clause (B.) 


CuavuseE (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
soever under the provisions of this Act, any Justice 
of the Peace or the said Commissioners may be 
authorized or empowered to execute any wh, or 
remove or alter any weir or other erection, or to 
do any matter or thing at the expense of any of- 
fender, such Justice or Commissioners, as the case 
may be, shall ascertain the amount of such ex- 
penses and direct payment thereof to be made by 
such offender to such person as he or they may 
think fit; and it shall be lawful for such person 
to sue for and recover the same by civil bill or by 
action or suit in any of the superior courts in 
Dublin, and a certificate in writing under the 
hand or hands of such Justice or Commissioners, 
as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence of 


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the amount of such expenses, and of the liability 
of the party therein named to pay the same, and 
of the rights of the person thereby authorized to 
sue for and recover the same.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 34. After “ counties” insert “ dis- 


tricts of quarter sessions or districts of petty 
sessions.” 


Pr. 123. ls. 37. 
or districts.” 

Pr. 129.1. 30. After “ uncultivated” insert “ or 
unprofitable.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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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Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, under distinct heads, of the Application 
of the sum of £.90,000, voted for the Expense and 
Arrears of Criminal Prosecutions and other Law 
Charges in Ireland, in 1841; stating the Total Ex- 
pense of each Trial defrayed at the Public Charge ; 
and the Total Sums respectively applied in each 
case for the Expense of Witnesses, Fees of Counsel 
and Solicitors’ Costs. 


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 Slave Vessels 
captured by Her Majesty’s Cruisers since the year 
1831 inclusive, which have been adjudicated upon 
by the Courts of Vice Admiralty, including those 
under the Portuguese Flag, under the Act 2 &amp; 3 Vie. 
c. 73; showing the Date of Capture, the Place of 
Condemnation, and the Number of Slaves at the 
period of Capture and Adjudication respectively ; 
and also, an Account of the subsequent disposal of 
the liberated Slaves after Adjudication. 

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. 


593 


Lune, 8° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


counties of Stafford and Warwick, Gentleman, 
stating that the Petitioner perceives that in the 95th 
section of the County Courts Bill, is contained a 
provision for the extension of the districts of certain 
Courts mentioned in the Schedules attached to the 
said Bill, into districts and courts ; and praying that 
the House will extend a similar power for the ex- 
tension of the hundred of Hemlingford, in the county 
of Warwick, into a district, and that the House will 
not allow the professional career of the Petitioner 
and his emoluments arising from the office which he 
has held for eight years, as Steward of the said 
Hundred, to be seriously and irreparably injured by 
the present County Courts Bill, without giving to 
the Petitioner the same chance of being appointed 
to an office under the new Act, as the officers of 
the Courts of Request have, or such protection as 
is provided for persons not receiving appointments 
under the new Bill, of equal value to those they now 
hold, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Reports made as to the expenditure of the sum of 
five hundred and eighty-four thousand eight hundred 
and seven pounds by competent unbiassed persons, 
and to direct that it shall be fairly and impartially 
expended according to the intention of the House, 
in judiciously improving the Navigation of the River 
Shannon, agreeably to the Act of 1835, and that the 
port of Limerick shall be included therein, with 
proper and well-constructed floating docks, the places 
being first submitted publicly to the Chamber of 
Commerce or to other competent persons in the 
city of Limerick, and not to be privately or partially 
framed, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


to Her Majesty,—Copies of all Returns of Accounts 
that have been received at the Foreign Office from 
Her Majesty’s Consuls Abroad relative to the Prices 
of Foreign Corn, for the year 1841. 

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


Bill may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


PETITION of Thomas Brook Bridges Ste- County Courts 
vens, of the Borough of Tumworth, in the Bill. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Li- Shannon 
merich, praying the House to order a revision of the Navigation. 


Mr. Gladstone presented, pursuant to an Address Foreign Corn. 


A Petition of Tobacco Manufacturers of the town Tobacco Regu 
of Mallow, praying that the Tobacco Regulations lations Bill. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Lagan Naviga- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, tion Bill. 


Slave Vessels, —Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Com- No. 537. 


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 Slave Vessels captured 
by Her Majesty’s Cruisers since the year 1831 in- 
clusive ; showing the Date of Capture, the Place 
of Condemnation, and the Number of Slaves at the 
period of Capture and Adjudication respectively ; 
also, an Account of the subsequent disposal of the 
liberated Slaves after Adjudication. 

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 Monday next. 


Vou. 97. 


mittee on the Lagan Navigation Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


chester and Havant; praying that the House will be 
pleased to return the duty already paid by the Peti- 
tioners upon their stocks of Portugal Wines, so far 
as the same are intended to be reduced,--were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Returns, in columns, of the Sums paid annually, for 
the Salary, Conveyance and other Charges of the 
Mail Guards upon each Railway in the United King- 
dom; and as follows, To state the Number and 





4G Names 


Petitions from Swansea ;—Halifax ;—and, Chi Foreign Wine. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway Mails, 





Newfoundland 
Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


594 


Names of the Mail Guards on each Line, with the 
Amount of the Salary paid him, and the cost of his 
Conveyance, and other Sums charged to the Public 
for each respectively, with the Sum Total annually 
on each Line, for Guards and Expenses :—Showing 
the Names of those Railways, and the length of 
each Line, and the Towns that Mail Bags are con- 
veyed to without Post-office Mail Guards; also 
the Number of Times which Mail Bags are sent 
daily along those Lines, with the Sum paid annually 
to the Railway Company for taking Charge of the 
Mail Bags, and sending them by the Railway Com- 
panies’ Guards, so as to contrast the Cost of each 
mode of Conveyance :—And, showing the Loss of 
Mail Bags, or the detention of Mail Bags, from 
carelessness of the Post-oftice Mail Guards; anda 
similar Statement of Loss or detention of Mail Bags 
on Railways where there are no Post-office Mail 
Guards, and where the Mail Bags are sent under 
the Charge of the Railway Companies’ Guards ; in 
addition to the Return ordered on the 26th day of 
July last, “ of the Sums paid by the Postmaster 
General to each Railway Company, for the convey- 
ance of the Mails; stating the Number of Miles, 
and the Rate per mile paid to each Company under 
each Contract, and the Total Amount paid to each 
of the said Companies.” 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for amending the Con- 
stitution of the Government of Newfoundland ; 

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 thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Mr. Gaskell : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Philip Howard, 

Noes, L Mr. Baring Wall : 

So it was resoived inthe Aftirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


a Committee upon the Bankruptey Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Criause, N° 49, (Appointment of Official As- 
signees) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 18. 1. 2., to leave out 
the word “ alone,” in order to msert the words 
** jointly with the Assignee or one of the Assignees 
‘* to be chosen by the creditors,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ alone” stand part 
of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Mr. Pringle : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Benjamin Wood, 

Noes, Mr. Beckett: 
Crausk, N° 50, agreed to. 

Crausgs, N° 51 to N° 54, amended, and agreed 
to. 


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Crauses, N° 55 and N° 56, agreed to. 


Crauses, N°57 and N° 58, amended, and agreed 
to. 


CuiausE, N° 59, agreed to. 


8° August. 


A. 1842. 


| Cxausezs, N° 60 and N° 61, amended, and agreed 
| to. 
Cuauseg, N° 62, agreed to. 








Cxavsz, N° 63, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiause, N° 64, (Jurisdiction of Courts acting 
under Fiats of Bankruptey)—— read. 
Several Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 59 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle: } ; 
Tellers for thef Sir Thomas Wilde, a1. - 
Noes, UMr. Jervis : : 
Criavuss, N° 65, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausess, N° 66 to N° 73, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 74, (Salaries to Judge, Commis- 
sioners, &amp;c.)—— read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 26. 1.7. To leave out 
“ One thousand eight hundred pounds,” in order to 
insert “ One thousand five hundred pounds,” instead 
thereof. 
Question put, That the words “ One thousand 
** eight hundred pounds,” stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 78 
Yeas, Mr. Pringle : : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Mark Philips, \ 13 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton: ecm 
Clause amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 75 to N° 77, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Crausss, N° 78 to N° 80, agreed to. 
Cuausz, N° 81, disagreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 82, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 83 to N° 86, disagreed to. 
Criauses, N° 87 to N° 90, agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 91, amended, and agreed to. 
Scu EDULE, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 














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 To-morrow. 





A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 

and Mr. Russell: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter the Number and Dublin 
define the Boundaries of the several Baronies of the Boundaries 
County of Dublin: _ 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for consolidating the Four Four Courts 
Courts Marshalsea, Dublin, Sheriffs Prison, Dublin aaa 
and City Marshalsea Dublin, and for regulating the (DP!) *™ 
Four Courts Marshalsea in Jreland: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Prisons Bill. 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 


_| Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act to amend 


the Laws concerning Prisons, without any Amend- 


_j|ment; And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Court of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for abo- Chancery 
lishing certain Offices of the High Court of Chan- 
cery in England, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Imperial Bauk 
Act to enable the Court of Chancery to appoint a ° England Bl. 
Person or Persons to sue on behalf of the Co-part- 
nership of Bankers lately carrying on Business pi 

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’ 
Bill. 


Bank 


d Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
aad Bangor 
Preferments 
Bill. 


Post-office 
Communication. 


Brewers’ Casks, 


Ribbon 
Weavers. 


Boroughs 
Incorporation 
Bill. 


Boroughs 
Incorporation 
ill, 


Coventry 


Boundary Bill. 


Boroughs 


Incorporation 
Bill, 


North Ameri- 


can Boundary. 











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the Firm of “ The Imperial Bank of England,” in 
lieu of the Public Officer, 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 suspending until the First day of October 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, Ap- 
pointments to certain Ecclesiastical Preferments in 
the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor; and for 
securing certain Property to the said Sees, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: 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 Post-oftice Communication between 
Great Britain and Ireland ; together with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence and Appendix 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. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers of the 
city of Chester, praying the House to pass a Bill 
declaring the Law to be, that Brewers’ Casks are not 
distrainable for the rent of their customers, was 


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


A Petition of Ribbon Weavers of the borough of 
Congleton, in the county of Chester, complaining of 
distress through the application of machinery by 
power in the Ribbon Trade, and of a reduction of 
their wages consequent thereupon, which has caused 
disputes between masters and workmen; and pray- 
ing the House to pass some legislative enactment by 


8°—9° Auguste. 


595 


posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make outa new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borongh of Ipswich, in the 
room of the Right honourable John Otway O’ Connor 
Cuffe Earl of Desart, and Thomas Gladstone, Es- 
quire, whose Elections have been determined to be 
void ; ° 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by feaving out from the word “ That’’ to 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, “ leave be given to bring in a Bill to incapa- 
“ citate Arthur Bott Cook, Henry Gallant Bristo, 
“ Charles Steward, John Downing, Amos Goodchiid, 
“ William Brown, Richard Bishop, John Cockle, 
“ Robert Hines, William Fuller, Henry Graves, 
“ William Blythe, William George Cole, Edward 
“ Franks, William Franks, William Pack, junior, 
“ Joseph Barrett Warren, Robert William Baker, 
“ Emanuel Baxter, Thomas Bowman and Robert 
Naunton, from voting at Elections to serve in Par- 
“ liament, and for preventing Bribery and Corruption 
“ in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
“ for the Borough of Ipswich, in the county of Suf- 
“« folk,” 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 Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 9° die Augusti, 1842: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers forthef Sir Thomas Fremantle, 1 a6 
if . 


Yeas, Mr. Pringle : 
Tellers forthe Mr. Thomas Duncombe } 32 
Noes, Mr. Wyse : : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





which the labourer may in future be protected against 
the encroachments of all monopolists on their means 
of living, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of the borough of Bol- 
ton, praying that the Boroughs Incorporation Bill 
may not pass into a law, as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported the Boroughs Incorporation 
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 this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Coventry Boundary 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 ingrossed Bill to confirm the Incorporation 
of certain Boroughs, and to indemnify such Persons 
as have sustained Loss thereby, was, according to 
the Order made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. G'reene do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir Robert Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—a Copy of Supplementary Reports re- 
lating to the Boundary between the British Pos- 


sessions in orth America and the United States of 


America, under the Treaty of 1783. 


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


Voi. 97. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of two Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Ipswich, in 
the room of the Right honourable John Otway 
O’ Connor Cuffe Earl of Desart, and Thomas Glad- 
stone, Esquire, whose Elections have been deter- 
mined to be void. 


Mr. 
whom it was referred to consider of authorizing the 
payment out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the 
Salaries and Travelling Expenses of Judges and 
County Clerks, in execution of an Act of this Ses- 
sion for regulating the Practice of County Courts, 
and of Compensations which may be made for loss 
of Fees or Salary in consequence of the said Act, 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for defraying the Charge of the 
Salaries and Travelling Expenses of the Judges and 
County Clerks, to be appointed in pursuance of an 
Act of the present Session, for regulating the Prac- 
tice of County Courts; and also of Compensations 
which may be made for losses of Fees or Salaries in 
consequence of such Act. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts Bill, That they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Law of Evidence Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ipswich Writ: 


Greene reported from the Committee to County Courts 
[Salaries and 


Expenses, | 


Law of Evi- 
dence Bill, 





Monuments. 


Slave Trade 
(Portuguese 
Vessels) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


County Courts 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Portuguese 
Vessels) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 546. 


Limitation of 
Actions ( Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Insolvent 


Debtors Bill. 


Coroners, &amp;c., 
(Warwick and 
Lancaster) Bill. 


Crown &amp;c., 
Property. 


Church Rates. 


596 8°—9° Auguste. A. 1842, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of an 
Address to the Crown, to erect Monuments to the 
Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and 
Sir Sidney Smith ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 3 
Vic. c. 73, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 
might be read; and the same being pead ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal so much of an Act of the second and third 

ears of Her present Majesty, for the Suppression 
of the Slave Trade, as relates to Portuguese Vessels : 
And that Sir Robert Peel and Sir George Clerk do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sir George Clerk presented a Bill to repeal so 
much of an Act of the second and third years of 
Her present Majesty, for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade, as relates to Portuguese Vessels: 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, for this day. 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Limitation of Actions 
(Ireland) 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 
into a Committee upon the Insolvent Debtors 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 Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Coroners, &amp;c. (Warwick and Lan- 
caster) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That in cases of intended application 
to Parliament for Bills relating to Crowy, Church 
or Corporation Property, or Property held in Trust 
for Public or Charitable purposes, Notice in writing 
of such intention be given to the Owners or reputed 
Owners of such Property, and to the Lessees or re- 
puted Lessees of such Property, holding Leases 
granted for a life or lives, or for any term of twenty- 
one years or upwards ; such Notice to be given as 
aforesaid previous to the presentation of the Pe- 
tition for leave to bring in the Bill, or, in the case 
of a Bill brought from the House of Lords, previous 
to the first reading thereof. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be a Standing 


Oraer of this House, to follow Standing Order 
No. 18. 

















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 Value at which the Pro-| 
perty has been assessed to the Church Rate in each | 


Parish, District Parish, and Extra-parochial Place, 
within the Two last 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. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Limerick 
A Copy of all Pugresiase made to the Treasury Harbour. 
or Board of Works, in the years 1840, 1841 and 
1842, for an Advance of Money by Loan, to com- 
plete the Harbour of Limerick agreeably to the 
original plan and specification, with the respective 
Replies of the Board of Works and Treasury to 
such Applications. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Merchant Sea. 
the 5th day of this instant August, That there be men's Fund, 
laid before this House, a Return of the Number of 
Pensioners receiving Relief from the Trustees of the 
Merchant Seamen’s Fund, under the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 
4,c.52; specifying the Total Number of Pensioners, 
Men, Widows and Children respectively, at each 
Port in the United Kingdom ; showing the Age and 
Sex to which such Pensioners belong, in Classes of 
Children under 14 years of Age, from 14 to 20, from 
20 to 20, from 30 to 40, from 40 to 50, and from 50 
to 60 years, and upwards ; distinguishing the Pen- 
sioners who receive Relief, as worn out, from those 
that are maimed or disabled, the length of Service 
of each Pensioner at the time of granting the Pen- 
sion ; stating the Highest and Lowest Rate of Pen- 
sion, and the Average Rate of Pensions, at each Port 
to each Class respectively ; distinguishing also the 
Amount of temporary Relief, and stating the greatest 
and the smallest Amount of such Relief to any single 
Person ; and the Number of Persons, of the several 
Classes and Ages receiving such Relief :—And also, 
an Account of the whole of the Revenue received at 
each Port in each year, since January 1837, under 
the said Act; distinguishing the Amount of Contri- 
butions from the Public Funds, from Interest of 
Money and Rents of Property at each Place; and 
showing also the manner in which the same was 
expended or invested in each year; stating the Rates 
and Amount. of Interest received on the Amount of 
Balances and Investments in each year, so as to 
exhibit the whole Receipt and Expenditure at each 
Port, in each year, up to January 1842, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a MerchantSea- 
Return of the Number of Pensioners at each Port in men’s Fund, 
the United Kingdom receiving Relief from the Trus- 
tees of the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, under the 
Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 52; specifying the Name, Sex 
and Age of each Pensioner, and the Amount received 
monthly or yearly by each; distinguishing those 
who receive temporary Relief from those who receive 
Pensions for Life; and also those who are maimed 
or disabled, from those who are worn out; and stat- 
ing the Length of Service of each Pensioner at the 
time of granting the Pension :—And, also, an Ac- 
count of the whole of the Revenue received at each 
Port, in each year, since January 1837, under the 
said Act; distinguishing the Amount of Contribu- 
tions from the Public Funds, from Interest of Money 
and Rents of Property at each Place ; and showing 
also, the manner in which the same was expended 
or invested in each year; stating the Rates and 
Amount of Interest received on the Amount of Ba- 
lances and Investments, in each year, so as to exhibit 
the whole Receipt and Expenditure at each Port, in 
each year, up to January 1842. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Parish Con- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, stables Bill. 
intituled, An Act for the Appointment and Payment 
of Parish Constables ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 





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Hudson Bay 


Company. 


No, 547, 


6 Victoriz. 


Pr. 3. 1. 27. After “ thereto” insert “ or for the 
“ annexing of any extra-parochial places to any 
“‘ parish adjoining thereto.” 

Pr. 3.1. 32. After “ parish” insert “and every 
“ such extra-parochial place so annexed.” 


Pr. 4.1.7. After “ holden” insert Clauses (A.) 
and (B.) 

Ciause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That in case the boundaries of any parish 
or township shall extend into more than one 
county, and that the provisions of an Act passed 
in the third year of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“ «An Act for the Establishment of County and 
“ District Constables, by the authority of the Jus- 
tices of the Peace,’ or of any Act for the amend- 
ment thereof, shall, at the time of the passing of 
this Act, be in force within any part of such parish 
or township, then and in such case such part of 
such parish or township shall, for the purposes of 
such before-mentioned Act, be deemed and taken 
to be part of the county wherein such part of such 
parish or township is situate, and shall not be 
subject to the provisions of this Act, so long as 
the provisions of such before mentioned Acts shall 
remain and be in force in each part of such parish 
or township.” 

CuiauseE (B.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
“ That it shall be lawful for the Justices of the 
Peace at the quarter sessions for the county or 
riding in which such part of such parish or town- 
ship as aforesaid is situate, to order that such part 
of such parish or township shall not be deemed 
and taken to be part of such county for the pur- 
poses of such Acts as aforesaid, in case that a 
memorial or petition shall have been presented 
to such sessions by a majority of the rate-payers 
of such part of such parish or township, praying 
that such part of such parish or township may no 
longer be so deemed and taken to be part of such 
county.” 

Pr. 21.1. 10. Leave out “ the said justices” and 
insert “ any justice of the peace of the county, riding 
“ or place wherein such conviction shall have taken 
“ place.” 

The two first Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 
Pr. 4.1. 7. The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 


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And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in | 


the said Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendment, being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill, in 
Pr. 3. 1. 34., by inserting after the words “ such pa- 
“ rish” the words “ or extra-parochial place ;” (the 
said Amendment, being consequential upon the 
Amendment made by the Lords in Pr. 3. 1. 32.) 

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 Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr. Darby, Mr. 
Young, Mr. Henley, Mr. Greene and Mr. Brotherton : 
—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hudson 
Bay Company, which was presented upon the 25th 
day of July 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. 


Vor. 97. 


8°—9° Auguste. 


597 
Martis, 9° die August: ; 


Anno 6" Victoria Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable the Court of Chancery to 
appoint a Person or Persons to sue on behalf of 
the Co-partnership of Bankers lately carrying on 
Business under the Firm of “ The Imperial Bank 
of England,” in lieu of the Public Officer; and the 
same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 3. 1. 30. Leave out from “ contribution” to 

“ and” in Pr. 4, 1]. 6., and insert Clause (A.) 
CiauseE (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
monies received and to be received by any receiver 
or receivers so appointed or to be appointed as 
aforesaid on account of the said co-partnership, 
and all monies to be received by virtue of this 
Act shall be applied in the first place in payment 
of the costs, or of such part (if any) of the costs 
of and attending the several applications for and 
the passing this Act, and of and attending the 
carrying into effect of this Act, as to the said 
Court of Chancery shall seem reasonable, regard 
being had to all the circumstances of the case, 
and as the said court shall upon the petition or 
motion of such receiver or receivers, after due 
notice given thereof, respectively order and direct, 
and that the residue shall be held and applied by 
the receiver or receivers for the time being, subject 
to the orders of the High Court of Chancery.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


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Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,— Minutes of Proceedings of all Committees 
on Election Petitions not already presented. 

Report, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Newcastle- 
‘under-Lyme Election Petitions. 

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





A Petition of Members of the British Swimming 
Society and others, praying the House to provide 
Bathing accommodation for the public in the parks 
already formed and those now in progress or con- 
templation, and to take other measures for the pro- 
motion of the art of swimming, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ipswich ; — Wolverhampton ; — 
Lincoln ;—and, Sunderland; praying that the House 
will be pleased to return the duty paid by Retailers 
of Wine upon their stocks of Portugal Wines, 
so far as the same are intended to be reduced,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers of the 
borough of Leicester, and its vicinity, praying the 
House to pass a Bill declaring the law to be, that 
Brewers’ Casks are not distraimable for the rent of 
their customers, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Imperial Bank 
of England Bill. 


Election 
Petitions. 


No. 548. 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election. 


No. 549. 


Bathing. 


Foreign Wine. 


Brewers’ Casks. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Slave Trade 





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 now received. 
463 Mr. 


a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Portuguese Ves- e gag 
sels) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, (No, ¢,) Bill. 





Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


598 


Mr. Greene 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 this day. 


Mr. Greene reported the Bankruptcy Law Amend- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 
“ such cost.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 36. After “ Act” insert “ and shall be 
forthwith opened, unless such Court shall in its 
discretion think fit to postpone the opening of 
such Fiat: Provided always, That if such Fiat 
shall not be opened by the petitioning creditor 
within Three days after it shall have been so 
transmitted, or within such extended time as shall 
be allowed by the said Court, such Court is here- 
by authorized to open such Fiat, at any time 
within Fourteen days then next following, upon 
the application of any other creditor to the amount 
required by this Act to constitute a petitioning 
creditor, and to adjudicate thereon, upon the 
proof of the debt of such creditor, and of the 
other requisites to support such Fiat.” 
Pr, 3.1.7. Leave out from “ Fiat” to “ that” 
in |. 9. 
Pr. 5. 1. 6. After “ supersede” insert “ or an- 
* nal.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 21. After “ aforesaid” insert “ or at 
“ any enlargement or adjournment thereof, as the 
“ case may be.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 29. Leave out “ Twenty-one” and in- 
sert “ Fourteen.” 
Pr. 8.1. 30. After “ summons” insert “ or with- 
“ in such enlarged time as may be granted to him 
“ in that behalf.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 8. Leave out “ Twenty-second” and 
insert “ Fifteenth.” 
Pr. 9. 1. 13. Leave out from “ affidavit” to 
“ and” in |. 36. 
Pr. 10. 1. 3. Leave out “ Twenty-one” and in- 
sert “ Fourteen.” 
Pr.10.1s.13.and 14. Leave out “Twenty-second” 
and insert “ Fifteenth.” 
Pr.'10. 1. 32. Leave out “ Twenty-one’ and in- 
sert “ Fourteen.” 
Pr. 11.1. 1. Leave out “ Twenty-one” and in- 
sert “ Fourteen.” 

Pr. j1. 1. 2. After “ summons” insert “ or 
within such enlarged time as may be granted to 
“ him in that behalf.” . 

Pr. 11.1. 19. Leave out “ Twenty-second”’ and 
insert “ Fifteenth.” 

Pr. 11.1. 24. After “ Affidavit” insert Clause (A.) 

Criausk (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 

Enacted, That if any such trader so summoned 

as aforesaid, shall, upon his appearance before 

such Court, refuse to sign the admission in that 
behalf required as aforesaid, whatever may be 
the nature of his statement, or whether he makes 
any statement or not, it shall be deemed, for the 
purposes of this Act, that every such trader 
thereby refuses to admit such demand: Provided 
always, That it shall be lawful for such Court, 
upon reasonable cause shown, to enlarge the time 
for calling upon such trader, to state whether or 
not he admits such demand, or any part thereof, 
ud for entering into such bond, or for either of 
such matters, for such time as such Court shall 
think fit.” 

Pr. 11. 1.26. After “ debt” insert “ made after 
such summons as aforesaid, and.” 

Pr. 14. |. 5. After “ personal” insert “ for the 
recovery of any debt or money demand.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 15. Leave out “ Twenty-one” and in- 

sert “ Fourteen.” 
Pr. 14. 1. 24. Leave out “ Twenty-second” and 
insert “ Fifteenth.” 


29. After “ manner” insert “ and at 


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A. 1842. 


Pr. 15. 1. 26. Leave out “ Twenty-one” and in- 
sert ‘ Fourteen.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 33. Leave out “ Twenty-second” and 
insert “ Fifteenth.” 

Pr. 16.1. 20. After “ Bankruptcy” insert “un- 
der any Fiat in Bankruptcy issued after the com- 
mencement of this Act.” 

Pr. 16.1. 31. After “ abode” insert “ or place 
of business.” 

Pr. 17.1. 11. After “adjudication” insert “ and 
upon such showing, no other creditor’s debt, trad- 
ing and act of bankruptcy sufficient to support 
such adjudication, or such of the said last-men- 
tioned matters as shall be requisite to support 
such adjudication, in lieu of the petitioning cre- 
ditor’s debt, trading and act of bankruptcy, or 
any or either of such matters which snall be 
deemed insufficient in that behalf, as the case 
may be, shall be proved to the satisfaction of 
such Court.” 

Pr. 18.1. 26. After “ examination” insert “ and 
for such time after finishing his examination until 
his certificate be allowed and confirmed as such 
Court shall, from time to time by endorsement 
upon the summons of such Bankrupt, think fit 
to appoint.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 21. After “ and” insert “ in such 
case.” 


Pr. 20: 1, ult. After ‘‘ passed” insert Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
event of the death of any witness deposing to the 
petitioning ‘creditor’s debt, trading, or act of 
bankruptcy, under any Fiat in bankruptcy already 
issued or hereafter to be issued, the deposition of 
any such deceased witness, purporting to be sealed 
with the seal of the Court of Bankruptcy, or a 
copy thereof purporting to be so sealed, shall, in 
all cases be receivable in evidence of the matters 
therein respectively contained. 
_ Pr, 22. 1. 28. Leave out “ opening” and insert 
issuing.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 35. Leave out from “ amount” to 

and” in Pr. 24, 1. 13, 

Pr. 25. 1. 6. After “ assignee” insert “ upon 

his application.” 

Pr. 25, 1. 22. Leave out from “ such” to “and” 
in], 23., and insert “ application, and be at liberty to 
“* show cause against it.” 

Pr, 25, 1. 37. Leave out from “ not” to “upon” 
in |. 38. 

Pr, 25. 1. 40. After “ Bankrupt” insert “ and 
“ before three of the clock of such day, or at the 
‘“* hour and upon the day allowed him for finishing 
“ his examination.” 

Pr. 26. 1.1. After “ usual” insert “ or last 
“ known,” and after “ abode ” insert “ or business.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 36. Leave out from “trade” to “ have” 
in 1. 37. 


Pr. 29. 1.15. After “ labour ” insert Clause (C.) 
Crauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Court authorized to act in the 
prosecution of any Fiat in bankruptcy, issued after 
the commencement of this Act, upon the request 
in writing of at least three creditors (not being 
partners) who shall have respectively proved debts 
ot the amount of Fifty pounds or upwards, under 
such Fiat, to direct the assignees of the Bankrupt 
named in such Fiat, if he shall be suspected of 
or charged with the commission of any of the 
offences specified in this Act, to institute and 
carry on a prosecution of such Bankrupt for such 
offence, and to order that the costs and expenses 
to be incurred in such prosecution shall be paid 
out of the estate and effects of the said Bankrupt, 
and such assignees shall thereupon institute and 
carry on such prosecution ; and in case the said 
assignees shall refuse or neglect to institute and 
carry on to conviction such prosecution, having 
no lawful or reasonable impediment made known 
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to and allowed by the said Court, the said Court 
may order the same to be instituted and carried 
on either by the official assignee alone, or by the 
creditors making such request as aforesaid, as the 
said Court may think fit.” 


Pr. 29. 1. 18. Leave out from “ surrendered ” to 
and ” in 1. 20. 

Pr. 29. 1. 23. After “ Fiat” insert “ in bank- 
ruptcy.” 

r. 30. 1.10. After “ Bankrupt” insert “ and 
provided also, That nothing herem contained shall 
affect the validity of any certificate allowed by 
the Lord Chancellor or Court of Review previous 
to the commencement of this Act.” 


Pr. 30. 1.13. Leave out “ such” and insert 
the,” and after “ certificate” insert “ under this 
Act.” . 

Pr. 31. 1. 21. Leave out from “ bankruptcy ” to 
an ” in |. 23., and insert “ already issued or here- 
after to be issued.” 

Pr. 31. 1. ult. After “ Court” insert “ having 
regard to the conformity of the Bankrupt to the 
Laws relating to Bankrupts, and to the conduct 
of the Bankrupt as a trader before as well as after 
his bankruptcy.” 


Pr. 33. Ils. 39. and ult. Leave out “ common bail” 


and insert “ entering an appearance.” 


Pr. 35. 1. 12. After “ Bankrupt” insert Clauses 


(D.) and (E.) 


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Criause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
Bankrupt who shall have obtained his certificate 
under avy Fiat issued after the commencement 
of this Act, if the net produce of his estate in 
hand shall by any order of dividend (with or 
without prior dividend) pay the creditors who 
before or at the time of making such order have 
proved debts under the Fiat Ten shillings in the 
pound, shall be allowed and paid Five pounds 
per centum out of such produce, provided such 
allowance shall not exceed Four hundred pounds ; 
and every such Bankrupt, if such produce shall 
(with or without prior dividend) pay such cre- 
ditors Twelve shillings and sixpence in the pound, 
shall be allowed and paid as aforesaid Seven 
pounds ten shillings per centum, provided such 
allowance shall not exceed Five hundred pounds ; 
and every such Bankrupt, if such produce shall 
(with or without prior dividend) pay such cre- 
ditors Fifteen shillings in the pound or upwards, 
shall be allowed and paid as aforesaid Ten pounds 
per centum, provided such allowance shall not 
exceed Six hundred pounds; and provided always, 
that such allowance as aforesaid shall not be pay- 
able to any Bankrupt until after the expiration 
of Twelve months from the date of the Fiat, and 
such allowance shall then be payable only in the 
event of the dividends paid to the creditors who 
at any time before the expiration of such Twelve 
months shall have proved debts under the Fiat 
being of the requisite amount in that behalf afore- 
said; and if at the expiration of such time the 
dividends paid as aforesaid shall not amount to 
Ten shillings in the pound, it shall be lawful for 
the Court to allow such Bankrupt so much as the 
assignees and Court shall think fit, not exceed- 


ing Three pounds per centum and Three hundred 
pounds.” 


Crause (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
joint Fiats under which any partner shall have 
obtained his certificate, if a sufficient dividend 
shall have been paid upon the joint estate, and 
upon the separate estate of such partner, he shall 
be entitled to his allowance, although his other 
partner may not be entitled to any allowance.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 4. Leave out from “ shall” to “ di- 
rect” in |, 5. 

Pr. 37. 1. 34. After “ Judge ” insert “ or any 
Commissioners.” 


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Pr. 38. 1. 4. Leave out “ the ” and insert 
every.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 6. Leave out “ such ” and insert 
the.” 


Pr. 38. 1. 8. After “ the” insert “ Lord Chan- 
cellor, or by the.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 10. After “ bankruptcy ” insert “ if 
authorized so to do by any general or other order 
of the Lord Chancellor, and whether such official 
assignee be appointed under the provisions of the 
said recited Act, or of this Act.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 31. After “ Judge ” insert “ or Com- 
missioners.” 


Pr. 89. 1. 30. After “ Chancellor” insert “ to 
remove any official assignee, whether appointed 
under the provisions of the said recited Act, or of 
this Act, and.” 


Pr. 40.1. 11. After “ removed” insert Clause (F.) 


Crause (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
official assignee of any Bankrupt’s estate ad- 
pointed under the provisions of this Act shall 
have all the same rights, powers, privileges and 
exemptions as are possessed by official assignees 
appointed under the said recited Act, and the 
enactments therein contained in that behalf and 
in relation to the evidence of the appointment of 
Bankrupts’ assignees shall extend and be applied 
to official assignees to be appointed under this 
Act, except as otherwise directed by this Act, and 
that every official assignee, whether appointed 
under the provisions of the said recited Act, or 
of this Act, shall be entitled to be paid out of the 
Bankrupt’s estate, by way of remuneration for his 
services, such sum of money as to the Court 
named in and acting under the Fiat in prosecu- 
tion against such Bankrupt may seem just and 
reasonable, having regard to the amount of the 
Bankrupt’s property, and the nature of the duties 
to be performed by such official assignee, subject, 
nevertheless, to such general or special orders in 
relation thereto as may from time to time be made 
by the Lord Chancellor in that behalf.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 10. After “ in” insert “ the prosecu- 
tion of.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 12. Leave out “ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 13. After “ assignees ” insert “ ap- 


‘ pointed or to be appointed under the said recited 


Act, or this Act.” 

Pr, 42. ]. 21. After “ assignees ”’ insert “ save 
where it shall be otherwise directed by the Lord 
Chancellor or by the Court acting in the prosecu- 
tion of such Fiat if authorized so to do by any 
general cr other order of the Lord Chancellor.” 


Pr. 42. 1. 36. After “ Act” insert Clauses (G.), 


(G.a.), (H.), (1.) and (K.) 


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CravseE (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
official assignee shall be deemed personally re- 
sponsible or liable for any act done by him, or 
by his order or authority, in the execution of his 
duty as such official assignee, by reason of the 
petitioning creditor’s debt, trading and act of 
bankruptcy upon which the adjudication of bank- 
ruptey under such Fiat shall have been grounded, 
or of any or either of such matters being insuffi- 


‘ cient to support such adjudication.” 


Crause (G.a.) “ And be it Enacted, That Four- 
teen days before a final dividend shall be adver- 
tised under any Bankrupt’s estate, there shall be 
sent by the official assignee to each creditor’s 
assignee of such estate, a debtor and creditor 
account between the official assignee and such 
estate, showing also the monies remaining uncol- 
lected under such estate, and the cause of such 
monies remaining uncollected, a copy of which 
account shall be delivered to any creditor who 
shall apply for the same, and have proved or 
claimed a debt under such Fiat upon his applying 
for the same to the official assignee and to any 

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“ other person, such person not being a creditor, 
paying such sum, not exceeding Two shillings 
and sixpence, as shall be settled by the Court 
authorized to act in the prosecution of such Fiat.” 


Cravse (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That there 
shall be paid, in like manner, by the official as- 
signee of each Bankrupt’s estate to be adminis- 
tered in the country, the like sums as by the said 
recited Act are directed to be paid by the official 
assignee of each Bankrupt’s estate to be adminis- 
tered in the Court of Bankruptcy ; and such sums 
hereby directed to be paid shall be placed by the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy to the like accounts 
respectively, and be subject to the like orders and 
directions of the Lord Chancellor, to which the 
said sums mentioned in the said recited Act are 
thereby directed to be placed and to be subject 
respectively.” 

Cravse (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases of Fiats in bankruptcy, which, by virtue of 
the provisions herein contained, shall be removed 
into the Court of Bankruptcy, or into any of the 
Courts authorized to act in the prosecution of 
Fiats in bankruptcy by virtue of this Act, and 
under which the choice of assignees shall have 
taken place prior to the commencement of this 
Act, there shall be paid, in like manner, by the 
assignees of every such Bankrupt’s estate, on 
every sitting under such bankruptcy, the like sum 
as by the said recited Act is directed to be paid 
on every sitting in cases of commissions of bank- 
rupt which by virtue of the powers therein con- 
tained should be removed into the said Court of 
Bankruptcy, and under which the choice of as- 
signees should have taken place prior to the com- 
mencement of the said Act; and such sum hereby 
directed to be paid shall be placed by the said 
Accountant in Bankruptcy to the like account, 
and be subject to the like orders and restrictions, 
to which the said sum in that behalf mentioned 
in the said recited Act is thereby directed to be 
placed and to be subject.” 


Criause (K.) “ And whereas the duties of the 
several persons now acting as Commissioners of 
Bankrupt in districts and places for which such 
persons shall have been returned and appointed 
under the provisions of the said recited Act, and the 
fees and emoluments accustomed to be received by 
them, will be abolished by the provisions of this 
Act, and it may be just and necessary that in some 
such cases compensation should be made in respect 
of such fees so to be abolished; BE it Enacted, 
That it shall and may be lawful for the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, by 
examination on oath or otherwise, which oath 
they and each of them are and is hereby autho- 
rized to administer, to inquire into and ascertain 
the annual amount of the lawful fees and emolu- 
ments of such Commissioners received by them, 
and to award to such one or more of the said 
Commissioners as they shall deem to be entitled 
to the same, an annuity or annuities, of such 
amount and for such term as the said Lords of 
the Treasury shall find to be a fair and reasonable 
compensation for the loss to be sustained by such 
of the said Commissioners, and shall certify the 

‘ amount of such annuity, in writing under their 
hands, to the Lord Chancellor, who shall there- 
upon have power to order the amount so certified 
as payable to each such Commissioner to be paid 
out of the monies standing to the credit of the 

Accountant in Bankruptcy in the Bank of Eng- 
land, to the account, intituled, ‘The Secretary 
of Bankrupts Compensation Account,’ (but sub- 
ject and without prejudice to the payment of all 
salaries and sums of money by any Act or Acts 
now in force authorized to be paid thereout,) and 
the same shall be payable and paid accordingly 
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deduction whatsoever: Provided always, That 
the annual sum to be so payable to any Commis- 
sioner shall not exceed Two-thirds of the average 
annual amount of the sums (other than any sum 
or sums for travelling) received by them respec- 
tively as such Commissioners for the last Five 
years, or such portion of that period as any of 
them acted as a Commissioner, and that such 
annuity shall not be paid to any Commissioner 
who at any time after the commencement of this 
Act shall be appointed to hold any public office 
or employment of an annual value greater than 
the annuity to be so certified as payable to him, 
so long as any such office or employment shall 
be so held: And provided also, That no person 
shall be entitled to such compensation or allow- 
ance as aforesaid whose appointment to his office 
was qualified by any condition or reservation ex- 
pressed in his appointment, or otherwise made 
known to such person, that such office or the 
emoluments thereof were to be held and enjoyed 
subject to any future provisions to be made by 
Parliament touching the same, or without any 
claim to compensation in case the same should 
cease, or be subjected to any regulation.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 3. Leave out “ ten” and insert 
twelve.” 

Pr. 43.1.6. Leave out from “bar” to “to” in 
1. 10. 

Pr. 44. 1. 22. 
twelve. ” 

Pr. 45. 1. 5. 
abilities. ” 

Pr. 45.1.13. After “ behalf” insert “ except 
as otherwise directed by this Act.” 


Pr. 45. 1. 17. After “ Act” insert “ and that 
after the passing of this Act, on the death, resig- 
nation, promotion or removal of either of the two 
Registrars for the time being of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, the vacancy thereby occasioned shall 
be filled up by such one of the Deputy Registrars 
for the time being appointed, or to be appointed, 
by virtue of the said recited Act, or of this Act, 
as the Lord Chancellor shall think fit to appoint,” 

and also insert Clause (L.) 

Criause (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Accountant in Bankruptcy, the Registrar and 
Deputy Registrars of the Court of Bankruptcy, 
and also the official assignees and the messengers 
and ushers of the said Court, for the time being, 
shall be exempt and disqualified from being re- 
turned, and from serving on any juries or inquests. 
whatsoever, and shall not be inserted in any lists 
of men qualified or liable to serve as jurors, and 
that they shall also be exempt and disqualified 
from serving any parochial office whatsoever.” 

Pr. 45.1. 19. Leave out from “the” to “ Court” 

in 1, 27. 

Pr. 45. 1, 28. Leave out from “ Review” to “ be” 

in 1. 29., and insert “ in Bankruptcy may.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 30. After “the” insert “ said,” and 

leave out “of Bankruptcy” and insert Clause (M.) 
CuiavuseE (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Judges of the Court of Review in Bankruptcyshall 
“ take rank and precedence next after the Judges 
“of the Superior Courts of Westminster Hall.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 33. After “ Chancellor” insert “ by 
“ any general or other order.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 34. Leave out “ order” and insert 
“ direct.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 37. Leave “ out from “ Bankruptcy” 
to “to” in 1. 38. 

Pr. 45. 1. ult. and Pr. 46. 1. 1. 
“ under such Fiat.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 2. After “the ” insert “ original.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 3. After “ Review” insert “ or any 
“ Judge of the said Court.” 


Pr. 47.1.5. After “ or” insert “ the Master or 
“ any.” 


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Pr. 47. 1.29. After “‘aforesaid” insert Clause (N.) 

Cuavse (N.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the said several Sub-division Courts, 
“ and the Court authorized to act in the prosecu- 
“ tion of any Fiat in bankruptcy, in all matters 
“ before such Courts respectively, to award such 
“ costs as to such Courts shall seem fit and just; 
“ and in all cases in which costs shall be so awarded 
“ against any person by any such Court, it shall 
“ and may be lawful for such Court to cause such 
“ costs to be recovered from such person in the 
same manner as costs awarded by a rule of any 
of the Superior Courts at Westminster may be 
recovered ; and that the like remedies may be had 
upon an order of such Court for costs as upon a 
rule of any of the said Superior Courts for costs.” 

Pr, 47. 1. 35. After “them” insert “and such 
of the Commissioners to be appointed under this 
* Act as shall be nominated by the Lord Chan- 
“ cellor for that purpose.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 6. Leave out from “ bankruptcy ” 
to “ And” in l. 19, and insert Clause (O.) 

Crause (QO.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
piece or parcel of ground described in and con- 
veyed by the indenture of feoffment recited in an 
“« Act made and passed in the first and second 
“ years of the reign of his late Majesty King 
“ George the Fourth, intituled, An Act to repeal 
so much of an Act of the fifth year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Second, 
relating to Bankrupts, as requires the Meetings 
under Commissions of Bankrupt to be holden 
in the Guildhall of the city of London, and for 
building offices in the said city for the Meetings 
of the Commissioners, and for the more regular 
transaction of business in bankruptcy, or ex- 
pressed so to be, and all erections and buildings 
“ now or hereafter to be erected and built thereon, 
and the fee-simple and inheritance thereof, shall 
from henceforth be and become, and remain and 
continue vested in Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
for the time being of the Court of Bankruptcy 
acting in the prosecution of Fiats in bankruptcy 
in London, and their successors, as Commissioners 
“ of the said Court, in trust for Her Majesty, for the 
«&lt; same intent and purpose as by the said Act is en- 
“ acted and declared concerning the Commissioners 
“ and Trustees thereby nominated, and the person 
or persons now being Commissioners and Trustees 
by virtue of the said Act shall cease to be such 
Commissioners or Trustees ; and the said Com- 
missioners for the time being of the said Court, 
and their successors, shall and may in all things 
act in the further management, carrying on and 
execution of the purposes and trusts of the said 
Act, and with the like power and authority, to all 
intents and purposes, as is given by the said Act 
to the Commissioners and Trustees therein named ; 
and the clauses and provisions in the said Act 
applicable to the Commissioners and Trustees 
therein named, shall extend and be applicable to 
the said Commissioners for the time being of the 
said Court, in the further execution of the pur- 
poses and trusts of the said Act.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 25. After “ whatsoever ” insert 
Clauses (P.) (Q.) (R.) and (S.) 

Cxiause (P.) “ And beit Enacted, That all such 
“ fees as are receivable by virtue of an Act passed 
“ in the second and third years of the reign of his 
late Majesty, intituled, An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to Bankrupts, and directed to be 
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Clerk of Enrolments, be received by the said 
Registrar for the time being acting in Basinghall- 
street as aforesaid, and be paid by him, at such 
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and shall be applicable to all the purposes of 
the said Account, and be subject to the like 
orders as other monies paid or directed to be paid 
in to the said Account. ” 

Curavuse (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That out of 
the fund placed to the credit of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, intituled, ‘The Secretary of 
Bankrupts’ Account,’ there shall be paid, by the 
Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 
by virtue of any order or orders of the Lord 
Chancellor to be from time to time made for that 
purpose without any draft from the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, the several salaries hereinafter 
mentioned ; that is to say, the net yearly sum of 
Two thousand five hundred pounds to Sir John 
Cross, Knight, Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy, 
and his successors in the office of such Judge ; 
the net jyearly sum of Two thousand pounds to 
each Commissioner of the said Court appointed 
under the said recited Act, and acting in the pro- 
secution of Fiats in bankruptcy in the city of 
London, and his successors in the office of such 
Commissioner ; the net yearly sum of One thou- 
sand eight hundred Pounds to each Commis- 
sioner of the said Court to be appointed under 
this Act to act in the prosecution of Fiats in 
bankruptcy in the country, and his successors in 
the office of such Commissioner ; the net yearly 
sum of One thousand pounds to each Registrar 
of the said Court appointed under the said recited 
Act, and his successors in such office; the net 
yearly sum of Eight hundred pounds to each De- 
puty Registrar of the said Court appointed under 
the said recited Act, and acting as such in the 
city of London, and his successors in such office ; 
and the net yearly sum of Six hundred pounds, 
to each Deputy Registrar of the said Court to be 
appointed under this Act to act as such in the 
country, and his successors in such office ; which 
salaries shall be free from all taxes, deductions 
and abatements whatsoever out of the same, or 
any part thereof, except the tax on income, and 
shall be paid quarterly on the eleventh day of 
January, the eleventh day of April, the eleventh 
day of July, and the eleventh day of October in 
every year, by equal portions; and the first of 
such payments to the said Judge, and each Com- 
missioner, Registrar and Deputy Registrar, acting 
in London as aforesaid, or a proportionate part 
thereof, to be computed from the time of the 
passing of this Act, or, as to any such officer 
appointed after the passing of this Act, from the 
time of his appointment, shall be made on such 
of the same days of payment as shall first happen 
after the passing of this Act, or date of the ap- 
pointment of such officer, as the case may be; 
“ and the first of such payments to each Commis- 

sioner and Deputy arn to be appointed 
under this Act to act in the country as aforesaid, 
or a proportionate part thereof, to be computed 
from the time of the appointment of such Com- 
missioner and Deputy Registrar respectively, shall 
be made on such of the same days of payment as 
shall first happen after the date of such appoint- 
ment; and that upon the resignation, death or 
removal from office of any such Judge, Commis- 
sioner, Registrar or Deputy Registrar respectively, 
such Judge, Commissioner, Registrar and Deputy 
Registrar respectively, or their respective execu- 
tors and administrators, as the case may be, shall 
be paid such proportionate part of their respec- 
tive salaries aforesaid as shall have accrued from 
the times of the commencement of such salaries 
respectively, or from the last quarterly day of 
payment thereof to the time of such resignation, 
death or removal from office; and that the suc- 
ceeding Judge, Commissioner, Registrar and 

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the resignation, death or removal from office of the 
receding Judge, Commissioner, Registrar or 
Saputy Registrar respectively.” 

Cause (R.) “And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor by any order 
or orders of the Lord Chancellor to be made from 
time to time on a petition presented to him for 
that purpose, to order (if he shall so think fit) to 
be paid out of the interest and dividends that have 
arisen or may arise from the securities now or 
hereafter to be placed in the Bank of England to 
the Account, intituled, ‘The Bankruptcy Fund 
Account,’ (but subject and without prejudice to 
the payment of all salaries and sums of money 
by any Act or Acts now in force, directed or 
authorized to be paid thereout), the annuities fol- 
lowing ; that is to say, an annuity or clear yearly 
sum of money not exceeding One thousand five 
hundred pounds to Sir John Cross, Knight, Judge 
of the Court of Bankruptcy, or any of his succes- 
sors in the office of such Judge; an annuity or 
clear yearly sum of money not exceeding One 
thousand two hundred pounds to any Commis- 
sioner of the Court of Bankruptcy appointed 
under the said recited Act, or any of his succes- 
sors in the office of such Commissioner ; an an- 
nuity or clear yearly sum of money not exceeding 
One thousand pounds to any Commissioner of the 
Court of Bankruptcy to be appointed under this 
Act, or any of his successors in the office of such 
Commissioner, if and when any such Judge or 
Commissioner shall be afflicted with some per- 
manent infirmity disabling him from the due exe- 
cution of his office, and shall be desirous of re- 
signing the same; and the annuity or clear yearly 
sum mentioned in any such order shall be paid 
by the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England out of the interest and dividends of the 
said securities (but subject and without prejudice 
as aforesaid), by equal quarterly payments on the 
fifth day of January, the fifth day of April, the 
fifth day of July and the tenth day of October in 
every year, to such Judge or Commissioner from 
the period when he shall resign his said office, 
for the term of his life, free from taxes, except the 
tax on income.” 

Cuiause (S.) “ And be it Enacted, That out of 
* the interest and dividends that have arisen or may 
arise from the Government or Parliamentary Se- 
‘ curities now or hereafter to be placed in the Bank 
of England to the said Account, intituled, ‘ The 
Bankruptcy Fund Account,’ there shall be paid 
by the Governor and Company of the Bank of 
England, by virtue of any order or orders of the 
Lord Chancellor, to be made from time to time 
‘ for that purpose, the salaries and sums following ; 
that is to say, to the Accountant in Bankruptcy, 
such sum by way of salary as the Lord Chancel- 
lor shall direct, not exceeding the yearly sum of 
One thousand five hundred pounds, to be paid 
‘ and payable in like manner and at such times as 
the salary heretofore payable to the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, and such further annual sum as 
the Lord Chancellor shall think reasonable for 
‘ the payment of such salaries as the Lord Chan- 
‘ cellor shall direct, to the Clerks for the time now 
being and their successors, and to such additional 
Clerks to such Accountant, or to the Registrar of 
the Court of Bankruptcy acting at the said Court 
in Basinghall-street, as the Lord Chancellor shall 
deem fit to appoint, and authority is hereby given 
to the Lord Chancellor to appoint such Clerks, 
and to reduce or increase the Number of Clerks 
to the said Accountant or Registrar as occasion 
may be or require ; the same salaries to be paid 
quarterly on such days and in such manner as 
the Lord Chancellor shall by any order in that 
behalf direct; and also to such person as the 
‘ Lord Chancellor shall direct, such sum and sums 
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reasonable, for expenses to be incurred at any 
time after the passing of this Act, with the sanc- 
tion and approval of the Lord Chancellor, in pro- 
viding and keeping in repair courts in the country 
with necessary appurtenances for the purposes of 
this Act, or in alterations or improvements of the 
offices of the said Accountant and of the Regis- 
trars of the Court of Bankruptcy, or any other of 
the offices of the same court, for the purpose of 
rendering the same fit for the convenient reception 
and despatch of the business of such offices, and 
for the convenient occupation of the officers of the 
said court, and for the supply of law books for 
the use of the said court, or generally for such 
expenses in carrying this Act into effect as the 
Lord Chancellor may think fit, and also such 
annual sum or sums of money as the Lord Chan- 
cellor shall think reasonable for the rent of any 
buildings or rooms which by any order of the 
Lord Chancellor may be taken for any officers of 


‘ the said court, or otherwise for the use of the said 


court, and for keeping up a necessary supply of 
books for the use of the said court, and the seve- 
ral courts, which shall be provided by virtue of 
this Act with the appurtenances and effects be- 
longing thereto, shall vest in the respective Com- 
missioners to be appointed under this Act for the 
time being, forming such respective courts, and 
their successors in such office, in trust for the pur- 
poses of this Act, and there shall be charged to 
and paid out of the estate of the Bankrupt under 
every Fiat prosecuted in the country, for every 
sitting under such Fiat, the sum of Ten shillings 
by way of charge for the use of the court, such 
charge to be received and accounted for and paid 
into the Bank of England, to the Account, inti- 
tuled, ‘Interest arising from the Bankruptcy 
Fund Account,’ at such time and in such manner 
as the Lord Chancellor shall from time to time 
direct, and such charge to be subject to abolition 
or reduction as the Lord Chancellor may in his 
discretion think fit, having regard from time to 
time to the amount of the mterest and dividends 
arising from the Bankruptcy Fund Account, and 
the charges thereupon.” 

Pr. 49. |. 26. Leave out from “issued” to “ by” 
1, 27. 

Pr. 50. 1. 20. After “ the” insert “ house or.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 21. After “ usual” insert “ or last 
known,” and after “abode” insert “ or business.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 11. After “perjury” insert Clauses 


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Cuiause (T.) “And be it Enacted, That all sums 
of money forfeited under this Act, or by virtue of 
any conviction for Perjury committed in any oath 
hereby directed or authorized, may be sued for 
by the Assignees of the estate and effects of any 
Bankrupt in any of Her Majesty’s Superior Courts 
of Record, and the money so recovered (the 
charges of suit being deducted) shall be divided 
among the Creditors.” 

Curause (U.) “ And be it Enacted, That all bills 
of charges, fees and disbursements of any auc- 
tioneer, appraiser, broker, valuer or accountant 
employed by any assignee or messenger or Bank- 
rupt, under any Fiat in bankruptcy, for business 
done under such employment, shall be settled by 
the court authorized to act in the prosecution of 
such Fiat, and the amount of the bills so settled, 
and no more, shall be paid to, or recoverable by 
such auctioneer, appraiser, broker, valuer or ac- 
countant.” 

Crauset (V.) “ And be it Enacted, That :t shall 
be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by any order 
or orders of the Lord Chancellor, to be made from 
time to time on a petition presented to him for 
that purpose, to order (if he shall think fit) an 
annuity or clear yearly sum of money to be paid 
to any person executing the office of Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, or of Registrar or Deputy Regis- 

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trar under the said recited Act or this Act, not 
exceeding two-third parts of the yearly salary 
which such person shall, under this Act, be entitled 
to at the time of presenting such petition, to be 
paid out of the interest and dividends that have 
arisen or may arise from the securities now or 
hereafter to be placed in the Bank of England to 
the Account, intituled, “ The Bankruptcy Fund 
Account,” (but subject and without prejudice as 
aforesaid), if and when such person shall be af- 
flicted with some permanent infirmity, disabling 
him from the due execution of his office, and shall 
be desirous of resigning the same ; and the an- 
nuity or yearly sum mentioned in such order or 
orders shall be paid by the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, out of the interest 
and dividends of the said security, (but subject 
and without prejudice as aforesaid), by equal 
uarterly payments, on the fifth day of January, 
the fifth day of April, the fifth day of July and 
the tenth day of October in every vear, to such 
person, from the period when he shall resign his 
said office, for the term of his life, free from taxes, 
except the tax on income.” 
Pr. 51. 1s. 15. and 16. Leave out “ first herein- 
“ before” and insert “ said.” 
Pr. 52. 1. 15. Leave out “ first hereinbefore ” 
and insert “ said.”’ 
Pr. 52. 1. 32. Leave out “ first hereinbefore.” 
Pr. 52. 1s. 35. and 36. Leave out “ first herein- 
“ before. 
Pr. 53.1. 36. After “‘ Act” insert Clauses (W.), 
(X.), (Y.), (Z.), (AA.) and (BB.) 
Cravuse (W.) “ Provided always, and be it En- 
acted, That any Commissioner or Deputy Regis- 


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trar of such court, or other person so acting for 
or in aid of any Commissioner or Deputy Regis- 
trar thereof, shall have paid to him (and in the case 
of a Commissioner or Deputy Registrar so acting, 
in addition to his salary as such Commissioner or 
Deputy Registrar), by the Governor and Company 
of the Bank of England, by virtue of any order 
or orders of the Lord Chancellor, to be made from 
time to time for that purpose, out of the interest 
and dividends that have arisen or may arise from 
the said securities now or hereafter to be placed 
in the Bank of England to the said account, inti- 
tuled, “The Bankruptcy Fund Account,” (but 
subject and without prejudice as aforesaid), such 
sum of money, in the case of any Commissioner 
or Deputy Registrar so acting, for travelling and 
other expenses, and in the case of any other person 
so acting, for services, travelling and other ex- 
penses, as the Lord Chancellor shall deem fit.” 

CuauseE (X.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, Secretary of 
“ Bankrupts for the time being, and his clerks, and 
he and they are hereby respectively authorized 
and required to receive and take the fee or sum 
of two shillings and six pence for every certified 
copy or declaration of insolvency, and the amount 
to be so received shall be, by the said Secretary, 
carried to the account of the first Schedule of 
Fees, annexed to the said recited Act, and be ap- 
plied to the purposes of the said Schedule.” 

Cuause (Y.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Chief Registrar of the Court of 
Bankruptcy for the time being, and his clerks, 
and he and they are hereby respectively authorized 
and required to receive and take the several fees 
and sums set forth in the Schedule of Fees hereto 
annexed, in respect of the business therein speci- 
fied, which shall be transacted in London, and the 
amount to be so received, shall be by him ac- 
counted for, and applied in payment of such sala- 
ries and sums of money to clerks, ushers and 
other under ‘officers of the Court of Bankruptcy 
in London, as the Lord Chancellor may from time 
to time direct and appoint ; and the yearly surplus 
(if any) of such monies shall be divided between 
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the two Registrars and the Deputy Registrars of 
the said court, acting in London, in such propor- 
tions as the Lord Chancellor shall appoint.” 

Cravuse (Z.) “ And be it Enacted, That there 

shall be received and taken in the several courts 
authorized to act in the prosecution of Fiats in 
bankruptcy in the country, the several fees and 
sums in the said Schedule of Fees hereto annexed, 
in respect of the business therein specified, which 
shall be transacted in the country; and that all 
such fees shall be accounted for and paid over to 
the Chief Registrar of the Court of Bankruptcy, 
acting in London, and shall be by him accounted 
for and applied in payment of such salaries and 
sums of money to ushers and other under officers 
of such courts in the country, as the Lord Chan- 
cellor may from time to time direct and appoint, 
and the yearly surplus (if any) of such monies 
shall be divided between the several Deputy Re- 
gistrars of such courts in the country, in such pre- 
portion as the Lord Chancellor shall appoint.” 

Cuause (A A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the Lord Chancellor shall have 
the like power to abolish or reduce the fees men- 
tioned in the said Schedule of Fees hereunto an- 
nexed, and to provide for the salaries and sums 
hereby made payable out of the said fees as he 
now has to abolish or reduce the fees mentioned 
in the second Schedule of Fees annexed to the 
said recited Act, and to provide for the salaries 
and sums by the said recited Act made payable, 
out of the said last-mentioned fees; and it is 
hereby further provided, that on or before the 
First day of March One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-four, if Parliament be then sitting, or 
if not, within Fourteen days from the commence- 
ment of the then next Session of Parliament, there 
shall be laid before Parliament by the Chief Re- 
gistrar of the Court of Bankruptcy for the time 
being, a Return made up to the Thirty-first day 
of December then last, of the total amount of 
fees received by or accounted for to him under 
the provisions of this Act, and of the application 
of such fees; and a like return shall be after- 
wards made annually, at the same period for the 
then preceding year, up to the Thirty-first day of 
December then last.” 

CravseE (B B.) “ And be it Enacted, That on 
or before the, First day of March in every year, 
if Parliament be then sitting, or if not within 
Fourteen days from the commencement of the 
then next Session of Parliament, there shall be 
laid before Parliament by the following officers, 
the following Returns, that is to say, by the Ac- 
countant in Bankruptcy, a Return showing the 
total amount of monies paid into the Bank of 
England, to the credit of the Accountant in Bank- 
ruptcy, and of every Bankrupt’s estate during the 
year preceding, and up to the Thirty-first day of 
December in that year; and also the total amount 
of monies paid out under every Bankrupt’s es- 
tate during the same period by orders of court, 
or of any Judge or Commissioner of the Court 
of Bankruptcy, and also the balances on the said 
Thirty-first day of December in the Bank of 
England, standing to the credit of the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, and of every bankrupt’s estate, 
and by every official assignee whether appointed 
under the provisions of the said recited Act or of 
this Act, a Return showing the total amount of 
his receipts and payments as such official assig- 
nee, during the year preceding, and up to the 
Thirty-first day of December in that year, upon 
every estate under his charge as such official as- 
signee ; and also the balances appearing in or by 
the books of such official assignee to be then in 
the Bank of England, standing to the credit of 
the Accountant in Bankruptcy, and of every such 
estate; and also the balances of every such estate 
then in the hands, or under the power or control 

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County Courts 
Bill. 


No, 556. 


604. 


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A. 1842. 


of such official assignee, and also the several’ the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 


sums allowed to such official assignee for re- 
muneration and for petty expenses under every 
such estate; such last-mentioned return to be | 
certified by the court to which such official as- | 
signee shall be attached, and both such returns | 
to be subject to such further regulations as to the | 
form of the same, or otherwise, as the Lord Chan- 
cellor shall from time to time think fit to make.” 

Pr. 54. 1.18. After “ Fiat” insert “ or Fiats or 
Fiat in Bankruptcy, or Fiats.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 28. After “ oath” insert “‘ and the 
words Bank of England shall include all branches 
thereof.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 16. After “ promoting” insert “ the 
benefit of creditors of Bankrupts, and.” 





Amendments to the Schedules : 


Pr. 57.1. 14. After “notice” insert “ sworn, &amp;c.” 
Pr. 60. 1. 11. After “ pounds” insert “ signed 
E. F.” 
Pr. 61. 1. 9. After “ day of 
sworn before me, J. K., Commissioner.” 
“ signed E. F.” 
Pr. ult. 1. ult. Add Schedule (E.) at the end of 
the Bill. 


”” insert 


ScuHEepDute (E.) 
THE SCHEDULE OF FEES. 


On filing every Fiat - -  - - 
For every Summons of Trader, Debtor under 
[ean .-+ &lt;= + * «= -* 
On allowance of every Bond with Sureties 
For every Rule or Order Nisi under this Act - 
For every Rule or Order Absolute under this 
Agdt - - |= - 
For every Search Warrant - 
On swearing every Affidavit except of the Bank- 
rupt, or relating to his Certificate - 
For every Order of Court made in any matter 
heretofore within the jurisdiction of the Court 
of Review - - 
For every Certificate of Bankrupts’ conformity - 
On entering every Appeal for hearing in the 
Court of Review 


For every Order pronounced’ by that Court = - 
For every previous Minute of Order - 
For entering every Matter for hearing in a Sub- 

division Court - - - - = 
For every Order a there - - 


For Fees on the Trial of every Issue, to be paid 
by the successful party oe ae 
For every Search made in the Court - 
For filing Affidavits and other Documents 
For Copies of Affidavits, Orders and other Pro- 
ceedings, per folio of 90 words” - 
For every Subpeena ad testificandum, and other 
Writ issued out of the Court 


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2 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill : 
(And be it further Enacted, That it shall not be ne- 
cessary to strike a Docket, or sue out or prosecute 
any Fiat in Bankruptcy, against any person subject 
to the Bankrupt Laws, to authorize the Court of 
Bankruptcy, or any Commissioner thereof, to hear 
evidence and proceed to adjudge any person so liable 
a Bankrupt, but it shall be lawful for such Court or 





Commissioner to proceed to hear evidence, and ad- 
judge and declare any person liable to the Bankrupt 
Laws a Bankrupt, in the same way and manner as 
though a Fiat in Bankruptcy had been issued against 
such person): 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 
tinie :—It passed in the Negative. 





Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | 


morrow. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 
into a Committee wpon the County Courts Bill ; | 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene reported, That | 


| insert Clause (A.) 


‘ Insolvent from being arrested or held to bail 


Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Greene reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon this day two months; and the 
Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Mr. Manners Sutton reported from the Committee Parish Con- 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to the stables Bill, 


Lords, at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the Appointment and Pay- 
ment of Parish Constables ; That they had drawn 
up Reasons accordingly ; which they had directed. 
him to report ; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons agree to the Amendment in Pr. 3. 
. 2. 

The Commons agree to the Amendment in Pr. 3. 
1. 32, but propose (consequent upon the said Amend- 
ment), to amend the Bill in Pr. 3.1. 34., by inserting 
“ or extra-parochial place,” after the words “ such 

arish.” 

The Commons disagree to Clauses (A.) and (B.), 

for the following Reason : 


Because these Clauses appear to have been 
framed on the supposition that the Act is not 
to take effect within those counties in which 
the Act for the establishment of County and 
District Constables by the authority of the Jus- 
tices of the Peace is in force, but as this is not 
so, the effect of these Clauses would be to ex- 
empt these small parts of parishes from the 
operation of the Act, while the whole of the 
rest of the county in which they are situated 
would be subjected to it, in addition to which, 
these Clauses authorize an alteration of the 
rateable limits established in pursuance of the 
Act ; The Commons therefore trust your Lord- 
ships will consider this Reason sufficient to in- 
duce your Lordships not to insist on your 
Amendment. _ 

The Commons agree to the other Amendment 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 Bill: And that 
Mr. Manners Sutton do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


Mr. Greene reported the Insolvent Debtors Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 19. After “ Bankrupts” insert “ or if 
any person being such trader but owing debts 
amounting in the whole to less than Three hun- 
dred pounds.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 39. After “ force” insert “ and all pro- 
cess be stayed.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 1. Leave out from “ provided” to 
and” in 1. 11., and insert “ and upon the pre- 
sentation of any such petition, all the estate and 
effects of the petitioner shall forthwith become 
vested in the official assignee, who shall be no- 
minated by the Commissioners acting in the mat- 
ter of the said petition, and such official assignee 
shall and may forthwith take possession of so 
much thereof as can be reasonably obtained and 
possessed without suit, and the said official as- 
signee shall hold and stand possessed of the same, 
in like manner as official assignees hold and 
possess estates and effects under and by virtue 

* of the statute relating to Bankrupts,” and also 

Ciauss (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
«« Enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be 
“ held or construed to hinder or prevent the said 
under 
“ the 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 





Slave Trade 


( —" 


Vessels 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Corn Laws, 


Parish Vestries. 


Tithes Commu. 
tation. 


Nottingham 
Town Election. 


6 Vicroriz. 


“&amp; 


the authority of any Judge’s order for that pur- 
pose, in like manner as may now by law be done, 
notwithstanding any protection which may be 
granted under the authority of this Act.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 27. After “ provided” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That no assignee of any Insolvent 
shall be authorized by virtue of the Act, to take 
possession of any estate or effects which the In- 
solvent shall have acquired or become possessed 
of after the making of the final order herein 
mentioned, except under the authority of an order 
of the said Commissioner or of the Court of 
Review in Bankruptcy made for that purpose, and 
then only to the extent, and at the time and in 
manner directed by such order, and after giving 
such notices and doing such acts, matters and 
things as by the rules, orders and regulations 
made under the authority of this Act, shall be 
required and directed in that behalf.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


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The ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of an Act of 
the second and third years of Her present Majesty, 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, as relates 
to Portuguese Vessels, was, according to the Order 
made this day, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to seve- 
ral Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of the 
Number of Petitions, Memorials or Addresses pre- 
sented to Her Majesty from Public Meetings, Town 
Councils, Conferences or other Bodies for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws, from the 1st day of January 1841, 
to the present time; specifying the Places from 
which they were sent, the Number of Signatures 
and the Prayer of each Petition. 

A Return (so far as appears from the London 
Gazette) of the Parishes in England and Wales 
which have adopted the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 60, 
commonly called “‘ Hobhouse’s Vestries Act ;” show- 
ing the Number of Ecclesiastical or other Districts 
into which each Parish is divided. 

Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, aes to 
Order,—Returns of all Agreements for the Commu- 
tation of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties in Eng- 
land and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1842 


to the 1st day of July 1842; specifying also, .in | 


9° Augusti. 








605 


elected, and was returned accordingly by the Re- 
turning Officer ; that the said John Walter, Esquire, 
and divers other persons, regardless of the laws of 
the realm, and of the privileges of the House, did 
before the said Election unlawfully conspire, con- 
federate together, and devise the means, as well 
by corrupt and illegal promises and expectations, 
agreements, undertakings and engagements, as by 
fraud and misrepresentation, to prevent a free, law- 
ful and uncorrupt Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the Town of Nottingham, and to 
induce and procure divers electors to absent them- 
selves from and refrain from voting at the said Elec- 
tion, all which said electors, but for the illegal and 
corrupt means and practices above mentioned, would 
have been present to poll at the said Election; that 
divers other persons, regardless of the law, did, 
before and during the said Election, unlawfully 
conspire, confederate together and devise the means 
by force and violence to abduct and carry away, 
and to coop up, confine and prevent from voting, 
divers electors, and also to imduce and procure 
divers electors, as well by corrupt and illegal gifts, 
promises and expectations, as by fraud and misre- 
presentation, to absent themselves from and to 
refrain from voting at the said Election; and in 
furtherance of such conspiracy, such persons by 
force and violence did before and during the said 
Election, abduct and carry away and coop up, con- 
fine and prevent from voting divers electors, and 
also before and during the said Election did induce 
and procure divers electors, as well by corrupt and 
illegal gifts, promises and expectations, as by fraud 
and misrepresentation, to absent themselves from 
and refrain from voting at the said Election, all 
which said electors but for the illegal and corrupt 
means and practices above mentioned would have 
been present to poll at the said Election ; that divers 
other persons, regardless of the law, did before and 
during the said Election unlawfully conspire, con- 
federate together and devise the means to procure 
and suborn divers fictitious and pretended electors 
falsely and corruptly to represent themselves to be 
real electors, and to assume the names, description, 
appearance and qualification of real electors ; that, 
as well the said John Walter, Esquire, by himself, 
his agents, managers, friends and partisans, regard- 
less of the law, previous to and during the said 
Election, was guilty of gross, extensive, systematic 
and notorious bribery, and previous to and durin 
the said Election, did by money, gifts, presents | 
rewards, and by promises, agreements and securities 
for money, gifts, presents and rewards, corrupt and 
rocure as well those who were qualified to vote at 


each case, the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be | the said Election, as those who by falsely assuming 
paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the | the name, description, appearance and qualification 
same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or | of those who were qualified so to vote, pretended to 


Clerical Incumbents: —And of all Awards for the 
Commutation of Tithes which have been confirmed 
by the Tithe Commissioners in the several Counties 
of England and Wales, from the 1st day of January 
1842 to the Ist |day of July 1842; specifying also, 
in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded 
to be paid in lieu of Tithes ; and showing whether 
the same be payable to Appropriators, Impropriators 
or Clerical Incumbents (in continuation of Parlia- 





have a right to vote at such Election, to give their 
votes to the said John Walter, Esquire, and to refuse 
and forbear to give their votes for the said Joseph 
Sturge, Esquire ; and after the teste of the Writ 
for the said Election, and before the Election, 
the said John Walter, Esquire, by himself, his 
agents, managers, friends and partisans, did give, 
present and allow to divers persons having votes 
in the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 


mentary Paper, No. 102, of Session 1841.) | tainment and provision, and make presents, gifts, 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the rewards and entertainments, and make promises, 
Table. engagements, obligations and agreements to give 
/and allow meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 

A Petition of George Gill, of Nottingham Park, | and entertainments to and for such persons, and 
in the county of Nottingham, Commission Agent, |to and for the use, advantage, benefit, employ- 
and Samuel Bean, of the town of Nottingham, Silk | meni, profit and preferment of such persons; that 
Merchant, was delivered in, and read; setting forth, by means of the before-mentioned circumstances 
That the Petitioners claim to have had and had a the said last Election was not a free and pure Elec- 
right to vote at the last Election of a Member to tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament, 
serve in Parliament for the Town of Nottingham ; | and the Election and Return of the said John Walter, 
that, at the said Election, John Walter, Esquire, Esquire, ought therefore to be declared null and 
and Joseph Sturge, Esquire, were Candidates; that | void; and praying, That the House will take the 


the said John Walter, Esquire, was declared to be! premises into consideration, and will declare the 
Vou. 97. | 4Hn 3 said 





Church 
Patronage 
(Scotland.) 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-sixth 
Report.) 


Ribbonism 
(Ireland. ) 


Blasphemy. 


Danish Claims. 


Promulgation 


606 


will grant to the Petitioners such relief, and will 


take such measures for restraining the like scan- | 


dalous practices for the future, as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
General Committee of Elections. 

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 | 
upon the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbyterian | admitted ; and whether an 


Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of | 
Scotland in synod assembled, praying the House to 
adoptsuch measures as shall effectually maintain and 
secure all the just rights and claims of the Esta- 
blished Church of Scotland, and in particular that 
the wishes of the people may be duly regarded in 
the settlement of the ministers ; and that the secu- 
lar courts be restrained from all interference in the 
spiritual concerns of the Church, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented from the 3d to the 
6th day of this instant August, both days 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. 


habitants of the city of Zondon, and of the city and | 
liberties of Westminster, stating that the Petitioners | 
have learned with the deepest regret and alarm, that | 
in Ireland events have recently transpired, particu- | 
larly at the late assizes for the county of Armagf, | 
which have led the Petitioners to believe that the 
employment of spies to entrap the innocent into un- 
conscious guilt, and then to bring upon them the 
vengeance of the law, is now extensively practised 
in that country; and praying that the said alleged 
system be at once and for ever discountenanced and 
abolished, and that the House will present an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously 
pleased to take into consideration the sentence passed 
on John Brady, Hugh O’ Hara, John Rice and 
Henry Hughes, now under sentence of transportation 
for Ribbonism, with a view to a remission of the 
said sentence, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lambeth, and others, 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are of opinion 
that any interference through the law with the free 
expression of opinion on theological subjects is both 


9° August. 


said Election and Return to be null and void, and | 


A. 1842. 


the Counties, Cities and Boroughs, to Sheriffs, Under 
Sheriffs, and all other Persons; stating the Names 
of the Persons to whom sent, and the Number of 
Copies sent to each Person in England and Wales. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal Dublin 
Return of the Number of Persons who have been Society, 


admitted as Readers in the Library of the Royal 
Dublin Society, from the 1st day of June 1840 to 


| the 1st day of June 1841; and the Number admitted 


from the ist day of June 1841 to the 1st day of June 
1842; with the Conditions on which Readers are 
y further Accommodation 


(is required for, or is about to be granted to the 
| . 
| Public. 


before the Committee on the Middlesex County 
Courts Bill in 1838; together with Copies of the 
| Bill as referred to the said Committee, and amended 
on the Third Reading ; together with all Returns of 
Monies of Suitors in the Court, Amount of Fees re- 
ceived, Number of Causes tried, and of Persons 
imprisoned by the said Court, which Returns were 
ordered by this House in the years 1837, 1838 and 
1839. 





Returns from County Lunatic Asylums, which have 


| been made to the Secretary of State, under the Pro- 
A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In-' 


visions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 40, s. 46, for each of 
the last Three years, omitting the Names of the 
Patients, but giving the Dates of the several Re- 
turns :-—Also, a Return of the Counties in which 
County Lunatic Asylums are established :—And, a 
Return of the Names of the County Lunatic Asy- 
lums where Reports have been made to the Clerk of 
the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, under 
the Provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 40, s. 56, and 
the Number of Patients returned as admitted, re- 
moved and remaining in each Asylum, in the year 
1841, and the Dates of such Reports. 


jesty’s Command,—A Copy of the Report of the 

Commissioners on the Fine Arts, with Appendix. 
ngland. 

of Prisons of Great Britain. 


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


with the Lords to desire a 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 





impolitic and unjust, and that the imprisonment 
of Charles Southwell for the undefined crime of 
Blasphemy is a violation of the right of private 
judgment ; and praying the House to abolish all 
laws against the free expression of opinion on specu- 
lative subjects, and to recommend Her Majesty to 
liberate Charles Southwell, now confined in Bristol 
gaol for the publication of his opinions, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Memorials from the Danish Claimants, 
presented to the Lords of the Treasury since Febru- 
ary last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


of the Statutes» Cony of the Scheme of Proinulgation of the Statues, 


under the Resolutions of both Houses of Parliament ; 
stating the Numbers of Copies of Octavo, of Quarto 
and of Folio sent out in the year 1841; stating the 
Number of Copies to each Public Office, and to 
each Public Officer ; the Number sent to each of 


to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the Appointment 
and Payment of Parish Constables,” their Lord- 
ships gave for Answer, That they would send an 
Answer by Messengers of their own. 


mittee to whom it was referred to consider of an 
Address to the Crown to erect Monuments to the 
Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and 
Sir Sidney Smith; and who were instructed to insert 
in the said Address the names of Sir W. Herschell, 
Sir H. Davy and James Watt ; 

The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House of the 3d day of February 
1817, might be read; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the 
Thanks of this House be given to Admiral Lord 
Viscount Exmouth, Knight Grand Cross of the 
Most honourable Military Order of the Bath, 
for his able and gallant conduct in the a. 

u 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Middlesex 
the Proceedings, Evidence and the Documents laid County Court, 


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to an County Lunatic 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Annual Asylums. 


Mr. Manners Sutton also presented, by Her Ma- Fine Arts. 


A Copy of the Fourth Annual Report of the Re- Births, Deaths, 
-~ General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 274 Marriages. 


A Copy of the Seventh Report of the Inspectors Prisons. 


Mr. Manners Sutton —— That having been Parish Cor- 


onference on the subject~ stables Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Monuments. 





Sy 


6 VictToriz. 


ful and decisive attack on the Batteries and 
Naval Force of Algiers, on the 27th August 
1816.” 

The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 30th day of October 
1801, might be read ; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the 
Thanks of this House be given to Rear Admi- 
ral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, Knight of the 
Most honourable Order of the Bath, for his 
alacrity and zeal in pursuing, and his able and 
gallant conduct in the successful attack on the 
combined squadron of the enemy in the Straits 
of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days of 
July last, by the squadron under his orders.” 


The House was also moved, That the Entry in | 
the Journal of the House of the 24th day of March | 
1803, might be read; and the same was read, as | 
followeth : 

“Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer ac- | 
quainted the House, That he had a Message | 
from his Majesty to this House, signed by his | 


Majesty ; and he presented the same to the | 
House; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all | 





the Members of the House being uncovered) ; | 
and is as followeth, viz. | 


“ George R. 


“ His Majesty having taken into considera- | 





9° Auguste. 607 


House of Commons to enable His Majesty to 
make provision for securing to the said Sir 
Sidney Smith, a Pension of One thousand 
pounds per annum, for the term of his natural 


life. “Gg. R.” 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter 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, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
é the Lords. 


and Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the better Discovery Bribery at 
and Prevention of Bribery and Treating at the Elec- Elections 
tion of Members of Parliament : (No. 9.) Bul. 

A Bill, ntituled, An Act to consolidate and amend Designs Copy 
the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs for "st Bill. 


ornamenting Articles of Manufacture : 


A Bill, itituled, An Act for extending to the Go- Slavery _ 
vernors and Officers of the East India Company, (fast Indies) 


the Power given by an Act of the fifth year of King 


tion the eminent Services performed on various | George the Fourth, to Her Majesty’s Governors and 
occasions by Rear Admiral Sir James Saumarez, | Officers for the more effectual Suppression of the 
Baronet, and x.B., and particularly the valour, | Importation of Slaves into India by Sea : 
promptitude and ability which he displayed in) A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Tobacco Regu- 
successfully attacking a superior squadron of fourth year of Her present Majesty, to discontinue lations Bill. 
French and Spanish Ships in the Straits of the Excise Survey on Tobacco, and to provide other 
Gibraltar, on the 12th of July 1801, recom- | Regulations in lieu thereof : 

mends it to the House of Commons to enable} A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the Slave Trade 
His Majesty to make provision for securing to | second and third years of Her Majesty, for the Sup- Suppression 
the said Sir James Saumarez an annuity of pression of the Slave Trade: Bill. 
twelve hundred pounds for the term of his na-| "A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray the Charge of Militia Pay 
tural life. « GR” ‘the Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Ex- Bill. 
_penses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain 


The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 26th day of Sep- 
tember 1799, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the 
Thanks of this House be given to Captain Sir 
William Sidney Smith, for the conspicuous 


and Ireland, and to grant Allowances in certain cases 

_to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quar- 

| termasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ 

| Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the 

first day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Forty-three : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend Municipal 
'certain Enactments contained respectively in the —_, 
| Acts for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in ~' ’ 
England and Wales, and in Ireland: And also, 

The Lords do agree to a Conference with this Parish Con- 
House, on the subject-matter of the Amendments *t@bles Bill. 


zeal and heroism by which he animated and 
directed the efforts of the Turkish Forces, and 
of the small number of British Officers and 
Seamen under his command, in their long and 
successful defence of Saint Jean D’ Acre, on 





the coast of Syria, against the formidable and 
desperate attack of the French Army, under 
the command of General Buonaparte.” 

The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary 1801, might be read ; and the same was read, 
as followeth : 

“ Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer ac- 
quainted the House, That he had 5 ie 
from His Majesty to the House, signed by His 





Majesty, and he presented the same to this 
House ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all 
the Members of the House being uncovered), 
and is as followeth; viz.: 


“ George R. 

“His Majesty being desirous of conferring 
a signal mark of his favour and approbation on 
Captain Sir Sidney Smith, in consequence of 
the eminent services which he has rendered, 
and the valour and ability which he has dis- 
played during the whole period of the import- 
ant operations with the conduct of which he 
has been entrusted on the coast of Egypt, and 
particularly in the gallant and heroic defence 


_ of the Fortress of Acra, recommends it to the 
Vou. 97. 








made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An 
Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish 
Constables,” as desired by the Message of this day; 
and appoint the same to be held presently in their 
Lordships’ Committee Room, No. 2 :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Committee who were appointed Parish Con. 
to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a stables Bill. 


Conference, for disagreeing to certain of the said 
Amendments, do manage the Conference: And the 


jhames of Mr. Hogg, Captain Gordon, Sir Robert 


Harry Inglis, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Charles 
Burrell, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Kem- 
ble, Mr. John Round, Earl Jermyn, Mr. Botfield, 
Mr. Ewart, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. Fuller, 
Mr. Vernon Smith and Sir Alexander Grant, were 
added to them. : 

Then the names of the Managers were called over ; 
and they went to the Conference; and being re- 
turned :— 

Mr. Manners Sutton reported, That the Managers 





had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
|the part of the Lords by the Earl of Liverpool, and 
| they had delivered the Reason for disagreeing to 
! 4un 4 certain 








Monuments, 


Coventry 
Boundary Bil’. 


608 


certain of the said Amendments ; and had left the 
Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


The House, according to the Order made this day, 
again resolved itself into a Committee to consider 
of an Address to the Crown, to erect Monuments 


to the Memory of Lord Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez 
and Sir Sidney Smith. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that a Monument 
be erected to the Memory of Admiral Lord Viscount 
Exmouth, with an Inscription expressive of the public 
sense of his great and meritorious services, in the 
course of a long and distinguished life ; and in par- 
ticular, of his able and gallant conduct in the suc- 
cessful and decisive attack on the Batteries and 
Naval Force of Algiers, on the 27th of August 1816 ; 
and to assure Her Majesty that this ints will 
make good the Expenses attending the same. 


2. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions, that a Monument 
be erected to the Memory of Admiral Lord De 
Saumarez, with an Inscription expressive of the 
public sense of his great and meritorious services, 
in the course of a long and distinguished life ; and 
particularly of the valour, promptitude and ability 
which he displayed, in successfully attacking a 
superior squadron of French and Spanish ships in 
the Straits of Gibraltur, on the 12th and 13th 
days of July 1801; and to assure Her Majesty, 
that this House will make good the Expenses at- 
tending the same. 


3. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that a Monument 
be erected to the Memory of Admiral Sir Sidney 
Smith, with an Inscription expressive of the public 
sense of his great and meritorious services, in the 
course of a long and distinguished life; and in par- 
ticular, of the valour and ability which he displayed 
during the whole period of the important operations 
with the conduct of which he was intrusted on the 
Coast of Egypt ; and especially in the gallant and 
heroic defence of the Fortress of Acre; and to 
assure Her Majesty that this House will make 
good the Expenses attending the same. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Greene 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to annex the County 
of the City of Coventry to Warwickshire, and to 
define the Boundary of the City of Coventry ; 


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 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 as Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Manners Sutton : 
Tellers for the {Sir Charles Douglas, 
Noes, (Mr. Mark Philips: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


} 47. 
} 3. 


9°—10° August. 








A. 1842, 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Limitation 
the Report on the Limitation of Actions (Zreland) of Actions — 
Bill ; ({reland) Bill, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Report be now brought up ; 

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, 

Yeas, \Mr. Manners Sutton : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Charles Buller, 15 

Noes, Mr. Hawes: 7 

Then the main Question being proposed, That 
the Report be now brought up ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the House accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


1 
5% 








Mercuri, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victoriz Regine, 1842. 
PRAYERS. 


Of DERED, That there be laid before this Sittings of the 
House, a Return of the Number of Days on ou: 
which the House of Commons sat in this Ses- 

sion of Parliament, stating the Total Number of 

Hours occupied in the Sittings of the House ; the 

Average Time ; and also distinguishing the Number 

of Nights on which the House sat, and the Number 

of Hours after midnight. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Hack- Buildings 
ney, in the county of Middiesex, praying that the Regulation. 
House will frame an enactment for regulating the 
construction of Buildings in all great towns of 
the Realm, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Preses of a Meeting of the Schoolmasters 
Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters of the pres- ants 
bytery of Kintyre, in the county of Argyll, pray- 
ing the House to revise and alter the Act 43 
Geo. 3, c. 54, ‘for making better Provision for the 
Parochial Schoolmasters, and for making further 
Regulations for the better Government of the Parish 
Schools in Scotland,’ to such an extent and in such 
manner as that the parochial and Government 
Schoolmasters may now be so liberally provided for, 
as to enable them to meet the exigencies of their 
position in society, was presented, and read ; and 
rdered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Claimants for losses by the seizure Danish Claims. 
of their property by the Danes in the year 1807, 
stating, that the claims of the Petitioners having 
been reported to the Treasury by Government Com- 
missioners to be established, the House was pleased 
on the 10th of June 1841 to address Her Majesty, 
praying that Her Majesty would be graciously 
pleased to advance to the claimants the amount as 
ascertained by the Commissioners to be due, and 
assuring Her Majesty that the House would make 
good the same ; that Her Majesty was pleased hm 

e 














Probates of 


Wills Ireland.) Returns of all Courts and Authorities in Jreland, 


Probates of 
Wills (Court 
of Hustings, 
London. ) 


fers 


Corn, 


Education, 


laimse 


Copyhold 
mission, 





6 Vicroriz. 


the 21st of the same month to reply, that She would 
be ready to give effect to the wishes of the House, 
so soon as the means should be provided by Parlia- 
ment; that it appears by the Votes of the House of 
the first instant, that sufficient means are available 
for that purpose, inasmuch as the two following 
sums remained in the Exchequer out of the means 
provided for the past year, viz., Five hundred thou- 
sand pounds, being part of the remainder of the 
grants of the years 1840 and 1841, and One hun- 
dred and eleven thousand three hundred and thirty- 
nine pounds and eleven pence, surplus of Ways and 
Means ; and praying the House to take such mea- 
sures for giving effect to the solemn and [recorded 
obligation given to the House in Her Majesty’s 
name by Her Majesty’s Advisers, as to the House 
may seem fit, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon theTable. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


which now are or at any former period have been 
empowered to grant Probates of Wills and Letters 
of Administration ; stating the extent of their re- 
spective Jurisdictions, and the periods during which 
they exercise their powers, or are inhibited from 
exercising the same, either by the Bishop, the Arch- 
deacon or any other authority ; and in what places 
and in whose Custody the respective Wills and Re- 
cords of Grants of Administration are deposited :— 
And, from all Courts and other Authorities in Jre- 
land empowered to grant Probates of Wills and 
Letters of Administration ; stating the date of the 
earliest Wills in their respective Registries; the 
period at which a regular series of original Wills 
and recorded Copies of Wills (where such Copies 
exist), of Administration Bonds and Inventories, 
and of Indexes to each and all of the said Records, 
commences ; together with a Statement of any oc- 
casional chasms that may occur in, and an accurate 
detail of the state and condition of the said Records. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Court of Hustings, in the city of 
London, stating the extent and nature of its Juris- 
diction, in granting Probates of Wills and Letters 
of Administration, and in what place and in whose 
custody the Wills and Records of Grants of Admi- 
nistration proved and issued by that Court are de- 
posited :—Also, stating the date of the earliest and 
of the latest Will proved or recorded in the said 
Court, the period at which there commences a re- 
gular series of original Wills, and of Copies of ori- 


10° August. 


609 * 


the date of their appointment, under the Copyhold 
Enfranchisement Act, the Amount of Salaries, and 
the Names of each Person employed; also, the 
Number of Copyholds enfranchised since the com- 
mencement of the Commission. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, showing, in columns, the Salary, Fees, and 
all other Emoluments which have been received in 
each year respectively, since the last similar Return, 
by Mr. Peacock, the Solicitor in London to the Ge- 
neral Post-office ; distinguishing the Salary from 
the Fees, and these from other sources of Income: 
—Showing the Cost of Prosecutions at the instance 
of the Postmaster General in each year of the above 
period, for offences against the Laws and Regula- 
tions for the safe Conveyance of Letters and News- 
papers respectively, and for other offences connected 
with the Post-office Department : — Stating the 
Number of Crown Counsel employed in each Action 
in each of the above years respectively, in Prosecu- 
tions at the instance of the Postmaster General :— 
Also, the Amount paid in each of the above years 
to Solicitors in the Const, fur Prosecutions at the 
instance of the Postmaster General ; distinguishing 
Fees and Travelling Charges to Mr. Peacock from 
other Charges :—-Also, the Number of Actions which 
had been raised in the above period, in each year 
respectively, for breach of the Post-office Laws and 
Regulations ; and the Total Number of Actions, and 
the Sum Total of the Charges therefor, in all of the 
above periods :—And, showing the Names and the 
Number of Persons engaged in the Dead Letter 
Department of the Post-offices in Great Britain 
and Ireland respectively, with the Amount of the 
Salaries, Fees, Emoluments and Perquisites of each, 
and the Total Yearly Cost to the Public of the Dead 
Letter Department of the Post-office. 


A Petition of Licensed Common Brewers, Li- 
censed Victuallers and Licensed Dealers in Ale and 
Porter, carrying on business in the town of Stock- 
port, praying the House to pass a Bill declaring the 
law to be, that Brewers’ Casks are not distrainable 
for the rent of their customers, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 





ginal Wills and recorded Copies of Administrations ; 
together with a Statement of any occasional chasms 
that may occur in, and an accurate detail of the 
state and condition of the said Records. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities and average Price, for 
each Six weeks, of all Corn sold in Places included 


in the Act 5 Vic., c. 14, from the commencement of 


the operation of that Act to the latest period :—And, 
of the Quantities and Average Price for each Six 
weeks, calculated according to the Provisions of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c.60, of all Corn sold in the Towns spe- 
cified in Section 8 of the said Act for the same period. 


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 Minutes, if any, of the Committee of 
Council of Education, passed subsequently to 
August 1840. 

Samed, 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 the Names of the Commissioners, and 


Vou. 97. 


Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, tlat this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for suspending until the first day 
of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
three, Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical Pre- 
ferments in the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Ban- 
gor; and for securing certain Property to the said 
Sees ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 10. Leave out from “ and” to “ be,” 
in 1. 25. 

Pr. 2. 1. 33. After “ Bishops” insert “ not being 
“‘ so held, possessed or received, in respect of any 
“ benefice, with cure of souls.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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, in- 
tituled, An Act for regulating the Carriage of Pas- 

41 sengers 











Post-office, 


Brewers’ Casks, 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Bankruptcy 


the Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy, was, Law Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Saint Asaph 
and Bangor 

Prefermeuts 
Bill. 


Colonial 


Passengers Bill. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Bill. 


Monuments, 


610 10° Augustz. 


sengers in Merchant Vessels ; and the same were 
read, as follow : 

Pr. 10.1.33. Leave out from “ good” to “ that” 
in |. 36., and insert “ sound boats of suitable size 
“and properly supplied with all requisitions for 
“ their use, in the following proportion to the re- 
* gistered tonnage of such ship, as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 19.1. 18. Leave out “ Fourteen” and insert 
“ Twenty-one.” 


In Schedule (D.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 52. 1. 5. Leave out “ Fourteen” and insert 
“ Twenty-one.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till this 
day. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of an Address to the 
Crown to erect Monuments to the Memory of Lord 
Exmouth, Lord De Saumarez and Sir Sidney Smith ; 
and who were instructed to insert in the said Address 
the names of Sir W. Herschell, Sir H. Davy and 
James Watt, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that a Monu- 
ment be erected to the memory of Admiral Lord 
Viscount Exmouth, with an Inscription expressive 
of the public sense of his great and meritorious ser- 
vices, in the course of a long and distinguished life ; 
and in particular, of his able and gallant conduct in 
the successful and decisive attack on the Batteries 
and Naval Force of Algiers, on the 27th of August 
1816; and to assure Her Majesty that this House 
will make good the Expenses attending the same. 

2. Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that a Monu- 
ment be erected to the memory of Admiral Lord De 
Saumarez, with an Inscription expressive of the pub- 
lic sense of his great and meritorious services, in the 
course of a long and distinguished life ; and parti- 
cularly of the valour, promptitude and ability which 
he displayed, in successfully attacking a superior 
poe of French and Spanish ships in the Straits 
of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days of July 
1801; and to assure Her Majesty, that this House 
will make good the Expenses attending the same. 

3. Resolved, That an humble Address be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that a Monu- 
ment be erected to the memory of Admiral Sir 
Sidney Smith, with an Inscription expressive of the 
public sense of his great and meritorious services, in 
the course of a long and distinguished life ; and in 
particular, of the valour and ability which he dis- 
played during the whole period of the important 
operations with the conduct of which he was in- 
trusted on the Coast of Egypt; and especially in 
the gallant and heroic defence of the ae of 
Acre; and to assure Her Majesty, that this House 
will make good the Expenses attending the same. 

The said Resolutions being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tions. 7 

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











A, 1842. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented New Zealand, 


to Her Majesty, tliat She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of the Total Revenues and Expenditure 
of the Colony of ew Zealand, in each year since 
its establishment; showing the several sums received 
from Taxes, Duties, Sales of Land and other sources 
of revenue in the Colony, from the Treasury of Vew 
South Wales, from Bills drawn on the British Trea- 
sury, or from any other source ; showing also the 
Stores or Supplies received from the Colony of New 
South Wales, or elsewhere, and the Value thereof : 
—Also, an Abstract, under the principal heads of 
Expenditure, together with the Total Amount of 
Income and of Expenditure in each year, in the 
Colony of New Zealand:—Also, a Statement of the 
Authority under which the Income was raised, and 
the Expenditure made:—Also, for what periods the 
Accounts of Receipts and Expenditure have been 
audited :—And, also, a Return of the Amount of 
Customs Duties, and of Revenue from any other and 
what source, collected at each Port in 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. 


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 Post-office Commu- 
nication between Great Britain and Ireland; toge- 
ther with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix 
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. Greene do deliver the same. 


“ Replies to certain Accusations made against the 
Naval Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
best means of Communication between London and 
Dublin,” appended to the Report of the Select Com- 
mittee on Post-office Communication, printed on 
the 6th day of August 1842. 

Mr. William Ormsby Gore accordingly presented 
the said Paper. 

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


6th and sth days of this instant August, (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. 


and Emigration Commissioners. 


several Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return, show- 
ing, in columns, the various Acres or Lots of Land 
in the Colony of New Zealand sold by Government, 
with the extent of each Lot, and the several Prices 
per Acre obtained for such Lands, since those 
Islands became a British Colony; distinguishing 
the Lands purchased on behalf of non-residents, and 
those purchased by resident Emigrants :—And, 
Copies of Papers and Despatches up to the latest 
dates, in continuation of those last printed, 11 May 





1841, No. 311, relative to New Zealand. 
A Copy 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Post-office 
that part of the Message of the Lords of Monday Communica 
last, wherein their Lordships request that this House “*™ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pondon and 
a Copy of any Letter or Communication addressed Dublin Com- 
to the Lords of the Admiralty by J. R. Ormsby ™™@t™ 
Gore, Esquire, upon the subject of a Paper, entitled, No.552. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 4th, 5th, Addresses. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented, by Her Majesty’s Colonial Land 
Command,—General Report of the Colonial Land = Emigre- 


Sir Thomas Fremantle also presented, pursuant to New Zealand. 


Ne 


New Zealand. 


Clerks of 
Assize, &amp; Cc. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Metropolis.) 


Convicted 
Prisoners. 


Elections. 


nd 


nd. 


London and 
Holyhead, &amp;c.. 
ds, 


Woods, Forests, 
and Reve. 
hues, &amp;¢, 


6 VicToriz. 


A Copy of the Estimate, as ordered os Legis- 
lative Council to be printed, entitled an Estimate of 
the probable Expenditure of the Government of 
New Zealand for one year, commencing the 2d day 
of May 1841; together with the Estimate of the 
probable Amount of Revenue for the Service of the 
Government of New Zealand, for the same period : 
—Also, a Statement, showing the Appropriation of 
the Revenue arising from the Sale of Crown Lands 
in New Zealand:—And, also, the Abstract State- 
ment of the Revenue and Expenditure of the 
Government of New Zealand, for the same period. 


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


Mr. Manners Sutton presented, pursuant to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of 
May last, for Returns of all Fees payable to 
Clerks of Assize in Counties of England and*Wales, 
on the Trial of Misdemeanors, and on all Pro- 
ceedings incident thereto :—Of all Fees payable 
to Clerks of the Peace in Counties on such Trials, 
at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or 
any adjournment thereof :—Returns of the same 
kind from the Boroughs :—Of all Fees actually paid 
within the last Five years to Clerks of Assize, Clerks 
of the Peace in Counties, and Clerks of the Peace 
in Boroughs ; showing, 1st. Payments on Surren- 
der; 2d. on Pleading ; 3d. on Conviction; 4th. on 
Acquittal; 5th. for Respiting the Recognizances ; 
6th. on Traversing ; with Items and Dates of such 
Payments :—And, showing the Maximum receivable 
in any possible case on such Proceedings, supposing 
every step to have been taken for delay which is 
admissible by the practice of the Court. 


A Return stating the Sums which have been 
annually received from the year 1832 up to the pre- 
sent time, under the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 45, s. 56, for 
the Registration of Voters in each of the Metro- 
politan Boroughs, by the Overseers of the Poor ; 
specifying the Amounts received in each Borough 
for each year, and the manner in which the same 
have been applied. 


A Return of the Number of Convicted Persons 
who died in each year 1840 and 1841, before the 
expiration of their sentences, in Prisons, Hospitals, 
and all other places used for the reception of Con- 
victed Persons in England, Ireland and Scotland, 
stating the Age of each person at the time of his or 
her death; also, whether the Conviction was for 
Felony, Misdemeanor, or other offences, distin- 
guishing each class of crimes under separate heads. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of July last, for Accounts of Expenses in- 
curred and made by the Returning or other Officer, 
at every Election fora Borough and City in England, 
during the months. of June and July 1841, and 
charged to the Candidates, or to Electors who 
had nominated Candidates, with the items of the 
charge; stating the Number and Names of the 
Candidates at each Election, the Number of Booths 
and Polling-places, and the Amount paid or pay- 
able by each Candidate to the Returning Officer in 
respect of such Election: Also, the Number of 
Electors on the Register for each polling district, 
the Number who polled in each district on the First 
day, and the Number who polled on the Second 
day of polling. 


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


The Earl of Lincoln presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—The Nine- 
teenth Report of the Commissioners for the Im- 
provement of the Road from London to Holyhead, 
and from London to Liverpool. 


The Nineteenth Report of the Commissioners of 


Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Vou. 97, 





10° Auguste. 




















fied aes 


611 


Works and_ Buildings, being the Thirteenth Annual 
Report of the said Commissioners. 


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


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, Private Bills. 


A List of the Private Bills which in the present ~ 


Session have been treated as Opposed Bills, together 
with the number of days which the Committee on 
each such Bill has sat; the Names of the Members 
selected ; and the Number of Days on which each 
Selected Member has served on such Committee ; 
Number of Petitions presented in conformity with 
the Standing Orders; Number of Petitions for 
Leave to present Petitions; Number of Petitions 
referred to Standing Orders Committee; Number 
of Petitions rejected by Standing Orders Committee ; 
Number allowed to proceed; Number of Bills 
brought from the Lords; Number of Bills read the 
first time ; Number of Bills read a second time, and 
committed ; and Number of Bills reported. 
Ordered, That the said List be printed. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of the 
city of Kilkenny and county of Kilkenny, praying 
that Spirit Retailers in Ireland may be permitted 
to exercise and carry on the trade of a Tea, Coffee 
and Pepper Dealer upon the same premises in which 
they are licensed to sell Spirits, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of the Zondon Members of the National As- 
sociation, at their Hallin High Holborn, praying the 
House to take measures for the immediate discharge 
of John Mason and others from prison, and Peter 
M‘Douali from his recognizance, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lorenzo Savona, stating that the 
late Giovanni Spitterit sold, during the blockade of 
Malta, on the 29th day of July 1799, by public 
contract, to the Chief of the Camp of Harhar, and 
Representative of the People of Birchiscara, Vin- 
cenzo Borg, and for the use of the Camp, a quantity 
of Wheat, and that the heirs of the late Giovanni 
Spittert are entitled, according to the terms of the 
contract, to further sums of money ; and praying the 
House to cause an investigation into these claims, 


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


Petitions from Mullingar ;—Sligo ;—and, Wex- 


ford; praying the House to pass a Bill to regulate 


the working hours of Bakers in Lreland, more espe- 
cially the practice of working on the Sabbath,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 


John Mason 
and others. 


Loreuzo 
Savona. 


Bakers 
(Ireland.) 


A Message, by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 


the Black Rod : 
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 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 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 permit until the Thirty-first day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 

412 five, 


to Bills. 


Bonded Corn 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


No. 553. — 


ies 


SS See eee 
SSS 


i 
aes 








ee 


See ra a 


IE AGED PIO AE 


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Se 





Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Prisons Bill, 


Mines and 
Collieries Bill. 


Tobacco Re- 
gulations Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Bill. 


Double Costs 
Bill. 


Designs Copy- 


right Bill. 


Ordnance 
Services Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
Offices Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Suppression 
Bill. 


Slavery 


(East Indies) 
Bill. 


Rivers (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Fisheries 


( Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Four Courts 
Marshalsea 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Imperial Bank 
of England Bill, 


Cauvin’s 


Estate Bill. 


Hele’s Charity 
( Lowe’s) Estate 


bill. 


612 


tive, Wheat to be delivered from the Warehouse or 
the Vessel Duty-free, upon the previous Substitu- 
tion of an equivalent Quantity of Flour or Biscuit in 
the Warehouse : 

An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and to 
grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Pay-masters, Quarter Masters, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 
Serjeant Maiors of the Militia, until the First day of 
July One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three : 

An Act for the better Discovery and Prevention 
of Bribery and Treating at the Election of Members 
of Parliament : 

An Act to amend the Laws concerning Prisons : 


An Act to prohibit the Employment of Women 
and Girls in Mines and Collieries, to regulate the 
Employment of Boys, and to make other Provisions 
relating to Persons working therein : 

An Act to amend an Act of the fourth year of 
Her present Majesty to discontinue the Excise Survey 
on Tobacco, and to provide other Regulations in lieu 
thereof : 

An Act to explain and amend certain Enactments 
contained respectively in the Acts for the Regulation 
of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, 
and in Ireland : 

An Act to amend the Law relating to Double 
Costs, Notices of Action, Limitations of Actions and 
Pleas of the General Issue, under certain Acts of 
Parliament : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relat- 
ing to the Copyright of Designs, for ornamenting 
Articles of Manufacture : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relat- 
ing to the Services of the Ordnance Department, 
and the Vesting and Purchase of Lands and Here- 
ditaments for those Services, and for the Defence 
and Security of the Realm : 

An Act for abolishing certain Offices of the High 
Court of Chancery in England : 


An Act to amend an Act of the second and third 
years of Her Majesty, for the Suppression of the 
Slave Trade: 

An Act for extending to the Governors and Offi- 
cers of the Kast India Company, the Powers given 
by an Act of the fifth year of King George the 
Fourth, to Her Majesty’s Governors and Officers 
for the more effectual Suppression of the Importation 
of Slaves into India by Sea: 

An Act to amend an Act of the first and second 
years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 


10° August. 





to empower Landed Proprietors in Ireland to sink, 
embank and remove Obstructions in Rivers : 


An Act to regulate the Jrish Fisheries : 


An Act to alter the Number and define the Boun- 
daries of the several Baronies of the County of 
Dublin: 

An Act for consolidating the Four Courts Mar- 
shalsea, Dublin, Sheriffs Prison Dublin, and City 
Marshalsea, Dublin, and for regulating the Four 
Courts Marshalsea in Ireland: 

An Act to enable the Court of Chancery to appoint 
a Person or Persons to sue on behalf of the Co-part- 
nership of Bankers lately carrying on Business under 
the Firm of “The Imperial Bank of England,” in 
lieu of the Public Officer : 

An Act to amend and explain the Act passed in 
the seventh and eighth years of his late Majesty 
George the Fourth, Chapter eleven, intituled, “ An 
Act to explain and modify the Trust Settlement of 
the late Louis Cauvin, for the Endowment and 
Maintenance of an Hospital for the Support and 
Education of Boys,” and further to explain and 
modify the said Trust Settlement: 





A. 1849. 


absolute Terms, not exceeding Twenty-one years, of 
certain Estates vested in them as such Trustees, and 
situate in the Parishes of Clist Saint Lawrence, 
Broadclyst, Stokeinteignhead, Bovey Tracey and 
Newton Ferrers, in the County of Devon, and for 
confirming certain Leases of Parts of such Estates 
already granted, and for fixing the Proportions in 
which the Rents reserved and to be reserved by such 
Leases, and such other Profits of the said Estates 
us have accrued and shall accrue after the granting 
of such Leases thereof respectively, shall be divided 
and enjoyed, and for other Purposes : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Street Street's 
with Eliza Street, his now Wife, and to enable him Divorce Bill, 


to marry aguin, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned : 


An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Thomas Sewell, Sewelts 
Esquire, with Margaret Susannah, his now Wife, Divorce Bill, 


and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
Purposes therein mentioned. 


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 Direc- 
tors of the East India Company, being the Warrants 
or Instruments granting any Salary or Gratuity 
Resolutions of the Court of Directors, being the 
Warrants or Instruments granting any Pension. 


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 Esta~- 
blishment 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 
Establishment, as Compensation 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 26th February 1835. 
Mr. Campbell aiso presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Gross Revenue derived from 
Land, Customs, Stamps, Salt, Opium, Post-office, 
Excise and other sources, in each of the Presidencies 
of Bengal, Madras, Bombay and Agra, during the 
years 1809-10, 1819-20, 1829-30, 1839-40; show- 
ing the Cost of Collection and per-centage in Pro- 
portion to the Receipt ; the Amount of the Indian 
Debt and the Interest thereon ; and the Charges in 


/each of the above-mentioned years, of the Govern- 


ment, under its several heads (converted into sterling 
at the rate of 2.s. per Sicca Rupee.) 


and of the Total Ordinary and Extraordinary Charges 
of each Presidency of British India, and of the 
Charges on account of the Territories, defrayed in 
England, in each year, from the 1st day of May 
1814, to the latest date to which the same can be 
made out; distinguishing the Land Revenue from 
other sources of Revenue, and showing the Net 
Surplus or Deficiency in each year; the whole to 
be stated in British money at the usual Parliamen- 
tary rate of 2s. per Sicca Rupee; also specifying 
the several Districts comprised within the Sovereignty 
of the East India Company at the commencement 
of the said period, and the several Acquisitions 
which have taken place during its continuance, with 
the date of each Acquisition :—Of the Total Amount 
of the registered Debt of India at each Presidency 
within the same period, showing the Sums con- 
tracted and the Sums redeemed in each year; and 
stating the Rate of Interest per annum in each case, 
together with any Increase or Reduction therein ; 
the whole to be stated after the like manner in Bri- 
tish money :—And, a Statement of the Charges de- 
frayed in England on account of the Indian Terri- 
tory, since the 1st day of May 1834, and of the 
Average Rate of Exchange at which Remittances 














An Act for enabling the Trustees for the time 
being of Lele’s Charity Estates, to grant Leases for 


have been made by the Governments of India for 
/such Payments, in each year, from that date ; show- 


in 
g 





Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India, 


A Statement of the Amount proposed to be trans- East India. 


Accounts of the Total Gross and Net Revenues, Fast India. 


Raja of Sattara. 


East India, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Ecclesiastical 
Corporations 
Leasing 

(No. 2.) Bill. 


Marriages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Parish Con- 
stables Bill. 


reenater see 
orporations 
Leasing 


(Ne. 2.) Bill. 


6 Vicroriz. 


ing the balance either for or against the said Go- 
vernments in each case, as compared with a Remit- 
tance at the calculated par of Exchange between 
India and Great Britain. 

Return toan Order, dated the 21st day of July 
last, for Copies of the Despatches from the Bombay 
Government, dated the 31st day of October 1841, 
and subsequent dates, respecting the affairs of Sat- 
tara, with the Inclosures therein referred to, as laid 
before the Court of Proprietors at the East India 
House, on the 13th day of May 1842; also, a Copy 
of a» Letter from General Lodwick, C. B., and late 
Resident at Sattara, dated the 13th day of June 
1842, to the Court of Directors of the East India 
Company, respecting the Proceedings at Sattara, as 
laid before the Court of Proprietors at the East India 
House :-—And, of all Letters addressed to or from 
the deposed Raja of Sattara, that have been inter- 
cepted by the Bombay Government, by its Officers 
and by the Resident at Sattara; with Copies of 
the Despatches transmitting the same to the Go- 
vernor General of Jndia, and to the Court of Di- 
rectors; also, Copies of the Orders issued, and an 
Observations made by the Governor General and by 
the Court of Directors thereon. 

A Return of the several Sums paid by the Secret 
Committee of the Court of Directors in Great Bri- 
tain, in each year since the last Charter in 1833 :— 
And then he withdrew. 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 
Mr. Russell : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An | 


Act for enabling Ecclesiastical Corporations, aggre- 
gate and sole, to grant Leases for long Terms of 

ears, 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 Confirmation of certain Marriages in Jre- 
land, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made by this 
House to the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Appointment 
and Payment of Parish Constables, and do not in- 
sist upon the Amendment made by their Lordships 
to the said Bill, to which this House has disagreed : 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enabling Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tions, aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long 
Terms of Years; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1.1. 3. Leave out “ and spiritual.” 

Pr. 1.1.5. Leave out from “ sole” to “ if” in 
1]. 15., and insert “ and for the interests of the 
“ church.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 19. Leave out from “ restrictions” to 
“ May” in I. 21. 6 

Pr. 3. 1. 35. Leave out from “‘ same” to “ and” 
in |, penult. 

Pr. 9.1.32. After “ in” insert “ through.” 

Pr. 12.1. 3. Leave out “ as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 12.1. 29. After “ any” insert “ mines, mi- 
“ nerals, quarries or beds.” 

Pr. 14, 1. 26. After “any” insert “ mines, mi- 
“ nerals, quarries or beds.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 11. In Clause (A.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill : 

L. 6. Leave out from “ required” to “ to” 


10° Augustz. 613 


Pr. 18.1. 37. After “ any” insert “ mines, mi- 
“ nerals, quarries or beds.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 29. Leave out “ same” and insert 
“ first recited.” 
Pr. 21. 1. 33. Leave out “ always” and insert 
“ also.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 8. After “ said” insert “ first.” 
Pr. 24. 1, 11. After “ rent” insert “ royalty or 
“ other consideration.” 
Pr. 24. 1. 15. After “ lands” insert “ mines, 
“ minerals, quarries or beds.” 
Pr, 24. 1. 17. In Clause (B.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill: 
L. 7. Leave out “ or.” 
L. 16. Leave out “ hereinbefore contained.” 
L. 17. Leave out from “ them” to “ and” 
in 1. 18. 
Pr. 26. 1. 22. After “ houses” insert “ mines, 





“ minerals, quarries or beds.” 
| Pr. 26.1. 23. Leave out from “ part” to “ com- 
“* prised” in |. 24., and insert “ thereof respectively. 
Pr. 34.1. 10. Leave out “ or spiritual.” 
Pr. 34.1. 35. Leave out from “ any” to “ be- 
“ nefice,” in Pr. 35. 1. 24., and insert “ incumbent 
“ fs.” 
Pr. 35.1.25. Leave out from “ patron” to “ and” 
in Pr. 36.1. 11., and insert “ thereof.” 
Pr. 36.1. 19. Leave out “ or’ and in the same 
line after ‘ over” insert “ or under.” 
| Pr. 36. 1. 34. After “ houses” insert “ mines, 
|“ minerals, quarries or beds.” 
Pr. 47.1. 27. In Clause (C.) added by way of 
Rider to the Bill : 
L. 8. Leave out “ lessees” and insert 
“ grantee.” 
L. 10. Leave out “ lessors” and insert 
“ grantor.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 














tituled, An Act for Confirmation of certain Mar- 
riages in Ireland; and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1.1. 3. Leave out “ solemnized” and insert 
“ celebrated,” and in the same line after “ by” in- 
sert “ presbyterian and other.” 
Pr. 1.1. 5. After ‘‘ teachers” insert “ or those 
“ at the time of such marriages had been such.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 6. Leave out from “ being” to “ and” 
in 1. 9., and insert “ of the same or different re- 
“ ligious persuasions.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 19. Leave out “ solemnized” and in- 
sert “ celebrated.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 20. After “ by” insert ‘ presbyterian 
“ or other.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 21. Leave out from “ teachers” to 
“‘ shall” in 1. 25., and insert “ or those who at the 
“ time of such marriages had been such.” 
Pr. 1. 1. 28. After “ effect” insert “ in law.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 12. After “ person” insert “ nor any 
marriage respecting which any criminal prosecu- 
tion shall be depending, at the time of the passing 
“ of this Act.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 1. 20. Leave out from “ trust” to “and” 
in 1. 28, 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. : 
Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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, in- (1*elan4) Bill. 


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in 1. 2. The House, according to the Order made this day, Insolvent _ 
L. 17. After “same” insert “and of work-| resumed the adjourned Proceeding upon the third Debtors Bill. 
“‘ ing any adjacent mine by way of outstroke | reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 
“ or other underground communication.” | Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors. 
Vou. 97. 413 





Resolved, 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Canada Loan 
Bill. 


East India 
Bishops Bill. 


Lunatic 
Asylums 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Law Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Public Bills 


Adjournment. 


Poor Rate and 
County Rate, 
&amp;ec. 


Slave Trade. 


614 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Greene 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. 


10° August. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield 
and Mr. Russell : 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for guaranteeing the 





Payment of the Interest on a Loan of One million 
five hundred thousand pounds, to be raised by the 
Province of Canada : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Furlough Allowances to the Bishops of 
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, who shall return to 
Europe for a limited period, after residing in India | 
a sufficient time to entitle them to the highest scale | 
of Pension : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending until the 
First day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-five, and until the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, the Law relating to Private 
Lunatic Asylums in Jreland; And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
Amendment of the Law of Bankruptcy, without 


any Amendment :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names and Titles of all the Public 
Bills that have been brought into the House of 
Commons during the present Session of Parliament ; 
the Date at which the Order for bringing in each 
Bill was made; also, the Dates at which the said 
Bills passed through their several stages :—Of the 





Names and Titles of all Public Bills that have been 
sent down, in the present Session, from the House 
of Lords to the House of Commons; stating the 
Date when each such Bill was received, and the 
Dates at which it passed its several stages in the 
House of Commons :—And, of the Names and Titles 
of all Public Bills that have passed through the 
House of Commons, and have been returned from 
the House of Lords. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


the House this day, adjourn till Friday next at twelve 
of the clock. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle presented,—A Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of 
March last for a Return of the actual Assessment or 
Valuation to the Poor Rate of the Aggregate Rateable 
Property in each Parish or Township in England and 
Wales, distinguishing the Total Amount of Assess- 
ment on the different kinds of Property, according 
to the following classification ; viz. 1. Land (includ- 
ing Farms, Orchards, Hop-grounds, Woods, Gardens, 
&amp;ec.) ; 2. Buildings (including Houses, Mills, Fac- 
tories, Warehouses, &amp;c.); 3. Canals, Railroads, 
Docks, &amp;c.; 4. Tithes; 5. Mines; stating also the 





date at which the Valuation was made, and whether by 
a Professional Valuer, a Committee of Rate-payers, 
o* what other authority: Also, A Return of the | 
Valuation or Assessment of the several Counties in | 
England and Wales to the County Rate, distin- | 
guishing the Amount assessed on different Parishes | 
or Townships, and giving the Date of the Valuation, | 
and stating whether made by a Professional Valuer, | 
or on what other authority or principle. | 

Further Returns to an Address to Her Majesty, | 
dated the 3d day of May last, for Returns of the | 
Number of Vessels which have been adjudicated in | 
the Courts of Mixed Commission at Sierra Leone, 


| 


A. 1842. 


from the latest date included in the Return No. 8 
ot the Appendix to the Report of the Committee on 
the State of that Colony, printed by Order of the 
House in the year 1830, down to the latest period 
to which the same can be made up; stating the 
time and place of capture, and the time that elapsed 
before the Ship arrived at Sierra Leone for Adjudi- 
cation ; the Number of Slaves on board at the time 
of capture, and the Number that were landed at 
Sierra Leone ; distinguishing Males from Females, 
and Adults from Children, so far as the same can 
be made out:—Of the Number of Vessels of every 
class in Her Majesty’s service which have been 
employed on the West African Station in each year 
since the year 1828; specifying the Name, Class 
and Force of each, together with the Numbers of 
their respective Crews ; and stating the Number of 
Deaths in each Vessel in each year, distinguishing 
those which have occurred in action or by accident 
(in part continuation of the Return ordered by the 
House to be printed, 17th February 1830) :—Of the 
Total Expense of the Naval Force employed in the 
Suppression of the Slave Trade on the Western 
Coast of Africa in each year since the first establish- 
ment of the Mixed Commission Courts :—And of 
the several Powers with which Treaties have hitherto 
been concluded for the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade ; specifying those which have admitted 


the “ Equipment Article,’ and the Date of each 
Ratification. 


Sir Thomas Fremantle also presented, pursuant Admiralty 
to Orders,—A Copy of the last Patent constituting Commission. 


the Commission for executing the Office of Lord 
High Admiral, with a Return of the Names and 
Ranks of the Persons constituting that Commission, 
and the Pay and Allowances of each, and whether 


they occupy the houses appropriated for them by 
Government. 


A Return of the manner in which the 60,0001, Navarino. 


voted by Parliament, as a gratuity to the Royal 
Navy for services at Navarino, was distributed ; 
stating the Number of Officers and Men of each 


rank, and the Amount paid to each Person of each 
rank. 


A Return showing the Amount of Grants or of Distress. 


Loans of Public Money, with the Amount and the 
Date of each, which may have been made in aid of 
the Distressed in any part of Great Britain since 
1825, and whether made as a Grant or a Loan, and 
in the latter case stating if the same has been re- 
paid ; also, the authority under which these were 
made, and whether the Grant or Loan, as the case 


may be, has been communicated to Parliament, or 
to either House thereof. 


Returns of the Names of all Persons to whom Pensions 
Pensions were granted as compensation for any (Ireland) 


office held in Ireland at or previous to the Act of 
Union, with the Amount granted in each case: 
And, of the Names of the Persons now receiving 


such Pensions, with the Amount payable to each 
Person. 


Return to an Order, dated the 12th day of July Newspaper 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps issued Sta™Ps, &amp;e. 


to, and the Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by, 
all Newspapers of the United Kingdom, for the 
months of April, May and June 1842 ; in continua- 
tion of and in the same form as the last Returns 
laid on the Table of this House (Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 257 of Sess. 1842.) 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 29th day Fees (Pablic 
of July last, for a Return of the Aggregate Amount Offices-) 


of Fees received in each of the Public Offices in the 
year 1841; distinguishing those regulated by Act 
of Parliament from those collected by order of the 
Office ; showing, in detail, the Rate of the several 
Fees charged on Commissions and Warrants of 
Appointment to any Office, or for any Public Busi- 
ness transacted with the Office ; stating how the 
Amount is appropriated, and the Expense of Col- 


| lection. 


Further 





Public Debt, 
&amp;e. 


Property Tax. 


New Churches. 


Registration of 
Voters Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 554. 


Registration of 
Voters Bill. 


No. 555. 


Limitation 
of Actions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Newfoundland 
lic Bill, 


Exchequer Bilis 
(£. 9,193,000.) 
Bill, 


Consolidated 


Fund (Appro- 
Priation) Bill, 


6 Vicroriz. 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 7th day 
of June last, for Accounts, showing, in columns, 
the Total Amount of the Funded and Unfunded 
Unredeemed Public Debt of the United King- 
dom, both as to Capital and Charge, as it stood 
on the Ist day of Febreary or the 5th day of 
January in each year, from 1797 to 1842, both in- 
clusive ; showing the Increase or Decrease in each 
period of Five years during that time :—Also, the 
Average Price of Gold and of 3 per cent. Consols 
during each year and each period above mentioned : 
—And, of the Circulation, Deposits and Securities 
of the Bank of England, and of its Stock of Bul- 
lion, for each year and for each of the periods above 
mentioned. 

An Account, showing the Total Annual Amount 
of Dividends upon Stock and Annuities from which 
the Property or Income Tax has been stopped or 
deducted at the Bank, for the half-year ending the 
5th day of July last; distinguishing the Total 
Amount of such Dividends payable upon individual 
or separate Accounts arising from Dividends above 
50s. and under 150/. per annum; and also the 
Number of such individuals. 

Sir Thomas Fremantle also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Twenty- 
second Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for Building New Churches. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law which regulates the Registration 
and Qualification of Parliamentary Electors in 
England and Wales: And that Sir James Graham, 
Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do 
prepare, and bring it in, 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill for the better Regula- 
tion and Support of Medical Charities 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. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to amend the 
Law which regulates the Registration and Qualifi- 
cation of Parliamentary Electors in England and 


- Wales: 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 Report on the Limitation of 
Actions (Jreland) Bill be received upon Friday 
next. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 





Veneris, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


PRAYERS. 


A MESSAGE from the Lords, by Sir William 
Horne and Mr. Birch, the Clerk Assistant of 
Parliament : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending the Con- 
stitution of the Government of Newfoundland : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of 
Nine millions one hundred and ninety-three thousand 
pounds by Exchequer Bills fur the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply a Sum out of 
the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Forty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament: 

Vou. 97. 


10°—12° Augustz. 





615 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal so much of an Slave Trade 
Act of the second and third years of Her present “4 a 


Majesty, for the as. of the Slave Trade, as (No. 2.) Bill. 
relates to Portuguese Vessels : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to confirm the Incorpo- Boroughs — 
ration of certain Boroughs, and to indemnify such {rcorperation 
Persons as have sustained Loss thereby : f 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to annex the County of Coventry 
the City of Coventry to Warwickshire, and to define Bou 4sry Bill. 
the Boundary of the City of Coventry : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend and continue Manchester, 
until the first day of October One thousand eight Birmingham 
hundred and Forty-two, the Acts regulating the Police Bill, 
Police of Manchester, Birmingham and Bolton: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Insolvent _ 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Debtors Bill 
Relief of Insolvent Debtors, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Jackson's _ 
to dissolve the Marriage of William Oliver Jackson, Divorce Bil. 
Esquire, with Georgiana Maria Jane Jackson, his 
now Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other Purposes ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have directed us to inform the House, 
that from the absence of one of their usual Mes- 
sengers, and in consideration of the late period of 
the Session, their Lordships have been induced to 
send this Message by their Clerk Assistant and 
one of their usual Messengers: — And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth acquiesce in the 
Reasons assigned by the Lords for sending the said 
Message by their Clerk Assistant and one Master 
in Chancery, instead of the usual Messengers, trust- 
ing that the same will not be drawn into precedent 
for the future. 


Lords’ Message. 


Mr. Gordon, from the Commissioners of Richmond Richmond 
Bridge, was called in; and at the bar presented, Bridge. 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—Richmond Bridge Cash Account for the year 
1841 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of James Bowditch, of Essea:-street, Rigby Collins. 

Strand, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, com- 
plaining of the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. 
Rigby Collins, a client of the Petitioner, by the 
Authorities of the island of Jersey, upon a judgment 
obtained against him in England ; and praying for 
inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir George Clerk presented, by Her Majesty’s Slave Trade 
Command,—A Copy of a Treaty between Her Ma- (Portugal.) 
jesty and the Queen of Portugal, for the Suppres- 
sion of the Traffic in Slaves, signed at Lisbon, July 
3, 1842. 

Class (D.) Copy of Correspondence with Foreign Slave Trade. 
Powers relative to the Slave Trade, from January 1 
to December 31, 1841, inclusive. 


Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation be- Portugal. 
tween Her Majesty and the Queen of Portugal, 
signed at Lisbon, July 3, 1842. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the pemman te 
House, That their several Addresses of the 10th day of 4¢4"«s*«* 
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 a this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


414 Ordered, 





Southampton 


County (South- t¢ the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
ern Division) 


Writ. 


Redundant 
List (Public 
Departments. ) 


No. 556. 


Mail Packets. 
No . 557 © 


Post-offtce. 
No, 558. 


Monuments. 


No. 559. 


Officers of 
Stamps and 
‘Taxes. 


No. 560. 


Slave Vessels. 


No. 561. 


616 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Southern Division 
of the County of Southampton, in the room of John 
Willis Fleming, Esquire, who, since his Election 
for the said County, 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 there be laid before this House, 
a Return forthe year 1840, stating the Number of 
Persons on the Redundant List of each Public De- 

artment at the commencement of the year, the 
Saaher who have been added, the Number who 
have died, or from Age or Infirmity have become 
incapable of serving during the year, and the Num- 
ber who have re-entered the Public Service :—And, 
a similar Return forthe year 1841. 

Sir George Clerk accordingly presented the said 
Returns. 

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


Sir George Clerk presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of July last, 
for a Return of the Steam and Sailing Packets em- 
ployed under the Admiralty for the Conveyance of 
the Mails ; stating the Name and Tonnage of each 
Vessel, and where stationed and employed; the 
Number of Officers and Men, and the Expense, in 
the year 1841, for each of the Vessels, and the 
Aggregate Charge for all the Packets; stating also, 
as far as the same can be given, the Amount received 
for the Conveyance of Passengers and Parcels, and 
for the Postage, by each of those Vessels, or the 
Amount received for the same in the year 1841, for 
the several Packets, so as to exhibit the Net Charge 
to the Public, after deducting the Amounts received 
for Passengers and Postage, &amp;c. 

A Return of the Expense incurred by the Post- 
office in conveying the Mail to and from Shetland, 
Orkney, Stornaway, Skye, Harris, Islay, Arran or 
other Scottish Islands, to which a Mail is dispatched ; 
specifying separately for each place the frequency of 
the Communication in the Week, the Annual Charge 
to the Post-office, the Average Number of Letters 
to and from by each Mail, and the Sums, if any, 
contributed in any case by the Inhabitants towards 
the Post Communication Expenses :—A like Return 
as respects the Isle of Man:—A like Return as 
respects the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey :—And, a 
Copy of the Rules and Regulations observed by the 
Post-office in the establishment of Money Order 
Post-offices, and of the Limitations as to the circum- 
stances of Places under which that Privilege is re- 
stricted. 

A Return of the Sums voted by Parliament since 
1792, for the Erection of Monuments in honour of 
Public Services performed; stating, in each case, 
the Date of such Grant, and the Amount voted ; 
and also the Place in which the said Monument has 
been erected, as well as the Name of the Artist to 
whom the Commission was given, and how chosen, 
whether by competition or otherwise. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July 
last, for a Return of the Names of all Persons who 
have been ae since the 1st day of September 
1841, up to the present day, to any Office or Situa- 
tion under the Board of Stamps and Taxes at Somer- 
set House; specifying the Nature of each Office or 
Situation, and whether occasioned by Vacancy or 
the Creation of Additional Office, and if the same is 
to be Permanent or Temporary, and the Annual 
Salary to be paid in respect thereof. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this 
instant August, for a Return of the Number of Slave 
Vessels captured by Her Majesty’s Cruisers since 
the year 1831 inclusive, which have been adjudi- 


12° Augusti. 





A. 1842. 


cated upon by the Courts of Vice Admiralty, includ- 
ing those under the Portuguese Flag, under the 
Act 2 and 3 Vic. c. 73; showing the Date of Cap- 
ture, the Place of Condemnation, and the Number 
of Slaves at the Period of Capture and Adjudica- 
tion respectively ; and also, an Account of the sub- 
sequent disposal of the liberated Slaves after Adju- 
dication. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Foreign Corn, Foreign Com, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No. 562, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Corn Corn Laws. 


Laws, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 563, 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parish Parish Vestric, 


Vestries, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be No. 564, 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithes Com- Tithes Comm. 
mutation, which was presented upon Tuesday last, ‘tion. 
be printed. No. 565. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to County County Lu. 
Lunatic Asylums, which was presented upon Tues- "#tic Asylum, 
day last, be printed. No. 566. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Colonial Colonial Lana 
Land and Emigration, which was presented upon #4 Emigration, 
Wednesday last, be printed. No. 567. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sale of New Zealand. 
Land, &amp;c., in New Zealand, which was presented No. 568, 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Revenue New Zealand, 
and Expenditure of New Zealand, which was pre- No. 569. 
sented upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Clerksof Assize, 
to Clerks of Assize, &amp;c., which were presented upon &amp; 
Wednesday last, be printed. No. 570. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- Convicted 
tive to Convicted Prisoners, which were presented Prisoners. 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. No. 571. 


Ordered, That the Nineteenth Report of the London and 
Commissioners of the London and Holyhead, Kc. Holyhead, &amp;c. 


: Roads. 
Roads, which was presented upon Wednesday last, ao 572. 


be printed. 

Ordered, That the Nineteenth Report of the 
Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, , 
&amp;c., which was presented upon Wednesday last, be yy 523, 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of the Gross Revenue East India. 
in each of the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, No.574. 


Bombay and Agra, which was presented upon Wed- 
nesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts of the Gross and East India. 
Net Revenues of each Presidency of British India, No, 574. 


which were presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 


Woods, Forests, 
Land Revenues, 


Ordered, That the Return of the Sums paid by East India. 
the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of No, 575. 
the East India Company, which was presented upon 
Wednesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave Slave Trade. 


Trade, which was presented upon Wednesday last, No. 561. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wavarino, Navarino. 


which was presented upon Wednesday last be No. 576.. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Distress, Distress. 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, be No.577. 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pensions 


Pensions 


(Ireland), which was presented upon Wednesday (Ireland) 
last, be printed. 


No. 578, 








Ordered, 





























































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2. 


3. 


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4, 
nmu- 
5. 


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6. 


and 
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7. 


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8, 


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ssize, 


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B. 


6 Vicroriz. 


‘Newspaper Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 

“Stamps, &amp;. Stamps, &amp;c., which was presented upon Wednesday 
No. 579. ast, be printed. 

Public Debt, Ordered, That the Returns relative to Public 


&amp;e. Debt, &amp;c., which were presented upon the 28th day 
No. 580. of July last and upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


19° Augusti. 





617 


ers humbly request the House to make an investi- 
gation into the merits of the Petition lately presented 
against the Return of the present Members of that 
city, as well as the cause of that Petition being with- 
drawn on the day appointed for selecting the Com- 
mittee ; and alleging that a great amount of corrup- 
tion, bribery, intimidation and treating prevailed in 
the said city at the last and also at a former Elec- 
tion ; and praying the House to include that city in 
the investigations concerning compromises, and that 
the Petitioners may have an opportunity of proving 
the same by evidence, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Property Taxe | Ordered, That the Account relative to the Pro- 
No.581. perty Tax, which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be printed. 
NewChurches. | Ordered, That the Twenty-second Report of the 
No. 582. Commissioners of New Churches, which was pre- 
sented upon Wednesday last, be printed. 
-Corn Laws. Petitions from Glasgow ;— Swynnerton ;— Leek 


(two Petitions) ;— Nantwich (two Petitions) ;— Gir- 
van ;— Brindle ;— Milton, Old Kirkpatrick ; — 
New Lanark ;—Milnathort ;—Fintry ;—and, Sud- 
bury; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Com Laws,&amp;c. A Petition of Proprietors and Lessees of Corn 
mills in the city of Glasgow, and neighbourhood, 
praying that in any change which may now be made 
in the laws which regulate the importation of Corn 
and Flour into the United Kingdom, encouragement 
may be given to the importation of Grain instead of 
Flour, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


New Zealand. 
No. 588. 


Mr. George William Hope presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Statement of the 


Total Revenues and Expenditure of the Colony of 


New Zealand, in each year since its Establishment, 
showing the several Sums received from Taxes, 
Duties, Sales of Land, and other sources of Revenue 
in the Colony, from the Treasury of New South 
Wales, from Bills drawn on the British Treasury, 


or from any other source; showing also the Stores 


or Supplies received from the Colony of New South 


Wales, or elsewhere, and the Value thereof :—Also, 
an Abstract, under the principal heads of Expendi- 


ture, together with the Total Amount of Income and 
of Expenditure in each year, in the Colony of Vew 
Zealand :—Also, a Statement of the Authority under 
which the Income was raised, and the Expenditure 
made : —Also, for what periods the Accounts of Re- 
ceipts and Expenditure have been audited :—And 
also, a Return of the Amount of Customs Duties, and 
of Revenue from any other and what source, collected 
at each Port in that Colony. 
South Australia. 
No. 584. 


and Annuities were originally granted. 

Mr. George William Hope also presented, by Her 
Majesty’s Command,— Papers relative to Slavery in 
the East Indies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Returns relative to Wew Zea- 
land, and South Australia, be printed. 


Slaver 
(East Indies.) 


Foreign Wine. Petitions from Rochester and Chatham ;—and, 


Warminster ; praying that the House will be pleased 
to return the duty paid by Dealers in Wine, upon 
their stocks of Portugal Wines, so far as the same 
are intended to be reduced,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rochester 


€ A Petition of Electors and Freemen of the city 
Election. : 


and borough of Rochester, stating that the Petition- 
Vou. 97. 


A Petition of Rope Manufacturers in the city and Rope, Cordage, 
port of Glasgow, praying the House to retain such Se. 

a duty on foreign made Cordage as will enable the 

Petitioners to compete at least on equal terms with 

foreigners, and thus prevent their trade from being 

in a great measure annihilated, which, under the pro- 

posed reduction of the duty, the Petitioners allege, 

would undoubtedly be the case, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters schoolmasters 
of the presbytery of Lauder, in the county of Ber- (Scotland.) 
wick, praying the House to revise and alter the Act 

43 Geo. 3, c. 54, “ for making better Provision for 

the Parochial Schoolmasters, and for making further 
Regulations for the better Government of the Pa- 

rochial Schools in Scotland,” to such an extent, and 

in such manner, as that the Parochial and Govern- 

ment Schoolmasters may now be so liberally provided 

for, as to enable them to meet the exigencies of their 

position in society, was presented, and read ; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public Petitions 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined ———— 
the Petitions presented from the 8th to the 12th day ne 

of this instant August, both days 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 the Annual Accounts from the London 


Corporation of London, which were presented upon Corporation. 
the 22d day of June last, be printed. 


No. 467. 
Ordered, That the Copies of the Special Reports East India. 


Mr. George William Hope also presented, pursu- 
ant to Order,—A Return of the Terms on which the 
£.85,800 of Bonds and Annuity Deeds were issued 
by the Commissioners of the South Australia Com- 
pany; stating the Amount of Money received for 
the same, and the Rate of Interest payable for the 
same ; showing the Number of Dividends and the 
Amount of Dividends paid on them; and the Names 
of the present Holders or the Persons who received 
the last half year’s Interest or Annuity; also, stating 
the Names of the Parties to whom the said Bonds 


of the Indian Law Commissioners, which were pre- No, 585. 
sented upon the 2d day of April 1841, be printed. 


Mr. Sidney Herbert presented, pursuant to Order, Haslar Lunatic 
—Return to an Order dated the 21st day of July Asylum. 
last, for a Return of all Officers of the Royal Navy No. 586. 
who have been admitted to the Lunatic Asylum at 

Haslar, since its establishment in 1819, stating the 

Amount of Half-pay that has been deducted from 

each Officer, distinguishing those Officers who were 

admitted from the late Asylum at Horton, and if 

any portion of their Half-pay was withheld for the:r 

support in that Institution :—Also, Copies of Letters 





from the Secretary of the Admiralty to Mr. Hina- 
man, dated the 11th and 20th days of vommery 


1832, relative to the Payment of those sums whic 

had been deducted from the Half-pay of Lunatic 
Officers over and above the abatement of one 
shilling and sixpence a day :—And, of a Letter from 
the Secretary of the Victualling Board to Mrs. 
Bevan, dated the 22d day of January 1831, relative 
to the regulations ordered by the Admiralty for re- 


ducing the charges for maintenance of certain Offi- 
cers in the Asylum at Haslar. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table; and be printed. 


The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Order, Public Bills. 
—Returns of the Names and Titles of all the Public No, 587, 
4K Bills 








618 


Bills that have been brought into the House of 
Commons during the present Session of Parliament ; 
the date at which the Order for bringing in each 
Bill was made ; also, the Dates at which the said 
Bills passed through their several stages:—Of the 
Names and Titles of all Public Bills that have been 
sent down, in the present Session, from the House 
of Lords to the House of Commons; stating the 
Date when each such Bill was received, and the 
- Dates at which it passed its several stages in the 
House of Commons :—And, of the Names and 
Titles of all Public Bills that have passed through 
the House of Commons, and have been returned 
from the House of Lords. 
Ordered, That the said Returns be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
A Statement of the Number of Divisions in this 
Session, stating the subject of the Division, and 
the Number of Members in Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included; also the aggregate Number in 
the House on each Division; distinguishing, also, 
the Divisions on Private Bills from Public ; and 
also the Number of Divisions before and after 
midnight. 


Divisions of 
the House. 


Middlesex The Clerk laid upon the Table, pursuant to Orders, 

County Court. — Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Proceedings, Evi- 
dence and the Documents laid before the Committee 
on the Middlesex County Courts Bill in 1838; to- 
gether with Copies of the Bill as referred to the said 
Committee, and amended on the third reading ; to- 
gether with all Returns of Monies of Suitors in the 
Court, Amount of Fees received, Number of Causes 
tried, and of Persons imprisoned by the said Court, 
which Returns were ordered by this House in the 
years 1837, 1838 and 1839. 


A Return of the Number of Days on which the 
House of Commons sat in this Session of Parlia- 
ment, stating the Total Number of Hours occupied 
in the Sittings of the House; the average Time; 
and also distinguishing the Number of Nights on 
which the House sat, and the Number of Hours after 
midnight. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sittings 
of the House, be printed. 


Sittings of the 
House. 


No. 588. 


Limitation 
of Actions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Limitation of Actions (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon this 
day three months. 


Bridpart 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
Meeting. 


ome That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She wiil be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of Correspondence that has passed between the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department and 
the Mayor of Bridport, relative to language sup- 
posed to be used at a Chartist Meeting held in the 
Town Hall of that Borough on the 21st day of July 
last—— 


Royal Assent 


A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus 
to Bills. . 


Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
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 
pleased to give the Royal Assent to the several 
Public Bills following; viz. 

Exchequer Bills An Act. for raising the Sum of Nine millions one 

€F- 91199,000.) hundred and ninety-three thousand pounds by Ex- 

sr chequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Forty-two: 





12° August. 





A. 1842. 


An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund, and certain other Sums to the Service of the Fund (App 
year One thousand eight hundred and Forty-two, priedion) Bul 
and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament: 


An Act for guaranteeing the Payment of the In- Canada Loan 
terest on a Loar of One million five hundred thou- Bill. 
sand pe, to be raised by the Province of 
Canada: 

An Act for enabling Ecclesiastical Corporations, fectesiastical 


aggregate and sole, to grant Leases for long Terms Corporations 
of Years: Leasing 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


An Act for suspending until the First day of Oc- Saint Asaph 
tober One thousand eight hundred and Forty-three, 84 Bangor 
A a ds to in Ecclesiastical Pref, Preferments 
Appointments to certain Ecclesiastical Preferments 33), 
in the Dioceses of Saint Asaph and Bangor, and 
for securing certain Property to the said Sees : 


An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Bank- Rankruptey 

ruptey : Law Amend- 
ment Bill, 

An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors : Insolvent 
Debtors Bill, 

An Act to confirm the Incorporation of certain Boroughs 
Boroughs, and to indemnify such Persons as have Seenpenation 
sustained Loss thereby : 2 


An Act to annex the County of the City of Co- Coventry 
ventry, to Warwickshire, and to define the Boundary Boundary Bill. 
of the City of Coventry: 


An Act for amending the Constitution of the Newfoundland 
Government of Newfoundland : Bill. 


An Act for the Appointment and Payment of Parish Con. 
Parish Constables : acaenaaiees 


An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the second Slave Trade 
and third years of Her present Majesty, for the Sup- ——_ 
pression of the Slave Trade, as relates to Portuguese (No. 2.) Bill. 


Vessels: 


An Act to enable Her Majesty to grant Furlough East India 
Allowances to the Bishops of Calcutta, Madras and Bishops Bill. 
Bombay, who shall return to Europe for a limited 
Period, after residing in India a sufficient time to 
entitle them to the highest Scale of Pension : 


An Act for regulating the Carriage of Passengers Colonial 
in Merchant Vessels : Passengers Bill. 


An Act for Confirmation of certain Marriages in Marriages 
Ireland: (Ireland) Bill. 


An Act for amending until the First day of August Lunatic 
One thousand eight hundred and Forty-five, and — Bil 
until the end of the then next Session of Parliament, “"°"" — 
the Law relating to Private Lunatic Asylums in 
Ireland : 


An Act to amend and continue until the First day Manchester, 
of October One thousand eight hundred and Forty- Birmpeham 
two, the Acts regulating the Police of Manchester, Police Bill. 


Birmingham and Bolton: 


Par 


After which Her Majesty was pleased to make Her Majesty's 
a most gracious Speech from the Throne, to both Spee¢! 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


The state of Public Business enables Me to re- 
tease you from further attendance in Parliament. 


I cannot take leave of you without expressing My 
grateful sense of the assiduity and zeal with which 
you have applied yourselves to the discharge of your 
public duties, during the whole course of a long and 
most laborious Session. 


You have had under your consideration measures 
of the greatest importance connected with the Fi- 
nancial and Commercial Interests of the Country, 
calculated to maintain the Public Credit, to improve 
the National Resources, and by extending Trade 
and stimulating the demand for Labour, to —— 

the 





Parliament 
Prorogued. 


6 Victror1mz. 12° Augusti.—6 Octobris.—10° Novembris.—13° Decembris. 619 


the general and permanent welfare of all classes of 
My subjects. 

Although measures of this description have ne- 
cessarily occupied much of your attention, you have 
at the same time effected great improvements in se- 
veral branches of Jurisprudence, and in Laws con- 
nected with the administration of Domestic Affairs. 


I return you my especial acknowledgments for 
the renewed proof which you afforded Me of your 
loyalty and affectionate attachment, by your ready 
and unanimous concurrence in an Act for the in- 
creased security and protection of My Person. 


I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers as- 


surances of their friendly disposition towards this 
Country. 


Although I have had deeply to lament the re- 
verses which have befallen a division of the Army 
to the Westward of the Indus, yet I have the satis- 
faction of reflecting that the gallant defence of the 
city of Jellalabad, crowned by a decisive victory in 
the field, has eminently proved the courage and dis- 
cipline of the European and Native Troops, and the 
skill and fortitude of their distinguished Com- 
mander. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The liberality with which you have granted the 
Supplies to meet the exigencies of the Public Ser- 
vice demands my warm acknowledgments. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


You will concur with Me in the expression of 
humble gratitude to Almighty God, for the favour- 
able season which His bounty has vouchsafed to us, 
and for the prospects of a harvest more abundant 
than those.of recent years. 


There are, I trust, indications of gradual recovery 
from that depression which has affected many 
branches of manufacturing industry, and has ex- 
posed large classes of My people to privations and 
sufferings which have caused Me the deepest 
concern. 


You will, I am confident, be actuated on your re- 
turn to your several Counties by the same enlightened 
zeal for the Public Interests which you have mani- 
fested during the discharge of your Parliamentary 
Duties, and will do your utmost to encourage, by 
your example and active exertions, that spirit of or- 
der and submission to the Law which is essential to 
the public happiness, and without which there can 
be no enjoyment of the fruits of peaceful industry 
and no advance in the career of social improvement. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, said ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


It is Her Majesty’s Royal Will and Pleasure, 
That this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the 
sixth day of October next, to be then here holden ; 
and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to 
Thursday the sixth day of October next. 








Jovis, 6° die Octobris ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


r I ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last partiament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


may” f 
A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Goodbody, Deputy Serjeant at Arms ; 


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 10th day of November 
next ; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 


rogued until Thursday the 10th day of November 
next. 








Jovis, 10° die Novembris ; 
Anno 6° Victoria Regine, 1842. 


"| ze House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 
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 Tuesday the 13th day of 
December next; and the Parliament was accord- 


ingly prorogued until Tuesday the 13th day of 
December next. 








Martis, 13° die Decembris ; 
Anno 6° Victorie Regine, 1842. 


HE House being met, pursuant to the last parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 
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 2d day of February 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Thursday the 2d day of February 


next. 





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